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ANTI-HATE MARCH DRAWS THOUSANDS TO CIVIC CENTER

Two percent raise approved for Town Manager and Attorney

Event galvanized the Silicon Valley Drew Penner, Reporter

As Mayor Marico Sayoc stepped up to the podium at the Civic Center Lawn, Sunday afternoon, she was in her element. The community had come out in force for the Los Gatos United Against Hate March— with police pegging the crowd at 2,000-2,500 people, one of whom yelled, “We love you Marico!” “And I love you—and I love every single one of you,” she replied. “Because you know what? Today we are standing united against hate.” Residents from across Silicon Valley—and the Greater Bay Area—congregated as part of the kickoff to United Against Hate Week, which runs Nov. 1420, and to support local elected officials and their family members who’d been singled out in response to inclusivity policies. The mayor has largely stayed out of the spotlight following a series of recent disruptive council meetings where protesters referenced her son during a public comment period. Now, Sayoc was buoyed by emotion, as she took in the sea of people ➝ Anti-hate, 8

COUNCIL SHOWS SUPPORT FOR ADMINS WITH PAY RAISE Drew Penner, Reporter

The only comment by a member of the public, about a proposed 2% raise for Los Gatos’ top administrative employee and its head attorney position, was a single sentence from a speaker who stated, “I would support the amendment.” And when the dual pay hikes—by $5,847 to $267,750 annually for Town Manager Laurel Prevetti, and by $4,937 to $249,900 for the town attorney role—sailed through unanimously Tuesday, it was a vote of support for the way the community’s been run through the pandemic. ➝ Council, 2

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LOVE ONE ANOTHER These women were among the thousands who attended the Los Gatos United Against Hate March on Nov. 14.

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TOWN BUSINESS The Los Gatos Town Council voted to approve a 2% raise for the town manager and attorney positions, among other items Nov. 16. The move comes just days after Town Attorney Rob Schultz announced he would be resigning at the end of December, following eight years of employment. A staff report notes the recommended action follows the “satisfactory completion” of their performance reviews, which were held in closed session. The pay raises will kick in at the time of the anniversary date of the agreements. Council also approved an additional eight-hour “floating holiday” (which can’t be cashed out and must be used by June 30, 2022) for both, if this is approved for other management employees. The elected officials also approved a $83,500 contract with Teri Black & Co., LLC, to recruit a new town attorney. “Because executive search firms

focus solely on recruitments, they have a vast number of contacts,” Human Resources Director Lisa Velasco wrote in her staff report. “They also have the resources and relationships to proactively contact candidates that may not be actively searching for a new opportunity and encourage those candidates to compete in a specific recruitment process.” Earlier in the meeting, via approval of the consent agenda, Council voted unanimously to adopt a residential-no-picketing ordinance. On Nov. 2, Council voted 5-0 in support of the law meant to protect locals from being targeted by protesters at their home. There was no discussion on the item prior to the passage of the consent agenda, or during public comment period. However, during Sunday’s Los Gatos United Against Hate rally,

Senator Dave Cortese commended Council for bringing in the temporary version of the ordinance, which was approved after protesters demonstrated outside the homes of the mayor and vice mayor. He characterized the idea as a move “to prohibit the protests outside of public officials’ residences that shouldn’t be tolerated.” When asked about the Town’s no-residential-picketing plan following the march, District Attorney Jeff Rosen said he agrees it’s important to balance privacy rights with First Amendment rights. “I certainly am a strong supporter of free speech,” he said, clarifying that he doesn't specialize in First Amendment law. “I think that’s essential to our democracy, and I also think it’s essential to our democracy that people not threaten other people with violence—because that really corrodes our democracy and our ability to work together.” Council also voted, Tuesday, to approve a $254,780 contract with Sun Ridge Systems, Inc. for software support for the Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System and Records Management Systems, which will last through Sept. 1, 2026. The total cost for fiscal 2021/22 is $46,635, and the amount for future years will be proposed during budget development cycles. Under the agreement, the Computer Aided Dispatch portion of the support and update contract is $11,375 for 2021/22, $11,375 for Records Management and $5,600 for mobile software.

Interfaith Thanksgiving tradition returns Eight local churches participating in service Staff Report

The Annual Los Gatos Thanksgiving Interfaith Service, a quartercentury-old tradition, will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints, 15985 Rose Ave., on Nov. 18, from 7-8pm with a reception to follow. Eight Los Gatos churches will participate. Among the speakers will be a recent refugee from Afghanistan. The theme this year is “Gratitude,” with donations going to Jewish Family Services Refugee Fund.

The service this year will be a hybrid in-person and on Zoom. In 2020 it was held via Zoom only and Second Harvest Food Bank was the donation recipient. This service rotates among the local churches and all are invited to attend. For information, visit LGInterFaith.org

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Vietnam vet addresses the ‘elephant in the room’ Drew Penner/Los Gatan

Clyde Horn shares his recovery journey

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When Clyde Horn got back from Vietnam, after fighting with the infantry during the Tet Offensive, he was a changed man. But he couldn’t quite put his finger on what exactly was wrong. “I didn’t know how to define it,” he told the Kiwanis Club of Los Gatos on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. “It took me years before I got into treatment.” The talk was part of an event at FLIGHTS restaurant to raise money for the Veterans Memorial and Support Foundation of Los Gatos. Trauma can change your brain chemistry and change your blood, Horn explained. “I not only have post-traumatic stress, but I also had exposure to Agent Orange, which was a toxin in Vietnam,” he said. “I had four heart attacks.” Horn says he still doesn’t go anywhere without figuring out where the exits are. “I didn’t think I could love anymore when I came back from war,” he said. “I went through relationship issues constantly.” One of the hardest things to deal with, he said, was when people in his life would expect him to be the person he used to be—the person who didn’t return from the battlefield. “‘Get over it. You should be thankful,’” was the gist of it. “I don’t know how to describe how it feels when somebody tells that to you.” How can you put something back that’s been permanently removed? he would wonder. “This is another way to retraumatize the survivor,” he said. “‘It’s OK. Things will get better.’ Don’t you hear that in movies all the time? When I hear that I just want to throw something at the TV.” He needed to be around others who could understand what he was dealing with, he said. “The treatment that was most significant to me was getting together with other veterans,” he shared. “We could talk with our eyes, or with our body expressions.” But that alone wasn’t enough, says Horn, who is also a Kiwanis member. “Some needed to have medication; some needed to have hospitalization;

LOCAL VETERAN Clyde Horn speaks to the Kiwanis Club of Los Gatos on Veterans Day. some needed to be in therapy,” he said. “And others needed to find ways within themselves that could give them something beyond other treatments that were out there.” Horn says for him it was the outdoors and artistic endeavors that gave him purpose. “I found when I was out in nature, I felt beauty,” he said. “But that’s not everybody’s experience.” He’s also taken to writing, including two books, “PTSD in Pictures & Words” and “Veteran Guilt in Pictures & Words.” According to Horn, today’s veterans do have more support. “But to me one of the worst things that we don’t address is people with traumatic brain injuries,” he said. “They can be obnoxious and they can be hateful.” One of the audience members, Nancy Whitney, told the Los Gatan she thought the presentation was excellent because her late husband, who was in

‘I found when I was out in nature, I felt beauty, but that’s not everybody’s experience.’ Clyde Horn the marines, had faced similar struggles with PTSD. He fought in Vietnam from 19661968. “My husband was on the teams that explored the roads and made the camps and the bunkers for people to

follow,” she said. “He started out as a private and within two years he was a corporal.” Those days cast a dark shadow across the rest of his life. “Serving in war takes something from you and you never get it back,” she said, adding her family didn’t quite get what was happening. “There is a need, as (Horn) said, to get up and walk around and not be social a little bit. And people don’t understand that. They think it’s rude or they think somebody should be over this situation.” Even after 38 years together, there were still days where Whitney would find herself walking on eggshells, she said, adding she was happy to hear the way Horn spoke about such a difficult subject. “The way he addressed it, in this talk, was to let them know that post traumatic stress is real and it’s individualistic—and there’s many different triggers,” she said. “Basically he addressed the elephant in the room.”

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Speaking at a public meeting of local residents Nov. 11, Monte Sereno City Manager Steve Leonardis, who once sat in the Los Gatos mayor’s chair, shared some of his worries, as well as ideas about how the Town could be more fiscally prudent. Among these described to Democracy Tent participants at the Adult Recreation Center, included trying to get a better return on investments, focusing on attracting businesses that sell big-ticket items and removing trees from N. Santa Cruz Avenue streets—which he thinks are dirty and an impediment to pedestrians. “It’s time for the trees to get out of there,” he said. “You can put that in the paper.” Leonardis’ vision for the area includes encouraging more of the “Santa Cruz-ers” to stop and spend their money in Los Gatos on the way through, while steering clear of charged political currents roiling the national discourse. One of his strongest critiques of Los Gatos’ current regime is how Town officials have kept approximately $12 million in reserves. “We’re blowing it leaving the funds in there,” he said, contending these have turned into about $6.5 million-worth with inflation. “Fiscal prudence doesn’t mean hoarding cash like that.” Instead of keeping its money in conservative accounts, Los Gatos should be taking advantage of low interest rates, according to Leonardis. “The money is losing its purchasing power,” he said. “We’re not managing it properly.” Leonardis explained he recently participated in a meeting about the hiring process for a new Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police chief, and said he worried the community might want to prioritize the gender of the applicant over finding the best person for the job. “I heard, ‘Let’s hire a gal,’ which we’re not allowed to say,” he said, re-

IDEAS AND CONCERNS Monte Sereno City Manager Steve Leonardis spoke at a Democracy Tent meeting Nov. 11, held in person at the Adult Recreation Center. ferring to laws that prevent employers from discriminating based on sex. “We can’t recruit that way.” In fact, one of his most concrete suggestions was that the Town should hire municipal consulting firm Management Partners to review government functions, such as the police department, to see if contracting out to the Santa Clara County Sheriff ’s Office or finding efficiencies makes sense. “We’ve had three chiefs in the last eight years,” he said. “That’s not a very good record.” After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Los Gatos’ downtown became the Silicon Valley nightlife hotspot, he recalled, but said the Town now must step up its game to compete with San Jose’s Santana Row, locations in Campbell—and online entertainment options. He likes the idea of closing the downtown once a week, as the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce did this summer with the Thursday Promenades series. “The good news is there’s hope,” he said. “I think we have something on the horizon here.” To Leonardis, Boulder, Colo., and Burlingame are examples of the downtowns Los Gatos should strive to emulate. But there are a few things that concern him, he told the citizens.

He’s worried that, in its quest to generate affordable housing, the Town will go along with developer plans to put in high-density wood-over-podium condominiums that average people still can’t afford. Leonardis doesn’t think California’s housing-build quotas are realistic. “How are you going to find all those construction workers,” he said, deriding recent decisions taken in Sacramento around zoning. “Is ‘single family homes’ racist? The answer is no.” And Los Gatos should consider rejecting proposals that don’t turn the old Chevrolet dealership building on Los Gatos Boulevard into a money-maker for the Town, such as a high-end car shop that would bring in ample tax revenue, he contended. Leonardis called the idea that a cannabis dispensary or two could be a solution to retail woes “pathetic,” and said instead the community should be revising its agreement with Netflix, since this revenue stream has dropped from a few million dollars a year to just below a million. And Los Gatos should be more cutthroat when it comes to economic development, and consider trying to steal mom-n-pop shops from neighboring communities, he added. “They do that to us; we should do that to them,” Leonardis said. “We should roll out the red carpet.”

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voting with their feet around diversity and tolerance. “This solidarity, this ally-ship, this is what we value,” she said. “And this love that we have for one another, this is what we need to foster.” The march also followed in the wake of anti-Semitic graffiti found at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center and at Los Gatos High School, where authorities also discovered homophobic slurs. “Words matter,” Sayoc said. “And they cause as much pain—sometimes even more—than physical assault.” Kevin Buchanan, principal of Los Gatos High School, said on the Monday following Halloween—just weeks after a teacher’s home was hit with graffiti—school officials found vandalism directed at specific teachers. “We’re working with the police department to see if we can apprehend those responsible,” he told the Los Gatan, during Sunday’s event. “I think this march was timely and seemed to galvanize a lot of people around the issue.” Diane Fisher, director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, explained that on “the holiest day of the year,” Yom Kippur, the JCC was blemished with a swastika, the same week the symbol was also scrawled on the sidewalk outside a Starbucks frequented by students. “I’ve been speaking with students at Fisher Middle School who say it happens all the time,” she said in an interview, adding these are reports of whiteboards and desks marked with the Nazi emblem. “Students seem to not understand the horrific hate that is symbolized by the swastika. They need to learn that.” Fisher, whose great-grandmother was killed in the Holocaust, said she’s reached out to the principal of Fisher Middle School to request an extra professional development day for teachers in May, during Jewish American Heritage Month, so teachers share about the pain caused by anti-Semitism. She was pleased with Sunday’s turnout, particularly the grassroots nature of it. “I reached out to some number of people, and then everyone else continued to reach out further and further,”

she said. “That’s why this is so powerful, because it’s the power of all the people who did all that work.” In her speech, Katherine Brezoczky, the LGHS associated student body president, expressed her “deepest empathy” toward people targeted in recent incidents. “These discriminatory acts that we've witnessed in our schools, streets, homes and online are intolerable,” she said. “This march today is sending a very loud, and very clear, message that we believe in loving and supporting our neighbors and peers.” In a recent Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council survey of 149 people, conducted in Los Gatos in September and October, 42% of respondents said they wished the Town would “stop all initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion,” with 58% saying it should maintain the current level or start additional initiatives. On Saturday, a socially-conservative and anti-vaccine-mandate group of about 30 people—including activists referenced by multiple political leaders during the following day’s anti-hate march—gathered for a “Love March,” where they handed out roses and sang lyrics from a Les Misérables song. One of the attendees was David Monteil, 60, of Santa Clara, who explained that while he got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, he doesn’t think people should lose their jobs if they don’t feel comfortable getting a shot. “I’m not one of these people who don’t believe it’s real,” he said. “They don’t take into account natural immunity.” As they set out, Lynley Kerr Hogan—a main agitator in recent Council episodes—urged participants to be on their best behavior. “This is going to be a peaceful, loving experience,” she said. “We are not going to be arguing or poking fun at people.” When the Los Gatan asked men with beards, wearing Proud Boys garb, what the “PB” on their shirts stood for, one replied, “Peanut Butter.” At least three Proud Boys attended. After the event “JOIN THE BAY AREA PROUD BOYS” stickers were found plastered on downtown poles.

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Anti-hate, from page 1

UNITED AGAINST HATE Thousands of people marched from Fisher Middle School to the Civic Center.

Aiko Moudry, 32, of San Jose, who regularly protests against coronavirus vaccines with her parents, said the Proud Boys’ presence can be unsettling at times, because they tend to attract far-left activists. She urged her mom, who wore a “Q” hat, to try to steer clear of the more conspiratorial arguments when speaking to a reporter. Many a free rose was rejected that day, although there was plenty of honking from passing cars and trucks, as the group paraded around with large pro-life and anti-Gavin Newsom signs. Dale MacGowan, 72, of San Jose, said he showed up because of his Christian faith. “I’m very, very much in favor of what we’re doing here for moms,” he said. “I feel our schools are letting us down.” After the group reached the southwest corner of Santa Cruz Avenue and West Main Street, one youth, a person of color, when questioned about their reaction to the “Love March,” mentioned she’d heard a marcher yell to a passing motorist, “Go back to your country.”

These sorts of reactions are what speakers, the following day, said Los Gatos residents need to avoid. In his address, District Attorney Jeff Rosen noted his office is prosecuting more hate crimes than ever before. “A hate crime is really a crime against three,” he said. “Number one, it is a crime against that individual victim, who has been targeted. Two, it is a crime against everyone from that victim's racial, religious or ethnic community. And three, a hate crime is a crime against all of us as Americans, as Santa Clara County residents, as Los Gatos residents.” As the weekend drew to a close, Camille Valerio, 23, reflected on the success of the anti-hate march. It was her first rally ever. She attended as a member of a group that helped organize it, Leadership, Education, Activism & Dialogue (L.E.A.D.) Filipino. “I thought it was great,” she said, adding that she didn’t know how many people to expect. “It was just nice to have all the youth involved.” Visit the Los Gatan page on YouTube to relive Sunday’s rally.

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The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce will hold a mixer at The Palms, 115 North Santa Cruz Ave., on Nov. 17 from 5:30-7pm. The Palms, located in the Coggeshall Victorian Mansion, celebrates the culinary traditions of the Pacific Rim. Admission to the mixer is $15 for chamber members or $25 for non-members. Included in the price of admission is one drink (beer or wine) and small bites. ➝ losgatoschamber.com

NUTRITION, METABOLISM AND ALL THAT JAZZ Jewish Community Center will host a free virtual discussion on nutrition on Nov. 18 at 11am. The talk will address how metabolism slows overtime, what influences healthy eating, how ageism affects health, and lessons learned from Covid-19. Certified dietitian Elisa Itkowitz will also talk about how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and overcome obstacles. ➝ bit.ly/3cesMI

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Country singer LeAnn Rimes will perform at Heritage Theatre, 1 West Campbell Ave. in Campbell, on Nov. 18 at 8pm. Rimes has sold more than 44 million units globally, won two Grammy Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards and two World Music Awards, among others. ➝ bit.ly/3kx9h2u

HOOTENANNY! Hootenanny! will perform rock and pop hits at Number 1 Broadway, 102 South Santa Cruz Ave. #B (Upstairs), on Nov. 18. Doors open at 7pm, with music starting at 9pm. ➝ number1broadway.com

THE KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS GATOS The club meets the first three Thursdays of the month at noon at Flights Restaurant, 165 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road #5306. First two Thursdays of the month feature guest speakers.

THE LOS GATOS MORNING ROTARY CLUB The Club meets every Wednesday morning 7:30-8:30am at Los Gatos Lodge, 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Road. Program includes featured guest speakers.

BLUES JAM Little Lou's BBQ, 2455 S. Winchester Blvd. in Campbell, hosts the Blues Jam on Thursdays from 6-9pm. ➝ littlelousbbq.com/calender

PUBLIC MEETINGS Town Council The Los Gatos Town Council meets virtually on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 7pm. ➝ losgatosca.gov/16/Town-Council Planning Commission The Los Gatos Planning Commission meets virtually on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7pm. ➝ losgatosca.gov/189/ Planning-Commission Santa Clara County Supervisors The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors meets virtually on Tuesdays at 9am. ➝ bit.ly/3oy2Zmq Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District The board meets every other Tuesday at 5pm. ➝ bit.ly/3DaJRi9 Los Gatos Union School District Board of Trustees The board meets monthly at either 6:30pm or 4pm. ➝ bit.ly/3oywlRA Other Town commissions The Town of Los Gatos has various committees that serve as advisory bodies for the Town Council. ➝ losgatosca.gov/12/BoardsCommissions-Committees

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TOP ’CATS: LOS GATOS RUNS TO CCS TITLE Jonathan Natividad

Girls cross country team delivers championship run

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Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor

Confident yet humble, the Los Gatos High girls cross country team might not realize just how good of a team they are. After winning the ultra-competitive Division I race in the Central Coast Section Championships at Crystal Springs in Belmont on Nov. 13, the Wildcats expressed a bit of disbelief in what they had accomplished. “It was really surreal because I thought we were going for second place,” said Sophie Tau, who finished second overall and was the team’s fastest runner in 18 minutes, 22.2 seconds at the famed 2.95-mile course. “We were shooting for at least second place to get to state, so to get first was unreal. When I found out we won, I could not believe it.” Los Gatos, which won its first CCS title since 2006, advances to the CIF State Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno on Nov. 27. Just how good was the Wildcats’ CCS performance? It won despite having its No. 4 runner drop out early in the race. Still, the Wildcats had more than enough to hold off the efforts of Menlo-Atherton and Los Altos, which finished in a tie for second with 56 points, 10 positions off of Los Gatos’ winning 46-point score (lower number wins). Freshman sensation Shea Elmore took third overall in 18:27.2, senior Fiona Herron took eighth in 18:40.6— a huge 40-second personal-record (PR)—freshman Tatum Pyle finished 17th in 19:31.3 and sophomore Kate Herron rounded out the team’s scoring with a 21st place showing in 19:36.1. Like her older sister Fiona— the only senior on the team—Kate had the best race of her season, unleashing a 30-second PR at Crystal Springs. “Fiona did a phenomenal job and to have a 40-second PR, you can’t ask for more than that,” Wildcats coach Paul Lawryk said. “If you look at the data and how Kate, Tatum and Fiona ran

her, she’s already there. She works so hard that everyone else is working hard and getting better. Shea, what she told me is, ‘I want to win.’ I said that’s phenomenal and I told Sophie you should go out there, have a plan to win and she did that and stayed with the lead runner.” Like most of her teammates, Tau has improved her finishing speed and gained confidence in the process. “Training with Shea, Sophie realizes she’s got the speed and is now exploiting it,” Lawryk said.

Like most of her teammates, Tau has improved her finishing speed and gained confidence in the process.

FINISHING STRONG Junior Sophie Tau helped lead the Los Gatos High girls cross country team to a Central Coast Section Division I championship on Nov. 13 at Crystal Springs in Belmont. Tau took second overall in 18:22.2 as Los Gatos compiled a title low score of 46 points.

the last half-mile, it’s faster than what they’ve normally done in the past.” Lawryk was proud of the girls for overcoming adversity and performing at a higher level than their M-A and Los Altos counterparts. “M-A and Los Altos are very talented and well coached teams,” he said. “I told the girls it’s anybody’s championship and it’s going to come down to who executes best is going to win. It was an extraordinary outcome be-

cause of that, and we were very happy and grateful more than anything.” Tau has gotten faster and stronger as the season has gone along, while Elmore has elevated everyone’s ability with her competitiveness and work ethic. “What Shea has done is she has made everyone else step up their game,” Lawryk said. “She is a racer, she is out there to work hard and she wants to win. You don’t have to coach

Abigail Zolla (49th) was the team’s sixth scoring runner and Sarina Salzer-Swartz has been a consistent performer on the team all season, contributing to the team’s wins at league meets and out of section meets. Tau said winning the title was an unbelievable feeling because of the team’s camaraderie. “There’s no one else I’d rather have than these girls on this team, so to do it with them is special,” she said. “To know all the hours we put in practice finally paid off and to make our coach proud because we know how much he wanted to win.” The Los Gatos boys team also ran well, finishing fifth. Micah Hoang was the team’s top placer, finishing 22nd in 16:42 (5:39-mile pace). Both the girls and boys squads will return several of their top runners next year, making the recent CCS performance a prelude to perhaps even greater things to come.

TITLE TOWN, LOS GATOS Robert Eliason

Field hockey team wins record 17th CCS championship Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor

TITLE TOWN The Los Gatos High field hockey team celebrates after Sam Elliott converts in the second round of the shootout against St. Francis in the Central Coast Section championship match on Nov. 12 at Saratoga High. The Wildcats extended their record with a 17th championship in 21 title game appearances. two have come via ties, most recently in 2018. However, CCS made an adjustment to its rules in the last off-season whereby the shootout would go on as long as possible until a winner was determined. In the first shootout round, Abby Lo, Jiwoo Hong, Natasha Evenden and Sam Elliott converted. However, the Lancers had a golden chance to win it as it had the final shot of the round on its stick. But Vrijen made her first save in five attempts to get the team to the second shootout round. The teams got a break before the final round during which Reyes had a nice conversation with his standout goalie. “He told me to stay on my feet and come out a little further to cut off the angle, but mostly he was just encouraging me and telling me I could do it,” Vrijen said. “We love our coach. He yells a lot, but it’s always love.” Vrijen made three saves in the final shootout round, including an incredible double pad leg save. Lo, Evenden and Elliott scored, the last of which

set off a wild Los Gatos celebration. The Wildcats were prepared for the shootout after some intense practice time in that discipline two weeks ago. “But this week we didn’t practice the shootout because we didn’t want me to knock over the starters,” Vrijen said, referring to the fact goalies often collide with the field players while trying to prevent a score. Los Gatos must have been jubilant to see the game get to a shootout, because the Lancers (15-3-1) dominated the two overtime sessions, producing eight short corners to the Wildcats’ two. This game had it all, including a premature St. Francis celebration when they got the ball into the Los Gatos cage four minutes into the first overtime. However, the referee ruled a no-goal, which came after four consecutive St. Francis short corners. Ultimately, Los Gatos survived the barrage of shots and shot corners in the two OT periods to get to the shootout. In regulation, the teams took turns controlling the possession. St. Francis

had its way in the first quarter before Los Gatos started to gain its rhythm in the second quarter and especially in the third and fourth periods. “There wasn’t anything to panic about in the first half,” Reyes said. “They’re a good team and they were doing everything they wanted to do and now it was time to change the strategy a tiny little bit to get the game in our favor.” Maddie Holloway did a fantastic job of running out defensively on short corners, Elliott and Madi McDonough were active all game making plays, and Rosalie Brockmann had a couple of terrific passes that led to near goals. As Reyes made his way from the field to the parking lot afterward, he might as well been a mayor with an all-time high approval rating because he couldn’t go more than a few yards before someone approached with a word of congratulations. “We saw it all,” Reyes said. “This game had everything. What else is there left to say?”

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Shootouts can be a nerve-wrecking deal for everyone involved, especially when it decides the Central Coast Section championship. That’s the predicament the Los Gatos High and St. Francis field hockey teams found themselves in after they played a scoreless 60 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime at Saratoga High on Nov. 12. Amid the tension, Wildcats goalie Katya Vrijen showed little emotion, even after she made some big-time stops. The senior made four saves in leading the Wildcats to a 7-6 victory over two shootout rounds. Los Gatos extended its own record with a 17th—yes, 17th—CCS championship in its 21st title game appearance. Having just completed his 31st season, Henry Reyes has been the Los Gatos coach during this entire dynastic run, and he said in terms of sheer drama in a championship contest, this one topped them all. “Without a doubt,” he said. “When you play a good team like St. Francis, you hope you come out of the crazy side of it.” Vrijen delivered one of the best postgame player interviews in any sport in recent memory. “It’s unreal,” Vrijen said. “It’s not processing yet. It still doesn’t feel real. But we’re getting pizza now, at T-Bird’s. It’s T-Bird’s every year, even when we lose. But this year we won so we won’t be crying on our pizza.” The last time a CCS playoffs was contested in 2019, Los Gatos (16-1) did find itself uncharacteristically on the losing end in a title match, 1-0 to Mitty. However, it has been far and away the dominant program of the CCS, and it’s not even close. Even though last Saturday’s contest featured two evenly-matched teams—Los Gatos edged St. Francis by a goal in each of their two league games—the Wildcats somehow found a way to come out on top for a third time against a very tough squad. Out of the Wildcats’ 17 section titles,

IN A GAME FOR THE AGES, LOS GATOS FALLS SHORT IN CCS DIVISION I PLAYOFFS David Rogers

Heartbreaker for Wildcats in game’s final seconds

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Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor

One moment, the Los Gatos High football team was seemingly on its way to victory. The next, faces of disbelief littered the sideline. It’s no wonder Wildcats coach Mark Krail called the 34-27 loss to Bellarmine in a Central Coast Section Division I playoff opener on Nov. 12 “the toughest I’ve ever had.” In a game with as many twists and turns as a Stephen King novel, Los Gatos (10-1) fell short in what will assuredly go down as one of the best games of the playoffs—and there are still two rounds to go. “This time of year somebody’s got to go home and there’s always good football being played and tonight was no exception,” Krail said. With the game tied at 27-27 and Bellarmine driving down the field for the potential game-winning score, the Wildcats’ Jake Ripp intercepted a pass and returned it 25 yards to the Bellarmine 23-yard line as the Los Gatos sideline and fans erupted in pandemonium. Jake Boyd completed a 13-yard pass to Caspian Bailey despite a Bellarmine blitz that put him under heavy duress. On the next play, Bailey’s short run gave the Wildcats a second-and-goal from the 8. That’s when Boyd’s pass— which was intended for Ripp—was tipped at the line of scrimmage and fell into the arms of Thomas Divittorio, who returned it 94 yards down the left sideline for a touchdown for the game-winning score with 43.6 seconds remaining. The Wildcats got the ball back at its 25 with 36 seconds left, but couldn’t do much with it. The series ended on an interception. Just like that, Los Gatos had victory snatched from its grasp. “We called a play that worked several times during the year,” Krail said. “It’s a 1 on 1 with Jake Ripp and they tip the ball at the line of scrimmage. I mean, that’s a brutal way to lose a game. Of all the ways to lose a game, that one is the toughest I’ve ever had.”

EXPLOSIVE Quinn Merritt, seen here on a catch-and-run against Homestead earlier in the season, had four receptions for 60 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown, in the Wildcats’ 34-27 loss to Bellarmine last Friday. Los Gatos pulled out all its bags of tricks out of its playbook which nearly put them over the top. Jaylen Thomas connected with Lucas White for a 57-yard touchdown off a fake punt to make it 7-0 Wildcats with 3:16 left in the first quarter. White was wide open down the right seam and eluded a defender in the open field en route to the end zone. Los Gatos went to its bag of tricks again trailing 20-13, utilizing a halfback option pass. Johnny Kingsland took a handoff and rolled to his left before the lefty lofted a perfect pass down the near side to Quinn Merritt for a 18-yard TD with 2:49 left in the third quarter. Los Gatos completely fooled Bel-

larmine on both of its trick plays that led to TDs. Krail, who called both plays, was waiting for the right occasion to use them. “(The fake punt) is one you practice twice a week all season long, we hadn’t used it and it worked to perfection,” Krail said. “Luke White is just an unbelievable, phenomenal player who is one of our senior leaders we’re really going to miss. The option was another one we’ve worked on all season. When you don’t have a lot of close games, you don’t use those things and tonight was the opportunity to use them and our guys pulled them off. It was good.” Krail said he knew going into the game yards would be difficult to come by because Bellarmine has a tough defense.

“Yet we found a way to score a couple of TDs that were unorthodox if you will,” he said. “Jake (Ripp) is a stud, he has been and he’s going to be in big-time college football next year. We ask a lot of him and he’s never ever disappointed one time.” Boyd was 14-of-27 for 189 yards and two interceptions, while Emiliano Mejia rushed for 114 yards on 21 carries. Explosive, quick, agile and able to see an opening and hit it, Mejia took on much bigger defenders and usually gained yards after first contact, a testament to his will and mentality to never go down. Merritt had a teambest four receptions and White led the squad with 78 receiving yards. Ripp led the way defensively with 14 tackles, Luchi Casale had 13 tackles and Jack Saul finished with nine. The Wildcats had a tremendous season, characterized by dominating wins. They completed a 10-0 regular season, one of the few teams in the section to achieve that mark. But for the first and what will turn out to be the only loss of the season, Los Gatos tasted defeat. And it was gut-wrenching. As is customary for high school football teams with championship aspirations, a loss in the playoffs leaves coaches and players to console each other with hugs and words of appreciation afterward. Most of them were in tears and several players sat on the turf long after the game was over, letting their emotions loose. “I thought we battled,” Krail said. “Our offense wasn’t great at times, but we never caved in. We kept fighting and had a chance to win it at the end. To go home like this is going to sting for a few days.” Indeed, playing in front of the largest home crowd in recent memory—5,000 would be a conservative estimate—the team soaked in the environment, which was electric. “The atmosphere was great, both sides were excited and I couldn’t be more proud of Los Gatos High School, the students and the way the town turned out and supported these young men,” Krail said.

POLICE BLOTTER • Someone stole a wallet from a business on the 15500 block of Union Avenue and used a credit card for a purchase soon after. • A man was arrested for altering a vehicle’s registration on Winchester Boulevard and Highway 85 at 3:30pm.

NOV. 8 • A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia and presenting unlawful vehicle registration to an officer on Oka Road at 1:19am. • A window was damaged with a BB gun on Constitution Avenue. • No injuries were reported after a vehicle crashed through a fence on Quito Road at 2:54pm.

NOV. 9 • Someone stole items from a vehicle on Alberto Way. • An unknown suspect stole more than $400 worth of products from a store on University Avenue at 3:46pm. • A caller reported a suspicious vehicle on Hicks and Shannon roads, occupied by a man wearing a Halloween mask and looking at vehicles as they drove by at 6:54pm. • A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia and burglary tools on the 1500 block of Pollard Road at 10:36pm.

NOV. 10 • A man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Highways 9 and 17 at 12:35am. • Someone stole items from a vehicle parked on Los Gatos Boulevard. • A pedestrian suffered minor injuries when a vehicle struck her

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• A vehicle was stolen from a driveway on Westchester Drive. The vehicle was found back in the driveway six hours later. • A vehicle was stolen from Oleander Avenue and Camellia Terrace. • A locked vehicle was burglarized on East Main Street. • Grand theft was reported on North Santa Cruz Avenue at 2:46pm. • A woman was arrested for inflicting injury on a cohabitant on the 100 block of Dardanelli Lane at 11:53pm.

NOV. 12

• Two bikes were stolen from a front porch on Adrian Place. • A bullet was found lodged in a home’s window on Pollard Road. An occupant reported hearing a “loud pop” two nights earlier. • Someone stole a catalytic converter from a vehicle parked on Hillbrook Drive. The suspect also reportedly left a note on the vehicle asking if the owner would like to sell it. • A vehicle was burglarized on the first block of University Avenue and in a parking lot on South Santa Cruz Avenue.

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• A man was arrested for being in possession of burglary tools and unlawful paraphernalia on the 100 block of Oakrim Court at 3:30am. • A man stole a laptop from a business on the 15100 block of Los Gatos Boulevard at 6:15pm. Information is compiled from public records released by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.

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SCARES FOR CARES RAISES NEARLY $15K

A youth-run spooky film festival shattered its $10,000 fundraising goal by raising $14,975 this year. Created by brother-sister team Nolan and Quinn Harr, Scares for Cares encouraged youth to get creative and film hair-raising short films each October. Viewers voted on their favorite movies by making a donation to the Lucile Packard Children's Fund. "We are so proud of all the participants this year, the movies were all really amazing," Nolan said. The winning movie this year was “Escaping Asylum Horrors” which brought in $3,980. Starring Nolan and Quinn Harr, Declan and Fiona McInerney, Alexa Cross, Luke and Analeia Pacheco, and Jayden and Jackie Zhuge, the short film is a terrifying tale written, directed and acted by the kids. While Quinn is excited that their movie won the top prize, she admits that another movie this year was her favorite. "I really loved all the movies, but ‘The Candy Snatcher’ made me laugh every time I watched it,” she said. Voting is now closed but all the Scares for Cares movies can still be viewed at scaresforcaresmovies. godaddysites.com.

LOS GATOS, SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS SCORE HIGH IN HEALTH REPORT The median income for residents in the neighborhood cluster of Los Gatos, Cupertino and Saratoga is tri-

KNOW THE DRILL Volunteers hand out bags of water and information to drivers as part of the Los Gatos/Monte Sereno CERT and DART emergency drill on Nov. 3 at Los Gatos Calvary Church. The exercise was a way for the community to experience how a commodity would be distributed in the event of a disaster. ple the state average, according to A Portrait of California 2021-2022: Human Development and Housing Justice, a report released Nov. 10 by Measure of America. This is the third such study in a decade-long series offering statistics and analysis of how Californians are doing in health, education and earnings. Using the American Human Development Index (HDI), which measures well-being using health, education and earnings on a scale from zero to 10, the report found that California continues to outpace the country overall on key metrics. Though the HDI score has improved by 14.9 percent since 2000, the score for Native American Californians has fallen by 22.5 percent and increased only slightly for Black Californians. The neighborhood cluster of Los

Gatos, Cupertino and Saratoga scored an HDI of 9.24 compared to the state’s 5.85, with life expectancy at 86.4 years, above the statewide average of 81 years. The median income is $120,400, whereas the state average is $39,528. Measure of America is an initiative of the Social Science Research Council. To view the report, visit measureofamerica.org/california2021-22.

WITH HOLIDAYS APPROACHING, HEALTH OFFICIALS URGE BOOSTER SHOTS The County of Santa Clara Public Health Department is recommending all eligible members of the public who

live or work in Santa Clara County receive a Covid-19 booster shot. The booster is appropriate for almost everyone ages 18 and older six months following the last Pfizer or Moderna vaccination, or two months following the Johnson & Johnson vaccination. As of Nov. 9, 206,765 county residents had received their booster shot out of 1,082,317 eligible residents. “We want to safeguard the public and prevent a COVID-19 surge as the holiday season approaches,” said Dr. Sara Cody, county health officer. “We ask everyone who can to sign up for a booster shot to protect themselves, their family and their friends. Get your booster now and make your Thanksgiving gathering safer.” County clinics are taking appointments at sccfreevax.org and many locations accept walk-in patients for booster shots.

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