Sports Update2 - January

Submitted by Miriam Rotman

 

Wrestling

With Junior Cadence Lee leading the way, the Gunn wrestling team came up with its best performance this season producing five individual champions and a second-place team finish at the San Ramon Invitational, last Saturday. This marks the fourth meet in a row that the Titans have finished either first or second, making this the best start in Gunn wrestling history.

Lee won the 106-pound title with two pins and a 3-0 record and was named the Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament. In addition to Lee, Daniel Papp at 126 (4-0 with two pins, one tech fall), Eric Cramer at 132 (4-0 with three pins), Ian Cramer at 138 (4-0 with three pins), and Stephen Martin at 182 (3-0 with two pins) also won their weight groups. Blaze Lee (Sr.) was second at 152 (3-1 with two pins) and Sean Lydster was runner-up at 195 (2-1 with one pin). Harsha Mokkarala was third at 220 (4-1 with three pins) and Eric Calderon was third at 285 (3-1 with one pin). 

The Titans will host crosstown rival PALY this Thursday, with the JV starting at 5:30 and the varsity following immediately after. On Friday and Saturday, both squads will compete at the prestigious Mid Cal Invitational at Gilroy High.

 

Basketball - The Titans (3-0, 10-3) hold sole possession of first place in SCVAL following a 56-45 win over visiting Saratoga. Gunn got 15 points from Zoe Zwerling and 13 from Claire Klausner. 

Zwerling also grabbed seven rebounds while Sarah Klem had nine points and four rebounds for the Titans, who trailed by 16-14 after one quarter and still were down at the half, 25-24. Gunn finally pulled ahead in the third quarter after holding the Falcons (1-4, 12-5) to just three points.

 

Boys’ Soccer - Gunn HS beat Los Altos @ Los Altos 1-0. Stefan Jensen took a shot outside the box only to have it ricochet out to teammate Elyas Daadi who took an incredible bending shot to score the only goal for Gunn High School. The team played solid defense and managed to keep Los Altos from capitalizing on their attempts at goal. Boot Bullwinkle had many timely saves in goal which helped to keep the team in the game. Gunn's next game is against Mountain View High School at Gunn on Friday, 1/18 at 3:30pm. Come cheer the boy's on!!