Clash of the Titans - Students Beat Staff 36-20
“They might have won on the scoreboard, “ said Gunn Dean James Lubbe, “but I’m not convinced they’re the better team. They made some lucky shots that went their way this year.” A disappointed but determined Lubbe was referring to the students miraculous shooting from the outside that spelled the difference in their 36-20 win over the staff in “Clash of the Titans” this Friday at lunch.
Thanks to the three point shooting of Krishan Allen, Josh Jackson and the unbelievable Ori Herschmann, who was making his first athletic appearance since blowing out his knee in warm-ups at the first football game of the year, the students were too much for the staff.
“We’re definitely getting older and slower,” said Gunn’s Staff Coach Tom Jacoubowsky. “We tried to go big, we tried to go slow, but in the end of the day, we just went old. But we’ll get 'em next year.”
Thankfully for the staff, Dave Deggeller, Rajeev Virmani, Chris Karas, Seth Elliot and a special appearance by Kevin Skelly, (outside assistance...) the score was close as the staff cut a 17-6 halftime deficit to 20-16 late in the third, but the students broke it open with a 16-4 run that featured Herschmann’s three pointer off the glass with two minutes left to put in the final dagger to the staff.
Watch out Juniors - the staff wants payback!
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The sun is shining (sometimes) and the spring sports are in full swing...
Track and Field -
The Track team was in San Rafael this weekend participating in the "twilight relays". This is a huge meet bringing together over 30 Bay Area High Schools and over 500 athletes participating. The Gunn relay teams all met their goals and the Girls long-distance relay team (1200m-400m-800m-1600m) won their event!!
The next home meet will be 3/24/2011 facing Lynbrook starting at 3:30
Lacrosse-
The Gunn Boy's lacrosse team made the first strike scoring on a pass from Anatole Colevas to Marcus Cassidy. The St. Francis team answered with 2 goals in the 1st quarter and 3 in the 2nd quarter. Goalie Brent Paulson recorded 7 saves in the first half to keep Gunn in range.
The second half was a different story. The Gunn defense held St. Francis scoreless for the entire half. Down 1-5 at the half, the Gunn team played with more determination. The momentum shifted Gunn's way and Marcus Cassidy scored a second goal in the 3rd quarter. The St. Francis players started to play more aggressively and got called for a number of penalties putting Gunn in "man-up" situations. The 4th quarter got off to a good start. An early goal by Ethan Katznelson was followed just 18 seconds later with a score by Jackson Gardner who caught a pass from Michael Rundell and was able to make a quick turn and got the ball in the net. A determined Ryan Griffiths tied the game at 5-5. He was bringing the ball in on possession and just ran straight to the goal and took a shot. The eventual game-winner was scored by Spencer Keenan with 6:38 left to play. It was a defensive battle to keep St. Francis from scoring. After much back and forth play, St. Francis had possession in the last moments and was working the ball around for a shot as time ran out. Gunn defeated St. Francis 6-5 in their first win of the season. Their record is 1-1 in league play.
The next home game is 3/23/2011 when Gunn will play Los Altos 7:00 PM
Gunn Girl's JV lacrosse team are also doing very well beating Santa Catalina 11-0 in their second game. Eight different girls scored at least one goal each, which is incredibly remarkable for the game of lacrosse, not to mention that five of the eight girls are completely new to the sport and first picked up a lacrosse stick less than a month ago.
The goal breakdown goes as follows: Ahran Cho- 1, Sarah Varghese - 1, Sayaka Yamamoto - 2, Amy Creasey - 1, Zoe Gallagher - 2, Elle So - 1, Hanna Ribbe - 2, Maddy Atmore - 1.
An honorable mention to those girls helping out on offense, as well as the valuable girls on low defense:
Offense: Alex Allen, Rose Hinson, Valeriya Imesheva, Avni Gupta
Defense: Erika Cagampan, Haley King, Noa Shadmon, Marian Avila, Karine McCulloch
And a great job done by first time goalie Ellen Lee.
With this new win, the girls are now 2-0 in their lacrosse season, beating Lick Wilmerding last week 6 - 4. We look forward to the upcoming game with Paly (3/15) at Paly.
Tennis -
In the first match of the season the Gunn team played very well in a non-league match against a good SHP team with a lot of great three set matches. Gunn defeated Sacred Heart prep 5-2.
#1 double (Kevin Macario / Jack Kwan) (G) pulled out a great win to win a tiebreaker in the dark! This was one of our longest team matches ending at 6:30.
In the following game Gunn lost in a close match to Los Altos 4 - Gunn 3.
To avenge that defeat Gunn came out fighting and beat Paly 6-1this Thursday with an outstanding performance.
#1 Austin Leung (PA ) def Clifton Wolak (G) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6
#2 Jinyan Jiang (G) def Blake Smith (PA) 6-3, 6-2
#3 Adam Zorin (G) 6-3, 7-5 def Bar Shavit (PA)
#4 Roy Peleg (G) 6-0, 6-1def Chirag Krista (PA)
#1Doubles Kevin Macario / Jack Kwan (G) 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
#2D Joe Atlas / Ameya Rao (G) 7-5 2-6 7-6
#3D Arjun Narayen / Nabil Hamade (G) 6-2 1-6 6-2
Next Home meet Los Gatos at Gunn 3/22 starting at 3:30 PM.
Softball -
The Gunn girls’ softball team won a non-league 7-2 victory over Castilleja on Thursday at Gunn. The Titans scored early in the first when Claire Klausner got a base hit, advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Laura Kidder, and stole two bases including home. The Titans added to their lead with two more runs in the fifth, on a single by senior Nicole Grimwood followed by a double by junior Claire Collins, who reached home on a single by freshman Camille Steger. The Titans scored four more runs in the sixth on base hits by sophomore Laura Tao and junior Taylor Aguon, a double by sophomore Casey Maltz, and an inside the park home run by Grimwood. Sophomore pitcher Klausner had an impressive first outing, rejoining the team after a stellar BB season, with 14 strikeouts.
Gunn 100 024 7 3 1
Castilleja 000 002 0 2 4 2
Claire Klausner (WP 1-0) 14K; Aryana Lee (LP 0-1)
The Gunn girls’ softball team won their next game too, a non-league 3-1 victory over Mountain View (De Anza Division) on Friday at Gunn. The Spartans scored early in the first on a walk, and an error. The Titans answered with a run early in the bottom of the first when Laura Kidder got on base with a single, advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Casey Maltz, and stole two bases including home.
The Titans held Mountain View scoreless the rest of the game. Gunn went into the lead at the bottom of the sixth with two more runs, started off by single by Maltz, who scored on a stolen base and an error by the Spartans. Taylor Aguon scored the 3rd run after reaching base on a fielder’s choice, a stolen base, and another error by the Spartans. Pitcher Claire Klausner (So)
contributed to the win holding the Spartans to 2 hits, with 10 strike outs.
Claire Klausner (WP 2-0) 10K; Tiffany Wooten (LP)
1B, 1B – N. Grimwood (G)
Records: Gunn 2-5;
Next home games -
Friday 3/18 playing Monta Vista 4:00 PM
Wednesday 3/23 playing Saratoga 4:00 PM
Baseball
Gunn returned home, following a three game road trip and got their bats warmed up, pounding out 14 hits against the visiting Capuchino Mustangs, whose record fell to 2-6. Five different Titans had multi hit games.
Improving on recent performances, the Titan pitching staff gave up only 1 run on 8 hits. Junior right hander Ryan Gorman started and went 3 scoreless innings. Senior right hander Miles Sturken relieved in the top of the 4th, and went the rest of the way, picking up his first win of the season (no losses). Sophomore Ben Sampson (catcher) started his first varsity game, managing the pitchers ably from behind the dish.
On offense, the Titans found the throttle, pounding out 3 doubles and 2 triples, upping the team average to .336 for the season. Senior Matt Mertz led the charge, going 3 for 4, with 1 RBI and a run scored. Junior Jake Verhulp continued his hot streak, going 2 for 4, including a triple, 1 RBI, and scoring. Senior Jack Hannan also stayed hot, going 2 for 4, with a double, 1 RBI, and scoring once.
Gunn record - 2-2-1
Next home games -
| 03/24/11 | Thursday | Santa Clara | Gunn | 3:30p.m. |
| 03/26/11 | Saturday | The Kings Academy | Gunn | 2:00p.m. |
| 03/29/11 | Tuesday | Monta Vista | Gunn | 3:30p.m. |
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