Gunn Sports Update

Submitted by Miriam Rotman 

Gunn sports update Girls Tennis – Gunn Girl’s tennis team played very well and beat Homestead 4-2 in the El Camino Division SCVAL Playoff for CCS automatic qualifier and the right to move up to the De Anza Division next year. Congratulations to Alice Li, SCVAL Singles Champion. Shout out also to Antoinette Nguyen/Anjali Hereka, SCVAL Doubles 3rd Place winners and Deviany Bhadkamar/Ebba Nord, SVCAL 4th Place winners.   Girls golf – Gunn sophomore Anna Zhou finished in first place at the girls' Central Coast Section Golf Championships held this Tuesday in Carmel Valley. Zhou fired a 4-under-par 68 including a stretch of two birdies and an eagle in her final seven holes. The 68 was Zhou's best 18-hole score. Her previous best was 69. Zhou shot 70 to finish tied for second at the 2011 CCS finals. In the first year of competing, the Titans finished second overall in the team race behind Valley Christian qualifying for next week's NorCal Championships held in Stockton. Gunn junior Jayshree Sarathy shot 74 and freshman teammate Tiffany Yang added a 79. Lianna McFarlane-Connelly shot 89 and Somina Lee carded a season-best 93 to round out the Titans' historic effort. Gunn was the only public school to finish among the top five teams. "Our team score of 403 was good enough to win the CCS team competition in any other year (but this one)," said Gunn coach Chris Redfield." Girls Volleyball - The Gunn girls' volleyball team tuned up for its final regular-season match by downing host Monta Vista, 26-24, 20-25, 25-22, 21-25, 15-11, in SCVAL De Anza Division action Tuesday night. The Titans (4-9, 16-15) were led by Lena Latour's 15 kills. Gunn hosted rival Palo Alto on Thursday. Cross country – at the SCVAL El Camino championships Gunn boys placed 5th. Leading the charge - Dillon Hu 17:29; 26 Thomas Rasmussen 17:30; 27, Antonio Puglisi 17:30; 36, Ian Malone 17:42 Football - Gunn win against Cupertino sets up SCVAL showdown.

Homecoming is always one of the big highlights at Gunn High School and on Friday evening the Gunn Football team put on a spectacular show as they dominated Los Altos 42-0 in front of a packed home crowd. Led by Sean Lydster’s three touchdown runs and Andre Guzman two touchdown passes to Tyrus Whitehead, the Titans scored early and often (like voting) as they improved to 3-0 in El Camino Division play and 5-2 overall. “We played good football,” said Gunn Head Coach Dan Navarro. “Our offensive line blocked well and we ran very well tonight.” Throughout the night the Titans got strong line play from Aryeh Furman and solid defense from Forrest Larson and Dietrich Sweat. The Gunn Titans followed that great performance with a defining win against Cupertino last Friday. The game was close at half time (14-6) but Sean Lydster rushed for 3 touchdowns and Marcus Moreno-Ramos also scored on a 2-yard rush in the 3rd quarter to break the game wide open. This Friday Gunn will play Monta Vista and the winner will be the frontrunner to represent the El Camino division at the CCS playoffs. Go Gunn!