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Sports Briefs
Dons fall to Jags
Peter Salazar tossed a couple of touchdown passes, but the De Anza Community College football team lost its opener 47-16 to San Jose City College last Saturday.
The Dons and Jaguars were tied 7-7 after a period, but San Jose outscored De Anza 26-7 over the next two quarters to pull in front.
Salazar is one of four Del Mar grads returning to the De Anza squad this season. He's joined by free safety Rueben Mastin, tailback Robert Harp and wide receiver Yu Nguyen. It was Nguyen who Salazar hit with a 17-yard pass for De Anza's first touchdown.
Among the other returning sophomores for the Dons this fall is outside is punter Jim Keil, a Homestead grad.
The Dons will go after their first win of the 2001 season when they play their home opener on Saturday, Sept. 15, 1 p.m., against Yuba College.
Catfish Swim
They say the Lexington Reservoir is filled with catfish.
Well, if that's true, then the catfish had their weekend disturbed during the the annual Catfish Open Water Swim returned the Lexington waters.
Thousands of swimmers splashed across the reservoir in the 1.2-mile and 2.4-mile event. Some of the swimmers were wearing wetsuits, others were nearly as bare as the catfish the race is named for.
In the "Team in Training" .6 mile swim, 23-year-old Christine Nelson of Cupertino was the overall women's winner, and 36-year-old William Delveaux won the men's race.
Dan Veatch, 36, of San Francisco was the winner in the 1.2-mile skin race with 16-year-old Richie Crowder of Los Gatos a close second. Barbara Crowder, 43, of Los Gatos won the women's 1.2-mile skin race.
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