July 31, 2002     Los Gatos, California Since 1881 Los Gatos 10s win three of five games at sectionals By Dick Sparrer It was a great ride for the Los Gatos Little League 10-year-old all-stars, but the District 12 champions lost twice to Capitola-Soquel at the Section 5 tournament to face elimination. Los Gatos won three of five games in the tournament, beating Berryessa 6-2, Hollister 3-2 and Los Altos Hills 10-7. But the locals lost 4-2 to Capitola-Soquel to fall into the loser's bracket, then lost 8-6 to the same club to drop out of the tourney. Los Gatos had beaten Quito 16-0, Saratoga 10-5 and Lincoln Glen 2-0 and 6-4 to win the District 12 championship and advance to sectional play. In the section opener, Colin Chapman tossed a complete game and Bill Cardia doubled and tripled to drive in four runs to lead Los Gatos to the win over Berryessa. Nick Hirschman supported with three hits in the win. Gatos lost to Capitola-Soquel a game later to fall into the elimination round, but fought back to take Hollister and Los Altos Hills. The locals got another shot at Capitola-Soquel and played the club from the coast tough before losing the 8-6 heartbreaker. Members of the Los Gatos squad included Hirschman, Cardia, Chapman, Tim Garvey, Todd Ericson, Alex Silva, Luke Politi, Derek Rodrigues, Matt Horton, Hendee Wall, Andrew Salazar and Andy Furia. The team manager was Bob Ericson and his coaches were Dan Kropp and Ken Rodrigues.