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The Los Gatos frosh-soph football team ended the Saratoga Falcons' dream of an undefeated season with a hard-fought 14-7 victory over their traditional rivals.
A spectacular interception by Eric Chen, who has led the young Wildcat defense all year, ended the Falcons' hopes with 2:07 to go in the game.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Wildcats put together an eight-play, 95-yard drive, capped by a 48-yard burst up the middle by Alex Ghanavatti to post a 6-0 lead.
Saratoga answered on its opening drive of the second half, going 70 yards on nine plays.
In the fourth quarter, quarterback Kevin McCarty led the Wildcats on what proved to be the winning drive—69 yards on nine plays. The young Wildcats opened up their playbook with a pass and lateral from McCarty to Michael Brienzo, who then flipped the ball to Brian Bolandi for a gain to the Saratoga 38. Brienzo ran for 16 yards and caught a McCarty pass for eight more, which carried the Wildcats to the Falcon six. Ghanavatti finished off the drive from there.
Again the Wildcats chose a trick play for the 2-point conversion, with McCarty handing the ball to Ghanavatti around the left side and Ghanavatti pulling up and lofting a pass back to McCarty, who had slipped beyond the Falcons in the right corner of the end zone. That made the score 14-7 Wildcats with 5:45 left in the game.
Ghanavatti led the Wildcats' ground attack with 106 yards on 16 carries. Bolandi added 42 yards on seven tries.
Los Gatos finished second in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League's De Anza Division behind Saratoga.
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