The Cats topped Homestead 25-20, 16-25, 25-21, 25-14 to move to 2-0 in league play.

Keith Catanese buried 17 kills to lead the Wildcats to the victory and Drew McDowell was close behind in the kill department.

Senior setter Casey Pfeifer led the Cats with 38 assists, thanks to the passing and digging of Brian Register and Mike Robards.

Up front, Sam Moisenco had five solo blocks and three blocking assists and McDowell had a couple of solo blocks and five assists.

Catanese added three service aces and Pfeifer and Register also served well for Gatos.

The Wildcats came back later in the week to make short work of St. Francis in a non-league match. Gatos rolled 25-23, 25-9, 25-17 to improve to 11-0 for the year.

Catanese and Fletcher Anderson shared kill honors with eight apiece. Moisenco added six and Register had three.

Pfeifer finished the match with 30 assists and Robards, Jesse Barron, Anderson and Catanese were passing leaders. Anderson had two solo blocks at the net, and Barron and Cody Stewart were top servers.

Los Gatos capped the week by finishing second in the Leland Charger Classic. The Wildcats cruised to a 25-21, 25-19 win over Willow Glen in the semifinals, but lost a tough 20-25, 25-23, 15-12 nod to Mt. Madonna in the championship match.

The Los Gatos junior varsity rolled to a 25-16, 25-12 win over Homestead. Peter Graham had six kills to lead the Cats and Kris Haushalter added four. Kevin Shain and Frank Fritsch had two apiece.

Eric Rowell drilled three service aces in the win, and Dan Norvelle, Chris Renfer and freshman Martin Eggers were other key players.

The Gatos JVs were coming off of a championship effort in the San Marcos JV Invitational Tournament in Santa Barbara the weekend before.

Steve Conry, Rowell, Fritsch, Graham and Blake Bening were top hitters for the Cats and Martin Eggers had six service aces in the tourney.

Norvelle, Renfer and Haushalter were other standouts.

Tennis nets wins

The Los Gatos tennis team posted a pair of tight 4-3 wins last week, beating Los Altos in De Anza Division play and edging Leland in a non-league match.

Junior Brian Brogan won a three-set cliffhanger 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to lead the Cats to the team win over the Eagles.

Seniors Lee Gerston and James Lok won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 doubles to help Gatos to the win over the Chargers.

Gatos, now 4-1 in the division and 11-2 for the year, was to visit Mountain View on March 23 in league play and will host Menlo on March 24, 2:30 p.m., at the Courtside Tennis Club in a non-league match.

Swim teams lose

It went right down to the final event when the Los Gatos girls battled Lynbrook in a De Anza Division swim meet last week. But the Vikings pulled out a win in the 400-freestyle relay to claim a tight 86-84 team victory over the Wildcats.

Taryn and Kelsey Hunter were the only Los Gatos winners in the meet. Kelsey took both the 200 free in 2:00.13 and the 500 free in 5:20.11, and Taryn was first in the 100 butterfly in 1:05.84.

Lisa Ratzliff added seconds in the 200 and 500 free and Gabriella Hdez was runner-up in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke. Alyssa Uno was second in the 100 free and Katie Sweeney was second in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 100 fly.

The Los Gatos boys lost the same day, falling 110-56 to Lynbrook, despite a couple of individual wins by Brian Williams.

Williams took the 100 fly in 56.99 and added a first in the 500 free in 4:58.49. Andy Hight was first in the 200 free in 2:01.59.

Girls win, boys fall

The Los Gatos girls ran to their second straight De Anza Division track win of the season last week with a 70-57 victory over Gunn, but the Gatos boys lost 69-58 to the Titans to slip to 0-2.

Sally Stanton and Ali Dodson were each double winners for the Cats in the league win, and Dodson also helped Gatos to a win in the 4x100 relay.

Dodson joined with Cheryl Parkman, Jaimee Erickson and Corynn Carino to run a blistering 50.9 in the 400 relay to open the meet.

Dodson also led a sweep in the 400 meters, finishing first in 59.19 with Caroline Stege second in 60.72 and Ashley Benson third in 61.70. Dodson also won the 200 in 26.57.

Stanton was a twin winner in the hurdle events, taking the 100 hurdles in 16.87 with Erickson second in 18:09 and winning the 300 hurdles in 48.09.

Michelle Johnson flew to a win in the high jump at 4­10, and freshman Samantha Peppard won the 800 in 2:26.55 with Marlara Shile third in 2:353.

Shea Dailor was the discus winner at 101-1 with Jennifer Davis third at 81-0, and Jenna Bertocci was second in the shot put with Dailor third.

Freshman Jill Goodwin added a second in the mile with Ashley Harris third, Parkman was second in the 100 in 12.9, Harris was second in the 3,200 meters in 13:12.4, Stege was second in the long jump at 14-10 and Pauline Chow was third in the triple jump at 30-3.5.

Chad Blanchard, Alex Ghanavati, Devin Lopez and Nathan Young were all winners, but the Gatos boys lost to Gunn.

Blanchard was first in the 400 in 52.78 with Ghanavati a winner in the 100 in 11.62, Lopez first in the shot put at 44-11.5 and Young first in the 800 in 2:05.06.