Rather, it was the high scoring of senior Breezy Conner that sparked the Wildcats to wins over Homestead 9-3, Santa Clara 15-3, Wilcox 7-5 and Fremont 11-4. In the four games, Conner pitched in a team-high 14 goals to help the Wildcats breeze to a 9-3 finish in the regular season.

Los Gatos will now take part in the SCVAL tournament through Nov. 6, hoping to qualify for a berth in the Central Coast Section tournament.

Conner and junior Courtney Scallan buried three goals apiece to lead the Cats to the 9-3 win over Homestead last week. Sophomore Nicole Zeiter supported with a pair of goals and junior Jessica Safir added one.

Earlier in the week it was Conner and Zeiter with three goals apiece in a lopsided 15-3 victory over winless Santa Clara. Safir and freshman Ali Niswonger tossed in two goals apiece and senior Ashleigh Weissman and sophomores Caitlin Espe, Lisa Ratzliff and Rita Warkov had one each.

Conner had the hot hand in the 7-5 win over Wilcox, drilling four goals against the Chargers. Safir, Zeiter and Ratzliff added one goal each in the tight win. The Cats took a slim 4-3 lead into the final period before outscoring Wilcox 3-2 to clinch the win.

Conner popped four goals and Ratzliff had three in the 11-4 win over Fremont. Espe, Safir, Warkov and Scallan also scored for the Cats.

In the Halloween Classic Tournament at Lincoln High School last weekend, the Wildcats won three games but lost a key decision to Saratoga 9-3. The Falcons went on to play Lynbrook for the tourney championship, losing 8-5.

Conner had four goals in an 8-2 win over host Lincoln. Safir and Scallen had two goals apiece in the game.

Warkov tossed in three goals, Conner two and Safir one in a 6-3 win over Santa Teresa.

Espe, Niswonger and Warkov scored two goals each to lead the Cats to an easy 13-2 win over Silver Creek. Safir, Scallan, Ratzliff, Zeiter, freshman Sarah Safir and juniors Alyssa Uno and Stephanie Wessels also scored goals.

Rounding out the Gatos varsity are seniors Hilary Norcott and Kati Pease, juniors Pauline Chow and Liz Rose, sophomore Courtney Hawker and freshman Eloise Nichols.

Cats get even

It took them three overtime periods to do it, but the Los Gatos boys water polo team pulled out a thrilling 13-12 win over Saratoga to even its record at 3-3 in the De Anza Division of the SCVAL.

Forest Gallien tossed in four goals and Kyle Blair added three to lead the Wildcats to the come-from-behind win over the Falcons. Ben Draa and Jason Stein supported with two goals apiece and Griffin Lerman and David Smith had one each.

The Cats trailed 4-2 after a period, but outscored Saratoga 4-1 in the second to lead 6-5 at intermission. The clubs matched three goals in the third, but the Falcons had the edge 3-2 in the fourth to push the game into overtime.

Each team scored in the first extra period and they were both scoreless in the second. But Los Gatos scored a goal in the third overtime while blanking the Falcons to clinch the win.

In the Monta Vista Tournament at Cupertino over the weekend, Draa poured in five goals to lead the Wildcats to a 13-9 win over St. Ignatius. Gallien, Lerman and Smith added two goals each and Brett Krouskup and Justin Bell had one apiece.

Sean Wasserman, Jason Stein, Sam Hovig and Mike Shamshoian are others who play a key role for the Los Gatos squad.

Net losses

The Los Gatos girls tennis team slipped to 3-8 in the De Anza Division with a couple of losses to league powerhouses Los Altos and Monta Vista last week.

The Wildcats lost 6-1 to the Eagles, despite a 6-4, 6-1 win by Chelsey Green and Sofia Larsson at No. 1 doubles, and the Cats were blanked 7-0 by the unbeaten Matadors.

Hockey split

A week that started out with a win ended up on a losing note for the Los Gatos girls field hockey team. The Wildcats clawed their way to a 3-1 win over Lynbrook, but they lost 2-0 to Mitty later in the week.

First-half goals by seniors Caroline Stege and Jessica Saunders helped the Cats jump out to a 2-1 lead over the Vikings at intermission on Tuesday, then senior Bailey Richardson knocked in an insurance goal off an assists from junior Marlana Shile.

But the Wildcats were blanked 2-0 by the Monarchs two days later. Gatos, now 6-3-1 in the Mt. Hamilton Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League and 12-3-1 for the year, was to close out the regular season at home against Prospect on Nov. 2 before entering the Central Coast Section playoffs on Nov. 11.

Two more wins

Alexa Anderson and Nina Sevastopoulos came through with killer performances for the Los Gatos girls volleyball team last week, leading the Wildcats to wins over Los Altos and Homestead.

The two wins helped the Cats push their De Anza Division record to 10-0 and their season mark to 28-3.

Anderson buried 11 kills to lead the Wildcats to a neat 25-13, 25-20, 25-15 win over the Eagles, and Sevastopoulos drilled nine kills in a quick 25-10, 25-9, 25-16 victory over the Mustangs.

McEntee on par

Well, not quite, but sophomore Heather McEntee fired a six-over par 42 at the Santa Teresa Golf Course to lead the Los Gatos girls golf team to a 182-241 Peninsula Athletic League win over Hillsdale last week. The Wildcats are now 14-1-1 this season.