By Pete Borello

Spring Sports Summary

os Altos High tennis player Jon Wong didn’t panic after losing the first set of last Friday’s SCVAL De Anza Division singles final to Monta Vista’s Stefan Parker. The setback just made Wong angry.

“In the first set, he wasn’t ready to play,” Eagles coach Cuong Duong said. “Then he got mad and started hitting. He fired some winners and took control.”

Playing on his home court, top-seed Wong rallied to win the next two sets 6-3, 6-3 to claim the singles title.

Wong, a junior, placed third in last year’s division tournament.

In the doubles final of Friday’s SCVAL El Camino Division tournament, Mountain View’s Rory Brown and Ryan Feinstein fell 6-2, 6-3 to a team from Los Gatos.

St. Francis’ Ngon Huynh captured the singles title at the West Catholic Athletic League tournament on Thursday with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Mitty’s top player.

Swimming and Diving

The Mountain View girls’ streak of 17 straight dual-meet wins came to an end last Friday with a 101-82 loss at Homestead.

The defending CCS champion Mustangs won eight of the 12 events at the SCVAL El Camino Division meet, which marked the Spartans’ first loss since March 1999.

Abra Amour, Lindsay Loeffler and Heidi Schmidt each won two individual events for Homestead (5-0-1 division) and combined forces to help their team win the 200-yard medley and 200 freestyle relays.

Mountain View (5-1) winners included Brook Bishop in the 100 butterfly (59.60), Kelly Blakemore in the 100 backstroke (1:03.50) and the 400 free relay team (3:53.09). The Spartans also won the 1-meter diving competition.

Track and Field

The St. Francis girls beat Los Altos 69-57 last Thursday in a De Anza Division meet.

St. Francis (5-2) was led by Julia Gordon (mile and two-mile runs) and Kristen Mulenburg (shot put and discus), who each won two events.

Individual winners for Los Altos included Becca Burnham in the long jump (17-feet-1) and triple jump (33-2), Allison Miller in the 100-meter hurdles (16.6 seconds) and 300 hurdles (48.0), Laura Perry in the 800 run (2:28), Kristen Matilainen in the high jump (4-6) and the mile relay team (4:17) of Heather Phillippe, Jessica Cusick, Allison Miller and Laura Perry.

Gunn’s quest for an undefeated dual-meet season came to an end on April 24.

In a De Anza Division meet against visiting Los Gatos, the Gunn boys and girls teams both lost for the first time. The Gunn boys fell 87-39 and the girls lost 76-51.

The Titans won only two events on the boys’ side. The 400 relay team prevailed with a time of 46.2 and John Law claimed the long jump with a 20-10 1/2.

The Gunn girls won six events, two courtesy of Elise Geiger. The junior claimed the 100 (12.4) and 200 (26.7).

Badminton

Mountain View closed out its De Anza Division season with a 47-15 home loss to Gunn on Thursday.

The Spartans finish at 3-9 in the division, 7-11 overall.