Son of ex-San Jose State football coach leads Los Gatos to victory
Scotty Brennan, son of former San Jose State football coach Brent Brennan, had himself quite a game Thursday night as Los Gatos High continued to pile up victories in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League's De Anza Division.
Two days after his dad left San Jose State to become the new coach at the University of Arizona, Brennan scored 25 points to lead the Wildcats past host Gunn 66-49 in boys basketball action.
That followed the 15 points Brennan, a 6-foot-4 junior, had in a 56-55 victory at home over Milpitas on Tuesday.
After the Milpitas win, Los Gatos coach Nick Ward said about Brennan, “I talked to him before the game. I told him, `Don't worry about that, whatever happens happens. You're playing, you're here, just focus on the now.”'
The victory Thursday stretched Los Gatos' winning streak to seven games. The Wildcats are 14-3 overall and 5-0 in the league.
Los Gatos also got 19 points from Nolan Koch and eight points from Anthony Martin.
James Ford (17 points) and Ethan Kitch (10 points) were Gunn's top scorers.
The Titans fell to 9-7, 1-3.
Palo Alto 45, Mountain
View 43: In a tense, backand-forth game, Palo Alto turned back visiting Mountain View when Riley Yuen buried a 3-pointer from the left corner off an assist from Jorell Clark with 23 seconds to go.
The shot made it 45-43. Palo Alto then had a stop to close out the victory, its 13th in 17 games this season. The Vikings are 4-1 in the SCVAL's De Anza Division.
Mountain View led 4137 with just under four minutes to play. Palo Alto scored the next five points to reclaim the advantage. A not-so-easy layup by Jayden Minor put Mountain View back in front before Yuen's shot won the game for Palo Alto.
Clark finished with 21 points to lead Vikings, who also got eight points from Yuen.
Minor had 16 points and Alex Cunningham added 12 points for Mountain View, which fell to 11-7, 2-4.
Palo Alto travels to Los Gatos tonight.
No. 1 Salesian 83, Vallejo 23: Salesian is leaving no doubt that it's the Bay Area's top team as the Pride plowed through another overmatched opponent in the Tri-County Athletic League's Rock Division.
Elias Obenyah finished with 11 points and De'Undrae Perteete and Alvin Loving each had nine points as Salesian improved to 20-1, 6-0.
Darrell Hurd had nine points for Vallejo, which dropped to 6-10, 1-5.
Alameda 53, No. 16Berkeley 50: Zion Moore led the way with 21 points as host Alameda edged Berkeley in a West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division game.
The Hornets also got 13 points from Jesse Kim as they improved to 11-5, 3-1.
Ollie Miller (18 points), Samir O' Brien (10 points) and AJ Loustau (10 points) were Berkeley's top scorers.
The Yellowjackets are 136, 3-3.
Moreau Catholic 66, Newark Memorial 49: Moreau extended its winning streak to six as Tyler Bailey scored 18 points to lead the visiting Mariners past host Newark Memorial in a Mission Valley Athletic League game.
Isaiah Clendinen added 16 points and Kareem Jackson Jr. finished with 10 points as Moreau improved to 11-7, 7-0.
Newark Memorial is 4-15, 0-7.
Cupertino 64, Lynbrook 32: Cupertino opened a 16-2 lead after the first quarter, widened the margin to 3711 at halftime and breezed through the second half to beat Lynbrook in an SCVAL El Camino Division game.
Max Lin scored 21 points — all on his seven 3-pointers — and Max Feldan added 18 points to lead Cupertino, which improved to 16-1, 5-0.
Lynbrook is 6-12, 3-3.
Girls basketball
No. 2 San Ramon Valley 89, Amador Valley 25: San Ramon Valley was too much for visiting Amador Valley as Avery Knapp, who was just voted Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week, and Sierra Chambers each scored 21 points to lead the way in East Bay Athletic League play.
Chambers also had four assists.
Sofia Bowes added 16 points and six assists and Amanda Kerner finished with 11 points. The Wolves also got nine points from Rachel Setiawan as they improved to 19-1, 4-0.
Amador Valley is 4-15, 0-4.
No. 3Carondelet 73, Dublin 37: Carondelet had three players score in double figures as the Cougars rolled at home over Dublin in EBAL play.
Kamil Reid had 12 points and Layla Dixon and Celeste Alvarez each had 10 points for Carondelet, which also got 11 assists from Keshia Vitalicio, nine rebounds from Dixon and four steals from Phoebe Weaver.
Sydney Muther (11 points) and Sophia Ignacio (10 points) led Dublin in scoring.
Carondelet improved to 18-2, 5-0. Dublin is 13-6, 2-2.