1998-1999 Alumni Pics

Although all five starters from the '98 team graduated, the 1998-99 Saratoga Falcon basketball team produced two wins each in the Cupertino, Los Gatos, and Saratoga tournaments to open the season 8-2.� Junior Micah Weger, who would go on to be named League MVP, earned all-tourney honors at the Los Gatos and Saratoga Shootouts, while senior Geoff LaMotte was named all-tourney at all four tournaments including the Hollister Classic.� In the first year that Coach Davey employed his intricate 1-2-2 matchup zone, known to Saratoga insiders as "thumbs up," the Falcons notched non-league wins over Westmont, Menlo and Aragon.� Boasting a young lineup, the Falcons fought to a second place tie in the El Camino Division with their losses in league coming by six points or less to Fremont, Gunn and Mountain View.� In the CCS playoffs, the Falcons destroyed Pioneer in a first round matchup in which Mike Crosby and Spencer Jamison contributed their typically solid perimeter play.� In the second round, the Falcons tried to repeat their previous season's upset of CCS's #1 seed, this time against 30-0 and ranked #3 in the state Santa Cruz.� The Falcons, playing hard and playing smart, almost achieved the upset in a sold out and hostile Santa Cruz gym, losing 70-62.� The season's numerous close games provided invaluable experience for the junior class, who would go on to a league title and sterling record the next year.