Saratoga High Boys Basketball

The purpose of this site is to keep people informed about the team's progress and maintain Saratoga Basketball's History.

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SHS All Time Records Board

Recent Events in Alumni History
October 6 2007 - Randy Arillaga inducted into SHS Hall of Fame
December 29 2007 - Alumni wins first game in four years against SHS Varsity, 'Old Alumni' wins for 2nd year in a row.
November 26, 2008 - Alumni wins 2nd in a row against the varsity 55-45 and 'Young Alumni" wins a nail-biter on Chris Etterman's 35 footer. 73-69
November 27, 2009 - Alumni wins 3rd in a row against the varsity pulling away in the 4th quarter for a 61-47 win and old alumni wins
November 26, 2010 - Alumni wins 4th in a row against the varsity in a hard fought game for a 58-50 win and new alumni wins by 3
November 25, 2011 - Alumni wins 5th in a row against the varsity in a hard fought game.
November 30, 2012 - Alumni is stunned by the Saratoga varsity who plays a spectacular game to defeat the alumni.
November 29, 2013 - Alumni crushes Saratoga varsity to get revenge for 2012.
August 18, 2014 - Saratoga celebrates the posting of the SHS ALL Time List in the gym
November 28, 2014 - Shorthanded alumni team of 7 loses 13 point lead in 4th quarter in 67-62 loss.
November 27, 2015 - Alumni again loses lead in 4th quarter as varsity wins in back to back years.
November 25, 2016 - Alumni loses by 10
November 24, 2017 - Alumni ends 3 year losing streak with 76-65 win
November 23, 2018 - Alumni wins
November 27, 2019 - Alumni destroys varsity 89-59
November 23, 2022 - Alumni wins 62-59
November 24, 2023 - Alumni wins 62-60
November 24, 2024 - Alumni wins 65-61

Saratoga Alumni is 13-8 in the alumni game since 2003.

Years that varsity won alumni game: 2003-2006, 2012, 2014-2016

Years that alumni won alumni game: 2007-2011, 2013, 2017-2023

The History of the Team

Year Team Photo Graduating Seniors Coaches Season Record/League Record & Notes
22-23 2024 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors: Rhagav Chakravarthi
Kali Duvvuri
Varun Ganesh
Brooks Overton
Dhilon Prasad
Bryan Wang
Honors:
1st Team:
Bryan Wang
2nd Team:
Daniel Jadali
3rd Team:
Kali Duvvuri
Mike Davey, Kent Paisley, 12-14/7-5

Team finished 3rd in the El Camino League. The team defeated Seaside 68-59 in the 2nd round of CCS before losing in the CCS Quarterfinals to #1 seed Santa Cruz..
Final Maxpreps Rank: 488
22-23 2022 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors: Julian Berkowitz-Sklar
Lucas Dennis
Nev Pai
Mateusz Palusinski
Nick Tjaden
Mason Wang
Mayson Yu
Honors:
1st Team:
Nick Tjaden
2nd Team: Mateusz Palusinski
3rd Team: Julian Berkowitz-Sklar
Mike Davey, Kent Paisley, Harrison Fong 12-14/6-6

Team finished 4th in the De Anza League and made an unlikely visit into the CCS by defeating 2nd place Palo Alto and Los Altos to finish the season. The team defeated Soledad 83-36 in the 2nd round of CCS before losing in the CCS Quarterfinals to eventual CCS Champ, Monterey 57-51. Final Maxpreps Rank:: 505
21-22 2022 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors: Giulio Morino
Ayaaz Shah
Christopher Liu
Ben Li
Christian Li
Som Teymouri
Patrick Judge 16-8/7-5

Team finished tied for 4th in the El Camino League. Lost in the CCS 2nd Round to Sobrato 78-74.
Final Maxpreps Rank:: 281
20-21 2021 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors: Tyler Chu
Justin Guo
Cameron King
Nathan Oh
Ashwin Sarathy
Isaac Sun
Patrick Judge 10-7/8-4

Team was 2nd in the El Camino League. Lost in the CCS 2nd Round to Burlingame 57-51.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 335
19-20 2020 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors: Leo Cao, Siva Sabisivam Patrick Judge 14-11/8-4

Team was 3rd in the El Camino League. Lost in the CCS 1st Round to Jefferson 59-44.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 692
18-19 2019 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors: Sehij Dhindsa, Pau Garcia, Patrick Li, Hanlin Sun, Kyle Yu
Honors:

1st Team:
Kyle Yu
2nd Team: Hanlin Sun & Cameron King
Honorable mention: Patrick Li
Patrick Judge 16-10/6-6

Team was 3rd in the El Camino League. Lost in the CCS 2nd round to SCHP 79-60.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 546
17-18 2018 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Harrison Fong
Neal Iyengar
Alex Metz
Tyler Torrens
Will Turpin
Michael Xue
Honors:
1st Team:
Harrison Fong
2nd Team:
Neal Iyengar
Will Turpin
Patrick Judge 15-11/6-6

Team was 4th in the El Camino League. Lost in the CCS Quarterfinals to SCHP 79-60 .
Final Maxpreps Rank: 470
16-17 2017 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Johnny Cai
Kevin Couch
Josh Denq
Kian Ghelichkhani
Apoorv Kwatra
Joel Schneidmiller

Honors:

1st Team:
Joel Schneidmiller
2nd Team:
Will Turpin
Honorable Mention:
Harrison Fong
Patrick Judge 19-10/7-5

Team was 4thin the El Camino League. Lost 61-47 in the CCS finals to Monterey.
Final Maxpreps Rank:316
15-16 2016 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Joseph Eschen
Gabriel Fong
Alex Guo
Jatin Mohanty
Noah Quanrud
Tyler Yoshihara

Honors:

2nd Team:
Jatin Mohanty
Gabriel Fong
Honorable Mention:
Joseph Eschen
Joel Schneidmiller
Trevor Naas & Brian Elliot 10-15/6-6

Team was 4thin the El Camino League. Lost to Aptos in the first round of CCS 45-42
Final Maxpreps Rank: 711
14-15 2015 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Gino Caloiaro
Aditya Chetia
Brian Chun
Michael Cole
Kevin Lee
Joey Medeiros

Honors:

Co-League MVP:
Michael Cole

2nd Team: Gino Caloiaro
Hon Mention:
Joe Eschen
Joel Schneidmiller
Trevor Naas & Brian Elliot 18-7/10-2

Second place El Camino League. Made it to CCS, lost to Valley Christian in the 2nd round 56-45.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 509
13-14 2014 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Thomas Alexander
Jeffrey Chen
Kevin Chun
Justin Huang

Honors:

2nd Team:
Michael Cole
Temo Barrera 6-18/1-11

Team finished last De Anza League.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 833
12-13 2013 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Arthur Tsao
Stevie Berman
Dylan Jew
Alex Wang
Jonathan Boldt
Kyle Dozier
Brian Kim

Honors:

League MVP:
Jane Lee

1st Team:
Stevie Berman

2nd Team:
Kyle Dozier
Alex Wang
Hon Mention: Jonathan Boldt
Trevor Naas & Brian Elliot 18-7/9-3

Team was 2nd in the De Anza League. Lost in quarterfinals of CCS to Santa Cruz.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 344
11-12 2012 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Brandon Pak
Salmaan Javed
Mitchell Casas
Peter Hsieh

Honors:

?
Trevor Naas & Brian Elliot 17-9

Team was champ in the El Camino League. Lost in 2nd round of CCS to Santa Cruz.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 484
10-11 2011 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Alex Chan
Pat Soung
Chris Guegengrich
Jasneil Nat
Tyler Jew

Honors:

1st Team:


2nd Team:
?
Trevor Naas & Brian Elliot 16-10/7-5

Team was 3rd place in the El Camino League. Lost in 2nd Round of CCS to Mills 53-39
Final Maxpreps Rank: 592
09-10 2010 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Vincent Carstens
Shawn Ra
Daniel Chou
Andy Johnson
Tyler Jew

Honors:

1st Team:
Andy Johnson

2nd Team:
Vinnie Carstens
Trevor Naas & John Bennett 9-15/5-7

Team was 5th place in the El Camino League.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 802
08-09 2009 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Christian Biederman
Owen Huang
Avinash Kumar
Johnny Lam
Chris Owyang
Ryan Pak
Jamie Turley, Thomas Wang,

Honors:

1st Team:
Christian Biederman

2nd Team:
Owen Huang
Ryan Pak
Trevor Naas & John Bennett 11-15/4-8

Team went 7-6 in pre-season featuring a win over crosstown rival Los Gatos & was 5th in the El Camino League. Made it to CCS and lost to Del Mar in the first round.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 808
07-08 2008 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Andy Capek
Chris Chiou
Keon Ghafouri
Hank Mei
Steven Walker
Ed Ye

Honors:

1st Team:
Keon Ghafouri

2nd Team:
Andy Capek


Hon Mention
:Steven Walker
Mike Davey & Aron Mitsunga 14-11 and 5-7

5th in De Anza & defeated two ranked teams: #12 Cupertino and #13 Palo Alto, Lost to North Monterey County in the 2nd round after defeating Hillsdale in the first round.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 588
06-07 2007 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Nick Valluri
P.J. Rezaii
Kourash Agahdel
Sean Casserly
Bo Nielson

Honors:
Defender of the Year: Kourosh Aghadel
1st Team:
Keon Ghafouri
Hon Mention:
Steven Walker
Mike Davey, John Daniher & Aron Mitsunga 16-11/5-7

4th in De Anza League; Lost to #8 San Lorenzo Valley in first round(61-55). Team had a rough blow at the start of league when the leading scorer, rebounder, assists, and steals player Bo Nielson went down for 11 games with a broken foot. The team was able to bounce back and finish 4th in the league and Nielsen returned for the last game, a triple overtime win over Milpitas.
Final Maxpreps Rank: 410
05-06 2006 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Kia Agahdel
Ryan Matsuura
Scott Newberry

Honors:

2nd Team:
Kia Agahdel
Ryan Matsuura

Honorable Mention
Scott Newberry
Mike Davey & John Daniher 17-10/9-3

2nd place in the El Camino League, Lost to Pioneer in Quarterfinals (60-39)
Final Maxpreps Rank: 469
04-05 2005 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Kenny Baba
Ben Coggins
Chris Etterman
Barry Ju
Justin Kemp
David Orasin
Bruce Rodriguez
Danny Wallace

Honors
Co-MVP:
Danny Wallace

1st Team:
Chris Etterman
2nd Team:
Nima Rad
Mike Davey & John Bennett & John Daniher & Rusty Dehorn 22-6/10-2

1st Place in the El Camino League, Lost to eventual CCS champ Saint Ignatius in Quarterfinals (63-49)
Final Maxpreps Rank: 360
03-04 2004 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Irving Chien
Aron Mitsunaga
David Kau

Honors:

League MVP:
Danny Wallace

2nd Team:
Aron Mitsunaga

Hon Mention
Irving Chien
Mike Davey & John Bennett & John Daniher & Rusty Dehorn 17-8/8-4

3rd place in El Camino League, Lost to Saint Francis in 1st Round (43-41) on a disputed techincal foul call. Coach Bennett briefly took over coaching duties mid season when coach Davey's wife fell into a coma and the team experienced an emotional roller coaster but still had an opportunity to win league before losing the last two games. .
02-03 2003 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Matt Ashburn
Frank Wallace
Lawrence Hui
Greg VanHoesen

Honors:

1st Team:
Matt Ashburn

2nd Team:
Aron Mitsunaga

Honorable Mention:Greg VanHoesen
Mike Davey& John Daniher & Rusty Dehorn 17-8/9-3

2nd in El Camino League, Lost to Pioneer in the first round (61-45)
01-02 2002 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Eric Lee
CK Kaplan

Kazuto Nakanishi
Justin Zebb

Honors:

1st Team All-League:
Justin Zebb
Mike Davey & Shozo Shimizaki & Rusty Dehorn 15-14/7-5

2nd in El Camino League, After a huge upset over Gunderson in the 2nd round lost in the Quarterfinals to SHC (75-67)
00-01 2001 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Dan Ruby
Alexi Sevastopoulos
Jesse Alejandro
Mike Mann
Alan Tsai

Mike Davey & Rusty Dehorn & Jon Chin & Paul Zebb II 11-14/

6th in De Anza League,
99-00 2000 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Mike Crosby
Micah Weger
Robert Kim
Bill Wallace
A. J. Peper
Scott Snider
Todd Anderson
Tony Kau
Paul Zebb III
Spencer Jamison

Honors:

M.V.P.
Micah Weger
1st Team:
Mik Crosby & Bill Wallace
Mike Davey & Rusty Dehorn & Jon Chin 24-4/10-2

1st in El Camino League, Lost a heartbreaker in the first round of CCS to SHC (67-64)
98-99 1999 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Matt Garapollo
Adam Weiskal
Geoff Lamotte
Daniel Goni
Arthur Akimoto

Honors:
First Team:
Geoff Lamotte
Micah Weger
Mike Davey & Rusty Dehorn 23-5/11-1

1st in El Camino League, but Lost in second round of CCS to #7 Seed, Burlingame High School in a 54-41 game.
97-98 1998 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Mike Black
Luke Weger
Ryan Anderson
Jason Ng
Matt McKenna
Jeremy Devich
Cory Schwaderer
Oliver L'Abbe
Mike Davey & Rusty DeHorn 17-10/7-5

2nd in El Camino League, In perhaps the biggest CCS shocker of all time, the team defeated #1 seed Seaside after defeating Los Gatos in the play in game. Seaside featured a division 1 player and 2 Junior College standouts. Lost in Semi-Finals to Cappuchino (68-49)
96-97 1997 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Tony Hsu
Brennan Carroll
Mark Marshall
Tom Calderon
Howie Lin
Rusty Dehorn, Mike Davey 8-16/5-7

6th in El Camino League, did not make it to CCS.
95-96 1996 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Joe Yuan
Eddie Jeng
Bryan Webster
Andy Uppal
Aaron Martlage
Angus Huang
Mike Davey, Jim Feenstra 17-8/9-3

2nd in league, but lost in CCS Quarterfinals to Palma (59-56). Beat #11 team in the section Santa Clara in league.
94-95 1995 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Mike Bramlett
Shawn Mackey
Jeff Robinson
Darius Tehranchi
Kyle Goni
Mike Chin
Simran Sabharwal
Mike Davey &Jim Feenstra 18-9

3rd in League, and upset #1 Seed Pacific Grove 57-48 in CCS Quarterfinals before losing to Valley Christian in Semi Finals of CCS (75-53)
93-94 1994 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Geoff Parker
Matt Jones
Mike Davey, Bill Hagman 9-16/2-10

7th in League, did not advance to CCS.
92-93 1993 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Jon Chin
Brian Rothmuller
Bill Hagman
Chris Byrer
Chris Curtis
Steve Sugimura
Scott Curry

Honors::
First Team:
Bill Hagman
Chris Byrer
2nd Team:
Geoff Parker
Hon Mention:
Jon Chin
Barry Mendenhall, Mike Davey 14-10/8-4

2nd in League, but Lost in CCS Quarterfinals to palma (58-42). The Falcons returned to the CCS for first time since 89-90. 2nd place in the first ever Saratoga Shootout.; Coach Barry Mendenhall completed his two year stint rebuilding Saratoga Basketball program compiling a 17-30 record.
91-92 1992 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Jeremy Spencer
Brant Claussen
Matt Robinson
Oliver Addison
Eric Wu
Barry Mendenhall, Mike Davey 3-20/1-11

7th in League, did not advance to CCS. Beat #15 Los Gatos for first time in nearly a decade
90-91 1991 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Mark Coleman
Rusty Dehorn
Justin Moon
Tim Tolbert 6-19/5-14

89-90 1990 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Robert Matthews
Justin Claeys
Jason Lee
James Rodriguez
Tim Tolbert 8-18/6-8

Lost to San Jose in First Round 94-61.
88-89 1989 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Geoff Spencer
Jeff Lawler
Paul Gellatly
Todd Gurney
Brad Lambert
Tim Tolbert 10-17/2-8

87-88 1988 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Kevin Kraft
John Nora
Tim Tolbert 1-26/0-15

A win against Blackford saved the team from a completely disastrous season
86-87 1987 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Jamison Cutter
John Devine
Jason Krumwiede
Bob McFarlane
Stuart Schare
David Schwartz
Mark Walzer
Honors:

2nd Team:
Jason Krumwiede
Bob McFarlane
Tim Tolbert 11-6/5-4

85-86 1986 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors: Greg Laurich
Mike Pon
Don Sain
Scott Sutter
Honors:

2nd Team: Bob McFarlane
Tim Tolbert 4-8/3-7
4th in De Anza League
Only incomplete records remain from this season.
84-85 1985 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Gary Gatiss
Lee Hancock
Eric Swanson
Tim Tolbert 11-10/1-9

Disappointing season of narrow losses but highlighted by Hancock's scoring totals ranking him in CCS top 15.
83-84 1984 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Chuck Beck
Casey Cristich
Ty Curry
Kevin Dorhout
Doug Hancock
Jack Harris
Darren Sera
John Trummel
Tim Tolbert 8-16

82-83 1983 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Andrew Hall
Randolph Judd
David Koehler
Stepanos Mitakides
Tim Tolbert 7-17.

De Anza League Champion?
81-82 1982 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Scott Brown
Ed Damore
Tim Tunyard
Doug Oliver 18-6/4-7

N/A
80-81 1981 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Marty Abate
Paul Boswell
Selby Brown
Bernie Cayetano
Randy Foland
Matt Fleming
Gregg Mitchell
Richard WormanHonors:

MVP:Marty Abate
1st Team: Paul Boswell & Matt Fleming 2nd Team: Kelly Byrd

Honorable Mention:Rick Worman
Joe Calpin 22-4/11-1
1st in DeAnza League, but Lost to Riordan in Quarterfinals(51-40).
N/A
79-80 1980 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Tim Taylor, Beeker
Joe Calpin 19-6
1st in League, But lost in first round of CCS to San Jose in a 72-67 game.
N/A
78-79 1979 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Craig Archer
Randy Arrillaga
Peter Smith
Honors:

MVP:Randy Arrillaga, 1st team:Peter Smith, 2nd Team: Tim Taylor

Honorable Mention:Marty Abate
Joe Calpin 21-7

1st in League, Lost to St. Francis High School in Quarterfinals in a 82-68 game. Also Randy Arrillaga and Peter Smith made the High school all star game. Randy Arrillaga was MVP of the league, Co-Player of the year in CCS & All Nor-Cal
77-78 1978 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:
Mark Chamberlain
Honors:

1st Team:Randy Arrillaga

2nd Team: Peter Smith
Joe Calpin
17-8/7-5
4th in League. Joe Calpin begins to turn around the Saratoga Basketball Program.
76-77 1977 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Don Herick
Mark Salinger
Greg Jones
Robert BabcockHonors:

MVP: Don Herick, 2nd Team: Randy Arrillaga

Honorable Mention:Peter Smith
Dan Wilson
17-10
4th Place in League
75-76 1976 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:
Jeb Johnson
Robert Shum
Dan Wilson
1-12
74-75 1975 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Mike Strasburger (Captain)
John Horton
Jeff Myers
Dan Wilson
8-6
Finished 4th in league
73-74 1974 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Dan Herick(MVP)
Bill Cox (Captain)
Nick Yatsko (Most Inspirational)
Dan Wilson
10-8
72-73 1973 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:


Dan Wilson 9-7

71-72 1972 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Dennis Billings
Terry Houghton
Van Jepson
Pat Motola
Craig Perkins
Charles StoneHonors:

First Team: Pat Motola, Craig Perkins;
Honorable Mention: Dave Slade
Dan Wilson 18-6
6-4
70-71 1971 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Craig Harthun
Jerome Jow
Brian Moran
Jim NelsonHonors:

Pat Motola was league MVP and averaged 19.8 points per game.
Dan Wilson 14-10/9-5

Lost in the first round of CCS to Leigh High School (45-44). Best league record in school's history to this point.
69-70 1970 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:
Kwnr Kaley (Captain)

Dan Wilson 5-17

68-69 1969 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Steven High
Scott Loomis
Mike Porter
Scott Thompson
Allen Warner
Dan Wilson 12-10

Scott Loomis set a school record by averaging 22.5 points per game
67-68 1968 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Bill Dimeff
Don Lewis (Captain)
Joe Williams
John Zuercher
Dan Wilson 7-9, 6th Place of 9 teams.

Called a disappointing season even though it was SHS' best place ever in league.
66-67 1967 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Brick McIntosh
Bronson Baker (Captain)
Dan Wilson
2-14
65-66 1966 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Bronson Baker
Greg Burger
Pete Doman
Mike Goodwin
Dan Hawks
Sam Holloway
Paul Kalff
Kevin Kyes
Scott Landis
Dave Smith
Honors
Hon Mention:
Paul Kaliff
Dan Wilson 3-13
64-65 1965 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Mickey August
Jim Clayton
Steven Haldeman
Norman Kibby
Rick Johnson
Dan Wilson 5-11

63-64 1964 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Jeff Armstrong
John Brazil
Jim Erskine
Bruce Richard
Robbie Robertson
Dan Wilson
2-12
Tough season mitigated by a win over LG.
62-63 1963 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Jerry Dunn
Craig Lodato
John Lanahan
Dan Wilson

61-62 1962 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:

Wayne Brazil



Dutch Boysen
11-7 and 7th in League
60-61 1961 team photo goes here Graduating Seniors:


Dutch Boysen
2-10 and 7th in League
SHS Gym Also Dedicated this year.
59-60 1960 team photo goes here Dutch Boysen
6-9
Saratoga has a JV team only