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MARYSVILLE—When it comes to statistics, Gavilan beat Yuba in almost every category of Saturday’s contest. Unfortunately for the Rams, they came up short on the scoreboard.

With Thursday’s match between Gilroy and Christopher tied at 3-all, it was up to the No. 3 doubles team to decide a winner.

QUINCY—Gavilan went 0-2 at the Feather River College Classic Saturday in Quincy.

Late September through December is the best time of year to install a permanent, drought-tolerant landscape, and now is the best time to plan it. Many people are aware that the “traditional landscape” of lush green lawn with rosebushes and manicured shrubs was developed in England and regions of France that get more than twice the rainfall we normally do. While a typical lawn in our area requires about 57 inches of water each year, South County only receives about 21 inches on average. So whether your source of water is a well or the Sierra snowpack, this is not a sustainable landscape long- term, even if we do get a wetter winter than last year.

GILROY—Christopher had to work to get on the board, but ultimately scored in bunches as it beat Gilroy 18-5 in the final Friday game of the Stinky Rose Tournament.

Sporting a lei and a smile, Anita Vanni Zanardi arrives at the Gilroy Elks Lodge on the Hill in a Ferrari Aug. 8 to celebrate her 95th birthday with friends and members of her family. She has lived in Gilroy since 1997.

South Valley Middle School sixth-grade teacher Carmen Kotto, center, is all grins after receiving a check for $20,000 on behalf of the school for being named the Comcast Sports Net All-Star Teacher. Representatives of Comcast and Provident Credit Union presented the check to Kotto during a school assembly Sept. 11.

Welcome Uno, the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center’s new educational opossum. He originally arrived at the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley on the Fourth of July, a tiny pink baby weighing only 30 grams (the weight of four grapes.)

GILROY—Gilroy’s nearly 12,000-student public school system has its first official, full-time spokesperson.