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PLAYMAKER - Los Gatos High senior and North team player Jaylen Thomas runs onto the field before the start of the annual Charlie Wedemeyer All Star Game on Feb. 3. (Jonathan Natividad / Los Gatan)

Los Gatos High School hosted the annual Charlie Wedemeyer All Star Game on Feb. 3, with the South team defeating the North squad, 28-6.

The game features top graduating players from Santa Clara County and proceeds benefit ALS and Coaches Against Cancer.

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IN THE TRENCHES – Los Gatos High seniors and North team offensive linemen Henry Anslinger and George Charles prepare to block. (Jonathan Natividad / Los Gatan)

Charlie Wedemeyer was a beloved teacher and football coach at LGHS, and his story—living with ALS for 33 years after being given one to three years to live upon his diagnosis in 1977—became a PBS documentary and made-for-TV movie.

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TOUGH ENOUGH – Los Gatos High senior and North team tailback Boxer Kopcsak-Yeung makes big gains on the field during the All Star Game at Los Gatos High. (Jonathan Natividad / Los Gatan)

This year, LGHS seniors Jaylen Thomas, Boxer Kopcsak-Yeung, Henry Anslinger and George Charles played for the North. Mitty coach Danny Sullivan, a 2006 LGHS graduate who led the Wildcats to a 2005 Central Coast Section championship at quarterback, guided the North team and played in the 2006 Wedemeyer game. 

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Emanuel Lee primarily covers sports for Weeklys/NewSVMedia's Los Gatan publication. Twenty years of journalism experience and recipient of several writing awards from the California News Publishers Association. Emanuel has run eight marathons with a PR of 3:13.40, counts himself as a true disciple of Jesus Christ and loves spending time with his wife and their two lovely daughters, Evangeline and Eliza.

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