Though the Giants and Tim Lincecum lost to Colorado on Tuesday night, 9-year-old fan and lifesaver Gabe Henschel of Santa Rosa left the park feeling triumphant.

The $3.6 million Science and Technology Center just approved for Piner High School in west Santa Rosa is greater than the sum of its parts, says principal Sally Bimrose.

Piner High School wood shop teacher Greg Ellisen became an authority figure and disciplinarian by necessity in three decades of teaching Sonoma County teens.

Now that the amazing Amgen has come and gone, we can turn our attention to the Rose Parade, which rolls through Santa Rosa at a somewhat more leisurely pace.

While the Puma boys strung together a dominant, undefeated season and won the league meet handily, the girls’ win was something of a surprise.

Kyra wins 100 and 300 meter hurdles; Dezirae captures open 100 and 200.

All Santa Rosa’s softball team needed was one swing of the bat by Alison Wendler to put the Panthers up for good against Maria Carrillo on Thursday.