Emma Stenz and Tori Powell DHS girls basketball vs. Natomas photos

After a slow and sloppy start, the Davis High girls basketball team put the pressure on Natomas — literally — to claw out a 53-46 victory in its season-opener at The Cage on Wednesday. The teams exchanged turnovers and missed shots in the first quarter as the Blue Devils struggled to find a rhythm in … Continue Reading

Ten players and two coaches from a pair of Davis High girls basketball section championship teams were honored Wednesday night at The Cage before the official tip-off of the Blue Devils’ 2011-12 season. From 1975 to 1977, these “Devilettes” captured back-to-back Sac-Joaquin Section titles — the first two times the CIF offered banners for girls … Continue Reading
Hannah Stephens scored a career-high 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting, hitting four 3-pointers in the first half to pace the UC Davis women’s basketball team on Wednesday. But it wasn’t enough. In a rematch of an NCAA Women’s Tournament first-round game from last season, fifth-ranked Stanford got double-digit scoring efforts from four different players to … Continue Reading

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State football coach Paul Wulff, a 1985 Davis High graduate, was fired Tuesday after four years during which his teams won only nine games. His replacement was announced Wednesday as former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach. The school said Wednesday that Leach agreed in principle to a five-year contract. He will be … Continue Reading