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It’s a long way from Davis to Cambridge University. But following a path, in part made possible with a soccer ball at his feet, a former local student-athlete has made the journey — and back again, sort of … Matt DeJong, a 2001 graduate of UC Davis — and a former Davis High standout — […]
Under first-year coach Nick Juri, the Davis High boys lacrosse team managed a 9-10 overall record, earned a playoff berth and, according to conference officials, took a handful of all-Bay Shore Athletic League honors in the process. Midfielder/attacker Mikie Schlosser was the lone Blue Devil given first-team accolades as the sophomore scored 58 of DHS’ […]
Joe Taxiera is a fun guy to engage in baseball discussions. The one drawback, from my perspective, is he’s a San Francisco Giants fan. Fair enough, but I’d rather talk about Eddie Mathews and Henry Aaron than Willie Mays and Juan Marichal. But being the big man I am, I get through it when Taxiera […]
He’s a guy whose name dots the record books at Davis High — the type of athlete whose accomplishments are seen, maybe, once every decade or so. By anybody else’s standards, what Courtney Williams provided Blue Devil fans in track and football over the past two years would have been sufficient. By Williams’ standards — […]
Think back to May 9 … a crucial Monday baseball game with Franklin. Davis High and the Wildcats were vying for second place in the Delta Valley Conference, trying to avoid a Sac-Joaquin Section tournament play-in game. Remember the score? It was 4-3, Blue Devils. “Huge win,” DHS coach Dan Ariola said at the time. “And […]
SACRAMENTO — Initially there was the Delta Valley Conference crown. Then the Davis High boys captured their first-ever Sac-Joaquin Section championship. Then, with dramatic performances in both track and field events, the Blue Devils provided a lion’s share of the drama at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Meet at Hughes Stadium on Thursday and Friday. “We […]
SACRAMENTO — Who knew? Sure, there were the well-known and accomplished athletes … There were hurdlers Nick Martinez (Elk Grove) and Deja Pugh (Fairfield). Jesuit shot put muscle man Stephen Boals and sprinter Breonntae Snelling of Kennedy were on hand. Each won at least one outing. The Davis High distance duo, seniors Trevor Halsted and Brian […]
SACRAMENTO — Ian rocked the house. Sophie was the belle of the ball … and Trevor went the distance — again — as Davis High put on a dazzling display at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters meet Friday at Hughes Stadium. Ian Rock, the multi-skilled senior Blue Devil, won the pole vault with a 15-6 effort. […]
SACRAMENTO — If Davis High’s long-jump specialist Ian Rock gets off a couple more leaps like he did Thursday, he’s not going to need transportation to the State Meet next week in Clovis. He can just jump his way there. “It was a school record and pretty awesome,” Blue Devil head track coach Spencer Elliott […]
There are a couple of guys on this staff who are really starting to bug me. At first, I liked these kids. Kinda good looking, each of them. Personable? Check. A little goofy, though — I found out one played second base and the other ran cross country. OK. “One has no arm and the […]
SANTA CLARA — There’s a quiet dignity about the Anibaba family. Always has been. But when Jalil Anibaba returned “home,” making his Northern California professional soccer debut Tuesday with the MLS Chicago Fire, there was every reason to be proud and loud. While a contingent of more than 25 family and friends couldn’t contain themselves […]
When Davis High’s boys track and field team marches in Hughes Stadium on Thursday and Friday, you’ll excuse the lads if they come in with a little swagger. They’ve earned the right to bask in the limelight. These Blue Devils — guys like Alec Zavala, Nick Denton, Trevor Halsted and Ian Rock — are less […]
SACRAMENTO — Anybody but her … When Davis High eliminated St. Francis, 7-3, earlierMonday evening, the Blue Devil softball hopes were running high. The locals were 2-1 in the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs and hoped this venture into the tournament would be long and prosperous. But suddenly there she was — Shelby Wisdom of Elk Grove, one […]
My head is swimming. Actually it’s channeling lacrosse. No, it seems my focus remains with soccer — except for the flashbacks I have of a melancholy baseball campaign. Then, just this weekend when I thought I was collecting myself, I began awakening in the middle of the night with visions of Trevor Halsted and Brian […]
