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ELK GROVE — It’s official … This Davis High girls soccer team is one for the ages. Using stifling defense, some other-worldy goalkeeping from Hannah Gendron and an overtime goal by junior captain Courtney Jimenez, the Blue Devils snuck by defending champion St. Francis, 1-0, to win the Sac-Joaquin Section crown. DHS finishes the season […]
SACRAMENTO — For the first time in more than 10 years, a Davis High softball team lives to play another day in the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs. After dispatching Merced, 5-1, in Saturday’s early game at the Sacramento Softball Complex, the Blue Devils (14-9) entered the double-elimination phase of the tournament. But in an afternoon encounter […]
SACRAMENTO — First things first: Davis High was knocked from the Sac-Joaquin Section baseball tournament in the first round, 6-3, by Oak Ridge on Friday at American River College. Season over. The real story … “It was a great year,” Blue Devil coach Dan Ariola said Saturday, given a day to collect his thoughts from […]
SACRAMENTO — A courageous baseball season ended unceremoniously for Davis High School in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs on Friday at American River College. Playing Oak Ridge, the runner-up in the Delta River League, the Blue Devils lost 6-3 — with five errors allowing all of the Trojans’ runs to be unearned. […]
Game on .. It will be Davis High against St. Francis on Saturday in a rematch of 2010’s Sac-Joaquin Section girls soccer championship. As the Blue Devils were dismantling visiting Pitman, 7-0, on Thursday, the Troubadours escaped Stockton with a 1-0 win over St. Mary’s. St. Francis edged DHS, 4-3, on penalty kicks — following […]
They’re baaaccckkk. Davis High has some past success in boys volleyball, but it’s been one of those sports that has seen regular coaching changes and has “started over” a few times in recent seasons. Four coaches in four years doesn’t give much stability to any program. But thanks to a couple of female coaches, the […]
ELK GROVE — The first day of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I track and field championships was a mixed bag for the Davis High squads. Ian Rock was the first Blue Devil performer to put points on the board by winning the long jump at 22-04. He came back — late into the evening — […]
Soccer is a funny game. But on Tuesday, the Davis High girls weren’t laughing as Sheldon took them into overtime, despite a 26-4 shooting advantage by the Blue Devils in the first 80 minutes. It wasn’t until the second extra period — when Anna Maria Gilbertson poached Sarah Sadler’s rocket off the crossbar — that […]
This could be the year that the Davis High softball team makes some serious noise in the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs. The Blue Devils are 13-8 overall and their 8-2 mark in Delta Valley Conference was their best league record in more than 15 years. Finishing second in DVC let the locals skip one of the […]
There’s nothing like having a good defense behind a pitcher. With Avary Marsh making two diving outfield catches and Jacob Purves, Tyler Mortensen, Kevin Blanc and Ryan Bell playing strong on the field, the Padres’ Gabe Gutierrez pitched a one-hit, 3-1 victory over the Giants. The Davis Little League major-division action saw Blanc go 2-for-2 […]
Cody Taylor went 3-for-3 and Sam Blakewell scored three times as the Astros got past the Marlins, 11-10, in recent Davis Little League AAA competition. Zane Schouten, Laurent Schwartz and Taylor each had key RBI and Andy Knox blasted a double for the winners. Kai Taylor struck out the side in the second inning. For […]
Hammered by the Giants of Davis, 14-2, on Wednesday, the Davis Little League junior-division Dodgers came back with an 8-1 victory over Winters on Friday. In the win, James Richardson pitched five innings and allowed but one hit for the Dodgers, who scored three runs in the first inning and five in third to settle […]
LODI — Davis High School got a double from Wade Allen, and the boys’ 400-yard freestyle relay team swam a brilliant 3:09.31 in finishing second. Throw in a dead heat for first place between Blue Devils Matt Whittle and Cameron Franke in the 100 breaststroke (57.17), and it was an interesting meet on Saturday for […]
LODI — We have splashdown. Marissa LaFreniere, Rachel Johnson, Tara Halsted, Beverly Nguyen — the names are now etched in the Sac-Joaquin Section swimming record books. The Davis High quartet’s 3:28.56 in the 400-yard freestyle relay eclipsed the old Granite Bay standard (3:29.34 in 2009) and secured the Blue Devil girls’ second straight runner-up placement […]
