Local politicians, coaches, business leaders, school leaders, UC Davis representatives and The Davis Enterprise’s own Bob Dunning will be sitting in the hot seat at a dunk tank Thursday at Celebrate Davis! The free family-friendly festival sponsored by the Davis Chamber of Commerce runs from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Community Park. The event includes … Continue Reading
FOLSOM — There were 11 players on the field for Davis High on Tuesday, but they never really came together into a team as the Blue Devils girls soccer squad fell, 2-0, to host Folsom in the quarterfinals of the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs. “Overall, the difference was the energy and urgency (Folsom) had to the … Continue Reading
When you’re considered one of the elite prep athletes in your sport, eventually everything comes at you faster … Attention from colleges, defenses that make you a target, criticism and praise. With time, it becomes more difficult to focus on and off the field. To wade through the challenges of being among the best is … Continue Reading
Playing like the defending Sac-Joaquin Section champions they are, the Blue Devil girls soccer squad opened the 2012 playoffs with a significant 4-0 victory over visiting Napa at Yudin Field on Thursday. Now, Davis High will travel to Folsom on Tuesday. The Bulldogs squeaked past Laguna Creek, 1-0. Using a smothering defense and a relentless … Continue Reading
Top-seeded Glenn Hull cruised into the Sac-Joaquin singles semifinals, and Davis High’s doubles team of Sean Mishra and Isaac Zhang stepped up big time on the first day of the section individual championships. On Thursday, the first day of competition in Turlock, junior Hull took down Garrett Cook of Modesto, 6-1, 6-0, then bounced Napa’s … Continue Reading
“We played well,” Davis High girls soccer coach Sara Stone said after her Blue Devils finished the regular season on Tuesday in Elk Grove with a 1-1 tie against Franklin, the 2012 Delta Valley Conference champion. Stone, whose defending CIF titlists finished 1 1/2 games behind the Wildcats, said she was happy with her team’s … Continue Reading
It was Davis 20, opponents 0 as the Blue Devil junior varsity girls soccer team rolled over Monterey Trail and Elk Grove last week. First, DHS beat The Trail, 12-0, on the road. Led by middle stoppers Melissa Tueber and Claire Buhlman and outside stalwarts Emily Torbert, Sarah Osland and Kacey Carlson, the Devil defense … Continue Reading
When some high school soccer teams have their Senior Night, the celebration ends before the opening kickoff. For the Davis girls on Thursday, that was just the beginning. The Blue Devils (19-2-1, 7-1-1) dusted visiting Elk Grove, 4-0, in front of a hearty crowd in their last Delta Valley Conference home game of the season. … Continue Reading
The Davis High junior varsity girls soccer team may have only played one game last week because of a forfeit by Laguna Creek, but the Blue Devils scored enough goals to win several contest. DHS blitzed the Grant goal on April 17, pounding the Pacers, 13-0 at Yudin Field. The Devils attack kicked into high … Continue Reading
Davis High girls soccer coach Sara Stone got what she wanted out of her team for the first 25 minutes of Tuesday’s Delta Valley Conference game at Monterey Trail. And though she thought the Blue Devils’ energy level took a frustrating dip after that, it was still enough to post a 4-0 victory over the … Continue Reading
What a difference the sun makes. Well, the sun and a stellar half-time adjustment. The Davis High girls soccer team thrived with both on Thursday as the Blue Devils topped Laguna Creek, 3-0, in a Delta Valley Conference match at Yudin Field. In the teams’ first meeting on March 26, DHS struggled on a rain-soaked … Continue Reading
It was a busy, busy stretch for the Davis High girls soccer team last week. Playing three games in three days, the Blue Devils went a not-so-hot 1-1-1 — winning only a nonleague meeting against Inderkum. But coming off a tie at Elk Grove and a 2-1 loss to visiting Franklin, DHS got back on … Continue Reading
For the first time since 2009, the Davis High girls soccer team failed to get a victory in back-to-back Delta Valley Conference games, as first-place Franklin managed a 2-1 win on a blustery Thursday afternoon on Halden Field in Ron & Mary Brown Stadium. The Blue Devils and the Wildcats were deadlocked 0-0 at intermission, … Continue Reading
It could be that Davis High coach Sara Stone’s recent dabbling with a three-forward attack is over. Then again … Returning to a two-up style, it was center midfielder Anna Maria Gilbertson who gave visiting Inderkum fits in a 4-0 Blue Devil girls soccer victory on Wednesday night. After a slow-paced Delta Valley Conference 0-0 … Continue Reading
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