* Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a 13-part series previewing Davis High’s spring sports. “I think we’ll try for four next year.” That was Davis High boys tennis coach Dale Hersch talking with well-wishers last May after his Blue Devils captured their third straight Sac-Joaquin Section championship. Well, nine months has passed since the … Continue Reading
From one year to the next, everything changed in Davis basketball. At UC Davis, the 2011-12 season was unveiled with two new coaches. Jennifer Gross, a former Aggie standout player and trusted assistant to longtime coach Sandy Simpson, replaced UCD’s all-time-winningest women’s coach after Simpson retired in March. But Simpson took his charges out on … Continue Reading
Twelve Davis High School seniors were named semifinalists in the 2012 Merit Scholarship Competition by the National Merit Scholarship Program. They are Matthew Buckley, Richard Chew, Jonathan Eweis-Labolle, Clara Fannjiang, Anna Jiang, Boyoung Kim, Robert Lipman, Jonathan Liu, William Liu, Timothy McIntyre, Paul Phillips and Bryce Vaewsorn. Nationwide, approximately 16,000 semifinalists were announced. These academically … Continue Reading
When I found out the Pub Quiz had ended, I was confused at first. Pub Quiz had become part of my routine To have that routine ended so abruptly has made me feel empty. When I got to Pub Quiz, I was no longer a high school student. I was a member of The Portraits … Continue Reading
The Davis High boys tennis team sets out each season with a Sac-Joaquin Section championship as its goal. Anything else — except maybe beating Jesuit in the finals, which the Blue Devils did — is just icing on the cake. But by winning the Sac-Joaquin title, DHS earned a berth in the CIF USTA NorCal … Continue Reading
Davis High junior Clara L. Fannjiang took home a first-place award from the 49th annual National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in San Diego last month. The award, presented by the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force, includes a $13,500 scholarship. Fannjiang also was named as a representative to the London International Youth Science Forum, … Continue Reading
The Davis High boys tennis team is in familiar territory. After chasing their third-straight Sac-Joaquin Section title all season long, the Blue Devils finally secured the three-peat on Friday at the Community Park Tennis Complex. And this one was just a bit more satisfying as DHS roared by Jesuit, 6-3, to become champions for the … Continue Reading
To earn the chance to play for a third consecutive Sac-Joaquin Section crown, the Davis High boys tennis team needed to be at its best Wednesday, pushing its talent right to the limit. So the Blue Devils took it all the way to the ridge in the semifinal match at the Community Park Tennis Complex … Continue Reading
If it wasn’t for a matchup against the top seed in the singles portion of the Sac Joaquin Individual Boys Tennis Tournament — a contest where Davis High’s Robert Lipman won the first set before falling 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 to Jesuit’s Suresh Eswaran — the Blue Devils would have all four of its qualifying players … Continue Reading
With both teams missing a few players for AP tests, the Davis High boys tennis team still took care of business in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs. Though the Blue Devils defeated Folsom comfortably, 8-1, the day was highlighted by a couple of exciting matches at No, 4 and No. 5 singles. … Continue Reading
Like the wind that was gusting all day at the Delta Valley Conference doubles championships on Friday at Monterey Trail, Davis High’s Paul Klavins and Russell Richardson blew through the competition on their way to the finals. There, however, the Blue Devil tennis players ran into Franklin’s version of a wind-breaker — a doubles team made … Continue Reading
In what looked more like a particularly competitive Davis High boys tennis practice, Blue Devils Glenn Hull and Robert Lipman emerged Thursday as the top two singles players at the Delta Valley Conference tournament. After getting past the rest of the field at the Monterey Trail High courts, the two DHS players will stay home … Continue Reading
For the Davis High boys’ tennis team, Tuesday’s regaular season finale against Monterey Trail was but another stepping stone in preparation for postseason play. The Blue Devils cruised by the Mustangs, 9-0, at the Community Park Tennis Complex and now look ahead to the Delta Valley Conference Singles and Doubles championships, which will be held … Continue Reading
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