A “Celebration of Nancy’s Life” will be conducted Saturday for Nancy Takahashi Hatamiya, who died May 15 after a year-long battle with lung cancer. She was 52. Her husband of 22 years, Lon, says “we want Nancy to be remembered for what a great person she was. We want to celebrate her life.” Ms. Hatamiya … Continue Reading
SACRAMENTO — The beginning and the end were not so hot for Davis High as the Blue Devils dropped an 8-6 eight-inning decision to Franklin on Tuesday at Union Stadium. The locals must now take a loser’s-bracket detour if they want to win their third Sac-Joaquin Section baseball title. The two Delta Valley Conference members … Continue Reading
OAKLAND — C.J. Wilson and Ernesto Frieri combined on a one-hitter and the Los Angeles Angels broke out of their offensive slump in a 5-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday. Albert Pujols homered for the third time in seven days, while Mark Trumbo and Howie Kendrick both had RBI singles for the Angels, … Continue Reading
MILWAUKEE — Buster Posey is regaining his stamina, one year after being limited to 45 games due to a devastating ankle injury, and it’s paying off for the San Francisco Giants. Posey homered off the Miller Park scoreboard and had three RBIs as the Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-4, on Tuesday. It was his … Continue Reading
It’s no longer about team scores for local prep track and field squads, this week’s Sac-Joaquin Masters meet is about individuals reaching the state meet. Davis High has at least 20 Blue Devils competing on Thursday and Friday at Elk Grove/Laguna Creek Community Stadium. DHS has two alternates who could compete if finalist scratch, and … Continue Reading
Wes Timmons had three hits — including his first home run of the season — but he and the Sacramento River Cats couldn’t match the offensive production of host Round Rock on Tuesday, as the Express won 11-5 at The Dell Diamond. Michael Taylor gave Sacramento an early 1-0 lead with a first-inning RBI single, but … Continue Reading
After a brief break on Sunday in Northridge, the UC Davis baseball team got back to its winning ways on Tuesday. The Aggies went on the road and topped Saint Mary’s, 7-2, at Louis Guisto Field in Moraga, posting their seventh victory in the last nine games to improve to 25-29. Kevin Barker went 4-for-5 … Continue Reading
Two terrific runners and an outstanding gymnast for UC Davis will be presented with awards as the 2011-12 Aggie Athletes of the Year at next month’s Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony. The picks were announced this week by UCD’s interim director of athletics Nona Richardson. Sarah Sumpter, named last week as the Big … Continue Reading
Every May for the past decade, Alec Miramontes has been pitching important games for one local baseball team or another. After a successful Little League career — which included a run to the District 64 11-year-old title with Davis National in 2004, as a young Miramontes threw a complete game in the semifinals — he … Continue Reading
Bust out the sunscreen and floppy hat, the city pools are opening. Manor Pool, 1525 Tulip Lane, and Arroyo Pool, 2000 Shasta Drive, will open their gates for recreational swim on Tuesday, May 29. Spring recreational swim hours are 4 to 6 p.m. Monday to Fridays, and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Swimmers can renew … Continue Reading
SACRAMENTO — Their four-game run in the Sac-Joaquin Section Softball playoffs is over. But this Davis High squad made it as exciting as Blue Devil fans’ hearts could take. After an 8-7 setback to old “friend” Elk Grove on Monday night at the Sacramento Softball Complex, DHS exited the postseason with a long checklist of … Continue Reading
OAKLAND — Tommy Milone scattered five hits over seven innings and Kila Ka’aihue drove in the go-ahead run, leading the pesky Oakland Athletics past the Los Angeles Angels, 2-1, on Monday. Milone (6-3) struck out three, walked one and never allowed the anemic Angels offense to get going. The lefty’s only blemish was an RBI … Continue Reading
MILWAUKEE — Backup catcher Hector Sanchez led off the 14th inning with a home run and the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 4-3, on Monday. Buster Posey hit a three-run shot in the first, accounting for the rest of San Francisco’s runs. Sanchez’s second homer of the season came off reliever Juan Perez … Continue Reading
After spending the entire season playing away from home due to delays in building their new baseball stadium, the Cosumnes River College coaches and players were truly road warriors. So it came as little surprise when they went down to Bakersfield last weekend and ended up capturing the California Community College Athletic Association title in … Continue Reading
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