The Davis Fusion, a U16 girls soccer team, put an exclamation point on its season as its unbeaten run through the recent Davis World Cup earned the locals a first-place trophy. It was the fifth tournament title of the season for Davis (26-5-4).

In their pool play opener, the Fusion got a last-minute goal from Willa Moffatt, off a perfect cross from teammate Kristen Chastain, to defeat crosstown rival Davis Notorious, 1-0. After tying San Mateo Atletico in the second match of the tournament, the Fusion beat Millbrae, 2-0, to grab a spot in the semifinals.

In topping Millbrae, the locals got great all-around play from Chastain (one goal, one assist and excellent goalkeeping), and strong defense from Abbey Fisk and Megan Klisiewicz.

The semifinal against Mountain View went to penalty kicks before Davis prevailed. Even the shootout had drama as the Fusion rallied behind two late saves by keeper Eimile Nolan and advanced to the finals thanks to Addie O’Hanlon’s perfectly placed shot.

A rematch with San Mateo awaited the locals in the championship contest, where they scored the first two goals — by Nolan and Sophia De Runtz — then held on for a 2-1 victory. Midfielders Sami Esquivias, Moffatt, Emily Talbert and Morgan Mooney-McCarthy controlled possession down the stretch of the win.

Other Davis contributors were Sophia Sears, Grace Richter, Hanah Wyman and Kelsey Long.

Hurricanes soccer

The Davis Hurricanes, a U10 girls soccer team, played as Lesotho while taking third place at the recent Davis World Cup.

The locals opened the tourney with a dominating 11-0 win over the Menlo Park Flames. Susana Estrada led the way for Davis with her hat trick, Devon Morris added two goals and single tallies came from Bethany McElhern, Molly Mahoney, Keiko Chan, Addi Magness, Charlotte Macaulay and Kiana Bagheban, a defender who scored on a breakaway.

Next was a much closer game against the Pleasant Hill Extreme, who fell behind early but made it close in a 5-4 Hurricanes victory. Mahoney, Estrada, Macaulay and Morris provided the local scoring, while the defense of Ella Herringer helped preserve the win.

A few hours after taking second place in the U10 goalie wars, Mahoney then scored the first goal of Davis’ 7-1 victory over the Visalia Bruisers. Other scoring came from Estrada, Chan, Morris, Macaulay and Magness, while keeper Garrett and defenders Herringer, Bagheban and Morris each played key roles.

The Pleasant Hill Roar then handed the Hurricanes their first loss of the tournament in a physical 2-1 decision.

That set up a rematch with the Bruisers, which turned out to be a back-and-forth affair that went into overtime before Estrada’s goal gave Davis a 4-3 victory.

The Hurricanes ended their season at 18-8-1.

Ghost Strikers soccer

The Davis Ghost Strikers, a U10 boys soccer team, went 2-2 at the recent Davis World Cup, with both of their losses coming by a single goal.

One of those close defeats came at the hands of the Visalia Adrenaline in the opener, but the locals bounced back and used a skillful passing attack to shut out the Pleasant Hill Arsenal.

Davis then dominated the Palo Alto Serpents before suffering a one-goal loss to Concord in a physical match.

Throughout the tournament, the Ghost Strikers got lock-down defense from Joey Clark, Andrew Yang and Dillon Rockwell to support outstanding keeper play by Santiago Ruffalo, Jack Faust and Simon Vaca-Lorenzi. In addition, midfielders and forwards Bryce Barker, Matt Henkel and Declan Fleet put pressure on opposing team’s defenses.

Hot Shots basketball

The Davis Hot Shots’ eighth-grade boys basketball team captured a championship, while the JV-level squad took fourth as they participated in the Jam On It Memorial Day Tournament in Reno, Nevada. The 1,000-team event is of the world’s largest AAU tournaments.

The Hots Shots’ eighth-grade team posted wins over the Alameda Vipers (83-49), the East Side Cougars (70-53) and SportStrong (58-32) on its way to the title game, where Triple Threat from Eugene, Oregon, fell, 67-52.

Throughout the tourney, key local contributions came from Rayan Tilmatine, Josh Burnell, Chris Gray, Chris Simpson, Jaylen Henderson, Gabe Murray, Kai Taylor, Kainoa Lowman, Bridger Costello, Gregory Milton, Jonah Lavering, Quentin McHugh, Max Gasser, Vinnie Dossa and Miles Zabala.

Davis’ JV-level team won two of its four games, dropping the others by a combined seven points.

Jordan Frost, Mitch Williams, Josh Evans, Noe Ramirez, Ediz Kalkan, Malik Cunningham, Tyler Mundy, Peter DeBello, Rondelle Jordan, Nicholas Amoah and Miles Lampley all played well for the squad.

Youth golf

On Saturday, a large contingent of locals competed at the Northern California Junior Golf Tour’s Veritas World Junior Qualifier at Wildhorse Golf Course.

Ten Davis players shined on their home course, paced by Emily Masiel, who won the girls 15-18 in front of fellow local Casey Harris, who took second. Other second-place finishers included Sam Yamauchi and Patrick Cajandig, who each shot 71s to tie for runner-up honors in the boys 15-18 division; Marie Dean, who carded an 85 in the girls 11-14; and Jackson Masiel, who finished with a 78 in the boys 11-14.

Other strong rounds were played by boys 15-18 competitors Keaton Mohar (74), Cyrrus Espino (75), Preston Walchli (75) and Griffin Long (78).

Gymnastics tryouts

Girls ages 5 and above are invited to try out for the Davis Diamonds’ Junior Olympic gymnastics team on Sunday at 4:30 p.m.

Testing will last for about 90 minutes and is free, but families are asked to register by calling 530-750-FLIP by Friday.

The USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic program has 10 levels and athletes began competing at Level 2 in the fall and the Diamonds team is year-round commitment. The minimum requirements for Levels 1 and 2 are at least one split down, three chin-ups and two correct push-ups, in addition to basic gymnastics skills.

AquaStarz swimming

The Davis AquaStarz synchronized swimming club is offering a free “Try It” class for interested swimmers on Sunday and a junior class — for kids ages 5 to 10 — beginning Tuesday, June 17.

There is no need to register for the Try It class, which runs from 2 to 3 p.m. at Swim America, 2121 Second St.

The Junior AquaStarz program features classes twice a week at Community Pool running until the club’s annual show on July 11-12.

For more information on either program, send an email to [email protected] or visit www.aquastarz.org.

Tennis camp scholarship

Local accounting firm Newman and Associates is offering a one-week scholarship to one of the Davis Tennis Academy’s summer junior tennis camp sessions for one student from each Davis elementary school.

Youngsters interested in earning the scholarship, which can be used anytime from Session 5 (July 21-25) through Session 8 (Aug. 18-22) of the DTA’s summer camp, can find entry forms at www.davistennisacademy.com, where they must answer the question: “Why do you like tennis?”

“I love tennis! One of the ways we try to pay it forward is to help expose young players to the charms of tennis,” said Davis accountant Andrew Newman. “And if all goes well, the kids who come out will have a much greater love for the sport after spending a week with us.”

The deadline to enter is Thursday, June 12.

The camp annually attracts more than 300 young players to the Davis High Tennis Complex, and is directed by longtime DTA head pro Dale Hersch, who is also the veteran coach of the Davis High boys team.

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