Saturday, October 27, 2007

Wildcats gain upper hand

The Davis High School football team's bid to make the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs hit a huge snag on Friday night as the Blue Devils fell to Franklin 28-23 at Halden Field.

The Blue Devils made it interested after trailing 28-10 with 10 minutes left. Jake Lubisch scored on a three-yard run, DHS recovered an onside kick and Scott Malinoff connected with Darian Hutson for a 46-yard touchdown. The Blue Devils didn't recover the next onside kick but stuffed Franklin to have one last shot. On fourth-and-13, Malinoff looked for his favorite receiver Mauricio Davidson in the end zone but the play fell short.

Eric Stenson scored on a five-yard run and Andrew Smith kicked a 31-yard touchdown in the second quarter.

The Blue Devils are in must-win situations the next two weeks, both on the road at Nevada Union and Laguna Creek. Elk Grove beat Nevada Union 39-13 and Laguna knocked off Valley 21-7. Therefore, DHS, NU and Laguna (all with two losses) will likely be fighting it out for the league's final postseason berth.

For more on the game, check out Sunday's Enterprise.

In other area action, Woodland continued to look playoff-ready with a 35-6 win over River Valley and Pioneer kept it close against a powerful Inderkum team, eventually falling 27-10. Winters was overwhelmed by unbeaten Sutter 63-10 and Dixon's game with West Campus was rescheduled for Saturday.

- Chris Saur

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