Sunday, February 17, 2008

Devils are in!

Despite losing three of its last four games, the Davis High girls basketball team has qualified for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs. The Blue Devils (13-13, 7-6), who finished in third place in the Delta Valley Conference, will hit the road to take on West of Tracy (22-5, 8-2 Tri-City Athletic League)in the opening round on Thursday at 7 p.m.

DVC champion Kennedy earned the top seed in Division I and will take on the winner of a play-in game between Golden Valley and Grace Davis. In Division II, Elk Grove is seeded fourth and will host No. 13 Monterey Trail on Tuesday.

In other local girls action, Dixon and Pioneer both qualified for the Division III playoffs as the No. 13 and No. 14 seeds, respectively. Dixon will take on No. 4 Placer and No. 14 Pioneer will go to No. 3 Del Oro with both games taking place on Tuesday.

On the boys side, No. 10 Woodland and No. 11 Dixon made the Division III postseason though neither will travel far for first-round games. No. 7 Foothill of Sacramento will host the Wolves and the Rams will go to No. 6 Natomas. Both games are on Wednesday.

From the DVC, champion Elk Grove was seeded second in Division II and will host No. 15 Oakmont in the first round on Wednesday. DVC runner up Franklin earned the second spot in Division I and will host No. 15 Grace Davis on Friday. Kennedy will travel to face Edison in the 8-9 matchup in Division I.

– Conor Tekautz

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