15SPARTAN SPORTS20 February 2009 fifteenTH

E BIG10The fourth

installment of the school year features the best performances of the past month.

HOMECOMING cont. from FRONT PAGE

8.Josh DelgadoVarsity Wrestling

Delgado recently placed first in the tournament held at Pitman High School and also claimed the league title for the 119 weight class.

4. Anthony JackonModesto Nuts Baseball

Davis Alumn,Jackson, was named San Joaquin baseball player of the year. He had an on base percentage of .361.

2. Ashley ParkerJV Girl’s Basketball

Parker scored a season high 23 points against Downey and is the leading scorer who is averaging about 18 points a game.

5.Anecia BrownGirls Varsity Basketball

Brown, a sophomore, scored 21 points in an double overtime loss to first place Enochs.

10.Sam PriceVarsity Wrestling

Price led the team to a second straight MMC title, going undefeated in league including key wins over Beyer and Downey.

3. Scott BoyleBowler

Boyle placed first in the Northern California Junior Bowling Tournament, with a high score of 269. He has bowled six 300’s in his career.w

1. Michael MacDonaldUltimate Fighter

MacDonald is undefeated, (7-0) with four TKO’s and three submisions. At PFC 12 he had a KO at 2:38 in the first round.

Castenada scored 23 points in a double overtime win at Downey, followed by 18 points against Beyer.

7. Lance CastenadaBoys Varsity Basketball

By NAGIEB MUSAIDCorinthian Staff

DRIVING TO THE HOLE Senior Ryan Michael drives to the basket during last Friday’s game against Beyer. The Spartans beat the Patriots 58-52.

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9.Kory JohnsonBoys Varsity Basketball

Johnson scored 23 points in an early season win over Beyer, but in his absence the team has lost a major scoring threat.

6. Michelle DavisGirls Varsity Basketball

Davis scored 23 points in a big game against Enochs that went to double over-time.

The coaching history of Brad Goudeau

-Overall record 36-37-1 in seven seasons-Came to Davis in 1998 and began as Head freshman football coach-Head Track coach from 1998-2000- Became JV football head coach in 1999; team won league title.- Assistant coach for Varsity, 2000-2001-Head football coach, 2002-2008- Athletic Director, 2005-2008-MMC Coach of the Year 2007; team won co-league championship- Winner of 2009 Sac-Joaquin Section Athletic Director of the year.

WRESTLING cont. from FRONT PAGE

THE LAST STRETCH Junior Jacob Hill looks to see how much time he has left in his match as he holds down Enochs wrestler Ben Khoshoba. Hill won by a decision 3-2, helping his team ensure an outright MMC title.

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“We practice an hour and a half longer than any other team in the league,” said Cantwell.

Practice for the wrestling team is every day starting at two and going until six in the evenuing. Individual parts of p r a c t i c e i n c l u d e r u n n i n g , medicine b a l l t r a in ing , c a r d i o t ra in ing , d r i l l practice, and conditioning.

On Saturday, February 7, the Davis wrestling team went to Rosemont High School to perform in the Section tournament. Although they didn’t advance past the first round, Jacob Hill and Michael Crowl both successfully beat their oponents from Elk Grove.

Last year when they attended the same tournament Jacob Hill had scored a win than too.

“In this area we are really good, but compared to Elk Grove they have

a better team,” said Eric McCray.

Last Friday the League Tournament was held at Downey, with Davis wrestlers Josh Delgado, Eric McCray, and Jacob Hill going on to the Division

Tournament at Turlock taking place today and tomorrow.

Of note was Eric M c C r a y r e c i e v i n g t h e

“Champion of Champions” title at the League tournament. McCray recieved the most votes for the title, with the Galton twins from Downey starting a trend on their team for voting for him.

“I’m very greatful for it,” said McCray.

If anyone successfully places within the top four for Division, the next tournament would be the Masters tournament followed by the final tournament for the State championship.

“We practice an hour and a half longer

than any other team in the league.

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-Head wrestling coach Mike Cantwell

him and I wanted the first possession of the game,” said Castenada

Castenada ended up beating out Garbez for the ball with a few inches to spare.

Then within the first few seconds a lay-up made by senior Bryan Jones began the game 2-0, Davis.

Then after two quarters of play, the Spartans were leading 26-21 going into halftime. The varsity team knew they had to make some more readjustments if they wanted to keep their lead.

“We needed to refresh our memories and go over what we wanted and needed to,” said Assistant Coach Chris Guptill.

The second half was big for both Beyer and Davis. Beyer, after trailing the Spartans for most of the game, were only three points behind Davis with about 38 seconds left in the game.

“We were worried,” said Guptill, “In a one possession game you have no idea what is going to happen because it is so unpredictable.”

The amount of time was a factor against the Patriots and the Spartans edged out Beyer 58-52.

“We did very well,” said Guptill, “We held Lightfoot and Garbez to bad shooting nights with great defending.”

Garbez was held to only 17 points that night as Lightfoot only made one three point shot out of eight tries.

Castaneda ended up putting up 18 as both Ryan Michael and Jones put up 12 points.

“Castenada is probably our most dangerous player right now,” said Guptill, “He has put up great numbers in the past couple of games.”

Another big thing they

did was that they attacked the 1-3-1 zone defense whcih had confused teams before but not the Spartans.

“We had to try something new but the execution went great,” said Guptill.

The players were happy about this victory against their cross town rivals.

“We played as a team with a few mistakes in the game but we came through in the end,” said Vega.

The following week the Spartans had to go up against Marcus Bell and the Enochs Eagles in a high impact game

“We had to play our best game,” said Guptill, “It was do or die.”

The game was extremely shaky as the Spartans trailed by 12 at half.

“We couldn’t make any more mistakes and needed to be more aggressive,” said Guptill

In the second half, the Spartans showed life as the Eagles began to struggle. A series of shots made by Ryan Michael and Weston Toste brought them within seven points of getting the lead they hadn’t had all night.

Time was a factor though for Davis as the game ended a 57-50 loss for Davis.

“We missed our chance to be MMC champs,” said Guptill, “It was very disappointing”

The next game the Spartans went to Modesto High to avenge a defeat to Enochs and keep their playoff hopes alive.

The game ended up being a blow out with Davis winning 74-35.

With elimination of being MMC champs the team remains motivated, looking for a playoff birth.

“After losing our chances at being MMC champs we will go after the playoff spot,” said Guptill, “Playoffs are our motivating factor.

After seven seasons as the Davis football coach Brad Goudeau has stepped down from the head coach position.