Davis High School - Olympian Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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A I 1'.'.ZS' VarsiTy jusT misses making playoffs b y Jamie Noff and David Horfon Affer a disappoinfing 4982-83 season, varsify baskeTball Team rebounded To a successful 4983-841 season, They finished a respecfable second place in The Tough CCC wiTh an 8-7 record, and were 4-41-42 for The enfire season. Davis losT Their opening game of The season buf came back To reach The finals of The ivio- desfo Cify TournamenT. There, They meT highly ranked lvlodesfo High and were sTopped To gain a second place finish. According To head coach Denis France, The game againsT Cenfral in The MCT was a key one. The overTime vicTory over Cenfral gof us inTo The finals of The ciTy Tourna- menT. Junior guard Tom Hauser played The key role in ThaT game by sinking a shoT wiTh only seconds remaining in overTime To give The vicTo- ry To Davis, The nexf big sTep for The SparTans was The Oakdale TournamenT. Davis wenT inTo The Tour- namenf feeling confidenT and considered iT To be a sTepping sTone To sTarTing off league play in winning form. Led by senior playmaker Jerry Jackson and junior forward Doug Tackeff, The Sparfans dominafed. Winning The Oakdale Tournamenf jusf before league play really gave us a big lifT, sTaTed Coach France. When league play sTarTed, Davis came ouf sizzling, winning Their firsf Two games decisively However, afTer The firsT Two games, vicfories over Downey and Beyer, The Sparfans spuTTered and losT Their nexT Three in a row To Merced, ATwaTer, and Turlock. Geffing back on Track, Davis won five of Their nexf seven games To Tie for second place wiTh Afwafer and wiTh a possi- ble playoff berTh on The line, Affer a loss To Merced, The showdown arrived, IT was Davis vs, ATwaTer in The Falcon gym. Davis had To win To keep Their playoff hopes alive, Affer being down by 43 poinfs aT one poinf, Davis came back To win in overTime 70-611, BeaTing ATwaTer in overTime was our besf win, iT was a greaf comeback due To super Team play, IT was beaufiful To waTch The unselfishness and hard work pay off wiTh a very big win, commenfed Coach France. Afferwards came a hearTbreaking loss To Tur- lock Thai ruined Davis' hopes of going To The playoffs. Playing key roles in The Sparfans' successful season were sophomore Craig Orona, The leagues leading scorer, Jackson, Tackeff, Rich Howell, and Jeff Luna. Also conTribuTing for Davis were l-louser, Roberf Price, Jeff Sfone, and Leo Gallagher. Varsify Baskefball 63

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