A solid weekend of sports was capped off with the first win of the 2010 season for the UC Davis football team on Saturday night. The Aggies took down host University of San Diego 38-24 to put Davis in the win column after two early season defeats.
A strong rushing attack, led by Davis High graduate Josh Reese, gained 186 yards on 33 carries. The Aggies found success running the ball after struggling to do so during the first two weeks of the season in losses to California and Portland State. Reese totaled 104 yards on the ground, including two touchdown runs, from 12 and 17 yards out, respectively. "When my big guys go all out for me, I go all out for them," Reese told the Davis Enterprise following the victory. "It was nice to see some running room."
Positives and negatives also came out of the game for redshirt freshman quarterback Randy Wright. He completed 14 of 23 passes for two touchdowns, one a 38-yard strike in the first quarter to tight end Dean Rodgers, and the other a 22-yard pass to Stephen Dunstan at the end of the first half, which gave the Aggies a 21-10 lead at the break. Wright also threw two interceptions, one setting up a second quarter Torero touchdown which cut the Davis lead to 14-10. "We've got to play better," Aggie coach Bob Biggs said, "we just can't continue to turn the ball over. If you do that, you're going to struggle." Biggs also pointed towards too many penalties (10 for 100 yards) as another point of sloppy play that needs to be fixed.
The Aggies take to the road for three weeks, starting this Saturday at Weber State of the Big Sky Conference, a soon-to-be conference opponent once the Ags join the Big Sky in 2012. Weber State, coming off two straight berths into the FCS playoffs, lost to the Aggies 31-29 in their only other meeting in 2004. The kickoff against Weber State (1-2), fresh off a 24-17 loss at the hands of Davis' Causeway rival Sacramento State, is schedule for 5:00pm local time (PST). Like the Aggies (with California and San Jose State), Weber State is scheduled to face 2 FBS schools this fall in Boston College and Texas Tech. The Wildcats are led by returning quarterback Cameron Higgins and running back Bo Bolen.
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In other local news, the Davis High football team suffered a 43-20 loss at the hands of the Will C. Wood Wildcats. A 22-0 halftime defecit was too much for the Blue Devils, who worked to comeback in the second half, but could not keep up with Wood (2-1). The Blue Devils (1-2) take to the road again to face Colfax (2-1). Davis still hopes to be on target for an October 1 home game against Oakmont in their renovated stadium. New bleachers and other facilties will highlight the Blue Devils' new digs.
The Devils need to continue to work to get their offense in rhythm as conference play continues to approach. Senior quarterback Dayne Denkers struggled throughout the first half and was eventually replaced by junior Shayne Reagan, who threw two touchdown passes.
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