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Event:Fresno State Invitational Teams:UC Davis vs.Saint Mary’s; Fresno State; Cal State Bakersfield Records:Aggies,0-0; Gaels; 0-0; Bulldogs,0-0; Roadrunners,0-0

Early in the season, men’s water polo head coach Steve Doten was quick to express where his team’s strengths would lie in 2007.

They were the two biggest games of the year and possibly in program history.

All good things must come to an end. After 30 years of coaching, Kathy DeYoung is ready to hang up her whistle and clipboard.

080604_sp_gatenatwo.CNotes: PULL QUOTE: “After all the injuries, I think it’s kind of like you’re at the bottom of the mountain looking up. You’re just asking yourself, ‘Will I ever get there?’ You climb and you climb and you climb, and then you fall off – fall all the way to the bottom – and you’re […]

In the spring of2007,Brandon Brown was at a crossroads. Academics were about to keep him off the football field for the season.Despite having a full scholarship to play cornerback at UC Davis,he was struggling to make ends meet financially.And there were family issues back home inLos Angeles.

The 2008 baseball season ended for most of the UC Davis baseball team Sunday when it fell in the Stanford Regional elimination game to the host Cardinal. But for a lucky seven, it’s far from over.

Steve Gatena can’t remember the last time he was healthy. From recovering from his bout with a collapsed lung to overcoming a torn labrum – twice – Gatena has had his fair share of struggles on his trek toward the top of the mountain.

All good things must come to an end. For the2008UC Davis baseball team,it was a very good thing.

Name:Chelsea Stelzmiller Hometown:Placerville,Calif. Sport:Women’sgolf

Christi Raycraft Jamey Wright remembers it like it was yesterday. Christi Raycraft was about 12 years old, and she was in a pool playing basketball with a group of boys.

he same reality has hit me several times this year. On Friday, leading up to this column, my last for the California Aggie, the reality hit me harder than ever.