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Denair Boys on Cusp of Clinching Playoff Berth

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Possibly as soon as Tuesday night, the Denair High School boys basketball team can accomplish something it hasn’t done in seven years – clinch a spot in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V playoffs.

The Coyotes are 7-2 with three regular-season games remaining on the Southern League schedule. They are two games behind unbeaten Mariposa (9-0), but even more important, they are two games in front of third-place Orestimba (5-4).

A victory Tuesday night against Gustine (4-6) would assure Denair of its first playoff berth in R.J. Henderson’s six seasons as head coach.

“I’ve told them to embrace it. It’s uncharted water for us,” Henderson said Monday. “We used to get 50 or 60 people in the stands, but now we’re playing in front of several hundred. It’s fun. The guys are big men on campus right now. They’re walking around with their chests out.”

After Tuesday, Denair will be at home for its final two league games – Friday against Orestimba (5-4) and next Monday against Waterford.

The playoffs begin Friday, Feb. 16. Depending on how they finish, there is an outside chance the Coyotes could host their first game. More likely, Henderson said, is that they will be sent on the road to play a higher seed.

No matter. This year’s players and coaching staff are riding a wave of excitement not felt since 2010-11, the last time Denair qualified for postseason.

Last Friday, the school chartered a rooter’s bus for the team’s away game in Delhi. More than 70 people climbed aboard. They were treated to a rout – Denair crushed the Hawks 62-35.

“It was electric,” Henderson said of the support from the stands. Continue reading “Denair Boys on Cusp of Clinching Playoff Berth” »

New Restaurant to Open in Denair

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A new restaurant, Botanas Lokas, serving fresh Mexican snacks and appetizers, will have their Grand Opening on Saturday, February 24, 2018, at 10:00 am. They are located at 4600 Main Street, Denair, just outside of Road Dog Cycles. Guida and Viri are excited to offer Denair a new and fresh menu to enjoy!

Head on over to their Instagram feed to check out some of their future offerings.

Pathways in Ag and Criminal Justice Give 
Denair Students a Head Start on College and Careers

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Alexandria Sanders wants to be a veterinarian. Diana Soto can’t wait to join her family’s welding business. Isabella Libby dreams of being a forensic police investigator.

Classes all three girls are taking today at Denair High School not only are helping to prepare them for their potential careers, they are potentially earning the three teens credits to the colleges or vocational schools of their choice.

The career technical education (CTE) courses are part of four unique Pathways programs at Denair. Three Pathways are related to agriculture – ag welding, animal science and horticulture/plant science – and the fourth is criminal justice.

Well more than half of the school’s students take one or more of the 18 Pathways classes that are offered. The instructors follow the syllabus and books used at Modesto Junior College, which provides academic oversight and offers two units of college credit for each class.

“It gives students an opportunity to pick a certain discipline they can explore early in their high school careers and, if they like it, hopefully pursue it later in college,” said Cherie Gresham, Denair’s college and guidance counselor.

Sanders, a senior, has taken Pathways classes in ag all four years at Denair. She’s already been accepted at the University of the Pacific in Stockton and still has hopes of landing a spot in the veterinary program at the University of California, Davis. She expects to hear in March.

Friday, she was busy breaking down labels and analyzing the ingredients of various kinds of animal feed in Nicole Hefner’s animal nutrition class. She’s also enrolled in Hefner’s ag leadership course and is actively involved in FFA. Continue reading “Pathways in Ag and Criminal Justice Give 
Denair Students a Head Start on College and Careers” »

The Odd Couple Makes an Appearance at Denair Gaslight Theater.

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Neil Simon’s comic story is about unlikely roommates Felix and Oscar, in his uproarious hit, The Odd Couple. Felix Unger, a neurotic neat freak news writer, is thrown out by his wife, and moves in with his friend Oscar Madison, a slovenly sportswriter, causing trouble between the two friends.

The Gaslight is proud to present a lineup of local talented actors that have enthusiastically embraced the Neil Simon play. Show times are February 2, 3, 9 and 10, 2018 at 07:00 pm, and a matinée on February 4, 2018 at 2:00 pm.

General admission is $10, seniors and students are $8. Tickets may be purchased at showtix4u.com or by calling (209) 664-9541. For more information about the show please go to www.denairgaslight.com.

Denair Gaslight Theater is located at 3908 N. Gratton, Denair, CA 95316.