Musicians of the Will C. Wood Orchestra will play jazz favorites and seasonal selections next week at the Vacaville Public Library-Cultural Center in a performance that’s free and open to the community.
Children and their families will have a chance to meet the musicians and see the instruments they play, according to a library press release.
The performance will start at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at the library, which is located at 1020 Ulatis Drive.
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A Monticello Empire League-season-opening win wasn’t terribly satisfying for Mark Wudel and the Will C. Wood High School boys basketball team.
A rout in the second game of the MEL slate not only gave the Wildcats sole possession of the league lead, but it gave Wudel and company a much better feeling.
Wood scored the first 11 points of the game and never looked back in a 64-45 blowout over Vintage at Frank Molina Gymnasium on Tuesday night.
“We played much better than we did against Napa,” Wudel said, referring to a 63-51 win over the Indians last Friday. “Early on, we got a lot of rebounds, and then had good outlet passes for easy shots. Even when they did get back on defense, we passed the ball well and never really let them get set up.
“We got up, and then when they did make a run at us, we always held the upper hand. We played really good defense. I’m really roud of our guys.”
The Wildcats held at 18-11 lead after the first quarter, and extended the advantage to 32-21 by halftime.
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Devon Lewis blocked a potential game-winning 3-pointer as Will C. Wood High School’s girls basketball team edged host Vintage 49-47 in overtime on Tuesday night.
The Wildcats led by as many as 15 points in the second half before a furious rally by the Crushers.
Lewis led Wood with 14 points, including five of the team’s eight points in overtime. Dymond Chambers added three free throws in OT.
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The American Canyon High boys basketball team lost to host Will C. Wood, 70-64, in overtime during a nonleague game in Vacaville.
Malik Ghiden had 18 points and Gamon Howard added 14 points for the Wolves (12-3). Danny Shollenberger had 11 points and Devin Booker added eight points, five of those in overtime.
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Alex Stepney scored 24 points as Will C. Wood High School’s boys basketball team overcame a rough start and pulled away for a 76-53 victory over El Camino of Sacramento at the Les Curry tournament in Davis on Friday.
The Wildcats (7-2) trailed 21-10 late in the first period, but managed to take a 36-30 lead by halftime. The Wildcats outscored the Eagles 24-10 in the fourth period to turn the game into a rout.
“We got good looks because of our defense,” Wood head coach Mark Wudel said. “They got up so fast I was thinking, ‘Oh, no!’ but then we scored a few right at the end of the quarter. In the second quarter we played great defense, and then we started to hit our shots.”
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Seven Will C. Wood High School seniors will compete on the East team in the annual East-West all-star football game at Napa’s Memorial Stadium on Dec. 19.
The Wildcat players, who helped lead Wood to its best season ever at 10-2, will be joined by lineman Max Varela of Vacaville, along with two players each from Vanden, Vacaville Christian and Dixon.
Leading the way for Wood is quarterback Marcus Howard, who set school records with 3,389 passing yards and 41 touchdown passes. Howard was the co-Monticello Empire League player of the year.
Also on the team from Wood are running back Damon Lewis, wide receivers Tayvian Cunningham, Kristian Arias and Keith Chester, linebacker Jordan Boyd and defensive end Tharon Cornist.
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Not bad for openers.
Will C. Wood High School’s girls basketball team won three games all last season.
The Wildcats may eclipse that total by next week.
Victoria Lopez scored a game-high 15 points as Wood officially opened its season on Tuesday night with a 46-29 victory over visiting Center at Frank Molina Gymnasium.
“Overall, it was pretty good. We’re excited,” head coach Bob Fernandez said. “Obviously we had a foundation scrimmage (on Monday), but for some this was their first time out, at least at this level. We did pretty well.”
Wood never trailed, and took control for good by scoring 11 straight points during a four-minute stretch in the first quarter.
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Since 1924, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has delivered a holiday tradition of floats, balloons, marching bands and performance groups on the streets of Manhattan.
Nearly nine decades later, Heavenly Ax, 18, a senior at Will C. Wood High School, will share in that tradition.
Ax, a varsity cheerleader at Wood, will perform with a group from Spirit of America Productions in the 89th annual Macy’s parade.
This will be Ax’s fourth parade — and third Thanksgiving parade.
Through the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA), she has participated in the Thanksgiving parade in Houston, New Year’s Day parade in London and Thanksgiving parade in Orlando over the past few years.
She first learned about parade opportunities from senior cheerleaders she met during her first year at Wood.
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A one-quarter hiccup certainly was better than a four-period defeat.
While three local high school football teams fell out of the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs on Friday night, Will C. Wood lived up to its high-scoring reputation … after least after the first nine minutes.
The Wildcats fell behind by two touchdowns before a 35-point second-quarter barrage paved the way for a 59-33 Division II victory over American Canyon.
No. 4 seeded Wood improved to 10-1 overall, the first time in school history a Wildcat squad has won 10 games in a season. Wood has a chance to improve on that mark next week when it hosts No. 5 Del Oro, which defeated Whitney 34-28.
In other playoff games, Christian Brothers of Sacramento edged Vanden 27-26, Liberty Ranch of Galt downed Dixon 45-22, and Gustine outscored Rio Vista 70-54.
Wood 59, American Canyon 33 >> The Wolves jumped out to a 13-0 lead less than nine minutes into the contest before the Wildcats took over.
Wood finally scored on a 10-yard pass play from Marcus Howard to Arthur Jackson with five seconds left in the first quarter. Howard added a 2-point conversion pass to Jackson, just the beginning of a three-minute barrage that yielded 28 points and put Wood comfortably in front for good.
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The Will C. Wood Sylvan Singers will share the story of Good King Wenceslas at the annual madrigal dinner.
The dinner shows will take place at 7 p.m. Dec. 3-5. A matinée performance is slated for 2:30 p.m. Dec. 5.
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