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Wood High students to stage ‘Sound of Music’

The Vaca hills will be alive with “The Sound of Music,” when Will C. Wood High students stage the Rodgers and Hammerstein chestnut this month in Vacaville.

Performances begin at 7 p.m. March 9 to 12, with a 2 p.m. March 12 matinee. All shows are at the Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive.

Director Madilyn Hawkins noted that this musical is a first for the school.

Her staging will introduce audiences to new songs original to the 1959 stage production while featuring beloved favorites from the classic 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.

Tickets, ranging from $5 to $15, are on sale at the VPAT box office, or by calling 469-4013, or online at vpat.net. A group discount — $1 off each ticket when purchasing 10 or more — is also available for the Wednesday and Thursday night performances.

“ ‘The Sound of Music’ is a fantastic show that checks all the boxes,” Hawkins said in a press release. “Classic songs, a compelling story, and some of the most charming choreography in musical theater.”

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Will C. Wood High School girls basketball team edges rival Vacaville for first time in five years

Devon Lewis saved the day during one of the Will C. Wood High School girls basketball team’s roughest nights of the year.

Lewis also ruined one of Vacaville’s best nights.

Wood’s freshman point guard did a little bit … actually, a lot … of everything as the Wildcats escaped Harold Youngblood Gymnasium with a tense 41-37 victory over their crosstown rivals.

Lewis was in fourth-grade the last time the Wildcats topped the Bulldogs. In fact, Thursday night’s win came five years to the day after Wood’s last victory over Vacaville, a 56-53 overtime win on Jan. 28, 2011.

“I knew it was a long time,” Wood head coach Bob Fernandez said.

Thursday’s game nearly went to overtime as well. Vacaville had the ball trailing 39-37 with eight seconds left, but the Bulldogs fumbled away the inbounds pass.

Lewis scrambled after the loose ball, and frantically dribbled out almost all of the clock before being fouled. Her two free throws with 0.4 seconds left accounted for the final total.

“I just went after it, and then I was just trying to waste the clock,” Lewis said. “We missed a tons of shots, but we still got the win.”

Barely. The Wildcats improved to 3-2 at the midpoint of the Monticello Empire League season.

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