Lodi High duo will compete at next level
Aidan Scott will have short drives to enjoy home-cooked meals.
Lexi Villanueva is also going to have the benefit of living close but still being away from home.
On Wednesday, the two Lodi High seniors took part in the winter season of the college signings inside the athletic department. Scott, who’s been a part of the Lodi High boys swimming team the last three seasons, signed a scholarship for the University of the Pacific in Stockton, which is an NCAA Division I campus.
Villanueva, who has been on the Lodi High cheerleading and stunt squad the last four years, inked with William Jessup University, an NAIA member, which is in Rocklin in Placer County.
Aidan Scott
There were five, four-year colleges Scott considered. Then he narrowed the list to Pacific and Seattle University in Seattle, Wash.
Why did the Lodi High swimmer pick Pacific?
“Definitely the coaches,” Scott said.
Scott, who is going to major in engineering, noted that his major also played a major factor.
“It just seems like they’ve done a lot more than other
ture), I think the rest will take care of itself.”
Jones was making his first start since Jan. 5, when he stopped 24 of 29 shots in what became a 5-4 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals.
Thursday, Jones allowed a goal on the first shot he faced. Valeri Nichushkin skated into the Sharks’ zone and around Brent Burns before he beat Jones from in close for his eighth goal of the season just 45 seconds into the first period.
Colorado’s second goal came with three seconds left before the first intermission, as Cale Makar beat a screened Jones with a wrist shot from inside the blue line.
Jones otherwise played a decent first period, making 11 saves including ones on a Mikko Rantanen breakaway and another in Pierre-Edouard Bellemare on an Avalanche 2 on 1.
Ryan Graves scored at even strength at the 9:59 mark of the second period and Matt Calvert scored shorthanded with 7:18 left in the second for a 4-0 Avalanche lead.
The Sharks started 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the first time in over seven weeks, as Tim Heed dressed as the seventh defenseman and Antti Suomela was a scratch.
The game marked the first time the Sharks and Avalanche had played each other since Game 7 of their second round playoff series at SAP Center. The Sharks won the game 3-2 to advance to the Western Conference final for the second time in four years under former coach Pete DeBoer.
Most of the players who were in that series remain with their respective teams, including Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, who entered Thursday with five goals and seven assists in the last seven games.
MacKinnon had 68 points coming into the game with the Sharks, third-most in the NHL behind Connor McDavid (74) and Leon Draisaitl (73) of the Edmonton Oilers.