The Davis Journal | November 24, 2023

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SPORTS

Davis girls basketball returns top-five team to court

By Catherine Garrett c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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Let’s light up the season Santa is the center of attention at the tree lighting ceremony on Bountiful’s Main Street Monday night. Viewmont High School teacher Kasey Bradbury (left) is the first to tell Santa what she wants for Christmas.

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Voter turnout low in municipal elections By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com

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hen the voting booths closed Tuesday night there weren’t a lot of surprises in municipal elections in Davis County. Most incumbents retained their seats and some city councils will get a few new faces. Less than half of registered voters in Davis County cast ballots. Probably the most watched race was for the U.S. House District 2 to fill the seat left vacant by Congressman Chris Stewart after his resignation earlier this year. Although there were several candidates, the race was mostly between Republican Celeste Maloy and Democrat Kathleen Riebe. Maloy beat out Davis County native Becky Edwards in the primary to take the top spot in the general election against Riebe. After months of campaigning, Maloy swept the race, receiving 15,650, more than double the votes of her opponent at 7,213. In local races, Bountiful City Council members Kate Bradshaw and RichPlease see ELECTIONS pg. 2

FORMER UTAH JAZZ PLAYER RUDY GOBERT talks to the French immersion classes at Foxboro Elementary at a past assembly. The French program will be consolidated from Odyssey to Foxboro in the fall of 2024.

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District announces gradual year-byyear consolidation of French program to Foxboro

By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com

NORTH SALT LAKE—Earlier this year, the Davis School District announced it would be conducting a study to determine whether the French Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program at both Foxboro and Odyssey Elementaries would be consolidated into one school. On Sept. 22, the district sent a letter to

parents that a decision had been made to consolidate the program to Foxboro. “We’ve had declining enrollment in both schools over the last four years,” Assistant Superintendent Dr. Logan Toone told the school board at a workshop on Nov. 14. “The problem is there are two programs at schools in adjacent neighborhoods. There are 177 kids over the two schools.” Please see PROGRAM: pg. 6

he defending co-Region 1 champions return to the court with FirstTeam All-State forward Kendra Kitchen – who recently signed to play for Utah Valley University – ranked third in the 6A ranks. The Darts have high hopes after a final four showing in last year’s state tournament. Also expected to contribute heavily for Davis, who lost just one senior starter from last season, are seniors Kate Richards, Avery Dain, Olivia Lifferth and Maya China, along with sophomores T’Maea Eteuati and Chloe Peery. “We were pretty young last season and feel like this year we have veteran, experienced players,” head coach Anne Jones, who is in her 14th year with the Darts, said. Jones said she challenged her girls to use the offseason to improve their fundamentals and come back stronger and in better shape. “We want to be stronger in the areas we felt were weaknesses last season,” she said. “We played quite a bit in the spring and summer and wanted to keep that chemistry going that really developed over the course of the season last year.” Davis begins the season against Viewmont Nov. 21. The Darts are also scheduled to play Mountain Crest, Riverton, Woods Cross, Timpview, Cyprus, American Fork, Olympus, Murray, Northridge and Mountain Ridge before Region 1 home-and-away matchups with Fremont, Layton, Syracuse, Farmington and Weber. The 6A state tournament will be held Feb. 20 through March 2. “We want to have fun, make lasting friendships, learn life lessons as well as have a successful season,” Jones said. “This is a really fun, hard-working group to be around every day. They want to get better each day at practice and take one game at a time and show improvement throughout the season.” Also on the DHS squad this year are senior Shea Miller; juniors Sydney Plummer, Aubrey Simons and Maki West; sophomores Tatiana Faulua, Emma Loveland, Emy Richards and Kiara Zwonitzer; and freshmen Boston Buhler, Hadlie Chamberlin, Cambell Christensen, Hannah Garlock, Brooklyn Harbertson, Lydia Tarbet and Kate Willard. Jones is being assisted on the coaching staff this season by Rebecca Parker, Nicole Waddoups and Hannah Loveland. l

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