If defense really does win championships, No. 9 seed Vacaville High School proved it is on the right track Friday night with a hard-fought road win over the No. 8 Elk Grove Thundering Herd on Friday night in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Division II playoffs. After early offensive struggles, the Vacaville faithful could have been forgiven for worrying that history was repeating itself. Was Elk Grove, which showed Vacaville the playoff exit three times in the last five years, at it again? Not quite. The Bulldogs withstood a late Elk Grove score on a kickoff return to earn […]