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No. 5 ranking and a new home lift UA baseball into 2012
The University of Arizona baseball team now has a spiffy new No. 5 national ranking to go with its spiffy new digs at Hi Corbett Field. Baseball America just released... -
UA football adds a famous name as Trey Griffey commits
Even if Rich Rodriquez manages to get a commitment out of Chaparral High School‘s Davonte’ Neal to add some much-needed lustre to his first recruiting class at University of Arizona,... -
Arizona Christian wins 253-pt hoops game in double OT
Arizona Christian University just put together enough footage for a highlight reel for this year’s basketball season – all in one game. How about a game featuring 253 combined points?... -
UA basketball loss to Colorado drops Cats to 6th in Pac-12
Like two evenly-matched boxers, the University of Arizona men’s basketball team stood toe-to-toe with the Colorado Buffaloes last night, as the teams traded the lead throughout an important conference game.... -
Still-young volleyball program at GCU setting new records
Getting a new college sports program off the ground is a difficult task, even if it’s not at the Division I level and not a major sport. But the men’s... -
Chaparral HS elevates Dave Huffine to head FB coach
When a school strings together three consecutive state championships, it becomes synonymous with that sport. Chaparral and football. Football and Chaparral. And any major change in leadership is generally considered...
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No. 5 ranking and a new home lift UA baseball into 2012
The University of Arizona baseball team now has a spiffy new No. 5 national ranking to go with its spiffy new digs at Hi Corbett Field. Baseball America just released the results of its pre-season poll and the Wildcats appeared as the second-highest ranked team in the Pac-12, behind No. 2 Stanford. This could be [...] -
UA football adds a famous name as Trey Griffey commits
Even if Rich Rodriquez manages to get a commitment out of Chaparral High School‘s Davonte’ Neal to add some much-needed lustre to his first recruiting class at University of Arizona, it won’t be in time to display his big catch before National Signing Day arrives next Wednesday. Neal, a four-star prospect who was twice the [...] -
Arizona Christian wins 253-pt hoops game in double OT
Arizona Christian University just put together enough footage for a highlight reel for this year’s basketball season – all in one game. How about a game featuring 253 combined points? And for the fan who gets his excitement from watching those long, rainbow shots that singe the nets from behind the arc… there were 36 [...] -
UA basketball loss to Colorado drops Cats to 6th in Pac-12
Like two evenly-matched boxers, the University of Arizona men’s basketball team stood toe-to-toe with the Colorado Buffaloes last night, as the teams traded the lead throughout an important conference game. In the end, neither team could score the knockout punch and Arizona simply ran out of time when a Kevin Parrom shot at the buzzer [...] -
Still-young volleyball program at GCU setting new records
Getting a new college sports program off the ground is a difficult task, even if it’s not at the Division I level and not a major sport. But the men’s volleyball program at Grand Canyon University appears ready to move past the start-up phase. The program is just beginning its fourth season and is already [...] -
Chaparral HS elevates Dave Huffine to head FB coach
When a school strings together three consecutive state championships, it becomes synonymous with that sport. Chaparral and football. Football and Chaparral. And any major change in leadership is generally considered big news in the world of prep sports. Such is the case with Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, which will have a new head football [...] -
Lots of good hoopin’ at MLK Classic, but little suspense
Arizona State’s Wells Fargo Arena was supposed to be center stage for the top high school basketball talent participating in this year’s MLK Classic. But, if you were looking for exciting finishes off buzzer-beating shots, the Tempe gym probably wasn’t the best place to be. The average margin of victory for the six boys’ and [...] -
Finally…Ironwood Ridge HS wins Flowing Wells Invite
The Ironwood Ridge High School wrestlers did more than win the Flowing Wells Invitational Saturday in Tucson. They exorcised the ghost of last year. Sunnyside High School dominated last year’s Flowing Wells tournament, considered the top prep tournament in the state, and blew away the Ridge, which settled for a very distant runner-up spot. Tucson’s [...] -
AZ colleges open track season at Lumberjack Invitational
They’re off and running. And winning. All three Division I colleges in Arizona gathered together over the weekend in Flagstaff to try to determine just how prepared they are for a new track & field season. The results from the Lumberjack Invitational, hosted by Northern Arizona University, seem to have pleased just about everybody. NAU [...] -
St. Mary’s girls headline top field in MLK hoops tourneys
The Martin Luther King holiday has, at least in Arizona, become synonymous with high school basketball since the school holiday is filled with great tournaments across the state. This year’s MLK Basketball Classic features high school games at three different sites on Monday and a junior college event tomorrow at Mesa Community College. Arizona State [...]
