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Arizona Sports (AZCentral)
Archive for February, 2010
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ASU bats tie 1963 hitting record before rain washes out finale
ASU’s baseball game got rained out today. But the real downpour happened yesterday. Actually, the rain was probably the best thing to happen to Northern Illinois all week. The No. 5 Sun Devils unleashed a relentless barrage of hitting in the first two games of the three-game home series, piling up 36 runs and tying [...] -
Antelopes short of 100 points, but coach hits career mark
Someone should have run up to Trent May and put a lei of flowers around his neck. After all, it was Hawaii – and it was time to celebrate. But the game against Charminade meant more than a huge win in which his Grand Canyon University women’s basketball team scored 98 points. To get there, [...] -
A spooky start to the 2010 college baseball season?
Unless you put the game results up side-by-side, you probably wouldn’t notice. But upon closer examination, you’d see that yesterday’s season openers for ASU and UofA baseball were eerily similar. Arizona State beat Northern Illinois in its opener. University of Arizona beat Utah Valley in its first game of the season. ASU’s score was 8-0, [...] -
Portland State hangs around until NAU finds a way to win
Portland State made a another visit to the Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff and, once again, were in no hurry to leave. In the last two games between the Vikings and Northern Arizona University, there were six overtime periods. Last year, the game was also in Flag and went into four overtimes before Portland State pulled [...] -
Stephen Sambu commits to UofA cross country program
The Wildcats just gained some big ground in their cross country and track programs as they prepare to add a two-time national champion to the roster. Stephen Sambu, who won back-to-back NJCAA Division I cross country titles, has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Arizona. He comes by way of Rend [...] -
Scoring records fall… but who did Richard Jefferson call?
High school basketball scoreboards have been on fire this season, as both state and national scoring records were broken out here in the desert. Ashley Wirtzberger, a senior point guard at Gila Bend HS, broke the national 3-point record with 473 treys. Corey Hawkins, a senior guard at Estrella Foothills HS, erased NBA guard Mike [...] -
Gilbert Christian is 64 minutes away from a perfect season
Thirty basketball games, 30 wins. Just two more to be played for a chance at a perfect season and the 1A boys high school state championship. Gilbert Christian HS plays the 29th game tonight and, if it gets past Joseph City HS, will play the title game tomorrow evening. Enroute to their 30-0 record, the [...] -
Sunnyside gets a surprise at 5A state wrestling championships
A couple of points was all it took to let Ironwood Ridge HS slip into the No. 1 seed for Saturday’s 5A-II high school State Wrestling Team Tournament. Sunnyside HS has won 262 consecutive dual meets, although not including tournaments in that record run. The Tucson school has earned the title, “wrestling powerhouse,” that is [...] -
Hey, basketball fans, you’re about to enter the Pink Zone!
It’s time to get out the pink uniforms again. But that doesn’t mean the women wearing them at ASU on Sunday are going to be any less rough and tumble. Not when it’s the blue and red coming into town for the second basketball match-up with the Wildcats this season. The Sun Devils will be [...] -
Football recruiting takes on a Polynesian flavor at UofA
Everybody knows the University of Arizona football program recruits heavily in California. After all, it’s right next door. But the Wildcats also have a pot of gold about 6,000 miles away. All Arizona had to do was get the first couple of recruits from the Pacific Islands and then sit back while all of their [...]
