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Archive for February, 2010
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GCU swimmers set records enroute to qualifying for NCAAs
Grand Canyon University will be sending more swimmers to the national championships next month. And the ‘Lopes set some records in the process. The Antelopes finished third at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference swimming championships, but added four more swimmers who will be eligible for the championships. Freshmen Johan Ivarsson and junior Artem Tretiakov qualified [...] -
Yavapai softball bringing in lots of familiar faces
Yavapai College is planning to get back to the softball World Series and is apparently looking to lots of local talent to get there. The Prescott community college announced its 2011 softball recruiting class and it’s loaded with players from high schools scattered throughout the state. Ten of the 11 recruits are local. The Roughriders [...] -
Battered & bruised, Pac-10 hoops is taking a beating this year
It’s like trying to dribble with a lopsided basketball. You never know what to expect from the bounce. That’s the case with Pac-10 basketball this season, as the men’s teams continue to beat up on each night after night. And Arizona’s colleges are doing their part to enhance the confusion. Over the weekend, UofA was [...] -
State wrestling tourney gets a breath of fresh (cold) air
Take a short drive to Tim’s Toyota and get your money’s worth. That might be a good slogan for a car commercial. But last weekend, it was all about wrestling. Fans that made the trek from Phoenix and Tucson to the ‘high country’ did get their money’s worth at the 1A,2A and 3A state high [...] -
‘Kaji’ had one last Classic, but time caught up to him today
Bill Kajikawa passed away today. What a strange bit of irony. The annual prestigious softball tournament at Arizona State that bears his name wrapped up yesterday. And this morning “Kaji” closed out a long life full of accomplishments. The Kajikawa Classic opens the season for some of the nation’s best teams each year on a [...] -
There’s no “I” in TEAM. Just ask the Aztecs.
How many coaches would jump into competition again, just to help someone else break their own record? We’re not sure, either, but it was nice to see that happen during the Aztec Track & Field Invitational. It was the first meet of the season for the Pima Community College track squad and Stephan Bullard was [...] -
A tale of 2 teams, 1 school…and 5 more hours of soccer
One school. Two great stories. Any way you look at it, Corona del Sol High School in Tempe essentially doubled its odds of bringing home a state title in soccer. Its boys and girls teams have both advanced to today’s 5A-I championship games at Campo Verde HS. And they definitely took different paths to get [...] -
Robles still winning on one leg; one of 3 ASU ranked wrestlers
Anthony Robles continues to do more on one leg than most college wrestlers on two. As the Arizona State grapplers close out their regular season today in a match against Stanford, they have three of their own nationally ranked, the highest being Robles. Robles, who has wrestled his entire career with what would normally be [...] -
Young-uns sweat it out at underclassmen FB Combine
Everybody stood back and let the ‘monster’ do his thing. Michael Bentley proceeded to bench press 185 lbs… 36 times! At 5’11″ and 280 lbs., the Estrella Foothills HS junior is a major presence on the offensive line. Dave Schuman, who runs the National Underclassmen Football Combine, called Bentley “a monster of a man” after [...] -
Advantage Stoops…but not until 2011
Mike Stoops just went one-up on his rival down the road in Tempe. At least on paper. Word came out of Oklahoma last week that one of its rising young football stars had decided to commit to the University of Arizona. And now the Wildcats are apparently confirming the verbal commitment from Daxx Garman. The [...]
