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Archive for August, 2010
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Repeat titles nothing new for Yavapai, GCU soccer teams
Smell the mowed grass. It’s a sure sign that the college soccer season is beginning. In Arizona, a couple of men’s teams share more than the smell of grass stains on dirty uniforms. They each continue to enjoy the sweet smell of success that comes with winning on a regular basis. Yavapai College in Prescott [...] -
ASU’s Dennis Erickson…2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year?
No, the headline isn’t a misprint. But it does take an open mind – and a stretch of the imagination – to think this way. But as far-fetched as it might seem when you consider that Dennis Erickson is coming off consecutive losing seasons and his Arizona State football team is picked to finish near [...] -
UA football recruit hitting major bumps on road to Tucson
Daxx Garman is still headed from Oklahoma to Tucson to try to lead the Wildcat football team to a future Rose Bowl. But a layover in Texas is creating some significant problems for the traveling quarterback. Garman was the first member of the University of Arizona’s 2011 recruiting class, one if its most prized catches. [...] -
August tells story of GCU’s growing role in local recruiting
A flurry of recruit signings announced by Grand Canyon University this month helps to illustrate the impact the private, Christian-based college in west Phoenix is having on the college careers of local athletes. The Antelopes are sucking up the local talent like a vacuum. Arizona State in Tempe and University of Arizona in Tucson play [...] -
Former HS soccer stars vie now for nat’l collegiate award
Alexandra Elston and Kristi Andreassen left Valley high schools in 2007 to pursue a college soccer career, each heading to a different Arizona university. Now the two find themselves competing in their senior year for a prestigious national honor that goes beyond their accomplishments on the field. Elston is playing for Arizona State following a [...] -
AWC takes on Mexican national champs in football opener
The Arizona Western College Matadors will open their football season Saturday with an international flavor – even though the game will be played in California. AWC, which has climbed the national rankings since head coach Tom Minnick took over two years ago, will take their game to El Centro, Calif., where the Yuma junior college [...] -
Jerry Dawson’s gonna take a swing at the college game
Jerry Dawson, the hall of fame coach who started the baseball program at Chaparral High School in 1974, has found a new team that can use his help. Dawson, who just retired after 37 years at the perennial baseball power in Scottsdale, has joined the baseball coaching staff at Yavapai College in Prescott, where he [...] -
Gaels rule Nevada HS football, but can’t win in Arizona
Bishop Gorman High School, Nevada’s big-schools state champion, took another shot at winning a game in the fifth annual Sollenberger Classic in Flagstaff over the weekend. But Hamilton High School, Arizona’s defending state champion in 5A-I, sent them back to Las Vegas with another loss. The 24-17 loss to Hamilton is one of just three [...] -
ASU’s Sendek snatches 4-star hoops recruit eyed by UofA
That sharp pain that Wildcat basketball coach Sean Miller experienced yesterday was probably from Herb Sendek poking him in the eye, figuratively of course. But losing a prized recruit to the Arizona State coach had to hurt nonetheless. Jahii Carson, a four-star point guard who played in ASU’s back yard at Mesa High School, committed [...] -
NAU cross-country teams picked to finish No. 1…again
At some point, it would seem the NAU cross-country program would need to catch its breath and step off the throne for a season. But it doesn’t look like this will be the year. Both the men’s and women’s cross-country teams at Northern Arizona University have been picked in the pre-season coaches poll to finish [...]
