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Archive for September, 2010
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Desert Twilight XC Invite…running quietly into the night
Time to get fresh batteries for the flashlights. It’s time again for the annual Queen Creek Twilight Cross Country Invitational, a rare opportunity for the state’s best distance runners to slip quietly into the desert night. This is the fourth year for the popular mid-season meet, which will be held tomorrow at the Toka Sticks [...] -
UA women’s golf ranked No. 5 and off to strong 2010 start
The University of Arizona women’s golf team is picking up right where it left off last season, with a win in Japan and a second-place finish over the weekend in Colorado. And a local high school grad is right up front in the charge into a new season. Margarita Ramos, who played four years of [...] -
Lots of good HS football Friday… but ESPN is in Chandler
Believe it or not, there are other high school football games besides the super-hyped Hamilton vs. Chandler match-up scheduled for Friday night. It’s just that the brightest of the Friday night lights will be shining down on the game that matches the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in 5A-I competition. The Hamilton Huskies and [...] -
NAU, UA cross country teams moving up nat’l rankings
The latest college cross country rankings are out, and there are some familiar teams in the top 10. The University of Arizona women’s team shot up the rankings, going from No. 24 in the previous poll to No. 9 in the new Coaches’ Poll released by the USTFCCCA yesterday. And the Northern Arizona University men’s [...] -
Yavapai College’s volleyball win streak ends in Nebraska
The Yavapai College volleyball team was coming off a 3-0 victory over Mesa Community College last week when the women packed their bags and took their gaudy 13-1 record to the Midwest. It wasn’t the first time the Prescott school has been tested against teams from other states. The Roughriders have already played against teams [...] -
NAU smothers Idaho State in Big Sky football opener
Nothing like starting at the top. Northern Arizona’s 32-7 win over Idaho State puts them at the top of the Big Sky Conference rankings. It was the Lumberjacks’ conference opener, so they’re off to a 1-0 start. The only other Big Sky team that started with a win this weekend was Montana State, which beat [...] -
ASU women’s basketball gets Promise for 2011 class
Charli Turner-Thorne is still collecting perimeter players for her Sun Devil women’s basketball team, and just found a couple in her backyard. Promise Amukamara from Apollo High School in Glendale and Arnecia Hawkins from Mountain View High School in Mesa were just added to future rosters, giving Turner-Thorne their verbal commitments last week. Amukamara is [...] -
Ducks, Bears here for Pac-10 openers; can we win both?
Pac-10 football in Arizona is being played for high stakes this weekend as conference games get underway. The University of Arizona needs to prove to its fans that last week’s win over a ranked opponent wasn’t a fluke, and Arizona State will try to prove to its skeptics that it can win against a quality [...] -
After setbacks, which HS football teams will bounce back?
One of the more interesting facets in high school football is observing how teenage players handle adversity. Tomorrow night, there are numerous opportunities for teams to step up following huge disappointments last week. Perhaps the most high-profile example of this will be Brophy Prep, a powerhouse in 5A-I football, attempting to come back following two [...] -
Both GCU soccer programs move into Top 10 in region
Maybe the Grand Canyon University soccer teams should leave home more often. Good things seem to happen on these trips The men’s and women’s soccer teams are on an eight-day trip to California where they will play the last of four games in the Bay area today. While they were gone, the women set a [...]
