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Archive for October, 2010
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End of a 12-year golf reign: Hamilton HS beats Xavier Prep
Bill Clinton was just starting his second term as the 42nd President when the Xavier Prep golf team started its string of consecutive 5A-I girls’ state championships. That streak began in 1998, but the Gators also lay claim to 28 of the last 30 state team titles. Now we’re talking Jimmy Carter. It got to [...] -
UA volleyball wraps up Territorial Cup point with 5-set win
Arizona State volleyball took the second half of their series with University of Arizona to five sets, but couldn’t deliver the knock-out punch. The ASU loss gives the No. 23-ranked Wildcats (16-7, 5-5) the full point in the State Farm Territorial Cup series. The Cats picked up a half-point with their Oct. 1 win in [...] -
Friday night lights flicker, as 3A, 2A football seasons end
Many of the small schools will wrap up their high school football seasons tonight, while some will begin preparing for the state playoffs. This is the final week of 3A and 2A regular-season play. The long-awaited and much-promoted match-up between the top teams in 3A, No. 1 Blue Ridge HS and No. 2 Show Low [...] -
Will Arizona QB Foles be ready for UCLA game?
Nick Foles is ahead of schedule in his attempt to recover from a dislocated knee injury suffered two games ago against Washington State, and may be ready to take the reins of the Arizona offense again Saturday against UCLA at the Rose Bowl. The junior transfer from Michigan State, who took over the starting role [...] -
Scottsdale CC sets new soccer mark, but Pima advances
The Artichokes are blooming at Scottsdale Community College. The men’s soccer program at the north Scottsdale school with the quirky mascot name has been on an upward trajectory since Adam Berry took it over several years back. And the ‘Chokes just finished up what Berry calls “the most successful season in men’s soccer.” Scottsdale CC [...] -
Badminton title to Chaparral; Xavier’s Welch is 5A champ
You know the high school fall sports season is about to transition into the winter programs when badminton holds its state finals. The rest of the fall programs get started on their playoff march beginning early next month. But badminton has already named its individual and team champions for 2010. And the Firebirds are back [...] -
Will the real ASU football team please stand up?
Who are these guys?! Two weeks ago, the Arizona State Sun Devils beat Washington by 10 points, as Steven Threet threw for 288 yards and the team piled up a total 387 yards. Things were looking good. Then they took a week off to give them plenty of extra time to prepare for Saturday’s game [...] -
Larry Scott is getting it done. Pac-12 begins to take shape
After Larry Scott gets done transforming the Pac-10 into the Pac-12, maybe we should send him to Washington to show our legislators how to work together to get something done. Scott, the relatively new Pac-10 commissioner who took over in March of 2009, just pulled off a maneuver that many questioned could be accomplished. He [...] -
It’s Matt Scott’s move, as Arizona football tries to adjust
If you look at football like a chess match, Arizona and Washington both lost some valuable pieces from their boards last week. The No. 15 Wildcats (5-1) go into tonight’s game against the Huskies without their most important board piece, their starting quarterback. Washington’s starting defensive end, the guy that chases after the quarterback, was [...] -
NAU soccer tries to extend record win streak vs. Montana
The Lumberjacks women’s soccer team will try to extend a record-breaking win streak this afternoon when it hosts conference foe, Montana. It has been a busy season for soccer in Flagstaff. Northern Arizona set a couple of new program records with its 2-0 win over Weber State two weeks ago. And that resulted in the [...]
