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Archive for October, 2010
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Sunnyslope volleyball upends Xavier to win the Goldwater
Sunnyslope High School was not to be denied this time. The Vikings’ girls volleyball team turned the tables on Xavier Prep to win the prestigious Goldwater Volleyball Festival that concluded yesterday. Xavier snatched the Westwood Tournament of Champions title from the Vikings last month, when a Sunnyslope hitting error in the final game of the [...] -
No. 9 Wildcats will play Oregon State before sell-out crowd
The Wildcats have found a better way to keep moving up in the national rankings. Just don’t play. The University of Arizona moved up from No. 14 in the polls to No. 9 (AP poll) during their bye week and now prepare to take on Oregon State, which beat that other Pac-10 team in Tempe [...] -
Week 7 in HS football: a chance to settle some scores
A good grudge game is always a fun addition to any high school football schedule. And this week we’ve got a couple that should be interesting. In 5A, mighty Hamilton High School (7-0) travels down the interstate to Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson to take on the also-undefeated Lancers. Hamilton ran up a 45-2 [...] -
Brophy, Xavier dominate at Speedo Classic swim event
The University of Arizona opened its doors over the weekend to high school swimmers and divers from all around the state. More than a thousand athletes filled the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center, representing teams from 38 schools from around Arizona who were there to compete in the Speedo High School Classic. The list was pretty evenly [...] -
Orman, Fakler win at Desert Twilight XC Invitational
Billy Orman came down from the hills over the weekend to jump into the Desert Twilight Cross Country Invitational, which is hosted by Queen Creek High School and run on a Gilbert golf course. Orman, a senior this year at Tuba City High School, was missing from the fields of the Soles Sports Running Zone [...] -
NAU football ranked No. 24; plays in ‘The Inferno’ next
Don’t adjust your monitor. That football field actually is red. Bright red. The Lumberjacks will probably get used to their new No. 24 national ranking sooner than they adjust to the new red carpet football field at Eastern Washington, their next opponent. Northern Arizona University has moved into the national polls for the first time [...] -
GCU men’s soccer still No. 1; women fall from top spot
Grand Canyon University had both of its soccer teams sitting atop the Pac West Conference standings. Until last weekend, that is, when BYU-Hawaii came calling. The men’s team beat BYU-Hawaii in Thursday’s match, 4-0, and then again on Saturday in a much tighter 4-3 win. Those victories bring the season record to 7-0-1 overall and [...] -
Threet sacked 6 times as ASU football loses at OSU, 31-28
It was hard to watch yesterday’s Arizona State game against Oregon State in Corvallis without holding your breath… waiting for the next mistake from a team that dropped its last two games amid a flurry of penalties and turnovers – seven turnovers alone in the Oregon game. You hoped that was all behind them, but [...] -
Volleyball kicks off Territorial Cup Series; Cats win first
Friday’s 3-0 volleyball sweep by the Wildcats officially opened the annual Territorial Cup Series between the University of Arizona and Arizona State. Arizona gets half a point for its win. It needs to win again when the rivalry shifts to Tempe later this month to earn the full point and move closer to the 9.5 [...] -
ASU football fun to watch, but it’s not about TV ratings
Arizona State football still has its doubters after a 2-2 start. But the Sun Devils’ new brand of fast-moving, fast-scoring offense hasn’t lost its appeal to the fans. Last Saturday’s televised match-up with then-No.5 Oregon turned out to be the highest-rated program in the Phoenix market that day. The 37-24 loss drew 126,182 households for [...]
