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Arizona Sports (AZCentral)
Archive for May, 2011
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AZ colleges pack for NCAA Track & Field Championships
Arizona will be well represented next week at the NCAA Track & Field Championship Finals at Drake University. The state’s three Division I universities have qualified a combined total of 34 athletes for the national meet. Arizona earned 19 qualifications, the most among the three schools, at the just-concluded NCAA West Preliminary Championships in Eugene, [...] -
UA misses first trip to College World Series in 22 years
How ironic. Arizona State’s first opponent in the Women’s College World Series will be Oklahoma – the school that just eliminated ASU’s in-state rival, University of Arizona, in the Super Regional. This may be the first time ever that the Wildcat squad will actually be rooting for a win by the No. 1 Sun Devils. [...] -
ASU going to softball World Series; UA must win 2 today
What a difference a year can make in college sports. Last year, the No. 1 Arizona State softball team lost two straight games to Florida in the Super Regionals to end their chance to get to the Women’s College World Series. Yesterday, they finished a two-game sweep of No. 16 Texas A&M to punch their [...] -
GCU women’s golf team finishes record-breaking season
Golf is generally seen as an individual effort, but it was a team effort that lifted the Grand Canyon University women’s golf program to its best season ever. The squad had four tournament wins this year, eclipsing the old school record of three that was set during the 2004-05 season, and then went on to [...] -
North High’s Daniel Bejarano will play at Colorado State
It looks like Daniel Bejarano has found some love in Colorado. The all-star guard from North High School wasn’t getting enough love in Tucson – and not nearly enough playing time. So the prolific shooting guard, who was the top college basketball prospect in the state when the University of Arizona offered him a spot [...] -
Coaching carousel spinning in UA swim & dive program
Like his father before him, Augie Busch has left the University of Arizona swimming pool for fresh water. Frank Busch, a six-time NCAA Coach of the Year who led the Wildcat swimming and diving program for 22 years, announced his resignation in February to accept a new position as National Team Director for USA Swimming. [...] -
Billy Orman eclipses decades-old AZ distance records
Billy Orman will probably never get an Arizona mountain named in his honor, as did Lori Piestewa. But in the tiny town of Tuba City, he has earned the celebrity reserved for very few. For the past couple of years, Orman has been the face of Tuba City, a small town of fewer than 2,000 [...] -
After more than 300 games, ASU baseball gets blanked
Arizona State dropped the third game in the weekend baseball series with Washington, 3-0, which was somewhat perplexing since ASU put up 18 runs in the first two games, while the Huskies couldn’t score even one. But that was only half the story, it turns out. A press release from the ASU Sports Information guys [...] -
Local golfer Pinckney leads ASU to NCAA Championships
A local athlete has led the Arizona State men’s golf team back to the NCAA Championship Finals, marking the Sun Devils’ ninth straight trip to the Finals. Scott Pinckney fired a 4-under par 68 in the third and final round of the South Central-Colorado Regional Saturday to move up the leader board, jumping from sixth [...] -
Big bats power ASU, UA softball wins as Regionals begin
The Arizona and Arizona State softball teams have taken that first big step on the road to this year’s Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. And it looks like they marched in lock-step through the first game of the Regionals. Both high-ranked teams enjoyed the advantage of playing at home. Both teams won their [...]
