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Archive for July, 2011
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GCU softball roster for 2012 is almost 100% local talent
Danielle Legee must feel at times like she’s a newcomer to a foreign land, rather than a recruit to a college softball team. Legee is a pitcher for Grand Canyon University. The sophomore comes from Labanon, but not Lebanon the country in Western Asia – Labanon the city in Oregon. But the import from Duck [...] -
Will UA’s Stoops inherit ‘hot seat’ from ASU’s Erickson?
There has been a lot of speculation about Dennis Erickson‘s future at Arizona State going into the 2011 football season. The failure of the fifth-year head coach to notch a winning season over the last three years puts him squarely on the ol’ hot seat in the final year of his contract. In fact, so [...] -
High school athletes can lessen the effects of concussions
High school football players in Arizona will have a little extra protection when they step on the field this season. It’s not extra gear, just a simple test that can be taken online in less than 15 minutes. The Computerized Cognitive Assessment Test can be taken from any computer with Internet access, providing a baseline [...] -
NAU women’s hoops going BIG as critical year looms
You couldn’t miss Raven Anderson when she played basketball at Chandler High School last year. The 6’2″ post player stood above the crowd, contributing 11 points and almost seven rebounds a game for the Wolves as the team went undefeated through their 5A-I conference schedule and finished runner-up for the state championship. “Raven gives us [...] -
ESPN is latest to honor Valley Christian’s Jeff Paschke
When Jeff Paschke opted to enroll at Valley Christian High School instead of the public school in his district, Desert Vista HS, his decision put the Christian school in Chandler on the road to its first-ever state title in baseball. Valley Christian won the 2A crown last season, as Paschke joined with his senior teammate, [...] -
Local prep players bringing good size to ASU basketball
Herb Sendek decided to add some size to his Arizona State basketball program and found out he didn’t have to look far to find the big dogs. The ASU head coach found plenty of size just down the road from the Tempe campus. Kenny Martin, at 6’10″, is playing for Raymond S. Kellis High School [...] -
Early-season excitement awaits prep football fans up north
High school football in the Arizona high country is a world unto itself… far above the fray down below in the Phoenix Valley, or farther south in the Tucson area. Rivalries in the smaller communities of the north are intense, often go back generations, and whole towns turn out on Friday night for the big [...] -
UA track team adds top Tucson HS talent for next season
It looks like the University of Arizona track & field program is taking a “shop at home” approach to its recruiting. The Wildcats will add 16 newcomers to its roster for the 2011-12 season and just four of those are in-state recruits. But all four are from Tucson high schools. Some of the best high [...] -
Trips to Hawaii a recruiting tool for GCU cross country?
How many college cross country programs can include the promise of a trip to Hawaii in their recruiting pitches? Not many, but Grand Canyon University is one of those that can. Hawaii is one of the sites included in the rotation for the Pacific West Conference Championships; last season it was the Turtle Bay Resort [...] -
Gabe York commits to UA basketball as Cats keep building
College basketball is a lot like the game of chess. Not just on the court, where you have to anticipate and counter line-up changes, but in the recruiting process as well. While a head coach is focusing on the game on the floor, he also has to have one eye on the recruiting class that [...]
