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Archive for August, 2011
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NAU volleyball off to best start in the Big Sky Conference
This may be the year that Craig Choate gets his NAU volleyball program over the hump. And perhaps dispels the mediocre pre-season projections at the same time. Northern Arizona University was picked to finish seventh in the Big Sky Conference – which is right where it has languished at the end of the last two [...] -
Brandon Ashley boosts UA hoops Class of 2012 to No. 1
Sean Miller isn’t ready yet to pack his bags for the Final Four. Or even buy any airline tickets. But he might be ready to start browsing through the travel brochures. The head basketball coach at the University of Arizona just added a key piece to his 2012 recruiting class and, as a result, ESPN [...] -
UA soccer showed promise for 2011, but can’t find the net
Arizona soccer started the season with great promise and high expectations, as the Wildcats returned 11 starters from last season – including a seasoned goal keeper. But the bloom is off the rose, as they say. Three games into the 2011 season, the women’s team is still looking for its first win… and its first [...] -
Webcast fails, but fans miss little in Basha rout of Corona
High school football in Arizona is getting college-like exposure, as Fox Sports Arizona will cover 15 games this season, between live telecasts and webcasts. And that doesn’t include the Division 1 and 2 state championship games that will also be telecast. The TV coverage began last week as Fox televised both games in the Sollenberger [...] -
Scrimmages give fans final look at ASU, UA football hopes
In Tempe, the crowd of fans on hand last weekend for Arizona State‘s final football scrimmage and meet-the-players opportunity was estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000 of the faithful. But down the I-10 freeway in Tucson, three times that many of the Wildcat Nation were on hand to meet their team and take in a [...] -
NAU soccer to christen Lumberjack Stadium vs. Drake
The NAU women’s soccer team will open its ‘like-new’ 1,000-seat stadium this Friday, when it hosts the Mortenson Mountain Classic. However, the Lumberjacks won’t enter the inaugural game riding high, as expected. Instead, they come into the match-up with Drake University limping along after an 0-2 start to the season. Northern Arizona, which was coming [...] -
AZ bragging rights at stake at Sollenberger Kickoff Classic
Tomorrow, two of Arizona’s best high school football teams will try to preserve the state’s perfect record in the 6th annual Sollenberger Kickoff Classic. For the past four years, the big-school championship teams from Nevada have met up with same-level championship teams from Arizona in the event, which traditionally kicks off a new season. Each [...] -
AIA mandates concussion testing for high school athletes
Looks like the AIA has finally found a way to create new programs for high school sports without getting a lot of blow-back. The Arizona Interscholastic Association, the governing body for the state’s high schools, has been getting lots of grief for changes it made in the division alignments over a year ago. The traditional [...] -
GCU women’s cross country building depth with transfers
A group of talented transfers have arrived just in time to give the Grand Canyon University women’s cross country team some much-needed experience and depth, something the program has lacked in recent years. Two in that group are coming from local junior colleges. Julia Ward continued her track career at Mesa Community College after completing [...] -
Will ASU’s loss of Brandon Magee affect Burfict’s game?
The sudden, unexpected loss of Arizona State linebacker Brandon Magee, who ruptured an Achilles tendon in Saturday’s scrimmage, may have consequences that go beyond the physical talent he brought to the field. Magee, a senior linebacker who contributed 73 tackles to an ASU defense that was arguably one of the best in the nation last [...]
