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Archive for August, 2011
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Doyle Wilson hire at Arizona Christian a boost for baseball
The latest coaching hire at Arizona Christian University brings the small faith-based private college something else it needs… a little name recognition. Doyle Wilson will take over the school’s baseball program, which just finished its inaugural season under an interim coach. Wilson takes over a program that went 14-34 in 2011. The school underwent a [...] -
After 44 years, UA baseball moving to Hi Corbett Field
Greg Byrne is at it again. The University of Arizona athletic director is moving the school’s baseball team out of the home it has occupied for more than 40 years. While he’s encountering some opposition from alumni who played in the tradition-rich (3 national titles) baseball program and don’t want to abandon a significant part [...] -
UA’s Annie Chandler is Pac-10 Woman of Year for 3rd time
No one is more deserving of being named the NCAA Woman of the Year than Annie Chandler, the dominating swimmer from the University of Arizona. After all, she just won her third straight Pac-10 Woman of the Year honor. (Update Aug. 17: Chandler won a Gold medal in the 50-meter breaststroke at the World University [...] -
NAU football kicks off 2011 season in remodeled Skydome
It looks like the NAU football team will be able to host it first home game next month in the friendly confines of the Skydome, just as it has for the last 40 years. But when the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks arrive from Colorado for the Sept. 10 contest, they will find their accommodations more [...] -
After 17 years…Bobby DeBerry resigns at Sunnyside High
In a 2009 interview following Sunnyside High School‘s 12th straight state wrestling championship, head coach Bobby DeBerry let it be known that he had no plans to leave the Tucson school anytime soon. That all changed this week when the coaching legend announced he was resigning. DeBerry picked up two more state titles since that [...] -
UA’s football future will be on display at opening practice
The future of the Arizona football program will be on the field tomorrow for the first practice of a new season – wrapped up in a 190-pound package of break-away speed and agility. Ka’Deem Carey, the explosive running back from Canyon del Oro High School in Tucson, picked up his new helmet and pads yesterday [...] -
UA baseball will go into 2012 without top asst. Wasikowski
It was a tough loss for head coach Andy Lopez when his Arizona Wildcats were beaten by Texas A&M in the Regional championship game after last season. The loss left his baseball team one game shy of 40 wins and one win from getting into the Super Regional for just the third time in school [...]
