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Jerry Dawson’s gonna take a swing at the college game
Jerry Dawson, the hall of fame coach who started the baseball program at Chaparral High School in 1974, has found a new team that can use his help. Dawson, who just retired after 37 years at the perennial baseball power in Scottsdale, has joined the baseball coaching staff at Yavapai College in Prescott, where he now [...] -
UA baseball players use Cape Cod League to prep for 2011
Boston is considerably more than a pop fly away from the University of Arizona campus at Tucson. But it’s where a couple of the key elements to next year’s Wildcat baseball team are honing their skills over the summer. Kyle Simon, a right-handed pitcher who won eight games last season for the Cats (most on the [...] -
Arizona JUCOs loading up on top out-of-state talent
Junior colleges serve as an important step for many athletes on their way to play at a four-year college. The players all have their own story about why they picked the JUCO route. Central Arizona College in Coolidge and Arizona Western College in Yuma each picked up a player that could provide an immediate impact on [...] -
ASU’s express to Omaha gets another Player of the Year
The rich keep getting richer. Nowhere is that truer than in sports. Those teams that are rich in talent win games. Winning attracts others who want to be a part of the celebration. Which perpetuates the winning. In college sports, that’s the crux of the recruiting process. In college baseball, few teams do it better than Arizona [...] -
Pima CC enters 2010-11 with major coaching changes
Pima Community College is undergoing a couple of major changes in their athletic program. New head coaches have been added to both the men’s basketball and baseball programs. But they’re keeping things in the family, as both coaches have logged years as assistants on the coaching staffs. And both are local products. Roderick Gary, who served as an [...] -
State’s top JUCO baseball players at Honkbal Tournament
You don’t have to play for a D-I college to get a chance to travel the world. Right now, a team of junior college baseball players is hitting the practice field in Haarlem, Netherlands. And that squad includes a handful of Arizona boys. The players make up the NJCAA All-Stars, a 24-member team representing the United States [...] -
Another power failure ends ASU baseball season at CWS
‘The curse’ caught up to the ASU baseball team yesterday. The Sun Devils, making their 11th College World Series appearance in the last 29 years, became the ninth straight No. 1 seed to fail to win the championship. Miami was the last top seed to accomplish that, and that was back at the turn of the [...] -
Clemson shocks No. 1 ASU at College World Series
Lightning flashed overhead at Rosenblatt Stadium at the College World Series in Omaha yesterday evening. Six hours of rain delay moved Arizona State’s scheduled night game with Clemson to this morning. Then lightning struck again this morning in another form, as the Sun Devils were shocked by the Tigers in a 6-3 loss that puts them [...] -
Pitching gives ASU the edge vs. Clemson at CWS
Arizona State is coming off back-to-back games against Arkansas that went 12 innings each before the Sun Devils were able to move on to the College World Series. That was no picnic, but the road gets a little steeper yet as the No. 1 Sun Devils get ready to take on Clemson in their CWS opener [...] -
Central Arizona College sets school record in MLB draft
Every year, there is an assortment of junior college and high school players mixed in with the four-year colleges during the Major League Baseball draft. This year, one of the junior colleges right here in Arizona, was very involved. Central Arizona College in Coolidge had ties with 11 of the college players drafted, as well as six [...]