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Long ball helps win state titles for softball, baseball teams
It was kind of ironic that Chaparral High School won the Division I state baseball championship last night with a home run. This was supposed to be the year of the small ball. Arizona’s high-school baseball teams were required to use bats this season that met a standard performance test to verify that the bat’s [...] -
ASU baseball counters rival UA with its own new stadium
As the old expression goes… the price of poker is going up. At least in Arizona college athletics, where Arizona State has just upped the ante one more time in the marketing war with its Pac-12 rival down in Tucson. ASU just announced plans to move its baseball program to the new stadium being built [...] -
No. 1 vs. No. 2…UA & Oregon baseball collide in Tucson
Could this weekend’s baseball series between Arizona and Oregon be any more ready for prime time? Seriously, dude. The University of Oregon is in first place in the Pac-12, but Arizona is just a half-game behind – with a chance to take over the top spot in a three-game home series at Hi Corbett field [...] -
Playoffs begin: 14 high schools bid for dual diamond titles
An interesting sidebar to this year’s Division I baseball and softball state playoffs involves a surprisingly high number of high schools that have at least a chance to sweep both titles. Of the three major sports, the chances of having solid boys and girls programs can generally be found on the diamond. Football, of course, [...] -
ASU has a lot riding on tonight’s baseball game with UA
Tonight’s baseball game between the Wildcats and Sun Devils is considered a non-conference meeting, but it won’t have any trouble generating fan interest – for a number of important reasons. Start with the fact that it is always important when these two Pac-12 teams meet because of the rivalry associated with every meeting. This is [...] -
No. 4 UA baseball takes a big tumble on road trip to Utah
From the penthouse to the outhouse. All in one day… one game. So how does the University of Arizona baseball team sweep the No. 2 team in the country three straight games, and then three days later lose to un-ranked Utah Valley University? Who? Utah Valley University. You know, the Wolverines. A member of the [...] -
Coach Bob Invite shows strength of AZ prep baseball
The Coach Bob Invitational, which wrapped up over the weekend, continues to validate on a yearly basis the strength of the high school baseball programs in Arizona. This year, three of the four teams making it into the championship games of the two divisions were from within the state, with Boulder Creek High School in [...] -
Week-long tourneys test AZ prep baseball, softball teams
Get as many hits as you want, but it eventually comes down to pitching – particularly in tournament play. And that’s how it played out in this week’s big high school baseball and softball tournaments that wrapped up over the weekend. But the Hamilton High baseball team and Mountain View High School softball team took [...] -
Arizona baseball tries to rebound tonight against Beavers
Back-to-back losses to New Mexico couldn’t have come at a worse time for the University of Arizona baseball team. The Wildcats have been struggling somewhat lately after enjoying an eight-game winning streak. They split with Rice and then took two of three games from Washington State. And then got shut out by the Aggies. But [...] -
HS softball, baseball finish local tourneys ahead of the rain
The rain and high winds that began in northern Arizona held off rolling down through the Phoenix Valley long enough for high schools to get in plenty of baseball and softball tournament play. Tournament action started early in the week in Gilbert and Tempe, and wrapped up Saturday with the Cleats Sports Classic Invitational at [...]
