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GCU baseball hires Andy Stankiewicz as head coach
Another prominent name in the sports world has been added to the Grand Canyon University roster of head coaches. The last ‘name’ hire in a major program was Russ Pennell, who was hired to take over the reins of the Antelope basketball program before the 2009 season. Pennell was an assistant coach at Arizona State [...] -
Catalina HS pitcher has 2 no-hitters..but are they tainted?
Nicco Blank, a baseball pitcher at Tucson’s Catalina High School, tossed a pair of no-hit games earlier this month – within a week of each other. Most pitchers, at any level of play, never experience the rare feat of a no-hit game. But Blank’s performance of putting together two in the same season has been [...] -
GCU baseball prepares for a run at the PacWest lead
The Grand Canyon University baseball team begins its assault on the conference lead tomorrow, trying its best not to look past the next series of games. With just eight conference games left on the schedule, the Antelopes (18-18, 13-11) are four games out of first place, but are just two games behind the PacWest leader, [...] -
Mountain Pointe HS using home runs to power a title run
The scoring machine rolls on. And over other high school baseball teams. The Mountain Pointe Pride has plenty of reasons to be proud this season, as it has cranked up its home run machine again this year to take a run at the 5A state championship that eluded the Phoenix school last year. Mountain Pointe [...] -
ASU’s baseball wins over Arizona mean more this season
The ASU-UofA baseball rivalry has taken on a new significance this season. At least for Arizona State, it has. The Sun Devils just beat Arizona, 10-5, to post their third win in four games against the Wildcats already this season. They meet one more time, on the 26th of this month in Tucson. For ASU, [...] -
AZ teams fail to make finals of Big League Dugout Invite
Some of the top high school baseball teams in Arizona were in the field for this year’s Big League Dugout National Invitational Tournament. Four of them had top-10 AIA power rankings. But it was Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, No. 20 in the power rankings, that was the lone Arizona squad reaching yesterday’s [...] -
High school baseball targeted in smokeless tobacco ban
The number of high school baseball players that are spitting out that ugly brown juice during games is increasing. And it’s causing ripple effects all the way up to the Major Leagues. Health officials in 15 cities with Major League franchises are calling for a ban on smokeless tobacco used by professional players, managers, coaches, [...] -
GCU baseball turning around under interim head coach
It’s been 13 games and almost three weeks since Grand Canyon University unexpectedly fired its head baseball coach, Dave Stapleton, who had been involved with the program for the past 17 years. So how’s the bold, mid-season move working out for the Antelopes? Actually, pretty well… so far. Stapleton’s assistant coach, Ryan Bethel, was given [...] -
UA, ASU baseball to break rivalry series tie today
Beautiful spring weather, the excitement of the opening baseball games in Pac-10 play, and a match-up between two nationally-ranked teams that lead the conference in most offensive categories. All that combined this weekend to bring sell-out crowds to Sun Devil Stadium as Arizona State hosts University of Arizona in a three-game series. And then add [...] -
Grand Canyon dismisses baseball coach, Dave Stapleton
Dave Stapleton got just 18 games to prove his Grand Canyon University baseball team was turning things around. But it wasn’t enough. In a bold mid-season move, the 10th-year head coach for the Antelopes was dismissed from his position last night after the Antelopes got off to a 6-12 start. Grand Canyon doesn’t field a [...]
