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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 [...] -
Prep track champions gathering at Chandler Rotary Invite
Nearly 3,000 high school track & field athletes showed up last year to compete in the Chandler Rotary Invitational. And this year an even bigger chunk of those will be from Arizona. The 72-year-old event, the second-oldest continuously-run invitational meet in Arizona, topped the century mark last year with 107 teams from five states and [...] -
Strange times for ASU hoops…Cain, Creekmur latest to go
Will the last men’s basketball player leaving ASU please turn out the gym lights? Yeah, it’s an old joke. But head coach Herb Sendek isn’t laughing. However, the mass exodus out of his program is becoming a springboard for snide humor. Sophomore forward, Kyle Cain, is the latest to turn in his maroon and gold [...] -
Conference sweep puts GCU men’s volleyball at No. 1
“It’s one of the biggest weekends in our program’s history,” says Jeremy Price. Ok, so the Grand Canyon University men’s volleyball program is only four years old. But the second-year head coach had special reason to celebrate the Antelopes’ wins over the weekend. The Friday win over Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) was the [...] -
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 [...] -
March Madness had a new meaning for AZ fans this year
And then there were none. The Arizona State women’s basketball loss Friday in the opening round of the WNIT means there are no Arizona Division I college teams playing in the post-season. Anywhere. And the 77-62 loss to University of Pacific brings to an end perhaps the strangest season ever for Arizona college hoops. Actually, [...] -
Josiah Turner’s suspension raises questions after NIT exit
When Sean Miller suspended his starting point guard just before the start of the NIT Tournament, he knew his team’s chances for post-season success took a big hit. But even he couldn’t have expected a first-round exit. The No. 1 seeded Arizona got beat by No. 8 Bucknell, 65-54. We don’t know what team rules [...] -
GCU’s new sports programs on fast track to nat’l success
When it comes to developing new sports programs, Grand Canyon University seems to have found the fast track to success. The Antelopes’ track & field program just returned from Minnesota with a national championship in tow – in just the second year of the program’s existence. About the same time, the wrestling team was wrapping [...] -
Could Ryan Finley have helped UA’s quarterback woes?
Ryan Finley, who passed for almost 3,000 yards this year as a junior quarterback at Paradise Valley High School, committed last week to Boise State. If he was good enough to get an offer from the No. 8 team in the country, he’s probably good enough to play for either of Arizona’s Pac-12 programs. Was [...] -
Some reasons to celebrate AZ Wildcats playing in NIT…
Now that the University of Arizona men’s basketball team is headed to the NIT Tournament, Sean Miller has a chance to do something one of the coaching legends at the school before him never could. No, we’re not talking about comparing him to Lute Olson. He gets enough of that on a daily basis. Olson [...]
