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Lockett returns to help ASU basketball squeak past Utah
It would have been a shame if Arizona State failed to beat Utah last night. The Utes were one of only two teams ranked lower than the Sun Devils in the Pac-12. And, even though Utah had beaten ASU by 21 points in their last encounter in January, it was still a game against a [...] -
Hamilton HS, Brophy Prep meet for D-I soccer title – again
Based on the results of last night’s boys’ soccer semi-finals in Division I, this just may be the year that Hamilton High School shakes off the ghost of seasons past. The Huskies scored two goals in the first half and three more after intermission to cruise to a 5-0 shellacking of No. 1-seed Chaparral High [...] -
GCU wrestlers can break school wins record this weekend
Lino Estrada just had to get out on the road to recover his wrestling mojo. The former three-time state champion at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix turned in three straight winning performances to help the Grand Canyon University grapplers to a successful road swing through Texas and New Mexico. That came after three consecutive [...] -
Each AZ track team leaves NAU Open with share of wins
Once again, Northern Arizona University provided an opportunity for the state’s three Division I track & field programs to compete head-to-head, as the NAU Open ran over the weekend. And, as usual, each of the schools left Flagstaff with something positive. The meet isn’t a major event on the schedule, and the Pac-12 schools don’t [...] -
No. 4 Stanford tests UA women’s hoops…Cats fold again
Saturday’s loss to No. 4 Stanford was a litmus test of sorts for the Arizona Wildcats women’s basketball team, which had jumped out to an impressive start this season. The Cats failed the test against Stanford. Big time. Let’s face it… wins over middle-of-the-road opponents are nice and they help to pad your record. But [...] -
ASU is early favorite for 2nd straight national softball title
The Arizona Wildcats took their place on the pedestal of college softball at the start of the 1990′s, beginning a rivalry with mighty UCLA, which had ruled the college softball world in the 80′s. Now there appears to be a new sheriff in town, and suddenly it is becoming a three-way dominance of the game. [...] -
Stunning loss in Division II opens state soccer playoffs
That loud thud that came rolling down from the Arizona high country Wednesday night was the sound of the Flagstaff High School girls’ soccer team falling in the first round of the state playoffs. The 2-1 upset of unbeaten Flagstaff by No. 15 Sabino High School, combined with an emotional overtime win by Notre Dame [...] -
Signing Day results…UA, ASU football off to an even start
If you were keeping score at yesterday’s big media frenzy, as high school seniors signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at the college of their choice, it turned out to be pretty much a draw between the state’s Pac-12 heavyweights. Both boasted 23 signees, with Arizona State and University of Arizona each [...] -
New division alignments, scheduling frustrate prep teams
The new division alignments for Arizona high school sports programs are coming to the end of a two-year shake-out period that has uncovered a number of ‘challenges’ for the schools involved. As the high school winter sports season winds down, new issues have arisen as a result of the computer scheduling that is now being [...] -
NAU basketball…’environment of fear’ under Mike Adras
We finally know why head coach Mike Adras abruptly resigned just nine games into the season, leaving the Northern Arizona men’s basketball team in the hands of a 70-year-old former women’s coach who was pulled from retirement to finish out the season. But it took a hard-nosed inquiry by Flagstaff’s Daily Sun newspaper to unearth [...]
