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Brophy, Xavier revenge last year’s team tennis title losses
The high school team-tennis titles shifted back to the north end of the 101 freeway this year, as Phoenix’s Brophy Prep and Xavier Prep wrested the state boys and girls championships from Tucson’s Salpointe Catholic. Salpointe swept the titles last year, playing in the old 5A-I division, beating the Brophy boys’ squad and the Xavier [...] -
AIA caught up in Nevada fight over Sollenberger Classic
As if the Arizona Interscholastic Association doesn’t have enough on its plate here at home, now it apparently is getting pulled into a nasty controversy in Nevada. If this one blows up, the fallout will likely rain down on Arizona. The governing body for the state’s high school sports programs has been dealing with various [...] -
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 [...] -
Murphy impresses with first NAU hoops recruiting class
Men’s basketball at NAU is alive and well…or, perhaps more accurately, on the way to recovery. The new head coach at Northern Arizona University has wasted no time in giving the program a facelift and a transfusion – of new talent. The men’s program was on life support when Jack Murphy arrived just a couple [...] -
AZ tennis teams get NCAA invites; 25th in a row for ASU
The suspense is over for Arizona’s Pac-12 women’s tennis teams. Both will be appearing in this year’s NCAA Championships. Neither Arizona or Arizona State could be sure about an invitation this year – although the Wildcats had to be feeling better about their chances than ASU. The Cats are the No. 27-ranked team in the [...] -
ASU track teams earn bragging rights at Double Dual Meet
Arizona State‘s track teams literally swept up the competition over the weekend as it won the in-state competition at the Double Duals Meet in Tucson. The Sun Devils swept the men’s and women’s steeplechase and high hurdle events, then the men came back and posted a 1-2 sweep of the top spots in the 400-meter [...] -
Great stories…each AZ prep tennis singles title had one
For some reason, there always seem to be interesting story lines that emerge in high school tennis, particularly in the state tournament. This year was loaded even more than usual. In Division I… Alex Lawson closed out a career that now includes four state championships. His three-set victory over Nolan Bauer from Chaparral High School [...] -
Hamilton’s Bauman stars in NAU football Blue-White game
Zach is back. And that was enough to give the NAU faithful assembled yesterday a ray of hope for a new year in college football. Zach Bauman offered those who stepped out into the spring sunshine on the Northern Arizona University campus in Flagstaff yesterday a glimpse of what he will bring to the program [...] -
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, [...] -
A wild ride thru April for Sean Miller’s UA hoops program
Obviously not content with having what many consider the nation’s top group of incoming recruits for the coming season, Sean Miller continues to shuffle the deck in his University of Arizona basketball program. The third-year head coach recently added a high-school recruit from California that gives him not only one of the top scoring guards [...]
