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UA football facing tough questions after 37-27 loss to OSU
The University of Arizona football team is running out of excuses for its poor start this season. And running out of time to turn things around. This afternoon’s 37-27 loss to Oregon State in Corvallis cancels out the reasoning that says it was a difficult early schedule that had the Wildcats playing three top-10 teams [...] -
Prep football Week 7: sorting out contenders & pretenders
By the time the high school football season gets to Week 7, it’s generally time to shake out the contenders from the pretenders. That scenario was playing out across the prep landscape last night, as most schools moved their games up to Thursday in observance of the Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur. There were a number [...] -
Utah, playing at home, could spell trouble for ASU football
There’s something unsettling about Arizona State’s upcoming game with Utah. It’s one of those games that can trip up a whole season. It’s one that is expected to go into the “W” column for ASU, but could too easily go the other way. On paper, ASU has to be considered the favorite. The No. 22-ranked [...] -
GCU wrestling schedule packed with top D-II programs
The first wrestling match for Grand Canyon University is four weeks away, but R.C. LaHaye can’t wait for the season to get started. “We are very excited for this season,” says the head wrestling coach, who is entering his fifth campaign at the small D-II college in west Phoenix. “As long as we can stay [...] -
Fakler, Montoya run to Desert Twilight cross country titles
If Rolanda Jumbo thought she was going to have a better chance of beating Sarah Fakler this year at the Desert Twilight Cross Country Festival, she was mistaken. Fakler, the junior runner from Xavier Prep in Phoenix, beat Jumbo last year by just 10 seconds to win the Milesplit Sweepstakes race in the popular annual [...] -
UA football puts up 41 points, but still loses to USC
Mike Stoops can’t catch a break. His Arizona Wildcats were dealt a front-loaded schedule this season that included three Top 10-ranked teams in the first four games. The result is a 1-3 start to the 2011 season. Then today the Cats hopped on over to L.A. to play the University of Southern California. Not a [...] -
GCU men’s soccer ranked No. 5 in region, take down No. 2
The GCU men’s soccer players will have more to look forward to next week than just a chance to sleep in their own beds again. Grand Canyon University will be coming off a 10-day road trip that took them 3,000 miles from home – but the trip to Hawai’i will likely result in their moving [...] -
Hamilton vs. Chandler tops prep football menu in Week 6
As the high school football season turns the corner into the second half, and we get a lot of the lopsided early-season match-ups in the rear view mirror, Week 6 has some much-anticipated contests on the Friday night menu. The meeting between Scottsdale powers, Chaparral High School and Notre Dame Prep would normally have been [...] -
Kelli Dallmann sparks NAU volleyball’s 12-0 record start
After six weeks of play, there are only three undefeated Division I college volleyball teams in the country. Two of them are in the Big Ten and the other calls Arizona its home. One of the Big 12 teams? Nope… it’s Northern Arizona University, which plays in the smaller, less-prestigious Big Sky Conference. And, even [...] -
UA’s Kevin Parrom is second gunshot victim this year
Maybe Arizona’s Pac-12 coaches need to institute a new policy that says players can’t return home until their full tour with their program is over. That might cut down on injuries – at least the kind that result from gun fire. Kevin Parrom, a 6’6″ forward on the University of Arizona basketball team, is the [...]
