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AZ golfers play through Carolina weather at NCAA tourney
A couple of youngsters played their way through heavy rain, strong winds, and lightning to keep their Arizona colleges in the hunt for the women’s NCAA golf championship. Jennifer Johnson, a freshman at Arizona State, sits atop the leader board at 7-under 137 after two rounds at the national event in Wilmington, N.C. And her [...] -
Power tennis…Chaparral HS wins boys & girls titles
The Chaparral HS boys’ team finally got over the hump at Tuesday’s 5A-II state tennis finals. But the frustration for Xavier Prep in 5A-I continues. Chaparral won both the boys and girls state tennis titles in commanding fashion in the school’s first year competing in 5A-II. It’s the first boys’ title since 2001. But the [...] -
Third time is charm for Mesa CC, new Region I hoops champ
Some of the best college basketball in Arizona can often be found in junior college gyms. And this year was no exception. Cochise College had beaten Mesa Community College twice this season – by a combined total of four points! Last night they met for the third time, but this time with the Region I [...] -
Thoughts of John Wooden and UCLA hang over ACCAC play
Futile. Webster’s Dictionary defines the word as “pointless, trifling, worrisome.” That might also define life in women’s college basketball in Arizona. At least, if your team is a member of the Arizona Community College Athletic Association (ACCAC). “It was great to get to this point two years in a row,” Arizona Western College coach, Patrick [...] -
Cal gets first Pac-10 basketball title since 1960. But now what?
OK, the ‘Big Game’ is over. ASU fell a second time this season to Cal, this time in a 62-46 rout at Haas Pavilion. The Golden Bears locked up at least a share of the Pac-10 men’s basketball crown with the win Saturday – their first title in 50 years. But what happens now? The [...] -
Salt River girls took on all comers enroute to 1A hoops title
It’s not quite the story for another Hoosiers movie. But it’s a basketball story worth repeating, as the Salt River HS girls basketball team finished it’s long journey this year by capturing the 1A state championship. The Eagles beat Gila Bend HS, 66-51, even though Ashley Wirtzberger scored 28 points. Wirtzberger, Gila Bend’s senior guard [...]
