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ASU out to avenge basketball loss to NAU five years ago
For Arizona State’s Herb Sendek, this afternoon’s basketball game with Northern Arizona must seem like deja vu. But not the good kind. The Lumberjacks were the first opponent for the ASU head coach when he took over the Sun Devil program for the 2006-07 season. NAU won that game, 75-71. (*Update: As we suspected, this [...] -
NAU volleyball off to best start in the Big Sky Conference
This may be the year that Craig Choate gets his NAU volleyball program over the hump. And perhaps dispels the mediocre pre-season projections at the same time. Northern Arizona University was picked to finish seventh in the Big Sky Conference – which is right where it has languished at the end of the last two [...] -
NAU soccer to christen Lumberjack Stadium vs. Drake
The NAU women’s soccer team will open its ‘like-new’ 1,000-seat stadium this Friday, when it hosts the Mortenson Mountain Classic. However, the Lumberjacks won’t enter the inaugural game riding high, as expected. Instead, they come into the match-up with Drake University limping along after an 0-2 start to the season. Northern Arizona, which was coming [...] -
Hamilton, Chaparral win early-summer passing tourneys
The football season is still months away, but already footballs are filling the air as high school quarterbacks use the increasingly-popular passing leagues and tournaments to sharpen their skills during the summer. Numerous 7-on-7 passing tournaments around the state draw dozens of teams, providing fun and high-energy competition among teams that field just a quarterback, [...] -
NAU basketball coach gets unwanted media ‘exposure’
The Northern Arizona’s men’s head basketball coach got some media exposure he was probably expecting today by getting called out for being the only coach that voted Ohio State as the No. 1 team in the final ESPN/USA Today college poll – immediately after the University of Connecticut won the NCAA Tournament Championship. The other [...] -
NAU football begins spring practice in search of a QB
While college football coaches generally want to avoid a pre-season quarterback controversy, NAU’s Jerome Souers might actually be sorry he doesn’t have one this year. His Northern Arizona Lumberjacks are going through the paces of spring football practice, enjoying a roster that is both deep at the skill positions and experienced overall. They return 44 [...] -
Cameron Jones sets new NAU pts record as season wraps
The Northern Arizona men’s basketball team will play its final game of the season tonight with an offensive weapon they haven’t had on the floor in five years. Tonight’s line-up against Portland State will include the school’s new all-time scoring leader. The Lumberjacks’ senior guard from Los Angeles, Cameron Jones, took over the top spot [...] -
ASU, UA, NAU use Lumberjack Invite as a final tune-up
Arizona’s Division I colleges used last weekend’s Lumberjack Invitational as a final tune-up heading into the championship portion of the indoor season. Each came away from Flagstaff with varying results. Arizona State took home the lion’s share of the honors, as the men’s and women’s teams combined to win 13 events, including a sweep of [...] -
AZ high school prospects are ‘the core’ of NAU football
When it comes to recruiting football talent right in your own backyard, Northern Arizona University has the process down pat. The Lumberjacks’ 2011 class has 17 signees, with 11 from Arizona high schools and junior colleges. That’s more than the state’s other two Division I schools combined. Arizona’s class of 17 included just three locals, [...] -
Track teams compete in the eerie quiet of NAU Skydome
The Lumberjacks invited seven track & field teams to their NAU Team Challenge today. But they aren’t inviting any spectators. It should provide an eerily quiet afternoon without cheering fans in the stands, as the Jacks compete against in-state rivals, Arizona State and Grand Canyon University, as well as teams from California and Nevada. Spectators [...]
