College Sports

Long before the Big Ten had 14 teams and the Pac-8 had grown to the Pac-12, there were folks in college sports tossing around the idea of a national football conference.

Jorim Powell blocked an Idaho punt, setting up the game’s only touchdown as Northern Arizona defeated the Vandals 19-9 in a season finale on Saturday, April 17.

The Embry-Riddle women’s golf team is the California Pacific Conference Champion once again.

By a mere three shots, the Embry-Riddle men’s golf team took first place out of seven during the Cal Pac Championship three-day tournament at Antelope Hills Golf Course on Wednesday, April 14.

No college athletics program is immune to the tumultuous nature of the transfer portal – the NCAA’s database of players interested in a new school.

Arizona has hired longtime Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd as its men's basketball coach.

For Arizona sports fans, Doan is a legendary name.

The Roughriders softball team hit 9 home runs on the day dominating the Eastern Arizona College Gila Monsters Saturday, April 10, at Bill Valley Field. Yavapai College swept the doubleheader from Eastern Arizona, 8-0 and 10-2.

Fresh off its first dance in the NCAA Tournament, Grand Canyon University is a finalist for the services of Jaelen House, the Arizona State transfer and local product out of Shadow Mountain High School, who made the announcement on Twitter.

The Arizona State women’s soccer team was in a tight battle against UCLA on March 26 as the two sides went into Golden Goal overtime after playing to a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation.

As the University of Arizona searches for a new men’s basketball coach, it will seek one that can sustain the success that has defined the program since the mid-1980s. And that includes financial success.

Arizona had stuck by men's basketball coach Sean Miller through an NCAA infractions investigation that stretched nearly four years.

It would be fair to say that going into this season, or even the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, not many people would have expected Arizona, a No. 3 seed, to have an opportunity to win a national title with one shot Sunday.

The Yavapai College volleyball team on Saturday night, April 3, accomplished a program first when it captured the NJCAA Southwest B District Championship and automatically qualified for the NJCAA Division 1 National Championship Tournament.

The Yavapai softball team remained undefeated in ACCAC play with a doubleheader sweep over Glendale on Saturday, April 3, by score margins of 17-2 and 11-3.

ara VanDerveer hugged each of her Stanford players as they climbed the ladder to cut down the nets, capping a taxing whirlwind journey and ending an exhausting championship drought for the Cardinal.

Jalen Suggs took the inbounds pass and saw nothing but clear sailing. Three dribbles. Past the half-court line. A little stutter-step.

With an NJCAA Region I Championship on the line, Yavapai volleyball took care of business Wednesday night, March 31, as the Roughriders defeated Arizona Western in four sets to punch their tickets to the District D Championship.

The last time Tara VanDerveer and Stanford were playing for a national championship, the Pac-12 had just 10 schools and the Cardinal were the standard bearer for the conference.

Nearly two decades ago, Scott Drew decided to leave his comfort zone at tiny Valparaiso for the scandal-plagued basketball program at Baylor, explaining to his father that there was nowhere for the Bears to go but up.

The Andre Luciano era began solidly on Thursday afternoon, April 1, as the Yavapai College men’s soccer team blistered Community Christian College of Redlands, California, 13-0, at Ken Lindley Field in Prescott.

Gonzaga and Baylor breezed through their regions without much difficulty.

Somebody will be doing a joyful Texas two-step after Baylor and Houston meet Saturday night in the Final Four.

The last time Roy Williams left North Carolina, he was a virtually unknown assistant who was getting his first shot as a college head coach at tradition-rich Kansas.

The Embry-Riddle men’s and women’s golf teams dominated the Arizona Christian University (ACU) Spring Invite at Moon Valley Golf Course during the first half of the week as they both claimed first place ahead of the Cal Pac Championships in April.