Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook: The Star's longtime columnist on Bijan Robinson vs. Ka'Deem Carey; Heather Moore-Martin's sustained excellence; Arizona softball's (somewhat) historic losing streak; rising basketball recruits with local connections; UA te...
Greg Hansen The Star's longtime columnist on Bijan vs. Ka'Deem ... Heather Moore-Martin's sustained excellence ... UA softball's historic losing streak ... rising basketball recruits with local connections ... UA tennis' facility challenge ... and more.
People are also reading… In three years at Arizona, 2011-13, Carey rushed for 4,239 yards and caught 77 passes for 679 yards, with 52 total touchdowns. Total offense: 4,918. The most positive pre-draft profile item I found on Carey from 2014 was this: “He gets by by being a hard worker." That, too, was correct. Perhaps that’s why, at 30, Carey has persevered to become an all-star in the Canadian Football League, leading the CFL in regular-season rushing in 2022.
It is a run of success almost unmatched in 100 years of Tucson prep sports, rivaling those of Tucson High’s pre-1950s baseball and track coaches Hank Slagle and Doc Van Horne, Sunnyside wrestling coaches Don Klostreich and Bobby DeBerry, and Catalina Foothills girls tennis coach Kristie Stevens. The longest conference losing streak in UA sports history is surely out of reach. It is 0 for 32, set by Wildcat women’s basketball teams of 1980-83 when Arizona played in the Western Collegiate Conference.
Short stuff: UA target Skinner's connections, Salpointe's Henderson's rise, Berryhill's expensive misstepSmall-world department: Arizona women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes scouted the Heart of Texas showcase last week and shortly afterward offered a scholarship to Class of 2025 point guard Emilee Skinner, who might’ve been the No. 1 prospect in the three-day showcase.
Henderson, a 6-1 wing forward with terrific ball-handling skills, is the defending state 800-meter track champion. Since the Texas event, Henderson has been offered scholarships by Arizona, Michigan, Harvard, Florida, Louisville, Illinois and Boston College, among others. Final Four power Iowa had previously offered Henderson a spot in the Hawkeyes’ program. ......
Maybe losing to the No. 19 Utes wasn’t an upset at all, based on the teams' financial commitment to tennis. UCLA’s tennis center played host to the 1984 Olympics and seats 3,000. Stanford’s Taube Tennis Center seats 3,500. USC’s Marks Stadium was remodeled in 2015 with new suites and lockers.
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