Sonoma State baseball fans eager to see the exploits of Joey Parigi have been disappointed this season.Parigi, a three-time all-state selection at Monterey High who played at Texas and Arizona State, was expected to have a big impact as an outfielder and pitcher.Unfortunately for the Seawolves, Parigi, a junior, was declared acdemically ineligible early in [...]
Former Windsor High star Jill Rizo, a freshman catcher/outfielder at Dominican University, has been named the California Pacific Conference's Softball Player of the Week.Rizo went 4 for 10 with two RBIs, two walks and a stolen base to lead the Penguins (8-26) to a 3-1 record last week.Rizo hit .507 with 22 RBIs as a [...]
Sonoma State senior Gary Moran has been named the California Collegiate Athletic Association Pitcher of the Week after allowing two hits and striking out a career-high 10 batters in a 10-1 win over 13th-ranked Cal State Stanislaus on Saturday.Moran, a 6-foot-8, 265-pound right-hander, improved to 6-1 with a 1.58 ERA this season for the 15th-ranked [...]
Petaluma's Sam Banister is having a memorable senior season at the University of Arizona, which is 32-8 and ranked No. 9 in the NFCA Top 25.Banister entered the week hitting .358 with nine homers and 34 RBIs. She is tied for sixth in the Pac-10 in homers, ranks ninth in RBIs and slugging percentage and [...]
The Cal Poly Pomona men's basketball team, a member of the CCAA with Sonoma State, has reached the Division II national championship game after beating Augusta State, 74-70, on Thursday at the Final Four in Springfield, Mass.The Broncos (25-7) will play the winner of Thursday night's game between Central Missouri and Findlay in the national [...]
Senior guard Sean Vreeburg (El Molino) ended his career at Division III Chapman University by leading the 24-3 Panthers in three-point percentage.Vreeburg shot .455 from three-point range (45 of 99) while averaging 5.6 points a game. He also led Division III independent league schools in three-point percentage.A biology major with a minor in chemistry, he [...]
After winning 13 of their past 17 games, the Seawolves are ranked fifth in the first NCAA West Region poll. They are the second-highest CCAA team, behind first-place Humboldt State.The top eight teams at the end of the regular season will advance to the NCAA West Regional Tournament. SSU (18-14) advanced to the West Regional [...]
Tyanna Helton (Analy), a junior first baseman at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa, has been named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Player of the Week.Helton went 5 for 8 last week with a homer, two doubles, four walks and eight RBIs. Helton leads the Lady Statesmen (14-10) in batting average (.418), RBIs (23) is tied [...]
Former Montgomery High and Boise State basketball star Tyler Tiedeman ruptured his achilles tendon last week while playing professionally in Spain.Tiedeman, a 6-foot-7 forward, was averaging 10.0 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting .357 from three-point range in 24 games for Basquet Mallorca. Tiedeman underwent surgery in Spain and will miss the rest of the [...]
In a scoreless tie in the top of the 11th inning against Cal State Stanislaus on Friday, Sonoma State's Nicole Cordova hit a two-run homer.Three batters later, SSU's Ashley Britton hit a three-run homer.That's two homers in four at-bats.Strange? The Seawolves, who won 5-3, entered the 11th inning with two home runs in 712 at-bats [...]