June 25th, 2008 04:21pm
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Santa Rosa’s Jake Arnold (Maria Carrillo, ‘02), a two-time NCAA decathlon champion at the University of Arizona, will compete at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., starting Sunday.
Arnold, 24, has a decent chance to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Beijing — the top three qualify and Arnold’s personal-best score (8,215 points) is the fourth-best in the field.
Regardless of Arnold’s performance, however, he figures to be …
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June 21st, 2008 01:02am
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With the cost of tuition and room and board hovering around $45,000 a year at Santa Clara University, Michael Santos (Cardinal Newman, ‘07) knew he probably couldn’t afford to be a walk-on on the basketball team beyond his freshman year.
In fact, Santos began pondering spending next season at Santa Rosa Junior College following a freshman year at Santa Clara which included 32 minutes of playing time.
But then three teammates …
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June 13th, 2008 11:23pm
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Sept. 6 at Reedley, 1 p.m.Sept. 13 vs. Redwoods, 3 p.m.Sept. 20 at Modesto, 7 p.m.Sept. 27 vs. Fresno, 7 p.m.Oct. 4 at Mendocino, 1 p.m.Oct. 18 vs. San Mateo, 1 p.m.Oct. 25 at Butte, 1 p.m.Nov. 1 vs. Foothill, 1 p.m.Nov. 8 vs. Diablo Valley, 1 p.m.Nov. 15 at …
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June 13th, 2008 07:45pm
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Sonoma State junior relief pitcher Travis Babin has signed with the New York Mets and will forego his senior season of eligibility.
Babin, a 16th-round selection, completed a three-day mini-camp in Port St. Lucie, Fla., today and will begin playing rookie ball for the Kingsport Mets in Kingsport, Tenn., on Tuesday.
Babin had a 4-0 record and 4.25 ERA this past season and struck out 33 in 29 2/3 innings. He also …
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June 13th, 2008 07:11pm
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Silas Stafford (Santa Rosa High, ‘04) was recently named to the Pac-10 Conference men’s rowing team for the second consecutive year. Stafford, a geological and environmental science major with 3.71 GPA, was also named to the Pac-10 all-academic team.
Stafford, a senior, helped lead the Stanford varsity eight to a fifth-place finish at the national championships June 7 in Cherry Hills, N.J. It was the third-highest national finish in Stanford’s 106-year …
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June 13th, 2008 06:21pm
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The Sonoma State baseball blog is expanding its horizons and will now include all things college-related. A clever name I’ll suggest: Colleges. For those interested in Sonoma State, Santa Rosa Junior College and Empire athletes who are competing “at the next level,” check in here.
Have an update on a former Empire athlete? E-mail me at eric.branch@pressdemocrat.com.
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June 6th, 2008 01:18am
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SSU senior pitchers Matt Means and Kevin Asselin could be selected Friday in the Major League Baseball Draft, but Sonoma State should have no shortage of talented arms next year. Here’s a look at three promising picthers who weren’t on the 2008 roster:
Joey Parigi, LHP/OF, Arizona State: Parigi, 20, was a three-time all-state selection at Monterey High where he went 33-2. He had an 0.00 ERA as a junior and …
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June 3rd, 2008 06:54pm
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Sonoma State second baseman David Adler will never be featured on an instructional fielding video. Some infielders are described as “slick.” Adler could fairly be decribed as less-than-completely-aesthetically pleasing.
He routinely gets down on one knee to field a grounder and he often looks more herky-jerky than smooth. Oh yeah, before I continue writing about what he lacks I should mention something else: Adler didn’t commit an error in …
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Eric Branch’s blog focuses on Sonoma State, Santa Rosa Junior College and former Empire athletes who are competing in college or professionally.
