Yavapai's Blanks
Selected Easton Defensive Player of the Year
Yavapai freshman Kyle Blanks, a
native of Moriarty, NM, has been named the NJCAA Division
I Easton Defensive Player of the Year. Blanks was
also selected as a Second Team All-American after
leading the ACCAC in batting (.440), hits (85), doubles
(25), RBI (47), and posting the second most homeruns
(8). Teammate Milton Loo, a freshman from Molokai,
HI, was named Honorable Mention All-American. Loo
was second in the ACCAC with a .404 batting average,
fourth in runs with 45, and fifth in steals with 21.
| Division
I All-American Teams |
Yavapai's Blanks
Selected Easton Defensive Player of the Year
Yavapai freshman Kyle Blanks, a
native of Moriarty, NM, has been named the NJCAA Division
I Easton Defensive Player of the Year. Blanks was
also selected as a Second Team All-American after
leading the ACCAC in batting (.440), hits (85), doubles
(25), RBI (47), and posting the second most homeruns
(8). Teammate Milton Loo, a freshman from Molokai,
HI, was named Honorable Mention All-American. Loo
was second in the ACCAC with a .404 batting average,
fourth in runs with 45, and fifth in steals with 21.
| Division
I All-American Teams |
Mesa's Bryan
Miller Tabbed All-American Mesa
freshman Bryan Miller earned
NJCAA Division II Second Team All-American honors
aftre batting .373 on the season. In addition to having
the fifth highest batting average in the ACCAC, Miller
also ranked third in runs scored (45) and hits (65)
and fourth in double (17). | Division
II All-American Teams |
Finalists
Knock Mesa from NJCAA DII JC World Series
Mesa drew some tough luck games
at the NJCAA Division II Junior College World Series,
going 1-2 before being eliminated. Mesa opened with
a 6-4 10-inning loss to eventual National Champion
Grand Rapids (MI) CC, defeated Madison (WI) Area Technical
College 8-6, and then fell 10-3 to eventual tournament
runer-up Parkland (IL) College. | more
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South
Mountain Battles Before Falling at NJCAA DI World
Series South Mountain,
the Region I and Western Disrict Champions, lost to
Texarkana (TX) College 8-7 in the opening game of
the double elimination NJCAA Division I Junior College
World Series. South Mountain responded with 9-4 and
11-8 victories over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
College and Hutchinson (KS) CC, respectively. SMCC
then dropped a tough 13-12 decision to Iowa Western
CC to be knocked from the tourney. South Mountain
placed three players on the All-Tournament team --
infielder Isiah Ka'aihue, outfielder Joshua Tarnow
and designated hitter Luiz Nieblas. | more
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Mesa Advances
to NJCAA Division II World Series
Mesa (42-21) defeated Western
Oklahoma State CC 18-10 to take home the District
Championship and advance to the NJCAA Division II
World Series. | more
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South Mountain
Wins District, Advances to NJCAA DI College World
Series South Mountain
captured the 2005 Western District
Championship with a 7-4 victory in the title game
against Lamar CC. South Mountain defeated Dixie State
2-1 in the opener and then defeated Lamar 6-2 and
7-4 to earn the title and advance to the NJCAA Division
I World Series in Grand Junction, CO, May 28th to
June 4th. The following link will take you to the
site for the Championship, featuring live stats and
live game broadcast. | more
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South Mountain
Captures DI Region Championship
South Mountain captured game two
8-7 to win the NJCAA Region 1 Division I Championship
with a sweep of the first two games in the best of
three series. South Mountain will now host the District
Championships on May 19-21. The District Champion
will earn a bid to the Division I Junior College World
Series. | more
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South Mountain
Takes Series Lead Over Cochise South
Mountain continued to win on the road with a 15-5
victory over Mesa in game one of a three-game series
for the NJCAA Region 1 Division I Championship. |
more
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Mesa Captures
Region 1 DII Crown After
dropping game on e16-0, Mesa won consecutive games
10-3 and 8-5 to capture the 2005 NJCAA Region 1 Division
II Championship. Mesa advances to te District Tournament
for a chance to play for a spot in the NJCAA DII World
Series.
South Mountain,
Cochise Advance to Finals After Upsets
South Mountain and Cochise each
recoreded upset victories in the opening round of
the NJCAA Region 1 Division I Playoffs to advance
to the Championship Round. South Mountain traveled
to Yavapai and took the series in three games -- 9-8,
8-10, and 11-1. Cochise also took a road victory as
it defeated Pima in three games -- 0-8, 8-5 and 9-8
in 10 innings. The best-of-three Championship series
will be played at Cochise beginning Thursday, May
12th. | more
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Scottsdale
Grabs Series Lead with Huge Win
Scottsdale took a 1-0 lead in the
NJCAA Region 1 Division II Playoffs with a big 16-0
victory over Mesa. The Artichokes will look to take
the best of three-game series on Friday, May 6th,
when game two is played at Mesa beginning at 3:00
p.m.. | more
on game 1 | Playoff
Schedule |
Stats, Scores
and More The links
above are now updated for games through May 2nd, 2005.
Yavapai, Pima
to Host NJCAA Region 1 Division I Playoffs
Yavapai (44-12, 30-8), winners of
the Cactus Division of the ACCAC, will host South
Mountain (39-14, 25-13) while Pima (33-21, 23-15),
winners of the Copper Division, will host Cochise
(43-13, 29-9) in the opening round of the NJCAA Region
1 Division I Tournament. Both series will be the best
of three games beginning at 2:00 p.m. on May 5th.
The winners of the opening round will play a best
of three series begining May 12 for the Championship
and the right to advance to the NJCAA National Championships.
| more
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Scottsdale,
Mesa to Battle for NJCAA Division II Title
The best of three series for the
NJCAA Division II Championship begins May 5th at 3:00
p.m. when Mesa (37-19, 23-15) host Scottsdale (21-35,
13-25). The two programs split their four games this
season, Scottsdale sweeping the first doubleheader
10-9 and 4-0 and Mesa returning the favor 5-3 and
5-0 just this past week. | more
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Yavapai's Blanks,
Smeltzer Named Player, Coach of the Year
Yavapai ended the regular season
with a 30-8 ACCAC record and a 44-12 mark overall.
The Roughrider were rewarded for their great season
as Kyle Blanks was named the 2005 ACCAC Player of
the Year and Head Coach Sky Smeltzer has earned Coach
of the Year honors. Following are links to the All-ACCAC
and NJCAA All-Region 1 Division I and Division II
teams. | ALL-ACCAC
| ALL-REGION
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Pima's Veal,
Western's Jones Earns ACCAC Awards
Donald Veal earned ACCAC Pitcher
of the Week honors after leading Pima in a shutout
victory over Scottsdale. Michael Jones batted over
.500 on the week to lead Arizona Western and earn
him the ACCAC Batter of the Week award.
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Eastern's Steen,
Glendale's Davis Earn ACCAC Weekly Honors
Eastern Arizona's Juan Steen made
the most of his one start on the week in earning ACCAC
Pitcher of the Week honors while Glendale's Kenyatta
Davis grabbed the Batter of the Week
award after going 6-for-13 on the week with five RBI.
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Pima's De La
Vara Named ACCAC Pitcher of the Week
Gilbert Da La Vara led Pima to a
6-0 victory over Scottsdale to ear ACCAC Pitcher of
the Week honors for the week ending April 10th. |
more
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Casey, Welsh
Earn ACCAC Weekly Honors Arizona
Western's Bryan Casey has been named the ACCAC Pitcher
of the Week and Pima's Guy Welsh has earned Hitter
of the Week honors for the week ending April 3rd.
| more
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ACCAC Baseball
Squads Ranked Nationally Cochise
ranks 7th and Yavapai 14th in the NJCAA Division I
national poll, while Mesa ranks 7th in the Division
II poll. | Division
I Poll | Division
II Poll |.