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Salpointe Catholic running back聽Bijan Robinson, Class of 2020, last week told a national recruiting service that he is not planning to play at 蜜柚直播 or ASU, and is strongly considering LSU, Ohio State, Texas, Washington, USC and UCLA.

鈥淭hese are the main schools right now,鈥� he said.

Good for him; if nothing else, it shows that Robinson is not shying away from the highest platform of college football.

Ohio State, for example, has seven 4-star running backs in its program, including four 鈥撀�J.K. Dobbins,听Master Teague,听Brian Snead听补苍诲听Demario McCall聽鈥� who combined to gain 1,243 yards last year.

Washington and Texas both have 4-star running backs in their incoming Class of 2019, and LSU has two,听John Emery听补苍诲听Tyrion Davis, both who played high school football near the LSU campus. At USC, current running backs聽Markese Stepp,听Stephen Carr听补苍诲听Vavae Malepeai聽were all 4-star recruits.

If Robinson leaves 蜜柚直播 to play college football, it won鈥檛 be anything new. Many of the top running backs in 蜜柚直播 history left town, with varying success.

In 1981, Sunnyside鈥檚聽Fred Sims聽signed with mega-power Oklahoma. His competition at OU was overwhelming:聽Stanley Wilson聽gained 1,918 yards in Sims鈥� first two seasons at Oklahoma, but both were trumped when聽Marcus DuPree聽arrived in 1982 and gained 1,114 yards. Sims then left school after gaining 846 yards.

In 1972, 蜜柚直播 High Parade All-American聽Jesse Parker聽signed with UCLA. He was injured and did not play for the Bruins, ultimately transferring to 蜜柚直播. He played briefly in 1977 but was not a starter.

In 1990, Amphitheater鈥檚聽Mario Bates聽signed with 蜜柚直播 State. He became an All-Pac-10 tailback in 1993, gaining 1,111 yards and was a fourth round draft pick of the New Orleans Saints. His older brother,听Michael Bates, a Parade All-American, signed with 蜜柚直播 in 1989 but was moved to wide receiver and left school after two years to concentrate on sprinting; he won the bronze medal at 200 meters at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

In 2010,听Ka鈥橠eem Carey聽of CDO signed with 蜜柚直播. He broke the school鈥檚 season and career rushing records, led the NCAA in rushing in 2012 and was a consensus All-American.

Some 蜜柚直播 running backs who stayed home thrived. Cholla鈥檚聽Vance Johnson聽and Sunnyside鈥檚聽David Adams聽both became All-Pac-10 tailbacks for the Wildcats. Some, like Amphi鈥檚聽Jon Volpe聽(Stanford) and Salpointe鈥檚聽Chris Hopkins聽(ASU) left town and gained more than 1,000 yards.

Either way, Robinson seems like he can鈥檛 go wrong by choosing any of those Top 25 schools.

Until last week, Canyon del Oro鈥檚 2009 baseball and softball teams and Pueblo鈥檚 1990 baseball and softball teams were the only schools to sweep those sports and win state championships in the same year.

That exclusive club grew to four when Sabino and Salpointe did the same last week.

Here are four takes on the 2019 softball/baseball champions:

1. After coach聽Shane Folsom's Sabino Sabercats won the 3A baseball title last week, his team posed for a celebration photograph with all players holding four fingers aloft. Four fingers? That was the jersey number of former Sabino coach聽Mark Chandler, who led the Sabercats to the 2018 state championship. A few months later, Chandler was removed from his position and Sabino stripped of the state title for alleged recruiting violations. Touch茅. The seven seniors from that 鈥�18 team surely felt some redemption.

2. Salpointe softball pitcher聽Alyssa Aguilar聽went 22-3 this season, the winning pitcher in back-to-back state title games. She is only a sophomore, with a 36-6 career record, stepping into rare territory with those such as CDO鈥檚 dominating聽Kenzie Fowler聽a decade ago. Aguilar was able to hold Glendale Cactus star聽Alynah Torres聽without a home run in the championship game; Torres hit what is believed to be a state-record (for big schools) 23 home runs this year and had 64 in her career. She is headed to 蜜柚直播 State. Keep an eye on Salpointe freshman slap-hitter Logan Cole, who hit .530 in her first varsity season with only four strikeouts in 92 at-bats. She has Pac-12 potential.

3. Salpointe baseball coach聽Danny Preble聽ended the Lancers鈥� 0-for-68 streak of yearly attempts to win the state championship. It wouldn鈥檛 be a surprise if Salpointe won it again next year; productive underclassmen聽Cade McGee,听Ricky Santiago,听Jaeden Swanberg,听Levi Padilla,听Luis Garcia听补苍诲听Gabe Preble, among others, will return. Preble鈥檚 coaching had a big effect in the state title game. His hitters were patient against touted Mesquite pitcher聽TJ Clarkson, a Pac-12 signee (Utah) who struck out 12 in 4潞 innings. But Clarkson had to throw so many pitches, 101, against the patient Lancers that he had to be removed with the game still in doubt. The AIA has a guideline that no pitcher throw more than 105 pitches in a game.

4.听Grant Hopkins, who coached Desert Christian High School to consecutive state baseball championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015, joined Folsom鈥檚 coaching staff at Sabino and essentially won a fourth straight state title. He joined the staff partly because he had known Folsom since Folsom鈥檚 days of coaching at Catalina High School 15 years ago, and because one of his former Desert Christian assistants,听Ben Fife, was on the staff. They joined pitching coach聽Tim Gillooly, who played on powerhouse teams at Salpointe 40 years ago but came up just short of a state title while a player.

This year as Sabino鈥檚 pitching coach, Gillooly is believed to be the first pitching coach in modern 蜜柚直播 prep history whose team did not allow a run in all four playoff games 鈥� 24 innings, no runs, just 10 hits.聽Mike Snyder,听Preston Clifford听补苍诲听Andrew Calloway聽combined on those historic state tournament shutouts.

蜜柚直播鈥檚 bid to win a second consecutive NCAA women鈥檚 golf championship is going well; the Wildcats are in fourth place after weather delayed play Saturday with two holes remaining. But the competition is so strong that there鈥檚 rarely time to relax. For example, UA coach聽Laura Ianello聽only has to count four of the five scores each round of stroke play. On Saturday, UA senior聽Sandra Nordaas聽had one of those days, opening with a quintuple bogey 9 on the first hole of the day and shot an 86. But her score didn鈥檛 count toward the UA鈥檚 team score. Teammates聽Bianca Pagdanganan聽鈥� who had the overall low score among 132 golfers after Saturday鈥檚 weather delay 鈥斅�Haley Moore,听Yu-Sang Hou听补苍诲听Ya Chun Chang聽all shot 74 or better to put 蜜柚直播 in fourth place. After Sunday鈥檚 round, the top 15 teams advance to a final round Monday. The top eight teams then move on to match play Tuesday and Wednesday. It鈥檚 a marathon.

Bethpage Black near New York City, host to the聽ongoing PGA Championship, was designed 86 years ago by iconic golf course architect聽A.W. Tillinghast. In 1936, Tillinghast took a train to 蜜柚直播 and did a revision on the El Rio Golf Course, the only course in 蜜柚直播 which Tillinghast ever helped to design or restore. Last week, 蜜柚直播 politicians talked about shutting down El Rio for most of the summer to install flood detention basins along the hardscrabble No. 2 hole, often referred to as 鈥淐ockadoodle Corner鈥� by those who play there. Roosters crow much of the early morning near the No. 2 hole. If 蜜柚直播鈥檚 politicians go forward with the project to shut down the El Rio front nine, they should make sure they don鈥檛 hire a firm from Phoenix to do the work. 蜜柚直播an聽Ken Kavanaugh, who is both a golf course architect and an engineer, would be the right man for the job. Kavanaugh designed the remarkable Dell Urich Golf Course and its flood control basins 25 years ago. It is a gem.

蜜柚直播 State football coach聽Larry Marmie聽ended 鈥淭he Streak鈥� in 1991, the UA鈥檚 memorable 8-0-1 streak against the Sun Devils from 1982-90. Marmie and UA coach聽Dick Tomey聽were not close at the time, but their mutual respect created a friendship over the next three decades. Marmie, who spent 20 seasons coaching in the NFL after leaving ASU, last week had special praise for his old adversary. 鈥淗aving competed against Dick on the field and in recruiting and not fairing very well, I still found that in our professional and personal relationship it was impossible not to respect and like him,鈥� Marmie told me. 鈥淎nd not only as a coach but how he lived his life. As our competition against each other ended, we became even closer friends.鈥�

When a memorial for Tomey is held at McKale Center on May 31st at 9 a.m., it will be the sixth such service in the history of the arena. It previously was the site of celebrations of life for basketball coach聽Fred Snowden,听Bobbi Olson聽(the wife of聽Lute Olson), broadcaster聽Dave Sitton, women鈥檚 basketball player聽Shawntinice Polk聽and former UA assistant tennis coach聽Tom Hagedorn. In 2011,听President Obama聽spoke at McKale Center during a memorial for those killed in the shootings that injured U.S. representative Gabrielle Giffords. The University of Hawaii is planning to honor Tomey before the UA-Hawaii football game August 24 in Honolulu; Tomey was Hawaii鈥檚 head coach from 1977-86.

蜜柚直播鈥檚 basketball program is apt to see media comments like this one from聽Loren Tate, who has covered Illinois basketball and the Big Ten for more than 40 years at the Champaign 蜜柚直播-Gazette: 鈥淎ll schools subscribe to 'taking charges seriously' and 'proper ethical conduct.' But when it comes to a popular, winning coach with a huge buyout, these standards fade into a smokescreen.鈥�

Using Twitter, 蜜柚直播鈥檚 1994 All-American point guard聽Damon Stoudamire posted his view as it relates to the departure of college players for pro basketball: 鈥淚 don鈥檛 care what anybody says, you don鈥檛 leave college for (the G League Elite Camp). I was a 22-year-old rookie. My last pro game was at 35. College isn鈥檛 that bad. Everybody is not built for bus rides. Put your ego to the side and quit letting people tell you a lie.鈥� Stoudamire stayed four years at 蜜柚直播, played in a Final Four, and was paid $101 million in his long NBA career.

Pac-12 commissioner聽Larry Scott聽will hold a rare teleconference with the media Monday to discuss, among other things, the league鈥檚 2017-18 financial situation. But instead of this being another me-me-me Larry Scott show, he will be accompanied by Colorado chancellor聽Phil DiStefano, who has been chosen by fellow presidents and chancellors to be part of the discussion. DiStefano, Pac-12 CEO Group Chair, did similarly at the Pac-12 Tournament in March, a strong attempt to end Scott鈥檚 perceived autonomy. Either way, the league shows no sign of curtailing building projects. UA athletic director聽Dave Heeke聽is to spend $2.9 million this summer to re-do the suites inside the press box at 蜜柚直播 Stadium. The facility was built in 1989 and hasn鈥檛 changed a bit. As press box/suites go at Pac-12 football stadiums, the ones at 蜜柚直播, Colorado, Oregon State and ASU would rank 11th or 12th, depending on who you ask.

Herman House, who is retiring after a decade as TUSD鈥檚 Director of Interscholastics 鈥� essentially the athletic director over 10 high schools and 24 蜜柚直播 middle schools 鈥� has a strong perspective on the future of high school sports.

鈥淏ecause of open enrollment, parents are taking their kids to Salpointe, Catalina Foothills, the Vail schools and now to Marana,鈥� said House, who is also president of the AIA, the body that oversees 271 蜜柚直播 high schools. 鈥淚t is extremely difficult to monitor all the movement and make sure schools are in compliance.鈥�

House also has to deal with the exodus of student-athletes to year-round club sports, and the difficulty of identifying and hiring qualified coaches, many of whom are not teachers. And he has to try to find common ground with parents who insist their son/daughter should be playing more in order to earn a college scholarship.

鈥淧arents are so hand鈥檚 on,鈥� House said. 鈥淚t used to be 鈥楲isten to your coach.鈥� Now it鈥檚 鈥榃hy isn鈥檛 my son playing?鈥� 鈥淢ost club sports make a profit and cost the parents a lot of money. High school sports are more about preparing kids for the future. The benefits of high school sports are that they are based on education, integrity, honor and sportsmanship. Those things lead to scholarships as much as playing for a club team.鈥�