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Former Pima coach Roderick Gary named men’s head basketball coach
Former Pima, USA Baseball and Foothills coach Jason Hisey named head baseball coach
Men’s soccer holding tryouts July 5 and July 7
Aztecs earn Academic All-American accolades
Three softball players selected to All-American teams
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Women’s track & field takes 13th at Nationals, the men finish 17th
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Living the Dream: Pima Fashion Show video
Both track & field teams finish third at Regionals
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Men’s tennis finishes 19th at Nationals
Women’s tennis finishes 19th at Nationals
Men’s basketball coach Karl Pieroway steps down, again
Yavapai finishes off softball
Softball bounces back, advances to Semifinals
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Online Extra: Yavapai finishes off softball
Story and photo by James Kelley
The Pima Community College softball team’s season ended at the hands of Yavapai College in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region I Championship game.
No. 4 ranked and top-seeded Aztecs (57-11) lost 5-4 to second-seeded Yavapai on May 8. The Roughriders take the Region’s lone spot at the National Tournament in St. George, Utah.
Sophomore pitcher Jordan Trujillo (31-6) threw a complete game. She pitched 21 innings in two days and picked up the loss. She gave up five runs, four earned, on nine hits and had five strikeouts.
Freshman first baseman Charissa Ballesteros and freshman second baseman Mercedes Garcia each went 2-4. Ballesteros scored a run, while they both hit a double and had one RBI.
Sophomore catcher Melina Trujillo hit a solo home run to left center and scored two runs.
Earlier in the day, Pima avenged a Friday loss to No. 4 seed Arizona Western, winning 5-0. Jordan Trujillo gave up six hits.
Sophomore centerfielder Claudia Nunez hit an RBI double and sophomore designated player Ena Pacheco hit a two-run home run.
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Online Extra: Softball wins conference, set to host Regionals
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The Pima Community College softball team won the conference championship, leads the nation in wins and has one of the best records in school history, but it wants more.
The No. 4 ranked Aztecs (55-9, 26-6 Arizona Community College Athletic Conference) will host the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 1 tournament May 7-8.
At stake is a ticket to nationals. Pima is the top seed of the four-team double elimination tournament and will open against No. 4 Arizona Western College.
“We’re really excited, we can’t wait,” said sophomore pitcher Jordan Trujillo. “It’s what we’ve been waiting for, it’s going to be good.”
Standing in Pima’s way are three of the top six teams in likely the nation’s top conference, including archrival Yavapai.
Kaity Ingram
“If this were the national tournament we’d come out one, two, three, four, also, that’s how good this league is,” head softball coach Armando Quiroz said.
Pima ace Jordan Trujillo (30-4) won ACCAC player of the year.
“There is nobody more deserving. I mean, it would have been an injustice if she had not gotten it,” Quiroz said.
The Aztecs hope the success on their home turf continues against the three teams in the tournament. Pima went 5-1 against them on their home field. It is a big difference from having to travel to Prescott like last year.
“Last year was just a lot of bad stuff and it wasn’t fun up there, we lost, but I think we are looking forward to this and I think it is going to be a lot better,” Jordan Trujillo said.
Jordan Trujillo was also named to the All-ACCAC team, along with sophomore catcher Melina Trujillo, sophomore shortstop Kaity Ingram and sophomore leftfielder Chelsea Slama.
Ingram and the Trujillos, unrelated, were also named to the All-Region 1 team.
Jordan Trujillo finished first in conference and region in wins and strikeouts with 264.
Jordan Trujillo
Ingram led the team in batting, hitting .479 and she was first in the ACCAC in hits, (104), triples, (11) and runs scored, (85) and she led the Aztecs in steals, going 31-34. Melina Trujillo hit .406, with 14 doubles and drove in 46 RBIs and Slama hit .425.
The last time the Aztecs hosted was 2005, when Pima was the defending national champion. The Aztecs were knocked out by Western and Central in two games.
The No. 2 seed is Yavapai (47-14, 24-8), who are the defending national champions. Pima went 3-1 against the Roughriders, losing only a meaningless game in Prescott after clinching the conference title.
“Of course Yavapai is good,” Quiroz said.
The No. 3 seed is Central Arizona College (41-21, 20-12), against whom Pima went 4-3.
Pima and Central split doubleheaders twice in Coolidge and once in Tucson. Then the Aztecs beat the Vaqueras in the championship game of the Phoenix College tournament.
“We played Central, I think eight times this year, so we’re kind of tired of playing them,” Quiroz said, laughing. “But they are very, very good.”
The No. 4 seed is Arizona Western (39-20, 20-12), which Pima went 4-0 against. Lady Matadors head coach Angel Shamblin was named ACCAC Coach of the Year.
“Western’s a very scrappy team, they give us full, hard games; somebody you can’t look past,” Quiroz said. “They’re tough, they have speed, they have power, they play defense.”
Jordan Truijillo understands how important it will be to stay focused.
“They’re all really good teams and we have to play like we know how and play our best and just compete with them,” Jordan Trujillo said.
Yavapai may have fueled what is already an intense rivalry with Pima. After splitting with Pima in the April 27 season finale, Roughriders ace Aubrey Workman gave the Aztecs some bulletin board material.
She told the Prescott Daily Courier, “We know that they’re beatable and we know that we can beat them. We just don’t need to beat them right now. On May 7 is when we need to beat them, and that’s what we’re going to do.”
The Aztecs printed it out and taped it on the wall of their dugout. It will possibly come in handy during the tournament.
Region 1 Tournament Schedule
Day 1: Friday, May 7
Game 1: 10 a.m. No. 3 Central Arizona vs. No. 2 Yavapai
Game 2: 12:30 p.m. No. 1 Pima vs. No. 4 Arizona Western
Game 3: 3 p.m. Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2
Day 2: Saturday May 8
Game 4: 9 a.m. Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 5: 11 a.m. Loser Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3
Game 6: 1 p.m. Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
Game 7: 3 p.m. Second Championship (if necessary)
All games at PCC West Campus Softball Field
Admission: Students: $3, General Public: $5
Region 1 Tournament Teams
No. 1: Pima Community College Aztecs (55-9, 26-6)
No. 2: Yavapai College Roughriders (47-14, 24-8)
No. 3: Central Arizona College Vaqueras (41-21, 20-12)
No. 4: Arizona Western College Lady Matadors (39-20, 20-12)
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Online Extra: New Pima Paws club helps animals
Story, photo and videos by Narciso Villarreal
The newly formed Pima Paws Club at Pima Community College wants you to take the first step in making a difference in the welfare of all animals by joining its club.
“This group is not limited to just dogs and cats,” club organizer Heather Bradley said. “It is a place where like-minded people can meet to exchange ideas, resources and contacts. All you need is a respect for life and belief in animal welfare.”
The club will begin by serving as an educational resource and by holding informational presentations for each student group at West Campus, Bradley said. The club hopes to expand to the other five PCC campuses.
Bradley rescues animals and does as much as she can, depending on her living situation. She currently cares for three rescued cats named Bentley, Champa and Simba.
One of the club’s goals is to create a means of communication for students attending PCC and the University of Arizona, and for the Tucson community in general.
When people can no longer care for their pets, the club will inform people about options available. Residents who leave for the summer or other extended lengths of time need to know there are resources to help them with the care of their pets while they are gone.
“Abandoning your animals is neglect and cruelty,” Bradley said. “They would experience severe pain and hunger. We would rather have you seek help from the resources that we have so that they don’t have to suffer unnecessarily.”
People can contribute to the well-being of all animals by clipping coupons for pet-related products and providing them to the club, Bradley said. She also encourages people to purchase “cruelty-free” products in general.
For more information, contact Bradley at 979-6142 or e-mail hbradley1@mail.pima.edu.
Other ways to help include setting your Internet home page to theanimalrescuesite.com and clicking on the “Click Here to Give – It’s FREE!” link. With each click, sponsors will donate food for rescued animals.
The Animal Rescue site has several links for purchasing animal food and other items. The site also lets visitors earn money for animal charities by playing games.
Duke, a rescued basset hound, competes at the Canine Classic.
Other Web sites dedicated to helping animals include:
• aspca.org
• hopeanimalshelter.net
• casadelosgatos.org
• thenokillnation.com
• alleycat.org
• thenaturalcat.net
• naturaldogblog.com
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Online Extra: Softball Sophomore Day videos
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Online Extra: Women’s basketball season highlight video
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Online Extra: Softball wins conference championship, home field advantage
Update: The Aztecs won the first road game at Yavapai, 6-3, earning them the ACCAC championship, the top seed in the Regional playoffs and hosting duties. Jordan Trujillo improved her record to 30-4 and freshman infielder Mercedes Garcia provided the difference with a three-run home run.
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Prescott, Ariz., is lovely this time of year, but you can excuse the Pima Community College softball team players if they don’t want to go back.
The No. 6 Aztecs (52-8, 23-5, Arizona Community College Athletic Conference) smoked Eastern Arizona College on April 20 to maintain their two-game lead in the loss column over archrival and No. 3 Yavapai College (44-13, 23-7).
Claudia Nunez scores the winning run over Yavapai
Pima got revenge against Eastern, run-ruling them 10-2 and then beating them 4-0. The Lady Monsters swept the Aztecs in Thatcher and had just beaten Yavapai.
“We put ourselves in a great position today, we absolutely had to sweep and we did,” head coach Armando Quiroz said about the doubleheader against Eastern.
Sophomore ace Jordan Trujillo (28-4) again threw both games, giving up two runs on eight hits and striking out 12 Lady Monsters. Sophomore shortstop Kaity Ingram continued her tear, going 5-7 on the day and a perfect 3-3 with three doubles.
“It was big, I told the girls after the game that I don’t get nervous usually, today I got nervous,” Quiroz said. “It was just that critical and I don’t know why but I had butterflies like crazy but they came through.”
Another sophomore playing her last regular season game at Pima, left fielder Chelsea Slama, also lit up the score book, going 4-6 on the day, with a run and two RBIs.
Pima will make up a doubleheader at Division II No. 11 Chandler-Gilbert Community College on Friday, April 23.
On April 27, Yavapai hosts Pima in a rematch of rivals. Although the Aztecs just swept Yavapai, last year the Roughriders went 2-1 against Pima to win the region’s only nationals berth.
If Pima stays two games ahead of Yavapai, it needs only a split in Yavapai against the Roughriders to take the ACCAC title. But more importantly, that would earn the Aztecs hosting rights for the region tournament.
“It would be huge. I don’t know the last time Pima hosted, but it’s our turn and our turn to go,” Quiroz said. “The girls are ready, they are playing hard, they’re motivated. It would be justice to do it at home.”
Pima swept Yavapai, the defending national champions on April 13 in thrilling fashion. The Aztecs won Game 1 4-1 pretty comfortably and then won Game 2 6-5 with a walk-off double by sophomore infielder Ena Pacheco, driving in sophomore center fielder Claudia Nunez, who had just doubled as well.
Ena Pacheco
“It’s amazing, they’re our rival and this is what we have been looking for, we just feel like it is the best thing ever,” Pacheco said of the sweep.
The run capped a wild seventh, where Pima lost a 5-4 lead when perhaps the least popular player on the field, sophomore first baseman Molly Brossart, who defected to Yavapai after playing for Pima last year, earned an RBI with a bases-loaded walk.
“Oh my God, it couldn’t have been scripted better,” Quiroz said. “I thought we were going to get out of that bases-loaded jam and we walked but Claudia Nunez and Ena Pacheco came up with the biggest hits of the year for us in the seventh inning.”
Earlier in the game, freshman first baseman/catcher Charissa Ballesteros brought the Aztecs back into the game with a three-run home run, almost erasing a 4-0 deficit.
“I’m ecstatic, we won a couple hard-fought games against Yavapai—Yavapai’s a great club—and I am really proud of our girls for fighting and never, never giving up even when we were behind,” Quiroz said.
Jordan Trujillo threw all 14 innings for Pima. She gave up four hits and one run in the first game and overcame a shaky start to strike out seven in the second.
For the Herculean effort, Jordan Trujillo was named ACCAC Pitcher of the Week. She leads the league in strikeouts with 253.
“Jordan is the franchise, her middle name is Franchise,” Quiroz said. “One of the coaches said we are going to put a saddle on her and ride her as far as she will take us.”
Thank you, softball team!
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Online Extra: Softball sweeps Yavapai in dramatic fashion
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The Pima Community College softball team swept rival Yavapai College on April 13 in dramatic fashion.
The No. 12 Aztecs (49-7, 20-4 Arizona Community College Athletic Conference) took sole possession of first place in the conference with 4-1 and 6-5 wins over the defending National Champions, No. 4 Yavapai (43-12, 22-6).
Pima won the second game in the bottom of the seventh when sophomore infielder Ena Pacheco hit the game-winner. Her RBI walk-off hit brought in sophomore outfielder Claudia Nunez, who had just doubled as well.
The run capped a wild seventh, where Pima lost a 5-4 lead when perhaps the least popular player on the field, sophomore first baseman Molly Brossart, who played for Pima last year, earned an RBI with a bases-loaded walk.
Earlier in the game, freshman utility Charissa Ballesteros brought the Aztecs back into the game with a three-run home run, almost erasing a 4-0 deficit.
Sophomore ace Jordan Trujillo, (26-3) threw all 14 innings for Pima. Trujillo gave up four hits and one run in the first game and overcame a shaky start to strike out seven in the second.
Sophomore shortstop Kaity Ingram went 5-6 on the day, with a run, two doubles and four RBIs.
The Aztecs will travel to Central Arizona College on April 17. Then Pima returns home for Sophomore Day as it hosts Eastern Arizona College on April 27 at 2 p.m.
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Online Extra: Baseball continues to struggle
By James Sargent
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The Pima Community College baseball team has found wins easier to come by in the second half of the season but, with 14 games left, it is almost too little too late.
The 14-26-1 (7-17 Arizona Community College Athletic Conference) Aztecs dropped a pair of games, 9-5 and 4-3, to GateWay Community College on April 6.
Sophomore Richie Sandoval picked up his first loss of the season, putting his record at 4-1. The lefty gave up eight runs, four earned. He fanned four batters through five and two-thirds innings.
Freshman Andrew Humphreys took the loss in Game 2 out of the bullpen. He came in to relieve fellow freshman Torry Mowatt, who threw six innings. Mowatt gave up two runs, one earned, on seven hits.
Freshman Leo Durazo had a good day at the plate as he went 3-4 and reached base three times on walks.
On April 3, the Aztecs had a couple of come-from-behind wins over Glendale Community College.
Richie Sandoval
In the first game, Pima scored four runs in the seventh inning and three in the tenth for a 9-7 win. In Game 2, Pima scored a pair in the sixth and one in the seventh to win 6-5.
Sandoval earned the win out of the pen in Game 1, throwing two innings in relief for sophomore starter Tim Reed.
Freshman Matt Pavelich got the start and the win in Game 2. He completed six solid innings and improved to 2-1.
The Aztecs had 25 hits in the conference doubleheader. Two middle infielders, sophomores Pepito Moreno and Jesus Vega, led the way.
Moreno went 4-8 and scored five runs, while Vega went 5-9, scored twice and drove in one RBI.
Sophomore outfielder Shaun Cooper only managed two hits but he made sure they mattered. He hit a double and a triple to drive in six RBIs.
On March 27, Pima Community College split a conference doubleheader at Paradise Valley Community College. The Pumas easily took Game 1 with a 12-3 win, but the Aztecs bounced back to take the nightcap, 9-2.
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Online Extra: Softball’s 20-game win streak snapped
Story, photo and video by James Kelley
While the Pima Community College softball team suffered its first consecutive losses of the season on March 23, it had won 20 in a row and even won 15 games in a span of seven days.
The No. 3 Aztecs (41-5, 13-3 Arizona Community College Athletic Conference) were swept by Eastern Arizona College, 4-1 and 5-4, to end their 20-game win streak.
“After winning 20 games in a row, it’s going to happen. We came out flat and we just got beat, no excuses,” head coach Armando Quiroz said. “We were flat as a pancake but, hey, we’ll bounce back.”
Pima started the year unranked but in the first regular season poll, released on March 17, shot up to No. 3.
On March 21, the Aztecs competed in the Tucson Invitational Games, where it won by football scores, outscoring foes 49-2. Sophomore Jordan Trujillo (20-2) started the first game, a 17-0 win over Ancilla (Ind.) and struck out 10.
“I was pleasantly surprised we had a 20-game win streak, that is amazing at the college level, at any level,” Quiroz said.
Freshman Adrianna Garcia (15-3) started the second game, also against Ancilla, where she threw a two-hitter and had eight strikeouts.
Pima capped the day with a 22-2 win over Prairie State (Ill.) College. Pima totaled 53 hits on the day, including five home runs.
Freshman utility Charissa Ballesteros hit one out of the park and went 9-13. She scored six runs, drove in seven RBIs and hit a double.
“I think we are playing fantastic,” sophomore outfielder Chelsea Slama said after the Prairie State game. “We have a very strong team and we get along great. Team chemistry, that’s the number one thing we got and that’s why we won so many games.”
Slama slammed two inside-the-park home runs, had six RBIs and scored six runs on the day. Sophomore catcher Melina Trujillo scored nine runs, went 8-10, hit a triple, drove in four and hit a home run.
On March 16, Pima swept Paradise Valley Community College on the road, 2-0 and 2-1. Jordan Trujillo won Game 1, and struck out 16.
Ballesteros went 3-6 in the doubleheader, driving in three of the Aztecs’ four runs. Freshman infielder Vanessa Arandules went 3-5, scored a run and hit a double.
On March 15, the Aztecs won a couple of slugfests, 9-8 and 14-10, over Division III No. 3 Monroe (N.Y.) Community College. Slama scored three runs and Ballesteros drove in three RBIs in the first game.
In the nightcap, sophomore shortstop Kaity Ingram went 4-4, scored five runs and drove in two. Ballesteros scored a run and had three RBIs.
On March 14, Pima closed out the Phoenix College Spring Classic Invitational with an epic day of four wins, including revenge against two of the teams that beat them, Division II No. 2 Phoenix College
Melina Trujillo
and Central Arizona College.
“We were exhausted,” Quiroz said. “Those girls have a lot of heart, a lot of fight in them.”
First, the Aztecs mercy-ruled Everett (Wash.) Community College 9-1. They then got another mercy rule win, this time 11-0 over Monroe. In the semifinals, they beat the host. In the championship, they beat Central Arizona 7-6 in eight innings.
For the second day in a row, all three Pima pitchers earned wins. Adrianna Garcia beat Everett, sophomore Iliana Teran (6-0) beat Monroe in the quarterfinals and Jordan Trujillo won the semifinals and finals.
“We have great pitchers on our squad and we can win with any one of the three,” Quiroz said.
Jordan Trujillo, who was named tournament MVP, pitched 15 innings and struck out 18 on that Sunday.
Pima outscored foes 34-10 and outhit them 51-28 on Championship Sunday. Freshman infielder Mercedes Garcia led the way, as she went 9-14, hit four doubles and drove in five RBIs.
On the second day of the tournament, March 13, the Aztecs went 3-0. Pima mercy-killed Everett 11-0, beat Mott (Mich.) Community College 4-1 and also run-ruled Triton (Ill.) Community College 9-1.
Freshman infielder Charissa Ballasteros went 8-11 in the three wins, including 3-4 against Everett, hitting a double, two home runs and driving in six RBIs. Arandules also hit two home runs, one against Everett and one against Mott.
On March 12, Pima opened the Phoenix College with two mercy-rule wins over foes from Illinois. Adrianna Garcia and Teran combined to hit South Suburban College in a 15-0 win.
Jordan Trujillo struck out seven in the second game, an 8-0 win over Illinois Central College. Sophomore infielder Domonique Marquez hit a three run home run.
On March 10, the Aztecs spanked Delta (Mich.) College, winning both games of the doubleheader 8-0 in five innings.
Jordan Trujillo threw a no-hitter and struck out 10 of the 18 batters she faced in the first game. Marquez hit a double, a triple and drove in three RBIs.
In the second game, Teran threw a two-hitter.
In the national stats, Jordan Trujillo is No. 11 in strike outs with 1.43 per inning and Ballesteros is No. 4 in RBIs with 51. As a team, Pima is eighth in both batting, with .390, and fielding.
On March 27, the Aztecs host Central Arizona College at noon. On March 30, they host Gateway Community College at 2 p.m.
On April Fool’s Day, they travel to No. 11 Yavapai College in a game originally scheduled Feb. 23 that was snowed out. Yavapai is the defending national champion and in the preseason was ranked No. 1.
“I think with the way we are playing right now, we can beat anyone,” Slama said about Yavapai after the Tucson Invitational Games.
On April 3, PCC hosts Glendale Community College at noon. On April 6, they travel to ACCAC-contender Arizona Western College.
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