Three players with East Valley ties — Amanda Blumenherst, Kimberly Kim and Carly Booth — will be competing this weekend in the biennial Curtis Cup matches between the U.S. and Great Britain-Ireland at St. Andrews, Scotland.

Ben Andrew could have taken an easier route, but it just isn’t his mindset.

 The passing combination of juniors Justin Butler and Gary Chambers led  a late three-game charge to lift Ironwood football to the 5A-II playoffs in 2009.

OMAHA, Neb. - Andrew Romine started at shortstop in Arizona State's 6-1 win over Florida Wednesday just a day after being hit in the face by a pitch that deflected off his hand. It took nine stitches to close the gash on his right cheek but X-rays revealed no broken bones.

Anthony Rose, a linebacker from Tempe Marcos de Niza High School, has verbally committed to play football at Arizona State, according to DevilsDigest.com.

The offense gets the majority of the headlines, but playmakers on a defense can affect games in a hurry. The ballhawks are plentiful this year, so quarterbacks must be careful when throwing passes. Here are five players set to make big impacts on Friday nights this fall:

Behind a complete game from sophomore starting pitcher Pat Bresnehan and a career-high five hits from senior catcher Tuffy Gosewisch, Arizona State earned its first Pac-10 victory of the season with a 17-1 thumping of No. 21 USC Friday night at Los Angeles.

March 26, 2005

Arizona State freshmen Vinny Biancamano and Andrew Romine each recorded three hits to lead the No. 9 Sun Devils to a 10-8 victory over Gonzaga on Saturday afternoon at Packard Stadium in the Bob Schaefer Memorial Tournament.

February 6, 2005

Brophy Broncos

All-Tribune First Team

Beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday in Superior, 32 children ages 8 and older will line up at 100 Mary Drive in hopes of securing a slot to the granddaddy of all soapbox derby events — the All-American Soap Box Derby International Championship that will take place July 31 in Akron, Ohio. (There’s another qualifying race in Tucson.)

OMAHA, Neb. - So this is why Jeff Larish returned to Arizona State for his senior season. Larish etched his name in college baseball lore by hitting three home runs and J.J. Sferra redeemed himself after a damaging base-running mistake in the ninth inning by driving in the game-winning run in the 11th as ASU defeated Nebraska, 8-7, in a memorable College World Series game Tuesday afternoon at Rosenblatt Stadium.