Two more assistants depart Mackovic's football staff; five gone in less than a month

The Wildcat football team lost its fifth coach in the span of a month yesterday when defensive end coach Charlie Camp told head coach John Mackovic that he was leaving to take a job as a linebacker coach at Oregon State.

"When he came here we asked him to coach a spot (defensive ends) that wasn't necessarily his favorite," said Mackovic. "Part of that was that we ran the double-eagle flex, with which he was familiar as a player. Now that we're clearly moving away from the scheme, it's a good chance for him to return to linebackers." [Read article]

Old Jim Livengood had a farm.

E, I, E, I, O.

And on that farm he had great coaches.

E, I, E, I, O.

With titles here, and championships there. Here a win, there a win, almost everywhere a win win.

Here the song stops ÷ on the turf of Arizona Stadium. The sidelines were littered with quality staff and good players; the wins just didn't come. Change was on the horizon, just not the type of change head coach John Mackovic would like. [Read article]

Name: Amy Linnen
Year: Junior
Sport: Track and field

When Amy Linnen cleared the bar last week at the Mountain Pacific Indoor Conference Championships, the junior from Mt. Sinai, New York landed on top of the list of the NCAA's best women's pole vaulters in the nation.

Linnen's leap of 14 feet, 4.75 inches was number one among stiff conference competition, good enough to earn her the NCAA Division I Track and Field Athlete of the Week. [Read article]

Yesterday afternoon, UA freshman center Shawntinice Polk was named Pacific 10 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week. Later in the day, Wildcat sophomore guard Salim Stoudamire pulled the trick on the men's side, being named Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week for his efforts.

Stoudamire led Arizona to a Bay Area road sweep for the fourth consecutive season after averaging a team-best 19.0 points during UA wins over California and Stanford. Stoudamire connected on 14-of-24 (.583) field goal attempts in the two games while dropping 7-of-12 from 3-point range. [Read article]

The men's lacrosse team is used to people thinking that it cannot compete with NCAA teams, but tonight the Laxcats will get their chance to strike back, when they host St. John Fisher.

Tonight at 7 p.m. the No. 5 Laxcats (4-1, 3-0) step out of United States Lacrosse Associates action to host a second year NCAA Division III team, St. John Fisher, at Salpointe High School, located at North Mountain Avenue and East Copper Street, not their usual home, Laxcat Coliseum. Head coach Adam Hopkins said the game represents "more than just one game" and is for a "bigger purpose." [Read article]