Sentences with phrase «state championship season»

With the BMX state championship season getting into full swing, this race is important because it serves as a state championship qualifier.

Granite Bay is just four years removed from a state championship season that landed the Grizzlies third on MaxPreps Xcellent 25 national rankings.

Fresh off a 16 - 0 state championship season, the 6 - foot - 4, 210 - pound Folsom High School receiver was begging to get back in the gym and start the preparation for next season as soon as 2018 began.

# 6 Moses Malone PETERSBURG Led Petersburg High to two undefeated state championship seasons; went straight to ABA's Utah Stars in 1974; three - time NBA MVP and 12 - time All - Star.

Not exact matches

Despite their championship status, the Tigers enter the 2017 season well behind Florida State as conference favorites.

The Pacers, coming off a state playoff berth a year ago, could be in the mix for a championship this season.

Then there's the high - water mark of the 2011 season, when, as Alvarez mentions, Wisconsin was two Hail Mary touchdowns away (given up to Michigan State and Ohio State) from being undefeated during the regular season and potentially playing for a national championship.

This season, they finished third in the extremely competitive West Catholic Athletic League, then came up a two - point conversion short in a 31 - 30 loss in the Central Coast Section Open Division II championship game to Serra - San Mateo, which also won a state bowl title in Sacramento.

Shelton helped Chino Hills reach the CIF State Division I championship game during his freshman season and was the sixth man on the Huskies record - setting 35 - 0 team that won the Southern Section Open Division and CIF Open Division championships during his sophomore campaign.

The boys have 325 wins and 11 state championships; the girls have 223 wins and four state titles in 14 seasons.

In the minutes before the kickoff of Nebraska's season - opening 55 - 14 starching of Michigan State, Cornhuskers coach Tom Osborne urged his players to embrace a possibility — an unprecedented third consecutive national championship — that would customarily send a coach searching for new ways to say, «One game at a time.»

Barbara Britch, 15, a Nordic skier from Anchorage, Alaska, compiled the nation's fastest times for her class as she won all but one of her races this season and became the state's first U.S. titlist by taking the junior ladies» championship in Duluth.

Dennis Trujillo led the Centennial High cross-country team in Pueblo, Colo. to an unbeaten season and its second straight state title by winning 11 regular season meets and individual honors at the state championships in Boulder.

Malzahn was the offensive coordinator under Chizik for three seasons, including the 2010 - 11 national championship season, before taking the head coaching job at Arkansas State last year.

Florida State just has to finish as a top - four team to have another shot at a championship next season, and the Noles» high esteem will have them in great position to reach the new College Football Playoff.

After Penn State won its first national championship, in 1982, the Nittany Lions stumbled out of the blocks the next season by losing their first three games en route to a 7 -4-1 record.

He won three state championships in Indiana and then helped lead Ohio State to the Final Four in his one and only season in colstate championships in Indiana and then helped lead Ohio State to the Final Four in his one and only season in colState to the Final Four in his one and only season in college.

Since then State has won two more championships, and last season at the NCAA tournament it firmly proved the new status of Southwest basketball by beating Seattle and USC before finally losing to Utah.

One major change in the CIF girls volleyball state championships, beginning this season, is the addition of an Open Division.

That included an undefeated regular season, the North Coast Section team championship and the tournament's medalist, tying for second at the Northern California finals and finishing fifth at the state championships

It used 10 - year averages and didn't give bonus points for championships, which meant that Penn State fans were frustrated by a low 1980s ranking (yes, the Nittany Lions won two national titles; they also won eight or fewer games five times) and Nebraska fans were angry that their Huskers were overtaken by FSU in the 1990s (yes, the Huskers won 2.5 national titles; FSU won two and was generally better in the non-title seasons).

Though all the attention in the coming weeks will be rightfully focused on the race for state championships, it would be unfair to ignore the quality Division VI girls teams, which will conclude their season at the end of the NorCal playoffs.

In that 2013 season, Granite Bay completed a 45 - 0 campaign by defeating Los Alamitos in the CIF Division I state championship.

Barrett wasn't supposed to start at Ohio State during the Buckeyes» 2014 national championship season, but he swooped into action when Braxton Miller was lost for the season before their first game.

But seriously, if James (or Kawhi) overlooked the «market» and looked at the winning potential, there simply isn't a better landing spot to compete immediately for a championship other than Houston or Golden State, and we are better positioned for continued contention 4 - 5 seasons into the future than those teams are.

With two remaining games for the Wolverines in the regular season (@Penn State and Ohio State), Michigan still has a shot at taking home the Big Ten East division championship.

This was the season after Boise State's run to the Fiesta Bowl championship, and giant - killing was as en vogue as it can be for a sport that relies so much on heavyweights.

As a junior, Tucker ran into a detour on his road to a state championship when his season ended with a narrow 4 - 3 loss to College Park's Brian Sergi in the 138 - pound final.

In the next - to - last game of that season, which was the CIF Division III state championship, future Golden State Warrior Klay Thompson put on a show to lead his team from Santa Margarita - Rancho Santa Margarita to a 72 - 55 victory over Sacramento state championship, future Golden State Warrior Klay Thompson put on a show to lead his team from Santa Margarita - Rancho Santa Margarita to a 72 - 55 victory over Sacramento State Warrior Klay Thompson put on a show to lead his team from Santa Margarita - Rancho Santa Margarita to a 72 - 55 victory over Sacramento High.

Alabama (+600) entered the season with the best odds of winning the national championship at the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook, while Clemson (+700) began the season tied with Florida State for the second best odds.

He's 88 - 28 in nine seasons leading Clemson's football program, and his team's waste - laying of Ohio State on Saturday has the Tigers one rematch win away from a national championship.

That had to happen if Golden State was planning to re-sign its core to compete for championships for at least the next three seasons.

The barber told how Mike Peterson, the baseball star, last season led the Yates Center American Legion team to its third straight Class B state championship, how he was the No. 1 pitcher with a 9 - 2 record and a 1.21 ERA, how he batted.398 and how he was chosen to the All - Kansas team.

Montana State won the All - College tournament in Oklahoma City last season, tied for the league championship and, along with a couple of other Big Sky teams, beat some of the good Western independents.

St. Francis won the CCS title that season and beat Los Angeles champion Crenshaw on the way to the title game of the Tournament of Champions (the precursor to the state championships) before losing to Castlemont of Oakland at the Oakland Coliseum Arena.

Despite Mitty's dominance during a 13 - 1 league season, six WCAL teams reached the Northern California playoffs, five reached the NorCal semifinals, four reached the CCS Open semifinals, three won CCS titles, and three played for state championships.

He recalled before the season, a friend approached and asked if Palo Alto would win the state championship.

Sam, a senior shortstop at Messalonskee High and a John Winkin Award finalist for Maine's best player, batted.475 and slugged.729 this season, leading the Eagles to a 6 — 3 win over Scarborough for the Class A state championship.

Their most successful season came in 1936 when they won the state championship, while their only other major honour came in 1962 when they won the state's second division.

The Fiesta Bowl has provided two of the most iconic bowl moments of the BCS era: Ohio State's double - overtime upset over Miami for the national championship to conclude the 2002 season, and Boise State's overtime upset over Oklahoma on New Year's Day in 2007.

Not only did Golden State receive the highest percentage of spread bets this season, they were also pounded by bettors who thought they would win the championship.

Mitty — which ended Marin Catholic's 2016 season in the CIF Northern Regional quarterfinals before winning the state's first Open Division championship a week later — entered the last week of October ranked No. 3 in the state.

Based on the early trends, it appears as though bettors believe Golden State will take down their second championship in the past three seasons.

The 21 - 0 victory over Valley Christian - San Jose in the Open Division championship culminated a 12 - 1 season and returned a program to the greatness it held in the 1980's, when it annually ranked among the best in the state.

But the biggest roadblock to Ohio State's national championship hopes this season is the music class.

THE STATS: Santos posted a 45 - 2 record in his senior season, and added his first state title to go his two league, division, and SJS Masters championships.

Graves racked up rushing and passing yards in leading the Bulldogs to a Sac - Joaquin Section and state bowl championship in 2010 while Trosin became the state's first - ever 5,000 - yard passer to rush for at least 1,000 yards in the same season.

The Sun Belt won't have a conference championship game until next season, and 3 - 5 Florida State won't be making the ACC's title game.

Also consider that Valley Christian is only two years removed from its second consecutive winless league season and never has won a WCAL championship, much less a state crown.

Salesian has played for the state championship the last two seasons, and lost both times — last year, by just one point.