El Toro Bowl

LOCAL GLANCE Dec. 3: Prep soccer, basketball, JUCO football

FROM STAFF REPORTS - @YUMASUNSPORTS

Freshman Karla Navarro scored three goals Monday as Yuma Catholic topped Yuma High 6-4 in a soccer shootout at Doan Field.Tied 4-4, Aryza Olague scored the game winner off a rebound with 11 minutes left. Yuma High had tied the game in the 60th minute... Full story

Baker shines in last game in Yuma

JESSE SEVERSON - @YSJESSESEVERSON

As the players on the Arizona Western football team celebrated on the field after their 42-37 win over Nassau Community College in the 2012 El Toro Bowl, sophomore running back J.C. Baker went to find the American flag. Wearing matching Stars and Str... Full story

Mistakes costly for Nassau in El Toro Bowl

JESSE SEVERSON - @YSJESSESEVERSON

Nassau Community College quarterback Jordan Rodriguez knew it the second he threw it. As the Lions' 6-foot-2, 225-pound sophomore released the ball, he saw Arizona Western safety Pat Martin step in front of the pass. Rodriguez watched as Martin inter... Full story

Matadors get long-awaited bowl win

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

For three straight bowls under Tom Minnick, the Arizona Western football team mounted ferocious fourth-quarter comebacks, falling short in heartbreaking fashion every time.On Saturday, it was Minnick's Matadors that withstood a frenzied comeback atte... Full story

Nassau, AWC ready for El Toro Bowl

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

The El Toro Bowl features a pair of teams that each came within a couple wins of winning their respective conferences on the final week of the season.Instead of featuring the Northeast Football Conference and Western States Football League champs, No... Full story

Nassau Community College players persevere through Hurricane Sandy

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

With all the Nassau Community College football team has been through the past month, traveling cross country and adjusting to temperatures 40 degrees warmer is nothing.The team from Garden City, N.Y., on Long Island arrived in Yuma Thursday ahead of ... Full story

After waiting for shot at running back, Martin shining in new role

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

First he didn't play. Then he was playing out of position.But when DeSean Martin finally got to play his natural position of running back, he showed exactly what he is capable of.Martin went from zero carries in 2011 to fullback at the start of 2012 ... Full story

Henry likely to play in El Toro Bowl on Sturday

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

The fullback went low for the block, overmatched against stopping the 6-foot-5, 215-pound D'Vante Henry.Henry flipped into the air and landed awkwardly. He hurt his knee. He thought he was done for the year. This was barely a month ago at New Mexico ... Full story

McEvoy named Offensive Player

FROM STAFF REPORTS - @YUMASUNSPORTS

For the fourth straight year, and Arizona Western football player has been named the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year.Following in the line of running backs Reggie Bullock and Damien Williams, quarterback Tan... Full story

Matadors to face Nassau in El Toro Bowl

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

After just two years, the latest incarnation of the El Toro Bowl is a destination bowl game.Although it won't be the national championship as it was last year, it will still feature a top-tier opponent for the Arizona Western College football team.Th... Full story

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