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Former Coconino Panther pitcher Avery Weems will head into professional baseball after he was drafted yesterday by the Chicago White Sox in the sixth round. Weems just finished his college career at the University of Arizona, working primarily out of the Wildcats bullpen. Before playing for the Wildcats, Weems played his first two seasons atFull Story

The Jack Murphy era has come to an end in Flagstaff as he resigned Sunday as head coach of the NAU men’s basketball program to become the assistant head coach at the University of Arizona under Sean Miller. NAU Athletics said in a statement that NAU assistant coach Shane Burcar has been named interim headFull Story

Northern Arizona University’s longtime head athletic trainer Michael Nesbitt has been selected to the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame. Nesbitt enjoyed a 36 year career at NAU and is the first-ever Lumberjack to be enshrined in the hall. Under his leadership, over 40 of his former students have moved on to serve as athletic trainersFull Story

Four NAU long distance runners will compete for a national title in two events at this year’s NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas. Senior Tyler Day will run in the 10,000 meters after qualifying at the NCAA West Regionals in Sacramento this past weekend. Running in the 5,000 meters at the nationalFull Story

It’s been 14 years since NAU has had a player taken in the NFL Draft, but former wide receiver Emmanuel Butler signed a free agent contract with the New Orleans Saints after the draft was completed Saturday. Butler is NAU’s all time leader in touchdown receptions with 33 and receiving yards with 3,217. He alsoFull Story

The NAU men’s basketball team is one and done at the Big Sky Conference Tournament. The eighth-seeded Lumberjacks fell to ninth-seeded Sacramento State, 72-60, in Boise, Idaho. The Hornets got out to a blistering start, hitting eight of their first nine three point shots and led at halftime 42-27. Bernie Andre led the Lumberjacks withFull Story

The run for the NAU women’s basketball team in the Big Sky Tournament is over. The Jacks fell to top-seeded Idaho Tuesday, 90-73, in the quarterfinals in Boise, Idaho. Freshman Regan Schenck had a double-double with 24 points and 12 rebounds and Jacey Bailey added 14 in the loss. Khairica Rasheed scored 13 points andFull Story

The NAU women’s basketball team is on to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Tournament for the first time since 2007, after a 74-69 win over Sacramento State in the first round Monday afternoon. Khiarica Rasheed and Jacey Bailey led the Jacks each with 18 points in the win. Senior Kaleigh Paplow added 11 pointsFull Story

The NAU basketball teams will head to Boise, Idaho for the Big Sky Conference Basketball Tournaments next week with a lot of momentum. The NAU women will head to Boise on a three-game winning streak after their 79-68 win over Northern Colorado in the Skydome Saturday afternoon. Kaleigh Paplow scored 27 points and grabbed 15Full Story

There were two wild basketball games between NAU and Montana Monday night. First, the NAU women got 31 points, including seven three-pointers, from Jacey Bailey to lead the Lumberjacks to a big 82-65 win over Montana in the Skydome. The victory was the first win against Montana in seven years. Kaleigh Paplow added 15 pointsFull Story