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The NAU men’s basketball team released its 2019-20 basketball schedule Wednesday. The Jacks will open up the season, on the road in Tucson against the Arizona Wildcats Wednesday, November 6th. The game marks the first game without former head coach Jack Murphy at the helm. He is now the assistant head coach at Arizona. TheFull Story

The NAU Lumberjacks have been picked to finish in the middle of the Big Sky Conference this season, according to preseason coaches and media polls released Monday. The Jacks had 88 points in the coaches poll, and 302 points in the media poll to place sixth in both polls. Eastern Washington was picked as theFull Story

Friends, athletes and members of the community gathered in the NAU Skydome parking lot Thursday night to remember former NAU offensive lineman Malik Noshi. Those gathered lit candles, told stories and shared hugs and prayers in remembrance of “Big Mal.” The 22-year-old Las Vegas native was found unresponsive at his residence at around noon onFull Story

High school football is right around the corner and once again we are the home for all the action in Flagstaff. KAFF Country Legends 93.5/AM 930 is entering its third season of coverage of the Flagstaff Eagles and the Coconino Panthers. Last year, Coconino was on the fringe on the 4A State Playoffs, finishing withFull Story

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