SPORTS
Softball team drops tough contest to Pima
Missed opportunities spelled defeat for the Mesa Lady Thunderbird softball team on April 10 in their afternoon matchup with Pima Community College.
With the score 2-0 Pima in the bottom of the 2nd inning, Jessica Defritas came to plate with the bases loaded and...
Golf team hitting stride
When Coach John Guerrero and the Mesa men’s golf team hit the links in the Thunderbird Golf Invitational April 18-19, expectations will be high.
Mesa, currently third in the conference and second in the region, entered this season as defending regional champions.
When asked what his expectations were for the Thunderbird Invitational and regional championship, coach Guerrero said, “We expect to...
Doing the dirty work
With as well as Jessica Defreitas has played in this season at Mesa Community College, it is no wonder she has been playing softball her entire life. “She was the MVP of her T-ball team when she first started playing,” Defreitas’ mother, Cheryl Musgrove, told the Mesa Legend.
The mother of the defending NJCAA Player of the Year, said that her daughter took the game on her shoulders even at a...
Gaucho bats too much for T-birds
The Mesa baseball team encountered a setback in their road to the playoffs April 10, as they dropped an afternoon game to Glendale Community College by a score of 12-5.
Mesa pitching gave up 22 hits in 43 at bats to the Gauchos of GCC.
The loss tightens the race for second place in Division II of the ACCAC.
Currently MCC holds on to the second place spot in the division with...
Powell’s Thunderbirds reach elusive perfection
According to women’s head tennis coach Pinny Powell, her team had never been undefeated in her 32 years of coaching. That all changed April 10, though, as her team beat Eastern Arizona to finish the regular season a perfect 16-0.
Last year was a rare losing season for Powell and her Thunderbirds, but her team has bounced back strong this year winning many of their games in....
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Snakes sizzling
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Playoff time
The Phoenix Suns have been waiting a long time to get the playoffs started and now they are almost here...