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Armando Botello Ii, Author

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Senior aims to lead team

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a former Rutgers University tennis player, Matt Jones, the 21-year-old Sacramento State senior, decided when he was 11 years old that he was going to quit...

Changing Perceptions

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

The 27-game marathon called a regular season in women's basketball ended for Sacramento State on Saturday giving way to the teams' first Big Sky Conference Tournament appearance in eight years. The Hornets...

New Blog! Raider Nation

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Leaping Larry Johnson gave the Oakland Raiders their fifth loss of the season with a 1-yard touchdown run in the final five seconds of the game. Up 23-20, the Raiders' defense allowed the Kansas City Chiefs...

A loss that truly stings

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Since winning two straight games earlier this month, the Sacramento State women's basketball team has done nothing to assure itself of a playoff spot. Having dropped five in a row, the Hornets now find...

Academic penalties may hit 3 teams

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Three Sacramento State teams could face multiple penalties after their graduation rates fell under the NCAA's new academic requirements. New guidelines in the NCAA's Academic Performance Program indicate...

Athletes used to no spring break

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Green and gold jerseys will still be seen all over campus this spring break. Friday brings with it the first day when students will take off to various parts of the world ?" mostly Southern California...

Women want to be a Big Sky power

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Sacramento State women's basketball has high hopes about where they'll be in March. Last March capped off the Hornets' best season since 1995-96, as the team advanced to the Big Sky Tournament before losing...

Behavior leads to dismissal

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Frustration and intense emotion took hold of senior Matt Jones, resulting in a season-ending suspension handed down by head coach Sherif Zaher after men's tennis suffered its seventh loss of the season...

Athletics checks up on Web profiles

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

There was a simpler time. Back in the day (a few years ago to be precise), college students had to meet face-to-face in order to get to know each other's innermost thoughts and feelings. With the advent...

Kim-possible ending

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

The basketball bounced off the rim, hung in the air and finally dropped through the cylinder giving the Sacramento State women a hard-fought overtime victory over the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, 68-67....

NAU ends Hornets’ season

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Stephanie Cherry's second-half scoring barrage wasn't enough to keep pace with Northern Arizona. Despite Cherry's 17 points over the final 20 minutes, the Hornets fell to the Lumberjacks 67-58 on Thursday...

Hoops coaches’ contracts extended

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Women's basketball head coach Dan Muscatell and men's basketball head coach Jerome Jenkins were both given contract extensions to 2008, Sacramento State athletic director Terry Wanless announced Friday....

Pointing the way

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Cherry: The fruit or wood of a cherry tree. Stephanie Cherry: A fiery point guard liable to make defenders look silly on the basketball court. Third-year Hornet Stephanie Cherry might have a sweet name,...

At a loss for wins

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

In order for the seventh-place Hornets to get into the Big Sky Conference tournament for their second-straight season, the team will likely have to pull out some upsets. Northern Arizona, Portland State...

Bobcats claw back to top Hornets

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Exclusive audioClick to hear Ashley Cadotte's post-game commentsClick to hear Kim Sheehy's post-game commentsClick to hear Dan Muscatell's post-game comments After a short-lived 2-game winning streak to...

Women split road games

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

The "phenomenal individual feat" that women's hoops coach Dan Muscatell described on Monday night wasn't senior guard Lindsay Calmettes 4-for-4 shooting from beyond the arc for a career-high 12 points...

NCAA getting tougher on academics

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

In a decision that applies to every sports team at the Division I level, the NCAA Div. I board of directors approved the Academic Progress Rate at its 99th annual convention held this month in Dallas....

Rowing to host championships

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Early morning winds gently caressed the surface of Lake Natoma on Saturday while the women's rowing varsity eight boat pounded the water with its oars defeating Long Beach State in a dual meet, keeping...

Extreme Dance Team wins competition

Armando Botello II
February 16, 2005

Sacramento State's Extreme Dance Team won first place in the hip-hop division of the 2005 United Spirit Association Collegiate Nationals held in Las Vegas on Feb. 6-7. The team was judged on three different...

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