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Poly draftees tune up in summer leagues

Although the Cal Poly baseball season ended May 25, many Mustangs are in the midst of playing in summer collegiate leagues across the country.

Former Mustangs Brent Morel, Logan Schafer, Derrick Saito and Brian Grening, who have all already signed professional contracts, are also playing summer baseball, after being chosen in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft from June 5-6.

Day advances at U.S. Olympic Trials

Former Cal Poly standout Sharon Day advanced Monday evening to Friday’s women’s high jump finals at the U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

She cleared 5 feet, 10 « inches and 5-11 «, both on first attempts.

Also advancing to the finals were nine others who cleared 5-11 «, and four more at 5-10 « – all on first attempts.

Mustangs 10th in TSN poll; Lindy's odd one out

The Cal Poly football team is ranked 10th in The Sporting News Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 preseason poll released this week. That’s three spots higher than the Mustangs were slotted in the Any Given Saturday preseason rankings. Mustangs seniors…

Nettina: Poly over SDSU ‘most likely’ FCS stunner

In the Bleachers’ Adam Nettina named Sunday Cal Poly’s season opener at San Diego State on Aug. 30 the most likely Football Championship Subdivision-over-Football Bowl Subdivision upset in the country this coming season. His rationale seems to be that San…

Could Harris be drafted?

Even though John Akognon dropped out of the NBA draft (see a couple entries below), there may be another Big West Conference sharpshooter with a chance of being chosen Thursday. UC Santa Barbara guard Alex Harris worked out for the…

Big West's top gun stays put

In a move likely to bum out all non-Cal State Fullerton fans throughout the Big West Conference, Titans guard Josh Akognon announced Monday he decided not to remain in the NBA Draft, and will return to college for his senior…

How to make your cap sparkle

Shhh . I’m going to let you in on a little secret: my mortarboard (you know, that hideous cap-looking thing us graduates have to wear at the ceremony) is going to be better than yours. And it’s all because of my fabulous craft skills.

See, this weekend I’m decoupaging the Sudoku page of this lovely publication (and maybe some other pretty things) to my cap.

Day advances to finals at national championships

Cal Poly’s Sharon Day qualified in Wednesday’s women’s high jump preliminaries for Friday’s finals at the national outdoor track and field championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

The senior was one of 16 advancers to clear 5 feet, 9 _ inches – a mark she passed on her first attempt.

Day finishes second nationally

Cal Poly’s Sharon Day finished second Friday in the women’s high jump

at the collegiate outdoor track and field national championships at

Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

The senior cleared 6 feet, 1 ¬ inches – as did Arizona sophomore

Elizabeth Patterson and Auburn junior Raevan Harris – but did so on

her second attempt, one fewer than third-place Harris needed yet one

more than first-place Patterson.

Great West expansion wouldn't help CP football

Donovan Aird
Mustang Daily

Although an all-sports division may soon be added within the Great West, currently a football-only conference, such change likely wouldn’t directly impact Cal Poly, nor its four other football competitors, because new entrants almost certainly would be football-less, conference and school officials said Thursday.

Interest in Great West expansion growing

South Dakota and North Dakota, both in transition from Division II and Great West Football Conference rookies this season, have thrown their hats in the ring for the idea of an all-sports division within the larger umbrella of the Great…