Sonoran Hot Reads: Arizona offers 2018 Cienega QB Jamarye Joiner

A Tucson product now has the opportunity to stay home if he so chooses

As the Arizona high school football season begins to ramp up, one Tucson product has been garnering a lot of attention, and that’s now-Cienega junior quarterback Jamarye Joiner. Once ranked the top 2018 player in the state, Joiner did not play his sophomore season at Salpointe after being re-assigned to a charter school. Joiner ended up at Cienega this past April, and in his first game with the team on Friday, led the Bobcats to a 52-20 win over Marana, in which he ran for 191 yards on eight carries, and threw for 131. On Saturday, he received a scholarship offer from Arizona. You can see why here:

- Here are some other recruiting updates from the week

- Former Arizona QB Nick Foles had a really long pass for the Chiefs. It was one of two passes he completed on five attempts

- Jacob Alsadek, Gerhard de Beer, Bryson Cain and Michael Eletise were getting their twirling game on

- The quarterbacks were the final group we had to preview before the season gets going. Check out all of our position group previews here

- Former Arizona assistant coach Dino Babers threw out an awful first pitch at the Syracuse Chiefs game

Video via @CuseNation10: Syracuse coach Dino Babers skips in the first pitch at the @SyracuseChiefs game tonight. http://pic.twitter.com/SajfbWUBOG

— Stephen Bailey (@Stephen_Bailey1) August 27, 2016

Basketball

- Get your tickets now for the Lone Star Shootout, which features the game against Texas A&M in Houston

New tshirts and shorts for @APlayersProgram http://pic.twitter.com/Yh9kEvNBRZ

— Brian Brigger (@Briggs04) August 25, 2016

Baseball

- Nick Hundley had a nice game on Friday. He followed that up with a 1-for-6 day on Saturday, and has now hit safely in six of his last seven games

- Mark Melancon has only allowed one earned run in his last 15 games

Other sports

- Volleyball was swept by No. 4 Wisconsin, but there seems to have been some controversy at the end of the first set:

Arizona led the first set 25-24 but lost 26-24 after some confusion.

— Arizona Volleyball (@ArizonaVBall) August 28, 2016

Tucson news

- A young bear was captured on Mt. Lemmon and is now on its way to Bearizona in Williams

- A renovated Flandrau is now open to the public

Come hang out with us, help a great cause, Casa De Los Niños, at El Con Mall...bring some new shoes with you http://pic.twitter.com/V9CfldgnmV

— Matt Dudek (@AZ_Matty_D) August 27, 2016

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