Sonoran Hot Reads: Arizona recruiting Jarred Vanderbilt the hardest

Sean Miller trying to get his guy.

Red-Blue week always seems to be the most important from a recruiting standpoint for the Arizona Wildcats. Jarred Vanderbilt, 2017’s 20th-ranked player overall, does not have official visits set up, but says Arizona is likely getting one at some point, and that Sean Miller has been recruiting him the hardest of the nine schools on his final list:

He’s really kept in contact with me for the last couple years. He’s came down to visit a lot and he’s kept in contact with my parents as well so I’d probably say he’s the main one.”

Vanderbilt also says in that article that having DeAndre Ayton already committed is a big selling point for a small forward/wing player like himself

- Trevon Duval says that Arizona is one of a handful of schools that has come to watch him at IMG Academy this year

- The current basketball team unveiled new jerseys that did not go over well with the general public, but recruits and players like them, and that’s ultimately the only thing that matters

Football

- In football recruiting news, one news outlet named Arizona commits Braxton Burmeister and Scott Young as their midseason MVPs in SoCal prep football

- Todd Graham announced that Brady White is out for the year, so now ASU is in a similar situation as Arizona at that position

- The Arizona depth chart looks a bit different this week, but it also has Cody Ippolito on it, who has been lost for the season due to a torn ACL

Baseball

- We will have more from this press conference next week, but for now, you’ll have to look at my sock tan

Fresh off our 1st fall scrimmage, @UACoachJ checks in with the local media. #MLBTrainingGround #BearDown http://pic.twitter.com/L9iSbYxLqC

— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) October 10, 2016

"I think about that game every day of my life, and I'm not ashamed of that" - Jay Johnson on the CWS-clinching game against Coastal

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Other sports

- Here’s Ryan’s recap of soccer’s 2-1 loss to Washington this weekend because he begged me to put it in an SHR

- Ryan also had a lot of glamour shots taken of him at Women’s Basketball Media Day apparently

- Mike Candrea was really high on his team at his press conference on Monday, and also said he has drawings of what he wants done to Hillenbrand, and he needs $3.5 million to do it

- Volleyball is up to 29th in this week’s RPI after a big weekend in L.A. Penina Snuka was named Flo Volleyball’s Player of the Week

- Swimmer Mackenzie Rumrill wants to work for Nike after she graduates from UA with a degree in Retail and Consumer Sciences

Tucson news

- The Coyotes’ Red-White scrimmage on Sunday was awesome, and also raised $9,000 for the UA Club Hockey program

- The Roadrunners also unveiled their jerseys on Monday. We’re going to have some Roadrunner coverage throughout the season because they’ve invited us, so bookmark this page for future use if you’re interested in Tucson’s AHL team

- Tucson Water says the local water is safe despite high levels of Chromium-6

- Pima County Chief Deputy Chris Radtke has been indicted for the misuse of funds

- A couple of trails have been closed in the Santa Ritas because of bears

- Reid Park Zoo is close to finalizing an expansion to its animal care center

- Tucson terror suspect Mahin Khan has entered a plea deal

- Tucson was named one of America’s most romantic cities. Maybe because of sunrises like this:

@MorganTNN @TucsonNewsNow @totallytucson @KVOA @kgun9 @VisitTucsonAZ @NWSTucson @jeffbeamish Sunrise Sycamore Park Tucson http://pic.twitter.com/NvQ9loVwFS

— Steve (@sparis35) October 9, 2016

Editor’s note: I’ll be largely MIA from Tuesday morning until Thursday night as I’ll be attending my grandfather’s funeral in California. We have tons of stuff lined up for the next few days for your reading pleasure anyways, and we will still be on top of big news that might drop in the coming days. Felt it was fair to disclose that I won’t be around

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