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What Caitlin Lowe and Arizona softball players said following win over Alabama
Arizona used a 7-run fifth inning to run rule Alabama 9-1 on Saturday night, improving to 4-1 on the season. The Wildcats play Washington, whom they lost to on Friday, to wrap up the weekend Sunday morning
You can find out recap here. Below is what head coach Caitlin Lowe, Emma Kavanagh, and Kaiah Altmeyer had to say following the win:
Lowe on the fifth inning performance: “I think you know they tend to catch fire offensively when they’re locked in like that. I think you can see it on the flip side, and you kind of saw that yesterday, but they were locked in. We talked a lot about composure in those big moments yesterday, and I saw a whole lot of people step up and do that today. You know, I think Ko and Kai and Logan. They’re, they’re always great examples. Reagan, but I saw it from Emma Kavanagh, a freshman. I saw it from Sydney Ste. I saw it from Devyn, kind of not having success, and then executing in her last step back there. Those are big moments for us, because if you can stack on top of that, then we’re going to keep getting better.”
On bouncing back from yesterday’s games: “Well, they learned from the loss. They got motivated by it, which is what you always want to see. The losses are, I don’t want to say good, but the losses, you know, you can take them a little bit easier when they’re learning from them. They grow from them, and they’re going to have a bad taste in their mouth about that one for a while. Just knowing that’s not the team that they are, and this is the team that they can be today. So I think that was important for them to respond from and really just be hungry for tomorrow too, and being that consistent team on a daily basis.”
On the crowd showing up, even with both basketball programs playing before and after: “Well, it means we scheduled appropriately, finally, because we normally conflict with a lot of sports. I will say that we did a deep dive into their schedules so that fans could beat everything. We know Tucson fans are die-hard fans, and they’re gonna get to whatever they can. Tucson just shows up for their sports, and I can’t say enough about our crowd today. I think it was one of the X factors of the game, and a reason why our players love playing here.”
On what former head coach Mike Candrea means to the program: “He sits right up there for most of our home games. He’s built this place in such a big way and still a huge part of our program. So our players are proud to work with him because of his standards that he set here. He still comes into the dugout and greets every single player on our team and they love having his presence around too. So we’re honored to have him throw out the first pitch every year, as long as we keep winning the games that he throws out the first pitch.”
On Miranda Stoddard and the pitching roles: “I mean, it’s huge. I have to say, last year did wonders for her, and the fact that she was able to get the ball so much in big moments, high leverage situations, and the growth that came from that was awesome. She stepped into this year a different person, so she wanted the ball, like, in a big, big way that was exciting. I think even more exciting too, was Ryan Maddox coming into that game, and absolutely in good matchups. I’ve just been so pleasantly surprised. Not even surprised, I can’t say I’m surprised, because just to have that composure as a freshman is huge, and it’s huge for us, and it just shows throughout our entire line.”
On the statement to beat Alabama: “I think Alabama is a great team. They have great hitting, great defense, and always great pitching. So I think being able to make adjustments off a really good pitcher in Briski was huge for us, and we struggled against Aaliyah Johnson when we went to Alabama last year, so to be able to execute against her felt like we were making steps in the right direction to kind of not make the game too big, but simplify in those moments. That’s what I saw today. Just everyone locked in. It didn’t matter if they got out their first step and they learned from it and got better in the next one. So that felt good, and mostly just the response from yesterday, when nobody really felt well, nobody really felt good about it. So to turn it around in a quick amount of time says a lot about a good team.
Altmeyer on the win, and the fifth inning: “I’ve just been seeing the ball. I just was glad to be in a position where I could do that for my team. Yeah, it just feels good. We needed that one. I think just passing the bat, that’s like our motto, like, give the bat to the next person. I think I was just the one. I was waiting for that moment and just did what I could.”
On Stoddard’s performance: “That’s huge for her to put up zeros. I mean, just gives the offense more of just, I think, confidence to know that it’s kind of up to us and gives the momentum on our side, and just chipping away and passing the bat. I think just translating what we saw pitch to pitch just helps our team, better get more numbers up on the board.
On freshman stepping up: “It’s awesome. I think just being freshmen and not having the experience that us upperclassmen do at the college level and being able to get hits against these big teams is huge.”
Kavanagh on the win: “I think we caught fire after a tough loss yesterday, we came back and coach Cait fired us up with a pre-game speech, and I think the whole team needed to hear it. I feel like our pitcher stepped on the mound and was ready to go, and that fired us all up. A double play kind of early on, set the tone, and I felt as hitters, we prepped last month, even two months after we got back from winter break, just for that moment.”
On facing Washington again: “Pumped the win today, I know is going to feed into tomorrow, and I know as a team, we’re going to show up like we did today, but tomorrow, and it’ll be fantastic. I feel really good coming in tomorrow.”
On the crowd atmosphere: “I love Tucson fans. They’re fantastic. You’ll find them nowhere else. I know that we have the greatest fans in the country who will travel with us and stay here wherever we go.”
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A complex and years long investigation has led to nearly 50 illegal immigrants being arrested across Alabama.
Federal agents served 14 search warrants in lee, Macon, Elmore, Autauga, Crenshaw and Baldwin counties.
The El Patron Mexican restaurant in Robertsdale was one of the targets.
According to the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama Kevin Davidson, these searches led to more than just arrests.
“Law enforcement recovered distribution amounts of methamphetamine powder, cocaine, crack, cocaine, assorted pills, more than $100,000 of bulk cash, and at least 20 guns,” Davidson said.
At the center of this investigation is Cesar Campos Reyes, who according to FBI Mobile, surrendered himself in Lee County hours after the search warrants were served.
According to a federal indictment, Campos Reyes fraudulently obtained a Paycheck Protection Program loan by falsely certifying documents tied to restaurants that were raided today. Federal agents say the loan funds totaled around $225,000.
Federal agents also going to other El Patron locations in Wetumpka, Opelika and Prattville.
Campos Reyes is said to be the registered agent for the businesses.
Steven Schrank, special agent in charge for HSI in Alabama and Georgia, said this investigation has uncovered a bigger issue.
“This operation was not about any one offense. It was about dismantling a criminal ecosystem, one that profits from the exploitation of people in the circumvention of our nation’s laws,” Schrank said. “In many of the locations we investigated, we uncovered, not only unlawful, unauthorized employment of aliens, but evidence that may point to a broader pattern of criminal conduct.”
Schrank also said businesses who knowingly hire non-citizens are creating a path for other problems.
“When employers knowingly hire illegal aliens, they create a magnet for exploitation, wage theft and unsafe conditions,” he said. “They also sidestep labor laws designed to protect workers, and dissuade honest employers. This creates an underground economy that is often tied to organized criminal activity and puts our communities at risk.”
Federal investigators also said Campos Reyes is the registered agent at the El Patron restaurant in Pensacola.
Although we’re told that business wasn’t raided today, when we stopped by on July 15, a sign on the door said, “closed due to an inconvenience.”
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The Cincinnati Bengals clearly have a strong top of the wide receiver depth chart.
Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins are a great place to start.
The No. 3 spot is held down by Andrei Iosivas.
After that, though? The depth is shaky.
The Bengals can fix that in a trade with the Texans, writes For The Win’s Cory Woodroof. He wants them to deal a sixth-round pick to Houston for John Metchie III.
“After their main three wide receivers, the Bengals have a lot of questions with depth on the roster,” Woodroof writes. “Metchie has flashed impressive play in his Texans tenure, but he’s never been able to consistently carve out a role. Houston has one of the more crowded wideout rooms in the NFL, and Metchie would be an excellent get for Cincinnati at this point in the offseason to compete for the fourth wide receiver spot on the roster. He may well win it. Particularly if injury struck, the Bengals having a solid receiver like Metchie on the roster would be pivotal.”
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Metchie was a star at Alabama but has had a bumpy start to his NFL career.
Especially given Higgins’ injury history, having such talented depth is a great idea.
Soon enough, Metchie could be playing huge snaps in big games for the Bengals if this deal went down.
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Happy Monday, everyone. With 47 days to kickoff, Creg Stephenson looks back at a 47 yard field goal to upset Tennessee back in 1990.
Rarely has an Alabama football victory been more unlikely than on Oct. 20, 1990.
On that day at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., the Crimson Tide scored a 9-6 win over previously unbeaten Tennessee behind Philip Doyle’s 47-yard field goal as time expired. Alabama entered the game at 2-3 under first-year coach Gene Stallings, and had lost several of its top offensive weapons to injury early in the season.
“The only ones who thought we had a chance to win that football game were in our locker room,” Stallings told reporters afterward, and he was probably close to correct.
Alabama updated its roster with new heights and weights, and two offensive linemen notably went in opposite directions.
No. 71 – IOL Kam Dewberry (6-4, 332) -13
This weight loss had to happen. Dewberry played a little too heavy (335) at Texas A&M, and then reported to Alabama weighing 345 pounds. Now he sits down at 332, which should help his functionality and conditioning. He’s in a heated battle with Geno VanDeMark to take over for Tyler Booker at left guard, but I’d say he’s the favorite right now.
No. 74 – OT Kadyn Proctor (6-7, 366) +6
Easily the most discouraging development in the latest roster update. I wouldn’t say it was unexpected when you consider that Proctor was limited all throughout the spring and wasn’t able to do much, but he was still too heavy at 369 last year before dropping to 360 in the spring. The hope (for me, at least) was to see him get down in the 350-355 range at least. Instead, he’s heading in the opposite direction. Maybe that’ll change before Week 1.
Here’s hoping that Kadyn will be in shape and ready to reach his ceiling in year three. As Stephenson notes, much is expected of him.
3. Who is the SEC’s best offensive lineman?
Answer: Kadyn Proctor, OT, Alabama
Proctor is technically on his second stint in Tuscaloosa following a brief transfer back home to Iowa during the winter of 2023-24, but he showed last season why he was so highly touted coming out of high school. He’s physical and aggressive, and uses his long arms and mammoth frame to swallow up opposing pass-rushers.
SEC Media Days kick off this week. The first head coach to take the podium will be Lane Kiffin just after lunch, which should start things off in amusing fashion. Per usual, Alabama’s session will be on Wednesday.
Wednesday, July 16
8-11:50 a.m.
Alabama (Kalen DeBoer, Tim Keenan III, Deontae Lawson, Kadyn Proctor)
Mississippi State (Jeff Lebby, Blake Shapen, Isaac Smith, Brenen Thompson)
Noon-3:45 p.m.
Florida (Billy Napier, Caleb Banks, Jake Slaughter, DJ Lagway)
Oklahoma (Brent Venables, John Mateer, Robert Spears-Jennings, R Mason Thomas)
Kalen DeBoer will of course get plenty of questions about the quarterback battle, but the lines of scrimmage and getting back to the standard that Alabama fans have become spoiled to will also be on the table.
It’s not a big leap to think the defense can take an even bigger step forward in 2025. But the pass rush lacked at times in 2024. Defensive coordinator Kane Wommack often had to get creative to dial up pressure in his first season running the defense. Alabama finished with 25 sacks, nowhere near the top 10 in college football. Boise State tallied the most with 55. Sacks aren’t everything, but it’s still a stat worth improving for Alabama.
LT Overton figures to be the top pass rusher. He was a season ago. Overton taking the next step in his game (and getting sacks) could go a long way in improving the pass rush. But Alabama will need someone to pair with him so offenses can’t focus on blocking only Overton.
Qua Russaw has the potential to be that guy opposite Overton creating havoc for offenses. Or perhaps, someone else can step up.
Can Kalen DeBoer get Tide in the CFP?
The first-year results under Kalen DeBoer weren’t unexpected, but it was still a disappointment for the Tide faithful. The losses to Oklahoma and Michigan near the end of the season were salt in the wound. Alabama is more talented this season than last. Though many will pay attention to the perceived quarterback battle between Ty Simpson and Austin Mack, the big-picture question is what matters: What happens if DeBoer misses the playoff with one of the nation’s more talented rosters?
This next excerpt is just for your amusement.
4. Georgia: Alabama
The last coach Georgia fans ever wanted to see on the other sideline is doing television. Nick Saban was 5-1 against Kirby Smart, but even with Saban in his first year of retirement last season, Alabama still beat Georgia in a wild 41-34 game in Tuscaloosa the final weekend of September. Georgia has lost nine of the past 10 games in the series and hasn’t beaten Alabama in the regular season since 2007, Saban’s first season in Tuscaloosa, when the Mark Richt-coached Bulldogs won 26-23 in overtime. Georgia has vaulted to elite status under Smart, but a second straight loss to DeBoer — especially with this year’s game being played in Athens — wouldn’t sit well with anybody in Athens. — Chris Low
Vanderbilt is listed as Alabama’s. Let’s hope the men are ready for that one.
Last, Deion Sanders made some waves talking about the modern “uniform.”
The head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes wants NFL-style uniform violation fines brought to the college football world. He is particularly bothered by players who wear their pants too short.
“Let’s do something about the uniforms,” Sanders said at Big 12 Media Days. “We’ve got guys in biker shorts. That makes me sick because I’m a football guy — I played this game at a high level and I have so much respect for this game. How can we allow guys out there in biker shorts, no knee pads, no nothing, literally pants up under their thighs, and that’s cool?”
Sanders, who is entering his third year at Colorado, said that officials could enforce the violations by throwing flags at players who don’t wear knee pads. However, he would prefer if players were straight up fined.
Thoughts?
That’s about it for today. Have a great week.
Roll Tide.
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