Sports

Camp Verde football has eight returning players on its offense, and eight on its defense.

Camp Verde cross country prepares for its Sept. 16 season opener at Fountain Hills High School

The Mingus Union boys and girls cross country teams kicked off their 2020 campaign Saturday by splitting a pair of dual meets against Prescott.

Depth and experience best describe the 2020 edition of the Mingus Union boys cross country team.

With five of the seven runners returning that finished ninth at last year’s state cross country championships, Coach Dave Moncibaez has high hopes for this year’s Mingus girls’ team.

Mingus Union swimming coach Gretchen Wesbrock says even though some alterations and solutions needed to be created in order for her teams to get in the water, getting into the water is a solution unto itself.

ASU women’s basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne reminisced of days when her elementary school teachers would read books like “The Chronicles of Narnia” to her during classes, something she said was “one of my favorite times of the day.”

Food tends to bring back fond memories for most people. For Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson, the scent that wafted from his grandmother’s kitchen every Sunday evening when Peterson was a child still brings comfort.

When the NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously to allow athletes to make money off their names, images and likeness, it presented an interesting challenge: Navigating the murky waters of activism and branding can be tricky.

The Mingus Union High School athletics department is only allowing two tickets for football and volleyball players this fall.

Not only does the Mingus Union Marauder football program have some new players, its coach said this week — and the team has also been able to get some seasoned veterans to return as well.

Phoenix Rising FC will make history Friday as the first professional sports team in Arizona to allow fans to experience in-stadium live sports since the COVID-19 shutdown.

Camp Verde boys soccer plays its first regular season game of the season Thursday, Sept. 17 at Chino Valley.

Camp Verde girls soccer opens its 2020 season at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 at home against Show Low.

The Mingus Union girls golf team had less time to get ready this upcoming season because of the pandemic.

Mingus Union High School's boys golf team opens its season on Sept. 22 at Oak Creek Country Club in the Village of Oak Creek.

Camp Verde volleyball players tryout Aug. 31-Sept. 1 for the school's varsity and junior varsity teams. Wednesday, practice begins.

The Indoor Football League (IFL) held an introductory press conference Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Findlay Toyota Center to announce that a new indoor football franchise will be coming to Prescott Valley and will be ready for action at the start of the 2021 season.

To understand Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson is to appreciate his relationship with former player Josh Pastner.

A month ago, the Arizona Coyotes left their families behind to begin the long-awaited postseason journey at the NHL bubble in Edmonton, Canada.

Although Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) guidelines allow fall golf to hold its first competitions the week of Aug. 24, Mingus Union Athletic Director Yancey DeVore said that both boys and girls were given an extra week to acclimate themselves not only to playing again but also Phase I COVID-19 restrictions such as face masks and social distancing.

High school athletic directors and football coaches are eager to kick off the season – assuming the season even happens – but the COVID-19 pandemic likely means no fans in the stands, tough safety protocols for players on the field and tighter budgets for high school sports.

As long as Arizona Interscholastic Association member schools are offering education, they can offer sports.

Every year for 46 years, hundreds of runners met at the village of Shungopavi, Second Mesa, on Hopi land, to race in honor of Louis Tewanima, a Hopi who won a silver medal in the Olympics in 1912.

Peter Calandra, a Class of 2020 graduate from Mingus Union, signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey.