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Most youth who have played basketball at the park or in their driveway have likely done this: pretended to hit a high-stakes shot as the buzzer sounds.

Winning high-school softball programs sometimes have chances to showcase individual talent and get players into good college situations.

The team has a record number of swimmers signed up for the program this year, after taking a year off because of the pandemic in 2020.

So successful was Alexis Ayersman that the Mingus junior was named the 4A Grand Canyon Region Player of the Year, one of its first-team pitchers and was named to the 4A all-state first team as a pitcher.

The Marauder’s 18-3 season ended in the quarterfinals of this year’s single-elimination 4A state tournament with a home loss to Paradise Honors.

The Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley seats about 5,100 spectators for sporting events. For seven months during the pandemic, though, it sat empty – except for the ghosts of dearly departed minor league teams.

Camp Verde is looking for swimmers for the new Parks and Recreation swim team at the Heritage Pool.

The Mingus Union boys soccer team played some sharp matches in the COVID-19-shortened 2021 season.

Mingus Union baseball junior Jan Alvarez was named First Team All-4A Grand Canyon Region Position Player in the 4A Grand Canyon Region for 2021.

Peterson’s winning clearance was a full foot and a half better than the next best jump in the competition.

Sedona-Red Rock junior Shota Yabuuchi and Camp Verde senior Ashlee Bueler were among the brightest stars in the 2021 Division IV Track & Field Championships last weekend.

Tuesday, Mingus Union's softball season ended with a 6-3 loss in the Class 4A state quarterfinals.

On April 16, Kaden Pusl pitched a perfect game against the Agua Fria (Dewey) team at Bradshaw Mountain Middle School.

Mingus Union's Chayce Doerksen will play basketball at Central Arizona Junior College in Coolidge.

When the coronavirus pandemic put a halt to most recreational sporting events and activities, people began looking elsewhere for exercise and competition.

In 2020, Camp Verde’s track and field team had one competition before schools shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Mingus Union High School track and field team will send a 13-member delegation to this weekend’s Division III State Championships at Desert Vista High School.

There is zero time to think when you’re an outfielder racing in to catch a line drive.

Sports is a billion-dollar industry, with revenue streams ranging from television rights to ticket sales. Add cryptocurrency and NFTs to the mix, and this latest gold rush has leagues, teams and players taking advantage of opportunities in an unlikely territory.

May 4 in Williams at Elephant Rocks Golf Course, Camp Verde's Blake Pierce shot a 99 across 18 holes in the Regional Invitational Event.

Mason Rayburn, Camp Verde High School’s multi-sport multi-dimensional athlete, is this year’s 3A North Central region’s offensive player of the year.

There are many ways to scrape together a win in high school softball. This week, Mingus Union and Prescott each found a way.

Senior pitcher Trey Peters struck out his last batter on his 105th pitch Wednesday, ending Mingus Union’s baseball season with an exciting 1-0 win in front of a home crowd.

In need of a solid effort to bounce back from their first loss of 2021, that’s what the Mingus Union softball team got Friday, April 30.

The Mingus Marauders beat the visiting Cactus Cobras, 8-4, April 28 on another strong pitching performance by Jan Alvarez.