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.

After Gov. Doug Ducey unveiled his plan Thursday for schools to reopen, the Arizona Interscholastic Association continued to prepare for a season of fall sports.

Phoenix Rising FC found itself on the positive end of an unfortunate situation.

Jason Franklin’s personality had taken a dramatic turn.

As the coronavirus pandemic disrupted practice schedules and cut short seasons, Ray Anderson challenged Arizona State coaches to find a way to make their programs stronger.

The Northern Arizona Suns leaving Prescott Valley for Phoenix is not a slam dunk after all.

Jason Collier, a six-foot 160-pound guard, has signed a letter of intent with Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.

Bradshaw Mountain High School has hired longtime Mingus Union coach Bob Young as its football coach in Prescott Valley.

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) announced on Friday, July 10, that its Presidential Advisory Council has recommended that a majority of sporting competitions be moved to the spring semester of 2021 due to growing concerns regarding the coronavirus.

Sixty-nine FBS schools nationwide have released or reported data on coronavirus testing of its athletes, the Buffalo News reported. Arizona State is not one of them.

After playing the past three-plus seasons at the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, the Northern Arizona Suns are relocating to Phoenix because of economic impacts.

Although artificial turf has greatly improved since its introduction in the 1960s, studies suggest it is still likely to cause more injuries among athletes than its more expensive counterpart: natural grass.

Monday, Camp Verde High School announced that it was suspending summer sports workouts in response to Gov. Doug Ducey’s executive order meant to reverse the trend of COVID-19.

Making a college decision is hard enough.

After coaching one year at Sedona Red Rock, former Mingus Union head football coach Bob Young has joined Camp Verde’s coaching staff.

According to head coach Rick Walsworth, the players and coaching staff are observing social distancing protocols on both the field and in the weight room.

Mingus Union High School Athletic Director Yancey Devore said Friday that all of the school’s summer practices and workouts have been canceled until further notice.

The upside to Mingus Union pole vaulter Joelle Santiago is that there seems to be no limit to her upside.

When asked if he’ll want to run a spread offense in his first year as the new Mingus Union football coach, Doug Provenzano said he’ll evaluate his athletes first.

Nearly two weeks after protests for George Floyd’s death began to spread across the country, Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said he wants the dialogue about race to continue, on his team and throughout the world.

Camp Verde senior Jacy Finley is the school's 2020 female athlete of the year.

Camp Verde senior guard Jason Collier is the school's 2020 male athlete of the year.

Densmore also competed in cross country and in track and field at Mingus Union. His ability to play well in multiple sports is only one reason why Densmore is Mingus Union’s male athlete of the year for 2019-2020.