Sports

On two first-half goals and a second-half score, Camp Verde’s boys soccer team beat Snowflake 3-0 at home Tuesday at Sam Hammerstrom Field.

The 2020 golf season started out like a bad left-hook off the tee for Coach Craig Mai and the Mingus boy’s golf team.

Two Mingus girls’ golfers have made it into the state tournament as individuals, but the team’s run during the past few weeks fell short.

The Camp Verde girls soccer team won its final two matches of the season, 3-0 at home on Oct. 22 to Holbrook, 3-0 at Payson on Oct. 26.

Arizona high school swim teams haven’t gotten into the same water at the same time this fall.

Friday, Camp Verde boys soccer travels to Flagstaff to face the 2-5 Northland Prep Academy Spartans. That game starts at 4 p.m.

In one of the few times this fall they’ll face a large field of competition, the Mingus Union cross country teams showed Friday they can pace themselves and finish competitively.

With about five minutes to go in the first quarter, junior quarterback Garrett Dulaney scored a touchdown for Camp Verde against Scottsdale Christian Academy.

With five runners among the top 18 finishers, the Camp Verde boys cross country team was a decisive winner in the open division of the Holbrook Invitational Friday.

With the Arizona sun shining, players scored goals, officials blew whistles and spectators cheered as youth soccer took center stage at the recent 2020 Arsenal Challenge tournament at sports complexes around the Valley.

The Mingus Union volleyball team continues to struggle to remain consistent.

The Marauders made many solid plays in Friday’s 42-6 home loss to Bradshaw Mountain, but turnovers and inconsistencies were simply too much to overcome.

Monday, the Camp Verde girls soccer team travels to Payson for the team’s final regular season game of the fall soccer season. Camp Verde is set to face the 3-8 Longhorns at 4 p.m.

Saturday, Camp Verde boys soccer hosts Blue Ridge at 1 p.m. at Sam Hammerstrom Field.

At 6 p.m. Thursday, the Camp Verde girls soccer team hosts Holbrook at Sam Hammerstrom Field.

The intersection of sports and politics took center stage again Monday night when a campaign ad featuring a Northern Arizona football player aired during ESPN’s broadcast of the Arizona Cardinals-Dallas Cowboys game.The intersection of sports and politics again took center stage again Monday night when a campaign ad, featuring a Northern Arizona football player, aired during ESPN’s broadcast of the Arizona Cardinals-Dallas Cowboys game.

The Mingus Union football team appears to have conquered one of its biggest 2019 demons: slow starts.

Now 3-6 overall, the Camp Verde girls soccer team hosts Holbrook at 6 p.m. Thursday at Sam Hammerstrom Field.

Friday, Camp Verde varsity football team travels to 3-0 Scottsdale Christian.

At 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Camp Verde boys soccer team will face the 0-6 Spartans of Ash Fork.

With the 2020 high school cross country season running into the home stretch, Mingus Union is making its final surge to a berth in the November state championship race.

Despite a pair of losses this week, the Mingus Union volleyball team continued to improve in at least a handful of categories this week.

Thursday, Camp Verde defeated the Chino Valley Cougars 3-1 at home for the Lady Cowboys first win of the season.

When the Pac-12 football season kicks off Nov. 7, the festivities won’t include fans, at least initially. But conference players hope to have their parents there.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shuttered sports worldwide, youth sports suffered declines in participation in the last few years for numerous reasons, from health and safety concerns to lack of time and travel commitments.