Sports

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.

The sport is typically called track & field.

This is “Last Chance” week for Arizona high school track and field athletes.

Former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Buddy Schultz and his Arizona Baseball Foundation recently granted $4,300 to the Camp Verde Little League.

Saturday, April 24, Camp Verde beat Page twice. First game 14-9, second game 15-2.

The Mingus Union softball team improved to 15-0 with a 16-1 home win over American Leadership Academy on Friday, April 23.

The Mingus Union boys tennis team won four of its final six duals of the season to finish with a 6-6 record.

Many high school students spend as much time on football fields, baseball diamonds or volleyball courts as they do in the classroom.

Tuesday, the Camp Verde Cowboys baseball team hosts Fountain Hills at home. Friday, Camp Verde faces Fountain Hills on the road.

The young 2021 Mingus Union girls tennis team was able to bring its season to a positive end this week.

A grand-slam home run in extra innings by Mingus Union’s Zach Harrison beat the Winslow Bulldogs, 17-16, in a wild game at home on Monday.

Camp Verde golfers both individually and collectively had a strong week on the links.

After Wednesday’s dramatic win over Greenway, Mingus Union is still undefeated.

A grand-slam home run in extra innings by Mingus Union’s Zach Harrison beat the Winslow Bulldogs, 17-16, in a wild game at home on Monday.

There were two distinct definitions of the word “dominance” in Friday’s Mingus Track and Field Invitational.

Mingus Union's 5-4 loss on April 12 to Bradshaw Mountain and 6-3 home loss Tuesday, April 13 to Prescott left the girls tennis team with a 1-8 record.

At 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, the Camp Verde softball team hosts the 7-4 Williams Vikings.

April 13, Mingus Union's softball team improved to 12-0 overall and 10-0 in the 4A Grand Canyon Region with their 10-0 home victory against Bradshaw Mountain.

Thursday, Camp Verde's golf squad shot a collective 215 to beat its three opponents at Elephant Rocks Golf Course in Williams.

With just five weeks remaining, athletes from both Mingus Union and Camp Verde high schools have positioned themselves strongly for the Arizona State High School Track and Field championships.

After winning its first six games, the Camp Verde baseball team has lost four in a row. The team, made up mostly of underclassmen, isn’t getting the breaks these days.

Last week, Mingus Union’s boys tennis team had nearly all the mixed success a squad can have.