The Miner swimmers traveled to the Fort Lowell Pool in Tucson to compete with The Gregory School and Morenci High School. This is the first year Morenci HS had swim team and this was their first swim meet ever. After a weather delay, the meet was...
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Volleyball Roundup: Hayden nets first win of the season
Hayden After an 0 – 4 start to their season, the Lady Lobos picked up their first win of the year, defeating Baboquivari last Friday, 3 – 0. Ray Following a 3 – 0 start, the Lady Bearcats suffered their first loss of the season last Friday, as NFL Yet...
Historical Perspective: The Union Ore Car
In the late 1980s, the relationship between the United Steelworkers of America Local 937 and Magma management began to change. It was moving from being adversarial to a more cooperative system. Don Shelton, former President and spokesman for the union...
Historical Perspective: A San Manuel Union Man
San Manuel was built as a company town. Magma Copper Company needed a place to house its workforce. San Manuel has also been a union town. With Labor Day just past, we thought we’d take a look at one of San Manuel’s Union Men. Don Shelton...
Miner swimmers look sharp in season opener
After several weeks of practices, the Miner Swim Team opened the season against Palo Verde High School on Aug. 30 at the Terra Del Sol Pool. The Miner Boys team won 70 – 36. The Miner Girls won 6 out of the 11 events contested, but were beaten by a larger...
San Manuel Miner football improves but result is the same
The San Manuel football team made its greatest strides so far this season but, unfortunately, the result remained the same, as the Miners were defeated at Tombstone last Friday, 36 – 26. The loss was The Miners third-straight to start the season. ...
San Manuel football hoping early tough schedule pays off later
At quick glance, the results after San Manuel’s first two football games don’t indicate many positives, but that depends on whose viewpoint it is. In two losses, the Miners have been outscored, 104 – 6. In Yuma Catholic and Benson, the Miners...
New San Manuel FFA member wins Diversified Livestock award at Arizona FFA State Convention and represents at the National level
A new member of the San Manuel FFA took top honors recently at the Arizona FFA State Convention for developing an excellent supervised agricultural experience in Diversified Livestock - Entrepreneurship/Placement. Connor Sawyer from Tucson, AZ and now a...
Sea Lions look sharp in League relay meet
All seven teams in the Central Arizona Swimming League were invited to the League Relay Meet on July 7 at the at Parkside (Anthem Merrill Ranch in Florence). Only three teams attended the meet – the Sea Lions, the Parkside Piranhas and the Coolidge...
San Manuel Barbershop – new owners, new name
The San Manuel Barbershop, a stable business in the community since the 1950s, has been sold. In January, Greg and Marie Luna sold the barbershop. The new owners in partnership are Rolando Sierra, his wife, Kaylee, and Victor Peralta. Rolando and Kaylee...