By Andrew Luberda Copper Area News About two weeks ago, the Arizona Interscholastic Association announced a geographical area needed 10 people or fewer per 100,000 test positive for COVID-19 to play games in contact sports such football and soccer. Last week,...
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Hayden High School cancels fall sports
Hayden High School will be canceling all fall sports for the health and safety of student athletes, families, and community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hayden High School will not be participating in fall sports. The concern is that playing sports could...
High school fall sports season starts but will it finish?
Caption: Ray is a nay while Hayden is on hold. It’s practice only right now for the Superior Panthers. Whether they will compete or not is still in question. Photo by Phalicitee ‘Pinky’ Thomas The Executive Board of the Arizona Interscholastic Association voted...
AIA announces delayed start to fall sports season
What is the future of 2020/2021 sports in the Copper Corridor? As the increasing number of COVID-19 cases makes Arizona one of the worst hot spots in the nation, the Arizona Interscholastic Association announced last Friday that the high school fall sports...
Sea Lions host ‘Whiskers vs Thunder’ swim meet
Asher Riekofski and Gabriel Hudson ages 5yrs. (Photo courtesy Apuron Photography) The Sea Lions’ season continued with a home meet on Saturday, June 27. The Sea Lions Team was split into two squads, Team Whiskers and Team Thunder (both named after team...
Sea Lions compete against Tucson Aquabears
The Sea Lions travelled to Tucson to swim against the Aquabears on Saturday, June 20. In what has been a drought of youth sports so far this year, it was nice to begin competitions. The Sea Lions were excited to take on the Aquabears after narrowly...
Sea Lions open season with boys versus girls meet
Alianna Rinney, 7, swims in her first swim meet. She was also named Beast of the Week. Photo by Apuron Photography Normally, the Central Arizona Swimming League opens the season with a meet involving all the teams. This year due to virus concerns each...
Lobos’ Perez and Guillen named Principal Award Honorees
Sarrah PerezManny GuillenHayden's 2020 Principal Award winners. Hayden High School student-athletes Sarrah Perez and Manny Guillen were recently named the recipients of the annual Principal Awards, which celebrates outstanding achievement by dedicated students...
Hayden’s Arbizo named Waddell Award recipient
Chuco Waddell’s wife Gloria, Chuco’s son Brandon and granddaughter Yvana Waddell present the Waddell award to Ahleah Arbizo (pictured second from left). Recent Hayden High School graduate Ahleah Arbizo was selected as the 2020 Norberto “Chuco” Waddell...
Hayden High School announces athletic awards recipients
Hayden Lobos Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, schools in the Copper Area are continuing their end-of-year ceremonies and recognitions in some manner or another. This includes Hayden High School, which recently released its list of student-athletes who were...