By Andrew Luberda San Manuel Miner The San Manuel football team defeated Ft. Thomas in its home-opening game of the season last Friday night, 42 – 12. The Miners have won consecutive games by 30 points or more to start the season 2-0 for the first time...
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Miners ready to make some noise after division reclassification
The entire San Manuel High School athletic program will compete in the 1A Division after years competing as a 2A member. “I think our teams can be really competitive,” San Manuel Athletic Director Damon Lovato told the Miner during the summer. According...
Hayden cancels fall sports
By Andrew Luberda Copper Basin News The Hayden-Winkleman Unified School District announced in a Sept. 14 press release that it was canceling fall sports. “Hayden High School will be canceling all fall sports for the health and safety of student athletes,...
AIA adjusts metric to begin competition between teams
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,...
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...