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...
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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...
San Manuel MBB wins AIA Sportsmanship Award
AIA Sportsmanship Award The San Manuel boys’ basketball team recently concluded one of the most successful seasons in school history and followed that achievement by being chosen as the winner of the 2020 Arizona Interscholastic Association 2A Conference Boys...
COVID-19 ends potentially special season
The San Manuel Jr. High softball team was off to a 5 – 0 start to its season when the pandemic first prematurely interrupted it, then subsequently ended it. “My team is sad, but we need to be safe,” head coach Ernie Ivy told the San Manuel Miner in a...
Duarte’s ‘best game of the year’ leads Superior past Ray
Superior Panthers Superior junior Nathan Duarte scored a game and season-high 26 points in the Panthers’ 54 – 44 victory against rival Ray last Friday night in Kearny. “(Nathan) He did a great job attacking the zone defense and pulling up for the...
Superior’s Lopez named All-American
Sammy Lopez, All American Superior senior Sammy Lopez was one of 12 football players throughout Arizona to be named First Team All-American at the 31st Annual Fall Sports High School Awards Banquet. The award was presented by the Dairy Council of Arizona, the...
Nine Tri-Community wrestlers place at tournament
Tri-Community Wrestlers The Tri-Community wrestling team, which included wrestlers from Mt. Vista and San Manuel Jr. High Schools, placed 9 of 12 wrestlers at the Coronado Team Dual Tournament, which took place two weeks ago. As a team,...
Three Jr. Miners place first at CJHL Wrestling Championships
Adrian Lozoya with his opponent on the mat. Photo by Pacey Smith-Garcia San Manuel Junior High School eighth-graders Raymond Garcia (93), Vicente Curry (111) and Aiden Lozoya (245) won the championships of their respective weight divisions at the Central Junior...
Miners defeat Desert Christian on Laguna’s late free throw
Benny Laguna going up for the shot. Photo by Nikki Porras San Manuel senior Benny Laguna’s free throw with 4.3 seconds left helped the No 17 San Manuel boys’ basketball team defeat No. 18 Desert Christian last Tuesday in Tucson, 50 – 49. Desert...