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...
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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...
Mt. Vista Jr. High’s Morris wins CJHL Wrestling Championship; five other Cougars place
Mountain Vista Cougar Wrestling Team Mt. Vista Junior High eighth-grader Tommy Morris won the championship of his weight division (118) at the Central Junior High League Wrestling Championships, which took place at San Manuel Jr/Sr High School last Thursday....
Lady Miners rout Lady Vipers, 60 – 13
Aubrey Encinas shoots the ball trying for three points. Photo by Jacob Doucette San Manuel sophomore Aubrey Encinas and junior Victoria Zazueta combined for 42 points in the 22nd-ranked Lady Miners lopsided 60 – 13 win against visiting San Miguel last Tuesday...
Miners play full game in victory against San Miguel
Jose Moreno shoots the ball in the game against San Carlos. Photo by Denessa Apodaca The No. 13-ranked San Manuel boys’ basketball has found difficulty playing with the same intensity and skill level after halftime most of the season, and it was especially...