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Crazy 8’s: Lady Miners defeat Miami in extras, 8 – 5

  After allowing Miami to score two runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game, the eighth-ranked San Manuel softball team scored three runs in its half of the eighth inning to earn its eighth win of the season in Miami last Friday, 8 – 5.   Junior...

Big innings propel San Manuel past Globe, 13 – 0

  The 14th-ranked San Manuel baseball team used a four-run fourth inning and a seven-run sixth to handily defeat Globe on the road last Tuesday, 13 – 0.   The Miners pounded out five extra-base hits – four doubles, a triple and a homerun – of their 16 total...

Ray softball team atop the state rankings

  The Ray softball team has won its last four non-tournament games, including all three games last week in lopsided fashion, and as a result has taken over the top spot in the 1A state rankings.   The Lady Cats, who knocked off then No. 1 Superior on Mar. 20...

Bearcats start new winning streak

  After having its seven-game winning streak snapped by then top-ranked Superior on Mar. 20, the fifth-ranked Ray baseball team started a new streak by winning three-straight games.   The Cats defeated Baboquivari (4 – 2), Duncan (12 – 2) and NFL Yet Academy...

Lady Miners extend winning streak to five games

  The eighth-ranked San Manuel softball team extended its winning streak to five games following a couple of run-rule victories against San Miguel and St. Augustine last week. In last Wednesday’s 10 – 0 win against visiting San Miguel, freshman Jazmyne Waddell...

San Manuel hosts AMRA Round 8 – Copper Classic

By Jonathan Barrett Special to the Miner   The Motocity Anthem Arizona State Championship Series round 8/ Fly Racing Mini Series round 7 hosted by AMRA and Trail Riders of Southern Arizona landed on the fields and surrounding desert of San Manuel High School in...

Lorona’s long ball leads No. 1 Ray past No. 5 Superior

  Senior Tara Lorona, a Gateway Community College commit, broke a scoreless game with a sixth-inning homerun to lead the top-ranked Lady Bearcats to a 1 – 0 victory against the visiting Pantherettes last Wednesday.   The game was the first of two...

Superior’s McConnell does it all against No. 4 Bearcats

  Top-ranked Superior benefitted from a memorable performance by junior Daniel McConnell, who starred on the mound and at the plate in the Panthers’ 4 – 1 victory at Ray last Wednesday.   The loss was the Cats’ first of the season and ended their seven-game...

Superior’s McConnell tosses complete game shutout against San Manuel

  Superior junior Daniel McConnell threw a complete-game shutout to earn his win of the season in the Panthers’ 7 – 0 victory against visiting San Manuel last Thursday.   The southpaw starter scattered six hits across seven innings without allowing a run or...