After going winless in its first four games of the season, the San Manuel football team won four of its final six games and three of its last four, including a 52 – 20 rout against visiting San Carlos last Friday in season finale on Senior Night. The...
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Ray, Superior volleyball teams earn berths in State Playoffs
The Ray and Superior volleyball teams will compete for the 1A State Championship, which begins this Friday, Nov. 2. All first-round and quarterfinals games will take place at Betty H. Fairfax High School in Laveen. No. 10-seed Ray will take on No....
Mild upset propels Hayden to 1A State Semis
The Hayden football team made the more-than three-hour trip to face Salome in the quarterfinals of the 1A state playoffs last Friday night. If you’re going to drive that far, you might as well win, and the fifth-seeded Lobos did just that, upsetting the No. 4...
Superior ready for difficult playoff road
Nothing worth winning ever comes easy. Such is the case for the No. 2-seed Superior football team, which will play No. 7 Bagdad this Friday in the quarterfinals of the 1A State Championship Playoffs. The Sultans, a perennial playoff team that won...
Miner Swimmers split home meet
The Miner Swimmers hosted Amphitheater and Tanque Verde High Schools on Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Mammoth Pool. The Miners finished ahead of Amphitheater, but were unable to win against a much larger Tanque Verde team. The Boys’ Scores were Tanque...
San Manuel defeats Miami, 34 – 14
The San Manuel football team picked up its third win of the season last Friday, defeating Miami on the road, 34 – 14. The Miners, now 3 – 6 on the year, threw for three touchdowns and rushed for two more in the win. Quarterback Caleb Quintero passed for...
Ray’s season ends with playoff loss
The Ray football team achieved one of its goals of reaching the 1A State Championship Playoffs. Unfortunately, it lasted only one game after a 58 – 0 loss to No. 7-seed Bagdad. “The guys played their hardest, so us coaches couldn’t ask any more than...
Hayden advances to Q-Finals
It wasn’t the Hayden football team’s best performance, but it was good enough to reach this week’s quarterfinals after the No. 5 Lobos defeated No. 12 Anthem Prep in the first-round of the 1A State Championship Playoffs last Friday, 34 – 21. “It was...
Superior wraps up undefeated regular season, playoffs next
The Superior football team finished the regular season undefeated for the third time in four years following a 48 – 6 victory at NFL Yet Academy last Friday in the regular-season finale for both teams. Panthers’ senior quarterback Steven Ybarra, who will...
Miner Swimmers do well at CDO Classic
On Saturday, Oct. 13, Miner Swimmers competed in the CDO Classic Swim Meet at the Oro Valley Aquatic Center. Over 400 Swimmers from 19 schools from across Southern Arizona competed at the meet. The cool rainy weather made for less than ideal...