Mike James - The Independent
Round Valley's Brett Haws gets a piece of the ball Blue Ridge's Farron Kinney hopes to put through the hoop. The Elks downed the Yellow Jackets, breaking their 16 game winning streak Tuesday in Round Valley's dome. |
EAGAR - After struggling for three quarters before using a big final period to rally past St. Johns and push their winning streak to 16 games in a row the previous night, the Yellow Jackets couldn't pull out another one on Tuesday.
Round Valley's 2-3 zone defense frustrated Blue Ridge all night and the Elks finished with a 23-6 run over the final 8:45 to pull away in a game tied 32-32 late in the third quarter in beating the visiting Jackets 55-38.
The Elks pushed their winning streak to 11 games while handing Blue Ridge its first defeat in six and a half weeks.
Round Valley hasn't lost since falling 67-58 to Flagstaff Coconino in the third-place game at Blue Ridge's White Mountain Holiday Classic on Dec. 31. The Elks, who lost 71-55 at Blue Ridge on December 15, improved to 22-6 overall and 7-2 in the 3A East and kept their hopes of sharing the 3A East championship alive with one game remaining for both teams.
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When Adam Larsen took over as Snowflake's head football coach the Lobos were coming off a 4-7 season and had gone three consecutive seasons without winning a playoff game. |
HEBER - Joseph City took first place at the Mogollon Invitation Jan. 29-30 with seven wrestlers finishing in the top three in their weight classes. |
U-17 Show Low soccer club | The U-17 Show Low club soccer team attended the Fort Lowell Soccer Shootout Tournament in Tucson in January and took second place. They played teams from New Mexico and Colorado. Pictured are, front row from left: Sydney Bloomer, Jeralyn Walker, Morgan Atteberry, Mikayla Brannon, Rochelle Bloyer, Lacee Perry, Norma Espinosa, Jessica Little, and Shelby Helwig. In the back row, from left, are: Taylor Wilson, Haley Pomeroy, Michi Garvin, Jessica Ruddy, Ashley Slone, Ashli Meyers, Ashley Hoskins, and Hailey Brewer. Coaches are Ryan Slone (left) and Jason Wilson, |
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WHITERIVER - The Round Valley Elks started and finished strong for a 64-56 win at Alchesay last Saturday. Duskin Donaldson and Michael Ciminski combined to score 35 points in the win. |
EAGAR - The Elks have gotten hot at the right time. |
Stevie Hinton scored 11 points to lead Blue Ridge to a 40-33 3A East girls basketball victory over host Show Low on Friday, Jan. 29. |
WHITERIVER - Just five days after losing by two in overtime to Round Valley, the Alchesay girls basketball team dominated the Lady Elks in a rematch of the crucial 3A East Region game last Saturday. |
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Mike James - The Independent
Blue Ridge's Kenny Kellywood tries to block a shot attempt by Show Low's Dallan McClanahan (25) as teammate Jud VanWinkle (2) assists. The Yellow Jackets downed the Cougars 58-42 Jan. 29 in Show Low. |
The football titles occur so frequently that it's not difficult to keep track of them.
But Blue Ridge basketball championships don't come along that often.
Neither do 15-game winning streaks.
So this is a special season for the Yellow Jackets, whose 58-42 win at Show Low on Friday night clinched at least a share of the 3A East boys basketball championship with two games remaining.
It's Blue Ridge's first region crown since 2000-01.
And the way the Jackets are playing this season it appears they won't be sharing the title with anyone.
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SNOWFLAKE - Round Valley edged host Snowflake 37-36 in wrestling on Wednesday, Jan. 27. |
The Round Valley Elks ran their win streak to 10 games with a 62-30 victory against Window Rock in a 3A non-region game Jan. 26. |
Nick Johnson, Korey Wilcox and Kenny Kellywood all scored 16 points to lead host Blue Ridge to a 69-60 boys basketball victory over St. Johns on Wednesday, Jan. 27. It was the Yellow Jackets' 14th consecutive win. |
Show Low Parks and Recreation is hosting a Men's 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament at the Show Low High School Gym on President's Day weekend. |
The winners of their respective Elks Lodge Shoots traveled to Winslow's Bonnie Brennan Middle School on Jan. 30 to compete against each other in the North District Elks Hoop Shoot. |
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Blue Ridge Little League is seeking volunteers to coach all levels of softball and baseball this season. |
Blue Ridge Little League is seeking volunteers to coach all levels of softball and baseball this season. |
Time is running out to register your team for the Adult Basketball League. |
Blue Ridge Little League is seeking volunteers to coach all levels of softball and baseball this season. |
Time is running out to register your team for the Adult Basketball League. |
