This week it is fall soccer’s turn to get back to games that count. It is all part of the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s staggered return to high school sports following a shutdown in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
After last winter’s basketball season, coaches selected Holbrook senior Madison Chappell as the East region and state Player of the Year for D… Read more
Recent Alchesay High School graduate Malachai Harris is the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s 2A North region basketball Player of the Yea… Read more
Schedules for Arizona’s Division 1A eight-man football league were released late last week. There are 21 teams in four regions and games will … Read more
Subject to change without notice. Read more
SHOW LOW — There is a Pickleball tournament scheduled this Friday, Sept. 18 - Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Show Low city outdoor courts, locate… Read more
The latest sign that prep sports in the state is getting closer to normal is the fact that prep soccer is just days away. Read more
The City of Show Low conducted its annual men's slow-pitch softball tournament, which is normally held over Memorial Day Weekend each year, on… Read more
The state’s Division 3A Volleyball programs finalized region alignment and released schedules late last week. Read more
On Wednesday, in a special meeting called by the Executive Board of the Arizona Interscholastic Association, a vote was conducted to endorse t… Read more
Optimism is gaining on despair after the Arizona Interscholastic Association released guidelines for resuming fall sports and practices have b… Read more
TUCSON – The University of Arizona family is mourning the passing of Hall of Fame men’s basketball head coach Lute Olson, who died on Thursday… Read more
Arizona’s Division 3A posted its revised football sectional alignment and posted its 2020 schedule on Tuesday. Read more
Football schedules for teams in Division 2A were posted on the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s web site on Thursday. Read more
PAYSON — The most unpredictable season in ProRodeo history has about five weeks left in the year-long race to qualify for the Wrangler Nationa… Read more
Kids ate cotton candy and laughed along with their parents at funnyman Donnie Landis’ skits and jokes during the World’s Oldest Continuous Rod… Read more
SHOW LOW — Tri in the Pines, the City of Show Low’s sprint triathlon originally scheduled for Aug. 8 and postponed until September, has been c… Read more
The Arizona Interscholastic Cycling League will compete beginning in late September with three new venues announced on its fall schedule. Read more
There will be three days of men’s softball competition on Saturday through Monday, Sept. 5-7 at Show Low City Park Senior and Ponderosa fields. Read more
There are 109 volleyball teams set to compete this fall in three divisions, 1A-3A, as of Aug. 22, according to the Arizona Interscholastic Ass… Read more
ST. JOHNS — Former professional players David Jones, founder of Positive Image Sports, Oliver Miller and Jeff Malone visited St. Johns High Sc… Read more
Matt Sherwood’s bio:
Wrangler National Finals Rodeo appearances with finish in world standings:
2006: 1st, partnered with heeler Walt Woodard of Stockton, Calif./Stephenville, Texas.
2008: 1st, partnered with Randon Adams of Logandale, Nev.
2011: 3rd, partnered with Cory Petska of Marana.
2015: 15th,partnered with Travis Woodard of Stephenville, Texas.
2016: 8th, partnered with Quinn Kesler of Holden, Utah.
2019: 14th, partnered with Hunter Koch of Vernon, Texas. Read more
Youth soccer players take to the practice fields at Frontier Park in Show Low on Monday, Aug. 17. Since March, the coronavirus pandemic has sh… Read more
Players, parents and coaches kick off fall practice for AYSO soccer at Show Low’s Frontier Fields on Monday. Up to four teams at a time spread… Read more
PHOENIX – The Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation is now accepting applications for the $100,000 School Challenge, presented by University of Phoe… Read more
TUCSON — Middle distance runner Reichen Cooke of Show Low has formed many bonds in his life. Read more
PHOENIX – When Ray Anderson, Arizona State’s vice president for university athletics, first heard about the possible long-term heart issues co… Read more
The World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo is Aug. 20-22 at the Payson Event Center. This is the 137th anniversary of the August festivities and it i… Read more
GILBERT – The most unusual Pac-12 football season will officially begin Sept. 26 and for Arizona State football, that’s definitely the case. Read more
Dr. Kristina Wilson, a Pediatric Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and member of the AIA’s Sports Medicine… Read more
Athletic teams from area could return to preseason practice within two weeks while some others will have to wait another month, according to t… Read more
SHOW LOW – The rodeo stands and livestock chutes will be empty this year. Read more
After school districts on the Navajo Nation as well as the Whiteriver Unified School District voted to cancel high school sports for the upcom… Read more
A team roping heeler (left) aims for the hind legs of a roped steer during Cowboy Christmas in July at Linden Valley Arena on July 4. Team rop… Read more
The Adams State cross country program unseated Cal Poly, which had won a record 10 straight national titles (1982-1991), atop NCAA Division II… Read more
In the late 1990s, a pair of Round Valley High School graduates dominated on a national level in collegiate distance running. Read more
The NFHS is tracking the status of high school sports as fall seasons approach. Because of the pandemic, several states have delayed the start… Read more
WHITE MOUNTAINS — Two area high school football coaches are taking the threat of COVID-19 seriously as they prepare for school reopening and p… Read more
Top Choice Baseball and Arizona’s United States Specialty Sports Association conducted the inaugural Arizona East vs. West USSSA All State Gam… Read more
Ron Chaffin of Pinetop takes aim at a target during the White Mountain Bowhunters Second Annual Extreme 3D Competitive Shoot at the White Moun… Read more
PHOENIX – After Gov. Doug Ducey unveiled his plan Thursday for schools to reopen, the Arizona Interscholastic Association continued to prepare… Read more
LAKESIDE — Sports or academics? Read more
Kadan Brimhall (right) scrambles to his feet after disrupting a Chino Valley advance during the Yellowjackets’ win in the 2019 State Fall Socc… Read more
Shasta & Co. Rodeo Events, LLC recently held a five-round barrel race series at Linden Valley Arena. More than 50 barrel racers from Arizo… Read more
PINETOP – The Eastern Arizona Counties Organization (ECO) has made a contribution of $35,000 to support the Range Rider Program managed by the… Read more
In the year 2000, St. Johns High School’s boys basketball program was honored by the Arizona Interscholastic Association as one of its Teams o… Read more
Linden Valley Arena hosted Youth and Open barrel racing on Saturday, July 11. Read more
With more than one out of 10 people on the Fort Apache Reservation testing positive for coronavirus, the Whiteriver Unified School District vo… Read more
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