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
Leading rusher’s 2020 season nixed Read more
The Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board met on Wednesday and issued preliminary outlines for the return to high school sports … Read more
PHOENIX – Following the lead of the Big Ten and others, the Pac-12 Conference announced its football teams will play only conference games in 2020. Read more
PHOENIX – Major League Baseball announced the 2020 60-game D-backs schedule which will consist of 10 games against the Colorado Rockies, Los A… Read more
Team ropers from northeastern Arizona greatly improved their season standings with strong showings at the World’s Oldest Rodeo in Prescott on … Read more
Multitudes of roping teams from across the western United States converged on Linden Valley Arena on July 2-4 for Cowboy Christmas in July — t… Read more
The Arizona-based auto racing sanctioning body Pro Auto Sports secured the St. Johns Airpark for its many divisions of road racing in the Inau… Read more
Cowboy Christmas brings team roping Read more
School administrators around Arizona have another two weeks to try and determine the best way to reinstate school-related athletics and activi… Read more
SIGNAL PEAK — Central Arizona College athletic director Chuck Schnoor is not doing well these days. Read more
The Round Valley Roundup opened on Friday, July 26, with a junior rodeo for four age divisions from 6 and Under to 15-18. Read more
The Round Valley Roundup featured mutton bustin’ for kids 6 and under on Friday, July 26. Read more
Next month the Arizona Interscholastic Association will conduct a survey of high school administrators on the subject of the reestablishment o… Read more
Despite the cancellation of Show Low’s Deuces Wild Rodeo and the Taylor Night Rodeo, which were scheduled for this weekend, there is still lot… Read more
EAGAR — Some of the top talent in the Southwest will be at the Round Valley Rodeo Grounds for two days of professional rodeo this weekend. Read more
PHOENIX – When Major League Baseball canceled the remainder of spring training games on March 12 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it w… Read more
Gunner Hamblin works hard to stay on his mount in mutton bustin' at the Round Valley Roundup Junior Rodeo on Friday, June 26. Hamblin got a sc… Read more
ROUND VALLEY — The Springerville council voted at the June 17 meeting to hold the 4th of July rodeo and parade. Town Manager Joe Jarvis said t… Read more
APACHE JUNCTION — The Mogollon Mustangs avenged their only loss of the season and won the 1A State Football Championship, defeating Pima 42-32… Read more
A semblance of normalcy will return to the White Mountain sports scene this weekend as the Town of Eagar presents the Round Valley Roundup on … Read more
The usual full slate of annual summer rodeos and holiday celebrations in the White Mountains has changed this year because of a recent increas… Read more
PHOENIX – The first time Deric Ladnier, the Diamondbacks’ director of amateur scouting, saw Bryce Jarvis, he knew he wasn’t ready for the big … Read more
Dozens of professional and collegiate athletes and hundreds of Native American youth from across the country spent a week in Whiteriver in mid… Read more
TUCSON – Masks during workouts and daily health checks are among the phase 1 requirements the University of Arizona has put in place for its a… Read more
Bike races delayed until fall Read more
Payson professional angler Clifford Pirch is thrilled to be back on the Bassmaster Elite Series after it was postponed for three months becaus… Read more
TEMPE — Four years after the Show Low Cougars won the school’s first state football championship, head coach Jeremy Hathcock’s 2003 squad ente… Read more
PHOENIX – After an unprecedented postponement of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Suns are going to be playing basketball again. Read more
White Mountain Apache Tribal Fair and Rodeo commissioners decided last Tuesday to cancel the 2020 WMAT Fair and Rodeo. Read more
Mogollon’s Tyler Owens (5) goes up for a shot between a pair of Rock Point defenders during the 2019 playoffs. Read more
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