Verde Valley Sports

Local wrestlers to grapple with Antelopes at Mingus day camp

Verde Valley SportsMay 22, 2015

The newest Division I wrestling program in the National Collegiate Athletic Association is coming to Mingus Union High School. After a meteoric rise...

Baseball legend reflects on career, family, and Hall of Fame

Verde Valley SportsMay 11, 2015

He has won 354 Major League Baseball games and the most Cy Young awards of any pitcher in the history of the sport —...

End of era marks next year’s ones to watch

Verde Valley SportsMay 5, 2015

As the school year draws to a close, it feels like the end of an era in Verde Valley sports. In most sports,...

Mingus Rams bunt, run their way to league title

Verde Valley SportsApril 30, 2015

Ultimately, Clarkdale-Jerome School’s softball team proved it was banner-worthy. The pitching of seventh-grader Mikayla Brogdon and production of eighth-graders Delaney Hartnett and Lindsey Jones...

Four wrestlers win titles at Las Vegas nationals

Verde Valley SportsApril 28, 2015

Two high school and two middle school wrestlers captured weight class titles Saturday, April 25, at a national wrestling tournament in Las Vegas. Conrad...

Baseball and softball teams take second

Verde Valley SportsApril 28, 2015

Four Camp Verde Middle School baseball and softball players were named to the all-Verde Valley League teams after the Cowboys fell in the championship...

Lobos kick into final four games

Verde Valley SportsApril 16, 2015

Although they each sport 2-5 records, the soccer teams at Cottonwood Middle School still have a shot at the postseason with four games to...

League’s numbers not spiking at rec

Verde Valley SportsApril 15, 2015

As another spring volleyball season winds down in the Cottonwood Recreation Center, Jack Teel can’t help but notice the smaller numbers. “We’re...

Chagollas re-team after three-year hiatus

Verde Valley SportsApril 15, 2015

A 200-pounder with a familiar name led all other eighth-graders competing Saturday, April 4, at the second Weekend Wars. Favian Chagolla, the oldest...