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Black wrestles to top state honors

Camp Verde Elementary School fifth-grader Tori Black was named Most Outstanding Wrestler as her team, as well as the local middle school girls, won...

Dixon tops 2 sports in week

Another crazy thing — or two — happened during the latest Leap Week in February. On Feb. 20 and 27, they happened...

Badgers give rookie coach title in upset

It’s never too early to learn, even in the Camp Verde Grasshopper basketball leagues, to never underestimate the girls. Even when they are down...

Keep the games about the kids

As basketball season ends, and Big Park Community School faces closure, I want to say that, regardless of the personal feelings rival parents, coaches...

Cowboys, Marauders hoops face playoff challenges

Although Camp Verde and Mingus Union high schools each begin their basketball postseason Friday, Feb. 19, the commonalities end right there. ...

Mejia, Uhler win while Miller takes 6th

End of the trail for the Cowboys. While two Camp Verde High School wrestlers won individual state titles, the team fell...

Seniors lift valley hoops teams to playoffs

The Verde Valley is filled with dangerous, experienced guards. Consistent perimeter scoring has been the name of the game in lifting Mingus...

Mingus Rams scrape by Bobcats

Clarkdale-Jerome School dodged many bullets en route to its fourth straight Verde Valley Conference boys basketball title — most of them fired by athletic...

Here’s to year free of Roman numerals

Forget the metric system — no more Roman numerals. In case you haven’t heard, the National Football League has dropped its use...

Speedy Excelsiors turn back clock

Jan. 20, 1881, the Prescott Weekly Miner documents how the Fort Verde Excelsiors challenged “any club in the city of Prescott to a game...

Three valley teams test host Clarkdale for title

Just because two teams enter the Verde Valley Conference basketball tournaments undefeated Friday, Jan. 28, doesn’t mean they’re going to sweep through the postseason...

Volleyball teams eager for playoffs

Ten teams will represent Camp Verde, Clarkdale, Cottonwood and other local towns in the Yavapai-Apache Nation to wear the coveted T-shirts of the coed...

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