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Pelfrey seeks first win to bring back ‘old days’

Camp Verde Middle School football could use a return to the old days. That is the hope of 12th-year head coach Brian Pelfrey, whose...

High Desert football back and bigger than ever

The morning after the cheers die down from the Mingus Union High School opener, fall’s opening weekend continues with three youth football games at...

New Bulldogs AD has hands-on approach

As the new athletic director of South Verde High School, Luke Hicks is jumping into the job with both feet — not to mention...

Osburn’s fighters take five golds in Phoenix

After coaching five fighters to gold medals at the Arizona state championships June 27, Brazilian jiu-jitsu trainer Ted Osburn is on the hunt for...

Wrestlers pick up where they left off at Wars

Matt Mejia’s final year at Camp Verde High School is off to a better start than his previous finish, but nothing less than a...

Haglund has lax approach to life’s passion

Lacrosse is not just a sport for Albin Haglund: It is truly a passion. Haglund, a 1976 lacrosse national champion and former head coach...

Father coaches Noone to wins

Camp Verde’s assassin is also its comeback kid. Conrad Noone, a seventh-grade wrestler at Camp Verde Middle School, continued his success July 25 at...

26 Clippers end season by letting Games begin

Summer’s end means not a final team bow for the Cottonwood Clippers, but a time for individual swimmers to meet their goals. With 57...

Weir lassoes win in Colorado, two more rodeo scholarships

After a slow start, recent Camp Verde High School graduate Danya Weir is returning home with more than $1,200 more for college. In Durango,...

Clippers swim teams sweep lightning-shortened invitational

In a seven-team race to win the Verde Valley Invitational, the Cottonwood Clippers got the sweep in before the strike. Lightning strikes, to...

Harris nears third straight softball crown

Shortstop Amanda Cannon doubled home third baseman Russ Hardy to cap a four-run comeback by Harris Garage Door, which secured the top summer coed...

Vintage Verde baseball returns for Cornfest

At Fort Verde State Park, everyone can travel back to 1871 to play baseball in its original form Saturday, July 18, at the Camp...

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