Tommy Mommer climbed up into the crowd to celebrate his D-I heavyweight title. It’s his third straight championship at state, the first two coming at 220 in ‘16-17. He’s the only Cibola three-time champ in school history.
Cibola's Thomas Cain has repeated as the Division I 3,200-meter state champion. After winning in a photo finish last year, Cain won comfortably this time
Cibola senior distance-running star Thomas Cain signed his national letter of intent today with the University of Central Arkansas, an NCAA Division I school
Here are the nominees for the Yuma Sun/Yuma Rotary Club Male Athlete, Female Athlete and Coach of the Year awards. The winners will be announced at next Monday's banquet
Kofa senior cross-country/track runner Michael Jaso signed his national letter of intent today with Chadron State College, an NCAA Division II school in Nebraska
Big local football news: Lucky Arvizo has stepped down as Cibola’s head coach, he informed the team today. In 17 seasons, Arvizo led the Raiders to a 96-82 overall record, eight state playoff appearances and 12 YUHSD titles
Cibola sophomore Kelly Katalbas pitched a perfect game today — 21 up, 21 down — against Boulder Creek in the Raiders' 9-0 win in the 1st round of the 6A state tournament. Katalbas struck out 6, and the Raiders' played flawless defense behind her
The annual Yuma Sun/Yuma Rotary Club all-region sports banquet will be held next Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the Civic Center. Here are the nominees for Male Athlete, Female Athlete and Coach of the Year. The winners will be announced at the banquet
Kofa boys soccer beat San Luis tonight 3-2 in a thrilling finish. Abraham Ramirez scored the game-winner with 3 seconds - yes, 3 seconds - left. It was the first varsity goal of his career
In today's paper: Esteban Franco led the state in goals and assists, and helped Gila Ridge to its first-ever state title... he's our Boys Soccer Player of the Year
Wrestling: Tommy Mommer is our Wrestler of the Year for the third year in a row. All 14 members of the all-region placed 4th or higher at state, 6 (including Mommer) were state champs
Cibola softball beats Tucson High 4-3 to win the 6A Southern region championship. Fittingly, Cibola’s 3 senior starters accounted for all 4 RBIs. Kamryn Moctezuma (8) had the winning 2, Nicole Villa (4) and Ela Henry (3) had 1 each.
Boys soccer: Esteban Franco put up some of the best stats in the state while leading Gila Ridge to its first-ever state title, and he's our POY. Seven all-region members (including Franco) were members of state championship teams (4 GR, 3 YC)
Lastly, girls soccer: Yuma Catholic freshman Ariana Leamons burst onto the scene this winter with 38 goals for the 3A state runner-up Shamrocks, and she's our POY. 5 Kings, 3 Shamrocks, 3 Raiders, 1 Hawk, 1 Sidewinder make up the all-region team.
Yuma Catholic quarterback Gage Reese was awarded the Arizona Cardinals' Arizona High School Player of the Week today. Reese threw for a school-record 609 yards and 7 touchdowns in last week's win at American Leadership-Queen Creek
'This celebration was 3 years in the making'
Gila Ridge boys soccer's strong senior class, who were sophomores when program turnaround under Corey Semler began, go out on top by beating Cortez 3-0 in the 4A state championship
Here are our spring all-region teams, beginning with baseball. Cibola center fielder JJ Martinez is our Player of the Year. He finished the season with the highest batting average in 6A (.560)
Kofa’s Keiley Sharp had quite the afternoon at the Division I state meet. She dominated the javelin, winning the state title with a PR of 149-2. And she also tied her PR in the high jump, taking 3rd at 5-5
Gila Ridge beat Tempe, 5-0, in the 4A boys soccer semifinals tonight. Esteban Franco had two goals and one assist. Evis Fierro, Joel German and Ian Meza each had one goal. Hawks will play the winner of Salpointe Catholic vs. Cortez in the state championship Saturday.
Semler: “I feel like every championship team has one of those moments in the playoffs. I think this may be our moment, and we just steamroll the rest of the way.”
Game story from Gila Ridge's 1st-round playoff win:
Antelope football will visit Juneau, Alaska this weekend in the season opener. The Rams used a firehose at practice today to prepare to play in the rain