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The Nogales High School baseball team has won five of its last six playoff-qualifying games and headed into a contest Monday in Marana as the No. 3-ranked team in the state 5A Conference.
The Nogales High School baseball team has won five of its last six playoff-qualifying games and headed into a contest Monday in Marana as the No. 3-ranked team in the
Now in its second season, the boys varsity volleyball program at Rio Rico High School is making big strides.
The Rio Rico Hawks baseball team won two of three home games last week, with the two victories coming against 4A Conference Gila Region rivals.
With seven players returning from a team that reached last year’s state tournament, the Rio Rico Hawks entered the 2024 softball season with high hopes.
Athletes from five Southern Arizona high schools met in Rio Rico on March 20 to put their running, throwing and jumping abilities to the test.
Tuesday’s softball matchup between the Rio Rico Hawks and Nogales Apaches was initially suspended after four innings with the idea it would be completed at a later date. The next day, however, the schools agreed to award the victory to Rio Rico, who led 23-13 in a game that saw the Hawks draw 22 walks and the Apaches bang out 17 hits.
The Rio Rico Hawks and Nogales Apaches put so many runners on base and scored so many runs on Tuesday, they weren’t able to finish their game before it got
The Nogales Apaches held off against the Rio Rico Hawks to win their baseball season opener 3-2 on Tuesday at War Memorial Stadium.
The Nogales Apaches got a strong outing from starting pitcher Sal Valenzuela, then held off a seventh-inning rally by the Rio Rico Hawks to win their baseball season opener 3-2
The local qualifying teams include the RRRHS boys and girls teams, as well as the NHS boys team.
Powered by three top-10 finishers, the Rio Rico High School boys cross country team came in first among the 13 schools competing at the Division III Southern Sectional race last
The Nogales Apaches volleyball team swept past the Desert View Jaguars 3-0 on Tuesday, earning an emphatic win on Senior Night.
The Rio Rico Hawks fought off a stubborn Walden Grove team on Tuesday, winning their 4A Gila Region volleyball contest in a tiebreaker set.
“The conditions were perfect. There wasn’t wind, it wasn’t cold. It was perfect,” said 49-year-old Ruben Leon, one of the 13 participating members of the Titanes, a Nogales-based club.
Ever wonder how fast someone could ride a bike from downtown Nogales to Sonoita and back? Alexander Kuzmenko did the 62.6-mile ride on Saturday in 2 hours, 47 minutes and
The Mayos de Navojoa walked off with a 5-4 win over the Águilas de Mexcali when preseason professional baseball returned to Nogales on Wednesday evening.
After taking a 2-0 lead into halftime, the Patagonia Lobos soccer team allowed four unanswered goals in the second half before losing 4-3 on Tuesday to the Pima Roughriders.
The Little League 50/70 Division West Regional tournament made its way back to Nogales this week, kicking off with a parade through Morley Avenue Thursday afternoon.
The varsity co-ed soccer team from EdOptions High School in Nogales won the Canyon Athletic Association State Championship on May 12 with a 2-1 win over Imagine Prep at Surprise.
Rio Rico High School was well represented when the 4A Gila Region baseball and softball all-region teams were announced for the 2023 season.
Esteban Acevedo is headed to Hastings College to play baseball and football; Benjamin Ley-Shipley will continue his football career at Ripon College; and Luis Martin Romero is set to join the baseball program at South Mountain Community College.
Three senior athletes at Nogales High School were honored Tuesday for earning the opportunity to study and play sports at the collegiate level.
Stroller-pushing parents, seniors, seasoned sprinters, young children, and even a dog or two were among the athletes to cross the finish line Saturday during the second annual Nogales Quarter Marathon and Health Fair.
Early Saturday morning, before the heat settled in, hundreds of people made the trek down Morley Avenue – either walking, jogging or sprinting – in the second annual Nogales Quarter
The No. 3-seeded Nogales High School baseball team jumped out to an 8-0 lead after two innings, then withstood a late rally by the No. 6 Williams Field Black Hawks to win 12-8 Monday in the second round of the 5A Conference tournament.
The No. 3-seeded Nogales High School baseball team jumped out to an 8-0 lead after two innings, then withstood a late rally by the No. 6 Williams Field Black Hawks
The team of Gustavo Duran, Christian Fuentes and Marcel Savinon from Nogales High School defeated their counterparts Brophy Prep 4-0 to clinch the Rocket League title at the state esports championships last weekend.
A year after finishing as runners-up, the Epaches take Rocket League crown.
Sal Valenzuela was dominant on the mound for the No. 3-seeded Apaches, striking out 11 batters while allowing just two hits and a walk over 5 2/3 innings. Thomas Teel and Jorge Amaya each had two hits for NHS, and David Zazueta had two RBIs.
Nogales will next play on Monday, when they host No. 6-seeded Williams Field High School of Gilbert at War Memorial Stadium starting at 4 p.m.
The No. 3-seeded Nogales Apaches will host No. 14 Cienega starting at 11 a.m. Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in the first round of the 5A Conference state tournament.
Down a run heading into their last at-bat on Wednesday, the Rio Rico Hawks baseball team rallied for a walk-off 8-7 win over the Arcadia High School Titans of Phoenix, earning a spot in the 4A Conference state tournament in the process.
Down a run heading into their last at-bat on Wednesday, the Rio Rico Hawks baseball team rallied for a walk-off 8-7 win over the Arcadia High School Titans of Phoenix,
A four-run fourth inning by the Rio Rico Hawks broke a 3-3 tie and opened the offensive floodgates to an eventual 15-6 win in the play-in round of the state 4A Conference softball tournament on Wednesday at RRHS.
A four-run fourth inning by the Rio Rico Hawks broke a 3-3 tie and opened the offensive floodgates to an eventual 15-6 win in the play-in round of the state
Back-to-back state tournament play-in action is on tap at Rio Rico High on Wednesday, when the No. 9-ranked RRHS baseball team takes on No. 24 Arcadia at 4 p.m., and the No. 11-ranked Hawks softball team plays No. 22 Marcos De Niza starting at 6 p.m.
The No. 9-ranked RRHS Hawks baseball team will take on No. 24 Arcadia of Phoenix, while the No. 11-ranked Rio Rico softball team will play No. 22 Marcos De Niza
Sal Valenzuela, a junior lefthander, struck out 12 while scattering three hits and three walks over seven innings. He threw 102 pitches – 66 for strikes.
Sal Valenzuela pitched a complete game shutout to lead the Nogales Apaches past the Salpointe Lancers last Friday night in a battle of Southern Arizona baseball powerhouses at War Memorial
With a run of three-straight victories, the Rio Rico Hawks closed out the 2023 girls tennis season on a high note.
A win in their final match of the season on Tuesday helped the Nogales High School girls tennis team jump two spots in the state rankings and earn the No. 14 seed in the state Division II tournament.
A win in their final match of the season on Tuesday helped the Nogales High School girls tennis team jump two spots in the state rankings and earn the No.
Shahean Simon, a senior at Nogales High School, has already surpassed by more than a foot the height he pole vaulted last year when he won the state Division II championship.
Shahean Simon, a senior pole vaulter at Nogales High School, cleared the bar at 14 feet, 6 inches last Friday at the Jerry Lee Invitational in Benson, easily winning the
The Rio Rico High School Hawks scored seven times in their final two at-bats to earn a 9-8 comeback baseball win last Friday in Douglas.
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