Payson Roundup Sports

04/24/2024

No. 13 Payson hosts No. 20 Wickenburg in a 3A Softball State Play-In Game at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The winner advances to the 16-team state tournament at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Payson is one of our 3A East teams finishing among the top 24 and making at least the play-in round.
Snowflake and Winslow earned byes into the state tournament based on finishing among the top eight in the rankings.
No. 14 Show Low (10-8) hosts No. 19 Kingman (10-7) at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Payson finished third in the 3A East at 5-5. Show Low (4-6) finished fourth.
Snowflake (17-1 ranking games) and Winslow (16-3) both host first-round games at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 27.
The final rankings and state tournament bracket will be revealed on Thursday, April 25 after the play-in round.
The quarterfinals are at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1 at the high seed. The semifinals are at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 3 at Papago Softball Complex in Phoenix.
The final is on Saturday, May 11, with time and location to be determined.

04/12/2024

Longhorns win again

Breeze Morgan went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI to lead Payson's 14-hit attack in a 10-7 3A East softball win in Lakeside on Friday, April 12.

03/31/2024

It's a new era for Payson track.

Dominic DeOcampo is relying on others as he begins a new era with the Payson High track and field team.

03/23/2024

Payson's Kurtis Kelton works on his short game as he warms up for the Longhorns' four-team nine-hole golf match at The Golf Club at Chaparral Pines on Friday afternoon. Click on the link to read the story and view photos of all four Payson golfers playing.
https://www.paysonroundup.com/sports/kurtis-kelton-third-as-payson-golfers-finish-one-shot-back-of-second/article_0eaf786a-dde0-5b6a-8f16-4cc0900e4649.html

03/04/2024

Come on out and see the Longhorns in the home opener tonight at 6 o'clock.

Brian Young enters his 12th season as Payson’s varsity baseball coach looking for what he’s always looking for — a state tournament berth.

03/02/2024

Payson wins softball opener and is 1-1 heading into home opener at noon on Saturday, March 2. (photo from last season)

Payson opened the softball season with a 10-2 win at Florence on Feb. 29.

02/14/2024

Both Payson athletes went 4-0 to win girls wrestling section championships and qualify for the state tournament.

Payson entered two wrestlers into the Feb. 6 AIA Division 2 Section 3 Girls Wrestling Tournament at Wilson Dome on Feb. 6.

02/14/2024

Round three Wednesday night at Show Low

The Longhorns closed the regular season on a roll.

02/13/2024

Back to the big dance!

For the first time in six years, Payson’s girls basketball team has qualified for the state tournament.

02/13/2024

Historic night

Mikey Schinstock made history in leading Payson to a season-ending 79-60 boys basketball victory over Winslow on Friday, Feb. 9.

02/08/2024

Payson's Madison Young and Jasmine Sellis both won championships at the AIA Girls Wrestling Div. 2 Section 3 Tournament at Payson on Feb. 6 to qualify for the state tournament. See the story and more photos in the Feb. 13 Roudup.

02/08/2024

Our photos from Payson's big senior night win over Show Low. See previous post for a link to the story about the game.

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02/08/2024

“These kids are resilient. They know how to push through adversity and these seniors do a good job of leading the way in that. And I think that showed up tonight. It was fun to watch them.” - Payson coach Jon Hatch

The Longhorns watched a nine-point halftime lead evaporate as Show Low’s Cameron Wallentine drained a three-point basket to put the Cougars ahead 50-48 with 2:29 to play in the third

02/07/2024

“My parents decided it would be better to move to the United States just because of the universities here and just because there are more opportunities." — Payson senior Dominik Stuerzer

NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect Payson moving its senior night ceremony from Wednesday, Feb. 7 to Monday, Feb. 5. We didn't receive word of the schedule change

02/05/2024

“There’s nothing like competing with your brothers and fighting for improvement day in and day out.” — Anderson Hatch.

Payson’s boys basketball team seems in good shape to make the 3A state tournament if it can win at least a couple of it’s five remaining games.

02/01/2024

“It’s definitely a hard thing to deal with playing sports and all the low blood sugars it brings, but I’ve had it since I was 10, so I’ve got the hang of it,” - Payson junior basketball player Clara Whaley

Clara Whaley just wanted to play basketball.

01/16/2024

Way to go Gage!

Gage Palace seems to be where he wants to be at the right time.

01/16/2024

These Longhorns believe they can compete with anyone and they proved it in Snowflake against the No. 3 Lobos.

They knew they could compete with the best teams in the 3A East.