Girls Tennis

Manon wins second straight Sun/Rotary POY

MATT CARSTENS - @YSMATTCARSTENS

Kofa No. 1 singles player Michelle Manon's junior year was full of seconds. She earned her second Crim Smash title, a second trip to the second round of the state tournament and now is receiving her second 2013 Yuma Sun/Yuma Rotary Girls Tennis Playe... Full story

Hawks tennis set for team state

MATT CARSTENS - @YSMATTCARSTENS

After seeing all of its players eliminated from the individual tennis tournament this weekend, Yuma still has two more chances to bring home hardware.Both the Gila Ridge boys and girls tennis teams qualified for team state: the boys as a No. 10 seed ... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (April 20): Prep Tennis, JUCO Softball, Local Golf

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It was a rough day for Gila Ridge tennis. Hawk senior Katlyn Jones lost 6-1, 6-0 to No. 4 Natalia Lombardi in the third round of the Arizona Interscholastic Association Division II State Tournament on Saturday at Paseo Racquet Center in Glendale. &ld... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (April 19): Tennis, baseball, softball, track, soccer

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PREP TENNIS Eventful first day at state A pair of Yuma County boys doubles teams made the second round at the AIA Division II State Tennis Championships in Phoenix.The Gila Ridge duo of Scotty Nickerson and Kevin Qian won in the first round 6-0, 6-... Full story

AIA Tennis State Tournament Schedules

Friday Indian School ParkDivision I Boys SinglesBoyer (Cibola) vs. Quach (Mesquite), 10:30 a.m.Tapia (San Luis) vs. Layton (Highland), 10:30 a.m.Kochise (Kofa) vs. Matusiak (Willow Canyon), 10:30 a.m.Division I Boys DoublesSon-Murugesan (Cibola) vs.... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (April 16): Baseball, softball, tennis

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PREP BASEBALLHawks take down SidewindersThe Gila Ridge baseball team jumped on the scoreboard early and got another strong performance from its ace in a 8-2 win over San Luis on Tuesday. Hawks' starting pitcher Victor Castro pitched a complete game, ... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (April 15): Prep Softball, Prep Tennis

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The Kofa softball team continued its winning ways with a 10-1 thumping of Lake Havasu on Monday.Kings starter Sarai Camacho earned the win with 11 strikeouts and surrendering one hit over seven innings.Kaitlyn Swain led the charge offensively for the... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (April 13): MMA, Prep track, Prep tennis, Pop Warner

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MMAGastelum win Ultimate Fighter Kelvin Gastelum became the second Yuma fighter to win The Ultimate Fighter, beating Uriah Hall in a split decision on Saturday night.Gastelum won on two cards 29-28 and lost 29-28 on the third.Gastelum also became th... Full story

McKenna, Hawks cruise past Kofa

MATT CARSTENS - @YSMATTCARSTENS

After suffering its first loss of the season Monday to Lake Havasu, the Gila Ridge girls tennis team rebounded with a 7-2 win over Kofa Tuesday afternoon.Though the Hawks' undefeated streak came to an end the day before, Gila Ridge's No. 2 singles pl... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (April 9): Boys track, girls tennis

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PREP TRACK AND FIELDMontoya breaks own recordCibola's Bernie Montoya broke his own state record in the 3,200 at the Arcadia Invitational on Saturday. Montoya ran the race in 8 minutes, 47.07 seconds — but didn't win first place. The senior from... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (March 28): Softball, golf, tennis

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PREP SOFTBALL Vega's four RBIs lead Criminals Yuma High's Allison Vega was perfect from the plate and the Criminal softball team won 6-3 at El Centro-Central on Thursday.Vega finished 4 for 4 with a home run, double, two runs and two RBIs in the wi... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (March 25): Baseball, tennis, softball

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PREP BASEBALL Shamrocks rout Gila Bend The Shamrocks continued their hot hitting defeating Gila Bend 15-0 in both sides of a doubleheader Monday.Matt Milnick's five strikeouts in three perfect innings in Game 1 was all Yuma Catholic needed before t... Full story

Qian, Manon win Crim Smash for second straight year

MATT CARSTENS - @YSMATTCARSTENS

Sometimes lightning strikes in the same place twice.That's what it felt like Saturday as Michelle Manon and Kevin Qian both repeated as champions in the 2013 Crim Smash tennis tournament.In a rematch that was eerily similar to the 2012 Crim Smash fin... Full story

Rangel impresses early at CrimSmash

MATT CARSTENS - @YSMATTCARSTENS

Nerves were apparent as Kofa's No. 2 Mitzy Rangel stepped on the court for her first-round Crim Smash match against Michaela Harking of Antelope.Once the first-tournament jitters settled for the Kings' freshman, Rangel went on to defeat Harking 7-1 i... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (March 21): Softball, baseball, tennis

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PREP SOFTBALL Kings get revenge over Hawks The Kofa softball team avenged a run-rule loss earlier this season to Gila Ridge with a 4-3 win over the Hawks on Thursday.The Hawks (6-2 AIA power point games) led 3-0 after four with ace Nikki Kelland on... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (March 20): Baseball, softball, track and field, tennis

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PREP BASEBALL Cibola shuts out San Luis Cibola pitcher Zebastian Valenzuela dominated on the mound and helped lead the Raiders to a 10-0 win over San Luis on Wednesday.Valenzuela threw six innings, allowing two hits and three walks while striking o... Full story

Manon wins but Yuma High beats Kofa

MATT CARSTENS - @YSMATTCARSTENS

Kofa No. 1 singles player Michelle Manon continued her dominating season with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Yuma High's Anqelica Urquidez, but the Kings couldn't hold off the Criminals, losing 6-3.Last Thursday, Kofa defeated Yuma High 5-4 with the match comin... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (March 19): Baseball, softball, tennis

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PREP BASEBALLYuma Catholic thrashes San PasqualJoey Miranda had five hits, five RBIs, two doubles and a home run on the day as Yuma Catholic swept a doubleheader from San Pasqual on Tuesday, 18-0 and 19-0.Miranda (2-0) picked up the win in Game 2. Ja... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (March 15): Prep Baseball, Prep Tennis, Horse Shoes

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San Pasqual's pitchers combined for 19 strikeouts as the Warriors won the first two games of their home tournament Friday.Andrew Lomaintewa struck out 10 in six innings in a 7-6 win over Vincent Memorial, then Andrew Limones struck out nine in a 14-2... Full story

LOCAL GLANCE (Mar. 13): Softball, track and field, girls tennis

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PREP SOFTBALL Evans hits two homers in loss Alexis Evans hit a pair of home runs and drove in five, but it wasn't enough as Cibola fell 16-6 at Tucson-Sunnyside on Wednesday.Bethany Olea added two doubles and an RBI. But the Sunnyside bats proved t... Full story

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