Articles by Lee Patterson

The third seeded Pima Roughriders opened the Girls Copper Open Tournament with a complete wire-to-wire performance Tuesday night, defeating No. 14 Alchesay 58–43 in first…

Two area teams will open postseason play Tuesday when the 3A Girls Soccer State Championship begins, with Thatcher hosting River Valley and Safford traveling to…

The Copper Open Championship tips off Tuesday night and immediately puts every team on the clock. Sixteen teams from 1A through 3A enter one bracket,…

THATCHER, Ariz. — Eastern Arizona College has named Abe Tizaf as the new head coach of its men’s soccer program. Tizaf brings more than a…

With the basketball regular season winding down, the picture across the Gila Valley is no longer about who belongs. It is about where teams are…

by PaolaB, Cronkite News January 15, 2026 PHOENIX – The day after, Adrian Stubbs was honored like a celebrity around the Maryvale High School campus….

The first AIA power point basketball rankings of the season are out, and early on the Gila Valley is showing exactly why it continues to…

Eastern Arizona College didn’t just lose a former coach this week. It lost one of its cornerstones. Charles “Chuck” LaVetter, the longtime men’s basketball coach…

Thatcher pulled away late to defeat Pima 72-58 in the championship game of the 63rd Annual EAC Boys Holiday Tournament, closing out the week with…