Articles by Lee Patterson

The stakes are clear tonight night at Safford High School. When the Pima Roughriders face the Window Rock Fighting Scouts in the quarterfinal round of…

The Boys Copper Division Tournament tips off Wednesday night, and for three local programs, the path forward is crystal clear. Win and move on to…

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…