Sports
Basketball
Indigenous star player Jude Schimmel inspires next generation at youth basketball camp
Former University of Louisville standout and professional basketball star Jude Schimmel spent Monday afternoon doing more than teaching basketball fundamentals at the Bee Hółdzil Events Center.
Baseball
D-Back Inter-Tribal Youth Baseball Tourney: AZ Native Elite doubles up on NM Pack for Triple A Division title
The Arizona Diamondbacks Inter-Tribal Youth Baseball Tournament had two familiar foes playing in the Triple A Division championship game on Thursday.
Rodeo
Wild Thing ready to ‘rock and roll’ with annual bull riding
The 33rd Annual Wild Thing Championship Bullriding will have five returning champions competing at this year’s event.
Track & Field
Volcano Vista’s Talen Riley captures his first-ever state crown
The New Mexico Class 5A 1600-meter state race came down to the final 200 meters.
Soccer
Xavier College Preparatory’s Kateri Etsitty caps her high school soccer career with state runner-up finish
Kateri Etsitty, a Diné student at Xavier College Preparatory, took her high school soccer team to the state championships three times in her career.
Wrestling
KC’s Ethan Billey, Grants’ Gary Chavez defend state crowns
Kirtland Central’s Ethan Billey and Grants senior Gary Chavez repeated as state champions Friday at the New Mexico Class 4A Powerlifting State Championships.
Football
Teams search for answers at Monument Valley 7-on-7 as football season approaches
Sixty-two days remain until the start of the 2026 high school football season in Arizona and New Mexico.
Popular Sports
Piñon football serves up win – and roast mutton
By the time the stadium lights flicked on in Piñon, the game had concluded while the air carried the smell of roast mutton and frybread turning a football game night into something more like a fall Navajo Fair than a small-town game.
Golf
Diné golfer Myra Yazzie looking to qualify for state
Earlier this month, the Arizona Interscholastic Association released the current state leaders for fall golf in Division I and Division II.
Volleyball
Area prep volleyball teams using summer tournaments to build team chemistry
The Window Rock Lady Scouts hosted a round robin volleyball tournament last week for a handful of area high school teams prepping for the upcoming season.
