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First Take: Another sports banquet in the books

Monday marked my second Yuma Sun/Yuma Rotary Club Sports Banquet since I moved here in December 2022 and it was one of the best experiences in my time...

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First Take: So close, but so far

16.05.2024 10

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First Take: YC baseball on a roll

Yuma Catholic baseball is once again on the doorstep of greatness. Starting tonight, the Shamrocks will play in a best-of-three series against...

07.05.2024 8

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First Take: Spring sports in playoff mode

The playoffs are in full swing, and if you haven’t had a chance to make it out to a spring sport in 2024 so far, your opportunities are running out....

30.04.2024 20

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First Take: A weekend at the Long Beach GP

This weekend, I attended the 49th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, a three-day event which sees six different race series compete in Southern...

23.04.2024 20

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First Take: Last week of regular season sports

As much as I wish it weren’t true, this week marks the final week of regular-season high school sports in Yuma County. It’s been an incredibly...

16.04.2024 10

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First Take: Is wrestling cool again?

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, professional wrestling was all the rage. Megastars like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock propelled the...

09.04.2024 8

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First Take: Baseball is here!

After a long offseason, baseball is back! Opening Day was last Thursday, so I hope you have had the chance to enjoy at least one game over the Easter...

02.04.2024 10

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First Take: Addressing morning football practices

It might be March, but a football topic has been making waves locally. Last week, a coach at the YUHSD board meeting advocated for the district to...

26.03.2024 3

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First Take: Welcome to the Madness

It’s the most wonderful time of the year to be a sports fan. The perfect 68-team tournament is back for another edition in 2024, and I couldn’t be...

19.03.2024 10

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First Take: NFL free agency craziness

The first day of the NFL free agency negotiation period is here and it hasn’t disappointed, resulting in a flurry of deals including big names from...

12.03.2024 6

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First Take: Spring sports in full swing

With the ushering in of spring comes a new sports season. It's time for baseball, softball, track & field and more golf here in Yuma. With only two...

05.03.2024 4

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First Take: How we select our sports coverage

There have been some recent concerns from readers regarding our coverage of Arizona sports, specifically professional and collegiate teams around the...

27.02.2024 6

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First Take: Wrestling State Championships

This past weekend, I had the privilege to attend the AIA Wrestling State Champion-ships, covering a plethora of local wrestlers who competed at the...

20.02.2024 10

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First Take: Sports injuries can be brutal

After watching Super Bowl LVIII, I’ve been doing what any sports fan does when they don’t see the result they desired – asking hypothetical...

13.02.2024 4

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First Take: Winter sport playoffs are knocking

This week marks the final week of winter sports here in Yuma, so let’s check back in as we approach the playoffs. Girls Hoops: In 1A, San Pasqual...

06.02.2024 3

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First Take: Soccer reigning supreme

Much like the temperature this week, things are rapidly heating up in Yuma County high school sports. Playoffs are on the doorstep, and there are two...

30.01.2024 1

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First Take: Winter sports wrapping up

As the end of January rapidly approaches, so does the end of the winter athletic season. Let’s look at how things stand. Boys Hoops: Cibola has...

24.01.2024 9

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First Take: Falling out of love with a team

Have you ever been forced out of love with one of your favorite teams? That pretty much describes my relationship with the surging Houston Texans, who...

16.01.2024 7

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First Take: Goodbye Pac-12 (footballl)

The Michigan Wolverines are the 2024 national champions in college football. On the losing side were the Washington Huskies, the last dying gasp of...

09.01.2024 3

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First Take: Yuma sports stories to follow in 2024

Happy New Year! It’s 2024, which gives us an entirely new year of sports to look forward to in Yuma. Here are some stories to follow this year. Can...

02.01.2024 3

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First Take: Keep your Christmas decorations up

Christmas has officially come and gone, but Happy Holidays still to all out there reading today’s newspaper. One of my favorite things about the...

26.12.2023 4

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First Take: A check-in on boys hoops thus far

We are at the halfway point of the winter athletic season, and there’s no better time to check in on the status of boys varsity basketball in Yuma...

19.12.2023 3

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First Take: The biggest contract in North American sports history

There is no hotter sports commodity on the planet than Japanese two-way baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, who recently signed the most lucrative...

12.12.2023 6

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First Take: Shamrocks prove they belong

I’ve learned many things since I moved to Yuma nearly a full year ago, but one sticks out above the rest – no matter how good you are, as an...

05.12.2023 20

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First Take: Shamrocks back at state

Yuma Catholic football is on the doorstep of perfection. The No. 1 Shamrocks, now sitting at 13-0, are headed to the 4A state title game for the first...

28.11.2023 1

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First Take: The 97th Territorial Cup

Once a year, college football fans around the state of Arizona are treated to an annual battle, the latest installment of a war raging since Nov. 30,...

21.11.2023 2

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First Take: It's time for a new era of athletics at ASU

Sun Devils fans around the country will sleep peacefully tonight. Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson resigned on Monday, ending a very...

14.11.2023 10

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First Take: College basketball is here

It’s been a long offseason, but college basketball is finally back. I’m not a huge NBA guy, but my days covering sports at Arizona State made me...

07.11.2023 2

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First Take: Game 7

They are the best two words in sports: Game Seven. There are few things better than a winner-take-all game in a best-of-seven series. Emotions and...

24.10.2023 2

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First Take: October is a great month for sports, what are you watching?

There are several months every year where college and profession-al sports are truly great to watch. March is usually the first one to come to mind,...

17.10.2023 2

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First Take: I love postseason baseball

Postseason baseball is back, and there is so much to enjoy this year. Here’s a few of my favorite storylines so far. The Arizona Diamondbacks. As I...

10.10.2023 3

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First Take: Corny action dramas are awesome

For the past few weeks, I’ve been watching the action drama series S.W.A.T., which centers on members of the a Los Angeles Police Department Special...

03.10.2023 2

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First Take: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift make me sick

Unless you live under a rock, there’s no way that you haven’t heard about America’s newest love story which is flooding social media and pop...

26.09.2023 2

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First Take: Halfway through the football season

This week marks the halfway point of the high school football regular season, which has absolutely flown by. For the seven football teams who compete...

19.09.2023 2

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First Take: The Dallas Cowboys defense ruined my weekend

It's been two years since I last played fantasy football, and it only took a week for me to be reminded on why I stopped in the first place. There's...

12.09.2023 2

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