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Coconino Drops First Game Of The Season In A Battle With Bradshaw Mountain
The Coconino Panthers dropped their first game of the season Friday with a 55-50 loss to the Bradshaw Mountain Bears. The Bears frustrated the Panthers throughout the game with tight defense on Coconino’s shooters and forced a number of turnovers. Carter John led the Bears with 20 points and Josue Lune added nine points inFull Story
Flagstaff Boys And Girls Fall To Deer Valley Thursday
The Flagstaff boys and girls basketball teams battled the Deer Valley Skyhawks Thursday night. On the girls side, Gracelyn Nez scored 21 of her 25 points in the second half, but the Skyhawks pulled out a 52-48 overtime win over Flagstaff. The Eagles lead after one, 9-7 then Deer Valley went on a 9-0 runFull Story
NAU Falls To Southern Utah In A Close Contest In Cedar City
The NAU Lumberjacks fought hard against Southern Utah Wednesday, but they couldn’t get over the hump as they fell to the Thunderbirds, 85-80 in Cedar City. Cameron Shelton was back to his normal scoring ways, leading the Jacks with 25 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. Nick Mains had 15 of his 18 points inFull Story
Flagstaff Beats Lee Williams, Coconino Goes To 11-0 With A Win At Prescott
The Flagstaff and Coconino boys basketball teams picked up big wins Monday. The Flagstaff Eagles got out to a slow start, but took the lead before halftime and never looked back as they beat the Lee Williams Volunteers, 53-46. Josh Lenners had 13 points and Nick Sneezy had ten for the Eagles, who have wonFull Story
NAU Women Sweep Weber State, NAU Men Swept By The Wildcats
The NAU basketball teams took on Weber State again Saturday afternoon. The NAU women’s team got a career-high 31 points from Regan Schenck as they completed the two-game sweep against the Wildcats with an 85-68 win. NAU improves to .500 overall and in the Big Sky Conference. Jacey Bailey added 11 points and nine reboundsFull Story
Flagstaff Boys Hoops Keeps Playoff Hopes Alive With A Win Friday Against ALA-QC
The Flagstaff Eagles kept their 4A playoff hopes alive with a 67-57 win over American Leadership Academy-Queen Creek Friday at Flagstaff High School. Josh Lenners led the Eagles with 20 points, including six three-pointers. Fourteen of Lenners’ 20 points came in the second half. Nick Sneezy chipped in with 16 and Nick Morrow and MaxFull Story
NAU Women Beat Weber State, Men Fall To The Wildcats Thursday
The NAU men’s and women’s basketball teams were back in action Thursday night. The women had to battle for three quarters, but pulled away in the fourth as they beat Weber State, 82-70, at the Rolle Activity Center. The game was sloppy on both sides. Weber State committed 25 fouls and 25 turnovers, while NAUFull Story
Coconino Improves To 9-0 After Beating Peoria Tuesday Night
The Coconino Panthers had a tough time with the Peoria Panthers, but did lead start to finish as they beat the Peoria Panthers, 70-58 at home Tuesday. Coconino has been led by their guards for years, and that was the case against Peoria. Preston Olney led Coconino with 27 points, including 13-of-14 from the freeFull Story
Coconino Improves To 8-0 With A Big Win Over Seton Catholic
The Coconino Panthers are 8-0 after Monday’s 71-39 win over Seton Catholic. Jacob Begay led the Panthers with 22 points, 19 coming in the first half and Preston Olney added 11 in the win. Coconino got out to a little bit of a sluggish start, but led the Sentinels 17-4 and cruised from there. AmareFull Story
Coconino Beats Flagstaff Saturday, Completes Season Sweep Of The Eagles
The Coconino Panthers jumped out to a first quarter lead and never looked back as they beat the Flagstaff Eagles Saturday, 67-37, to sweep the season series between the two rivals. Panthers senior guard Preston Olney continued his dominant play as of late, and led Coconino with 21 points. Jacob Begay scored nine points andFull Story