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First Take: Some early thoughts on winter sports

With the regular season for fall sports in the rear view, it’s time to shift our local sporting focus to winter sports in Yuma County. Just off the...

17.11.2024 2

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First Take: The art of a good surprise

There’s nothing like a good surprise. Whether it’s a gift you weren’t expecting, a person you haven’t seen in a while suddenly shows up or you...

03.11.2024 5

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First Take: MLB's marketing dream

Major League Baseball’s World Series is one of my favorite sports productions of the year. Game 2 is on my TV at the time of writing this, but this...

27.10.2024 10

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First Take: The art of non-English sports broadcasts

There’s no doubt that great commen-tary can make an epic sporting moment feel larger than life. For me, that’s Keith Jackson calling Vince...

20.10.2024 7

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First Take: What’s your quickest trip to Phoenix?

This week marks the second weekend in a row I’ve made the trek up to the Phoenix area for some weekend activities. Both this weekend and last, my...

13.10.2024 10

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First Take: Do you sit in the nosebleeds?

For the first time in nearly five years, I attended an Arizona State football game as a fan. From 2019 to 2022, I covered the team from the...

06.10.2024 10

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First Take: A look behind the lens

Just over a year ago, I was back home in Houston on vacation. Out of the blue, I received a phone call with the news that longtime Yuma Sun...

29.09.2024 4

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First Take: Nearly halfway there

After a tremend-ously successful Friday night slate of football this week, we are nearing the halfway point of the high school football season, as...

22.09.2024 10

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First Take: Another Friday night down

Friday night marked another night and another week down in the young football season thus far. This past Friday marked Week 4 of high school football...

15.09.2024 4

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First Take: A great first few weeks of HS football

Friday night was one of the most fun nights in Yuma County high school football in recent memory. Antelope, Gila Ridge, San Pasqual and Yuma Catholic...

08.09.2024 10

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First Take: A morning on the hunt

Every morning on the first day of September, alarms blare far earlier than normal, breaking the silence well before the sun rises. People of all ages,...

03.09.2024 4

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First Take: The only place in the world

Last Friday was the first football Friday of 2024. An excellent way to kick off the season, I traveled across the mountains on I-8 to hit Antelope for...

27.08.2024 4

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First Take: Welcome back, Friday Night Lights

The energy of a Friday night during football season is a difficult entity to describe. Even before the pigskin is booted through the air though, the...

20.08.2024 4

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First Take: Look at Curry, man

Growing up, I was taught to be loyal – to my family, friends and especially my sports teams. Houston’s three professional sports franchises became...

13.08.2024 9

Yuma Sun

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First Take: Be gone summer!

Growing up is strange. I am currently 24 years old, with still so much more to learn and do with my life, but I went through a concerning conundrum...

06.08.2024 7

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First Take: Badminton, a secret gem of a sport

I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t watched as much of the Paris Olympics as I had hoped for thus far since the opening ceremony last...

30.07.2024 10

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First Take: Olympics on our doorstep

This Friday marks the return of the world’s greatest sporting spectacle. The Olympic flame will be lit and opening ceremonies will be held for the...

23.07.2024 3

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First Take: A historic day for sports fans

Monday was a big day in the sports world. You might be confused, as the only American sporting events yesterday were the Home Run Derby and NBA Summer...

16.07.2024 8

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First Take: Got any dove recipes?

We are less than two months away from this year’s dove season, and it is rapidly approaching. One of the fun stories included in our special Dove...

09.07.2024 8

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First Take: Some very early Yuma area football thoughts

Last week, I had the opportunity to watch a 7-on-7 passing league showcase, as well as a lineman challenge at Yuma Catholic in which six out of seven...

02.07.2024 4

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First Take: An incredible summer for sports

This summer is an absolutely incredible season for sports. This isn’t the first time I’ve written about this, nor will it most likely be the last,...

25.06.2024 6

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First Take: The best show on TV is back

A few months ago, I embarked on a binge-watching journey that I had been putting off for too long. HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is one of the best TV...

18.06.2024 6

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First Take: Heat over humidity

This past Monday, I hopped on a flight back to Houston for my summer vacation, heading home to spend time with family and friends. I left Houston in...

11.06.2024 7

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First Take: Summer is here

As we move into June with the approach of summer, the sports landscape here in Yuma shifts. Since moving here in December 2022, this summer will be my...

04.06.2024 10

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First Take: Motorsport Christmas

For most, the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend is an opportunity to spend time with loved ones and celebrate our great country. But for lovers of speed,...

28.05.2024 10

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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...

21.05.2024 10

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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 9

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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 9

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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 3

Yuma Sun

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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 8

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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

Yuma Sun

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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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