Sports & Education

WILLIAMS, Ariz. - The Williams High School homecoming football game has been cancelled for Oct. 23.

The Williams High School Vikings cheerleaders performed at the first home football game of the season Oct. 16.

Nurse Nell Brown retired after serving the Williams community and Vikings football team for the past 45 years.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — The Vikings football team cruised to another easy win Oct. 16, when they routed the Fredonia Lynx 67-0.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Vikings volleyball and football teams continued their winning ways last week, as the Lady Vikes beat Mayer, 3-0, Oct. 8 and Joseph City, 3-0, Oct. 9.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An Oct. 6 volley-ball match between Flagstaff and Coconino High Schools was canceled because of a person close to the team who was reportedly exposed to COVID-19.

Williams MIddle School Falcon took the field Oct. 3 for their first game of the season.

The Williams Middle School team took the field Oct. 3.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Drew Logan had three touchdowns and Blake Smith contributed two in the Vikings first game of the season Oct. 2 against Bagdad.

PHOENIX, Ariz. — My Freeze 13U team won the Cactus Classic in Phoenix Sept. 26.

ASH FORK, Ariz. — Yavapai County School Superintendent Tim Carter recently announced a vacancy on the Ash Fork Joint Unified School District Governing Board.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Williams Unified School District is encouraging the community to help keep its athletes healthy as its volleyball and football teams head into their first games of the season.

Third grade teacher Patti Jackson has been named a semi-finalist for the Arizona Rural Schools Association Teacher of the Year for Coconino County.

PHOENIX — Coconino County has met the benchmarks for returning to in-person classes state health officials announced.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — After several starts and stops and immense uncertainty because of the coronavirus pandemic, Williams High School athletics is on track for a fall sports season. Vikings football, volleyball and cheer have been hitting the gym and fields for preseason practices in preparation for the official season.

The Elephant Rocks Women’s Golf Association completed its annual club championship last week.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — The debate as to whether a fall sports season would actually take place within the ranks of Arizona high schools due to the coronavirus pandemic was put to rest Aug. 5.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — As schools begin to reopen whether remotely or in-person, reports of cancelled fall sports programs are trickling in. These programs include football, volleyball, cross-country, swimming and others.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — On Aug. 17 Gov. Doug Ducey announced the start of the new year for Arizona schools and Williams High School has taken the first steps toward gearing up for the 2020 athletic season.

PHOENIX – Research into sports-related concussions started with football injuries but has since spread to other activities where hits and falls are routine, such as hockey, soccer and cheerleading.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — As Gov. Doug Ducey announced Aug. 17 the start of the new year for Arizona schools, Williams High School has taken the first steps toward gearing up for the 2020 football season.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) has created preliminary plans for high school athletic programs following Gov. Doug Ducey’s executive action to delay the start of in-person schooling to Aug. 17.

PHOENIX, Ariz. — In response to Governor Doug Ducey’s executive order for the state of Arizona, the AIA will delay the resumption of all school-related athletics and activities until Aug. 17.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Madison Olson, a senior at Williams High School, received a $500 scholarship from the Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth (CCC&Y).

WILLIAMS, Ariz — The community of Williams rallied to honor the Williams High School class of 2020 with graduation banners placed throughout downtown.