Matadors to hold summer basketball camp

Men's Basketball, Featured | 05/09/2022

YUMA, AZ - The Arizona Western Matadors men's basketball team is holding a summer basketball camp for boys and girls grades k-12, June 6-9. 

The camp will run from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm each day and will teach basketball fundamentals such as footwork, ball handling, shooting form, defense, and rebounding straight from the Matadors' basketball coaching staff.

Participants should wear Basketball attire (t-shirt, athletic shorts, and tennis/basketball shoes).

Ibarra helps Lady Matadors finish season with split

Softball | 05/07/2022

YUMA, Ariz. – Arizona Western College Lady Matadors finished the regular season with a doubleheader split with Mesa, losing game one 14-8 before taking game two 17-6.

Mesa opened the first game with back-to-back five-run innings, putting the Lady Matadors in a 10-2 hole through the first two innings.

Trailing 12-2 in the fourth the Lady Matadors scored four runs in the fourth inning highlighted by an Abigail Ibarra two-run homer and an Oros solo home run.

Matadors see season come to an end with 8-3 loss to Cochise

Baseball | 05/07/2022

YUMA, Ariz. – Arizona Western College Matadors baseball team saw their season come to an end, losing game three of a best-of-three series to Cochise 8-3 on Saturday afternoon.

JC Navarro gave the Matadors an early lead, smacking a solo home run in the first inning, putting the Matadors in front 1-0.

Cochise would tie the game in the bottom of the first inning with a run before taking the lead in the second, scoring a run to take a 2-1 advantage.

Matadors keep season alive with 5-4 win at Cochise

Baseball | 05/06/2022

YUMA, Ariz. – The Arizona Western College Matadors kept their season alive on Friday afternoon, outlasting Cochise 5-4 in 10 innings to force a decisive game three in Douglas.

Both starting pitchers held each team in check through the first four innings, trading scoreless innings until the fifth.

Matadors drop heartbreaker in extra innings to open series at Cochise

Baseball | 05/05/2022

YUMA, Ariz. – The Arizona Western Matadors dropped the opener of the best-of-three Region I semi-final series to Cochise 11-7 in extra innings on Thursday afternoon. 

After the Matadors went down in order in the top of the first inning, Cochise loaded the bases with two outs before Matadors’ starter Joseph Taveras recorded a strikeout to get out of the jam and keep the game scoreless.