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3 Takeaways: – Na7ive Na7ions created a 14U girls’ all-star team composed of 12 Indigenous student-athletes to participate in the annual 2026 Babe Ruth World Series in Florence, Alabama.– Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community student-athlete Naomi Anton played for the 14U girls’ softball team.– The softball team defeated Puerto Rico...
Baseball season has not slowed down in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. It rarely does, at any age. At the end of July, when the desert heat is at its peak, baseball teams from around the area eagerly enter the SRPMIC’s annual Men’s Southwest Baseball Tournament. Registration began in...
More than 4,000 athletes representing 27 tribes competed in five different sports at the 2026 Lori Piestewa National Native American Games, which was held at the Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa from July 10 to 12. The Piestewa Games are named in honor of Lori Piestewa (Hopi), who was the...
Superstar student-athlete and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Naomi Anton played in the Na7ive Na7ions softball tournament in Prescott and was also selected to join their all-star team. In sports, all you need is one opportunity, especially for free agents looking to join a softball team. Student-athlete Naomi Anton...
3 Takeaways: The triple-digit scorching heat over Father’s Day weekend didn’t deter the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community baseball team AZ Sons from bringing home championship hardware in the second annual Na7ive Na7ions 16U baseball tournament. Celebrating their second year of the tournament, Na7ive Na7ions, which is run by former...
On May 28, I attended the annual Drive and Thrive event hosted by Indigenous Community Collaborative and Matriarch Mixer at Talking Stick Golf Club. The day included a network mixer, lunch with the keynote speaker, a Q&A followed by a golf clinic, and a round of golf. The day was...
Days after parading around the warning track at Chase Field for a pre-game Native American Recognition Day celebration, Native American youth athletes took to the diamond to compete in the D-Backs Inter-Tribal Youth Baseball & Softball Tournament, presented by Talking Stick Resort, from June 8 to 11. All games were...
The Arizona Diamondbacks honored members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and other tribal communities from across the state on June 7 at Chase Field in Phoenix with their annual Native American Recognition Day, also known as NARD. Before the Diamondbacks players took the field, Native Americans were placed...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Recreation Department hosted their annual coach pitch baseball league this spring. Youth ages 6 to 8 played in games at the Salt River Ballfield and the Von Hayes Field. In March, parents signed up their junior athletes for t-ball or coach pitch leagues, depending...
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