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Austin Turner

Sedona’s Emma Beattie is all about the journey

Much of Emma Beattie’s senior year of high school was a blur. Her electric volleyball season in the fall shook her life up. Recruiting phone calls and emails were frequent through the first half of the year, but it...

Yabuuchi signs letter of intent with MSU Denver

Sedona Red Rock senior Shota Yabuuchi has accomplished all he can at the high school level. After setting school records and winning a state championship in the 3,200 meter run as a junior, Yabuuchi is ready for a step...

Dual-sport star commits to St. Catherine University

Few Sedona Red Rock High School athletes have built up the resume that Annabelle Cook has in her junior year. Her 2021-2022 school year has seen her become a star player in three sports — soccer, basketball and softball —...

Scorpions climb state track & field leaderboards

With the track and field season winding down and the state contenders beginning to truly emerge, Sedona Red Rock High School has some key athletes that are standing out amongst their peers at the Arizona Interscholastic Association Division IV...

Riding through the highs and lows

Four full games into the 2022 season, Sedona Red Rock High School hadn’t scored a run. Crossing home plate was step one, and it hadn’t happened yet. In game five, against Glendale Prep., the Scorpions finally got on the...

Column: More H.S. teams need to play like Sedona softball and baseball

As a high school sports reporter who covers three different schools, it’s impossible for me to make it out to every game that every team plays. Although I’d love to follow a team for an entire 12-30 game season,...

Faster, Higher, Stronger

Sometimes, you’re just in the right place at the right time. Sedona Red Rock High School junior Carlos Lattanzi was fine-tuning the stroke rate of his breaststroke during a recent training session in Flagstaff when the man in the...

Runners cause a stink at Red Rock HS

If #Poopgate isn’t the biggest problem at Sedona Red Rock Jr./High School, it’s certainly No. 2. Sedona Red Rock is a sacred place for the North American professional distance running community. If Flagstaff is their mecca, their weekly pilgrimage to...

The ragtag group that saved Sedona baseball

Sedona Red Rock High School’s baseball program was in trouble. As recently as the winter sports season, a school employee with knowledge of the athletics department told the Red Rock News it was “50/50” that Sedona would even be...

Déjà Vu: The Scorpions fall just short of state title for second-straight season

Single-elimination tournaments don’t care if you’re the better team. One off-day, one small mistake can send you home. Sedona learned that lesson Saturday at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. Despite outplaying their opponent for a majority of the...

About Me

Austin comes to Sedona from Southern California, where he's spent most of his life. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from San Jose State University in May 2020. There, he covered Spartans' sports and served as executive editor of The Spear, SJSU's student-run online sports publication and magazine. Austin's professional bylines include SB Nation, Los Angeles Daily News and the Orange County Register. Reach out to him at aturner@larsonnewspapers.com for story ideas or to talk Verde Valley sports.
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