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The spring sports season is in full swing at Mohave Accelerated this week with practices for soccer, softball, and baseball all taking place.

The high school soccer team officially began its season with practice last Monday (Feb 2) at Rotary Park. This year, the team has a new head coach, Todd McIntryre, who has five years experience coaching AYSO soccer in the area. Practices are held each night (M-F) from 5:30pm to 7pm and the first week saw approximately 20 players out each evening.

With 14 games on the schedule, the soccer season will officially kick off this Wednesday (Mar 3) with a home game against the Kingman Academy Of Learning Tigers. The game will be played at Rotary Park at 5:30pm.

Coach McIntyre is still putting his roster together with only 7 practices before the first game but noted that, "Defense wins championships." Expect a strong defensive effort, though he also mentioned that this year's team has several strong offensive players as well and the season should be a strong one for MALC.

Come out and support your Patriot soccer team this week for their first game against Kingman Academy!

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The high school softball season began yesterday (March 1st) with the first practice at Rotary Park. The team will be led this year by head coach Shanda Weiler, fresh off her junior high girls' basketball season. Weiler has been coaching softball for six years in Iowa and Arizona and played throughout her childhood. Along daily practices (Mon - Thur) at Greg Williams Fields on Riverview Drive from 3:30pm to 5pm, she will be adding a 1 hour block weekly at the Scooter's batting cages.

The team will kickoff their playing season with an away trip to Roadrunner Park in N. Phoenix on Friday, March 12 (2pm) to take on Foothills Academy.

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The high school baseball team began practices last week under head coach Nathan Blais, who just wrapped up the basketball season coaching our junior high boys. The team practices daily (Mon - Thur) from 3:30pm to 5pm and plans to use the batting cages at Scooter's on Fridays for an hour. Practices are held on the Little League fields near the Chamber of Commerce on Hwy 95.

The first baseball game of the season will take place at Laughlin High School on Thursday, March 11 at 3:30pm.