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On an evening that featured powerful bulls, bucking broncs and some of the best rodeo cowboys in the business, a set of inspiring barrel racers stole the show. Cortez resident Autumnrain Chee’s...
DATE: June 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: More Sports
After taking over as the head coach of the Dolores High School football team in 2013, Chris Trusler spoke about the importance of exposing eventual high school football players to the sport at an...
DATE: June 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
After winning as many games in 2017 as they won in the previous two seasons combined, five Montezuma-Cortez High School baseball players received all-conference honors. Jasen Engel – first team...
DATE: June 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
Spotted chatting before viewing last Friday’s wrestling feature at the 61st Colorado High School Coaches Association All-State Games, it was pretty clear 2A Paonia’s Colorado Mesa University-bound...
DATE: June 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
Racing toward the finish line during a 10-mile race near Leadville, Colorado, in late May, Simon Kearns’ heart beat fast while his legs churned and his arms pumped. The 10,000-plus foot elevation...
DATE: June 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
Cooper McClain, a Mancos Middle School student, will represent the Ute Mountain High School Rodeo team in Tennessee next week in one of the most intense events of the sport. The 14-year-old will...
DATE: June 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: More Sports
Rhiley Montoya will compete in three events at the National High School Rodeo Association’s junior high finals next week, in what she hopes will be another step in a lifelong career. The...
DATE: June 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: More Sports
Opening with a cannon blast and closing with a rousing rendition of ‘God Bless America,’ the 87th rendition of the Ute Mountain Roundup rodeo featured numerous moments that will not soon be...
DATE: June 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
On an evening that featured powerful bulls, bucking broncs and some of the best rodeo cowboys in the business, a set of inspiring barrel racers stole the show. Leading the impressive set was Cortez...
DATE: June 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
Breanna Maxwell, a senior from Dolores, will compete in the National High School Finals Rodeo for the first time this year, despite a recent injury.Maxwell is home-schooled, but she competes with...
DATE: June 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
Local volunteers helped rangers from the Columbine District of the San Juan National Forest destroy an illegal mountain bike trail southeast of the Hermosa Creek Campground. The rogue path was in...
DATE: June 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: More Sports
When the saddle bronc event rolled around at the Ute Mountain Rodeo on Thursday, local fans will more than likely recognize the familiar face of Tanner Lockhart amongst the crowd. A Dolores High...
DATE: June 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
