Turmour Battle catches a long pass from Austen Fales for a touchdown.

A pick-off throw gets away from Brent Taylor of Great Falls as David Dahl collects himself to run safely to second.

GJ Rox Julian Yan makes a leaping catch to rob a run from Great Falls Brad Salgado.

Professional golfer Monte Montgomery and his son Taylor, an amateur, analyze a putt on hole No. 8 during the Enstrom Rocky Mountain Open at Tiara Rado.

Rockies’ Corky the Coyote, right, watched as Charlie Brown stole the show at the Grand Junction Rockies game Saturday night.

No. 31, Abe Ruiz from the Great Falls Voyagers is tagged out at second base by GJ Rockies 2B Juan Ciriaco while trying to steal in the 3rd inning.

No. 5,Ashley Greter with the GJ Rockies puts down an RBI bunt single in the first inning against the Great Falls Voyagers.

GJ Rockies right fielder,  No. 10, Julian Yan, makes a catch as the hotdog sign looks on the wall against the Great Falls Voyagers .

Steve Malloy from Grand Junction hits this shot from just off the green to about two feet of the hole on the No. 9 green at the Bookcliff Country Club during the opening round of the 2012 Rocky Mountain Open Golf Tournament Friday afternoon. He made the short putt.

Tom Volkmann from Grand Junction hits onto the No. 9 hole at the Bookcliff Country Club Friday afternoon during the opening round of the 2012 Rocky Mountain Open Golf Tournament. The three day tournament will finish this Sunday.

GJ Rockies left fielder Jeff Popick rounds second base after hitting a homerun in the 4th inning against the Great Falls Voyagers.

No. 45, Matt Carasiti of the GJ Rockies was starting pitcher against the Great Falls Voyagers.

No.18, GJ Rockies center fielder Max White is hit by the pitch in a game against the Great Falls Voyagers.

Matt Wessinger of the Rockies leaps up to slide into second as the Helena Brewers second baseman Chris McFarland bobbles the catch in the bottom of the fourth inning of Wednesday’s game at Suplizio Field. Wessinger was safe with the steal, and eventually scored when he tried to steal third base and the Brewer’s third baseman also missed the throw to third.

A mule deer fawn and a yearling find plenty to eat on a farm southeast of Montrose near the Uncompahgre River. Some deer stay near rivers in the lower valleys of Colorado year around. The deer’s coat takes on a rusty color in the summer and early fall contrasting with the normal grayish hue in the winter.

Central HS WR Edward Becoat works on a passing drill at Central High School during the opening week of prep workouts.

Clyde Jex hiked up the new steps in No Thoroughfare Canyon with the greatest of ease.

Three bead-head, soft-hackle pheasant tail nymphs tied by Gene Hart of Gunnison. The one on the right hasn’t been used while the other two are trout-chewed but even more effective due to their acquired buggy appearance.

With his young Labrador retriever Sprig monitoring the action, Gene Hart of Gunnison brings to hand a 17-inch brown trout caught recently from the Gunnison River just upstream of Blue Mesa Reservoir. Low water in the reservoir has dropped the river, revealing structures not seen for nearly 30 years.

No. 25, Grand Junction Rockies left fielder Jeff Popick goes back to the wall to make a great catch against the Helena Brewers.

Dillon Fante, with Grand Junction High School, hits out of a sand trap on the 8th hole at Bookcliff Country Club during the Tiger Invitational Golf Tournament Monday afternoon.This is the first prep golf tournament in the Grand Valley this year and eighteen high school teams took part.

Donny Kinnaman the No. 1 player from Grand Junction High School rips his tee shot from the No. 8 tee at Bookcliff Country Club during the Tiger Invitational Golf Tournament Monday afternoon.

Hayden Plewe from Montezuma Cortez High School hits out of a sand trap on the 18th hole at the Bookcliff Country Club during the Tiger Invitational Golf Tournament Monday afternoon.

Jimmy Gomez, 9, of Grand Junction practices his maneuvers on his ripstik at West Lake Skate Park this morning.

Allen Wolff, 12, of Grand Junction concentrates as he rides his scooter along the bottom of a painted bowl at West Lake Skate Park.

Dr. Larry Copeland helped bring a new era in sports medicine to the Grand Valley when he opened Western Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Grand Junction. After 45 years in orthopedic medicine and nearing his 73rd birthday, Copeland decided it was time to retire.

The city of Virginia Beach has embarked on a never-ending project to dredge that sand and haul it back. Today, this is one big mother of a beautiful, white, sandy beach. Proper footwear is a must. If the sand’s hot, you’d better wear flip-flops, or you’ll burn your feet. At water’s edge, you can barefoot it in the surf. The sand is harder, thus easier on your calves for this long trek.

Mindy Sturm of Crested Butte fishes the Gunnison River just upstream of where it enters Blue Mesa Reservoir.

David Nickum, executive director of Colorado Trout Unlimited, shows a pool enhanced by placement of log structures on upper Trapper Creek on the Roan Plateau. Such pools provide habitat for genetically pure Colorado River cutthtroat trout on upper Trapper Creek on the Roan Plateau even during a drought year like this one.