Grand Junction 120-pounder Jacob Trujillo, top, earned a pin over Montrose’s Jermiah Banulos on Saturday during the Southwestern League Championships.

Fruita’s Vanessa Herrera shoots as Sarah Wilkinson of Grand Junction defends.

Casey Burns of Grand Junction blocks Fruita’s James Lewis’ shot in the second half at Fruita.

Jon Gappmaier of CMU takes down Levi Jutila of CSUPueblo

Ty Coats of Paonia looks for a pin against Center 132 lb Gustavo Nungaray at CMU

Colorado Mesa University’s Garrett Carpenter warms up his pitching arm during practice at Bergman Field.

Amy Weitzeil against Metro

Hanna Borden, left, in the Metro game.

Colby Dixon shows off his superman shirt as “Buttercup” Cameron Brown laughs.

From Left, Cody Daniels, Zach Thorpe, Colby Dixon and “Buttercup” Cameron Brown at FMHS

As head coach Robbie Owens watches with a smile, right, four Grand Junction High School football players grin at each other after signing to play with one college and two different universities Wednesday in the school’s gym. From left to right are Chandon Rose, Jerreon Dennis, Sean Rubalcaba and Danny Wehner. Rose and Dennis both signed with Colorado Mesa University, while Rubalcaba will go to the University of Northern Colorado and Wehner to Western State College.

Flannery Davis, left, gets a high-five from her coach, Raina Sorensen, after signing with Saint Mary’s College to play soccer.

Redshirt freshman CMU wrestler Jordan Passehl, right, takes down Nick Petersen at practice.

James Martinez, top, of Colorado Mesa University competes in the 141-pound match during a recent dual against Western State College.

Palisade’s Kane Gunther, No.33, and Fruita Monument’s Drew Bridges, No.30, vie for a rebound during the second half of Tuesday’s game at Brownson Arena.

Colorado Mesa University softball coach Kris Mort, right, plans to retire from coaching at the end of this season. Mort is entering her 19th season and has won 516 games, most in the program’s history. She will remain with the university as the associate athletic director.

Scott Mercier prepares for a winter ride in the Grand Valley, where conditions have been mild enough to get in several rides this year.

Sierra Williams from Cedaredge High School will sign Wednesday to run track at Florida State University.

Tennis in the winter.

Photos SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL—Tim Wedel, of Palisade, stands by the entry carved by a team he was asked to join for the snow sculpting competition at the 30th World Snow Festival in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Their entry, which shows a man sailing in the clouds atop a bicycle-turned-flying machine, earned them third place

River guide Cody Ray of Rimrock Adventures mans the oars as he turns the raft bearing customers from Fruita and Indiana to head downstream from the Loma boat launch on a high water half day float through the Ruby-Horsethief stretch of the Colorado River.

Bill Haggerty shows off a coffee tree in Panama on a hike.

Flowers along the Volcan Baru hike in Panama