Fruita Monument’s Eiley Durham, 6, grimaces Saturday as she successfully blocks a kill attempt by Durango’s Hannah Quick, 4, during the second game of the Wildcats’ sweep of the Demons in Fruita.

Central’s Josh Weller, #17, takes the ball down to the endzone on a punt return. The touchdown was called back on a holding call against Central.

no. 3, Brittany Halcomb from CMU wins a header from no. 2, Aubrey Bagley of the Colorado School of Mines in a 2-0 loss for CMU.

CMU Mens and Womens basketball teams at a 6:00a.m. workout in the CMU wight room.

Colorado Mesa men’s basketball player Shawn King leaps onto a platform as strength and conditioning coach Dan Linsacum, right, looks on during an early morning working.

Hanna Bowden from the Colorado Mesa women’s basketball team performs kettlbells on the balance board.

CMU Mens and Womens basketball teams in a 6:00a.m. workout.

Erika Musante, back, and Christen Lopez perform weighted basketball chest-passes.

No. 29, Montrose HS TB Angelo Youngren with a long run pass the defense of Fruita Monument HS.

No. 14, Fruita Monument HS wide receiver Chris Gershon makes a great catch for a long pickup over No. 29, Montrose HS free safety Angelo Youngren in the second quarter.

Haleight Higgins, #5,  with a kill over the block of #8, Danielle Johnson-Hazlewood from the Colorado School of Mines in game one.

Grand Junction’s Spencer Weinberg backhands the ball back to Denver East’s Matt Sayre during their 5A State boys tennis semifinal match in Denver, October 12, 2012. BOULDER DAILY CAMERA/ Mark Leffingwell

Grand Junction’s Spencer Weinberg returns the ball back to Denver East’s Matt Sayre during their Class 5A State boys tennis semifinal match in Denver, October 12, 2012. BOULDER DAILY CAMERA/ Mark Leffingwell

Grand Junction’s Matthew Ness returns the ball during a Class 5A State boys tennis semifinal No. 4 doubles match against Fairview’s Kamran Shabaz and Max Petrak in Denver, Oct. 12, 2012. BOULDER DAILY CAMERA/ Mark Leffingwell

Charlie Medina, left and Greg Eccher from Grand Junction High School runto the finish line together with a time 17 mins i second in the Western Slope Cross Country Championships at Riverbend Park.

Greta VanCalcar from Palisade High School runs in the Girlsrace of thje Western Slope Cross Country Championships at Riverbend Park in Palisade.

The boys race of the Western Slope Corss Country Championships at Riverbend Park in Palisade.

A fisherman boats along the shore of Ward Lake on Grand Mesa.

CMU CB Jordan Price during a recent practice.

CMU CB Travis McRae.

Grand Junction High No. 3 doubles player Matthew Prinster returns the ball to Chatfield’s Tim Day and Austin Stutz during their 5A 2012 Boys’ State Tennis Quarterfinal match in Denver, Colorado October 11, 2012. BOULDER DAILY CAMERA/ Mark Leffingwell

Grand Junction High No. 3 doubles player Matthew Prinster returns the ball to Chatfield’s Tim Day and Austin Stutz during their 5A 2012 Boys’ State Tennis Quarterfinal match in Denver, Colorado October 11, 2012. BOULDER DAILY CAMERA/ Mark Leffingwell

Grand Junction High No. 3 doubles player Brian List returns the ball to Chatfield’s Tim Day and Austin Stutz during their 5A 2012 Boys’ State Tennis Quarterfinal match in Denver, Colorado October 11, 2012. BOULDER DAILY CAMERA/ Mark Leffingwell

Grand Junction High No. 3 doubles player Brian List returns the ball to Chatfield’s Tim Day and Austin Stutz during their 5A 2012 Boys’ State Tennis Quarterfinal match in Denver, Colorado October 11, 2012. BOULDER DAILY CAMERA/ Mark Leffingwell

Grayson Pipher, a CMU student and the daughter of wrestling coach Chuck Pipher paints a mural in the wrestling room at CMU.

CMU coach Chuck Pipher, standing on left on the first day of wrestling.

CMU Volleyball hitter Christian Otzen with a kill.

Christian Otzen an outside hitter for the CMU Volleyball team with her mother Danette Otzen from Flagstaff, AZ.

Fruita Monument running back Vince Grasso carries the ball during a recent game against Eaglecrest High School at Stocker Stadium. Fruita will play Montrose this Friday.

Photo by William Woody—Montrose High School’s Angelo Youngren dives for a touchdown in the third quarter against Monarch at MHS Friday evening Sept. 28, 2012 at Montrose. It was Youngren’s first of two touchdowns in the game. Fruita will play Montrose this Friday.

No.23, Taylor Head from Central HS hits a winner over the block of the defense from Grand Junction HS.

Grand Junction High School No. 2 singles tennis player Jacob Lapkin.

Grand Junction high School No.1 singles tennis player Spencer Weinberg.

Scotty’s Muffler owner Rodney Snider poses with his Wally Trophy after winning the King of the Track title on Saturday at Western Colorado Dragway. Snider defeated seven class champions to claim the title in his 1963 Corvette Roadster. In addition to the Wally Trophy, Snider also won a tool box filled with $1,000 worth of tools donated by Snap-On tools.

Grand Junction Rockies GM Tim Ray with manager Tony Diaz. Ray was named the Pioneer League’s Executive of the Year on Monday.

An angler tries his luck on the upper Colorado River. The fishing in the river upstream of Dotsero should improve with a plan from Colorado Parks and Wildlife to stock several thousand rainbow trout to replace fish killed by silt and debris earlier this year.

Winter means you’ll see more waterfowl and fewer people at Highline Lake State Park, as in this photo from last winter. The lake closed Monday to boating, allowing migrating waterfowl a quiet rest spot, one that lasts well after the lake freezes.

U.S. Paralympic hopeful Chris Jefferson of Grand Junction competes in the GS during the first day of the Disabled Sports USA race last December at Copper Mountain. Photo by Reed Hoffmann/Special to the Sentinel

Grand Junction starting softball pitcher Elisha Jahnke.

Fruita’s starting softball pitcher Mallory Paulson.

Palisade’s Skyler Miller hits his approach to the 11th hole at the Links at Cobble Creek during first-round action of the 4A boys state golf championship on Oct. 1.

Fruita Monument High School’s Troy Dangler watches an errant tee shot on the par-3 fifth hole Thursday morning Aug. 30, 2012, at Cobble Creek Golf Community in Montrose Colo.

Grand Junction High School sophomore Donny Kinnaman watches a tee shot during the second round of the CHSAA Class 5A state golf tournament on Oct. 2 at The Club at Rolling Hills in Golden. Kinnaman, who led after the first round, finished fourth with a two-day score of 72-75—147, two strokes behind the winner. PHOTO by Jonathan Castner/Special to The Sentinel

More then 1,800 riders took part in the Tour of the Moon bike tour over Colorado National Monument Saturday morning.

Ashley Leigh riding Joe when she was 2 years old. Mother Jesse Leigh holding Joe.

Ashley Leigh and Joe today.

Nearly 500 athletes braved the cold water and cold temperatures at Highline Lake to participate in a triathlon this morning.

CMU’s Alexis Skarda finished 2nd on the short track course Sunday.

A rider leads the pack after the start of the men’s A group short track race Sunday at the Maverick Mountain Bike Championships in the north Fruita desert.

Certified bird bander Amber Carver of the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory tells students from Mesa View Elemenatry about the habitat found around Conected Lakes State Park.

A moose calf will spend about a year with its mother, until the next calf is born. Photo courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

A young Shiras moose, similar to those on Grand Mesa, in velvet antlers while roaming the Wastach Front near Salt Lake City. Photo courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

A Shiras moose gets a ride in a helicopter sling during a 2009 project to capture and move moose from urban areas near Salt Lake City. Photo courtesy of Phil Douglass

Dan Kowalski, aquatic biologist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, releases some of the 250 or so native cutthroat trout recently introduced in Woods Lake near Telluride.