High Schools

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Montrose has high hopes for state playoffs

One sign a high school baseball program is gaining interest could be when fans line up in rows, reclining on lawn chairs, to watch a district tournament. That’s how Montrose coach Landon Wareham remembers the scene at Montrose High ...

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Graham promoted to GJ coach

Grand Junction High School interim girls soccer coach Joe Graham has been promoted to head coach. Graham took over this season for Adrea Tilford, who resigned this week after a maternity sabbatical this season. Graham, who was an assistant ...

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Bearing down

RIFLE— Being the team to beat in Class 3A is something brand-new for the Rifle High School boys track and field team. Then again, it’s also something the Bears have noticed all spring. “Now we’ve gone to these meets ...

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Throwers have high hopes for state meet

In the 44 years he’s officiated local shot put and discus events, George Ryan can’t recall ever seeing a single throw land. Of course, that’s because his job is to keep his head down and watch for a possible scratch. Yet ...

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Errors doom Bulldogs in loss to Windsor

Palisade made it to the Class 4A District 2 tournament final Sunday, but that was it. The Bulldogs (18-3) were plagued by an uncharacteristic four errors in an 8-3 loss to Windsor at Evergreen High School. The Wizards (13-8) advance to the ...

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Skipper shuts down Tigers in districts

LITTLETON – At 6-foot-11, Ralston Valley High School junior Daniel Skipper has a tendency to tower above the competition on the baseball diamond. When Skipper is on the mound, he’s even more imposing. Still, the right-hander ...

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Energy boost

Jessica Haley jumped and yelled and slipped into the water Saturday, her left leg immersed in the open first lane. But the District 51 Griffins boys swimming coach got to her feet, her eyes never leaving Griffins’ anchor Austin ...

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Begler hits, pitches Weld Central past Rifle in 3A District 7 tourney

RIFLE — Troy Phillips saw it coming. “As soon as we got down 2-0 right away, I knew we were in trouble,” the Rifle High School baseball coach said Saturday after the Bears’ 6-0 loss to Weld Central in the first round ...

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Speedy Sierra

The fastest recorded Class 3A 100-meter dash of all time in Colorado prep girls track was run Friday at Stocker Stadium. The time was set by a senior from Cedaredge High School who thought, after one stride, she may have false started. But ...

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Tough Rifle team wins 3A WSL title

Sometimes their training involves ambushes, hills and welts. It’s paintball. And some members of the Rifle High School track team say it makes them a bit tougher. The Bears won the Class 3A Western Slope League title on Friday at ...

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