High Schools

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Hard-working Warriors ready for challenge in 5A Great 8

Winning heals bumps and bruises. The Central High School girls basketball team spent Thursday recovering from a physical 70-63 victory over Arapahoe in the Class 5A Sweet 16. “You could tell how excited we were, but everyone was ...

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Paonia goes to regional tourney looking for third straight title

The Paonia girls basketball team is developing a winning tradition. The Eagles are trying to reach the Class 2A state tournament for the third consecutive year, but first will have to get through the Region 5 tournament this weekend at Mesa ...

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Despite good beginning, Central falls in season opener

The Central High School baseball team’s season got off to a great start on Thursday. Unfortunately for the Warriors, the remainder of their opening game didn’t go as smoothly. After taking a 5-0 lead, Central’s bats went ...

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Kame, Higgins propel Central into Class 5A Great 8

GOLDEN — Central High School girls basketball coach Todd Dixon had seen too many of the opposition’s prayers get answered against his Warriors this season. So when a desperation 3-pointer banked in with about two and a half ...

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Bill Fanning Classic gets prep baseball season started

The first weekend in March means one thing for the local baseball teams: it’s time for the Bill Fanning Classic. Beginning today, three straight days of baseball fill Suplizio Field and Canyon View Park. Grand Junction, Fruita ...

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Dove Creek faces tough road to 1A state tourney

The Dove Creek High School girls basketball team is no stranger to the Class 1A state tournament. Under coach Jim Buffington, the Bulldogs have made the Great 8 five of the past six years. This season, Dove Creek is on the right track ...

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Young Aspen team soaring into regionals

A basketball coach always looks for the positive, but Steve Ketchum wasn’t expecting his Aspen High School team to respond quite this well. After graduating nine seniors who were an integral part of the Skiers’ run to a ...

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Fruita’s Hildebrand, Montrose’s Alexander sign to play FB at Mesa

Brandon Hildebrand considered following his brother into a life as a military academy cadet. In the end, the lure of playing football close to home, with his family and friends nearby to watch, proved a bigger draw. Hildebrand, the senior ...

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Warriors of Central, Arapahoe fight for spot in 5A Great 8

Every basketball team sets goals at the start of each season, whether that’s winning a championship or just making the playoffs. Today, the Central High School girls basketball team is looking to complete its goal of advancing to the ...

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Montrose beats Fruita for AAU championship

The Montrose AAU boys basketball team didn’t look at Monday’s Mesa County Junior Basketball Association championship game as a revenge game. It was nice to turn the tables, however. After losing to the Fruita Nuggets 40-39 during ...

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