High Schools

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Filling schedules with tournaments gives teams valuable game experience

Thursday, 10:45 a.m.: Central High School boys basketball coach Phil Cain sits in a hotel room trying to figure out how to kill time. The Warriors are in Aurora, playing in the Hinkley Holiday Hoops Classic, a four-day tournament with games ...

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Sports: Smart Jock Chance Muller December 18, 2008

Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel Student-Athlete of the Week is selected by the school’s athletic director. Fruita Monument’s Pat Noland selected Chance Muller, who has a 3.95 grade-point average. The honor will rotate among ...

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Briefs: Prep Roundup December 18, 2008

Both Central and Fruita Monument won in Wednesday’s opening round of the Hinkley Holiday Hoops Classic boys basketball tournament in Aurora. Central defeated Valor Christian 72-56 and Fruita Monument downed Loveland 58-50. Central ...

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Briefs:: Prep Notes-mumbers December 18, 2008

The way the Cedaredge boys basketball team has been playing is not for the faint of heart. The Bruins are 5-0 and have won the past three games against Grand Valley, Roaring Fork and Olathe in the final minute by a combined seven points. ...

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Rodriguez boys eye twin wrestling titles

They’re typical identical twins. Jesus and Daniel Rodriguez are competitive in everything they do, whether they’re practicing against each other in the Central High School wrestling gym, comparing the number of pins each has or ...

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Sophomore trio leads GJ past Rifle

Grand Junction High School’s Fawn Brady hasn’t been in a lot of pressure-packed situations. Tuesday night against Rifle, Brady got an opportunity to see how she would respond to a little pressure. With the Tigers leading by ...

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Tigers get back on track with rout of Bears

It was a long four days for the Grand Junction High School boys basketball team. The Tigers couldn’t wait to get back on the court after last Friday’s 70-42 loss at Chatfield. “We were eager to get back on the floor (and) ...

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Competition grooms teams for late season

It was a tough weekend for the local girls basketball teams at the Wildcat Invitational. A combined 3-9 record for Grand Junction, Central, Palisade and host Fruita Monument says enough about how the weekend went. On the other side, ...

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Briefs: Prep Roundup December 14, 2008

Prep Wrestling •  ’Dogs dominate on mat at Sheridan Invite The Palisade High School wrestling team placed first in eight weight classes and second in five others to win the Sheridan Invitational in convincing fashion ...

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Full-court press by Dinos causes plenty of frustration for ’Cats

Carbon County, Utah, applied the press and Fruita Monument pressed. At the final day of the Wildcat Invitational at Fruita Monument High School on Saturday, Carbon County used its full-court press from the opening tip and seemed to be one ...

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