High Schools

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Sports: Prep Notes-Numbers November 06, 2008

Making it back to state is a feeling of relief for the Montrose volleyball team. The Indians are one of eight teams competing for the Class 4A state championship this weekend at the Denver Coliseum. Montrose made the state tournament last ...

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Prep athletes ready to make quick jump from football to winter sports

The long days are over. The punishment delivered to opponents and self is done. For the three Class 5A schools in the valley, football season is complete, but for some, another season is just beginning, with many of the same demands upon the ...

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Palisade linemen understand their job: open holes for running backs

Call ’em The Backhoes. They’re the guys who open up the holes in the trenches. Any football team that has played Palisade High School this fall has realized that in order to stop the Bulldogs, the defense has to stop the running ...

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Sports: Prep Notebook November 05, 2008

For Grand Junction it was a year full of ups and downs. When first-year coach Robbie Owens took over in May, he knew he had to replace a quarterback, running back, linemen and plenty of defensive players. Added to that, it was Grand ...

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Hotchkiss wins 3A soccer title

GOLDEN — It was only fitting on a night when the theme of change reigned supreme in the nation, there was a changing of the guard in Colorado high school boys soccer. Hotchkiss High School shocked the Class 3A ranks Tuesday evening, ...

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Hotchkiss boys soccer team show they have merit

HOTCHKISS — Somewhere along the line, the Hotchkiss High School boys soccer team didn’t get the memo. A team seeded eighth in the Class 3A state playoffs, making its first tournament appearance in six years, isn’t ...

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Bulldogs get tough draw as a No. 6 seed

It is easy to see how competitive the playoffs will be when a 9-1 record gets the Palisade Bulldogs a No. 6 seed. Not only that, but a match-up with 9-1 D’Evelyn. “I didn’t think we would play as tough of a team as ...

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Briefs: Prep Roundup November 02, 2008

Football • 8-Man Playoffs Granada jumped out to a 28-0 lead en route to a 51-18 victory over Dove Creek in the first round of the playoffs in Dove Creek. Treagon Marquez ran for two touchdowns and Chris Deleon returned an ...

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Despite only one returning starter, Mancos going back to state tourney

For a rebuilding year, Mancos has to be pretty happy with the final result. The Bluejays were the second qualifier at the 2A Region C tournament Saturday at Palisade High School. Mancos finished fifth in state last season but returned only ...

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Blocked field goal spoils Paonia’s upset bid in A 11-man playoffs

LYONS — With a chance for the upset Saturday, Craig Cerise was confident his kicker, Lukas Wiggins, would come through with a game-winning field goal. “I was confident he could make that field goal. I was 100 percent ...

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