Kelsey Jull of the Grand Valley Crush softball team throws a ball across the diamond during practice Saturday. The local team is going to the Fastpitch Triple Crown in Park City Utah.

Members of the Porterhouse Derby Girls watch as members of the June’s Cleavers team warm up Saturday before the start of the match.

Audience members watch the action between the Porterhouse Derby Girls and June’s Cleavers roller derby teams at Friendship Hall in Montrose Saturday evening.

Twins Kelsey, left, and Delaina Marshall talk smack after a race at the Western Colorado Dragway

Fruita Little League Major Girls second-baseman Morgan Hyde attempts to place the tag on Grand Mesa runner Tyler Hays (1) in the first inning Thursday July 8, 2010 at the Grand Mesa Little League park.

Leroy Wilcox, right, gives a tennis lesson to prospective special Olympians at Lincoln Park.

Sixteen-year-old DJ Brandt from Grand Junction gets some big air on his bike off a jump at the Westlake Skatepark in Grand Junction on a hot Wednesday afternoon.

Campers visit around a camp fire along the East Fork of the Cimarron, near Silver Jack Reservoir in the Uncompahgre National Forest in Gunnison County.

A hiker on the West Fork of the Cimarron Trail looking out onto Courthouse Mountain on the horizon. Courthouse Mountain at an elevation of 12,152 feet is near Owl Creek Pass in the Uncompahgre National Forest.

Brian Grubbs from Cortez chips onto the No.9 green at Tiara Rado Golf Course during the Daily Sentinel Western Chapter Junior Championship. Thirty seven boys and girls ages 14 to 18 played in this year’s tournament.

Sammi Bessert get ready for a ride. Bessert is one of the top barrel racers in the country.

Sammi Bessert riding at her home in Loma, she’s one of the top barrel race riders in the country.

Hundreds of people took whatever means they had, including air mattresses, to float the Colorado River Saturday morning at Corn Lake. Over 500 people had signed up on a Facebook page to make the float

About two dozen rafts and kayaks stopped on a sandbar on the Colorado River in Professor Valley, Utah on a very hot, 106 degree Tuesday afternoon. It was great day to be on the river.

Local mountain bikers Noah Sears, 27, and Eric Landis, 30, in meet in Fruita to talk about their quest for national championship titles this weekend in Granby

Volunteers from around the state spent a day earlier this month planting willows along Trapper Creek on the Roan Plateau, improving the habitat for a small population of pure Colorado River cutthroat trout. The fish are threatened by a variety of sources, including loss of habitat, energy development and livestock grazing. Photo Special to the Sentinel/David Nickum

Joey Saad, who will be going to Fruita Monument High School makes a long putt on the #4 green at the Bookcliff CC, during the Daily Sentinel Golf Tournament Monday afternoon.

Five-year-old Michael Pierce, from Clifton returns a shot from his grandfather Robert Adams at the Lincoln Park tennis courts Monday morning. Michael was warming up before the start of his tennis lesson.

Ryan Biggs of Monument Little League hits a grand slam home run in the top of the third inning of Sunday’s 10-11 boys game against Palisade at the Little League field in Palisade.

Francois Laubscher of Pretoria, South Africa, and a fan of the Netherlands soccer team, reacts as the Dutch goalie makes a save during regular play of the World Cup final Sunday.

Alex Proietti returns the ball to Samantha Weinberg during the girls 18 singles finals match at the Elam Junior tennis tournament Sunday at Canyon View Park.

Luke Ledebur swings into his return during the boys 18 singles finals match of the Elam Junior tennis tournament Sunday.