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Three Fruita stars pick their colleges

It was an easy decision for James Lewis. The Fruita Monument High School senior had always loved track and field and he’s always had an interest in engineering. Wednesday, Lewis paired the two when he signed a national letter of intent with Colorado School of Mines. Fruita track teammate Jaden Koos signed with Colorado Mesa University and Fruita basketball player Alex Padgett signed with Otero Junior College. Lewis competed in the City of Grand Junction Lincoln Park Open meets as ...

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Growth evident for Central despite loss to Montrose

The entire season has been an exercise in patience for the Central High School girls soccer team. After struggling last season, Central has gone from lopsided losses to playing great defensive soccer this spring. To coach Jacob Pingel, the transition became apparent during Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to Montrose. The difficulty is keeping the Warriors, who are winless in league games, playing hard against opponents who are older and have more varsity experience. With only five seniors, the ...

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Palisade’s Steinkirchner, Gunther sign with Mavericks

Audrey Steinkirchner has some wicked volleyball skills. That was on display during her career at Palisade High School, and was reinforced Wednesday when her coach, Wendy MacAskill, handed her an impressive plaque after she signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Colorado Mesa University. With family and dozens of students cheering as she and Kane Gunther made their college choices official — Gunther will play men’s basketball for the Mavericks — their coaches ...

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GJ’s Derrieux, Harrison and Ledebur make college choices

The national letter of intent Jamie Derrieux signed Wednesday was not her first. She’s had one pasted in her baby book her entire life. The daughter of two college basketball players, Derrieux grew up in gyms. “It’s just something we do. When we have family over, we go outside and play basketball after dinner,” Derrieux said after signing to play next year at the University of Northern Colorado. “It was never forced but it was never something I didn’t ...

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Prep Notebook: Derrieux, Bridges to play game in Denver

Grand Junction High’s Jamie Derrieux and Fruita Monument’s Drew Bridges have been selected to play in The Show, an annual basketball all-star game to be played April 6 at Pepsi Center. Derrieux will play on the Blue team alongside other Northern Colorado signees Rebecca Howell (Bishop Machebeuf) and Bay’lee Purdy (Deer Trail). The girls will play before the 7 p.m. Denver Nuggets-Phoenix Suns game. The boys will play after the Nuggets game. Teams are selected by the ...

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Orediggers earn top seed in Central Region

When he took the job at Colorado School of Mines 11 years ago, Pryor Orser knew he had some work to do. “I have a whole lot of belief in my players. I really believe anything is possible and when I came here to Mines it was probably not a very exciting job per se,” Orser said Saturday after the Orediggers won the RMAC Shootout title 63-47 over Colorado Mesa University. “But you just believe in what you do and go to the grindstone and work and believe in what you’re ...

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Top-ranked Eagles ready for Del Norte

Paonia High School’s girls basketball team puts its 18-game winning streak on the line as the No. 1 seed in the Class 2A state basketball tournament starting Thursday in Pueblo. The Eagles (22-1) are first up at the Pueblo Events Center, facing No. 8 Del Norte (17-5) at 8:45 a.m., the first of eight games in the 2A Great Eight, four girls and four boys. Paonia’s only loss was to Class 4A Delta, 49-46, in the fifth game of the season, and the Eagles have won by a margin of ...

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Tait’s 15 points helps Olathe girls move into final 8 in 3A

Kylie Tait had 15 points to lead the Olathe High girls basketball team to a 32-22 win over Berthoud on Saturday. Olathe (22-2), which has a 19-game winning streak, will play Trinidad on Thursday in Fort Collins in the final eight of the Class 3A state tournament. The Pirates took fourth at state two seasons ago and lost in the regional finals last season. “One of our kids goals is to head back there (to Fort Collins),” Olathe coach Paul Althaus said. “And we’re ...

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RMAC Shootout Pairings, March 3

RMAC Shootout Men In Bracket Order Tuesday’s Games Colorado Mines 90, Western State 55 Nebraska-Kearney 86, Chadron State 63 Colorado Mesa 67, Metro State 63, OT Fort Lewis 77, Adams State 73, OT Friday’s Games At Colorado State Fair Events Center, Pueblo Colorado Mines 82, Nebraska-Kearney 62 Colorado Mesa 65, Fort Lewis 62 Saturday’s Championship Colorado Mines 63, Colorado Mesa 47 Women In Bracket Order Tuesday’s Games Metro State 84, Colorado ...

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Colorado Mesa men’s basketball boxscore, March 3

Colo. Mines 63, Colo. Mesa 47 Men’s RMAC Shootout Championship Saturday, Colorado State Fair Events Center, Pueblo COLORADO MESA (16-13) Hart 4-5 0-2 8, Bear 5-15 0-0 10, Ch.Burgon 0-2 0-0 0, Screen 1-2 0-0 2, Melillo 3-5 0-0 7, Estes 3-5 0-0 8, Vermeer 0-0 0-0 0, King 0-2 0-0 0, Kame 0-0 0-0 0, Co.Burgon 4-13 4-8 12, Francom 0-1 0-0 0, Nelson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 20-52 4-10 47. COLORADO MINES (27-2) Minschwaner 3-12 0-2 6, Wages 1-2 2-2 4, Goutama 3-4 2-2 9, Green 3-11 8-10 14, ...

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