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MONTROSE RESIDENT Eric Rhoten, now 27, competed in an enduro X race last year. (Courtesy Photo)
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Montrose motocross rider takes on the best of the best at the X Games.
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Cycling fans around the country will be able to watch more of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado this August with the announcement this week of extended TV coverage by NBC and NBC Sports Net...
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Keaton McCargo of the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club has been named Colorado Ski Country USA Spencer Nelson All-Star Athlete of the Year.
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Telluride ousts Montrose teams in its first-ever Little League championship win, and three Telluride players move on to All Star tournament in July.
INAUGURAL RUN – Runners string out along the scenic course in the Cow Creek area near Ridgway for the inaugural Trail Town 10-Miler race, held last weekend. (Courtesy photo by John Ferguson)
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Runners converged in Ridgway for the inaugural Trail Town 10-Miler race last Saturday, June 16.
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Delta, Olathe, Mountain Village and Montrose have done it right and now its time for Ridgway and Telluride to join them in building real disc golf courses.
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Two weeks ago, the Rockies seemed gone for the season. Since then, they’ve made an impressive comeback. Can they keep the current hope alive?
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Montrose track and field, girls golf and boys swim teams all finish well at state competitions
GORGEOUS GUNNY – John Gowdy fished the waters of the Gunnison River near Red Rocks last weekend. The seasonally-low water flows (370cfs) made for excellent fishing conditions. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Regional rivers will be relatively low and clear for the first half of the season, offering exceptional angling, according to longtime guide John Duncan.
TELLURIDE SKATE CAMPERS – Cedar Palmer in a perfect-form Ollie off the big hubba. (Photo by Craig Wasserman)
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Craig Wasserman – artist, skateboarder, snowboarder and educator – is a pretty mellow dude. Until you get him talking about kids and skateboarding. His summer camp starts next month.
BORDER BATTLE CHAMPS – (Front row, left to right) Niki Jones, Jake Burchmore, Guido Xavier, Brendan Kelley, Wilder Hanley, Keith Hill, Solon Gray, Santiago Harnandez, (back row, left to right) Henry Sosa, Malcolm Major, Morgan Osborne, Niko Shapiro, Fischer Hazen, Jonathon Young and Jack Herrick. (Courtesy photo)
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A strong boys squad upended larger teams for the tournament title at the Grand Junction Border Battle tournament last weekend, a win that bodes well for the fall high school season.
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Ouray’s Jaxon Gaita brought home a medal from the state track and field meet.
TRIUMPH – Telluride-Norwood Track and Field Team members (front row) Lindsey Stindt (holding trophy); (second row) Rachel Hampton, Shelby Brier, Emy Ludwig, Katherine Bush, Maddie Johnston, Mikaela Balkind, Morgan Mackie, Josephine Bush, Jessie Hild, Erin Kean; (third row) Dylan Newell, Jaron Ragsdale, Roger Liljegren, Ty Williams, Jared Balkind, Amos Hodges, John Broadhead, Slator Aplin, Connor Courter, Jeff Williams, Nathan Loomis, Ty LeFramboise. (Courtesy photo)
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The team claimed a record number of medals, and both boys and girls came in second in overall team rankings.
UNDEFEATED – Telluride Yankees’ coaches Gary Richard, Larry Scanlon and Mike Turrin lead the team in a cheer, while starting pitcher Matheau Richard loads up on carbs. (Courtesy photo)
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Meet the Telluride Yankees, whose win-loss percentage is 1.00 (on a total payroll of $0.00).
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Following the final regular-season track meet in Grand Junction last weekend, three Ouray/Ridgway athletes were qualified to attend the state championships in Lakewood.
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GOING THE DISTANCE – Ouray senior Taylor Schoenbaum ran the 1600 m at the Indian Invitational in Montrose last weekend. (Photo by David Emory)
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The Indian Invitational in Montrose saw top performances by several Ouray High School track-and-field athletes.
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Kenworthy stomped a perfect switch double 1620 in Whistler to take the Big Air World Championship.
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LEFT WING – Ridgway High School sophomore left wing Grace Benasutti (No.22) drove around an Ignacio defender last Friday for one of her two goals in a 9-0 shellacking of the Bobcats on a cold day at the athletic fields in Ridgway. The Demons are 4-2 in San Juan Region 5 play. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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The combined Ridgway/Ouray girls’ soccer squad is coming off a strong performance against visiting Ignacio last Friday.
PODIUM FINISH – Sixteen-year-old Keaton McCargo led four Telluride trained
skiers into the top ten, finishing third at the U.S. Freestyle Nationals
Dual Moguls competition in Vermont over the weekend. (Courtesy photo)
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McCargo claims first-ever Nationals medal at Dual Moguls event in Vermont
TELLURIDE SKI AND SNOWBOARD CLUB alpine team skier Will Plantz at the J4 Jr. Olympics, where he placed tenth overall, competing against the very best 11-12-year-olds in the Rockies. (Courtesy photo)
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Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club Athletes Shine in End-of-Season Competitions
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DISCUS THROWER Lance Brooks competed in the 2012 London Olympics. (Photo by Steve DeAutremont)
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS – Ridgway High School students (left to right) Jack Middleton, Abel Lannan and Tashi Hackett presented the results of their research on possible sister cities to Ridgway Town Council last week. Mountain towns in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Dominican Republic made the cut. Next step: contact. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
MAIN STREET GELATO – A+Y Design Gallery owners Adam and Yesenia Duncan offered up gelato samples from behind their Italian-imported gelato case Monday morning. Along with unique furniture and fine art, the two offer 22 flavors of locally-made gelato. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
BUILDING OPTIMISM – Tom How (left) and Daniel Key of Sjoden Wood Designs worked on a new home in the Cobble Creek Golf Community Tuesday morning. The spec home is being built under the direction of contractor Bert Welz, who said he’s optimistic for the region’s construction trade. (Photo by William Woody)
GROWTH INVESTMENT – Students took advantage of a "living classroom" at the Telluride School's new Grow Dome this spring. The Dome, which will be open to the public for tours Wednesday, May 22, was funded in part by a Telluride Medical Center's Physical Education Program (PEP) grant. (Courtesy photos)
HEADED TO PLAYOFFS - Montrose High Shoo0l's Jake Kastendieck fielded a ground ball last Saturday during the team’s 10-0 victory over Woodland Park. The Indians advance to the state 4A quarterfinals this Friday at Cherokee Trail High School against Valor Christian. (Photo by William Woody)
PINHEADS, PIXELLATED – The Pinhead Institute holds its annual fundraiser, entitled Minecraft Mania,at the Sheridan Opera House this Sunday, May 19. (Courtesy photo)
TELLURIDE IN 1910 – A hypothetical model of the main street facades, made up of buildings throughout the region, the television producers are proposing to build for the production of "When Calls the Heart." (Courtesy image)