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JUNIOR MEN'S water fight teams Steven Duce and Jaxon Gaita of Ouray (left) and Corbyn Robinson and Harley Rider of Ridgway (right) duked it out in a ferocious 12-minute brawl. The Ouray boys emerged the eventual victors. (Courtesy photo by Glenn Boyd)
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In the Women’s division, Eva Stovicek and Sara Martinez, who enjoyed the uphill advantage, rapidly dispatched Nicole Edder and Jordan Herndon in a skirmish that lasted only about two minutes.
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Now More Than Ever, Fishing on the Dolores Is ‘Lights-Out!’
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Peaks Tennis Program bringing business to Mountain Village through rapidly growing tennis camps.
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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<b>GOING THE DISTANCE</b> – 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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Law enforcement officials in San Miguel County are searching for the whereabouts of 33-year-old Matthew Busker, who was reported missing on Monday. (Courtesy photo_
ALL AMERICA CITY MANAGER – Montrose City Manager Bill Bell flourished the award Sunday evening in Denver. Montrose was awarded the title of All America City this weekend. (Photo courtesy Scott Shine)
TELLURIDE ACADEMY STAFF – Gathered for a pre-season photo just prior to the Monday, June 10, launch of its 33rd Summer Season. (Courtesy photo)
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER – Trish Greenwood, Ridgway Elementary School’s new principal (here with husband Jim Nowak), is returning to the school where she began teaching, in 1989. (Courtesy photo)
HEALTHY FAWN – Leave them alone, even if they seem to be abandoned. They more-than-likely are not. (Photo courtesy of David Hannigan, Parks and Wildlife)
HIGH TIMES – The Gold Belt Theatre was part of the “small empire” of vice developed by the brothers Vanoli in late Victorian Ouray. The Ouray County Historical Society Evenings of History presentation next Tuesday (June 18) will look at artifacts from the Vanoli Block, and what it all means. (Courtesy photo)
BEN WAYNE LILLARD, 1957 - 2013
DIXIE KEITHLY, April 3, 1931 – June 9, 2013
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)