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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
Key: Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club
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LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER – Ridgway’s Steve and Tracy Hill, seen here coaching the All-State basketball game in 1996, have always had a special bond around basketball. Under her father’s tutelage, Tracy became the most prolific scorer in Colorado high school history. She will be inducted this summer into the National High School Hall of Fame. (Courtesy photo)
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Prolific Ridgway scorer Tracy Hill is being inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame this July in Nashville, Tenn.
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Make no mistake about it. The Mark Sanchez-Tim Tebow quarterback controversy is going to be one for the ages, and I want a front row seat for this drama.
TOURNAMENT ACTION – Montrose High's Tyrus Lopez delivers a pitch during second-inning action against Moffat County Saturday afternoon. The Indians' baseball squad finished the annual Lloyd McMillan Baseball Tournament undefeated. (Photo by Joel Blocker)
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The Montrose Indians are off to a good start for this year's baseball season.
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Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club Freestylers roll into the end of the season with a flurry of events.
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Considered the underdog by their bigger, Front Range rivals, Telluride pulled out all the stops at the Pepsi Center rink to take home the 2012 State Championship banner.
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TSSC Alpine racing to the finish at Championship events.
HOME BOY – Telluride freeskier Kolby Ward sailed his way onto the podium at last weekend’s North Face Park and Pipe Open in Watervill, N.H., last weekend, claiming the gold – and a $2,000 cash purse. (Photo by Erik Seo)
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Yet another Telluride skier is climbing freeskiing’s ranks.
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Facing adversity following the death of their classmate Garrett Carothers just last week, Norwood girls ended their season the #3-ranked team in Colorado.
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In howling winds, blowing snow and knee-deep powder at Aspen Highlands last weekend, a Telluride-based team was able to dethrone last year’s champions and win the USA Powder 8 Championship.
ICE IS NICE – Chad Jukes mixing it up, making a transition from rock to ice at the Ouray Ice Park at last year’s Gimps on Ice event. (Photos by Claudia Lopez Photography)
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“Other-abled” athletes challenge themselves in a sport they may not have thought possible given their physical limitations at the Paradox Sports Ice Climbing Weekend in Ouray.
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Sarah Walls, Barbara Glanznig and Annabelle and Vincent Boelema are hoping to compete well enough on Thursday to secure a spot in Friday’s final round of the 2012 USA Powder 8 Championships.
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<b>WINNING EFFORT</b> – The Ouray Trojans faced off against the DeBeque Dragons in the first round of games at the District 1A Tournament in Olathe last Thursday, Feb. 23, ultimately winning the game by a single basket, but lost their next match-up against the Plateau Valley Cowboys the following night. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Demons, Mavericks and Miners advance to Regionals this weekend.
GOOD FOR TWO – Telluride Miner Emily Langley made a jump shot during a playoff game against Mancos on Tuesday evening in Telluride. The Miners won, 57-28, earning the right to face Ridgway on Friday at the district semifinals in Cortez. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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The 1A and 2A district basketball tournaments get underway this weekend, with berths at Regionals, and ultimately the State tournament, at stake. The 1A Norwood Mavericks, both girls and boys teams...
STATE CHAMP – Montrose High School senior Geordon Hudson was named the Colorado Class 4A 145-pound state championship this past weekend. (Photo by Joel Blocker)
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Along with the first place finish for Georgon Hudson, Montrose High Finishes Fifth at State Wrestling Tournament.
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The Telluride Nordic Association presents its annual Butch Cassidy Ski Chase for classic and skate skiers, Saturday at Priest Lake. All levels ski 5k or 15k routes.
MENS PODIUM (left to right) - Bryan Gilmore 3rd place, Sam Elias 1st place, Stanley Vrba 2nd Place, Andres Marin 4th place. (Photo © Chris Righter)
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Ouray County climbers take the Winter Teva Mountain Games by storm.
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After disappointing showing at Telluride’s NorAm event, TSSC’s Troy Tully comes back with a win in Canada.
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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)