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Norwood athletes shine at Indians Invitational April 25, with Stryker Lane breaking his older brother’s school record in shot put.

NEW SCHOOL RECORD - Ouray/Ridgway's Lauren Hagemeyer finished first at the Montrose Invitational on Friday with a new school record of 5 feet, 4 inches. (Photo by Jeff Hunt)
MONTROSE – Three school records were erased from the books, and Lauren Hagemeyer qualified to the 2A state meet in the high jump during the Montrose Track and Field Invitational on Friday.
Telluride Miners Girls Soccer Team from the 2007 Spring Season. (File photo)
“At least our team had better tans,” Aja Forestier jokingly said.

CLEARING THE BALL – Ridgway/Ouray High School girls’ soccer team’s Morgan Jossi attempted to clear the ball against an Ignacio player during the Demons’ hard-fought 1-0 victory over 3A Southwestern Conference-foe Ignacio on Friday, April 18 at Solar Ranch. (Photo by Jeff Hunt)
RIDGWAY – The Ridgway/Ouray high school girls’ soccer team split its 3A Southwestern Conference games last week, defeating Ignacio 1-0 before falling to Pagosa Spring 2-1.
GRAND JUNCTION – Juniors Billy Fourney and Stryker Lane were the muscle behind the Norwood High School boys’ track and field team’s 28 points in the 19-team Frank Woodburn Invitational.

800 METERS – Brittany Manzagol competed in the 800 meters on Saturday during the Woodburn Invitational in Grand Junction. She finished the race in 2:55.6. (Photo by Jeff Hunt)
GRAND JUNCTION – A portion of the Ouray/Ridgway high school boys’ track and field team’s record book was re-written on Saturday in Grand Junction.

HUNTING THE ELUSIVE 'UPPER 90' - Telluride senior Mackie Fernald (21) watches her shot arc towards the high near-post corner, as freshman teammate Dana Smith (20) observes Ignacio senior goalie Savannah Pearson's reaction Friday afternoon. Though Fernald didn't score on this first-half blast, she did convert late in the second as the Miners coasted to a 9-0 win in a 3A Southwestern Conference game at Down Valley Park on April 4. (Photo by Joel Priest, Bayfield Pine River Times.
TELLURIDE – Just how good is the Telluride High School girls’ soccer team?
LEADING THE PACE – Ouray’s Nakoa Martinez ran a leg of a relay during the Hotchkiss Invitational earlier this season. He finished first in the 2 mile on Saturday at the Cowboy Invitational in Meeker. (File photo by Jeff Hunt)
MEEKER, Colo. – Nakoa Martinez accounted for 22 of the Ouray/Ridgway high school boys’ track and field team’s 41 points, leading the Trojans to a fifth-place finish in the Cowboy Invitational on Sa...

Peter Forsberg (pictured here), who had recently re-established his dominance in the NHL by joining the Avs lineup, got his first goal that was part of a rally to give Colorado a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
Thank goodness Peter the Great couldn’t sit on his couch in Sweden any longer and gave into his hunger for more playoff hockey.
MONTROSE – The Ridgway High School baseball team held its own against host Montrose last week.
UP AND OVER – Ouray’s Scott Fedel cleared a personal-best 5-foot-10 to finish second in the high jump at the Hotchkiss Invitational on Saturday. (Photo by Jeff Hunt)
Trojans' track and field teams perform well at Hotchkiss Invitational.

RECORD BREAKER The 34-pound Redfish caught by Kimberly Kirkendoll outside
“Some people have it and some people don’t,” John said. “She has it and inevitably she catches the biggest fish every trip.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE - Tyler Hansbrough and the North Carolina Tar Heels are seeded number 1 in the tournament and are expected to be one of the final four teams.
Now I have never claimed to be any sort of basketball savant in correctly predicting game outcomes, much less tournament outcomes – until now.
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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)
