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Hailing from all around the globe, the Denver Nuggets, without Carmelo Anthony, look better than they have in years. Now they just have to stay healthy.
PREPARING FOR STATE – Class 4A State Championship qualifiers from Montrose High School are: from left, Alyssa Aargon, Allison Foulk, Brooke Gaber, Amanda Winslow, Logan Morris, Mara Gabriel and Christine Hurford. Not pictured are Rashyll Leonard and Lorissa Gammer. The team competes Feb. 3-4 at districts in Grand Junction – the final opportunity to make the state cut. (Photo by Joel Blocker)
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Montrose swim team works to get more girls to state.
COLORADO’S BEST – Norwood High School’s Ty Williams was named the 2011/2012 Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the year. Williams competes for Telluride High School and is the first runner of the year to be chosen from Telluride High School. (File photo)
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Williams joins an elite company of past winners including Derek Jeter, Kevin Garnett, Abby Wambach, and March Sanchez.
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Local freeskiing star Gus Kenworthy takes a fourth and a fifth at X Games in Aspen.
WILDCATS WIN – Montrose's Jordan Cribari looked for an open teammate during second-quarter action. The Wildcats defeated the Indians 60-48, ending a 10-game Montrose win streak. (Photos by Joel Blocker)
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The Montrose High School boys’ basketball team had a good start in league play last week.
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This spring, running enthusiasts of all abilities will be able to take part in a new six-part running event: the Ouray County Race Series.
STAR SKIER - Telluride's Gus Kenworthy is expected to rock at the Winter X Games, which start today. (Photo by Robin MacDonald)
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Telluride’s Gus Kenworthy to make his X Games comeback this weekend in Aspen.
TELLURIDE SKI AND SNOWBOARD CLUB – Freestyler Troy Tully took third place in Steamboat on Sunday Duals Day. (Courtesy photo)
Jan 19, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
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The Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club reports that its freestyle mogul skiers have been training for when the snow comes.
ELYSA BARRON lopes along the course of the Running from an Angel marathon near Boulder City, Nev. on Jan. 7. It was her last of 51 marathons that she’s run over the past year for the nonprofit organization First Descents. (Courtesy photo by Joe Skalsky)
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‘Race the states’ endeavor raised $20,000 for First Descents
LADY MINERS – Telluride Miner Gracie Chapot moved the ball up-court in the Friday home game against the Ridgway Demons; Telluride lost, 53-73. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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High School basketball heating up in the San Juan League after the holidays.
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INBOUNDS PLAY – Ridgway junior Kyle Cotton (24) delivered an inbounds pass in the Demons’ 64-25 victory over Ouray Tuesday night in the Trojans’ gym, as high school basketball resumed following the Christmas break. Ouray Senior Jacob Fedel (32) defended on the play. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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High school basketball resumed after the Christmas break with the traditional rivalry between Ridgway and Ouray, Tuesday night.
ANDRES MARIN shows off his dry-tooling technique in the difficult upper third section of the competition route at last weekend's Ouray Ice Festival. Marin, who placed second in Elite Mixed Ice Climbing, hails from Colombia, but lives and guides in Ouray. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Crowds of climbers thrill to exciting photo finish at Ouray Ice Festival competition.
TROJANS VS. MINERS - Ouray senior Steve Duce (11) attempted to dribble his way past Telluride senior Fischer Hazen during Friday's game in Ouray. Despite a strong second half performance, the Trojans were defeated by the Miners by a score of 45 to 57. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Telluride Miners thwart Ouray in league play.
Lindsey Stindt (Courtesy photo)
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Four-year starter on Norwood Maverick Volleyball team takes the next step.
SWEET LOAF - Named "Povitica," after the Slovenian sweet loaf, a steel beam will add some spice to the mixed climbing competition this year. Here, route setter Vince Anderson completed some last minute work on the route where climbers will attempt to ascend from the left, cross the beam and then continue up the right rock wall. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Vince Anderson unveils heinous new comp route for 2012 Ouray Ice Festival.
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NORWOOD WRESTLER Brent Harris took top honors in his weight class at state. (Courtesy photo)
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The year in sports, from defending champs winning the Ouray July 4 water fights to Telluride and Norwood Volleyball teams compete at State Championships in 2011 to Montrose’s Kolton Kyne qualifying...
MILLIONS WATCHED as Telluride homegrown Gus Kenworthy competed in his first X-Games Slopestyle finals in Aspen last February. (File photo)
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Telluride boasts some of the burliest slopes in North America, so it’s no wonder it’s also home to some of the best skiers on the continent – Kenworthy, Discoes, Kearneys.
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Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) clinched victory Friday afternoon in the first snowboard cross race of the 2012 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup on Lower Misty Maiden. Jacobellis successfully competed in the women's final against last year's winner Dominique Maltais (CAN) and Deborah Anthonioz (FRA) and thus locked in the first ever victory of an US athlete in Telluride. Photo by Brett Schreckengost
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Win Marks First American Gold in Three-Year-Old Event; Baumgartner/Cheever a Close Second in SBX Team Final
AND THEY'RE OFF! – A group of forerunners on the World Cup SBX course Wednesday morning included Telluride local Harry Kearney (winner of last year’s Mt. Baker Slalom). Harry’s
brother Hagen Kearney (above) earned a “coach’s discretion” spot in Friday’s finals. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Kearney and his younger brother Harry were among the six young snowboarders invited to last week’s camp, and according to U.S. Snowboard Team coach Peter Foley, both Kearney boys showed their prowe...
LG FIS Snowboard World Cup Athletes Seth Westcott, Nick Baumgartner, Lindsey Jacobellis, Jonathan Cheever, Nate Holland, Pat Holland,
and Graham Watanabe rode with Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club members and their coach this week. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Local snowboarders ripped it up with World Cup champions last Thursday in Telluride.
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ROBERT JUSTIS (Courtesy photo)
‘SIT DOWN JOHN' – Cast members sing in the romping musical 1776 at Magic Circle Theatre. (Courtesy photo)
WANTING ANSWERS – Ouray hotelier and former city councilor Betty Wolfe expressed her concern about the recent police department resignations, and demanded answers, at last Monday’s Ouray City Council meeting as a crowd of about 30 community members watched. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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)