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MONTROSE RESIDENT Eric Rhoten, now 27, competed in an enduro X race last year. (Courtesy Photo)
Montrose motocross rider takes on the best of the best at the X Games.
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...
Keaton McCargo of the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club has been named Colorado Ski Country USA Spencer Nelson All-Star Athlete of the Year.
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)
Runners converged in Ridgway for the inaugural Trail Town 10-Miler race last Saturday, June 16.
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.
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?
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)
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
Meet the Telluride Yankees, whose win-loss percentage is 1.00 (on a total payroll of $0.00).
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.
The Indian Invitational in Montrose saw top performances by several Ouray High School track-and-field athletes.
Kenworthy stomped a perfect switch double 1620 in Whistler to take the Big Air World Championship.
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)
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)
Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club Athletes Shine in End-of-Season Competitions
Key: Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club
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RATS’ NEST – A rack of demo bikes at last year’s Ridgway Area Trails (RAT) Festival in Hartwell Park. This year’s 3rd annual will again feature trail building and skills clinics, along with a new Friday beer-and-shorts film night at the Sherbino Theater. (Courtesy photo)
VOLUNTEER Linda Granzow worked twine through spent round casings at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center last week. (Photo by William Woody)
WARRIOR WIND CHIMES – Welcome Home Montrose staff Emily Smith painted ceramic part of wind chimes at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center last week. (Photo by William Woody)
BACK HOME IN TELLURIDE – members of Telluride’s Volunteer Fire Department helped move the Galloping Goose No. 4 back to its home next to the San Miguel County Courthouse on May 16. The railbus spent the last four years in Ridgway while it was refurbished. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)

ROBERT JUSTIS (Courtesy photo)
