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CHAMP – Montrose High's Logan Morris earned her second straight Class 4A state championship in the 100-yard breaststroke at this year's state meet in Thornton. (Photo by Joel Blocker)
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Montrose High School girls swim team brought home a state gold medal and seventh place overall.
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HOME BOY – Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club freestyle skier Troy Tully hit the top jump on the Hermit bump course Tuesday during practice session for the upcoming NorAms in Telluride (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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The first-ever Telluride-hosted NorAm mogul event converges on Hermit ski run this week.
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A limited number of health-conscious travelers seeking an all-inclusive fitness program can experience Fitness Ridge Telluride, April 8-May 26.
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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)
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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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<b>INBOUNDS PLAY</b> – 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.
![<b>SWEET LOAF</b> - 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)](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/165/assets/CEFD_comp_route.JPG "<b>SWEET LOAF</b> - 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)")
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)
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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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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)