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The combined Ouray/Ridgway track and field team competed at the Bulldog Invitational in Hotchkiss last weekend.
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Gus Kenworthy floats to second at Dumont Cup.
Two-time National Champion Joe Discoe
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Discoe repeats U.S. Nationals win with duals victory.
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Local freeride star places high in qualification round for X Games slopestyle event in Tignes, France, but falls short in finals.
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Chasing end of season medals.
NORWOOD MAVERICK Shelby Brier (24) drove around Simla’s Jessica George in the state 1A semi-final game last weekend at the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley. Norwood lost to eventual champion Simla 36-28. (Photo by Kathryn Wescott)
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Two area teams made it to the state basketball championships this year, Ouray’s boys and Norwood’s girls.
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The Telluride Mountain School senior becomes the second-ever 17-year-old to take top honors in the Pro division at the 26th Annual Legendary Mt. Baker Banked Slalom.
ON HOME ICE – Ryan Hanley of Telluride (above, left) and Jennifer Coombe of Aspen raced for the puck during Sunday's game at Hanley Rink, which ended in a 2-2 tie. (Photo by Dale Kondracki)
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Less than a week after carbon monoxide sickened its players at a tournament in Gunnison, Telluride’s U-19 girls hockey team returned to competition with composure.
JIM DREW MEMORIAL SKI RACE – Winter Park’s Megan Horner lay down a solid Giant Slalom run in a
snowstorm on the Milk Run course Saturday afternoon; she finished third overall in the event. (Photo by
Brett Schreckengost)
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The Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club hosted Junior Olympics qualifying races on Milk Run last weekend.
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The International Olympic Committee is considering including slopestyle in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. With a top-ten finish at Thursday’s World Championships, Kenworthy could be poised to ...
Joe Discoe
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A strong U.S. men’s team makes their mark at the 2011 World Championship mogul competition in Deer Valley; local skier Joe Discoe among the top finishers. And in slopestyle, Telluride’s own Gus Ken...
RISING STAR – 2009 Ridgway High School graduate Lauren Hagemeyer soared for the kill in a 2010 match for BYU-Hawaii. A 6’-1” right-side hitter, Hagemeyer helped the Seasiders to a PacWest Division title.
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Lauren Hagemeyer moved on from volleyball stardom at Ridgway High School to college at BYU-Hawaii.
MUSH! – Rocky Mountain Sled Dog Club President Lynn Whipple and her four-dog team turned a corner while racing in Leadville, Colo. last March. Dogsled racing comes to the Grand Mesa on Jan. 29 and 30. (Photo courtesy Lucy Bettis)
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The fifth annual Rocky Mountain Dogsled Races will be an exciting way to explore the Grand Mesa and the sport.
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Telluride alpine racers dominate at age class race in Crested Butte
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Ice Festival gets its axe in gear.
MOGULS MOGUL - Telluride's Zak Watkins (center) took the Dual Moguls prize at the U.S. Ski Team Selection event in Steamboat Springs. Second place went to Brian Zemba of Killington, Vt. (left); third was Bradley Wilson of Salt Lake City, Ut. (Photo by Caleb Martin)
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Although U.S. Ski Team spots eluded them, TSSC mogulists rose to the occasion at high-level Selections event
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Telluride and Norwood enjoyed a year in the sports spotlight in 2010, thanks to luminary athletes and record-smashing high school teams.
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WORLD CUP MAGIC – (right to left) Tom Velisek (Canada), Omar Visintin (Italy), David Speiser (Germany) and Jake Holden (Canada) battled their way through the top section of the Misty Maiden course on Friday, Dec. 17, in the Men’s SBX finals. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Chythlook-Sifsof Marks Her Best Finish Since 2007
SNOW RUNNERS — The Winter Rim Romp, a 5-mile snowshoe race along Rim Road at Black Canyon on Jan. 8, is a brand new event at the national park sponsored by the San Juan Mountain Runners that will benefit the Montrose Community Foundation. Snowshoes will be provided, and Park Rangers will also conduct for shorter snowshoe hikes along park trails for kids, families and those who want to go slow. (Photo Courtesy San Juan Mountain Runners)
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New snowshoe race at Black Canyon will raise funds for nonprofit foundation.
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Telluride snowrider Fern Miller comes home for her World Cup debut.
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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)