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Montrose wrestlers managed to win despite losing points from empty weight classes.
The Montrose High School boys’ basketball team defeated some tough competition at the D’Evelyn tournament.

FROM THE PAINT – Derek Green (15) of Ouray shot over Norwood's Jeff Williams during their game at the Mountain Shootout. The Trojan's Kyle Kinsel (4) and Justin Clark (23) looked for rebound position. The Trojans fell to the Mavericks 88-44. (Photo by Kathryn Westcott)
The high school basketball season got underway last weekend with the Nucla Mountain Shootout.
A mountain-climbing Montrose couple has published a new photo book.
The Mavericks finished the season with a sterling 10-2 record, with both losses coming at the hands of the Hoehne Farmers.
ALL FOR ONE – Telluride’s high school volleyball team capped a successful season with a consolation win at the State Tournament last week. (Courtesy photo)
Telluride and Norwood both sent volleyball teams to State this year, giving both programs bragging rights as one of the Elite Eight teams in their division.
PRE-SEASON MOUNTAIN PREP – Telluride Ski Resort snowmaker Jake Vavricka ran a final gun check on a snowmaker on lower Misty Maiden ski run Wednesday morning. The ski resort opens Nov. 23
with First Tracks Wednesday, a fundraiser for the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club. Tickets are $25 and all proceeds benefit TSSC. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Until Wednesday, Nov. 23, when the Telluride Ski Resort hosts its traditional “First Tracks Wednesday,” the traditional day-before-Thanksgiving fundraiser for the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club w...
This story isn’t about football, coaching traditions or fight songs. It’s about everything that’s wrong and sick in our society and our inability to stop it when we see it.
SPIKE! – Montrose High School middle blocker Hunter Schaeffer attacked as Emily Wolverton watched during the district competition. The Indians came from behind and qualified for the regional tournament. (Photo by Trevor Alvord)
Underdog Montrose girl’s volleyball team plays comeback style in district tournament.
STATE BOUND – The Telluride Lady Miners Class 2A volleyball team finished second at Regionals behind Mancos last weekend. They head to the
State tournament in Denver today. Pictured: (Left to right) In back, Emily Langley, Erin Kean, Mallory Bosse, Coach Fawnda Rogers, Carson Brumley,
Genevieve Matamoros, Scout Franklin; middle, Ryan Niebruegge, Mikaela Balkind, Emy Ludwig; front, Sarah Wontrobski. (Courtesy photo)
Telluride’s high school volleyball team earned a trip to the state tournament with two wins last weekend at regionals.
Big powder, big air and big tricks in the Telluride ski film, Loyalty .
The Telluride born-and-bred athlete was the overall tour champion last season.
Despite an upset at last weekend’s District volleyball tournament, Telluride is setting its sights high for the coming Regional tourney in Palisade.
Taylor Schoenebaum
Taylor Schoenebaum, Ouray’s lone cross-country runner at the State meet, met her goal and bettered her best time.
Dana Shellhorn is the fifth-fastest girl in cross-country competition in Montrose High School history.
Junior Dana Shellhorn becomes fifth-fastest in MHS history.
ANGELO YOUNGREN (right) blocked for Montrose quarterback Drew Casebier during the Indians’ game
against the Fruita-Monument Wildcats at Montrose
High School Friday. Montrose beat Fruita 27-21.
(Photo by Barton Glasser)
With an impressive 8-1 record, the Montrose Indians face Durango next.
Ron Allred joins 191 ski industry pioneers next month, when he’s inducted into the Colo. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.
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SAFETY FIRST – Surrounded by students, Gov. Hickenlooper signed a bill into law at Ouray School on Thursday afternoon that seeks to enhance school safety across Colorado by providing support at the state level to hire more school resource officers. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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)
