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Mt. Sneffels Marathon adds new category
GOLFERS FINISHED UP a round of play on the 18th hole of the Telluride Golf Course Wednesday evening, during youth benchmark program practice. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Telluride’s Benchmark Program will teach 50 kids the sport of golf this summer, along with a few other life skills.
The Bowl Championship Series is a real mess, a waste of time, and the implosion of its national championship system is underway.
NORWOOD – Norwood’s Wright Stuff Community Foundation presents its Third Annual Wright Stuff Challenge, a 5k/10k race for walkers and runners, on Saturday, June 25, on the county roads south of tow...
Scott Mercier (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Telluride-bred pro-cyclist Scott Mercier made his decision about performance enhancing drugs more than a decade ago.
Ridgway Area Trails group (RAT) is hosting a trail building class and fundraiser/party June 9-12 in Ridgway.
The Telluride-Norwood Girls track team took third at state, the boys fifth, proving they’re among the best athletes Colorado.

ROUND THE BEND – After a long absence, and now for the second year in a row, bush track horse racing has returned to the Montrose Fairgrounds. The races, sponsored by the Black Canyon Horse Racing Association, will be held June 18-19. (Photo courtesy of James McElman)
Volunteers and county staff work to keep Fairgrounds race track in shape.
THE SILVER MEDAL triple jump at the state meet last weekend went to Ouray’s Kaleb Sackman, who leaped to a new school record of 43’ 8.5”. Ouray tracksters scored three other podium finishes at state. (Courtesy photo)
Ouray track brought home four podium finishes (and two school records) from the state track meet last weekend.
Alpine Bank National Junior College World Series this Memorial Day Weekend, in Grand Junction.
CLASIC FORM – Ouray senior Geordyn MacDougall (center, between unidentified runners from Soroco and Dove Creek) led the pack in the finished third in Grand Junction in
100 m hurdles last weekend in Grand Junction. MacDougall qualified for the state championships in a school record 17 seconds flat. (Photo by
David Emory)
The combined Ouray-Ridgway-Silverton-Lake City high school track and field team qualified a dozen athletes to the state championships next week in Lakewood.
DYNAMITE – The Telluride/Norwood track team. (Courtesy photo)
Telluride/Norwood high schools are headed to the state track and field meet with a menacing reputation.
GET SET, GO! – Runners in the Black Canyon Ascent charged up state Highway 347, climbing more than 2,000 feet before they reached the canyon’s campground. Race Director Scott Shine said a record number of runners and walkers took part in the race that benefited the Montrose Community Foundation. (Photo courtesy of San Juan Runners Club)
Black Canyon Ascent course records still stand
The Ouray County Soccer Assn. offers a season wrap-up.
What once was a sure thing, Tiger Woods’ quest to beat Jack Nicklaus’ major wins record is now seriously in question after last weeks withdrawal from the Players Championship.
The previously undefeated THS girls soccer team loses in the first round of the state tournament.
Telluride's Gus Kenworthy is Whistler's Overall Champion in season's four-day finale. “It's kind of weird,” said the characteristically modest world champion, whose sport will be in the 2014 Winte...

HOP, STEP, JUMP – Ouray’s Patrick Link soared in the triple jump at the Cedaredge meet recently. The Trojans come “home” to Montrose for a big meet Friday, April 29. (Photo by David Emory)
Trojan track and field athletes continued to improve at Cowboy Invitational in Gunnison.
COONEYS AT COPPER - Four golds for Molly Cooney and a silver for Beecher Cooney at the high-level season-ending USASA event. (Courtesy photos)
At the 2011 National Championships in Copper Mountain last week, snowboarder Molly Cooney won four of five events, leading the well-decorated Telluride pack.
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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)

GROWTH INVESTMENT – Students took advantage of a "living classroom" at the Telluride School's new Grow Dome this spring. The Dome, which will be open to the public for tours Wednesday, May 22, was funded in part by a Telluride Medical Center's Physical Education Program (PEP) grant. (Courtesy photos)

HEADED TO PLAYOFFS - Montrose High Shoo0l's Jake Kastendieck fielded a ground ball last Saturday during the team’s 10-0 victory over Woodland Park. The Indians advance to the state 4A quarterfinals this Friday at Cherokee Trail High School against Valor Christian. (Photo by William Woody)

PINHEADS, PIXELLATED – The Pinhead Institute holds its annual fundraiser, entitled Minecraft Mania,at the Sheridan Opera House this Sunday, May 19. (Courtesy photo)

TELLURIDE IN 1910 – A hypothetical model of the main street facades, made up of buildings throughout the region, the television producers are proposing to build for the production of "When Calls the Heart." (Courtesy image)
