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CLIMBER READY – Cold and dry weather has made for ideal ice making conditions at the Ouray Ice Park, which plans to open on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7 a.m. Sharpen those axes and crampons. It’s finally time to climb. (Photo courtesy of Mike Bryson)
With ice being made seven days a week this year and a water delivery system upgrade, the Ouray Ice Park could have the best ice climbing conditions it has ever had.
The Broncos losses have come against teams that stop the run. And Indianapolis doesn’t.
News flash! Maybe the guy just doesn’t like onions. Jarvis comes up with a convincing story for Tiger Woods.
PLAYOFF FOOTBALL – The Norwood Maverick’s perfect football season came to an end last weekend with a tough playoff loss to Dayspring Christian, 42-12. The Mavericks put one over the goal line for a touchdown (top) while Dayspring’s kicker split the goal post for an extra point (below). The entire Norwood community came out to show its support of Norwood football (bottom). (Photos by Brett Schreckengost)
Norwood Mavericks go down, 12-42, to Eagles, but it was still a GREAT season!
“Future is bright” for THS team, after dominating State Championships show last weekend in Fort Collins

HOME PLAYOFF – Ridgway’s Tanner Skalla (13) moved the ball up field while Demon Josh Crozier (14) looked on in Monday’s first round action of the State playoffs at the Solar Ranch Fields. Ridgway won Monday’s game 1-0 to advance to the second round of the playoffs. The Demons lost that game on Tuesday, 2-1, against No. 2-ranked Peak to Peak Charter School. (Photo by Cecily Bryson)
Regional Champs Ridgway make it to the second round for the first time after beating Coal Ridge at home on Monday, 1-0.

SOCCER STRIKE – Ethan Fletcher scored on this shot through the goalie’s defense in last weekend’s soccer action. (Courtesy photo)
Up two, down two – Ridgway U12 Lightning enjoyed their final soccer games of the season, including a Socctoberfest Tournament in New Mexico.
Ridgway boys hope to get through preliminary round, extending their so-far undefeated 2009 season.
Maybe the Broncos should keep wearing those sick vintage uniforms.
Tired of fans of American League teams talking trash? So, go Phillies! Beat the Dodgers! And if the Dodgers beat the Phillies, go Angels! Confused? Go Broncos!
COPA DEL SOL – Telluride’s U14 player Alfred Stauder (in black) took a shot on goal during the 4-on-4 tournament in Durango (top left). (Photo by Jan Herrick)
Ridgway’s Lightning strikes twice – in Telluride, and at Copa Del Sol
A man-hug bigger than a winning touchdown.
GO, MINERS! - Raul Toledo took a shot on center, Saturday, October 3, in Pagosa Springs, where Telluride won, 7-1. (Photo by Jesse Hope)
Miners need three divisional victories to win the divisional title.
AT THE 7 A.M. START – M2D riders shiver in anticipation of their 132-mile ride. (Photo by Dale Kondracki)
Marathoner Paul Reich, who felt more like a “tortoise” than a “hare” this time out on the 132-mile Telluride-to-Moab Just for Kids’ Mountains to Desert Bike Road, says the slow racers are the real ...
Sometimes a true fan has to boo.
RIDGWAY’S ANGELINA CHANEY went up for a block against a spike by Telluride’s Mallory Bosse during Tuesday’s JV match in the Minerdome. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
In their first volleyball meeting of the season, the Telluride Miners took three matches over Ridgway, partly thanks to empty seats on the Demons’ bench.
After the first three weeks of the season, the schedule gets much tougher for the Broncos.
The Imogene Pass Run’s men’s and women’s 2008 winners Parr and Nelson both set the fastest times seen in years at Saturday’s race.
UNDEFEATED – Under variable skies Tuesday evening, the Ridgway High School Demon soccer team pulled out a 1-0 victory over the Telluride Miners on the Solar Ranch Field in Ridgway. (Photo by Cecily Bryson)
With the Telluride Miners unable to put shots in the net, the Ridgway Demons move to a 2-0 soccer season record.
SHE’S OUT – Montrose’s Nikki Rodgers (13) applied the tag on a Delta’s Jess Easter and was subsequently thrown out. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
The score may not indicate it but Tuesday evening’s game against the Delta High Panthers was a close game.
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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)
