High School Sports
By the numbers
Wyatt Hayes and the Ignacio Bobcats are back in the state tournament for the second consecutive year. They’ll be the No. 3 seed, a stark contrast to the top seed…
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Skyhawk softball sweeps
The Skyhawks (8-11, 6-2 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) won the first game 17-8, and Kiley Raica pitched the Skyhawks to their first shutout win of the season, 9-0, in five…
Youth Sports
Garth Brooks, Pro Football Hall of Fame pals hold football camp in Buffalo
Like Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas, for example. The Pro Football Hall of Famers were among numerous current and former athletes to join Brooks in holding a football camp for…
High School Sports
DHS boys, girls 2nd
Durango’s Justin Marcum cleared 12 feet, 9 inches – and the competition – in the pole vault Saturday in Farmington.Photo courtesy of Don Scott “Durango lost a big cadre of…
Professional Sports
A win for home team in men’s super-G
Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud said “It feels like a weight off my shoulders” after Sunday’s World Cup super-G win at home in Kvitfjell, Norway.Alessandro Trovati/Associated Press The Norwegian completed the Olympiabakken…
Professional Sports
After a not-so-super stretch, a super ‘W’ in super-G for Vonn
After struggling at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships at Beaver Creek – near her hometown of Vail – and a few races soon after, Lindsey Vonn found her way…
Professional Sports
Arenado hits 3-run homer, Rockies beat Cubs 7-5
The 23-year-old third baseman has two Gold Gloves in as many major league seasons. The Rockies hope Arenado becomes a force at the plate after a strong finish last season.…
Professional Sports
Cortez’s Archibeque climbs European ladder
After playing three years in Poland, one year in the Republic of Georgia and a season in Slovakia, Montezuma-Cortez and Fort Lewis College graduate Kirk Archibeque is playing professional basketball…
Professional Sports
Reichelt claims 2nd consecutive World Cup downhill win; Ganong sixth for U.S.
The United States’ Travis Ganong caught air but couldn’t catch the leaders, finishing sixth Saturday in the men’s World Cup downhill in Kvitfjell, Norway.Alessandro Trovati/Associated Press Reichelt, the super-G world…
Professional Sports
Vonn finishes 7th, maintains downhill lead
Lindsey Vonn finished seventh Saturday in the World Cup downhill in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, but it was enough to hold onto the lead in the downhill standings.Marco Tacca/Associated Press Weirather…
High School Sports
Cinderella Wolverines
The Wolverines secured their second consecutive upset of the CHSAA Class 3A State Championships, 69-61 over No. 12 Eaton on Saturday in Thornton. BHS (13-10) didn’t start the game on…
College Sports
Hawkinson leads Washington State over Colorado 96-91 in OT
Colorado guard Wesley Gordon (1) drives to the basket past Washington State guard Dexter Kernich-Drew (10) and forward Josh Hawkinson (24) on Saturday in Pullman, Wash.Gary Breedlove/Associated Press “Everybody was…
Professional Sports
Harden scores 28, Rockets beat Nuggets 114-100
Denver Nuggets forward Wilson Chandler, front, pulls in a loose ball on the baseline in front of Houston Rockets forwards Josh Smith, back left, and Donatas Motiejunas on Saturday in…
Professional Sports
Early goals, Varlamov’s 44 saves lift Avs past CBJ, 4-0
The Blue Jackets’ Justin Falk, left, collides into the glass after missing a check on the Avalanche’s Matt Duchene on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.Paul Vernon/Associated Press The shutout was Varlamov’s…
Professional Sports
Leonard and Parker lead Spurs over Nuggets
San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard, left, defends Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson on Friday in San Antonio.Darren Abate/Associated Press Tim Duncan added 15 points for San Antonio, which has…
High School Sports
Season ends for IHS girls
The Ignacio High School Bobcats were just extras. Hughes scored 21 points and snatched six steals in leading the Meeker High School girls basketball team to a 61-47 win over…
College Sports
NCAA severe sanctions
The penalties include a nine-game suspension for basketball coach Jim Boeheim, scholarship reductions for the next four seasons and five years’ probation. A look at some other recent high-profile NCAA…
College Sports
Fort Collins, CSU drafting agreement on new stadium
The Fort Collins Coloradoan reported Friday that the agreement would also require CSU to pay for additional public transportation and police during games, as well as for street improvements. The…
College Sports
Boeheim, Syracuse hit hard by NCAA
The NCAA came down hard on Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim Friday for academic, drug and gifts violations committed primarily by the men’s basketball program.Nick Lisi/Associated Press file photo The NCAA…
Professional Sports
Broncos tender Marshall, 2 others
Oakland tight end Mychal Rivera (81) was just another notch in Denver tackling machine Brandon Marshall’s belt last season.Ben Margot/Associated Press file photo The Broncos have two more restricted free…
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BHS holding volleyball summer camps
And though neither of the two events begins until June, with enrollment for each being capped at 60 individuals it’s a good idea for prospective attendees to submit their entry…