Sports
Youth football teams heading to playoffs
The fifth grade team has a 5-3 record and plays at 11 a.m. in Durango versus the Kirtland Broncos. The fourth-grade team has a 6-2 record after a forfeit last…
Wild pour it on the ‘Sieve’
Minnesota routs the Avalanche at home in an ‘off night’ by the away team
Lucky No. 7?
Haleigh Macomb and the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks’ women’s soccer team hasn’t allowed a goal in six games, since Sept. 19 in a 1-0 loss to Regis in Denver. In…
SWL title hangs in the balance in final games
boys soccer team is two Ws away from a championship
DHS singles star surprised by state cameo
Demons’ No. 1 tennis player is a late call-up to 4A tournament
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Busch wins Charlotte pole; Chase drivers struggle CONCORD, N.C. – Kyle Busch won the pole for Saturday night’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where Joe Gibbs Racing could surge into…
FLC home for 2 at ‘field of fortress’
Rivalries ‘will go a long way to deciding’ RMAC
Could the ‘LegenD’ have done more?
country, no, but Klinsmann thinks Donovan underachieved in Europe
Hardcores invade Moab for Outerbike
It seemed simple. Round up as many mountain bike manufacturers as she could in the Utah desert, then invite the pedaling masses to come out for new bikes, a little…
Outdoors Briefs
Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort is adding 11 new energy-efficient snowmaking tower guns and a high-output fan gun as part of its offseason improvements. The new Burton Riglet Park anchors…
Paddleboarding makes waves in Oregon’s Rogue
“There were some snickers, for sure,” says Baracker, a stand-up paddleboarder. “I’d get … ‘Do you know what you’re doing here?’ ‘Don’t you understand this is a river?’ ‘Are you…
A three-way tie for 10th
Losers of four of five matches in their recent road stretch, senior defensive specialist Tehya Smith and the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks’ volleyball team returns home for two in a…
Three is the Bobcats’ magic number
Altered line is hindering Ignacio’s running game’s quest for the postseason
A fear of ‘letting down Peyton’ fires up Thomas
“He knew he wasn’t playing up to his capabilities. He has high goals and high standards, and for whatever reason, I think he’s been thinking a lot. … He’s been…
MacIntyre wears his passion on his sleeve
Buffaloes are getting close, just need to ‘finish out a game’
Colts in the Hilton penthouse
Andrew Luck, T.Y. Hilton (pictured) and the Indianapolis Colts had a great first quarter and did just enough the rest of the way to hold on for a 33-28 victory…
Chop block on Campbell costs Thomas a fine
sides are done with it after the league’s punitive measure
The Green Side of Life
When it comes to Week 5 of the Gridiron Green, they lied. Waylon Foreman of Farmington beat out an octet of pickers with 14-of-15 right around last week’s NFL slate…
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EPO positives at Astana ‘extremely serious’ PARIS – The governing body of cycling said two “extremely serious” doping positives at Astana raise questions about ethics and management at the team…
Durango shuts out YAFL competition
Second- and sixth-grade Demons wrap their undefeated seasons
Durango Swim Club a bunch of busy bees
The Aspen Speedos, with swimmers in every event over both days, won the competition Sept. 27-28 at the rec-center pool. Also competing were Cortez, Durango, Farmington, Grand Junction, Ignacio, Montrose,…
Favre endorses Manning for his record
‘I’m glad it’s Peyton that’s doing it,’ he says of the touchdown record
Demons’ Freeburn rides into first
more race, mountain biker claims a cycling championship
Sports Briefs
Follow the white chalk arrows. It’s that time of the year again: Wednesday cyclocross racing at the Factory Trails behind Bader Dorm on the Fort Lewis College campus. This year’s…