Sports Shorts
Summer baseball leagues finish season
The Dodgers and the Red Sox from Monticello concluded a competitive summer with respective trips to Pinto league state tournaments. The Dodgers, coached by Steve Draper, finished in third place in ...
Jul 23, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local connections to Beijing Olympics
Todd Wells, who hails from Durango CO, has qualified for his second Olympics. Wells, a professional mountain bike and cyclocross racer, was a member of the 2004 USA Olympic team and competed in Ath...
Jul 16, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Beijing-bound Olympian track star has a local connection
San Juan County is laying claim to its first-ever Olympian, after Lindsay Anderson qualified for the first ever Olympic women’s 3000 meter steeple chase in 2008 Beijing Olympics in China by finishi...
Jul 09, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Big win for Dodgers in tourney
“Did you see that change-up I threw?” inquired the pitcher. “Yes, but I didn’t call it,” deadpanned the manager. Nope, I’m not quoting Major League baseball, but youth baseball right here in San Ju...
Jul 02, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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To the Wasatch and back
The Back is back, the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay that is, and more locals participated this year than last.
Jun 25, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Summer sports are heating up, even if the weather isn’t cooperating
In the summer time when the weather is hot,,,,,not. Even though weather might not seem appropriate yet, summer sports are blazing away in Blanding and Monticello. With baseball and softball leagues...
Jun 11, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Track and golf wrap up a busy year for high school athletes
That’s a wrap! The 2007-08 high school sports year officially ended with the close of golf and track. Let’s review what has been a memorable sports year.
May 21, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lady Broncos claim state title
State Champs!! That is the familiar cry fans and friends and all of Blanding are once again trumpeting about the young ladies of San Juan.
May 14, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Two girls teams in run for state honors
Spring sports wind up the next two weekends with the girls in Blanding and Monticello in the running to claim state championships.
May 07, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Visit to a hockey game
Hockey is a bizarre sport. Here’s proof. I went with a group of school teachers to watch a hockey game at the E Center in West Valley City the other night. Maybe that was my problem, going with sch...
Apr 23, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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