Sports/Outdoors
Racers gather after the inaugural Abajo Enduro mountain bike race, which took place on August 9. There were 25 racers who participated in the race, which started high in the Abajos and finished at Foy Lake. Staff photo
Inaugural Abajo Enduro attracts 25 mountain bike enthusiasts
A total of 25 mountain biking enthusiasts participated in the Inaugural Abajo Enduro, a downhill mountain bike race on the Blue Mountains, on Saturday, August 9.
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Worthy Glover on a portion of the Abajo Enduro race course. Andy Platt photo
Abajo Enduro offers biking challenge
Mountain bike enthusiasts are excited about an August 9 mountain bike race that will start at the top of Abajo Peak and finish at Foy Lake.
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NBA Slam Dunk champion Jeremy Evans will appear at Monticello Elementary School on July 30 at 4 p.m. Courtesy photo
NBA slam dunk champ to appear in Monticello
Come meet Utah Jazz forward and 2012 NBA Slam Dunk Champion Jeremy Evans on July 30 at 4 p.m. at the Monticello Elementary School. Jeremy just finished his fourth year in the NBA and fourth with th...
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Volunteers make improvements to the Mill Site trail system in Monticello. Courtesy photo
Crews improve local bike trails
A handful of volunteers combined their efforts on July 12 to build a portion of trail connecting trails in the Mill Site trail system for mountain bikes.
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Little League championship played June 28
Monticello Cubs and Blanding A’s played for the little league championship on June 28. Cubs won. Cubs are: (back, l. to r.) Ryan Young, Tugg Davis, Donavan Atwood, Logan Draper, Michael Carpenter, ...
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Blanding resident Colton Oliver competes this week in the 10th annual National Junior High Finals Rodeo in Boys Goat Tying. Courtesy photo
Local cowboy to compete in Nat’l Junior High Rodeo
Colton Oliver, a seventh-grade student at Albert R. Lyman Middle School in Blanding, has earned a position on the Utah State National Junior High rodeo team and will be traveling to Des Moines, IA ...
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Bucks second in all-sport standings
The Monticello Buckaroos finished second in 1A in the annual All-Sports Awards recently announced by the Deseret News.
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Local athletes excel at state track meet
San Juan High School saw a champion crowned at the May 16-17 2-A State Track meet. Junior Arizona Carr threw the shot put 34 feet 11 inches to finish in first place.
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Bucks close prep baseball season
The Buckaroos baseball season came to an end Saturday in Manti as the boys lost two straight to exit the 2A Baseball Tournament.
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Well deserved honors for Sue’Sue’
San Juan softball and volleyball player Tatiana Su’e Su’e was named Female Prep Athlete of the Year at the third annual Utah Governor’s State of Sport Awards last Tuesday night.
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