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The San Juan cross country team hosted nine teams – including local rivals Monticello, Whitehorse, and Monument Valley – in the annual John Thornton Invitational on Wednesday, September 30. Recent rains in Blanding forced the race to be moved from its traditional location along the Pacheco Trail to...
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The 2026 San Juan High School cross country team recently hosted nine teams from around the state in the annual John Thornton Invitational. The Broncos won the boys race 31-50 over Grand County and the girls finished fourth as a team with 87 points. Platte Lyman and Cannon Kartchner finished second...
Two doubles pairings concluded the season for the San Juan High School girls tennis team at the 3A Utah State Girls Tennis Tournament at Brighton High School on October 1. Sadie Black and Kellyn Davis represented the Lady Broncos in first doubles play. Sariah Sweeten and Elsie Grover played in the...
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For Adam Lacy, wrestling has come full circle. The former San Juan High School standout has been hired as the new head wrestling coach at Springville High School. Lacy brings a wrestling background that began in southeastern Utah more than two decades ago. He wrestled for San Juan High School...
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It was an exceptionally busy past week for the Monument Valley High School volleyball team. The Lady Cougars played six games in a four-day period and won all but one of them. They began the week with a Region 19 rivalry showdown with the Green River Lady Pirates in Monument Valley on Wednesday,...
by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School girls tennis team picked up three wins at the Region 18 Championship played in Monroe, UT on Monday, September 21. The Lady Broncos finished sixth as a team at the event. In first doubles play Kellyn Davis and Sadie Black defeated Rexlynn and...
San Juan junior Aspyn Ivins celebrates a point against Grand County on September 3.  Brooke Pehrson photo
by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor It has been a while since the San Juan High School volleyball team lost a game. They last suffered defeat on August 15 at the hands of 4A Uintah in the Spartan Challenge tournament in Murray. Since then the Lady Broncos have won 11 games in a row, running their record...
Monticello senior Tristan Burtenshaw runs to the end zone for a score against Altamont. Christina Nielson photo
by David Boyle News Director The Monticello Buckaroos earned a 39-16 road victory over Altamont on September 25. The win puts Monticello’s record at 5-1 on the season with three games remaining on the schedule. Monticello got to work right away against Altamont. The Buckaroos started their opening...
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by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The Monticello High School volleyball team split four games in the past two weeks to hold steady at 7-6 overall. They are 3-0 in Region 19 play. The Lady Buckaroos were 11th in the Utah 1A standings at the start of the week with eight games remaining in the regular...
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The San Juan High School football team rallied from a deficit for the second straight week to beat Manti 61-38 on Friday, September 25 in Blanding. It was the second week in a row the Broncos trailed in the first half of the game and the second straight week they exploded offensively to take...

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