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The War Ponies beat out five teams to win the 6-8 division of the Mini Madness softball tournament during Blanding Independence Day celebrations. They’re pictured here displaying their championship medals. Members of the team include: (top row, left to right) Coach Khatira Keith, Miken Keith, Jaidein Istenes, Tyus Spotted Elk, Kelian Hutchins, Staley Dandy, Ian Mark, Coach Khatira Keith, Coach Alicia Hatathle. Bottom: Kheirra Keith, Octie John, Khimya Fullwood, Colee Crofts, Caydence Joe, & Daveigh Mitchell

Independence Day Sports Results

Sport contest results from the 2023 Blanding Independence Day celebration

Edward Lyman wins Independence Day 5K

San Juan High School cross country standout Edward Lyman paced the annual Blanding Independence Day 5K field for an overall victory on July 4 with a time of 17:40. Lyman was two minutes shy of the course record set by Jacob Francis in 2022 and finished 1:10 ahead of his closest competitor, his own...

The San Juan High School football team celebrates their championship at a 7-on-7 tournament in Manti June 24. The Broncos came from behind to beat Summit Academy in the semifinals, then beat Snow Canyon in the championship game. The opening game of the San Juan football season is just over a month away. Photo courtesy Barkley Christensen

San Juan football team gets clean sweep at 7-on-7 tournament

by Barkley Christensen San Juan High School Head Football Coach The San Juan High School football team took a trip to Manti, UT on June 23-24 to compete in a 7-on-7 passing tournament and a lineman challenge tournament. The Broncos faced teams representing four different classifications, ranging...

San Juan High School players and coaches who participated in the 2023 Senior Bowl All-State football game in Richfield on July 1 include: (left to right) Coach Tad Barton, Jerzy Nieves, Coach Bobby Bowring, Hughston Ketchum, Collin Baker, and Coach Barkley Christensen. Photo courtesy Barkley Christensen

Broncos compete in All-State game

by Barkley Christensen San Juan High School Head Football Coach The Utah Senior Bowl 1A/2A/3A All-State football game has always been highly anticipated by players and fans every year since its beginnings in the early 1980s. It allows just-graduated seniors who received All-State honors one final...

Five recent high school graduates are currently representing or will soon represent San Juan County in collegiate competition

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor There are five athletes already competing or about to compete at the collegiate level who once donned the colors of their respective high schools here in San Juan County. Here are updates on them. Adam Bunker, a 2019 Monticello graduate, is in his second season with...

Avina Cordova 2A Softball First Team San Juan Senior second base

Baseball and Softball All-State honors

Nine baseball and softball players from San Juan and Monticello high schools earned All-State honors for the 2023 spring season. The Deseret News released its annual lists of All-State athletes based on coaches’ votes from a list of nominated players from each team. The San Juan Record is proud to...

Monticello High School teams finish second in annual Deseret News 1A All-Sports Awards

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor Monticello High School 2022-2023 sports teams scored a combined 53 points to earn the 1A Runner-Up spot in the annual Deseret News All-Sports Awards released on June 12. Bolstered by a girls golf state championship and second-place finishes in eight-man football and...

Local golfer heads to Scotland for Junior Golf Invitational

by Leo Platero Contributing Writer Seventeen-year-old Navajo Wyatt Toney, who hails from Moab, along with nine other teenagers from across the U.S. have been selected to represent the United States in a Junior Golf Invitational in Scotland. The group will play on five different courses and will go...

Local aspiring golf legend Olivia Plemons drives for distance at a junior golf clinic at the Hideout Golf Club on June 12. Forty-eight children from Monticello, Blanding, Bluff, and Dove Creek were in attendance. This was the first of three junior clinics the club will hold this summer in an effort to raise interest in the sport among youth in the area. Jeff Simon photo

Hideout Happenings

by Jeff Simon Hideout Golf Club PGA Professional The first of three summer junior golf clinics at the Hideout Golf Club began on Monday, June 12 and ran through Wednesday, June 14. Forty-eight children ranging from ages 6 to 15 from Monticello, Blanding, Bluff, and Dove Creek came to participate....

San Juan High graduate heads to St. George to wrestle for Utah Tech

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor Former San Juan High School wrestler Tayden Mark is now a Trailblazer. Mark signed a letter of intent to wrestle for Utah Tech University in May and will begin competing with the team as an incoming freshman this fall. Mark finished fourth at the 2023 2A Utah High...