Sports

An interview with Bronco XC Coach

Bronco harriers have a very positive outlook as they get set to open the 2022 season The San Juan High School cross country team is set to begin their season this Saturday, August 13 at the Boggy Draw Bear Chase in Dolores, CO. Teams from Monticello, Mancos, and of course Dolores will also compete...

Defending 2A champion San Juan Broncos believe they can repeat as they kick off the 2022 football season

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor When the San Juan High School football team kicks off the 2022 football season at home this Friday, August 13 against the Layton Christian Eagles it will have been exactly nine months since they won the 2021 2A Utah State Football Championship over Beaver at Weber...

Popular Abajo Enduro returns this weekend

The 2022 Abajo Enduro will bring mountain bikers into the Abajo Mountains in San Juan County for some intense downhill riding and competition this Friday and Saturday, August 5-6. The annual race has grown every year since it began in 2014 and has become a very popular event among the sport’s...

Hideout staff battles rain to make tourneys happen

by Jeff Simon Hideout Golf Club PGA Professional When a golfer has one eye on the golf course and the other on the weather the result is usually unpredictable. That’s what happened this weekend at the annual Hideout Golf Club Amateur. Heavy rains early in the week made the 18-hole layout virtually...

Young golfers hone their putting skills during one of the Hideout Golf Course summer junior golf clinics. The players are learning the fundamentals and etiquette of the game during the clinics, which extend through August 10. The first two events drew around 50 students, mostly from Blanding and Monticello. Jeff Simon photo

The Hideout is hoppin’ as summer hits home stretch

by Jeff Simon Hideout Golf Club PGA Professional As part of the City of Monticello’s Pioneer Day celebration, the Hideout Golf Club hosted its first ever long drive contest this past Saturday, July 23. The 45 participating golfers were forced to battle the rain and wind during the contest but that...

Broncos ranked second in preseason football poll

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor With the opening kickoff of the 2022 football season for local high schools less than a month away, the Deseret News has released its annual preseason rankings for teams in all six classifications across the state. Locally, the defending 2A state champion San Juan...

The sun sets on another beautiful day at the Hideout Golf Club in Monticello in 2019. In 2022, after a third year of extended drought, the course is experiencing significant turf challenges. However, at the same time, the course was recently named the top course in the state and the 36th top-rated course in the nation by GolfWeek Magazine. Staci Hoggard photo

Hideout named the top golf course in Utah and 36th-best golf course in the United States

by Bill Boyle Editor The Hideout Golf Club in Monticello has been named the top golf course in the state of Utah and one of the top courses in the United States, at the same time the course is struggling through the challenges of extended drought. Golf Week magazine’s annual list of the top courses...

Monticello Buckaroo Javlin Robison (#12) chases Whitehorse Raider quarterback Tyren Chief (#2) in a September 2021 football game in Monticello. Three of San Juan Counties football teams will participate in the innagural Utah 8-player football league this fall. Anna Fredericks photo

Whitehorse, Monticello and Monument Valley join Utah’s inaugural 8-player football league

by Joe Boyle Staff Writer Monument Valley, Whitehorse, and Monticello high schools are moving from eleven-player football to an eight-player football league this fall. There will be state-sanctioned eight-player football in Utah for the first time in nearly a century. This includes the potential...

Image from the new documentary "Pressure is a Privilege" Picture It Palmer image

Documentary recaps San Juan basketball race to a championship

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor A documentary of the San Juan High School boys basketball team’s state championship season premiered on July 3 in the San Juan Theater in Blanding during Fourth of July celebrations. The full-length feature, entitled “Pressure Is a Privilege” and produced by Picture...

Kade Palmer is the new head coach of the San Juan High girls basketball team. He is pictured here with his wife Katey and daughters Kolynnz and Aivey. Courtesy photo

New basketball coach for the Bronco girls

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor San Juan High School girls basketball players will call a new individual “coach” this coming season. Kade Palmer was hired as the head coach in May when Laura Stearns resigned from the position after four years. Palmer said it was a challenge getting out of the gate...