Sports

In another cross-county matchup last week, the Monticello Buckaroos and the Monument Valley Cougars basketball teams faced off at Monument Valley High School on Tuesday, January 18. In the girls contest the #5 ranked Monument Valley girls prevailed over the #18 Monticello girls by a score of 53-17...
The 2021-22 Monument Valley girls basketball team took down Whitehorse on January 12 in the first Battle of the Drum matchup in almost two years. The Lady Cougars are ranked #4 in the most recent 1A RPI standings. Members of the team include: (top row, left to right) Alyah Blackwater, Raemi Nez,...
The Monticello Buckaroo wrestlers were in Durango, CO on Friday, January 14 for the Durango Duals tournament. Six teams were in attendance, wrestling five duals. The Buckaroos defeated Mancos 41-36; Farmington, NM 48-27; and Piedra Vista 54-24. They were defeated by Kirtland Central 22-36 and...
The San Juan and Whitehorse high school wrestling teams traveled to Salina, UT this past Friday and Saturday, January 14-15 to participate in the North Sevier Invitational at North Sevier High School. Twenty teams from around the state ranging in classification from the 4A level to 1A competed at...
In a matchup, on January 11, the Monticello Buckaroos hosted the Pinnacle Panthers in a region doubleheader. The Lady Bucks earned their first victory of the year over the Panthers in convincing fashion. After building a 9-7 lead after one quarter, the Lady Bucks exploded in the second quarter...
Region 19 play has been a challenge for the San Juan girls basketball team. The’ve battled hard, but suffered losses on the road to #12 Enterprise 44-38 on January 7 and 59-34 to #9 Parowan January 8. Back at home this past weekend, January 14-15, San Juan lost 62-27 to #7 South Sevier and 75-34 to...
It wasn’t necessarily pretty this past weekend for the San Juan High School boys basketball team, but they did just enough to string together a couple wins over tough Region 19 opponents on the road. On Friday, January 14 they sauntered into Monroe, UT and held off the South Sevier Rams 60-53, then...
For the first time since February 2020, the Whitehorse and Monument Valley basketball teams faced off in a basketball doubleheader in Monument Valley on Wednesday, January 12. With COVID-19 impacting attendance, the game was broadcast on Redrock 92 Radio and PictureItPalmer.com. The first Battle of...
The Monument Valley and Whitehorse high school basketball teams traveled to the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque to participate in the tenth annual Striking Eagle Native American Invitational December 28-30. The tournament is one of the largest annual Native American high school basketball...
The San Juan High School boys basketball team opened 2022 this past week at the 13th annual Steve Hodson Cancer Classic at Canyon View High School in Cedar City, UT. The tournament features top teams from the 2A through 4A classifications and is staged in memory of Hodson, a former Canyon View,...

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