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The Monticello Buckaroo wrestlers closed out the 2021 portion of their season hosting the Monument Valley Mustangs from Kayenta, AZ on Tuesday, December 21. MHS dominated the dual with a 39-18 win. Joseph T. Harris led off for the Buckaroos and fought hard but was unable to defeat his Mustang...
An impressive 25 San Juan County student athletes were named to All-state teams for the 2021 fall sports season that recently came to a close. The Deseret News released its annual list of the top Utah high school athletes over the past couple months based on coaches’ votes from a list of nominated...
Other than their loss to the impressive Real Salt Lake Academy Griffins on December 8 the San Juan High School boys basketball team cruised through the first five games of the 2021-22 season. That didn’t change this past week when the Broncos traveled to Moab on Wednesday, December 15 to beat local...
Monticello High School senior JD Keyes was named 1A All-state Humanitarian of the Year on Thursday, December 16 by the Deseret News in the inaugural year for the award. According to the DesNews, “Keyes has been actively involved in his community throughout his time in high school but being a senior...
The Monticello High School wrestlers had a good showing at the Manti Holiday Classic this past Friday and Saturday, December 17-18. The team won four duals at the two-day tournament, tying for third in their pool. The Buckaroos beat Altamont, Bryce Valley, Tintic, and Kanab. They were defeated by...
The Monticello High School girls basketball team faced a series of tough Colorado teams last week, going 0-3 against the teams. After suffering a 63-30 loss to Mancos, CO on December 14, the Lady Bucks were back in action at the Bulldog Classic in Dove Creek over the weekend. On Friday, the girls...
The Monument Valley High School boys and girls basketball teams both placed second at the Bulldog Classic in Dove Creek, CO on December 17 and 18. The Cougar boys and girls teams each earned a win in game one on Friday against Nucla, CO. The Monument Valley girls team beat Nucla 47-33 with quick...
The Monticello High School boys basketball team went 1-1 on the weekend at the Bulldog Classic in Dove Creek. After beating Dove Creek just ten days earlier 47-42, the Bucks lost the rematch to the Bulldogs in an overtime thriller, 46-44. The Bucks trailed for most of the game but closed the gap in...
Hatch area six-year-old Klay Tohsonii is San Juan County’s youngest rodeo world champion. Klay competed in and won two Six and Under World Dummy Roping Championships last weekend. On December 9, Klay won the 2021 Six and Under Stetson Country Christmas World Dummy Roping Championship in Las Vegas,...
The San Juan High School basketball team entered the past week with a 3-0 record set to take on what will most likely be the toughest opponent they’ll face all season. For the second straight year the David Evans-helmed Real Salt Lake Academy visited the Broncos in Blanding Wednesday, December 8,...

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