Sports

Local ties in BYU NCAA cross country national championships

Monticello native Sarah Musselman finished in 33rd place in the NCAA cross country championships on Monday, March 15 and helped the BYU women win their fifth cross country national championship in school history. Musselman completed the 6,000-meter Stillwater, OK course in 20 minutes, 51 seconds...

San Juan High School teams get spring sports season underway

The San Juan High School spring sports season began with a flurry of action featuring five of six teams this past week. Only the Bronco softball team did not get underway. Baseball The baseball team had the honor of opening the year, and they did so in convincing fashion with a 15-1 drubbing of the...

Cory Bunker signs with Southern Utah

Monticello High School senior Cory Bunker recently signed a letter of intent to run for the Southern Utah University (SUU) Thunderbird cross country and track and field teams. The university is located in Cedar City, UT. The senior is set to close out a successful career running for the Monticello...

Local student athletes receive Academic All-state honors

Four local high school student athletes earned Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) Academic All-state honors for the 2020-21 winter sports season. From Monticello High School, Tuff Adair was named to the Academic All-state wrestling team, Kennedy Brewer received basketball honors, and...

Spring sports begin for San Juan County high schools

It’s hard to believe, but the spring sports season is underway for San Juan County high school teams. The year officially began with a rivalry matchup between the San Juan and Monticello baseball teams in Blanding on Tuesday, March 9. On Wednesday, March 10 the San Juan girls golf team will play...

San Juan boys basketball team upsets top 3A team, narrowly misses state title

This past weekend was a flurry of nonstop action for the San Juan High School boys basketball team. They headed to Richfield to enter the 2021 3A Utah State Boys Basketball Tournament as the #5 team in the state. Nobody would have predicted they would play for a state championship on Saturday,...

Broncos have state title in their sights, but fall just short, 54-50

After a raucous celebration at mid-court in the Sevier Valley Center following their upset win over Grantsville in the state semifinals, it settled in that the San Juan would be making their first trip to a state basketball championship game in more than two decades. When number two-ranked Juab...

San Juan gets inspiring semifinal upset over number one Grantsville

The Broncos’ sixth-straight win, over Grand in the state quarterfinals, earned them a berth into the state semifinals for the first time since 2011, where they would face the number one team in the state – the Grantsville Cowboys. San Juan lost on the road to Grantsville 52-43 on December 30, but...

Trip to Richfield begins with a quarterfinal victory over local rivals

The San Juan High School boys basketball team was riding a five-game winning streak when they disembarked their bus to enter the Sevier Valley Center (SVC) for the 3A state tournament on February 25. The Broncos had also won seven of their last eight games, with their only loss in that stretch...

San Juan High School boys basketball team set for state quarterfinal rematch with Grand County Thursday, Feb. 25

A month ago, the San Juan High School boys basketball team was 9-6 on the year and ranked eighth in the 3A RPI standings heading into the final seven games of the regular season. The Broncos, who had struggled through injury and illness for the first two-thirds of the season, were just getting back...