Sports

Schools throughout San Juan County, included pictured Monticello Elementary, will delay their start by two days

San Juan School Board finalizes plans for start of year

San Juan County School Board finalized plans ahead of the start of the academic school year later this month. Key items passed include 100 percent remote learning for students in the south part of the county for the start of the year. The district moved the first day of school for students from...

Monticello High School football and cross country teams will begin the new 2020 season this week amidst ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty

Buckaroo football Head Coach Reed Anderson heads into the 2020 season with a team that finished 2019 with a solid 6-4 overall record and third-place finish in the 2A North region with a 3-2 record. Despite a 74-0 loss to Kanab in the playoffs, there is much to be optimistic about for 2020. The Bird...

2020 San Juan High boys golf team looks to gain experience

John Young has been playing golf as long as he can remember. He pretty much grew up at the old nine-hole course in Monticello. He was excited to take the helm for the San Juan High School girls team in the spring of 2020, but the season was cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Now, he hopes...

Compelling finish to Hideout Amateur

Three days of competitive golfing at the Hideout Golf Course ended in high drama on August 2. After 36 holes of play in the Hideout Amateur, Brandon Lyon and Michael Sweet were tied at one over par. Rather than calling it as tie, the pair decided to go to a playoff to determine a winner. Both...

Young San Juan High School football team set to kick off 2020 season with August 14 opener

A lot has happened in the nine months since the 2019 San Juan High School football season came to a premature close at the hands of Region 12 opponent Richfield on October 25, 2019. It could even be said the bitter taste of the 41-20 loss to the Wildcats in the first round of the 3A state...

Hideout Golf Course is set for annual Shootout and Amateur

If you were hoping for a leisurely round of golf at the Hideout this weekend, you might have to settle for being a spectator. For the third straight year the Monticello golf course will break a tournament attendance record when it hosts the popular Hideout Shootout and Amateur. Seventy teams are...

Page Brake wins annual Blue Mountain Invitational Fastpitch Softball Tournament

For the fourth straight year, the Page Brake fastpitch softball team, which hails from Herriman, UT, stood alone atop the standings when the dust cleared on the annual Blue Mountain Invitational Fastpitch Softball Tournament this past weekend. Page Brake opened a lead on First Colony Mortgage and...

San Juan County riders win big checks at Salina barrel racing event

Three San Juan County riders made quite a bit of noise at the Xtreme Million Finals barrel races at the Blackhawk Arena in Salina, UT June 22-28. Joanie Wilcox, Tamy Jaramillo, and Wendy Brandt all qualified for the inaugural event which drew over 1,000 riders from 30 different states and Canada...

San Juan graduate will continue basketball career in Washington

San Juan High School graduate Tasiah Little is heading northwest from Blanding to continue her basketball career with the Peninsula College Pirates in Port Angeles, WA. She was recently awarded an athletic scholarship, signed a letter of intent to attend the two-year school, and will begin pursuit...

Fall high school sports and activities will begin as scheduled – for now

The first official day of summer was less than two weeks ago, but it feels like it’s been summer for three months. Just ask the high school students in San Juan County who were prohibited from participating in spring sports and activities. As the county continues to adjust to widespread...