Sports

Local student athletes garner sports accolades for strong performances

One local high school sports team scored a top-ten state ranking and two athletes were named to their respective all-region team after the 2020-2021 season came to a close in recent days. Monticello High School teams combined to earn a 2A top-ten ranking in the annual Deseret News All-Sports...

Local student athlete receives Utah Sports Hall of Fame, National Football Foundation scholarships

A lot of hard work and time has paid off for one recent Monticello High School graduate. Tuff Adair was honored by the Utah Sports Hall of Fame Foundation (USHOFF) when it awarded him its annual Hall of Fame scholarship. Adair was named to the Utah Sports Hall of Fame along with just seven other...

Native runners build community through medicine prayer run

Recently, Native American runners participated in a 360-mile prayer run from San Juan County to Salt Lake City. The second annual Running as Medicine Indigenous Youth Prayer Run began on Monday, May 18 at the Bears Ears buttes and concluded at Warm Springs in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 22....

San Juan sports year concludes with track and field, boys tennis state championships

It’s hard to believe, but the 2020-2021 San Juan High School sports season came to a successful close this past weekend with state championships involving the boys tennis and track and field teams. There’s not a soul in San Juan County, or around the country for that matter, who doesn’t have the...

San Juan golfer grabs top-five finish at state

It was a whirlwind finish for San Juan High School senior golfer Isabel Young this past week. After becoming the first Lady Bronco to ever qualify for the state tournament as an individual, she headed to the Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan on Wednesday and Thursday, May 12-13 looking to...

San Juan golfer heads to state, tennis and track begin postseason, and softball concludes

San Juan High School senior Isabel Young is headed to the Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan this Wednesday and Thursday, May 12-13 looking to bring home an individual 3A golf state championship. She’ll have her work cut out for her against a bevy of strong golfers across the state, but she...

San Juan spring sports teams close out regular seasons, get set for regions and state

The San Juan High School track and field team got another strong performance at the Eastern Utah Championship in Price this past Friday, April 30. The Bronco boys collected 28 points to finish seventh out of ten teams, the girls scored 35 to finish sixth, and the team combined for 63 points for a...

Monticello girls golf wins third straight region match

The Monticello girls golf team had another successful week when they traveled to Morgan on Tuesday, April 27 to play the Round Valley Golf Course, home of the North Summit Lady Braves. Coming into the match the Lady Buckaroos were in first place in the region and nothing changed in that regard as...

Monticello High senior Cedar English is track star of the week

Monticello High School senior Cedar English was named the week 34 boys track star of the week by the Deseret News on April 19. English has consistently been one of the best jumpers in the state this season and, according to the Des News, has done so “with an unselfish attitude to help his team be...

Strong outings for the San Juan track team in Vernal and Monticello

Over the course of the past two weeks the San Juan High School track and field team got solid performances at the Uintah Invitational in Vernal April 17 and at the Blue Mountain Invitational in Monticello April 24. The boys finished seventh and the girls tied for eighth for a combined result of...