Sports

Monticello golf team leads Region 23 at midpoint of season

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The Monticello High School girls and boys golf teams both lead the 1A Region 23 standings over Pinnacle Academy midway through the regular season. The boys, led by Darrin Westcott, are ahead of the Panthers by 116 strokes on average (377-493). Westcott shot identical...

Combined 12th place for Buckaroo track team in Roosevelt

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The Monticello High School track and field team traveled to Roosevelt, UT this past Friday, April 14 to compete in the Strata Invitational, garnering a number of solid performances. The Buckaroo girls scored 18 points to finish tenth at the event while the boys scored...

San Juan junior midfielder Edward Lyman (#10) corrals the ball against South Sevier on April 14 as teammates Daniel Brown (#17), Adam Nez (#11), RJ Dalley (#14), Bradley Duke (#20), and Cohen Lyman (#9) cover on the play. The Broncos suffered a loss to the Rams, but bounced back to beat Millard on April 15, registering the most wins in a season for the San Juan boys soccer program since it began in 2019. Chris Hart photo

San Juan boys soccer team wins two of three in past week for most wins in a season since program began

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor With a 2-1 win at home over Millard this past Saturday, April 15 the San Juan High School boys soccer team moved to 3-5 on the season. That doesn’t appear very significant in the whole scheme of things except that for the Broncos it’s the most wins they’ve had in a...

San Juan Broncos track and field team captures solid sixth at Strata Invitational in Roosevelt

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School boys track team scored 55 points to earn fifth place at the Strata Invitational in Roosevelt, UT this past Friday, April 14. The girls scored 21 points to finish ninth and combined the teams had 76 points and came home sixth. Though nobody...

San Juan tennis team gains valuable experience in first half of season

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School boys tennis team is playing hard and getting valuable varsity experience. Nearing the midway point of the season the Broncos have played 24 total matches and won one. Following the team’s recent match in Moab on March 28 new head coach Casey...

One Buckaroo, one Bronco earn boys basketball all state honors

Easton Young - Monticello senior 1A boys basketball third team 15.2 Points per game, 4.4 Assists per game, 2.4 steals per game Head Coach Josh Keyes: “Easton Young finished off an amazing career at MHS. He averaged 15 points per game while dishing out four assists and four steals in his final...

Five county wrestlers finish in the top 3 at 1A tournament

Treydon Harris - Monticello senior 1A wrestling state champion 29 wins | 10 losses Head Coach Kent Adair: “Treydon works hard and tries to do the things you tell him to do. He listens to the coaches and is a coachable wrestler. He worked through his bad habits to overcome them. He is really good to...

Monticello baseball downs Dove Creek for first win, softball team finally plays opening games

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor It’s still up in the air as to whether the Monticello High School baseball and softball teams are going to get a chance to play a home game on their actual home fields this spring. Neither have to this point, and the teams are already into the second half of their...

Monticello senior Ali Barry takes a cut at an elusive San Juan pitch as catcher Elise Dalley digs it nicely on April 6. The Lady Broncos won the first meeting this season between the local rivals 18-0. They were set to meet again on Tuesday, April 11 to close out their regular season series. Richard Kaer photo

San Juan is in the mix and one of the teams to beat in 2A softball at the midway point of season

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor Heading into this week the San Juan High School softball team has 11 wins and just three losses. They are dominating their opponents so far, outscoring them 176-82 on the year, an average of 12.6 to 5.9 per game. On March 17-18 the Lady Broncos traveled to St. George...

Former Monticello High School cross country and track standout Adri Bird (middle) signs a letter of intent to run with the Utah Tech cross country and track teams recently as her father Walter Bird and mother Becky Bird look on. Bird received interest from numerous universities and ultimately chose Utah Tech where her brother competed for two seasons. She will begin competing for the Trailblazers herself this fall. Courtesy photo

Former Buckaroo signs to run at Utah Tech

Former Monticello High School cross country and track standout Adri Bird is now a Trailblazer. She signed a letter of intent on March 16 to compete with the Utah Tech track and cross country teams. The former Buckaroo will run distance track and cross country starting in the fall of 2023. Bird was...