Sports

‘Side-piece’ or sideways

After winning the World Boxing Association welterweight title last Saturday, boxer Adrien Broner dropped a bombshell. “I lifted his belt and his girl,” screamed Broner into a ringside camera. A...

DATE: June 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Small-town speed

Sure, race fans love the glitz and glamour of NASCAR, but does anything really compare to small-town, dirt-track, stock car racing? Fans attending last weekend’s races at Fairgrounds Speedway in...

DATE: June 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Kicking up the college ranks

For former Cortez soccer player Anthony Presnell, the assent from small-town soccer player to college coach has been a fast one. Recently hired as an assistant men’s soccer coach for Regis...

DATE: June 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Ute Mountain impressive at rodeo finals

Looking more like seasoned pros than high school competitors, several members of the Ute Mountain Rodeo Team wrapped up successful seasons at the Colorado State High School Rodeo Finals, held in...

DATE: June 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Baseball can be a bloodbath

The headlines were everywhere. Sports radio was abuzz. Replays rolled continuously on ESPN. The Dodgers and the Diamondbacks had brawled. Last week, a relatively meaningless regular season baseball...

DATE: June 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Former Journal sports editor arrested in N.D.

Former Cortez Journal sports editor Bobby Abplanalp, was arrested in Burleigh County, N.D., on June 12 and charged with attempted human trafficking and attempting to knowingly pay for sex with a...

DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Trout Unlimited chapter offers free fishing events

Many of us have seen the movie, “A River Runs Through It.” Nearly all of us have seen fly fisherman casting their flies into the flowing blue water of the Southwest’s many rivers. Even though we...

DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Cortez Triathlon: Burst or bust

Pull out your swimsuit, air up your bike tires and dust off your running shoes. For the fourth consecutive year, the Cortez Burst Triathlon is offering athletes the opportunity to kick the Fourth...

DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Good cause, tough luck

When bad luck interferes with good intentions, the frustration that follows is hard to quantify. For world record-holding cyclist Maria Parker, such frustration recently became very real. While...

DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Cortez Rampage softball a big summer hit

Every summer, prep softball players face a choice: Kick back and relax or hit the diamond and hone their skills. This summer, a group of 14- and 15-year-old girls have chosen the latter option....

DATE: June 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Archibeque: ‘Don’t let anybody tell you no’

To say that Kirk Archibeque commands attention is an understatement. Standing 6’8” and weighing nearly 250 pounds, Archibeque captivates attention in any room that he enters. Five years into his...

DATE: June 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

The Tebow conundrum

Before leading his Florida Gators onto the field against the Vanderbilt Commodores on Nov. 7, 2009, Tim Tebow etched the following Bible verse from Colossians 3:23 into his eye black. “Whatever you...

DATE: June 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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