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Ranch Rodeo set to highlight this year’s Montezuma County Fair

From its founding on April 16, 1889, Montezuma County has enjoyed a strong connection with the ranching community. Therefore, when this year’s Ranch Rodeo takes place at the Montezuma County...

DATE: July 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Sports

Demolition Derby set to return to Montezuma County Fair

This Saturday evening, the sound of crunching metal will echo over the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. Steam will rise into the air as radiators are ruptured, and fenders and bumpers will be blasted...

DATE: July 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Local youth baseball team performs well at Utah tournament

Armed with bats and gloves and equipped with shiny cleats, a local youth baseball team known as the Four Corners Dingers traveled to Heber City, Utah, and performed well in the Heber Valley Pioneer...

DATE: July 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Mancos Cattlemen’s Association set to host ranch rodeo

Wrought with lush fields and surrounded by green hills and blue mountains, the Mancos Valley has always been a rancher’s paradise. Generations of cattlemen have herded stock in the valley and spent...

DATE: July 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Local pickleball players performing well at summer tournaments

Like many middle-aged men in the Cortez area, Dean Palmquist and Joe Strunce live wholesome lives that include families, jobs and numerous recreational activities. Until earlier this summer,...

DATE: July 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Water Dragons swim well at Western Slope Championships

Competing in one of their final meets of the summer during the Western Slope Championships in Grand Junction, July 12-14, members of the Cortez Water Dragons swim club showed marked improvement...

DATE: July 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Showalter brothers enjoying success at summer track meets

Among the scores of high school athletes in Colorado, Mancos High School brothers Caden Showalter and Connor Showalter stand out thanks to their chiseled physiques, slickly-combed hair and smooth...

DATE: July 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Dara Suckla qualifies for National High School Finals Rodeo

Since her arrival on the high school rodeo circuit three years ago, soon-to-be Dolores High School senior Dara Suckla has become known for her skill with ropes and her horse with a catchy name....

DATE: July 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Local teen selected to play in prestigious all-star tournament

For almost as long as he can remember, 13-year-old Miles Frost has been drawn to a baseball diamond. Not long after he could walk, he started playing catch in the backyard with his mother, and now,...

DATE: July 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Fairgrounds Speedway set to host races this weekend

Less than 24 hours after fireworks light up the sky on the Fourth of July, engines will roar at Fairgrounds Speedway during what promises to be another exciting rendition of dirt track stock car...

DATE: July 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Cortez Water Dragons place fourth in Montrose

Squaring off against the toughest competition that they have faced this season, the Cortez Water Dragons swim club took to the pool for the Montrose Marlins Invitational, June 28-30, and performed...

DATE: July 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Sports

Ranch Rodeo highlights rugged way of life

As the sun sank toward the horizon at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds on June 29, ranchers and horses joined bovine companions at the Four States Ag Expo Ranch Rodeo for a dance that has gone on...

DATE: July 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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