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Panthers shut out Olathe on Engel’s strong pitching

Thanks to deft pitching, timely hitting and some nice defensive plays, the Montezuma-Cortez High School baseball team opened its season with a 4-0 home victory over Olathe on March 16. Leading the...

DATE: March 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Dolores shuts down Dove Creek for first win since 2015

For the first time in nearly two years, the Dolores High School baseball players walked off the field as winners as the team hit the road and defeated Dove Creek, 13-2, in five innings on March 14....

DATE: March 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Bears optimistic entering 2017 baseball season

Playing at Monticello on March 9, the Dolores High School baseball team lost 15-5. According to Bears’ manager Rusty Hamilton, Dolores fell behind 9-0 during a tough first inning that saw starting...

DATE: March 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Lady Panthers competitive on opening tennis weekend

Unfazed by its inexperience and clearly tuned its to their new head coach, the Montezuma-Cortez High School girls tennis team acquitted itself well in its season in Cortez on March 10. Among the...

DATE: March 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Cortez track athletes strike gold in Farmington

For several Montezuma-Cortez High School track athletes, the Piedra Vista Invite in Farmington on March 11. Leading the way for the Panthers boys’ team was senior Josh Ramos, who raced to...

DATE: March 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

M-CHS tennis team gets a new coach, and a new attitude

After dusting off her racket and digging her tennis shoes out of the closet, Montezuma-Cortez High School senior Andria Battle arrived at the Jim Harkendorff Tennis Courts ready to begin her final...

DATE: March 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Parents test gymnastics skills as kids assist

Thirty-year-olds bounced on trampolines, 5-year-olds instructed their parents, and for more than an hour, the sounds of laughter echoed off the walls. The fun was all part of Stormy’s Gymnastics’...

DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: More Sports

Top Sports Stories of 2014

Montezuma-Cortez High School wrestler Seager Oliver won a state high school wrestling championship, the M-CHS football team won its first playoff game since 1957, and several local athletes enjoyed...

DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

A blast from the past

The year was 1957. Dwight Eisenhower was president, the integration of public schools was in full swing, and the Cortez economy was taking off. So too was the Montezuma-Cortez High School football...

DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Panthers end season with loss to Centauri

Midway through the fourth quarter, Montezuma-Cortez High School shooting guard Quanah Casey raced along the baseline toward the right corner, set his feet after catching a pass, and drained a long...

DATE: Feb. 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Lady Jays soar past dejected Dolores

With her team trailing Dolores by eight points at the end of the first quarter, Mancos senior Brittney Peacock made a decision to make her final home game a memorable one. From then on, it was all...

DATE: Feb. 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Dolores Bears turn back energized Mancos Blue Jays

Editor’s note: This story was corrected to reflect that the Mancos-Dolores game is at 6 p.m., Feb. 21 in Dolores. Playing in front of a loud and boisterous crowd at the Mancos Performance Center...

DATE: Feb. 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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