Youth Sports https://www.durangoherald.com/feeds/youth/ 2026-05-25 05:56:03 -0700 en-us https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-winter-sports-club-skiers-impress-to-wrap-up-season/ The Durango Winter Sports Club’s U12 and U14 teams had standout seasons, with athletes who qualified for the Rocky Mountain Division finals advancing to the Rocky/Central Regional Championships. At th... 2026-04-09 04:56:20 -0700 87f9e694-89d9-405e-a077-8369e27f4f01 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/blevins-amos-win-at-u-s-pro-cup-mtb-in-fayetteville/ The top mountain bike riders in the United States flocked to Fayetteville, Arkansas, last week, and Christopher Blevins and Riley Amos showed that Durango still has the best elite riders in the countr... 2026-03-25 08:00:00 -0700 b1341a9c-dc58-4580-b371-8e0c0f76e0aa https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/dwsc-skiers-podium-in-aspen/ Durango Winter Sports Club (DWSC) athletes have been training and racing all season, despite the low snow year, and a few skiers came back to Durango with podiums to show from some strong performances... 2026-03-13 08:00:00 -0700 b8a632e3-5e1e-4d5c-b1b7-b5436e6ee4c6 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/two-durango-skiers-make-rocky-mountain-junior-nationals-team/ Durango Nordic Ski Club’s Jack Purcell (U18M) and Janelle Dingler (U16F), earned places on the Rocky Mountain Junior Nationals team and will be racing against teams from across the country new week in... 2026-03-07 04:31:02 -0700 276768bf-656a-4e14-89d7-1c87317b87e4 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-alpine-skiers-make-rocky-mountain-division-team/ Durango, CO – Local alpine ski racers of the Durango Winter Sports Club, Brynley Feistner and Amelia Pierantoni, have achieved major milestones in their competitive skiing careers, earning selection t... 2026-03-05 08:00:00 -0700 cef3d9ab-c1f9-4ab3-98bb-a6c0c383bf4e https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-nordic-ski-club-competes-in-solider-hollow/ Ten youth athletes representing the Durango Nordic Ski Club traveled to Soldier Hollow, Utah, this past weekend to compete in the SoHo Super Q & RMISA Ute Invitational Nordic ski races. This was the s... 2026-01-30 07:00:00 -0700 10816590-c7ae-409d-a37e-ecca400a50c0 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/amos-starts-youth-mountain-biking-scholarship/ Durango’s Riley Amos has accomplished a lot in his young mountain biking career, but he hasn’t forgotten the financial struggles of trying to make it to the highest level of the sport. That’s why Amo... 2026-01-17 10:00:00 -0700 f62c51bc-2981-4101-b314-a5278f28811b https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/sippy-morozowich-wells-win-cyclocross-national-championships/ Durango’s Ivan Sippy has had a great collegiate cycling career for Colorado Mesa University, and he had an excellent end to his cyclocross career for the Mavericks with a national championship last we... 2025-12-19 08:00:00 -0700 35038c86-4ab4-4da9-ac90-fbb3105d17bd https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ignite-gymnastics-brings-home-three-state-champions/ Ignacio’s Ignite Gymnastics showed their gymnasts can compete with any in the state as Ignite returned from Aurora last weekend with three state champions. Tyla Armendariz, 10, Arbor Moran, 8, and Ma... 2025-12-13 08:00:00 -0700 2d229f89-2b65-4c9b-bf27-cf26fa66e564 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/zoey-waage-looking-to-become-durangos-next-downhill-star/ It took a minute or two for it to settle in. But, when it did, Durango’s Zoey Waage realized she was national champion. The 10-year-old fifth grader won her first downhill mountain bike national title... 2025-08-24 08:00:00 -0700 feac612a-0faa-426a-990f-f88bc6abe946 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/bayfield-elite-cheer-looking-for-permanent-home-as-it-brings-spirit-to-four-corners/ Allyson Gadd saw her daughter and her teammates without a team and a home and Gadd knew she needed to step in. Gadd’s daughter, Brynlee, was cheering with Bayfield Gymnastics and Cheer when that prog... 2025-08-09 06:24:35 -0700 1b45fb43-346d-42e2-baee-7bc3558ce7fa https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/amos-headlines-durango-mountain-bike-national-champions/ Although Riley Amos hasn’t spent a ton of time on podiums this year, the rising star from Durango hasn’t forgotten how to win big races, despite two crashes at the 2025 USA Cycling Endurance Mountain ... 2025-07-23 05:30:00 -0700 624f7ba1-b179-4c85-a124-254799dd2458 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-junior-cyclists-win-national-championships/ Cooper Wells begged his parents to take him to road nationals in Wisconsin. His pleas paid off with two national titles. Wells, the 11-year-old son of Durango mountain bike Olympian Todd Wells, won a ... 2025-07-03 10:01:27 -0700 54baa3d3-7135-4d54-a802-fcb3f25ac8d1 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/segment-28-highlights-local-mtb-talent-as-potential-world-championship-in-durango-looms/ Durango mountain biking is having a moment. Segment 28 is hoping to make this moment last a lot longer with its development of local talent. Anywhere you look on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup scene... 2025-06-29 10:00:00 -0700 06b56fbe-f487-45e6-9194-ab377c2bb2f2 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/zia-fadil-wins-womens-sprint-triathlon-in-utah/ Durango’s Zia Fadil continues to show her speed against older and more experienced athletes. Fadil won the women’s Payson Orchards Sprint Triathlon in Payson, Utah, and finished third overall. Fadil, ... 2025-06-17 06:21:02 -0700 2ef3d3dc-f3ce-4449-a564-c6bb66add5a0 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-parks-and-rec-soccer-program-sees-significant-growth/ The Durango Parks and Recreation Middle School Soccer Program has grown in size, competition and trophies this spring. It all started with a need for good local competition. Thierry Multon has coached... 2025-06-02 08:00:00 -0700 ff0f9f6c-0902-45be-9e9c-153982744b2c https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-swim-club-returns-with-strong-performances-from-recent-meets/ The Durango Swim Club has had a great start to the spring season and hopes to continue this momentum into the summer. DSC went to the 2025 Speedo SC Western Zone Senior Championships in St. George, U... 2025-05-30 10:48:47 -0700 bd0fd173-1874-4dc8-9536-d7b223287973 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/new-street-hockey-league-brings-local-kids-new-opportunities/ A new street hockey league called NHL Street is coming to Chapman Hill in Durango this summer, intending to give local kids ages 6 through 16 the opportunity to try the game of hockey in a fun, low-pr... 2025-05-17 08:00:00 -0700 f6d57ef4-d981-4834-8121-6fb54e3a6855 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-winter-sports-club-to-host-awards-party-remember-ian-mcknight/ On May 4 at Chapman Hill, Durango Winter Sports Club athletes, coaches, families and supporters will gather to celebrate an incredible season and remember beloved Alpine skiing coach Ian McKnight. Th... 2025-05-01 02:38:33 -0700 669bba4f-c906-4fc4-aed7-59a73df8f9db https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-devo-bike-swap-scheduled-for-april-26/ Durango Devo invites the public to its 16th annual Bike Swap at Chapman Hill on April 26: A community buy/sell/recycle/donate event featuring hundreds of pre-owned and new bicycles, bike parts, and a... 2025-04-12 08:30:00 -0700 4222e669-0163-43f8-91fe-2170d1ddc0ec https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durangos-college-football-players-to-host-football-camp-in-may/ After playing at some of the top Division I football programs in the country, some of Durango High School’s top former football players haven’t forgotten where they came from. A group of former Demons... 2025-04-11 10:00:00 -0700 e02ecab5-db2f-48f7-88c0-7009b7d05535 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-winter-sports-club-ski-snowboard-teams-finish-season-strong/ As winter hangs on for a few more weeks, Durango Winter Sports Club (DWSC) is reminiscing and enjoying what the season has to offer. DWSC had a very successful season by many measures despite the lack... 2025-04-05 01:57:22 -0700 7536c934-7468-4a6f-99e5-f6f8720a9369 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-nordic-ski-club-finishes-season-strong/ The Durango Nordic Ski Club (DNSC) race team has been on a roll this season, with strong performances across three major events in Aspen, Crested Butte, and Frisco. On Feb. 1-2, the team competed at t... 2025-03-20 04:43:01 -0700 0c2dcd7e-8a8b-4f14-8c39-aa35defa8f4b https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-swim-club-swims-to-the-top-of-all-58-of-colorados-14ers/ Die-hard hiking fans know the grit and determination it takes to hike to the top of one of Colorado’s 58 14ers, but can you imagine swimming to the top of one, let alone all 58? On March 6-7, that is ... 2025-03-20 04:30:37 -0700 0b227592-fd89-4e80-98c9-2ede3c6dc754 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/local-youth-nordic-skiers-finish-top-10-in-junior-national-qualifier-in-utah/ Durango Nordic Ski Club was led by Sage Wilson’s second-place finish and Merritt Graham’s third-place finish at the SoHo Super Q & RMISA Ute Invitational in Soldier Hollow, Utah, last weekend. Eleven ... 2025-01-25 05:30:00 -0700 005290fd-1564-4320-9a51-3d91e8741dda https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-devo-announces-nate-greason-as-new-executive-director/ Durango Devo announced the appointment of its new executive director, Nate Greason. Greason has a background in outdoor education, management consulting and nonprofit leadership to help advance Devo’s... 2025-01-16 04:15:42 -0700 8d8c5604-a90f-4537-9629-6f8d42350e89 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-winter-sports-club-hires-executive-director/ Exciting changes are happening to the Durango Winter Sports Club. Nate Greason was named the club’s executive director. Greason was in Massachusetts before coming to Durango for this job. But he has s... 2024-08-24 05:30:00 -0700 97d71c80-78ef-404c-9306-e709bd223a21 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-swim-club-wins-western-slope-league-championship/ Last weekend, the Durango Swim Club won the 2024 Western Slope League Championship for the third year in a row at Colorado Mesa University’s El Pomar Natatorium. Despite being behind by nearly 200 poi... 2024-07-19 07:16:38 -0700 5a87f49d-da20-401f-a9f5-13f8e66fe82e https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/photos-snowy-soccer/ ... 2024-04-06 12:56:20 -0700 483889c8-3542-4b75-94d4-55b0964250b0 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/nine-year-old-wauker-schaefer-to-compete-in-national-free-throw-competition/ Wauker Schaefer’s morning routine has paid off. Every morning at Florida Mesa Elementary School, Schaefer’s gym teacher opens the gym to him so Schaefer can practice his free throws. After countless ... 2024-03-23 07:15:16 -0700 c33855bf-5b85-40c7-8ead-8bd59c596646