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Unforgettable comeback: BHS wins stunner
It started with a 16-point deficit in the third quarter to yet another private school foe, No. 9 Jefferson Academy, continued with a game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer by a…
High School Sports
Demons spurned by golden-goal
DHS girls soccer drops opener at Air Academy tournament
High School Sports
BHS girls soccer wins opener, 2-0
It didn’t help that the Wolverines’ season opener had been pushed back because of snow earlier in recent weeks. When the Bayfield High School girls soccer team finally took the…
Sports
Sanford bests Ignacio in Final Four – again
The No. 3 Bobcats faced No. 2 Sanford in the CHSAA Class 2A State Championships Final Four for the second year in a row Friday in Pueblo. Both games ended…
Professional Sports
No. 1 prospect Gray continues to impress; Rockies top White Sox
Chicago manager Robin Ventura announced this week that ace Chris Sale won’t recover from a broken right foot in time to start April 6 in Kansas City. That leaves Quintana…
Professional Sports
Hirscher eyes overall title, but Ligety still looms
Ted Ligety of the United States staged an unlikely comeback to win last year’s World Cup giant slalom championship. This year, he’ll need a miracle to overcome Ted Hirscher and…
Professional Sports
Broncos sign free agent safety Stewart, guard Smith
First as a St. Louis Ram, and most recently as a Baltimore Raven, Darian Stewart, left, has attacked ball-carriers head-first and enjoyed his best season last year.Seth Perlman/Associated Press file…
Professional Sports
Fenninger wins GS to grab World Cup overall lead; U.S.’s Shiffrin 4th
In her first race as a 20-something, Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States missed the podium by 0.02 seconds and finished fourth Friday in Are, Sweden.Pontus Lundahl/Associated Press Fenninger finished…
Professional Sports
Nuggets rally for 114-103 win over short-handed Warriors
Denver Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari, second from left, loses control of the ball near Golden State Warriors forwards Brandon Rush, left, James Michael McAdoo and center Festus Ezeli on Friday…
High School Sports
Hayes snatches victory for Ignacio basketball
Bobcats will play Sanford in semifinals for 2nd year in a row
Sports
Bayfield football realigns coaching staff
Several longtime assistant coaches were not rehired in a staffing shuffle announced earlier this month by Rob Dean, the athletic director at BHS. Under Coach Gary Heide, the head football…
Sports
Bobcat girls stopped at regionals
“What I know is they’re willing to play so hard for each other. They will not get on each other; they will challenge each other but they will also just…
Sports
BHS girls soccer starts this afternoon
Kickoff time is set for 4 p.m., and Bayfield will remain home for a 1 p.m. visit from Ridgway tomorrow. “The Bayfield/Durango JV soccer game.has been rescheduled to next Thursday,…
High School Sports
DHS girls tennis drops first match
When they finally arrived in Grand Junction, they were simply happy to get the chance to play, regardless of the outcome. The Durango High School girls tennis team lost 6-1…
Professional Sports
Broncos ink Chiefs’ DE Walker
The versatile seventh-year pro is familiar to the Broncos because he’s spent the last two seasons in the AFC West. Walker, who turns 28 next month, was a 3-4 defensive…
High School Sports
Shorthanded IHS girls soccer falls in debut
While the IHS boys basketball team was busy preparing for a state quarterfinal game in Pueblo, the girls soccer team opened its regular season with a home match against Center.…
Professional Sports
Murray, Forsett, Mathews run to paydirt; Moore to Texans
Running backs took their place at the head of the free agency class Thursday, the third day of the NFL’s business year. Two of them, 2014 Offensive Player of the…
Outdoors
Cold-water fishing can offer anglers respite from crowds
Abby Montgomery, of Helena, hikes along the Madison River in Bear Trap Canyon, Montana. Montgomery, a Montana State University student studying fish and wildlife biology, said winter is a great…
Outdoors
Outdoors Briefs
Seniors Outdoors will host these activities: Snowshoeing 101 for beginners will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at Twin Buttes. Practice will take place on nearly flat terrain. Participants should…
Professional Sports
Turning 20, Shiffrin wonders when she’ll stop being a rookie
U.S skier Mikaela Shiffrin has been Alpine skiing’s wunderkind for so long that she can’t wait to celebrate her 20th birthday on the giant slalom course in Are, Sweden, on…
High School Sports
Morph suits make an appearance
John Fisher, Sydney Gabbard, Chris Kane and Cam Seivert drove five-and-a-half hours to Lockridge Arena on the Colorado School of Mines Campus in Golden with a large pack of Wolverines…
Sports
Durango Nordic slogs through skate race
Durango’s Anna Fake managed to skate-ski her way through the slush to 19th place Wednesday at the Junior Nationals in Truckee, California.Courtesy of Durango Nordic Ski Club Wednesday’s weather was…
High School Sports
Colorado Academy ends Bayfield’s Cinderella run at state basketball
Wolverines will play for fifth, at best
College Sports
Ducks hold off Buffaloes 93-85 in Pac-12 tournament
Oregon’s Dillon Brooks (24) shoots over Colorado’s Dominique Collier, left, and Colorado’s Wesley Gordon, right, Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Conference tournament in Las Vegas.John Locher/Associated Press The…
Professional Sports
Iginla leads Avalanche to 2-1 shootout win over Devils
Colorado Avalanche defenseman Zach Redmond, left, fights for control of the puck with New Jersey Devils right wing Jordin Tootoo on Thursday in Denver.David Zalubowski/Associated Press The Avs are now…