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Unforgettable comeback: BHS wins stunner
Nobody who witnessed the Bayfield High School boys basketball game Friday will ever forget what they saw. It started with a 16-point deficit in the third quarter to yet another…
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
In the minutes leading up to Friday’s game, Jen Zelinski still wasn’t quite sure who she would start and at what positions on the field. It didn’t help that the…
Sports
Sanford bests Ignacio in Final Four – again
PUEBLO – Deja vu punched the Ignacio High School boys basketball team in the stomach Friday. The No. 3 Bobcats faced No. 2 Sanford in the CHSAA Class 2A State…
Professional Sports
No. 1 prospect Gray continues to impress; Rockies top White Sox
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Jose Quintana helped his chances to start on opening day for the Chicago White Sox, allowing only an infield hit and getting eight outs in a 5-2…
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 ARE, Sweden…
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
Bayfield High School football will have some different faces on the sidelines this fall. Several longtime assistant coaches were not rehired in a staffing shuffle announced earlier this month by…
Sports
Bobcat girls stopped at regionals
Asked earlier in the season about key improvements upon the previous year that he’d seen in his Bobcats girls, Coach Shane Seibel replied: “What I know is they’re willing to…
Sports
BHS girls soccer starts this afternoon
Its original season-opener postponed until next Thursday, Wolverine girls soccer will now begin the 2015 season with a 3A/2A Southwestern League match inside Wolverine Country Stadium versus Telluride-an early test…
High School Sports
DHS girls tennis drops first match
The Durango Demons only had three days of on-court practice to determine their lineup for the first girls tennis tournament of the season. When they finally arrived in Grand Junction,…
Professional Sports
Broncos ink Chiefs’ DE Walker
ENGLEWOOD – The Broncos continued their low-key approach to free agency with the signing of defensive lineman Vance Walker to a two-year, $4 million deal Thursday. The versatile seventh-year pro…
High School Sports
Shorthanded IHS girls soccer falls in debut
Basketball is the top priority when it comes to Ignacio High School sports, so girls soccer head coach Oscar Cosio didn’t blame some players for skipping a home game to…
Professional Sports
Murray, Forsett, Mathews run to paydirt; Moore to Texans
Look who’s running to paydirt: DeMarco Murray, Justin Forsett and Ryan Mathews. Running backs took their place at the head of the free agency class Thursday, the third day of…
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 announces activities 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…
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 The rain came,…
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 LAS…