Sports/Outdoors
The Monticello Buckaroo wrestling team is off to a great start for the young season, bringing home the championship trophy from the Grand Tournament on December 1 and 2. Team members include: (top row, left to right) Head coach Kent Adair, Eldean Lammert, Thomas Anderson, Mark Beh, Dillon Slack, Gage Wilcox, Justin Cecil, Brayson Wilcox, Kaden Draper, Wyatt Fullmer, Coach Kreig Adair. Middle: Coach Shane Musselman, Zac Musselman, Drew Westcott, Matt Beh, Tyler Draper, Tuff Adair, Zach Cecil, Dylan Wheeler, Joseph Morrison, Coach Todd Adair. Bottom: Steven Robinson, Clayton Young, Paxton Christensen, Brevin Olsen, Robert Musselman, Alan Pettit. Anna Fredericks photo
Buckaroo wrestlers dedicate season to Aaron Butler
The Monticello Buckaroo wrestling team had a second strong week with a big win over the Grand County Red Devils at home, a championship team trophy from the Moab Tournament, and an Outstanding Wres...
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Monticello boys basketball season preview
This week, Bird Scoop previews the new season for the Monticello Buckaroo Boys basketball team. To that end, Head Coach Tony Esplin answered five questions about the upcoming season:
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The Monticello High School Lady Buckaroo volleyball team recently returned from the 1A State Tournment with a third place finish. Team members include: (back row, left to right) Coach Tony Esplin, Journey Baird, Shalee Bradford, Kylie Tracy, Megan Black, Presley Lewis, Coach Bev McDougall. Middle: Abi Nielson, Ashley Adair, Tristen Esplin, Morgan Maloy. Front: Alieghya De La Fuente, Erin Rogers, Rianna Shumway. ourtesy photo
Lady Bucks claim third at 1A state tournament
Anticipation was high for the Buckaroo volleyball team, ranked No. 3 in the Deseret News 1A poll, as they traveled north to the UVU campus in Orem, UT to contend for a title at the 1A Utah State Vo...
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Members of the Monticello High School boys cross country team include: (front row, left to right) Dylan Bird, Alan Pettit, Bowden Hunter, Lucas Hatch, Parker Walker, Robert Musselman, Zac Musselman, Dawson Atwood. Back row Justus Robison, Adam Bunker, Taw Robinson, Britton Brewer, Hyrum Johnson, Ryan Bird, Joseph Morrison, and Coach Jeff Hunt. Courtesy photo
Bucks claim state title
One needs to attend the Utah State Cross Country Championships at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City to obtain an appreciation of one of the toughest high school sports.
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Bucks claim big win over big opponent
On a blustery, rainy Friday night, the Buckaroos took to the field against what looked, record wise, to be a formidable foe from New Mexico. By the end of the night, the Kirtland Central Broncos we...
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Buckaroos drop tight homecoming contests to Altamont, Grand County
Anticipation was high on September 15, as the Monticello High School Buckaroos took to their home field for the first time this season against their non-region foe, the Altamont Longhorns.
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Core samples from the oldest living tree in the area (found on the Abajo Mountains) is providing valuable scientific information on the climate on the Colorado Plateau. Courtesy photo
The Abajo Mountains “Old Tree Story”
In 2015, scientists from the University of Arizona, Tucson, chanced upon a living Douglas Fir tree on the lower slopes of the northwest side of the Abajo Mountains, that, when analyzed, proved to b...
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MHS 2017 Cheerleaders
The Monticello High School cheer squad (and drill team) is hard at work. Team members include: (back row, left to right) Ivy Fellmeth, Whitney Knudsen, Shalee Bradford. Middle: Erin Rogers, Morgan ...
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San Juan Cheerleaders
The San Juan High School cheerleaders are leading the cheers for the Broncos for the 2017 school year. Members of the squad include (back row, left to right) Bree Fitzgerald, Louisa Gutke, Camryn R...
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Hole in One
Bowden Hunter hit a hole in one on the Hideout Golf Club in Monticello in most spectacular fashion. Hunter, a sophomore at Monticello High School, hit his ace on the third hole at the Hideout in th...
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