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After being idle for over a week, the Monticello girls basketball team got back on the court when they traveled to Delta on Friday, December 18 to play the Lady Rabbits in a non-region matchup. The Lady Bucks continued on to Richfield the following day, Saturday for a Central Utah Preview game with...
The Monticello boys basketball team tipped off their first home game against the Green River Pirates on Tuesday, December 8 and came away with Coach Josh Keyes’s first win of the season and as head coach of the program. The Bucks got off to hot start offensively, scoring 24 points in the first...
On Thursday, December 3 the Monticello High School girls basketball team tipped off the 2020-21 season on the road when they traveled to face the Grand County Lady Red Devils in Moab. Last season, Monticello beat Grand County both times the teams played, but with a new year and new players the...
This week, we asked Monticello High School girls basketball coach Marcia Shumway the same questions we asked boys coach Josh Keyes last week. Both coaches were gracious enough to answer these pesky questions and we thank them for their time and candor. Q: Understanding this is your first year...
The 2020-21 Utah high school winter sports and activities season officially commenced on Tuesday, November 24 after being delayed several weeks by Governor Herbert’s COVID-19 mandates. Teams are now able to hold tryouts and practices. However, starting November 30, all participants in school...
With the Monticello High School football team’s loss to Milford three weeks ago in the first round of the Utah 2A football playoffs, another season of Buckaroo football came to an end. After winning two of their last three games of the season, Monticello ended the year with a 2-8 record. Coming...
Until the announcement by Utah Governor Gary Herbert on Sunday, November 8 that all high school extracurricular activities would be postponed for two weeks due to COVID-19, the basketball seasons for the Monticello boys and girls were officially to commence this week under the guidance of two new...
Like a pall hanging over everything in our world today, COVID-19 and all that comes with the disease is certainly a dark cloud hanging over Utah high school sports in 2020 and it appears that it will for some time to come. Many, including us, thought way back in the spring that the coronavirus...
After the Monticello boys cross country team claimed first and the girls grabbed second at the Region 16 Championships two weeks ago, the teams appeared ready to run well at the Utah State Championships at Cedar City High School Wednesday, October 21. In a normal year, the teams would be running at...
A week after its first win of the season against Layton Christian, the Monticello Buckaroos (1-7, 1-3) were hopeful that they could prevail in their final regular season in an unusual Thursday night home game against the 2A North Rich Rebels (1-5, 1-2). With Monticello down several players due to...

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