Sports

Annual high school golf fundraiser is largest ever

It was the biggest turnout ever for the 2020 annual San Juan High and Monticello High golf team fundraiser at the Hideout Golf Course on Saturday, May 30. Event organizer Nathan Chamberlain reports that 26 teams of four stormed the course in Monticello for the annual scramble that brings in most of...

Academic All-state honors for San Juan High School students

Five San Juan High School student athletes earned Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) Academic All-state honors for the COVID-19-shortened 2020 spring sports season. Staten Perkins was named to the Academic All-state tennis team, Madison Palmer and Delaney Palmer were honored in...

All-state basketball honors for Whitehorse senior Daan Filfred

In our list of the Utah 1A All-state basketball players from San Juan County in the April 8 issue of the San Juan Record, we regretfully omitted Whitehorse senior Daan Filfred. This week we’ll give her the credit she is due. The Deseret News named Filfred to the 1A Girls Third Team on March 25...

All-state basketball honors for Monument Valley, Whitehorse athletes

San Juan County is well represented on All-state basketball teams for the 2019-20 season. The Deseret News released its annual list of the top Utah high school basketball players on March 25 and 26 based on coaches’ votes. Ten players were chosen from San Juan, Monument Valley, and Whitehorse high...

Several San Juan County students receive Career and Technical Education scholarships

Four high school seniors in the San Juan School District (SJSD) earned Career and Technical Education (CTE) scholarships, the Utah State Board of Education announced on March 19. Brittany Grover, Staten Perkins, and Kash Shumway of San Juan High School and Rianna Shumway of Monticello High School...

All-state basketball honors for San Juan High student athletes

San Juan High School spring teams get a week of competition in before season is suspended

The Utah high school sports landscape is very uncertain following an announcement that the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) suspended all activities and athletics beginning March 16 for a period of at least two weeks in the wake of the worldwide COVID-19 virus outbreak. According to...

Scholarships for three SJ athletes

Three students at San Juan High School will have an opportunity to play their respective sports at the next level after receiving athletic scholarships from three universities. Delaney Palmer signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Western Colorado University in Gunnison, CO, Kian Conway...

MHS track and field season preview

So far in 2019-2020, the question for all Monticello High School sports has been how the Bucks will fare competing against 2A competition as one of the smallest schools in the classification. In year one, the results have been mixed and the same should hold true as Monticello wades for the first...

Monument Valley girls basketball team state title hopes dashed by eventual champions

When the Monument Valley High School girls basketball players went to sleep on Wednesday, February 26, it wasn’t sugarplums dancing in their heads. They were dreaming of their first-ever state championship trophy. It wasn’t a far-fetched dream. The Lady Cougars had put together an impressive 18-5...