Sports

Three Bronco wrestlers finish one, two, three at state

Callen Burke San Juan senior 2A wrestling State Champion 33 wins 0 losses Head Coach Steve Simpson: “As a returning state champion, there was a great deal of pressure for Callen to repeat the success of his prior season. Callen stood up to the competition with an amazing amount of quiet confidence...

All-state basketball honors for two Whitehorse boys basketball players

D’Wayne Nakai Whitehorse Senior Guard 1A Basketball 3rd team 21.7 PPG, 6 Rpg Head Coach Evan Grant: “D’Wayne is one of the best scorers to come out of Whitehorse in a long time. He ended his high school career with 863 total points, and that’s with him missing out on his sophomore season because we...

Cougar track team is small in numbers but big in heart and commitment

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The Monument Valley High School track and field team got their season underway in Price on March 25 at the Carbon High School Invitational. The Cougars took six boys to compete in the event and though they didn’t qualify for a team score, they still got some solid...

The Monticello High School baseball team is going to need to invest in some snow shoes, These recent images of the respective fields of play clearly illustrate the challenges facing local teams this spring. It’s not likely Monticello teams will have a home game for many weeks. In the opening weeks of the season, many baseball and softball games have been moved to different locations, postponed, cancelled altogether. Staff photo

Despite tough start in Monroe, Monticello baseball team is optimistic in 2023

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor With all the snow that has fallen in Monticello this winter and remains on the Monticello High School baseball field, it has been impossible for the Buckaroo varsity baseball team to get any on-field practice in the weeks leading up to the start of the season....

San Juan track and field team competes at Farm Bureau Invitational in Price

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School track and field team traveled to Price for their second meet of the season on Saturday, March 18. The Farm Bureau Invitational, hosted by Carbon High School, featured 15 teams. The boys stole the show for the Broncos with Brigham Nielson and...

Alyah Blackwater MONUMENT VALLEY - senior 1A girls basketball first team 13.7 points per game

Five San Juan County girls basketball players named to All-State teams

Nine high school student-athletes representing San Juan County were named to All-State teams for the 2022-23 winter sports season that recently came to a close. The Deseret News released its list of girls and boys basketball honorees March 22 and 23 based exclusively on coaches’ votes from a list...

Monticello golf team looks to pick up where it left off

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The Monticello High School golf team opened the 2023 season with a trip to Moab on Tuesday, March 21 for a wet, windy, and cold match versus Region 23 opponent Green River. Buckaroo Head Coach Nathan Chamberlain reports that the team played well despite not having any...

San Juan boys soccer opens delayed season

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School boys soccer team’s season is underway, but it didn’t happen without some extra effort. Their season opener, initially scheduled for March 6 against Parowan, was postponed due to a snow-covered field. In the first official game of the season...

First Monticello High School softball team in 13 years takes field this week

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor It has been a long time since a softball team took the field for Monticello High School. In fact it was May 7, 2010, almost 13 years ago to be exact. That weekend the Lady Buckaroos lost to Beaver in the opening round of the 2010 state tournament, but battled back to...

Former Monticello resident Jalen Bradford earned spots on two elite cheer club teams in Draper, UT and is currently competing for world honors. Courtesy photo

Cheerleader with local ties reaching for the stars

by Jill Pearson Staff Writer As a friend of his mom’s on Facebook, I became curious about former Monticello resident Jalen Bradford and how he has been excelling at Cheer since attending Westlake High school in Utah County. His ambition couldn’t be stopped so he tried out for MAC’s All-Star Cheer...