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The San Juan Royals perform in the Royals Review recently in the San Juan High School gym. The annual Royals Review gives the drill team an opportunity to showcase all their dances for the home crowd. The girls had an excellent performance in the state competition this year also, finishing third in show at UVU. Richard Kaer photo

San Juan Royals get strong performance at state drill competition to cap excellent 2022-23 season

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School Royals traveled to Orem February 2-3 to compete in the 2023 Utah State Drill Championships at Utah Valley University. The Royals had an excellent competition, finishing third in show. The performance followed up their strong showing in the...

Monticello's Donovan Atwood lays in a basket against the Telos Titans in the Buckaroos play-in victory. Anna Fredericks photo

Monticello boys advance to state tournament, girls fall in the opening round

Monticello defeated the Telos Titans 74-41 in the opening round of the 1A basketball tournament to advance to the state tournament on March 1-4 in Richfield Utah. The #11-seeded Buckaroos defeated the #22 Titans on their homecourt on February 25. Monticello opened with a 19-8 first quarter lead,...

Members of the Monument Valley boys basketball team. Courtesy photo

Monument Valley boys basketball team conclude season, girls on to the state tournament

Monument Valley girls basketball team is off to the state tournament this week. The lady Cougars earned the #5 seed in 1A tournament as they finished the season with a record of 16-5 and went undefeated in region play to claim the region 23 title. The lady Cougars take on #12 Altamont in the second...

Members of the Whitehorse girls basketball team. Courtesy photo

Whitehorse basketball teams win play-in to earn spot in state tournament

Both Whitehorse basketball teams won play-in games on February 25 to punch their ticket to the 1A state tournament in Richfield. The #13 seed lady Raiders defeated Region foe Pinnacle 74-25 in their game on Saturday. Whitehorse jumped to a 25-4 lead after one quarter extending the lead to 47-14 at...

Monticello girls suffer loss to Monument Valley, beat Pinnacle to close season

by David Boyle News Director The Monticello girls basketball team hosted Region 23 Champions Monument Valley on Valentine’s Day and they definitely didn’t get a sweet Valentine from the Cougars. Monument Valley jumped out to a 33-17 lead in the first half, then exploded in the second half to win...

Monticello boys grab share of region title in final week of the season

by David Boyle News Director The Monticello boys basketball team opened the week with senior night in Monticello against Monument Valley high school on Valentine’s Day. The Buckaroos built a 16-7 lead after one quarter with Monument Valley narrowing the gap for a halftime score of 37-30. After...

Monument Valley senior Doreon Chee sails through the air looking to drop in a bucket as Whitehorse senior D’Wayne Nakai (#30) defends in the Battle of the Drum February 16. The Cougar boys and girls won both games. Lee Ke photo

Cougars sweep Battle of the Drum at home

by David Boyle News Director The Monument Valley boys basketball team defeated Whitehorse in the Battle of the Drum on February 16. The Raiders took a 29-10 lead in the first quarter but the Cougars battled back to make the score 39-34 Whitehorse at halftime. After three quarters the score still...

Members of the team include: (back row, left to right) Head Coach Jeff Johnson, Weston Jones, Justice Black, Keaton Ivins, Ian Johnson, Jerzy Nieves, Collin Baker, Dakota Long, Garrett Young, Anthony Done, RJ Dalley, Brigham Nielson, Coach Easton Nielson, Coach Mike Brown. Front: Nash Jones, Tripp Palmer, Cole Duke, Baylor Nielson, Jaiten Knight, Jake Ivins, Branten Bethea, Owen Adams, Nache Young, Cash Palmer, and Jagger Nieves. Courtesy photo

San Juan boys basketball season comes to a premature close with tough 50-36 road loss to Parowan in state tournament second round

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School boys basketball team entered the 2023 Utah 2A State Basketball Tournament as underdogs this past weekend, ranked ninth and forced into a long road trip to Parowan to take on the #8 Rams in the second round. The Broncos had beaten their...

San Juan leading scorer Serina Yanito rises above a crowd of Gunnison Valley defenders in the second round of the 2A state tournament on February 15. Chris Hart photo

Bronco girls get first round win in state tournament but fall in second round

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor With an upset win over Enterprise in the final week of the regular season the San Juan High School girls basketball team earned the #15 seed in the 2A Utah State Girls Basketball Tournament and a home game in the first round. The Gunnison Valley Bulldogs came to...

Monticello High School cheerleaders competed in the Utah Cheerleading Competition for the first time in school history on January 25. Members of the team include: (back row, left to right) Head Coach (and Coach of the Year) Kerri Murdock, Coach Kim Henderson, Abigail Crowley, Peaches Ramsay, Charlei Hoggard, Kaylie Mower, Ashley Musselman, Aubrey Black,Emma Peterson, Hannah Crowley, Laikyn Pehrson. Front: Kamron Yoakam, Gabi Dowell, Reagan Gill, Yanba Lee, Cami Dowell, and Emmry Wilcox. Courtesy Photo

Monticello cheerleaders compete in state competition for first time in school history

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor Though the winter portion of the 2022-23 high school sports season is not yet concluded for Monticello High School, it has already been an exciting year for the Buckaroo cheerleaders. For the first time in school history the girls competed in the Utah State...