Sports

Monument Valley Volleyball wins 2 of 3, Whitehorse HS seeks first victory

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor Coming into the month of September, the Monument Valley and Whitehorse volleyball teams had played just one game combined. Since September 1, the Cougars have won two of their first three matches. The Raiders have struggled a bit, going 0-6. We already reported...

Bronco football 7-0

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor This past Friday, September 23 the San Juan High School football team traveled to Fillmore, UT to take on the Millard Eagles in the second 2A South Region game of the season. For the second straight week the final result was never in question. One thing that’s in...

SJ tennis, golf, soccer in home stretch

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School girls tennis team concluded their season with a seventh-place finish in the Region 12 Championship in Richfield and competition in the first round of the state tournament in Murray. On Wednesday, September 21 the Broncos competed against tough...

Monticello boys win John Thornton Invite

by Haley Burton Contributing Writer For the last several years the John Thornton Invitational has been held at the the park near the Blanding Visitor Center. The majority of the race was run on a dirt road. This year however, with all the rain over the last few weeks the course was not in suitable...

San Juan harrier Dakota Long (#714) leads a pack of runners that includes teammates Noah Begay (#705) and Tatum Begay (#706) at the beginning of the John Thornton Cross Country Invitational at San Juan High School on Friday, September 23. The Bronco boys team went on to finish in second at their home event. Chris Hart photo

Local cross country runners honor John Thornton legacy almost 30 years after passing

by Jessica Walker Contributing Writer To almost every runner who has come through San Juan High School in the last three decades, the name and story of John Thornton is familiar. John was a talented four-sport Bronco athlete who competed on the baseball, basketball, track, and cross country teams....

Kaden Pehrson paces the Monticello boys cross country team at the Bayfield Invitational on September 17 ahead of teammates Jesse Pettit (obscured) and Curtis Bunker. The Buckaroo boys raced to a team victory at the event, but even more victorious was the sportsmanship displayed by the entire team. Joel Priest photo

Character on display for Monticello XC team

by Haley Burton Contributing Writer If you were to check MileSplit.com to see the results of the Bayfield Invitational on Saturday, September 17 it would show you that Lilli Burton won the race with Marah Long coming in third and Ayla Carling fourth. But it won’t tell you the story of why they...

Members of the 2022 San Juan Football team. Brooke Pehrson photo

Broncos cruise to 53-7 road victory over South Sevier in the first region game of the season

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School football team hasn’t lost to a region opponent since they returned to the 2A South in 2021. That stands to reason since they haven’t lost since the opening game of 2021 against Desert Hills. The Broncos weren’t interested in letting any of...

Buckaroos Tug Davis (59) and Nic Lundell (70) wrangle a Cowboy to the ground for a loss. Anna Fredericks Photo

Buckaroos drub Cowboys 52-0, for Homecoming victory

The Monticello Buckaroo football team improved to 3-2 on the year with a dominating 52-0 victory over Plateau Valley High School. The victory culminated a week of homecoming activities in Monticello, which also featured a volleyball victory over San Juan, powder-puff action, a queen pageant and...

Raiders tackle tough course in Shiprock, NM

by Jessica Walker Contributing Writer The Chieftain Invitational cross country meet in Shiprock, NM is not for the faint of heart. Anyone who has attempted to run the course can attest to its difficulty. It’s a brutal course marked with punishing hills and an often scorching temperature. The...

Strong races for San Juan, Monument Valley

by Jessica Walker Contributing Writer The San Juan and Monument Valley high school cross country teams headed south to Flagstaff, AZ to compete in the annual Four Corners Invitational this past Saturday, September 17. With 18 boys teams and 14 girls teams to contend with, there was an ample amount...