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Lady Broncos win three straight after suffering state first-round loss

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor Following a tough 6-1 loss to Grand County in Duchesne to open the 2025 2A Utah State Softball Tournament, the San Juan Lady Broncos found themselves in a battle for their lives, needing eight straight wins to capture the state championship. Tenth-seeded San Juan...

San Juan boys tennis season comes to a close at 3A state tournament

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor Seven San Juan High School boys tennis players made the trip north to represent their team in the 2025 3A Utah State Boys Tennis Tournament this past Thursday and Friday, May 8-9. The first round of the tournament was played at Brighton High School in Cottonwood...

San Juan baseball season concludes with loss to eventual state champs

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School baseball team won 16 of their last 17 regular season games and was poised to make a deep run in the 2025 2A Utah State Baseball Tournament this past weekend at BYU. But a loss to the rival Grand County Red Devils in their opening game of the...

San Juan’s Talon Mendoza (#5) gets a big lead off second base as Corbin Middleton (#13) attempts to drive him in on May 3 in Blanding. Trace York is pitching for Grand County with Javelin Pierce catching, and Tatym Bisco (#8) playing shortstop. The Broncos suffered a surprise 7-4 loss to the Red Devils in their opening game of the 2A Utah State Tournament. They began play in the one-loss bracket against Duchesne on May 6, now needing seven straight wins to capture the state title. Richard Kaer photo

Top-ranked Broncos suffer upset loss to rival Grand County in state opener

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor When the final 2A baseball RPI standings and state tournament brackets were revealed by the Utah High School Activities Association this past week San Juan was ranked first, Monticello eighth, and Grand County ninth. That meant the Broncos would host their two...

Monticello golf teams win Region 19 titles

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The Monticello girls and boys golf teams have dominated Region 19 all season long and on Monday, May 5 they made it official as both teams won their region championship matches at the Green River State Park Golf Course. It was the fifth straight region title for the...

Lady Buckaroos take fourth place at 39-team SUU Coliseum Track and Field Championships

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The Monticello High School track and field teams traveled all the way over to Cedar City this past Friday and Saturday, May 2-3 to compete in the Southern Utah University High School Coliseum Championships. It was the final meet of the regular season for the Buckaroos...

Monticello freshman Maya Lopez beats the tag to score a run in a game earlier this season in Monticello. The Lady Buckaroo softball season came to a close this past Saturday, May 3 with a state play-in loss to Piute in Monroe. Anna Fredericks photo

Monticello softball season ends in Monroe

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The Monticello High School softball team’s season came to a close this past Saturday, May 3 with a tough 10-9 loss to Piute in a 2A state play-in game in Monroe. The #17 Lady Buckaroos played one of their best games of the season but came up just short against the #16...

San Juan softball team bounces back from loss to defeat Parowan

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan Lady Broncos traveled all the way up to Duchesne on Saturday, May 3 just to play a very familiar foe in the first round of the 2A Utah State Softball Tournament. For the third time this season #10 San Juan squared off with local rival and seventh-seeded...

Members of the team include: (standing, left to right) Head Coach Josh Keyes, Coach Brian Kirby, Seth Taylor, Kaden Pehrson, Kord Young, Camren Carpenter, Cache Young, Tristan Felix, Jackson Keyes, Mustafajaan Rahim, Tristan Burtenshaw, Jaeden Camacho, Nick Felix, Ryan Young. Kneeling: Kami Kirby Kirby, Ethan Lee, Diego Cortez, Arturo Guiterrez, Tyson Wheeler, Peyton Hatathley, and Annabelle Felix. Anna Fredericks photo

Buckaroos look to stay alive in baseball title fight after first-round loss to Grand

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The Monticello Buckaroos suffered a tough 18-1 loss to local rival Grand County in the opening game of the 2A Utah State Baseball Tournament on Saturday, May 3 in Blanding. The loss came as part of a three-team pod hosted by San Juan High School that featured all...

San Juan track and field teams finish regular season at BYU Invite

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School track and field team closed out their regular season this past Friday and Saturday, May 2-3 with a trip to Provo to compete in the PACS BYU Invitational. The Broncos earned nine points at the huge annual event, which boasted 137 teams and 3,...