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Monticello battled for the third time this year with Pinnacle, the Bucks earned a come from behind victory to go to the state tournament. This image is from the Bucks first win against Pinnacle in the year. Anna Fredericks photo

Monticello girls come from behind to punch their ticket to the state tournament

The Monticello Buckaroos girls basketball team punched their ticket to the state tournament with a narrow come from behind 38-37 victory over the Pinnacle Panthers. The Monticello girls hosted the Panthers on February 22 in a battle between the #16 and #17 seeds in the 1A Utah girls state...

Monument Valley and Whitehorse played for the third time this season on February 22. This image is from an earlier game in the season. Lee Ke photo

Whitehorse boys defeat Monument Valley to advance to state tournament

The Whitehorse Raiders boys basketball team defeated the Monument Valley Cougars 100-33 in the first round of the 1A Utah state basketball tournament. The first-round game was played in Montezuma Creek on February 22. The #12 ranked Raiders jumped to a 52-26 halftime lead before cruising on to...

Whitehorse's Keiarra Martin (#21) and Monument Valley's Shikeeya Hudson (#45) battle in Monument Valley. Both teams are on to the state tournament. Lee Ke Photo

Five San Juan County basketball teams on to the 1A state tournament

Five San Juan County teams are headed to the 1A state basketball tournament February 26-March 1 in Richfield Utah. The top seed among local teams are the #5 seed Whitehorse girls basketball team. The Raiders enter the tournament with a 15-4 record. The Raiders won their first Region 19 title in 20...

Teammates and brothers Kaden Pehrson (left) and Jake Pehrson exit the court after the freshman Pehrson scored a bucket on the senior Pehrson's final home game. Anna Fredericks photo

Monticello boys go 2-0 to close out regular season

The Monticello boys basketball team ended their final week of the regular season with a 2-0 run to secure the #8 seed in the 1A state basketball tournament. The Monticello boys basketball team earned a victory over Monument Valley at the Buckaroo senior night on February 11. Monticello built a 47-...

Braylee Freestone (14) puts up a shot against Monument Valley while Mechiayah Lansing (40) crashes the boards. Anna Fredericks photo

Monticello girls bball goes 1-1 in final week to force home play-in game

Monticello girls go 1-1 in final week to earn a home play-in game. The Monticello girls basketball team was defeated in their last home game on February 11 by the Monument Valley Cougars. The final score favored the Cougars 68-20 The Monticello girls were led by Maron Freestone who scored 10,...

Monument Valley's Dakotah Cly attacks the basket for a score in the lady Cougars win over the Buckaroos. Lee Ke photo

Monument Valley basketball teams wrap up regular season gear up for state

The Monument Valley basketball teams wrapped up their regular season playing in Monticello. The Monument Valley girls basketball team defeated Monticello on February 11. The Monument Valley girls team held a 34-12 lead at halftime with the Cougars ultimately prevailing 68-20. Monument Valley was...

Martin poses with an award received as tournament MVP earlier this season. Courtesy photo

Martin named athlete of the week

Sophomore at Whitehorse High Keiarra Martin was recognized by the Utah High School Activities Association as the Athlete of the week for February 3-9. Martin helped her team win the Region 19 title for the first time in 15 years, with a 17-point outing against rival Monument Valley in their final...

Khatira Keith has her hand raised after winning the state championship.

Keith leads San Juan to fourth place with first-ever girls state title

by Art Adair Contributing Writer San Juan High School history was made this past weekend at the 1A/2A Girls Utah State Wrestling Tournament when junior Khatira Keith became the first girl to win a state wrestling title for the Lady Broncos. Keith entered the tournament ranked third out of eleven in...

Camren Carpenter throws his opponent to the mat in the state finals. Anna Fredericks photo

Black, Carpenter win 1A state wrestling titles to lead Buckaroos to fourth-place team finish

by Anna Fredericks Contributing Writer The Monticello High School wrestling team closed out their season at the 1A Utah State Tournament this past Friday and Saturday, January 7-8 in Richfield. The Buckaroos came home fourth overall among the field of 13 teams with six of their nine wrestlers...

San Juan boys close regular season with wins over rivals, head into state tournament with momentum

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor Sometimes you have to lose to win. That’s definitely been the case for the San Juan High School boys basketball team in the past two weeks. It seems a road trip to play Gunnison Valley and North Sevier on January 31 and February 1 has been a major turning point for...