Sports

Lady Cougar basketball wins two in past week

by David Boyle News Director The Monument Valley girls basketball team earned two wins in the past week. The Lady Cougars beat Red Mesa, AZ on the road December 10 in a tightly-contested game by a final score of 37-34. They followed that up with a nice 43-26 home win over Bryce Valley on December...

Monticello sophomore John Leber (top) wrestled a perfect 8-0 record at the Dave Smith Memorial Tournament this past weekend at Carbon High School in Price, leading the Buckaroos to a team championship. He was named Deseret News Larry H. Miller High School Wrestling Athlete of the Week for his effort. Anna Fredericks photo

Buckaroo wrestlers win Dave Smith Memorial Tourney in Price

by Anna Fredericks Contributing Writer It was another successful week for the Monticello Buckaroo Wrestlers as they conquered their third tournament of the year, earning the team championship trophy at the Dave Smith Memorial Tournament in Price December 13-14. The Buckaroos had ten team members at...

San Juan Bronco wrestlers pose after Price Tournament. Shane Musselman photo

San Juan matmen get strong performances in Moab and Price

by Art Adair Contributing Writer It was a packed week of wrestling for the San Juan High School grapplers. Tuesday, December 10 saw the Broncos at Grand County to take on the Red Devils. The Broncos defeated the Red Devils by a score of 50 to 26. It was a thrilling dual that featured many exciting...

Monument Valley girls wrestling finish 2nd in Parowan, Whitehorse wrestling in St. George

The Monument Valley girls wrestling team took second place at the Paul Williamson memorial tournament in Parowan over the weekend. Leading the way for the lady Cougars was Aiyana Parker who earned four wins by fall to gather first place honors at the tournament. Teammate Nizhoni Sloan took second...

Coach Josh Keyes speaks to Monticello's starters during a time-out. Anna Fredericks photo

Monticello boys win one, lose one at the 1A preview

The Monticello Buckaroos went 1-1 at the 1A preview in Richfield. The Buckaroos opened the weekend with a big 76-41 victory over Telos on December 13 in a game the Bucks controlled throughout. Monticello was led in the game by Cache Young who scored 20 points on an efficient 8 for 9 from the field...

Dominic Dance hits a 4th quarter three to give the Raiders their first lead of the game. Whitehorse trailed by 13 at halftime. StreamUtah.Live screen grab

Raiders go 2-0 at 1A preview

The Whitehorse Raiders went 2-0 at the 1A preview in Richfield. The Raiders opened play with an exciting comeback victory over Escalante on December 13. The Raiders fell behind 14-8 after one quarter and trailed by 13 points at half by a score of 27-14. Whitehorse shot just 21-percent from the...

San Juan senior Jake Ivins drives to the bucket against Millard on December 4. Ivins scored 14 points and had seven assists in the 71-53 win. Richard Kaer photo

San Juan boys win two, lose one in busy week

by Rhett Sifford Sports Editor The San Juan High School boys basketball team welcomed the Millard Eagles to Blanding on Wednesday, December 4 looking to get back above .500 on the season in their first game after the Thanksgiving Break. Though it’s still early in the season and it wasn’t a perfect...

Show us that smile – Colorado referee Rick Hahn helps a bashful Arturo Gutierrez pose for a photo during the Wolverine Classic at Bayfield High School on December 7. Gutierrez picked up four wins in two different tournaments over the past weekend, helping the Buckaroos earn two team wins. Joel Priest photo, courtesy Durango Herald

Buckaroos open wrestling season winning two tournaments

by Anna Fredericks Contributing Writer The Monticello High School wrestling team kicked off the 2024-25 season with a strong showing and two tournament wins. On Friday, December 6 they opened the year at the Red Rocks Invitational in Moab where they earned the top spot at the six-team tournament....

Raiders, Cougars open season in Panguitch

by David Boyle Sports Editor Whitehorse and Monument Valley boys and girls wrestling teams competed at the 2024 Panguitch Invitational to open their season, with the girls competing on December 6 and the boys wrestling on December 6 and 7. The Lady Raiders and Cougars finished 18th and 19th out of...

Members of the Inaugural San Juan girls wrestling team pose for a photo at the Panguitch tournament. Art Adair photo

San Juan girls wrestling team hits mats for first time in history, both teams strong in opening week

by Art Adair Contributing Writer The San Juan High School boys and girls wrestling teams both got off to an excellent start this past week. Both teams were in action on December 11 in Cortez. This is the first year San Juan High School has offered girls wrestling and seven wrestlers competed in the...