Sports

Junior Cris Rudosky took advantage of playing at the familiar Conquistador Golf Course on Thursday to win the Cortez Invitational. Playing against golfers from eight other schools, Rudosky was the...

The Montezuma-Cortez soccer team opens the 2016 season on Saturday against Delta. The Panthers will be without five graduates from last year’s squad, but they return seniors Manuel Martinez, Jesus...

After a two-year hiatus, Mancos principal Adam Priestley has returned to coaching to help lead the Blue Jays football team. Priestley and Josh Gardner will serve as co-head coaches for the 2016...

While other Montezuma-Cortez team sports are making the drop from Class 4A to Class 3A, the football team’s move is a lateral one. M-CHS has played in Class 2A since 2014, but this year they’re in...

Entering his second year as Montezuma-Cortez head softball coach, Angelo Topaha hopes to see his team tally more wins this year in a new league. Last year, the Lady Panthers were 0-10 in the 4A/5A...

The fifth annual Braiden’s All Nighter softball tournament took place at the Southwest Softball Complex in Cortez last weekend. The tournament began in 2012 to help Misty and Mike Smith pay for...

The Dolores volleyball team is ready to make some noise in the San Juan Basin League. Last year, the Lady Bears finished with an 11-12 overall record and 6-6 in league play to wind up smack in the...

Monteuma-Cortez High School has cut its boys tennis program, athletic director Chris Kelley confirmed this week. However, its players will have the opportunity to join the Durango High School team...

The Rocky Mountain Ringer horseshoe pits in Cortez have provided a sanctioned league for nearly 25 years. The National Horseshoe Pitching Association membership totals 15,000 with 6,200 in the...

As the Dolores football team gathered on the field to begin practice last Wednesday, sophomore Logan Fuller was in the computer lab. Fuller, like each of the Dolores players is required, was taking...