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Dove Creek football team primed for big season

After ending last season with a 66-30 loss to Vail Christian in the opening round of the state playoffs, the Dove Creek Bulldogs found themselves chomping at the bit to return to the field this...

DATE: Oct. 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Tomac wins Thunder Valley motocross at home in Colorado

Defending AMA Motocross champion Eli Tomac of Cortez won the Thunder Valley National Saturday in Lakewood, moving into a close race for third place in the season standings. Tomac entered the 450cc...

DATE: Oct. 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Athlete of the Week: Dylan Kibel sees hard work pay off

Just before the clock strikes 8 a.m. at Montezuma-Cortez High School, the sound of a bat smashing a ball echoes down the halls. The sounds, which come courtesy of senior Dylan Kibel, speak of hard...

DATE: Sept. 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Freedom Cats offense shines throughout win over Shiprock

Playing under blue skies that made for a perfect autumn day, the Cortez Freedom Cats club baseball team pounded hits to all areas of the field en route to an impressive 17-2 home victory over the...

DATE: Sept. 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lady Panthers split double-header with league leaders

The Delta Lady Panthers ended Game 1 of their Sept. 25 doubleheader enforcing the ground rules on their home diamond. But Montezuma-Cortez Lady Panthers refused to go quietly from their home away...

DATE: Sept. 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Universities to treat water in Navajo communities

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Environmental science students at Navajo Technical University are often asked by their professors about how they want to give back to their Navajo Nation communities. The...

DATE: Sept. 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango rules rematch with M-CHS, 12-5

Lizzie Likes’ deep save in center field wasn’t enough to deter Durango from swinging for the fence against Montezuma-Cortez late Monday, Sept. 21, at Durango. And powered by long balls courtesy...

DATE: Sept. 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Lady Panthers salvage split with Cedaredge

ORCHARD CITY – Taking perhaps the most important cut this fall to date, Montezuma-Cortez’s Arianna Muniz denied Cedaredge a two-game sweep Saturday and prevented a fourth straight 3A Western Slope...

DATE: Sept. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado to implement ballot tracking statewide for November’s election

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced Monday that for the first time, voters in all 64 counties can track the status of their mail ballots for the 2020 general election. Voters in...

DATE: Sept. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tomac crashes at Redbud 2 in Michigan, climbs into fifth place

Eli Tomac of Cortez, struggling to make a comeback Monday, raced into fifth place overall after crashing and falling to the back of the field in the second 450cc motocross at the Redbud National in...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: More Sports

League-leading Basalt humbles M-CHS in Delta

DELTA — Recalling Saturday that in previous games she felt she hadn’t done her obvious nickname justice, Montezuma-Cortez leftfielder Koral “Action” Jackson grinned about the fact that Basalt...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Eli Tomac gets off to slow starts in Redbud motocross

Eli Tomac of Cortez got off to a slow start in both motos Friday at Redbud National in Buchanan, Michigan, and finished sixth place overall. Zach Osborne won both motocross races wire to wire and...

DATE: Sept. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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