Position: Sports Editor

Email: bobbya@cortezjournal.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6035

About: Bobby came to Cortez in July of 2010 looking for a new, exciting challenge. He certainly found that as the sports editor at the Cortez Journal.
Bobby earned a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wyoming in the spring of 2010.
He was a sports writer for the U.W. newspaper — The Branding Iron — and worked as an intern for U.W. Athletic Media Relations.
He is a Logan, Utah, native. Before coming to Cortez, He lived in Laramie, Wyo., and around the Equality State for 10 years.
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Time to Maness up

Riding a mountain bike 50 miles isn’t much for 69-year-old Bruce Maness. The owner and operator of South Forty Golf Course has done it countless times.Bruce Maness and his sons Mark, 30, and Chris,...

DATE: June 28, 2011 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

The engines that could

Thirty years of stock car racing, equipped with 30 years of automotive engine building and repair experience, and what do you get? Life.Tony Hill, 44, moved to Cortez when he was 10 and began...

DATE: June 25, 2011 | CATEGORY: Living

Dash stun Infuego, 8-7

The Colorado Dash trailed 7-5 after six innings, but three runs in the top of the seventh propelled the Dash to an emphatic 8-7 win over the Aztec (N.M.) Infuego in Connie Mack baseball action at...

DATE: June 25, 2011 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Universal status

Human existence in the universe, as we know it, is on Earth. The dominant source of life.In the world of bodybuilding, there is Mr. Universe, the elite competition among amateurs and professionals....

DATE: June 23, 2011 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Start your engines

Local race car drivers and other speed demons from the Four Corners gathered at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds Speedway for two nights of racing on Friday and Saturday.It was the second weekend...

DATE: June 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

ASC volleyball camp returns

Four courts will be used to accommodate roughly 60 players at the seventh annual Four Corners Volleyball Camp on the campus of Mancos High School on Monday through Wednesday, June 27-29.Mancos Lady...

DATE: June 18, 2011 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

BMX season soars into state

The Cortez bicycle motocross season is in full swing, as riders are now competing for state championship points in the American Bicyclist Association.Last weekend, 31 local BMX racers traveled to...

DATE: June 16, 2011 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Haley boots South to victory

It’s a moment every field goal kicker dreams of — splitting the uprights to win the big game.Former Montezuma-Cortez High School placekicker Ryan Haley had missed two field goals for the South team...

DATE: June 14, 2011 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Sharks host Hoelzer at meet

More than 200 young athletes and 10 teams descended on a new look at Cortez Municipal Pool for the Western Slope League youth swimming meet Friday through Sunday.The Cortez Leopard Sharks hosted...

DATE: June 14, 2011 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Rodeo ropes crowd

Attendance and arena records were broken, as well as some cowboy and cowgirl spirits, in the 81st Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday through Saturday at Bob Banks Memorial Arena at the...

DATE: June 14, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

Flippin’ for...

The wild west is back in full force at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds with the 81st edition of the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo.Fans filled Bob Banks Memorial Arena on the first day of the...

DATE: June 11, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

RAAM goes through Cortez

From June 17-20, some of the world’s most extreme endurance bicyclists will be passing through Cortez in what is known as “The world’s toughest bicycle race.” Cyclists will race from Oceanside,...

DATE: June 9, 2011 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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