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Dove Creek junior Cole Baughman battles Rocky Ford sophomore Adam Baca in the Class 2A 120-pound finals at the Pepsi Center Satrurday night.
So close, yet so far
DENVER — Two opponents dreaming of gold. Two minutes remaining in that quest and the score knotted at two.
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High School Boys Basketball
Dolores at Mancos, 6 p.m.
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Mancos at Telluride, 5:30 p.m.
thursday, feb. 23.
The old saying “the refs let them play” described the Panthers-Demons slugfest Thursday.
Many times, the Lady Panthers would fall and not get back up this season.
Not on Thursday’s senior night at Montezuma-Cortez High School.
A total of seven wrestlers from the area advanced to the state high school wrestling championship quarterfinals in Denver last night.
Three days.
That’s what the high school wrestling season comes down to. It’s what separates the good from the elite.
GRAND JUNCTION — Cole Baughman was called for stalling. And he didn’t like it.
Mancos played a hard 32 minutes last Friday at first-place Ignacio.
The end result was still a 64-46 loss.
The girls high school basketball regular season comes to a close this week.
Daves, Gustafson win 4A titles
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Five Lady Panthers swam in the regional finals last Saturday in Grand Junction.
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