GJHS uses long ball to down Montrose 25-7
The Grand Junction Tigers scored 25 runs off 18 hits to thrash the Montrose Indians 25-7 at Montrose.
The Grand Junction Tigers scored 25 runs off 18 hits to thrash the Montrose Indians 25-7 at Montrose.
Seven local athletes have been named All-State honorable mention for basketball, including five on the girls side.
Montrose was sitting pretty after taking a 1-0 lead late in the second half, but Fruita Monument answered with a pair of goals in the final minutes to claim a 2-1 victory at Canyon View Park on Thursday.
The Wildcats scored four runs in the 5th inning to take a 6-2 lead on route to a 7-3 win over Montrose in a Southwestern League game at Suplizio Field on Wednesday.
The Tigers scored seven runs in the first inning and never looked back, beating the Indians 16-0 in five innings at Suplizio Field on Tuesday.
Zane Hemond gave the Indians a solid pitching performance and Bryce Gaber's go-ahead hit in the fifth inning proved to be the difference in a 9-7 win on Friday afternoon.
All of the scores from the local high school baseball games are listed.
After a 22-4 record and an SWL title last season, the Montrose Indians will have to rely on youth to take them back to the top of the Southwestern league in 2011.
After leading the Tigers to an SWL title and an appearance in the Great 8 of the 5A playoffs, Paula Lage was named the SWL player of the year and Sam Provenza the league's coach of the year.
For the 2nd straight year, Fruita Monument's Drew Bridges was named SWL player of the year, and the Wildcats' Head Coach Dave Fox was named coach of the year.
Many high school teams said goodbye to their season tonight.
The Fruita Monument boys and Grand Junction girls basketball teams were awarded for their stellar regular season play with first round byes in the 5A state high school tournament.
The state title matches in Denver are almost complete. Here are the results that we've gathered from the Pepsi Center.
Montrose's Kordell Bradshaw and Palisade's Daniel Salazar both took home third place during Saturday's consolation round of the State Tournament in Denver.
The Colorado State Wrestling finals are moments away at the Pepsi Center in Denver. To prep for tonight's action, we caught up with our local athletes to ask them about tonight's matches.
Fruita Monument capped off another perfect southwestern league season with a 71-49 win over Montrose on Friday night.
Results for the 4A State Wrestling semi-finals second consolation round are posted below.
A few Western Slope wrestlers were upset in the semi-finals, but seven advance to the State Finals at the Pepsi Center.
Eighteen local wrestlers advanced to the semi-finals of the State Wrestling tournaments at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
Results for the 4A Quarterfinals are now posted.
Palisade and Montrose had strong showings on Day 1 of the 4A State wrestling tournaments, finishing the day in the top-10.
Grand Junction relied on defense down the stretch to hang on for a 48-39 win over Montrose, giving the Tigers their first SWL title since 2007.
For the first time in four years, someone other than Central will be crowned the Southwestern League Champion.
The Paonia Eagles and Olathe Pirates will send a combined 23 wrestlers to the state tournament in Denver on Thursday Feb. 17.
The Palisade Bulldogs edged out the Delta Panthers for a 4A Western Regional Title on Saturday night. Full results are listed below.
