 02/28/10 PALISADE, Colorado - Playing four games in six days, Coal Ridge's boys basketball team pulled off the improbable. With a 55-54 win over Gunnison in the 3A Western Slope League district tournament's fifth-place game on Saturday, the Titans are headed to the regional round of the Class 3A playoffs. When the district fun started on Monday, prospects looked bleak for Coal Ridge, which entered the ...
02/27/10 PALISADE, Colorado - Grand Valley's girls basketball team advanced to the 3A Western Slope League district tournament title game with a 53-39 win over Hotchkiss in Friday's semifinal round at Palisade. The Cardinals improved to 18-3 with the win and will face Olathe in today's championship game, which tips off at 4 p.m. in Palisade. Grand Valley's boys weren't as fortunate on Friday, losing to ...
02/25/10 ASPEN, Colorado - Coal Ridge boys hoops coach Paul Harvey joked that the Titans might be the most talented ninth seed in 3A Western Slope history. No. 9 gave No. 1 quite a scare in Wednesday's district tournament opener. Coal Ridge kept pace with the heavily favored Skiers in the opening half, then closed the third quarter with a flurry to square the game at 36 - much to the delight of a ...
02/24/10 PEACH VALLEY, Colorado - Coal Ridge's girls basketball team is headed to the 3A Western Slope League district tournament semifinals. Getting contributions from all corners of the roster, the Titans scored a 39-31 win over Cedaredge in the first round of the tourney on Tuesday. Brianna Rhodes, Carly Cloninger and Tori Verdieck scored eight points apiece for Coal Ridge, which improved to 11-9 ...
 02/09/10 The housing market in Denver has seen an appreciable increase this year despite the bleak scenario e...
 02/07/10 Ralph Conley April 19, 1927-Feb. 4, 2010 Age: 82 Residence: Fort Lupton Ralph Conley, 82, passed away Feb. 4 at the Hospice and Palliative Care unit of North Colorado Medical Center. He was born April 19, 1927, in North Platte, Neb., to Robert and Olowene Conley. When Ralph was 2 years old, his family moved to Fort Lupton. As a boy, he made several train trips back to North Platte to spend ...
02/07/10 RIFLE, Colorado - With some of its key wrestlers resting in advance of next weekend's 4A Western Regional, Rifle pieced together a 2-3 record at the Friday-Saturday Western Slope League dual team tournament. The host Bears beat Moffat County (42-36) and Battle Mountain (57-6) and lost to Delta (42-36), Eagle Valley (54-18) and Palisade (66-7). James Martinez enjoyed a monster weekend for Rifle ...
02/03/10 PARACHUTE, Colorado - Points haven't been easy to come by for Grand Valley's boys basketball team this season. As such, Tuesday night's 65-32 non-league win over visiting Rangely proved to be a cathartic experience for Jake Higuera, the Cardinals' first-year head coach. "We've struggled so bad offensively for the past, well, since Christmas," he said. "It was nice to come out and shoot the ball ...
01/09/10 Big third quarter pushes Palisade past Rifle RIFLE, Colorado - A second-half comeback lifted Palisade to a 59-53 boys basketball win over host Rifle on Friday. The Bulldogs dug out of a 30-23 halftime deficit by outscoring the Bears 20-8 in the third quarter. Tyler Rust and Ryan Davis led Rifle, now 3-4 overall and 0-1 in the 4A Western Slope League, with 15 points apiece. "It was quite a rough ...
 01/06/10 11 News would like to thank everyone who made the 11 Cares Blood Drive a success on Wednesday.
12/26/09 CARBONDALE, Colorado - Roaring Fork head football coach Greg Holley and his stable of assistants wanted to find a way to get the ball into the hands of Cesar Farrias more. So Holley and company moved the senior, in his first year with the program, to running back. Turned out Farrias was up to the task. And then some. After shifting to the backfield in the Rams' fourth game, Farrias amassed 956 ...
 12/23/09 DELTA - Saturday night's "kidnapping" in Delta was a hoax, perpetrated by three teens, Police Chief Robert Thomas said. "It was a prank. They saw the media (reports) and the kids called us. We're talking to their parents. What the kids said is, they were bored," he said Sunday night.
12/06/09 Rick R. Windedahl, age 54, passed away Friday, November 20, 2009 in Littlefield, Arizona at the home of his parents, Verlin and Arlene Windedahl. He was born October 19, 1955 in Hamilton, Montana.
11/19/09 Roaring Fork racks up the accolades Jeff Caspersen Post Independent Staff Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado When you put together the type of season Roaring Fork's volleyball team did, the accolades will follow. The Rams, fresh off a 22-3 campaign that featured a league title and ended at regionals, hauled in their fair share of All-3A Western Slope League honors. Carrie Shultz bagged the circuit's ...
11/08/09 Prep football roundup Post Independent staff report Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado Bears destroy Devils RIFLE, Colorado - Rifle's football team closed its season out on a high note - a very high note - with a 57-0 win over visiting Eagle Valley on Friday. The Bears wrapped their first year under head coach Ryan Sulkowski with a 4-6 record, while Eagle Valley fell to 1-9 in defeat. Rifle finished ...
11/06/09 Glenwood set to battle Steamboat Jeff Caspersen Post Independent Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Glenwood Springs controls its own football destiny as it prepares for a visit from Steamboat Springs tonight. Beat the Sailors and the Demons are the 3A Western Slope League champs for a third straight year. Lose and, well, the Demons will still make the playoffs. But you ...
11/02/09 Volleyball team ends season with a win Grand Valley Watch Sami Jo Krieg Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado "They say a team is built around character, but it's also built around heart. We stepped out on the court with character but lacked the heart," senior middle blocker Caitlin Brady said after the games Saturday. The Lady Cardinals traveled to volleyball districts, hosted by the Hotchkiss Lady ...
 10/31/09 Basalt football runs over Cedaredge, wins second straight Jon Maletz The Aspen Times Aspen, CO Colorado BASALT - Fullback Chantri West burst through a gaping hole in the Cedaredge defense, bounced outside and rumbled 33 yards on Basalt's first offensive play Friday night. The Longhorns were off and running. Basalt ball carriers piled up 184 yards on the ground during a first half in which the ...
10/31/09 Roaring Fork tops Coal Ridge in the muck Jeff Caspersen Post Independent Staff Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado CARBONDALE, Colorado - Cesar Farrias worried he might have trouble keeping his feet under him on a muddy, slick field that had been blanketed in snow only hours earlier. Roaring Fork's senior running back wound up doing a little better than just staying upright. Farrias rushed for 187 ...
10/30/09 Glenwood looks to rebound from last week's OT loss Jeff Caspersen Post Independent Staff Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado CRAIG, Colorado - Glenwood Springs looks to sustain its hold on second place in the 3A Western Slope League with a trip to Moffat County tonight. The 5-3 Demons lost an overtime thriller to visiting Palisade last week and will no doubt be hungry to get back into the win column ...
 10/23/09 DELTA, Colo. (KJCT)- A scheduled shipment of H1N1 vaccine has yet to arrive in Delta County-- but health officials say it is on the way. They say Monday is the day and they've already scheduled the flu clinics. | 
