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Bringing two national titles home to Gunnison Valley Western State College Mountaineers headed to the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and …
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Sports
Slow-pitch season marks start of summer
Opening day June 6 Here we are again, sports fans: the start of another Crested Butte adult slow-pitch softball season. And …
Read More »Blue Jackets open 2011 baseball season
Big home stand this weekend As is often the case for our local Babe Ruth baseball team, the Blue Jackets, spring …
Read More »Brian Smith crushes Growler at Hartman Rocks to take the title
Sets new course record The Original Growler has gained national, even international, respect in the mountain biking community. For the first …
Read More »Crested Butte softball team takes Gunnison spring league title
“Walk off walk” to win While the Crested Butte slow pitch softball leagues are slated to start on Monday, June 6 …
Read More »C.B.’s Brittany Walker skis all 54 of Colorado’s fourteeners
Second woman, ninth person, to complete the goal Crested Butte Community High School math teacher Brittany Walker set a goal back …
Read More »Titans track rises to challenge at state championships
Eight podium performances Goals were set, hopes were high and the training was done. Then it was go time.
Read More »Titan girls take Southern Peaks league title
13 headed to state championships Not only did the Titan girls’ track team dominate the competition this past weekend at the …
Read More »Bike team Alpine Orthopaedics ups the ante for 2011
Posting podium results at early races The Gunnison Valley bike team of Team Alpine Orthopaedics (AO) enters its second year of …
Read More »Distance corps leads Titans at Tiger Invite track and field meet
Girls’ team sets sites on league title The Crested Butte Titans track team keeps on keeping on, spending another weekend faced …
Read More »Titan track gaining speed with each race
Making strides The young Crested Butte Titans track team got a taste of how they match up against their true peers …
Read More »Gabe Martin takes 2011 Pond Skim World title
“I was able to lube them up with my secret sauce” Gabe Martin, owner of the Colorado FreeSkier and a self-proclaimed …
Read More »Gabe Miller drafted by Kansas City Chiefs in fifth round
“I knew if I had a solid senior year I’d have a shot” In the 2011 NFL draft this past week, …
Read More »Crested Butte’s Emma Coburn crushes top steeplers in nation
One step closer to 2012 Summer Games Crested Butte’s own Emma Coburn just took one more step closer to making it …
Read More »Local Aaron Blunck named to U.S. youth Olympic squad
2012 Innsbruck, Austria A successful season of competition for local 14-year-old Crested Butte Mountain Sports team athlete Aaron Blunck finished with …
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