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The 2023 school year just came to an end but it's never too early to start looking forward to next year and the start of the next prep sports season. With that in mind, here is a look at all of the new coaching hires in Pueblo-area schools.   ...

The Rye High School athletic training program debuted its "Intro to Athletic Training" course this past school year, but instructor Kortney Sorensen said the program might never have existed without recent graduate Amelia Burbidge. Burbidge approached Sorensen with a desire to start an athletic training program at the school three...

The 2023 Colorado girls golf state championships concluded Wednesday night and one of Pueblo's top golfers finished in the top 10 in the state for Class 4A. The two teams representing the Pueblo area at state golf this year were Pueblo West and Rye. Pueblo County, Pueblo Centennial, Pueblo Central and Swallows Charter Academy all sent individual golfers to compete in the championship tournament.

The Denver Christian School baseball team will have a game with Limon High School on June 03, 2023, 12:00:00 CST.

Colorado State University-Pueblo senior weight man Justin Jenks placed fourth in the shot put at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Outdoor Championships at the CSU Pueblo Thunder Bowl recently. Jenks (CHS 2018) earned his sixth first-team All-America honor with a toss of 59-feet-11 3/4, on his third...

PUEBLO, Colo. (Press Release) - Fremont redshirt junior Wes Ferguson won his third 800-meter national title with a strong backstretch and in a meet-record 1:45.46 Saturday night at the 2023 NCAA Division II Championships in Pueblo, Colo. This was the third and final day of a meet held at the...

Wayne State’s Reilly Young finished 20th place in the discus Friday afternoon at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Pueblo, Colorado. Young, a sophomore from Scotia (Central Valley HS), produced a mark of 136’ 4” on her first attempt in prelims followed by fouls on her next two throws.

Wayne State College junior Dylan Kneifl tied for 11th out of 19 competitors Saturday evening in the high jump at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Pueblo, Colorado. His 11th place finish earned Second Team All-American honors, matching the same finish from one season ago. A...

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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- After working hard all school year - some Pueblo District 60 students earned themselves quite the treat. The reward for the hard work of students at Minnequa Elementary School was a day at a Rockies Game at Coors Field in Denver. KRDO Photojournalist Sam Page captured their fun-filled day in the The post Pueblo Minnequa Elementary students celebrate all their hard work this year with a Rockies Game appeared first on KRDO.

The Pueblo County Hornets had an up-and-down start to the Colorado Class 4A state baseball playoffs with a victory and a loss on Friday. The Hornets won 5-4 over Riverdale Ridge in their first game but then lost 14-6 to Severance in their second. County was set to play again Saturday at noon against Lutheran at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs.

Carlos Fernandez started boxing with Scott Gomez in Pueblo when he was 8 years old, but two open heart surgeries in three days ended his boxing career when he was just 15. When Gomez told him about a new boxing gym opening in Pueblo in 2021, Fernandez was excited to follow his former coach to work at Ybarra’s. But that turned out to be a “dream that wasn’t going to come true.”

PUEBLO, Colo. – Western Washington University junior student-athlete and graduate student Marian Ledesma earned First Team All-America honors with a 5th-place finish Saturday in the 800m final to wrap up competition for the Vikings at the 2023 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the CSU Pueblo ThunderBowl.

PUEBLO, Colo. (KXRM) — UCCS sprinter Justice Mendoza not only helped the Mountain Lions set a new program record in the 4×100 relay Thursday, but he broke another one in the 200 meter run Friday. The redshirt junior clocked a new UCCS record of 20.54 seconds to earn a spot in the 200M final. “I’ve […]

KEARNEY. Neb. — Press release courtesy of UNK Athletics:. Redshirt junior Ben Arens qualified for the steeplechase finals to lead Nebraska Kearney at the 2023 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships Thursday in Pueblo, Colo. The three-day meet began today the ThunderBowl with Colorado State-Pueblo serving as host. Action resumes...

PUEBLO, Colo. – The Western Washington University Track & Field team turned in a trio of solid performances Friday during the second day of the 2023 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the CSU Pueblo ThunderBowl. Junior Marian Ledesma clocked the third-fastest time in the preliminary...

PUEBLO, Colo. – Minot State’s Leif Nelson is an All-American once again. Turning in the second-best throw of his career, the junior from Devils Lake, North Dakota finished 5th on Saturday in the men’s javelin throw at the NCAA Division II National Outdoor Track and Field Championship hosted by Colorado State-Pueblo.

Brooklynn Chipps and Mckenzie Scheil placed fourth and fifth respectively Thursday in the hammer throw to earn All-American honors at the 2023 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field in Pueblo, Colorado. The two Wildcat throwers continue an All-American tradition for Wayne State, marking six straight years and eight of...

Wayne State’s Logan Moeller finished 13th place overall in the long jump Thursday evening at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships held in Pueblo, Colorado. Moeller, a sophomore from Pierce (Pierce HS), recorded a mark of 24’ 3 1/2” on his final attempt in prelims after...

Wheeling, W. Va. – The best of the best across NCAA Division II Track & Field are making their way to Pueblo, Colorado this week for the 2023 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. For the second year in a row, the Cardinals will be represented at the event as junior Andrew Taylor prepares to take on the Men's High Jump. Taylor's event is one of the last events of the event, jumping on Saturday at 6:45 PM, as he waits to try to bring home the first Individual National Championship since 1994.