The Last Stand
Q & A with Todd Park Mohr
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Working across genres and against the mainstream grain has defined much of Todd Park Mohr’s career. The creative force behind Big Head Todd and the Monsters has cultivated a loyal fan base by touring hard for more than 20 years and exploring new sounds on his own terms.
Brewing interest in Fort Collins
Sample the ultimate brewery tour, where beer and bikes are blended to perfection
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Steve DeLine can’t recall how many times he’s made the trip from North Park over Cameron Pass, down the Cache la Poudre River and into Fort Collins. Probably 20 times a year, the Steamboat resident estimates, in all conditions and often lugging trailers of heifers from his cattle ranch near the tiny hamlet of Rand to the family’s farm just north of Fort Collins. But it never gets old.
Steamboat rally tandem builds race into premier national event
Sunday, July 13, 2008
It was a crash that, Matthew Johnson puts lightly, typically does damage to the driver.
Real Routt roots rock
Hometown high-country boys hit the road with self-reliant approach to relaying Southern, low-country blues
Sunday, July 13, 2008
The location makes sense. They head for the 1889 State Armory building, in the heart of Denver’s Curtis Park Historic District. But it’s deeper than that, beyond the stuccoed exterior of the historic building with the three-story tower standing against a swanky new downtown loft development.
Dog-gone ski town
Steamboat produces distinct breed
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Sometimes a dog isn’t just a dog. In a town with easy access to open spaces, the furry quadrupeds can become an extension of their owners. And not just the kind that’s allowed to mount up on the tailgate every so often. Steamboat is a town for dogs that get to ride along in the front seat.
Projection affection
Profound sounds for the room with a view
Sunday, April 13, 2008
There is no down time for Ray Martinez. The combination of rampant high-end development in the Yampa Valley and the digitization of American life has led to the perfect storm for Martinez’s business — that is, fully integrating the data, video, audio, heating and lighting systems of the grandest new estates popping up left and right.
Q&A with Keri Rusthoi
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Keri Rusthoi was looking for a place where she could ride her horse and spend a winter living the ski bum lifestyle with a few college girlfriends before attending graduate school.
Inside out
One-hour fitness fanatics get fit to head outside
Sunday, April 13, 2008
The “hour of power” isn’t what you’d expect. No, it’s not the afternoon siesta following that Double Z cheeseburger, and it’s far from the notorious beer-drinking marathon of fraternity lore that comes to mind.
Wedding Guide: Getting the rite right
Local couple forgoes a few traditions to focus on guest experience,
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Katie West knew on their first official date. Over a glass of wine at Mambo Italiano, Katie was sure she’d end up marrying Brent “Benny” Tollar.
Kimberly Rossi
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Kimberly Rossi could never — and would never — live in a city. She’s too connected to the life of her family’s ranch south of Phippsburg.
Colorado Mountain College men’s ski team qualifies for nationals
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008
Skiing as a team can be a tricky task.
Morgan, Iacovetto take state wrestling runner-up spots
Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008
The numbers were stacked in his favor. In Justin Iacovetto’s 26-match unbeaten streak leading up to Saturday night’s 112-pound state championship title bout, the Soroco junior had only been taken down one time.
A sport taking flight
Booming Nordic program showcases female ski jumpers
Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008
Todd Wilson can remember the days as junior ski jumper, not so long ago, when he’d be ribbed after a short jump for “jumping like a girl.”
Gutting it out
Hayden grapplers fight for fifth-place finishes
Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008
Dallas Robinson can remember the pressure of having to fight back through consolation rounds, just a year after winning a state wrestling title at 112 pounds for the Hayden Tigers in 1988.
Morgan, Iacovetto bound for state title bouts
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
Justin Iacovetto tried to stroll through the wrestler’s exit hall in the bowels of Denver’s Pepsi Center, still dazed from the victory in his Friday night state championship semifinal and hoping to catch his breath. But every Western Slope grappler or coach on hand that has seen Soroco High School’s 112-pound junior wrestle in the last three years had a nod, handshake or hug to offer.
Success on the mats
Six of seven county wrestlers headed to state quarterfinals
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008
Normally, the first string of matches of the CHSAA State Wrestling Tournament go by quietly as wrestlers make their first-round debuts, working out jitters under the bright lights of Denver’s Pepsi Center.
Sports briefs for Feb. 20
Iacovetto, Letlow earn regional wrestling titles at 2A tournament
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008
Hayden wrestling coach Ty Zabel knows that at the state wrestling tournament, anything can happen on any day.
Six skiers heading to cross-country skiing junior Olympics
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008
Six Steamboat Springs skiers and two coaches have made the cut for this winter’s cross-country skiing junior Olympics as part of Rocky Mountain Nordic’s team of 42 junior athletes and 10 coaches headed to the event.
Thirstin’ Thurston dominates sled dog race
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008
Two winters ago, Tom Thurston set out to simply finish the 350-mile Race to the Sky, or maybe finish in the top 10.
Nordic Challenge, Ski Marathon racers pair up for cold and fast kicking
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008
Kevin Kopischke could doubly appreciate Saturday morning’s doubled up cross-country ski events at the Lake Catamount Touring Center, which combined the fifth and final Nordic Challenge Series 3K/5K/10K races with the 22.5K/45K Steamboat Ski Marathon.
Dave Shively: The next first
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008
I, for one, shed no tears watching Michael Strahan “stomp out” Tom Brady in Super Bowl XLI, and with it, the endless pursuit of perfection commentary.
Hockey lights up Lancers
Steamboat Sailors look ahead to playoff seeding
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008
After a rough 6-0 loss to Battle Mountain on their home ice Wednesday, the nine seniors on the Steamboat Springs High School hockey team were determined to bounce back and close their regular season with a positive stride.
Flawless Cardinals soar past Tigers
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008
With as deep of a league as Mike Johnson has seen in his nine years coaching in the Class 2A Western Slope League (District 5), the Grand Valley girls basketball coach wasn’t about to take any chances in Hayden on Friday night.
‘Crunch time’ for wrestlers
County grapplers prepare for regional matches
Friday, Feb. 15, 2008
The Tigers are coming off a successful Saturday, wrestling against and beating a string of larger, Class 3A and 4A opponents in Eaton. The high school team is now heading into its 2A regional tournament — today and Saturday in Grand Junction — healthy and firing on all cylinders.
Steamboat dropped as championship site
World Mountain Running Association to relocate event after resignation
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008
Steamboat Springs has been dropped as the host site for the 2009 World Mountain Running Trophy. The World Mountain Running Association announced in a Feb. 1 news release that, “due to the resignation of the (Local Organizing Committee) chief, the attempt to stage the Trophy at this venue has been abandoned.”
Sports briefs for Feb. 13
Solid finishes at Grand Prix
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008
Several Steamboat Springs snowboarders walked away from one of their sport’s elite competitions — the Chevrolet U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix — this weekend at Idaho’s Tamarack Resort with confidence-building results. Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club rider Tyler Anderson qualified in sixth place to make the top-16 halfpipe finals Saturday.
Push to the finish
Junior cross-country skiers make final push toward qualification
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008
While much of the local Nordic skiing community was wrapped up in last weekend’s Winter Carnival, a large contingent of Steamboat Springs skiers headed to the Aspen Nordic Festival to race against the state’s top competition.
Adele hockey tournament concludes today
Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008
The veteran players on this year’s Steamboat Springs Youth Hockey Association U-19 girls team are some of the program’s last players who had the honor and opportunity to play alongside Adele Dombrowski.
On-snow show-stoppers
‘Sledstyle’ pioneers wow Winter Carnival crowds in spite of injury
Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008
No one said that bringing freestyle snowmobiling to global audiences — one cliffhanger seat grab and sprawling backflip at a time — was easy work.
Hayden nets pair of wins against Soroco
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008
When the Hayden High School girls and boys basketball teams met Soroco’s squads Friday night for a back-to-back pair of league games, bodies were colliding.
Hayden, Soroco primed for match-ups
Friday, Feb. 8, 2008
Soroco High School boys basketball coach Sam McLeod is going into tonight’s game against cross-county rival Hayden a little bit blind, in a couple of ways.
Routt County entrants awarded
Locals place at national stock show
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008
The National Western Stock Show still plays an integral role in the lives of a few Routt County residents.
Nordic team readies for championships
Steamboat Springs High School qualifies nine skiers for state
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008
A few members of the Steamboat Springs High School Nordic ski team saved their best for last.
Unique program, ideal conditions producing successful biathletes
Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008
The location couldn’t be more ideal.
Dave Shively: Moving forward
Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008
When I heard the oddly intertwined stories of Brett Buckles and David Lamb — a pair of Steamboat natives who bounced back from debilitating ski injuries to the top of our nation’s skiercross ranks — I featured them on our Dec. 30 Sunday Sports front in a story titled, “Comeback Kids.”
The new chariots
‘Sledstyle’ riders ramp up rodeo event
Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008
The chariot horses that once raced at Brent Romick Rodeo Arena during Winter Carnival will be replaced by pure horsepower this year.
Man on fire
Lighted Man continues annual tradition
Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008
Jon Banks can set his annual watch according to the few minutes he comes blazing down Howelsen Hill, launching an elaborate bundle of pack-mounted Roman candles to kick off the Winter Carnival’s Night Extravaganza.
Soroco girls upset Meeker
Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008
Since Meeker made its move down to the Class 2A Western Slope League five seasons ago, the Soroco Rams girls basketball team had come no closer than two points to defeating the Cowboys.
Steamboat-rooted X Gamers post solid finishes
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
With the electric halfpipe “huck-o-meter” now unplugged and the swanky Aspen athlete lounges emptied, a pair of athletes with Steamboat Springs roots can look back on their performances at Winter X Games 12 with pride.
Rams girls basketball routs Saints, boys beaten inside
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
One would think that five games in the past eight days — counting the set of junior varsity games in which most of the Soroco boys and girls basketball players participated — would wear out the Rams.
Dave Shively: A legend’s reach
Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008
You don’t really get the feeling from the chairs in his living room that you’re in the presence of the most honored and respected mountaineer to ever walk the Earth.
Cross-country ski purists converge at inaugural race event
Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008
Classic cross-country skiing comes pretty naturally to Sven Wiik.
Soroco beats North Park
Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008
Sam McLeod was a little surprised with how the Soroco High School boys basketball team hit the floor Saturday afternoon against North Park.
Soroco girls drop thriller to North Park
Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008
No Soroco girls basketball team had accomplished the feat in more than a decade — taking a win from the North Park Wildcats.
Steamboat hockey drops game to Rampart
Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008
It’s easy to overlook the Rampart Rams.
Sailors hockey hosts trio of key games
Friday, Jan. 25, 2008
Last year, the Steamboat Springs High School hockey team learned the hard way about peaking too early. The Sailors downed the eventual state champion, Aspen Skiers, in December 2006 only to collapse down the final stretch of crucial Peak Conference games two months later. They lost six of their past seven games, barely making the postseason with a tough draw as the No. 15 seed.
Rider, quarter horse take national dressage title
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008
Even Routt County’s English horse riders still have distinctly Western characteristics.
Local snowboarders have big finishes
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008
The only thing that surprised Steamboat Springs snowboarder Ariel Tredway more than her halfpipe podium finish Tuesday was seeing a teammate ahead of her.
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