Joel Reichenberger
Sports Reporter
Recent Stories
Growth spurt spurs Sailors football senior
Jack Spady instrumental on both sides of the ball
Ask the various people surrounding the Steamboat Springs High School football program for their favorite Jack Spady highlight and there’s little chance you’ll get the same answer from any two people.
Booco earns trip to circuit finals
Hayden bull rider Jake Booco spent his summer with one eye on his sport and one on his Sept. 12 wedding. The split focus reduced his time on the road, but it amounted to the most efficient winning season in the 25-year-old’s career, and last weekend in Denver he won the Dodge Mountain States Circuit Finals Rodeo.
Sailors football likely to play Saturday
Steamboat busy studying tape of Windsor
The Steamboat Springs High School football team tentatively is scheduled to renew its quest for a state championship at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gardner Field in Steamboat.
Joel Reichenberger: Krakauer comes just short
Garth Brooks has been undoubtedly popular nationwide. Still, I always have been convinced that people from my region of Kansas liked him just a little bit more. I’ve always had the feeling that Steamboat Springs has a similar love affair with Jon Krakauer.
New ski and snowboard technology is a cut above
Skis and snowboards have come a long way in terms of shape since each started out as large planks of wood strapped to brave winter engineers. The largest change for both mediums comes in rocker and camber technology.
Local Little League to keep affiliation
Group hopes to improve baseball for 2010 summer
The state of baseball in Steamboat Springs is strong, the town’s Little League board of directors said Thursday evening over a bucket of peanuts at the Steamboat Smokehouse in downtown Steamboat.
Preparations begin for Olympic Trials
For Andy Wirth, Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. senior vice president of sales and marketing, Friday's snowstorm was a reminder that the winter season is approaching quickly, and with it all the excitement of the Olympic Trials, set to be played out in Steamboat Springs on Dec. 23 and 24.
Joel Reichenberger: Sailors take advantage with big plays
Steamboat Springs High School got what it needed Friday night at Gardner Field — a 24-13 opening-round playoff victory against Berthoud — but it wasn’t always pretty. In a lot of ways, the Sailors struggled.
2010 Rally Colorado status still undecided
Rally Colorado event director Jim Gill said at this point, the race committee has decided not to decide.
Joel Reichenberger: Early season surprises
Early season skiing is the college football nonconference schedule of the mountain world. For the most part, nonconference games are terrible. I grew up attending nearly every home game during the golden age of Kansas State football, a stretch when the Wildcats went to 11 consecutive bowl games from 1993 to 2003.
Recent Photos
Members of the Steamboat Springs High School football team leap down the field Thursday as they prepare for Saturday’s playoff game against Windsor at Gardner Field.
Published on November 20, 2009
Steamboat Springs High School junior Pete Schuette kicks the ball Thursday as the Sailors prepare for Saturday’s 1 p.m. showdown against Windsor.
Published on November 20, 2009
A pair of Copper Mountain staff members keep an eye on early season skiers Tuesday afternoon.
Published on November 17, 2009
A skier and a snowboarder ride the American Eagle chairlift Tuesday at Copper Mountain.
Published on November 17, 2009
Lynne McNasby loads up the check-out conveyor belt Sunday at the Dollar Tree in Central Park Plaza. The goods will be sent to troops overseas for the holidays.
Published on November 16, 2009
