Author: Brandon Hopper
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Palmer Ridge baseball recovers from rough start, blows by host Canon City
CANON CITY – It took him an inning, but Nathan Gishwiller cooled the Canon City Tigers’ bats Thursday. Gishwiller and his teammates provided plenty of offense to erase an early deficit, and the Palmer Ridge Bears knocked off the Tigers 9-4 in a non-league game at Justin Field. The Tigers (4-1) used four straight hits…
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Palmer Ridge baseball recovers from rough start, blows by host Canon City
CANON CITY – It took him an inning, but Nathan Gishwiller cooled the Canon City Tigers’ bats Thursday. Gishwiller and his teammates provided plenty of offense to erase an early deficit, and the Palmer Ridge Bears knocked off the Tigers 9-4 in a non-league game at Justin Field. The Tigers (4-1) used four straight hits…
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Air Academy tops Canon City to earn state baseball berth
CAÑON CITY – Score one for the Pikes Peak League on Saturday. Two, really. The Air Academy Kadets advanced to the Class 4A state baseball tournament with an 8-7 win against Silver Creek and a 10-5 win against host Cañon City at Justin Field. The Kadets entered as the state’s No. 24-seeded team, and the…
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Air Academy tops Canon City to earn state baseball berth
CAÑON CITY – Score one for the Pikes Peak League on Saturday. Two, really. The Air Academy Kadets advanced to the Class 4A state baseball tournament with an 8-7 win against Silver Creek and a 10-5 win against host Cañon City at Justin Field. The Kadets entered as the state’s No. 24-seeded team, and the…
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High water brings massive changes to weekend Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Forget all the old Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival details. Except for the time and place, so much has changed. Because of the heavy amount of water flowing in the Arkansas River, officials made mass changes.…
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Longmont and ‘uncontrollables’ too much for ailing Canon City
CAÑON CITY – The thing that helped them all year turned its back Friday. The Cañon City Tigers could only muster four 3-pointers – a number they sometimes match in four minutes. Longmont’s defense coupled with what the Tigers called “uncontrollables” parlayed to a 61-48 upset by the sixth-ranked Trojans over the top-ranked and previously…
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Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival officials: Safety top priority for participants this weekend
With three deaths in the local Arkansas River recently, fears of participating in the upcoming Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival are likely for some people. Co-chairman Kyle Horne said while a respect for the running water is necessary, he and his group take extra care to ensure safety is the main focus. Fremont County Search and…
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Arkansas River given Gold Medal fishing status
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission announced that the upper Arkansas River has been added as the newest addition to the statewide list of Gold Medal Trout Waters. The stretch of water reach is 102…
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Woman gives birth inside Canon City Walmart bathroom
A woman gave birth to a baby boy inside a Canon City Walmart bathroom on Saturday afternoon, multiple managers at the store confirmed. The woman gave birth to the baby at around 2:10 p.m. inside a bathroom between the two entrances at the front of the store. Monica LeDoux is a Walmart employee who said…
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Canon City shuts down Rampart in second half of 31-14 victory
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CAñON CITY • Logan Nethercot scored three touchdowns in his first start for Cañon City, and the Tigers defense kept Rampart off the scoreboard in the second half as the Tigers won their season opener…