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Routt County teams looking at busy weekend

After game cancellations this week because of weather, Routt County prep teams bounce back into action Friday and Saturday.

Steamboat Springs baseball team falls in Delta on Tuesday

While the rest of the state and spring sports were on hold Tuesday, the Steamboat Springs and Delta high school baseball teams battled the weather and each other.

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Steamboat Springs moguls team wraps up season

The Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club freestyle moguls team wrapped up the season during the weekend in Winter Park with the Spring Cool Down.

Blizzard forecast causes Steamboat Springs prep sports cancellations

The Steamboat Springs-Battle Mountain girls soccer and Steamboat-Summit girls lacrosse games have been postponed.

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Steamboat Springs girls tennis team wins 2 at home

The Steamboat Springs High School girls tennis team won a pair of matches Saturday at the Tennis Center, downing Fruita, 6-1, and Air Academy, 5-2.

Steamboat Springs girls soccer team wins at Delta

The Steamboat Springs girls soccer team picked up a 4-3 win Saturday at Delta, setting up a huge match Tuesday at Battle Mountain.

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Steamboat Springs snowboarders clean up in Copper

The Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club returned from the USASA Nationals in Copper Mountain this week.

Elite triathlete Heather Gollnick makes new home in Steamboat Springs

Five-time Ironman triathlon champion Heather Gollnick moved to Steamboat Springs with her family three months ago.

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Steamboat Springs snowboarder Mick Dierdorff onto World Cup

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Mick Dierdorff finished fifth overall in the Grand Prix in early March at Canyons Resort in Utah.

Routt County high school sports teams ready for weekend

Things get started Thursday when the Steamboat Springs High School girls lacrosse team faces Fruita at Gardner Field.

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Steamboat Springs girls soccer easily beats Eagle Valley

Just five days after tangling in Gypsum, the Steamboat Springs High School girls soccer team did just about whatever it wanted on a drizzly Tuesday at Gardner Field, beating Eagle Valley, 6-0.

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Steamboat Springs skier Schwartz earns US championship

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club skier Sophia Schwartz won the U.S. title in dual moguls Saturday.

Making strides: National immigration reform on the horizon

In a speech at the end of January in Las Vegas, President Barack Obama called for comprehensive immigration reform. “The time is now,” he said.

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Out of the shadows: A glimpse at immigration reform and how it has affected Steamboat

The Asset bill first was introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives 10 years ago. It proposed in-state tuition rates at Colorado colleges for illegal immigrants so long as they attended high school in the state for the preceding three years and graduated.

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A decade of support: Metro State University at the forefront of lowered tuition rates

Andrea, a sophomore at Metro State University who did not want her last name published, came to the United States at age 7. She’s lived most of her life in the shadows, never sharing her story. Sarahi Hernandez, a brunette busting with energy, has taken the opposite approach with her outspokenness about the adversity facing illegal immigrants and undocumented students. But each is similar in their status.

Steamboat Springs tennis team splits pair of matches Saturday

In the morning, Steamboat lost to Fossil Ridge, 6-1, before picking up a 6-1 win in the afternoon against Thompson Valley.

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Steamboat Springs girls soccer ties Battle Mountain

The Steamboat Springs and Battle Mountain high school girls soccer waged another classic Saturday, eventually finishing in a 1-1 draw.

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Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse falls at Rock Canyon

The Steamboat Springs High School boys lacrosse team, which was 0-4 against 5A Rock Canyon coming in to Saturday's contest, lost again, this time falling 10-6.

Steamboat Springs tennis team falls in Fort Collins

The Steamboat Springs High School girls tennis team lost to Poudre, 5-2, on Friday.

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Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse coach Bob Hiester set to retire

Steamboat Springs High School boys lacrosse coach Bob Hiester will retire from coaching and teaching at the end of the year.

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Steamboat Springs' Chad Fleischer helps team to win at American Ski Classic

Chad Fleischer helped Team Fleischer come away with the win last weekend at the American Ski Classic in Vail.

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Steamboat Springs girls lacrosse falls to Battle Mountain

The Steamboat Springs High School girls lacrosse team struggled Wednesday against rival Battle Mountain, falling, 14-3.

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Steamboat Springs girls soccer beats Grand Junction

Things always seem a little out of whack during the spring sports season, but the Steamboat Springs High School girls soccer team has been hit hardest with games postponed because of weather. But on Wednesday, the team got past 5A Grand Junction, 4-2.

Routt County teams prep for weekend

Routt County spring sports get back to action this weekend, hopefully with better weather.

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Steamboat Springs Triathlon Club returns for 3rd year

Sunny and cloudless days, road bike sightings and glimpses of warmer weather are reminders that summer is coming, and with it comes the third year of the Old Town Hot Springs Steamboat Triathlon Club.

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Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse beats Telluride

The Steamboat Springs High School boys lacrosse team responded from its first Mountain League loss earlier in the week by dominating play in Grand Junction the past two days. Steamboat beat Telluride, 16-0, on Saturday, a day after pounding Durango, 17-3.

Sailors baseball game canceled Saturday because of weather

The Steamboat Springs High School baseball team had a doubleheader Saturday in Rifle postponed because of weather.

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Steamboat Springs cyclist Amy Charity joins pro team

On a blustery Saturday that was reminding residents wintry weather hasn't left, Amy Charity was in the basement of her Steamboat home on her indoor bike trainer.

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Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse bounces back

The Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse team beat Durango, 17-3, on Friday.

Steamboat Springs girls lacrosse team picks up win

The Steamboat Springs High School girls lacrosse team beat Eagle Valley on Thursday.

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club snowboarder 7th at X Games Tignes

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club snowboarder Benji Farrow was seventh Thursday in the super-pipe at X Games Tignes.

Steamboat's Arielle Gold builds on monstrous season

The 16-year-old snowboarding sensation continued her banner year Wednesday at the X Games Tignes, finishing third in the half-pipe.

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Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse team loses 1st league game

The Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse team had its 39-game Mountain League winning streak snapped in Aspen on Tuesday.

College roundup for March 20

College roundup for March 20

Steamboat Springs girls tennis 5th in Grand Junction tourney

The Steamboat Springs High School girls tennis team wrapped up play at the Western Slope Open on Saturday, walking away with two top-four finishes.

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Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse beats Green Mountain

Steamboat did enough Saturday to come away from the close battle with Green Mountain with a 7-3 win.

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Steamboat Springs girls soccer team falls to Palisade

Palisade, fresh off beating two-time defending league champion Glenwood Springs, downed Steamboat, 1-0, on Saturday at Gardner Field.

Steamboat Springs baseball falls in extra innings

The Steamboat Springs High School boys baseball team surrendered a late lead Saturday, falling in extra innings for the second time in two days.

Steamboat Springs cross-country skiers impress at Junior Nationals

The Winter Sports Club raced well through three of four events at the Cross Country Junior Nationals in Fairbanks, Alaska, despite challenging weather Thursday.

Steamboat freestyle skiers podium in Sweden

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club members Pat Deneen and Eliza Outtrim each earned second-place finishes Friday in Are, Sweden.

American Alpine skiers notch top season-ending finishes

Vail skier Lindsey Vonn won her record 17th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup globe after fog canceled the final men’s and women’s downhills Wednesday in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

Steamboat Springs girls tennis opens season with win

The Steamboat Springs High School girls tennis team opened up the 2013 season Thursday in Grand Junction with a 6-1 win against Durango.

Steamboat Sailors baseball team opens season with tournament in Glenwood Springs

What the Steamboat Springs High School boys baseball team lacks in numbers, manager Dave Roy hopes it makes up for in sustainability.

Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse team preps for first year in Class 4A

The Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse team, ranked third in 4A, opens the season Friday.

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Steamboat Springs gym to host gymnastics state championships

The event will attract 320 athletes along with 46 coaches, 25 teams and six judges. Excel Gymnastics will have athletes competing at levels 5, 6, 7 and 9.

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Steamboat Springs companies earn nod from Backpacker Magazine

Steamboat companies Big Agnes and Sweetwood Cattle Co. were honored as 2013 Backpacker Magazine Editors’ Choice Award winners.

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Steamboat Springs bantam team falls in playoffs

The Steamboat Springs bantam A hockey team finished its season Saturday with a 1-0 loss to Crested Butte in the Continental Divide Youth Hockey League semifinal game.

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Steamboat Dance Theatre back for 41st year

For the second time in Dance Theatre history, there will be a piece with an all-male cast. Choreographer Roddy Beall recruited the dancers by going to parties and reaching out to athletic teams, which is appropriate considering Beall described the feeling before a performance as similar to "how it feels in a locker room before a game.”

Steamboat Springs freestyle skiers compete in 2 events

The Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club freestyle ski team picked up multiple top results during the weekend at events in Vail and Copper Mountain.

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Steamboat skier Mary O'Connell 4th on final day of NCAA Skiing Championships

Mary O’Connell, who finished second Thursday in a 5-kilometer classic event, came into Saturday’s race as the top-ranked skier from the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association.