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Natalie Smythe revealed an awesome dilemma on the day she signed on with Colorado Mesa University Women’s Track and Field.

Cody Jones / Post Independent It’s been 27 years since Garfield County has had a Colorado state track and field title to call its own. On Saturday, that drought came to an end with the Coal Ridge girls track team hoisting the 3A state championship trophy high above their heads for everyone to see as they were crowned state champions. Head coach Ben Kirk said the possibility of the girls winning the title occurred to the coaches about a month ago. “We met as an entire girls team and told the...

Both the Coal Ridge boys and girls teams won their respective divisions to crown themselves 3A Multi-League champions at Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction on Friday.

The Grand River Hospital District Volunteer Association and Grand River Health have awarded 10 scholarships to students for fall 2021, according to a June 1 news release.

Chelsea Self / Post Independent The Coal Ridge High School girls dominated the day Friday to win their home track and field invitational, punctuated by senior Phoebe Young’s new school and meet record in the pole vault. Young vaulted 11 feet, 2 inches, bettering her previous best by 2 inches and topping the rest of the field by more than 3 feet. Junior Peyton Garrison also swept the sprint events for the host team, winning the 100, 200 and 400 meters and carrying the 4×100 relay team to the ...

Coal Ridge senior Marin Simons comforts her younger sister, Samantha, moments after Marin signed her letter of intent to Weber State University on Thursday. Ray K. Erku / Post Independent It’s hard to imagine Marin Simons didn’t think she was going to be good at sports her freshman year at Coal Ridge High School. Thank goodness her mother, Ashlee Simons, talked her into taking up track and field. Three school record-breaking jumps later — Marin Simons currently holds the Titans girls high...