Weldon Valley News Today

On Thursday, March 21, the Wiggins Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter hosted the District XIV competitions in Parliamentary Procedure and Quiz Bowl. The event saw participation from FFA chapters across Brush, Fort Morgan, New Raymer, Weldon Valley, Weld Central, and Wiggins. The contests started with participants completing written exams for their respective contests. Afterward, […]

As boys basketball teams from Class 1A, 2A and 3A make their final push toward their respective state tournaments, Fleming already has something to smile about. The fourth-seeded Wildcats, who won just four contests with 15 losses leading up to their district tournament, began their postseason journey with a 48-37 victory over No. 5 Weldon […]

As the season begins to reach its conclusion, Fleming boys basketball is proving that it still has some fuel left in the tank. On Friday night, the Wildcats hit the gas during a win against Weldon Valley, their fourth of the season. They ended their night with a 40-32 victory over the Warriors. Senior David […]

Basketball season may almost be over, but Weldon Valley girls basketball isn’t done winning. Over the past couple of weeks, the Warriors picked up a couple more wins to add to their resume, pulling their overall record to 6-9. Last year, they compiled just four wins all season. The Warriors first surpassed last year’s totals […]

Editor’s Note: This series is part of a regular set of stories by the Community History Writers, a group of area individuals committed to documenting and writing about local history and the people, places and happenings that created the various communities within Morgan County. The primary forces motivating Italian migration, at its height from 1880 […]

With the turn of a new season, a little rust usually follows. That, at least, seemed to be the case for Weldon Valley girls basketball who, after beginning the season with four straight losses, turned around to win two straight — in different calendar years, to boot. The Warriors wrapped themselves a nice little gift […]

Ever since its trip to the final four in the Class 1A state tournament in 2018, Weldon Valley volleyball has been chasing a bid back to the high school sport’s biggest stage in Colorado. Last week, the Warriors finally achieved that goal when they graced the courts of the Denver Coliseum as the No. 11 […]

The Stratton Lady Eagles (22-3) have advanced to the third round of the Class 1A State Volleyball Tournament at the Denver Coliseum with a 3-0 sweep of Briggsdale (20-6) Thursday. It was the 17th consecutive win for Stratton, which is seeded second and had a first-round bye in the double-elimination tournament. The Lady Eagles will […]

In the high stakes, winner-takes-all environment of the new Class 1A regional tournament setup, Weldon Valley volleyball was left with little room for error. All the Warriors needed to do was win one match to extend their postseason just a little bit longer. On Friday on their own home court, the 12th-seeded Warriors staved off […]

Three of the four Class 1A volleyball teams in the area played in regioals last weekend, all looking to earn their way to this weekend’s state tournament at the Denver Coliseum. Idalia and Stratton both got the necessary victory to punch their return tickets, while Hi-Plains came up short in a very tough road match. […]