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A-C Central's Dirks, Smith set for Bass Fishing Finals Dennis Mathes, dmathes@myjournalcourier.com FacebookTwitterEmail It weighed in at 4.69 pounds. That’s a big bass — in fact, the biggest bass caught at the Sangchris Lake Sectional earlier this month. And a gigantic thrill for the fisherman who caught it — A-C Central’s Nate Dirks. “The pre-fish days, and the previous tournaments, we had not caught anything big at all,” Dirks said. “So when I hooked into it, I was excited. I was ecstatic. And my boat captain kept telling me to calm down and don’t crank it in, because I was...
Amid tears, smiles, Routt wraps up outright WIVC title Seniors close out final season on top Dennis Mathes, dmathes@myjournalcourier.com FacebookTwitterEmail 6of6 The thing that the Routt volleyball team has been dreading for the past two weeks — maybe longer — finally happened Wednesday night. The 2021 season came to an end. What was Routt senior Makenna Baptist thinking after her team’s win over Pleasant Hill? “That I don’t get to come back,” she said. “I’ve been here for four years playing, and I got to be on varsity for those four. It’s been an honor the whole time. And...