MESA - Some 20 ski clubs, represented by 180 9- and 10-year-old competitors, took to the slopes at the annual J5 Finale, held last weekend in Powderhorn Resort.
Behind Vail and in front of Steamboat, the Sunlight Winter Sports Club came away with the second-place trophy in the overall team standings.
Mimicking what Bode Miller accomplished at the Vancouver Olympics after his first three races, Cooper Cornelius had a gold, a silver and a bronze medal hanging from his neck.
Cornelius made his intentions clear immediately by winning the first...

ASPEN - Clearly frustrated after generating little on offense in the first 9 1/2 minutes, Aspen's Cody Horn decided to force the issue Wednesday afternoon.
He cradled the ball for a moment, then took off, bulling his way past a Glenwood Springs defender on a run toward the goal. Horn fired a low liner, beating Demons goalkeeper Conner Pawlak to break a scoreless tie.
The Skiers lacrosse team followed Horn's lead. High-powered Aspen erupted for six goals in a three-minute stretch in the second quarter, and four Skiers found the net two or more times in a...

Thomas Michael Zanella, affectionately known as 'Z'. He left this world and went to God on March 13, 2010 after a year long battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family and friends.
He was born in Glenwood Springs on Feb. 28, 1960 to Bob and Bev Zanella.
Tom attended the Glenwood Springs public schools from kindergarten through high school graduating in 1978. He attended the University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo earning his associate degree in electronics.
On June 25, 1983 Tom married his high school sweetheart Jennifer Halligan at St. Stephens...

ASPEN - Valerie McFarlane, the Aspen police officer who left her post last month, resigned and was given $10,000 from the city as part of a severance package, according to records released Wednesday.
The terms of a release and waiver agreement stipulate that McFarlane cannot sue the city of Aspen for issues arising from her employment at the police department, which began in August 2008.
McFarlane and Alissa Farrell, director of the city's human resource department, signed the agreement March 8. The city released the agreement following an open records request from The Aspen Times.
In an...

The Coal Ridge High School and Riverside Middle School first annual Winter Art Show reception was held March 3 at Patti's Main Street Coffee House. Twenty-five students from Coal Ridge High School and eight students from Riverside Middle School have artwork displayed in two themes, Winter and Radial Symmetry. Students worked in a variety of media to create unique pieces for the show, including pencil, pen and ink, watercolor, digital photography and colored pencil.
This was Coal Ridge High School's first time displaying student art in the New Castle community.
"It was fantastic meeting parents,...