Another season of the Friday Night Blitz has come and gone along with the high school football regular season in Colorado but before the playoffs get here we have one more round of football on the Western Slope.
We have reached the penultimate week of the high school football regular season in Colorado, and it’s time to find out who will be playing November Football.
Fruita Monument got back in the win column Thursday night, beating Denver South 23-13 at Stocker Stadium in the team’s penultimate home game of the regular season.
It is coming down to the wire in the regular season for high school volleyball on the Western Slope. The two teams atop the SWL, the Palisade Bulldogs and Durango Demons, are on a collision course later this week.
It’s been a story of sights and sounds in Delta when the Panthers are in town on Friday nights this season. Cheers, sirens and pyrotechnics. As for what fans see, it’s a high-flying Panthers team that has been averaging over 45 points a game since the start of September.
The win improves Palisade to 13-2 overall and 5-1 in Southwestern League play. The Bulldogs play Montrose on the road later this week before a Southwestern League matchup against Durango, which currently holds the top spot in the league standings
The Central Warriors Football Team secured back to back wins for the first time since 2024 with their playmakers on both sides of the ball all having a hand in the 24-12 win over Summit.
The Colorado high school football regular season has passed its halfway mark, and several Western Slope teams have secured spots in the top 10 of their latest Colorado High School Activities Association class rankings.
Week Four of the High School Football Season on the Western Slope, we have wild finishes, lopsided wins, and teams jostling for a spot atop the standings.
The win moves Grand Junction to 4-0 this season and secures the team’s first league win. It marks the second time in the last three seasons the Tigers have started 4-0.
Another Week of action on the High School Football Fields on the Western Slope and across the state, and at this point of the season things go from trends to truths
Delta Panthers football is in a new era, winning all three of their first games and climbing into the top five of the state rankings for their class.
Mack Lockhart, has been at the center of all three of the Panthers’ wins
The Southwestern League is once again shaping up to be one of the more tightly contested in the state, and Tuesday’s Western Slope high school softball doubleheader showed why.
Western Slope football fans will be able to catch a familiar face playing for the University of Jamestown Jimmies on Saturdays next season.
Montrose Red Hawks standout tight end Liam Deater has announced his commitment to play football at Jamestown.
Coming off a 4-4 season last year, the Pirates are looking to keep the momentum and show how far the program’s come since sitting out the 2023 varsity season, and seem to be rolling out a new identity on the field for Pirates football.
The Montrose Red Hawks looked like a well oiled machine, picking up steam never slowing down against the Central Warriors in a 54-14 victory at Stocker Stadium.
Grand Junction and Central will take the field at Stocker Stadium for a game shaped by a different number: 5.6 miles. That is the distance separating the Grand Junction Tigers from the Central Warriors.
Palisade Bulldogs Football got to not only welcome the Resurrection Christian Cougars into town, but also the 2026 Football Season playing one of the first on the schedule for the whole state.
The Delta Panthers football team has won a lot of games on the Western Slope this decade. The last couple of seasons, the team has fallen short of championship aspirations, but heading into the 2026 season, Delta has brought in a legendary Western Slope Football Coach, Todd Casebier, to help get them back to their winning ways.
Colorado Preps has released its preseason football rankings, and three Western Slope programs have landed in the top tier of their respective classifications ahead of the 2026 regular season, which kicks off Aug. 20.
Montrose Red Hawks standout Ryan Pankey will soon be playing on Saturdays following his senior season with the Red Hawks, announcing his signing with the Michigan State Spartans.
Nordenson has been a key piece of that vaunted Palisade run game in the trenches, and he’s now committed to play at the next level, choosing the Colorado State Rams over several other Division I programs.
The Colorado High School Activities Association has released its reclassifications for high school football, and the Western Slope is seeing significant changes ahead of the upcoming season.
After staring on the baseball diamond for the Fruita Monument and during this year’s JUCO World Series, local product Hunter Smolinski will be taking his talents to the University of Houston.
Smolinski announced the commitment via social media.
The Colorado High School Athletics Association released their all-state teams, and the Western Slope is well-represented across almost every classification.
Over the last handful of years, the Fruita Monument Wildcats boys basketball team hasn’t just been one of the best on the western slope, they’ve been amongst the best basketball teams in state.
But now things are going to look a little different.
The Palisade Bulldogs baseball team are in the thick of the state playoffs and are proving they aren’t just league champions, they are a force to be reckoned with on the state stage.
