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Mancos Days offers many sporting events for young and young at heart |
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July 26, 2001 By Jim Thomas From a four-mile fun run to arm wrestling, Mancos Days 2001 this Friday-Sunday, July 27-29, will be filled with many sporting events. The Four-Mile Run will get under way beginning promptly at 7:45 a.m. at the corner of Main Street and Grand Avenue. Race Day Registration will be held from 6:45-7:30 a.m. Entry fees are $12 for all those 12-and-under and $18 for those 13-and-older. Runners must check in by 7 a.m. Divisions are 8-Under, 9-12, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60-plus. First-place prizes will be awarded for all divisions, male and female. Reagan Robb, former Mancos High School standout distance runner and current Colorado State University star, was the overall and 20-29 male winner with a time of 22 minutes, 05 seconds. Two rodeos are slated for Mancos Days. The Mesa Verde Stampede Family Rodeo Series is being held as part of Mancos Days, will get under way at 10 a.m. Saturday, at the Wild Wild Rest Arena. Signup is set from 9-10 a.m. the day of the rodeo with an entry fee of $2 per event except for sheep ($5). The events include pole bending, barrel racing, flag, keyhole, boot race, stickhorse, and stickhorse barrel. Also there will be relay, rawhide, ribbon, and jackpot barrels. Age groups are 4-and-Under, 5-7, 8-11, 12-16, 17-25 and 26 up. Concessions will be available. The final date for the series will be Aug. 25. For more information, phone Sarah Show at 533-7269 or 533-9747. The second rodeo, which is new this year, is Mancos Days Horse Races will be held at Tumbling T’s, about a mile-and-half east of Mancos on U.S. Highway 160. The event will get under way at noon Sunday with registration starting at 10 a.m. Events include 250-yard sprints. There will be kids races, powder puff races, cow pony race, fat boy race, pack race, hitchhiker race, stick horse race, and mule race. Also, a chicken pull and cross-country race are slated. There will be a calcutta sale. For more information, phone Tumbling T’s at 533-7642 or 888-533-7066. Softball is the name of the game at Boyle Park Field. The tournament wil get started at 5 p.m. Friday, July 27, and will continue with action at 7 a.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday. The championship game should get under way around 4 p.m. Sunday. Last year, Custom Woodworking won the men’s division with a 17-10 win over Western Excelsior. Kevin Wayman of Custom Woodworking was voted the Most Valuable Player. Hit-And-Run defeated B-Bats 11-9 for the women’s title. Regina Schaak of Hit-And-Run was tabbed MVP a year ago. Another big event, sort of a precursor to the prep season which is just around the corner, is the 3-0n-3 volleyball tournament. It starts at 8:30 a.m. Friday and concludes latter on that day at the volleyball court in Boyle Park. The team of Annie Mortensen, Kristi Dahl, and Julie Engel won the title last year. The arm wrestling contest always seems to draw a crowd. Arms will be going down on the table at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The horse shoe tourney always draws some of the best pitchers in the area. It will start at 8 a.m. Sunday. The younger set will not be left out. Kiddes games will be held all day Friday. The contests include greased pole, nail drive, gunny sack race, money find, plus more. The games will be held by the basketball court in Town Park. Water fights at 1 p.m. Sunday, are good for a quick cool down. |
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