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1 day ago | 
themountainmail.com | Lijah Sampson
The Salida High School girls' tennis team had a battle against the visiting Lady Danes of Fountain Valley April 22, which they lost 6-1. Coach Mike Mendicino said, “I knew that it would be a very close match.” The last two matches, No. 2 and 4 doubles, resulted in third set tie-breakers.
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1 day ago | 
themountainmail.com | Lijah Sampson |Cailey McDermott
In back-to-back road games this week, the Salida High School girls’ soccer team tied Alamosa 1-1 April 21 and beat Vanguard 2-0 April 22. Against the Mean Moose, head coach Heidi Slaymaker said the team played okay in the first half. While they didn’t create a lot of chances, they also didn’t give up chances to their opponents, she said. In the second half, the Salida girls started combining passes and making more chances. Senior Izzy Hughes made six chances that went wide, Slaymaker recounted.
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2 days ago | 
themountainmail.com | Lijah Sampson
The Lady Spartan golf team placed third of 23 teams at their Pueblo West tournament April 21, hosted by the Lady Cyclones. Salida scored 263, just five strokes shy from placing first. Senior Kyndra Johnson took third with a score of 75, with two birdies and five bogeys. Johnson did come back saying her short game needed some work, however, coach Tami Smith reported. With 91, senior Kaelin Martellaro tied for 15th. Martellaro had a fantastic front nine, with bogeys and pars on the entire nine holes.
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2 days ago | 
themountainmail.com | Lijah Sampson
After some uncertainty in the middle innings, the Salida Spartan baseball team came back to blow the Sand Creek Scorpions away with a 14-6 win April 22 in Sand Creek. Coach James White said,“We were expecting a tough team. They’re a big 4A school.
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3 days ago | 
themountainmail.com | Lijah Sampson
In the last year of regionals, the Salida High School girls’ golf team hopes to keep the Denver area out of their region, coaches Tami Smith and Russ Johnson said, and with a more mature team, they hope to take a team of four to state. Smith is originally from Orem, Utah, but moved to Salida when she was 13. She played golf in Salida recreationally after high school and was self-taught. Johnson is from Liberty, Missouri, and has lived in Salida for 20 years.
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3 days ago | 
themountainmail.com | Lijah Sampson
Players on the Salida High School girls’ golf team, with experience under their belts, have grown in abilities and are motivated to do well and take a team to state, team leaders reported. Their first objective is to take the Tri-Peaks League title, a series in which they are currently leading. Their home tournament is April 24, starting at 10 a.m.Senior Kyndra Johnson has been playing competitive golf since age 12. “I love that it’s a sport for life,” she said.
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3 days ago | 
themountainmail.com | Lijah Sampson
“Barefoot in the Park,” a play written by Neil Simon, produced by Devon Kasper with Salida Theater Project and directed by Greg West, aims to give audience members a fun time and “joy in a stressful world.” The play was performed April 18-20 and will have additional performances at 7 p.m. April 24-26 at A Church, 419 D St. Kasper said, “I loved having Greg West back, who started the Stage Left Company many years ago.” Kasper also mentioned West’s openness to casting a nonbinary actor in the...
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3 days ago | 
themountainmail.com | Lijah Sampson
The Salida High School girls’ tennis team got some good experience against tough competition April 17-18 in Colorado Springs and City Park in Pueblo. The Lady Spartans played The Colorado Springs School April 17 and won 6-1. “Everybody played very well,” coach Mike Medicino reported. “We play them just about every year, so I expected the matches to be close, and just about all of them were.”Senior Caroline Wooddell’s No. 1 singles match impressed him, he said.
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4 days ago | 
themountainmail.com | Lijah Sampson
Although most of the county’s April 19 Easter egg hunts were snowed out, the Poncha Springs Public Works crew didn’t want local kids to miss out on having eggs filled with goodies. Public Works Supervisor Sean Kelley and Assistant Supervisor Hayden Sich took the Easter Bunny for a ride around town April 19, delivering around 1,000 eggs to 50-60 houses. The Public Works crew began working at 3:30 a.m. that day shoveling snow, Sich said.
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4 days ago | 
themountainmail.com | Lijah Sampson
The Salida High School girls’ soccer team, while a bit distracted in the first half, came out in the second half focused, resulting in a 6-1 win against the Florence Lady Huskies April 17 on the road. “The kids were definitely a little distracted with prom,” coach Heidi Slaymaker said, and also riding the high of their good performance against Buena Vista. “We didn’t come out super focused in the first half. Sophomore Skya Gorby scored in the first 10 minutes from about 20 yards out with no assist.
