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Southeast Colorado high school softball scores - September 21-26, 2026 Kiowa County Press

Southeast Colorado high school softball scores - September 21-26, 2026 mps-post Sun, 09/27/2026 - 09:00 Image Class 3A Tuesday, September 22 #17 La Junta 11-7 @ Florence 9-8 La Junta 2 Florence 5 #18 Rocky Ford 9-8 @ #8 Lamar 11-3 Rocky Ford 2 Lamar 8 Saturday, September 26 Florence 9-8 @ #8 Lamar 11-3 Florence 0 Lamar 5 #17 La Junta 11-7 @ #23 Southeast Colorado 4-8 La Junta 5 Southeast Colorado 4 Rampart (4A) 7-10 @ #18 Rocky Ford 9-8 Rampart 13 Rocky Ford 1 Wray 9-10 @ Limon 0-17 Wray 20 Limon 8 Wray 9-10 @ Limon 0-17 Wray 20 Limon 8 Class 4A Tuesday, September 22 Pueblo Centennial 9-9 @ Pueblo East 1-16 Pueblo Centennial 17 Pueblo East 3 #10 Pueblo County 14-3 @ Pueblo South 6-9 Pueblo County 21 Pueblo South 4 Thursday, September 24 Pueblo East 1-16 @ #10 Pueblo County 14-3 Pueblo East 0 Pueblo County 15 For more schedules and results from across Colorado, visit CHSAANow.com . sports School Sports Scores education Southeast Colorado Kiowa County Cheyenne County Las Animas County Bent County Prowers County Baca County Kit Carson County Otero County Lincoln County School Kiowa County Press

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Southeast Colorado high school football scores - September 21-26, 2026 Kiowa County Press

Southeast Colorado high school football scores - September 21-26, 2026 mps-post Sun, 09/27/2026 - 09:00 Image 6 Man Thursday, September 24 #12 Bethune 3-3 @ #7 Otis 5-0 Bethune 36 Otis 86 #22 Genoa-Hugo 1-4 @ #25 Kiowa 0-5 Genoa-Hugo 46 Kiowa 6 Friday, September 25 #3 Cheyenne Wells 4-1 @ #20 Weldon Valley 1-4 Cheyenne Wells 65 Weldon Valley 18 #10 Wiley 3-2 @ #5 Granada 4-1 Wiley 18 Granada 69 Saturday, September 26 #9 Walsh 3-2 @ #16 Cheraw 2-2 Walsh 47 Cheraw 12 8 Man Friday, September 25 #5 McClave 5-0 @ Holly 1-4 McClave 58 Holly 6 Rocky Ford 2-4 @ #10 Las Animas 5-0 Rocky Ford 6 Las Animas 51 Springfield 0-4 @ #16 Fowler 4-1 Springfield 8 Fowler 48 #13 Stratton 3-1 @ #21 Crowley County 2-2 Stratton 34 Crowley County 6 Class 1A Friday, September 25 #2 Limon 5-0 @ Bennett 1-4 Limon 54 Bennett 6 Class 2A Friday, September 25 #8 Alamosa 3-3 @ #10 Lamar 4-2 Alamosa 42 Lamar 17 #9 Burlington (1A) 3-1 @ Salida 2-3 Burlington 42 Salida 7 Class 3A Thursday, September 24 #4 Pueblo County 5-0 @ Liberty 1-4 Pueblo County 50 Liberty 0 Friday, September 25 #8 Pueblo East 5-1 @ Falcon 0-6 Pueblo East 59 Falcon 0 For more schedules and results from across Colorado, visit CHSAANow.com . sports School Sports Scores education Southeast Colorado Kiowa County Cheyenne County Las Animas County Bent County Prowers County Baca County Kit Carson County Otero County Lincoln County School Kiowa County Press

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Southeast Colorado high school volleyball scores - September 21-26, 2026 Kiowa County Press

Southeast Colorado high school volleyball scores - September 21-26, 2026 mps-post Sun, 09/27/2026 - 09:00 Image Class 1A Monday, September 21 Greeley County @ Cheyenne Wells 2-10 Greeley County 3 Cheyenne Wells 0 #12 Lyons (2A) 7-5 @ #1 Simla 12-1 Lyons 0 Simla 3 Walsh 1-9 @ Moscow Walsh 0 Moscow 2 Tuesday, September 22 #19 Burlington (2A) 7-3 @ #19 Eads 6-5 Burlington 3 Eads 1 #6 Cheraw 10-2 @ #2 Swink 10-0 Cheraw 2 Swink 3 Hanover 3-11 @ #23 Elbert 11-2 Hanover 1 Elbert 3 #8 Hi-Plains 7-3 @ #5 Granada 10-2 Hi-Plains 2 Granada 3 Pikes Peak Christian 5-7 @ #1 Simla 12-1 Pikes Peak Christian 0 Simla 3 #16 South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] 7-3 @ #4 McClave 11-4 South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] 0 McClave 3 Springfield 5-9 @ #21 Wiley 8-6 Springfield 1 Wiley 3 #15 Stratton 6-2 @ Idalia 5-6 Stratton 3 Idalia 2 Thursday, September 24 Bethune 5-9 @ #14 Otis 11-5 Bethune 0 Otis 3 #19 Burlington (2A) 7-3 @ Cheyenne Wells 2-10 Burlington 3 Cheyenne Wells 0 Kit Carson 2-10 @ #6 Cheraw 10-2 Kit Carson 0 Cheraw 3 Miami-Yoder (2A) 8-5 @ Pikes Peak Christian 5-7 Miami-Yoder 1 Pikes Peak Christian 3 #16 South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] 7-3 @ Springfield 5-9 South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] 3 Springfield 2 Friday, September 25 #11 Flagler 10-4 @ Deer Trail 2-9 Flagler 3 Deer Trail 0 #8 Hi-Plains 7-3 @ Genoa-Hugo/Karval 1-11 Hi-Plains 3 Genoa-Hugo/Karval 1 La Veta 5-8 @ Hanover 3-11 La Veta 3 Hanover 0 Manzanola 1-6 @ #19 Eads 6-5 Manzanola 0 Eads 3 #21 Wiley 8-6 @ #5 Granada 10-2 Wiley 0 Granada 3 Saturday, September 26 #8 Hi-Plains 7-3 @ #2 Swink 10-0 Hi-Plains 0 Swink 3 #4 McClave 11-4 vs. #14 Otis 11-5 (Tournament) McClave 2 Otis 0 Walsh 1-9 @ #6 Cheraw 10-2 Walsh 0 Cheraw 3 Class 2A Monday, September 21 Ellicott 5-11 @ Varsity Opponent Ellicott 1 Varsity Opponent 3 Tuesday, September 22 #1 Denver Eagles Christian HomeSchool (FRC) @ Ellicott 5-11 Denver Eagles Christian HomeSchool 3 Ellicott 0 #11 Flagler (1A) 10-4 @ Byers 4-8 Flagler 3 Byers 2 Kit Carson (1A) 2-10 @ Rocky Ford 3-12 Kit Carson 3 Rocky Ford 0 Las Animas 4-5 @ Crowley County 2-9 Las Animas 3 Crowley County 0 Liberty Tree Academy 5-7 @ Miami-Yoder 8-5 Liberty Tree Academy 0 Miami-Yoder 3 #4 Merino 8-2 @ Limon 4-5 Merino 3 Limon 1 Thomas MacLaren School 4-7 @ Calhan 3-9 Thomas MacLaren School 2 Calhan 3 Thursday, September 24 Crowley County 2-9 @ Fowler 4-5 Crowley County 0 Fowler 3 #11 Flagler (1A) 10-4 @ Limon 4-5 Flagler 3 Limon 0 Rocky Ford 3-12 @ Rye 6-7 Rocky Ford 0 Rye 3 Friday, September 25 DSST: Elevate Northeast (3A) 1-13 @ Ellicott 5-11 DSST: Elevate Northeast 2 Ellicott 3 Saturday, September 26 #5 Granada (1A) 10-2 vs. Custer County 4-7 (Tournament) Granada 2 Custer County 0 #5 Granada (1A) 10-2 vs. #5 Akron 10-4 (Tournament) Granada 1 Akron 2 #4 McClave (1A) 11-4 vs. #3 Evangel Christian Academy 10-3 (Tournament) McClave 2 Evangel Christian Academy 1 #4 McClave (1A) 11-4 vs. #5 Akron 10-4 (Tournament) McClave 2 Akron 0 Class 3A Tuesday, September 22 Colorado Springs Christian 5-8 @ #23 Lamar 7-3 Colorado Springs Christian 1 Lamar 3 Fountain Valley (2A) 1-5 @ La Junta 8-4 Fountain Valley 2 La Junta 3 Thursday, September 24 Banning Lewis Academy 2-7 @ La Junta 8-4 Banning Lewis Academy 3 La Junta 0 #23 Lamar 7-3 @ Woodland Park 5-3 Lamar 0 Woodland Park 3 Saturday, September 26 Rye (2A) 6-7 vs. La Junta 8-4 (Tournament) Rye 1 La Junta 2 Swallows Charter Academy (2A) 8-3 vs. La Junta 8-4 (Tournament) Swallows Charter Academy 1 La Junta 2 Thomas MacLaren School (2A) 4-7 vs. La Junta 8-4 (Tournament) Thomas MacLaren School 1 La Junta 2 Class 4A Tuesday, September 22 #20 Pueblo Central 7-2 @ #21 Pueblo County 8-6 Pueblo Central 0 Pueblo County 3 Pueblo East 2-4 @ Pueblo Centennial 1-6 Pueblo East 3 Pueblo Centennial 0 Thursday, September 24 #21 Pueblo County 8-6 @ Pueblo South 0-11 Pueblo County 3 Pueblo South 0 For more schedules and results from across Colorado, visit CHSAANow.com . sports School Sports Scores education Southeast Colorado Kiowa County Cheyenne County Las Animas County Bent County Prowers County Baca County Kit Carson County Otero County Lincoln County School Kiowa County Press

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Four weeks after the Pueblo spill, E. coli exceeds the standard from Pueblo to Holly, and the river below John Martin Dam is no longer clean Kiowa County Press

Four weeks after the Pueblo spill, E. coli exceeds the standard from Pueblo to Holly, and the river below John Martin Dam is no longer clean mps-post Sun, 09/27/2026 - 08:36 Image (Kiowa County Press) Four weeks after the Pueblo sewage spill, E. coli in the Arkansas River is still above the state's swim beach standard at nearly every sampling site from Pueblo to Holly, and the river directly below John Martin Dam, which had complied on every sample for three weeks, is now failing too. State health officials say rain has kept pushing bacteria into the river, and that contaminated water has reached the lower valley through a canal that bypasses the reservoir. On Tuesday, September 22, the newest day of results posted to the state's sampling dashboard , 17 of 20 sites exceeded the standard of 235 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters. The Highway 50 bridge near Lamar read 727 for the second day in a row. The river below the McClave drainage read 1,046, up from 114 the day before. Below John Martin Dam the reading was 649, after 1,203 on Monday, September 21. Holly read 1,553 on September 21 and 236 on September 22. Only Fountain Creek at Pueblo, Granada and the reservoir itself complied. The reservoir has never come close to the line. Sampled at the east boat ramp almost daily since September 11, it has read between 1 and 53, with 50 on September 22. Image © Rain, and a canal around the reservoir The pattern of the past two weeks is rain followed by a jump in readings. NOAA's record for Pueblo's airport shows rain on Wednesday, September 16, and the next day readings spiked at Pueblo, Fountain Creek and above the St. Charles River, where the sample came back at 1,986. Rain fell again on Sunday, September 20, and Monday, September 21. The federal river gauge at Las Animas rose from 32 cubic feet per second on September 20 to 124 on September 22, and the readings at Boone, Nepesta, County Road 24.5 and La Junta all went to the top of the lab's scale, above 2,419, on September 21. Runoff carries bacteria from streets, fields and ditches into a river, so readings climb after a storm and fall as the pulse passes, as they did after the rain of September 8. Image © The lower river has not been the clean end of the system since the first runoff pulse reached it. Lamar read 1,414 on Sunday, September 13, and Granada 1,203 on September 15, and Holly has exceeded the standard on five of the last seven sampling days. But the river directly below the dam had complied on every one of its 17 samples until September 21, when it read 1,203. In a fact sheet linked from its spill page, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says the contaminated water "has now traveled downstream beyond John Martin Reservoir due to a canal bypassing the reservoir." The state does not name the canal. The Fort Lyon Canal, which takes water from the river above the reservoir and carries it past the dam, read 816 at County Road RR on September 22, and the Catlin Canal headgate read 1,203. Image © The department's advisory has not changed. It still tells people to stay out of the river from where Fountain Creek enters it through John Martin Reservoir, and it has not extended that advisory below the dam, where the readings are now as high as those above it. CDPHE has issued no news release on the spill since September 4, when it lifted the advisory for the reservoir . Who is sampling, and how the state labels it Since Saturday, September 12, most of the river samples have been collected by a third-party contractor, according to the state's data, which lists the sampling organization for each result. CDPHE staff still sample the sites below the dam and at McClave, and the City of Pueblo's wastewater department samples the Catlin Canal headgate. Before September 12 the state listed its own staff as the sampler at every site. Image © iStock - posonsky - 1310166610 The state has also changed how it labels results. Through mid-September the dashboard called each sample "safe" or "not safe for recreation." Every result, including the older ones, is now labeled as complying with or exceeding the swim beach standard. The fact sheet explains the standard: under state water quality rules, a single sample above 235 requires a swim beach to close, and the department says that number, and not the 126 limit that applies to some kinds of irrigation, is the one it uses for the river. The department also says it has no river standard for E. coli that protects agricultural use, and it points growers to the Colorado Department of Agriculture for guidance. Beyond bacteria, the state has tested the river for metals, nutrients and dissolved minerals at sites from Pueblo to Holly and posted those results as a spreadsheet, with samples through September 8. How the spill happened, in the city's words The City of Pueblo posted a fuller account of the spill on September 14. The leak was found when the treatment plant's average flow for August 26 came in 3 million gallons below what it should have been, Wastewater Director Andra Ahrens said. Once the cause was identified, it took two hours to divert the flow and stop the release. The city's sewer runs inside its storm sewer along that stretch: a 48-inch sanitary pipe inside a 102-inch brick storm pipe, from Santa Fe Avenue to Confluence Park, where the two separate. The sanitary pipe had been put under pressure to bypass a 60-inch pipe that was being rehabilitated, and the pressure broke a patch on the sanitary pipe. Sewage flowed into the storm pipe and out its channel into the river. The state's fact sheet describes it as a contractor repairing sewage pipes who inadvertently broke a main line. The state has put the volume at about 4.25 million gallons. What still applies The department's guidance for the river from Fountain Creek through John Martin Reservoir remains in place: do not swim, wade, tube, kayak or fish; keep children, pets and livestock out of the water; do not drink untreated river water or use it on fruits or vegetables eaten raw. Anyone who gets in the water should wash with soap and clean water and see a doctor if diarrhea, vomiting, cramps or fever follow. Image © Readers below the dam are left to judge for themselves. The state's own numbers now show Lamar, McClave and the river below the dam above the swim beach standard, while the advisory stops at the reservoir. The Press has covered the spill since it reached John Martin , including the first two weeks of readings, the runoff surge of September 9 , and the record-low year of river below the dam that has left so little water to dilute it. Results are posted on CDPHE's spill page. The September 22 samples were the newest posted as of Friday, September 25. Water Issues Across Colorado Colorado environment Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Southeast Colorado Pueblo Pueblo County Arkansas River Kiowa County Press Staff

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Rain trims extreme and exceptional drought as Colorado closes out the water year Kiowa County Press

Rain trims extreme and exceptional drought as Colorado closes out the water year mps-post Sun, 09/27/2026 - 05:01 Image (Kiowa County Press) Rain over parts of Colorado last week pulled back the state’s most severe drought categories, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, though exceptional drought still grips much of the central mountains and the San Luis Valley. The U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday, September 24, reflects conditions as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, September 22. Extreme and exceptional drought combined now cover 38 percent of Colorado, down from 44 percent a week earlier, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The National Drought Mitigation Center said most of the High Plains “received beneficial rainfall,” but noted that more precipitation will be needed to ease extreme drought across much of Colorado, where areas of exceptional drought remain in the central part of the state. Image © Colorado drought conditions - September 22, 2026 - National Drought Mitigation Center Snowpack Colorado’s 2026 water year ends Wednesday, September 30, closing a year that saw drought steadily tighten its hold on the high country. When the water year began on September 30, 2025, 46 percent of the state was free of drought and no area was classified in exceptional drought. Today just 6 percent of Colorado is drought-free and exceptional drought covers 13 percent of the state, concentrated along the mountain spine that feeds the state’s major rivers. Mountain snowpack is typically negligible this time of year, and the new accumulation season is only beginning. That leaves reservoirs and streams heading into winter dependent on how quickly fall and early-winter storms can rebuild snowpack across the central and southern mountains, where the deepest drought is centered. Near-term moisture may help. The National Drought Mitigation Center reported that remnants of a tropical system are expected to bring significant moisture to the Four Corners states and the western Great Plains over the next several days, with heavy rainfall in the forecast. The 6- to 10-day outlook for September 29 through October 3 favors above-normal precipitation over much of the central United States. Drought Conditions Exceptional drought, the most severe category, eased from 15 percent to 13 percent of Colorado this week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The largest pullback came along the western edge of the exceptional drought core in the Colorado River corridor west of the Continental Divide, where conditions improved to extreme drought. The core itself, stretching from the central mountains south through the San Luis Valley, remained in place, including Eagle County , Lake County, Summit County , Chaffee County and Alamosa County, each of which was largely or entirely in exceptional drought a week ago. Extreme drought contracted from 29 percent to 25 percent of the state. Improvement was visible in northwestern Colorado, where extreme drought gave way to severe drought in several areas, and in the southwestern part of the state, where moderate drought expanded. On the southeastern plains, the two small pockets of extreme drought that sat along the lower Arkansas Valley a week ago were removed, and moderate drought expanded across much of the region, continuing the improvement that began the previous week. Baca County remains the driest area on the southeastern plains, with extreme drought still covering its southern portion. In northeastern Colorado, abnormally dry conditions expanded slightly, while the area free of drought held near 6 percent of the state. Statistics Compared to the previous week, drought-free area held at 6 percent of Colorado, while abnormally dry conditions grew from 6 to 8 percent. Moderate drought expanded from 16 to 18 percent and severe drought from 28 to 29 percent. Extreme drought declined from 29 to 25 percent, and exceptional drought fell from 15 to 13 percent, shifting a portion of the state into less severe categories. One year ago, on September 23, 2025, conditions were far milder. Forty-three percent of the state was free of drought, and no part of Colorado was in exceptional drought. Abnormally dry conditions covered 10 percent of the state, moderate drought 9 percent, severe drought 22 percent and extreme drought 15 percent. Week Date None D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 Current 2026-09-22 6 8 18 29 25 13 Last Week to Current 2026-09-15 6 6 16 28 29 15 3 Months Ago to Current 2026-06-23 0 3 12 47 29 9 Start of Calendar Year to Current 2026-01-06 26 28 30 11 4 1 Start of Water Year to Current 2025-09-30 46 9 9 22 14 0 One Year Ago to Current 2025-09-23 43 10 9 22 15 0 Drought categories include (ranked from least to most severe) abnormally dry (D0), moderate (D1), severe (D2), extreme (D3), and exceptional (D4) drought. drought Water Issues Colorado Weather Across Colorado Kiowa County Press Agriculture Colorado Drought Update #cowx Chris Sorensen

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