(Garrett Brown)
Sports Director
Grand Junction, Colorado
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Garrett was born and raised in the heart of California’s Central Valley in Clovis, California.
He graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2021 with a degree in Journalism.
While there he was involved with student media and interned at an ESPN radio station.
Garrett then returned to his hometown for his first job after college as a Digital Content/News Producer in Fresno. While getting to cover news in his hometown was special, Garrett wanted to get back to doing what he really loved: covering sports and telling the stories of amazing athletes.
When he’s not covering sports in the Grand Valley Garrett, no surprise can often be found watching sports. His favorite teams are the San Francisco Giants and 49ers, Golden State Warriors, and his hometown Fresno State Bulldogs. He says you can probably guess his mood on any given day based solely on how one of his favorite teams did that day.
Outside of sports Garrett loves live music, traveling, and cooking.
Garrett says he would appreciate anyone reaching out with story ideas, or to complain about your fantasy football team, so long as you’re ready to hear how bad his team is as well.
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The Fruita Monument Wildcats Boy’s Soccer Team overcame an early deficit to take down the Grand Junction Tigers at a final of 3-1 snapping a four-game losing streak.
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Another season of Maverick Volleyball, another season of dominance so far
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The two were near-automatic in near the endzone against the Mountain Range Mustangs
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The Mavericks fended off a late comeback bid by the South Dakota Mines Hardrockers, and opened up conference play with a win on the road
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Red Hawks Kickoff Returner Austin Zimmer ran back the opening kickoff versus the Palisade Bulldogs, and Montrose never looked back
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Pulling off a historic win on the road is huge for any college football program, if you can go viral while doing it, even better. That’s exactly what the Mavericks Football Team managed to do
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The Avalanche Warriors Sled Hockey Club put on a Clinic in Grand Junction, helping veterans, and individuals with disabilities learn and play sled hockey.
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The High School Football Season goes on with several Western Slope programs. facing off against one another.
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The Central Warriors Football Team overcame an early deficit to take down their cross-town rival Grand Junction Tigers at a final of 21-13
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A consistent kicker is one of the most valuable assets a high school football team can have, the Warriors have found that in River Wescott.
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The Delta Panthers Football team is aiming to put up another strong season
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The Red Hawks are looking to get their first win of the season in their upcoming home opener. Doing so against a rival team, would make it all the sweeter.
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You only get one first chance to make a first impression, Fruita Monument Senior Quarterback Amari Wilson took his chance, in his first game at quarterback for the Wildcats, and ran with it, literally.
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Central Soccer won their first game of the season in blowout fashion
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A loss was not likely the start the warriors, or Head Coach Ryan Whittington would have wanted, it was still a big day for the program with the new head coach making his debut.
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The Fruita Monument Wildcats Football Team defeated the Central Warriors extending their winning streak versus their Grand Valley rivals
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This year the two teams will kick off their seasons facing off with bragging rights once again on the line.
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While the team is pushing for a playoff spot, Pitcher Justin Kleinsorge has been dealing
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The Wildcats will be taking on the Central Warriors, in a Western Slope showdown
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This year’s Bulldogs team is looking to uphold the high standards of the program, but they have a couple of big tests looming to start the season.
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The Jackalopes are looking to make a push to get back to the playoffs, needing some stellar performances, and they are getting just that from their Infielder Jaylen Hubbard.
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Justin Kleinsorge kept the division leading Rocky Mountain Vibes out of the hit column for eight innings in a wild 5-4 loss to the Vibes.
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A Western Slope Native is on a cross country disk golf tour, making a name for himself, and it’s a name that already carries some weight.
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First Baseman Joe Johnson, Second Baseman Jaylen Hubbard, and Right Fielder Ron Washington Jr. all are representing the Jackalopes on this season’s All-Star team.
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Some local BMX riders put the pedal to the metal at the Grand Mesa Nationals
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Bicycle Motocross is coming to the Western Slope, and one local rider is looking forward to showing off what she can do.
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It’s no secret in Colorado that Europe has become a hotspot in the basketball world, with the Denver Nuggets winning their first ever NBA title thanks in large part to their Serbian Born Center Nikola Jokic. So, what better place for the Mavericks Men’s Basketball Team to go to sharpen their skills in the offseason.
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The defending Pioneer League champions have had an up-and-down start to their title defense season. The team sits at 20-28
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The Grand Junction Jackalopes hitters have been hotter than the weather recently. The team currently leads the Pioneer League in batting average, runs batted in, hits, slugging percentage, and home runs.
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In the 19th round of the major League Baseball draft, with the 562nd overall selection, the Colorado Rockies selected Mavericks Left-Handed Pitcher Kannon Handy
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Another Colorado Mesa Baseball alumni, can officially now be called a Major League Pitcher.
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The program is coming off a year with both the Men’s and Women’s teams posting top finishes at the NCAA DII National Championships, they’re now getting recognition for a different reason
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The Grand Junction Jackalopes made their anticipated return home, at almost the perfect time after twelve consecutive games on the road to start their season.
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The Denver Nuggets secured their first NBA Championship in the franchise’s 47-year history, winning Game Five at a final of 94-89.
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The Central Florida Patriots Baseball team came into this year’s Junior College World Series as the number one seed and acted like it. The Pats took this year’s title by taking two against Wabash Valley, including a 13-6 victory in the clinching game.
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The sixth day of this year’s Junior College World Series made history with the longest game in tournament history.
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Day Four of the JUCO World Series saw two more teams get eliminated as the field gets trimmed down to half the original size.
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Day three of the JUCO World Series saw a couple of teams suffer their first loss of the tournament, as well as the field get trimmed down to seven teams
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Wabash Valley is once again bringing a loaded offense to the Western Slope, averaging more than nine runs a game this season.
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Here from the Shelton State Buccaneers on their way into Grand Junction for the JUCO World Series.
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The Colorado Women’s Rugby 7′s team made school history as the third team in school history to take home a national championship.
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Colorado Mesa Baseball took down St. Edward’s Hilltoppers at a final of 7-4 to advance to the Super Regionals
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The Delta Panthers baseball team survived a weekend that saw Fruita Monument, Palisade, Grand Junction, Central, and Rifle all bow out of the Playoffs
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The Palisade Bulldogs Baseball Team is scorching hot just in time for state playoffs. After a hot-and-cold start to the season, the Bulldogs snapped bacl to their usual dominant form, going 8-0 in the Western Slope League and rattling off 15 consecutive wins.
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CMU Baseball came into the RMAC Tournament as the number one seed, and acted like it all tournament long, outscoring their opponents 49-18 en route to the 2023 Tournament Title.
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The Palisade Bulldogs Baseball Team took both games of their double header against the Eagle Valley Devils to close out their regular season. In doing so, not only did they extend their winning streak to fifteen games, but they also captured the Western Slope League Title for a seventh consecutive season. The title also makes it six in a row under Head Coach Nate Porter.
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The Fruita Monument High School Girls Lacrosse Team came into their first-round playoff matchup against the Steamboat Springs Sailors with one thing on their mind, redemption.The Wildcats had lost to the sailors during the regular season at a score of 13-7.
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The Fruita Monument High School Girls Lacrosse team added a historic highlight amid a busy day of sports on the Western Slope.
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With the regular seasons in the Western Slope League and Southwestern League coming to a close the Palisade High School Bulldogs and Fruita Monument High School Wildcats both finished at the top of their respective standings.
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The Delta Panthers Baseball Team was an absolute buzzsaw in the month of April. Outscoring their competition by a ten to one margin over their last eight games.
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