Palisade

The Palisade Police and Fire Departments stopped by for a mini-parade to help celebrate a birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last weekend, six high school teams from Western Colorado were in football playoff contention, hoping to advance to the next level and continue their trek towards a championship title. Now, there are only two teams left from Western Colorado.

Western Colorado high schools performed well this weekend in football playoffs, with most of the schools winning their respective games and advancing to the next playoff level.

After finishing the last weekend of regular season play, Colorado high school football teams in Class 4A and 3A will begin playoff action later this week. Playoff football brackets for both classifications were announced Sunday.

The 2014 regular season for Colorado high school football is nearing its end, with some teams finishing their season this weekend and the remaining teams completing their seasons next week.

High school football in Colorado is entering Week 8, and all the teams are preparing for postseason play that begins in a couple weeks.

For some high school football teams in Colorado, playoffs for the state championship will begin Halloween weekend, and the remaining teams begin playoffs the following week.

October is finally here, and we’re at that time where the evenings finally feel like football season.

The Associated Press has released this week’s Colorado high school football poll (for week of September 16), and one Western Slope high school has bounced back from last week while one Mesa County school dropped in the polls.

When high school football began two weeks ago, questions arose on how Western Colorado high schools would hold up while competing in new leagues.