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Castle Country Chatter: alerts, scores and mountain bike for Carbon, Emery, Grand & San Juan counties

Photo: BLM Utah, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

UpdatedFri Oct 30, 2026 · NWS checked 5:59 PM MDT
State podium graphic: Carbon 1st in Division 3, 1095 points; Moab Red Devils 2nd in Division 2, 2106 points
Top story · Mountain Bike

Carbon wins state. Moab takes second.

Carbon took 1st in Division 3 with 1095 points, and the Moab Red Devils took 2nd in Division 2 with 2106 points at the NICA Utah State Championships, Oct 23–24 at Desert Color, St. George.

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Source: my.raceresult.com/427826 · checked Fri Oct 30, 2026, 9:47 AM MDT

This week

HS + USU Eastern
Fri Oct 30 · 6:00 PMTonight
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Emery at San Juan2A QF · Blanding · San Juan No. 1 seed

Castle Country clash: Emery at top-seeded San Juan. Emery beat Judge Oct 23 (28; Judge score not listed). Met Oct 9: San Juan 55-7.

Source: UHSAA 2A football program · checked Fri Oct 30, 2026, 3:28 PM MDT

Fri Oct 30 · 4:00 PMTonight
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UMA–CW at Monticello8-Player QF · Monticello No. 3 seed

Monticello hosts at 4 PM.

Source: UHSAA 8-Player football program · checked Fri Oct 30, 2026, 3:28 PM MDT

Sat Oct 31 · 4:00 PMSaturday
USUE vs. Western WyomingMen’s hoops home opener · Bunnell-Dmitrich Athletic Center, Price

Eagles open at home Saturday, 4 PM. Next: Nov 6, 7 PM vs. Central Wyoming. Snow rivalry: Jan 4 at Snow, Feb 4 in Price.

Source: USU Eastern men’s basketball schedule · checked Fri Oct 30, 2026, 3:24 PM MDT

All 9 dated events →

Also in Castle Country Hunting & Fishing · Golf

Weather & Alerts

Flood Watch
Weather and alerts graphic: NWS, UDOT, county emergency management and Utah Fire Info, plus Emergency call 911
Official sources only. NWS checked Fri Oct 30, 2026, 5:59 PM MDT. All alerts →
Flood Watch

Castle Country & the Swell

NWS Salt Lake City: Flood Watch from late Saturday night through Sunday evening for Price, Castle Dale, Huntington and Green River.

Checked Fri Oct 30, 2026, 5:59 PM MDT · wording & source

Canyon Country Flood Watch

Southeast Utah, La Sals & Abajos

NWS Grand Junction: Flood Watch from late Saturday night through Monday morning for Monticello and Blanding.

Checked Fri Oct 30, 2026, 5:59 PM MDT · wording & source

HS High School Scores

28 UHSAA results
High school sports graphic with helmet, volleyball, soccer, golf, tennis and runner emblems and real counts: 10 schools, 4 counties, 3 regions, 28 verified UHSAA results
28 verified results from the UHSAA Yearly Results 2026-2027 PDF, checked Fri Oct 30, 2026, 3:14 PM MDT. Score board →
Volleyball · 2A

2ND San Juan in state

Fell to No. 1 North Summit 3-0 in the Oct 24 final after a five-set semifinal win over Millard.

Cross country · 2A

1ST Grand County boys

2A state champions (49 pts). River Shaw and Hadley Kasprick won the 2A individual titles.

Football · 1st round

Emery 28 def. Judge Memorial

Richfield 35, Carbon 9 in 3A. Next: Emery at No. 1 San Juan, tonight 6:00 PM Final pending

Golf · 3A

2ND Carbon boys golf

595 (+35) at Carbon Country Club. Carbon boys also 2nd in 3A cross country.

Source: UHSAA Yearly Results 2026-2027 PDF · checked Fri Oct 30, 2026, 3:14 PM MDT · All 28 results →

Mountain Bike

NICA Utah · catch-up
NICA Utah State podium graphic: Carbon 1st Division 3, 1095 points; Moab Red Devils 2nd Division 2, 2106 points
Utah High School Cycling League State Championships · Desert Color, St. George. Full results →

1ST Carbon · Division 3

1095 points, 1st of 25 teams.

111095 pts 20 riders placed
Canyon Country

2ND Moab Red Devils · Division 2

2106 points, 2nd of 34 teams.

112106 pts 21 riders placed

Canyon Country

Moab · Monticello · Blanding
Canyon Country graphic over Porcupine Rim and the La Sal Mountains
Same brand, same lanes, an Ember accent for the Canyon Country section.

Alerts

NWS Grand Junction zones UTZ027 (Moab), UTZ028 (Monticello) and UTZ022 (Blanding).

Canyon Country alerts

Scores

Grand County and San Juan in 2A Region 18, plus four Region 19 schools.

Canyon Country scores

Trails

Arches, Canyonlands, the La Sals and the Abajos, from NPS, BLM and State Parks pages.

Canyon Country trails

11Good News

Official pages only
Good News graphic with medal, calendar, pin and runner emblems
Openings, awards, scholarships and state qualifiers. Good News →
On the board

Carbon & Moab on the state MTB podium

Two eastern Utah teams on the NICA Utah podium.

Read the results
More Good News once verified. Names and numbers exactly as the official page prints them.

Trails & Outdoors

Agency pages only
Trails graphic with trail, boot, mountain bike and pin emblems
San Rafael Swell, Huntington Canyon, Nine Mile, Scofield, the La Sals and the Abajos. Trail sources →
Flood Watch

Flash-flood risk this weekend

NWS lists dry washes, slot canyons and slickrock areas among flood-prone spots.

Checked Fri Oct 30, 2026, 5:59 PM MDT

No trail closures posted. Closures and fire restrictions only from the agency page.

Deals & Coming to Town

Never sold as ad space
Deals graphic with bag, calendar and pin emblems
Exact price, end date and the business’s own page, or it doesn’t go up. Deals →
No deals or events in this build. Empty until a verified deal posts.

Coming to Town

Events from county and city pages, such as Carbon County News & Events.