Adam Ide, Aspiring Sportswriter

A survivor's story: UNC women's basketball player tells her story By Adam Ide             Imagine being 10 years old and having a love for basketball, looking up to players like WNBA star Maya Moore. Suddenly, you are diagnosed with a brain tumor and don’t know if you will ever be able to play the game you love again.             Ali Meyer is a junior center for the University of Northern Colorado women’s basketball team. She has overcome a lot of adversity in her life, from a brain tumor to a season-ending knee injury three days before the 2017-18 season.             Ali’s parents, Greg and Yvonne Meyer, told the story of Ali’s brain tumor and subsequent surgery.             In July 2006, Ali and her family were at a ranch in Steamboat Springs. She came i...

Greeley’s baseball history runs deep By Adam Ide       Greeley has a long history of baseball, beginning in 1925.       That’s the year the Spanish Colony of Greeley, a baseball team consisting of only Latino players, was formed. That name stood until 1938, when the team became the Greeley Grays. They’ve been the Grays ever since.       Gabe and Jody Lopez have co-written two books: “White Gold Laborers,” a 2007 book about the Spanish Colony and the workers in the sugar beet fields; and “From Sugar to Diamonds,” a 2009 book about the Grays.       Gabe and Jody were both raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and came to Greeley in 1996. Gabe has been the team’s photographer since 2005, and Jody is the team’s business manager. The men and boys working the beet fields found recreation in baseball. Teams were formed and traveled to nearby towns to play. Thus, the Rocky Mountain League wa...

  Rick Juarez had one goal when he volunteered as President of the Board of Directors of the Greeley Evans Youth League: to leave it better than he found it. He, director Mimi Costinett, and Board Vice President Tami Grant have accomplished that already.             The GEYL has been serving youth baseball in the Greeley-Evans area since 1962. It is committed to providing youth baseball and softball opportunities to area youth in Greeley and the surrounding area.             Juarez has been president of the Board for six years, but has been with the league for nine. He was a volunteer coach for the first three.             Costinett has been director for 20 years. Her reason for getting involved is quite special.             “When I had my own children in ...