Current residence (town):  Basalt

Age: 12

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The Glenwood Springs football team defeated Montrose, 31-26, in their season opener on Friday.

The good news for Glenwood fans is that quarterback Dakota Stonehouse is off to a great start, reminiscent of last year. He ran for 151 yards, connected on 18 of his 28 passes and had four touchdowns.

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Preseason is finished. The jerseys have been handed out. The cleats bought. And now it is officially time for the 2008 prep season.  But, like every fall, there are always a handful of question concerning the local teams.

In football, everyone in Aspen is wondering whether or not the Skiers will have another stellar season. Can they still find offense without Tucker Eason? In Glenwood, players and coaches will be looking to another perfect season with the strong arm of quarterback Dakota Stonehouse. Yet will their state championship hopes be squashed again in the post season?

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According to the calendar function of my wireless handheld telephone device, summer is nearly gone, but I wouldn't know it if it was. Working strange, schizophrenic hours deep in the cavernous labyrinth underneath an exclusive golf resort has left my internal clock blinking a vacant and questionable 12:00, 12:00, 12:00.

In the resort business, weekends are times for full-tilt money harvesting, with easy pickings crowding the gates for a little planned recreation and debauchery. To contend with the waves of flush duffers who stream in expecting the highest standards of service possible to man, they staff the various departments to the gills for whatever action comes our way.  This makes things difficult for those of us who tingle with wanderlust and desire random excitement.

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Beads of sweat raced down the face of Aspen High Scool football player Beau Seguin during an uncomfortably warm late August preseason practice.

The senior linebacker adjusted his black and red helmet as he squatted into a proper hitting stance - his chest nearly parallel with the Skiers' million-dollar synthetic field turf. His fingers began to twitch with anticipation; his eyes opened wide and then, "Crack! Thud! Whoo!"

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Colorado Rockies infielder Ian Stewart was named National League Rookie of the Month for July.

In 12 games last month, Stewart led all National League rookies with a .432 (19 for 44) batting average and 15 RBI. The 23-year-old infielder added one home run, five doubles and eight runs scored with a .614 slugging percentage and a .519 on-base percentage for the Rockies.

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After a legendary season in 2007-08, the Aspen Skier football team is back on the field preparing for their fall season. What should Aspen fans expect from the Skiers this season?

After losing Tucker Eason - Aspen's all-time leading tackler and star running back - the Skiers will have to look elsewhere for their offense.

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Current residence (town): Park City, UT. But most of my winter is spent training in Aspen.

Age: 21

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Darla wants the 'Vette. It is low slung, sleek and black with matching numbers. A gray-bearded country crooner once owned it - she has heard rumors that he used to drive it naked down Sunset, its cockpit spilling over with the immense talent that L.A. has to offer. But more importantly to Darla, it matches her Otter purse and Dammit Jim (her husband's full name, apparently) she wants this 'Vette!

But want means nothing in the cave of desire, and Darla is but one of many lustful suitors. To win the chance to park this bad mama in her hanger, Darla is going to have to dip into the Trust. The call goes out. The auction barker prattles on with a machine gun staccato framed elegantly with the requisite English wit and sensibility while Darla scrambles her accountants to intercept the 1967 L88 Stingray. This one is going to cost a cool mil, if this is her lucky day.

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At 4 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, the cowboy town of Leadville was shivering. 

Early morning thunderstorms brought a nasty mixture of rain and hail that fell like sharp shards of steel the size of golf balls. The temperatures were dismally cold, the mountains brushed with snow, the skies smothered with gray clouds and runners of the Leadville 100-mile Trail Run were only halfway through their masochistic competition taking place at an elevation of more than 10,000 feet.

In the Golden Burro Cafe on Main Street, waitresses were quietly fretting about how the runners were doing.

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