Author: Angie Disalvo
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Area resident likes racing form – against the clock
Ray Wilson has built a time machine. But this contraption, complete with a remote weather station and onboard computer, is no DeLorean. Wilson’s ride is a dragster powered by a 640-cubic inch, all-aluminum rear engine that produces 1,100 horsepower when he’s flying down a quarter-mile strip. Wilson, a 55-year-old Colorado Springs resident, does most of…
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Series preview: Rays at Rockies
The American League’s hottest team comes to Denver to face the National League’s hottest team in a three-game series. Reigning AL champion Tampa Bay is riding a season-high five-game winning streak. The Rays are outscoring opponents 37-16 during that stretch. The Rockies have won 11 straight – matching their longest streak in franchise history, completed…
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Series preview: Mariners at Rockies
Jason Marquis and Jason Hammel earned back-to-back wins May 23-24 in the last two games of the Rockies’ first interleague series at Detroit, which they won 2-1. They’ll get another chance to complete the feat against Seattle. The Rockies last faced the Mariners at Seattle in June 2006, winning the series 2-1. GAME 17:10 p.m.…
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Hall of Fame another big first for Sierra’s Beranek
When Mark Beranek looks back on his 16 seasons as boys’ basketball coach at Sierra, he thinks of all the firsts. “The first game we lost a close one to Pueblo County at County, and our first win was at La Junta the next week,” he said. “You look at the first league championship in…
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Hall of Fame another big first for Sierra’s Beranek
When Mark Beranek looks back on his 16 seasons as boys’ basketball coach at Sierra, he thinks of all the firsts. “The first game we lost a close one to Pueblo County at County, and our first win was at La Junta the next week,” he said. “You look at the first league championship in…
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Colorado College women’s soccer player trying to make it in the pros
EVANSTON, ILL. • Colorado College’s Molly Uyenishi has enrolled in a new class: Women’s Professional Soccer 101. The senior biology major dropped her original course temporarily and has instead focused all her attention on trying to make the roster of the WPS’ Chicago Red Stars, who began their preseason training camp Sunday at Northwestern University’s…
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Cronk key to starting Presidents Day tourney
Spontaneity never has been a problem for Larry Cronk – especially in matters relating to hockey. When he was approached by Canadian Lt. Col. Eric Norienous in 1977 about starting a youth tournament, he didn’t hesitate. “I loved kids and loved the sport,” Cronk, now 72, recalled. “And I said, ‘Hey, let’s do it.’” More…
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Youth hockey surviving economic crunch
Even in a struggling economy, many hockey parents refuse to put the dreams of the next generation on ice. Hockey is the main reason Lakewood resident Marcia Cope decided to go back to work last month. The Copes pay $9,000 in annual dues – which include airfare, hotels and uniforms – so that 15-year-old son…
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Wrestler struck it big in Vegas
Jake Deitchler is among the lucky few who have had positive life-changing experiences in Las Vegas. And he isn’t even old enough to gamble. The 2008 high school graduate stormed through the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials in June, becoming the first prep athlete to make the U.S. team since Mike Farina in 1976. “I…
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H.S. BASKETBALL: Quiet leader lifts TCA
When The Classical Academy needed a big play, it looked to quiet leader Kaitlin Hanenburg. Her 19 points and several key defensive stops spoke volumes Thursday as the host Pikes Peak No. 9 Titans defeated Colorado Springs Christian School 32-28. “She doesn’t lead with her voice but on the court with what she does,” TCA…