Author: Angie Disalvo
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Rampart junior finishes fifth in breaststroke at 5A swim meet
FORT COLLINS • Austin Smith was short on air because of a cold, but managed enough of it to pick up speed Saturday. The Rampart junior finished fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Class 5A state swimming and diving meet. “I just needed to take it out as fast as I could today,” said…
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Underdogs fail to make a splash at 5A swim meet
FORT COLLINS • Air Academy swimmers Jacob Mueller and Jeff Allen were excited to make it to the top. Even if that meant being on the bottom. Both seniors met the Class 5A state qualifying time requirements in their individual events for the first time. Their reward? Last-place seeds at the state meet, which started…
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State swimming notebook
Cheyenne Mountain’s Pat Scally, who won a state title last year in the 500-yard freestyle, will have a chance to win two more individual championships Saturday at the Class 4A swimming championships in Loveland. He qualified for the finals in the 200 and 500 free. Scally finished second and sixth in his qualifying heats, but…
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Series preview: Rockies at Cubs
Although, the Chicago Cubs have won just three of their past 12 games, they have won nine of their past 11 home games against the Rockies. Colorado won 4-of-6 over the Cubs last year after dropping 11 of the previous 14. Did you know?Aramis Ramirez (.167) and Derrek Lee (.238) have the worst averages among…
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Pine Creek’s swimming quartet have sights set on future
Jim Bossert already is sporting a checkered-flag pattern on his partly shaved head, but it’s next year that he thinks Pine Creek will find Victory Lane. Bossert finished fifth in the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke to help lead the Eagles to third Saturday in the Metro League swimming and diving meet at Rampart. Check…
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Gazette preps: Pine Creek juniors hopeful about next swim season
Jim Bossert already is sporting a checkered-flag pattern on his partly shaved head, but it’s next year that he thinks Pine Creek will find Victory Lane. Bossert finished fifth in the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke to help lead the Eagles to third Saturday in the Metro League swimming and diving meet at Rampart.…
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Series preview: Rockies at Dodgers
The Rockies split the first six games of their West Coast swing at San Francisco and San Diego. They’ll finish up the road trip with their first three games against the Dodgers this season. Although the Dodgers are 4-2 against division foes, all six games have been played in home. The Rockies went just 4-14…
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Series preview: Rockies at Giants
The Rockies start their nine-game road trip with a three contests at San Francisco. The Rockies were just 2-7 last season at the Giants’ AT&T Park. San Francisco also won the season series 10-8. The Giants started this season by winning seven of their first nine games. They then cooled off, losing four of their…
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Tall Longmont center fouls up Cheyenne Mountain
GOLDEN • Longmont’s Megan Carpenter proved too tall of an obstacle for Cheyenne Mountain to overcome Saturday. The 6-foot-5 center put the Indians in foul trouble early and scored a game-high 20 points, leading the Trojans to a 60-50 win in the 4A state quarterfinals at Colorado School of Mines. Fountain-Fort Carson’s Audra Parma, far…
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Tall Longmont center fouls up Cheyenne Mountain
GOLDEN • Longmont’s Megan Carpenter proved too tall of an obstacle for Cheyenne Mountain to overcome Saturday. The 6-foot-5 center put the Indians in foul trouble early and scored a game-high 20 points, leading the Trojans to a 60-50 win in the 4A state quarterfinals at Colorado School of Mines. “It’s hard to stop someone…