Author: BRENT W. NEW preps@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Ethan Powell, Air Academy cramp Terrors’ style at Coronado’s Cougar Classic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Palmer cross country coach Rob Gilliam first heard about Awet Beraki like this: There’s a kid that ran up the Manitou Incline three times before many of the Terrors’ football players reached the peak once. It was a slight exaggeration. Beraki, a native of Eritrea,…
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Joey Geisz puts Cheyenne Mountain in position to win PPAC tennis title
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The impressive serves and big-time winners weren’t landing for Cheyenne Mountain freshman Joey Geisz on Tuesday. Acing the day’s test required a more mature approach. The Indians’ No. 2 singles player reversed his strategy late…
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Thursday’s prep roundup: Palmer golfer Arik Roberts qualifies for state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Highlights from Thursday’s high school sports scene around the Pikes Peak region. BOYS’ GOLF 5A Western Regional At Broadlands: Palmer’s Arik Roberts’ five-over 77 was good enough for 12th in the region and a spot in the 5A state tournament. Roberts shot 1-over par on…
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Powell trains with Palmer Ridge, but wins with Air Academy at Kadet Invitational
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Air Academy senior Ethan Powell always wanted to be a state champion in cross country. So, on a part-term basis, he joined the last boys’ cross country team in town that won a title: Palmer…
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Powell trains with Palmer Ridge, but wins with Air Academy at Kadet Invitational
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Air Academy senior Ethan Powell always wanted to be a state champion in cross country. So, on a part-term basis, he joined the last boys’ cross country team in town that won a title: Palmer Ridge. Powell, Class 4A’s 24th-fastest runner in 2015, has emerged…
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TCA’s Brady Miller battles through brain surgery to return to gridiron
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Six months ago, Brady Miller was nearly unrecognizable. Wrapped tightly in a neck brace, a patch over one eye, Miller lay in a hospital bed awaiting brain surgery. Look at him now: An athletic build,…
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Fountain-Fort Carson football draws 5A conference with Valor Christian; Doherty in another conference
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If it wasn’t tough enough to follow a legendary coach, Fountain-Fort Carson’s Jake Novotny will also have the daunting privilege of breaking the Trojans into a new conference headlined by Class 5A football defending champion Valor Christian. So much for a nice, cozy landing spot.…
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Fountain-Fort Carson football draws 5A conference with Valor Christian; Doherty in another conference
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If it wasn’t tough enough to follow a legendary coach, Fountain-Fort Carson’s Jake Novotny will also have the daunting privilege of breaking the Trojans into a new conference headlined by Class 5A football defending champion…
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Vista Ridge hosts 7 on 7 football tourney Thursday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vista Ridge’s weight room is flooded, on average, with 90 kids during the football team’s summer workouts. Yet even Wolves’ coach Jerimi Calip realizes that not one of them will likely be able to fill the void left by the program’s most prolific quarterback, Elway…
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The Gazette Boys’ Track and Field Coach of the Year: Ben Montoya, Fountain-Fort Carson
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a result of sweeping changes at Fountain-Fort Carson District 8, all Trojans varsity coaches were told they’d have to reapply for their jobs back in April. That included longtime track and field coach Ben Montoya, who’d led the boys’ team to four titles in…