Author: BY BRENT W. NEW preps@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Rival sophomores set to meet in regional tennis finals
Discovery Canyon’s Mattie Kuntzelman and Air Academy’s Cori Campbell continue to thrive in their first year as their team’s ace. The rival sophomores, with their opposite styles, pushed through the semifinals on Day 1 at 4A Region 1 and will meet in the No. 1 singles final on Friday at The Club at Flying Horse.…
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CHSAA roundup: Woodland Park approved for hockey program
Woodland Park gets hockey team Woodland Park and Chaparral were approved for hockey programs at the Colorado High School Activities Association’s Legislative Council meeting on Thursday. The Panthers will field a varsity team next season. Woodland Park athletic director Michael DeWall called it “a logical next step” as 11 of the school’s students participated in…
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CHSAA roundup: Woodland Park approved for hockey program
Woodland Park gets hockey team Woodland Park and Chaparral were approved for hockey programs at the Colorado High School Activities Association’s Legislative Council meeting on Thursday. The Panthers will field a varsity team next season. Woodland Park athletic director Michael DeWall called it “a logical next step” as 11 of the school’s students participated in…
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Eagle to open leads Rampart’s Arielle Keating to Kadet Invitational crown
Rampart’s Arielle Keating eagled her first hole on a pristine day at Eisenhower Golf Course and rode that momentum to her second tournament win in three days. The junior opened her season with a 1-under par 72 at the Trojan Invitational at Cheyenne Shadows on Wednesday and followed it up with a 4-over 76 at…
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Coronado baseball players turn down four-year offers to continue developing at junior colleges
Coronado sluggers Tanner Mayberry and Alex Bumpus didn’t get much time to soak it in after signing their national letters of intent on Wednesday afternoon. It was just about game time. “Emotions kind of kick in now that we’re thinking about the next level,” Mayberry said. “But we have a game today, that’s our main…
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Peyton state champion Britton Holmes switching to Greco-Roman wrestling
While Peyton’s Britton Holmes uses goggles to help him see his opponents on the high school wrestling mat, his outlook for the future is unobstructed, if unorthodox. On Thursday, the small-town senior will trade in his dreams of winning an NCAA title for visions of Olympic gold as he signs his letter of intent to…
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Peyton state champion Britton Holmes switching to Greco-Roman wrestling
While Peyton’s Britton Holmes uses goggles to help him see his opponents on the high school wrestling mat, his outlook for the future is unobstructed, if unorthodox. On Thursday, the small-town senior will trade in his dreams of winning an NCAA title for visions of Olympic gold as he signs his letter of intent to…
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Air Academy relies on defense in girls basketball win
Air Academy freshman Kylee Blacksten didn’t think too much of her two late steals on Friday night, but it may go a long way in deciding the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference. Katelin Gallegos and Mary Parchinski each had 11 points, and Blacksten and Liza Louthan forced three of Discovery Canyon’s four turnovers in the final…
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Air Academy relies on defense in girls basketball win
Air Academy freshman Kylee Blacksten didn’t think too much of her two late steals on Friday night, but it may go a long way in deciding the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference. Katelin Gallegos and Mary Parchinski each had 11 points, and Blacksten and Liza Louthan forced three of Discovery Canyon’s four turnovers in the final…
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CHSAA votes to change RPI formula in football, 2 other sports
AURORA – Hoping to avoid a similar flub that landed deserving teams out of the high school football playoffs 2 ½ months ago, the Colorado High School Activities Association’s legislative council voted in favor to recalibrate the RPI formula used for postseason qualification in football, baseball and boys’ soccer. Athletic directors, coaches and CHSAA officials met…