Author: BY BRENT W. NEW preps@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Pine Creek, using makeshift uniforms, routs Rampart in softball
Camille Gardner had her home-run trot halted 40 feet away from home plate in the first inning. Instead umpires called it a ground-rule double and pointed her to second base. The Pine Creek senior made sure there was no confusion when she came up again. Gardner homered in the second and drove in three runs,…
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TCA’s Brady Miller battles through brain surgery to return to gridiron
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, a new 6-inch scar on the back of his head, and he’s The Classical Academy’s starting tight end and outside…
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Fountain-Fort Carson football draws 5A conference with Valor Christian; Doherty in another conference
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. The 5A conference realignment – which separated teams based on…
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Fountain-Fort Carson football draws 5A conference with Valor Christian; Doherty in another conference
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. The 5A conference realignment – which separated teams based on…
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Vista Ridge hosts 7 on 7 football tourney Thursday
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 Tubbs. “Having a kid like Elway graduate, do you ever…
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The Gazette Boys’ Track and Field Coach of the Year: Ben Montoya, Fountain-Fort Carson
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 six years. How’s that for job security? Montoya, though, responded…
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The Gazette Girls’ Tennis Peak Performer of the Year: Morgan Hall, Cheyenne Mountain
Morgan Hall saved her best performance of the year for last – which would have been perfect if not for the stinging loss the day before. The road to redemption, though, had to start somewhere. She’s seen the movie “Rocky” enough times to know how this story goes. A month ago, the Cheyenne Mountain freshman…
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The Gazette Girls’ Tennis Coach of the Year: Dave Adams, Cheyenne Mountain
The best coaching job Dave Adams may have done was off the court. After Daniela Adamczyk and Jessica Metz expressed doubt in playing their senior seasons, the Cheyenne Mountain coach and many of his players helped convince them to return. And two months later, Adamczyk took second in No. 2 singles, Metz won a title…
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Lewis-Palmer wins girls’ soccer state title it barely missed last year
COMMERCE CITY – Just north of Denver, another Orange Crush paved a legacy as it sent longtime Lewis-Palmer girls’ soccer coach Joe Martin into retirement a winner. An impenetrable defense kept No. 7 Valor Christian reeling, and Annica Fletemeyer’s early goal gave the top-seeded Rangers all they needed in a 1-0 victory in the Class…
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Pine Creek, others trudge through fickle 1st day of 5A girls’ golf tournament
AURORA – Elly Carlson, with a swing limited by an ailing back, never considered sitting out of the Class 5A girls’ golf tournament on Monday. No one ever brought it up because they already knew her answer. “She wouldn’t have it,” Pine Creek coach Shane Brown said. Carlson, seen grimacing throughout her round, battled her…