Author: By David Ramsey
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David Ramsey: Cheyenne Mountain golf champ Maxine Choi explains secret to ultra-calm winning
Self-control is so important in golf, and so elusive. You line up a 22-foot putt and hit it just right and watch as it takes a slow ride to the hole. And it lips out. What do you next? A month ago, Cheyenne Mountain’s Maxine Choi watched her 22-foot putt slip out of the 10th…
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David Ramsey: France’s Laure Many returns to Hill Climb. This time, she wants to have fun
A little over a year ago, Romain Dumas — the reigning king of The Broadmoor International Pikes Peak Hill Climb — called his friend Laure Many and offered an aggressive invitation. Come with me to Colorado Springs, Dumas said, and race at ridiculously high speeds along a winding road to the top of America’s Mountain.…
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Ramsey: Lewis-Palmer conquers pesky Mullen in 4A girls soccer semis
AURORA – Lewis-Palmer’s Brianna Alger finally ended the nightmare that had overwhelmed El Paso County girls’ soccer. On a wind-swept field on the outer edge of metro Denver, Alger expertly directed a left-footed shot past Mullen’s goalie to give L-P’s Rangers a 1-0 overtime victory in the Class 4A girls’ soccer semis. Mullen had previously…
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Ramsey blog: Rest of Mountain West joins Air Force in attendance crisis
Air Force struggled this season to convince football fans in Colorado Springs to make the trip to Falcon Stadium. The team averaged only 26,026 fans. Yes, late starts and bad weather played a role in the attendance woes, but the Falcons attracted tiny crowds on beautiful days for games against Fresno State and Utah State.…
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Ramsey: Pine Creek kicker, teammates moving on
Each time Armon Golabi sees his friend Tyler Black he says the same thing. “I am,” Golabi says, “so sorry.” And each time Black offers the same reply. “Man, it’s all right,” he says. “It doesn’t even matter any more. We’ve got to move on.” That won’t be easy. On Saturday, Black and Golabi trotted…