Author: Chhun Sun
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Gazette Preps By the Numbers: Colorado Springs School, Air Academy, Sierra highlight an impressive week by Pikes Peak region teams
10: Blocks by Doherty’s Lucas Moerman in the Spartans’ 50-28 boys’ basketball win over Palmer. It was the fourth time this season that the senior collected at lest 10 blocks in a game. 12-0: Record is on the line when the Manitou Springs and The Vanguard School boys’ basketball teams tip off in the Class…
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Gazette Preps Peak Performer of the Week: Caitlin Cairns, St. Mary’s girls’ swimming
When she touched the wall, St. Mary’s swimmer Caitlin Cairns remembers feeling alone. As if she was the only one in the pool. This was just as she finished the 50-yard freestyle at last weekend’s Class 3A state girls’ swimming and diving championship. She was expecting other hands on both sides of her doing the…
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Lewis-Palmer’s Katelyn McClelland finally breaks through, takes home 3 podium finishes at 5A girls’ state swim meet
THORNTON — Her goal was to have fun and not get so caught up on landing the fastest times. Lewis-Palmer swimmer Katelyn McClelland ended up doing more than that Friday night. At the Class 5A state girls’ swimming and diving championship at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center, she took home three podium finishes to cap off…
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Thursday’s prep roundup: Pair of Lewis-Palmer divers shine at Class 5A championship; other area athletes set to go at state girls’ swim meets
GIRLS’ SWIMMING AND DIVING Class 5A State Championship At Thornton’s VMAC: In Thursday’s diving semifinals, Lewis-Palmer sophomore Dahlia Allen tied with Eaglecrest’s Catherine Rodocker for the fifth highest total of 338.45 points — behind Ralston Valley’s Izzy Gregersen (351.10), Heritage’s Grace Downing (348.60) and Horizon’s Ally Brown (343.10) and Cherry Creek’s Maya Stefanski (339.10). Lewis-Palmer…
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Scouting state girls’ swimming: Cheyenne Mountain looks to challenge Rampart in 4A; several area athletes in position to win
Rampart’s path to a third consecutive Class 4A girls’ swimming and diving state title won’t be an easy one, according to the latest rankings by PrepSwimCo.com. There’ll be challengers, including a known foe in Cheyenne Mountain. Both teams own two state titles, with Cheyenne Mountain’s last coming in 2017. The state swimming championships start this…
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Monday’s prep roundup: Sand Creek girls’ basketball tops Lewis-Palmer, wins 14th straight
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Sand Creek 60, Lewis-Palmer 54 At Sand Creek: Though they were ahead for much of the game, it wasn’t until the fourth quarter that the Scorpions (17-1, 9-0 Class 5A/4A Pikes Peak Athletic Conference) pulled away to earn their 14th straight victory. Lewis-Palmer (11-7, 5-4) dropped its first game in three tries. The…
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Gazette Preps Peak Performer of the Week: Bella Mitchell, Vista Ridge girls’ wrestling
Vista Ridge girls’ wrestler Bella Mitchell is this week’s Peak Performer. (Video by Jerilee Bennett) Walking through the hallways and sitting in the classrooms of Vista Ridge High School on Monday, Bella Mitchell appeared almost like a loser. Two days earlier, she settled as a runner-up at the Colorado Girls’ Wrestling Championship at Thornton. Word…
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Gazette Preps By the Numbers: Cheyenne Mountain, Doherty, Coronado highlight an impressive week by Pikes Peak region teams
0.31: Seconds was all the difference Cheyenne Mountain’s Caroline Bricker needed to break the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference girls’ swimming record in the 100-yard freestyle over the weekend. Her time was 51.82 seconds. 1: Loss by the Cheyenne Mountain boys’ basketball team so far this season. The Indians suffered a 79-67 defeat to Discovery Canyon…
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Prep notebook: CSML basketball titles come down to the wire; girls’ state swimming, wrestling regionals this weekend
Colorado Springs Metro League hoops crowns coming down to wire Tuesday’s girls’ basketball matchup between Fountain-Fort Carson and Doherty could serve as a league championship game, as the Trojans and Spartans are the only teams in the 5A Colorado Springs Metro League with one loss in conference play. Doherty handed F-FC its only CSML loss…
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Sierra’s Hailey Ahsmuhs wins girls’ wrestling state title; two other area wrestlers finish second
THORNTON — When it was all said and done, Sierra’s Hailey Ahsmuhs and Vista Ridge’s Bella Mitchell both had smiles on their faces at Saturday’s Colorado Girls’ Wrestling Championship. They were congratulated by teammates, coaches and family. One of them, however, actually lost her title match. The junior Ahsmuhs dominated with three pins in her…