Author: Dan Mohrmann
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Landry Frost, young Air Academy girls squad fall just short of mission at 4A state golf
MONTROSE – If Landry Frost was going down, she was always going to go down swinging. That was the mentality that the Air Academy girls golf team brought into the 4A girls golf state tournament. Frost was on a mission to become the first Colorado Springs-area player to win back-to-back titles, and the Kadets took…
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Air Academy’s Landry Frost leads 4A state girls golf individual race, Kadets’ team in second
MONTROSE – Despite an improved weather forecast, The Bridges will still be under a Frost warning on Tuesday. With conditions about as miserable as any in recent memory, the field at the 4A girls state golf tournament on Monday still let defending champion Landry Frost take a one-shot lead into the second and final round…
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Cheyenne Mountain wins girls’ golf 4A state title behind Kylee Sullivan as longtime coach Bill Paulson retires
CARBONDALE – The rain may have delayed play at the 4A girls’ golf state tournament, but there was no delaying the inevitable. After leading by five after day one of the tournament, the Cheyenne Mountain Indians followed up Tuesday to win their third straight state championship. But this one carried far more emotion. The championship…
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Pine Creek jumpers’ hopes come up short with injuries
LAKEWOOD – Only 50 yards from each other, Pine Creek seniors Amelia Harvey and Dionne Taylor were struggling with the same problem. Both were doing their best to compete for state championships during the field events of the Colorado state track and field championships and both seemed to have legitimate chances to walk away as…
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Cheyenne Mountain nears seventh girls’ tennis state title in a row
Cheyenne Mountain nears seventh state title in a row Cheyenne Mountain advanced all seven entrants on to Tuesday’s state Class 4A girls’ tennis semifinals to move into position to clinch a seventh straight title. The Indians racked up a maximum 21 points to pull ahead of second-place D’Evelyn and Kent Denver with 11 points and…
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F-FC rallies 1 strike away from defeat
Marcellous Gonzalez was down to his final strike at Spurgeon Field on Thursday night. Fountain-Fort Carson was trailing Palmer by two runs with two outs in the seventh inning. One strike away from defeat. He had yet to hit a ball out of the infield, at least, until he got a hold of a two-strike…
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Freshman Conner Proctor helps Sand Creek girls hold off Mead
In terms of a coming-out party, Sand Creek freshman Conner Proctor picked a heck of a time to have hers. The host Scorpions entered the second quarter of Saturday’s round of 16 game against Mead leading 13-11. That’s when Proctor came off the bench and posted 11 points on the Mavericks – nine of them…
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St. Mary’s boys’ basketball team too much for Manitou Springs
The St. Mary’s Pirates found themselves locked in a back and forth battle for three and a half quarters. Then a 12-3 run showed why they sit a top the Tri-Peaks League standings. That run, along with a strong defensive effort in the fourth quarter Thursday lifted the Pirates to a 73-56 win over Manitou…
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Mesa Ridge victory over Harrison a bit unpretty in pink
It wasn’t the prettiest win, but Jeff Beatty and Mesa Ridge took it. Donned in pink uniforms, the Grizzlies fended off a third quarter rally to walk away with a 45-31 win over the Harrison Panthers. The defending 4A state champions have struggled with finding a groove this season, and Thursday’s game was no different.…
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Manitou Springs fires successful volleyball coach Carol Benedict
Carol Benedict, who led the Manitou Springs Mustangs to at least a top-eight finish in her three years with the program, has been forced out as the volleyball coach of the Mustangs. The former coach transferred her kids out of Manitou and moved her family to the Walsenburg area. Benedict was forced out due to…