Author: Joe Paisley
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Baseball helps Cheyenne Mountain senior thrive despite Asperger’s syndrome, leads to scholarship
Baseball helped Connor Dunaway blossom into the funny young man many of his teammates didn’t even realize has Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism. “They have helped me come out of my shell so to speak,” said the Cheyenne Mountain senior outfielder, who recently signed to play baseball for Bethany (Kan.) College. Dunaway’s journey…
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Area college hockey roundup: Air Force’s Miller back as Team USA assistant; Falcons schedule; CC’s Olofsson on Wild practice squad
Air Force director of hockey Steve Miller will return as an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation world junior championships in Buffalo Dec. 26, 2017 – Jan. 5, 2018, and will include the first ever outdoor game in tournament play when the United States takes on Canada at New…
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Keating performance, Rampart depth lead Rams to girls’ golf tournament title
There’s more to the Rampart girls’ golf team than standout Arielle Keating. Though that would be easy to forget after yet another superb performance by the Rams junior. Keating carded a 3-under 69 despite chilly, windy conditions to win the Liberty Lancers Invitational by 11 strokes and lead Rampart to the team championship. The title…
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Keating performance, Rampart depth lead Rams to girls’ golf tournament title
There’s more to the Rampart girls’ golf team than standout Arielle Keating. Though that would be easy to forget after yet another superb performance by the Rams junior. Keating carded a 3-under 69 despite chilly, windy conditions to win the Liberty Lancers Invitational by 11 strokes and lead Rampart to the team championship. The title…
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Gazette Team to Watch: Cheyenne Mountain girls’ tennis readies for busy stretch
Prom, placement testing and a challenging schedule has the Cheyenne Mountain girls’ tennis team feeling some pressure. Add in a more compact schedule due to construction at the District 12 high school and the grind is noticeable. “This is a really intense time on top of AP placement tests, finals, the end of the year…
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Gazette Team to Watch: Cheyenne Mountain girls’ tennis readies for busy stretch
Prom, placement testing and a challenging schedule has the Cheyenne Mountain girls’ tennis team feeling some pressure. Add in a more compact schedule due to construction at the District 12 high school and the grind is noticeable. “This is a really intense time on top of AP placement tests, finals, the end of the year…
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Former Colorado College hockey star Jaden Schwartz delivering in the clutch for St. Louis Blues in NHL playoffs
The clutch scorer Jaden Schwartz was for Colorado College has emerged in these NHL playoffs. The 24-year-old left winger has two game-winning goals while assisting the game-winner in the series opener against the Minnesota Wild. His performance and superior goaltending by Jake Allen has the Blues ahead of the Wild 3-0 in their best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal…
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Berkhoff’s seven RBIs propel Cheyenne Mountain baseball past Canon City
The sweet swing of Aaron Berkhoff’s bat and four double plays to end innings kept Cheyenne Mountain High School baseball unbeaten on Saturday. The sophomore hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning to end the nonconference game early by a 14-2 margin over Canon City. The blast over the left-field fence capped a 3-for-5…
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Switchbacks pregame: Pouaty, Vercollone will start vs. Real Monarchs SLC
Cameroonian goalkeeper Moise Pouaty will make his Colorado Springs Switchbacks debut versus the Real Monarchs SLC at 6 p.m. Saturday at Weidner Field. Pouaty was unavailable during the first two weeks of the season after his call-up to the Cameroon senior national team, the defending African Cup champs, for an international against Tunisia. The Switchbacks…
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Berkhoff’s seven RBIs propel Cheyenne Mountain baseball past Canon City
The sweet swing of Aaron Berkhoff’s bat and four double plays to end innings kept Cheyenne Mountain High School baseball unbeaten on Saturday. The sophomore hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning to end the nonconference game early by a 14-2 margin over Canon City. The blast over the left-field fence capped a 3-for-5…