Author: Kevin Carmody
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Prep notebook: Local players make it to national semifinals of 3×3 basketball championships
This weekend the 2019 USA U18 3×3 basketball national championships took over Colorado Springs with more than 100 of the nation’s top players hoping to take home the crown – including a Colorado Springs-area team that battled to the national semifinals. Local seniors Noah Baca (Lewis-Palmer) and Rhaven Brown (Falcon) joined Eaglecrest junior Zion Ruckard…
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Prep notebook: Local players make it to national semifinals of 3×3 basketball championships
This weekend the 2019 USA U18 3×3 basketball national championships took over Colorado Springs with more than 100 of the nation’s top players hoping to take home the crown – including a Colorado Springs-area team that battled to the national semifinals. Local seniors Noah Baca (Lewis-Palmer) and Rhaven Brown (Falcon) joined Eaglecrest junior Zion Ruckard…
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Friday’s prep roundup: Palmer Ridge sweeps team track and field league titles
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TRACK AND FIELD PPAC Championships At CSU-Pueblo: Palmer Ridge swept both team titles behind individual crowns from Jaydes Warwick (boys’ 300-meter hurdles), Elijah Inama (boys’ long jump), Anthony Rosenstrauch (boys’ discus), Anna Busath (girls’ 800), Grace Szucs (girls’ pole vault) and both 1,600-meter relay teams.…
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Thursday’s prep roundup: Palmer Ridge sends Sand Creek girls’ soccer to first loss
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GIRLS’ SOCCER Palmer Ridge 2, Sand Creek 1 At Sand Creek: Abby Barhydt’s penalty-kick goal with 20 minutes left gave Palmer Ridge the lead for good as the Bears shut down high-powered Sand Creek to deal the Scorpions their first loss. “The big thing for…
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Academy School District 20 programs still see the value of out-of-state spring break trips
It’s a conundrum coaches of spring sports programs face at the end of March each year. “Getting kids to come to practice over spring break has been tough,” Pine Creek boys’ lacrosse coach Dennis Rego said. “I was thinking of ways to avoid that issue. So we decided to take a trip over the break…
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Prep notebook: F-FC athletic director selected to elite list
Jared Felice, the third-year athletic director at Fountain-Fort Carson, recently was informed that he has been named a member of the Sports 40 Under 40 Class of 2019. Felice will be honored at the 2019 National High School Athletic Coaches Association annual convention June 25 in Bismarck, N.D. According to a press release, the honor…
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Prep notebook: F-FC athletic director selected to elite list
Jared Felice, the third-year athletic director at Fountain-Fort Carson, recently was informed that he has been named a member of the Sports 40 Under 40 Class of 2019. Felice will be honored at the 2019 National High School Athletic Coaches Association annual convention June 25 in Bismarck, N.D. According to a press release, the honor…
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Training for severe weather: Large Colorado Springs crowd turns out for National Weather Service bureau in Pueblo storm spotter class; more classes set for April, May
It didn’t take long for Greg Heavener to realize how seriously residents of the Pikes Peak region take the weather, especially on the subject of how to spot and report severe situations. The new warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service bureau in Pueblo had to find a bigger building for the some 60…
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Prep notebook: Zimmerman named new football coach at Widefield
Shane Zimmerman was recently hired to be the next head coach of the Widefield football program. The Sterling native and Chadron State graduate coached the past season at Lincoln (Neb.) Northeast after leading the program at Gunnison for two seasons. He also spent 15 years at Simla and two at Deer Trail. Overall, Zimmerman has…
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Prep notebook: Zimmerman named new football coach at Widefield
Shane Zimmerman was recently hired to be the next head coach of the Widefield football program. The Sterling native and Chadron State graduate coached the past season at Lincoln (Neb.) Northeast after leading the program at Gunnison for two seasons. He also spent 15 years at Simla and two at Deer Trail. Overall, Zimmerman has…