Tag: athletes
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Girls’ soccer player of the year: Sarah Schweiss, Air Academy
Sarah Schweiss was held without a goal in just four games all season, three of those in consecutive playoff games. Those three games were almost by design. Knowing the Kadets’ leading scorer would be double-teamed the latter part of the season and especially in the playoffs, Air Academy coach Nancy Sibley dropped Schweiss into an…
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Girls’ tennis player of the year: Nicole Kalhorn, Pine Creek
The crowd, cold but fervent, fixed its eyes on the smaller, younger and fainter girl in the 5A finals No. 1 singles match in Denver. Pine Creek freshman Nicole Kalhorn had fearlessly walked onto the biggest stage in Colorado high school tennis. On that Friday in early May, fans covered in blankets and coats saw…
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Girls’ lacrosse player of the year: Miranda Beal, Air Academy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Miranda Beal found inspiration in the most unlikely place — a Sandra Bullock flick. It was a viewing of “Miss Congeniality” as a child that hatched Beal’s lifelong desire to become an undercover FBI agent.…
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Baseball player of the year: Ryan Warner, Pine Creek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By nature, Ryan Warner stared down at his competition. At 6-foot-7 — and on a mound — Warner couldn’t help but seem larger than life to the typical high school hitter. “The first thing batters…
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Girls’ golf player of the year: Kylee Sullivan, Cheyenne Mountain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cheyenne Mountain uber-freshman Kylee Sullivan has honed her golf skills at places like Westfield Gold and Sullivan International. These courses are so exclusive, you won’t find them on any listing of Colorado golf clubs. In…
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Boys’ lacrosse player of the year: Zach Payne, Air Academy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s oddly appropriate that Zach Payne is a lifeguard during the summer since in the Air Academy boys’ lacrosse team’s biggest game of the season, he helped save the Kadets’ season. Going into the playoffs,…
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Girls’ tennis player of the year: Nicole Kalhorn, Pine Creek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The crowd, cold but fervent, fixed its eyes on the smaller, younger and fainter girl in the 5A finals No. 1 singles match in Denver. Pine Creek freshman Nicole Kalhorn had fearlessly walked onto the…
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Wrestler of the year (upper weights): Josh Schoenberger, Fountain-Fort Carson
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In his third trip to the state wrestling tournament, Fountain-Fort Carson 182-pound senior Josh Schoenberger finally brought home the title that eluded him for two years. That gold medal gave the Trojans their first champion…
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Wrestler of the year (upper weights): Josh Schoenberger, Fountain-Fort Carson
In his third trip to the state wrestling tournament, Fountain-Fort Carson 182-pound senior Josh Schoenberger finally brought home the title that eluded him for two years. That gold medal gave the Trojans their first champion since Mike Allison claimed titles in 1968 and ’69 and led them to a sixth-place team finish in 5A —…
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Boys’ soccer athlete of the year: Patrick Slogic, Liberty
Patrick Slogic took his coach’s words to heart last summer, and the payoff was evident this fall. Check out a gallery of photos featuring Patrick. Mike Goyden told his central defender that he needed to become faster and develop better footwork. Weeks before practice began at Liberty, Goyden drove past the school. He noticed a…