Tag: cheyenne mountain
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Gazette Preps lookahead: Preview Pikes Peak region notable high school sports events
Upcoming contests for Colorado Springs area high school sports Compelling contests: FOOTBALL Discovery Canyon (4-2) at Harrison (4-2), 1 p.m. Saturday The Thunder take a 2-0 road record to Memorial Stadium for their matchup against the Panthers, who had a rough outing last week against Lewis-Palmer and lost 58-27 to the Rangers. Harrison had won…
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Peak Performer: Cheyenne Mountain’s Anna Blamires’ laser focus boosting Red-Tailed Hawks ahead of regionals, state
Ellen Cross shared a brief message with her star volleyball player before Cheyenne Mountain’s game against Lewis-Palmer on Oct. 8. “Go be great.” Anna Blamires proceeded to lock in and have, statistically, one of the best games in her prep career. Blamires had a career-high 25 kills, a .409 hit percentage and 12 digs in…
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Palmer Ridge lights up scoreboard for 25 runs in victory
No, that was not the Gashouse Gorillas lined up opposite Cheyenne Mountain on Oct. 9. That was 4A’s No. 4-ranked Palmer Ridge hitting the ball over the yard in a 25-2 victory against the Red-Tailed Hawks at Cheyenne Mountain High School. “Cheyenne Mountain is a great team and getting a win like this is important,”…
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Sand Creek earns first-ever win against Cheyenne Mountain
Sand Creek players stormed off the field Friday night and headed straight to their home side bleachers. As Scorpion football players exited the gridiron and headed toward their loved ones, multiple athletes had a message for coach Eric Mitchell. “This is because of you!” Mitchell immediately deflected the praise toward the rest of the Scorpions’…
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Palmer Ridge lights up Cheyenne Mountain softball for 25 runs in victory
No, that was not the Gashouse Gorillas lined up opposite Cheyenne Mountain on Wednesday. That was 4A’s No. 4-ranked Palmer Ridge hitting the ball over the yard in a 25-2 victory against the Red-Tailed Hawks at Cheyenne Mountain High School. “Cheyenne Mountain is a great team and getting a win like this is important,” Corinna…
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Cheyenne Mountain football dominates in win over Widefield
It took a while, but once the Red-Tailed Hawks’ football team found momentum, it refused to relinquish it. The Red-Tailed Hawks scored 17 of their 34 points in the second quarter and dominated both sides of the ball in a 34-0 rout of Widefield. The win Friday night at Cheyenne Mountain High School gave the…
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Reagan Mientka’s passion ignites equestrian flames
Reagan Mientka couldn’t help but beam as she listened to a smorgasbord of her accomplishments from 2023. The equestrian competitor had 10 top-10 finishes in a 14-day stretch in October 2023, including four victories with her mare, The Duchess. While Mientka listened to the accomplishments being read from her old Instagram post, she caught a…
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A Colorado Springs writer of today reflects on Helen Hunt Jackson’s words of yesterday
Ahead of Red Rock Canyon opening in 2005 to be one of Colorado Springs’ favorite public grounds, Stewart Green was tasked with establishing climbing routes across the sandstone walls. This led him to naming some of the formations. One was the unmistakable behemoth appearing to submerge near the park’s center — “the whale,” Green called…
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Cheyenne Mountain girls tennis loses team tournament 4-3, misses out on third consecutive team titles
DENVER – Cheyenne Mountain received the reprieve necessary to keep its chance at a third consecutive state title alive. But Kent Denver nipped that in the bud in a decisive third set. The Red-Tailed Hawks lost the 4A state tennis team tournament 4-3 after the Sun Devils earned a third-set victory at No. 1 doubles…
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Cheyenne Mountain boys lacrosse thumps Aspen, advances to quarterfinals
Cheyenne Mountain said it would treat each 4A boys lacrosse playoff matchup like it’s the championship game. If the Red-Tailed Hawks’ postseason play resembles their second-round game against Aspen on Friday, they’ll hoist another title. Following a first-round bye, the No. 2-seeded Red-Tailed Hawks demolished No. 15-seeded Aspen 16-4 at Cheyenne Mountain High School to…