Tag: final four
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Banning Lewis drops 3A semifinal contest to Forge Christian, will face St. Mary’s in third-fourth place game
DENVER – It’s difficult to get to the title game. It’s harder to win it all. Those words floated through Wes McKenzie’s head as the Banning Lewis coach prepared to enter the locker room Friday to speak to his Stallions. Banning Lewis had title expectations all season, but the horn that sounded after a 58-57…
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Lewis-Palmer’s title hopes spoiled by Silver Creek in 5A semifinals
DENVER — Bill Benton exited the locker room at Denver Coliseum after a nearly 40-minute chat with his Lewis-Palmer players. The postgame meeting lasted longer than Benton’s typical debrief after a game, but considering the Rangers lost 51-47 to No. 13-seeded Silver Creek in the Final Four on Thursday, this warranted an extended conversation. “I…
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Lewis-Palmer seeks to make most of final weekend at Denver Coliseum; four 3A area teams in pursuit of hoops title
Lewis-Palmer’s gymnasium is decorated with so much orange and black from its various banners that it’s easy to forget there’s an actual brick wall on the other side. Upon entering the school’s gym a glance to the left shows a plethora of runner-up banners. And in front, a wall displaying a banner from every Rangers…
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Peak Performer: Air Academy’s Caitlin Kramer leads Kadets by example in final year
After Caitlin Kramer fouled out and exited the court for the final time during Air Academy’s Final Four contest in March, she remained even-keeled. Air Academy girls basketball coach Phil Roiko knew his team would miss the Kadets senior for one reason. Her poise. Kramer, this year’s girls basketball Peak Performer, capped her career with…
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Top-seeded Air Academy survives scare, advances to first Final Four in five years
Caitlin Kramer woke up Friday prepared for remote possibility that this could be it for her storied high school career. Thanks to a second-half surge from Kramer and her Air Academy teammates, the end will wait until next week. In the Final Four. “You never know,” said Kramer, the Colorado State commit who helped the…