Tag: Flag Football
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Flag Football Peak Performer of the Year: Kelsey Peterson’s love for the sport grows, leads TCA to first state championship
The Classical Academy’s state championship loss to Mountain View in 2024 has stuck with Kelsey Peterson ever since. In that game, Peterson, The Titans’ quarterback, threw five interceptions for the Titans to finish scoreless against the Mountain Lions in the final game of flag football’s first year as a CHSAA-sanctioned sport. It stung, and Peterson…
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Gazette Preps’ Peak Performer all-area flag football teams
Coach of the Year: Dale Meyerrose, The Classical Academy Peak Performer: Kelsey Peterson, The Classical Academy First Team Kelsey Peterson, jr., The Classical Academy Sontee Keys, sr., Doherty Reagan Harter, so., The Classical Academy Jerrica Thompson, sr., The Classical Academy Kennedy Berry, sr., Palmer Alli Dreessen, sr., Air Academy Sara Christensen, sr., Coronado Brooklyn Blair,…
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Gazette Preps rewind: Air Academy, Cheyenne Mountain boys soccer battle to stalemate; Palmer, Mitchell football earn first wins
14ners Saydie Rexroth, Pine Creek, jr., girls volleyball – The start of the Eagles’ six-game winning streak began with an impressive showing from the junior. Rexroth finished the Eagles’ sweep (25-11, 25-11, 25-16) against Vista Ridge with a season-best 27 assists. It was Rexroth’s third consecutive match with 20 or more assists and her seventh…
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The Classical Academy displays renewed mentality ahead of 4A title game rematch with Mountain View
Few players offered the visual representation of heart the way Reagan Harter did at Jeffco Field. As her Titans teammates continued to celebrate Wednesday in Lakewood after their 27-24 victory over Green Mountain in the 4A flag football semifinals, Harter fiddled with a bag of ice. Harter, already sporting a pink wrap around her right…
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Flag football: The Classical Academy returns to 4A title game, overcomes rugged third quarter in semifinals to beat Green Mountain
LAKEWOOD – Steal this game? No, The Classical Academy took it back. TCA watched its 15-point lead morph into a three-point deficit in the third quarter Wednesday at Jefferson County Stadium. However, the Titans recovered in the fourth to defeat No. 4 Green Mountain 27-24 in the 4A flag football semifinals. The Titans will return…
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TCA flag football headed back to semis after dominant weekend
And then there was one … again. The Classical Academy is the last flag football team standing and its high-octane offense toppled two opponents en route to the Titans’ second consecutive 4A flag football semifinals with a pair of wins Saturday. The Titans, the No. 1 seed, won their second round game 34-0 over No.…
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Palmer’s first flag football season comes to an end after 12-8 loss to Dakota Ridge in first round of playoffs
There was no shortage of tears Wednesday night after No. 16 Palmer fell to No. 17 Dakota Ridge 12-8 in the first round of the Colorado High School Activities Association 4A state playoffs. Still, with a 7-7 record and playoff berth in their first year as a girls’ flag football team, the Terrors have much…
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State runner-up TCA, newcomer Fountain-Fort Carson excited to grow high school flag football
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save High school flag football in Colorado saw 1,972 participants in its first year as a sanctioned sport. That number will continue to grow with new and old teams prepared to shine. The Classical Academy finished the season as 4A state runner-up with a 16-3 record. With…
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New Colorado Springs-based flag football camp prepares girls for fast-growing sport
Girls flag football is growing, and Colorado Springs is getting ahead of the game. One year after girls flag football became an official CHSAA sport, the inaugural Girls Pro Flag Football Camp kicked off Monday at John Venezia Community Park, opening new doors for a new generation of girls’ flag football players. “A former businessman…
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Gazette Preps weekly rewind: Top performers and events from the past week
14ers Silas Koelewijn, sr., Woodland Park, boys soccer – In the Panthers’ 3-1 playoff win against Basalt, Koelewijn left his stamp all over the pitch. He scored a goal for Woodland Park in the game giving the senior his 13th of the season and at least one goal in 10 of 13 games this year.…