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Pine Creek splits state tourney games, title hopes remain alive as Eagles drop to 5A consolation bracket
LAKEWOOD — Every game is “do or die” in the minds of Pine Creek baseball players. That sense of urgency has paced the Eagles all season, and that mentality has led Pine Creek to the 5A state tournament. Now, however, that mindset is a reality. And the Eagles must act as such to keep their…
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Harrison boys’ 4×100 overcomes injury to win 3A relay, Panthers finish third in team standings
LAKEWOOD — Gulong Craft Jr. required assistance from his 4×100 teammates to safely step from atop the podium at Jeffco Stadium. Craft pulled up 20 meters shy of the finish line during the 3A boys’ relay Saturday, hopped on his left leg to the finish line with a strained right hamstring and, after dropping to…
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Sara Christensen leads dominant Thomas MacLaren run, Highlanders finish tied-for second in 2A girls
LAKEWOOD – Sara Christensen became the first double champion in Thomas MacLaren history. Christensen won consecutive 2A girls’ 100 hurdle titles and earned this year’s crown at 14.83 seconds. She then won the 300 hurdles championship at 44.96. Rather than marvel at her success from Saturday’s individual events, Christensen shared her gratitude for those who…
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Peyton’s Caleb Kearse claims consecutive 2A boys’ 400 titles
LAKEWOOD – Whoever displayed the most heart on the final stretch of the 2A boys’ 400 would win the race. That’s according to Peyton’s Caleb Kearse, who won the event. Kearse repeated as the 400 champion Saturday at Jeffco Stadium and finished in 48.86 seconds, the lone runner to complete his lap sub-49. “You have…
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The Classical Academy’s Vivian Jack secures 3A girls’ 800 crown
LAKEWOOD – As Vivian Jack crossed the finish line with a smile plastered across her face, she immediately glanced to her right to scan the crowd at Jeffco Stadium. She trotted toward the fence Friday and found her father, Ryan, who reached over the fence to embrace his daughter. Before her 2-minute, 15.22 second state…
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Vanguard’s Max Miller crushes state record, wins 2A boys’ 3,200 run
LAKEWOOD — Max Miller’s performance was surgical at Jeffco Stadium. Miller operated with precision and the Vanguard junior recognized keeping Dayspring Christian Academy’s Cooper Osmus as his pacer would serve well on his final push Friday. Suffice to say it worked as Miller ran a 9-minute, 17.67-second 3,200 race in the 2A finals and set…
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The Classical Academy’s 4×800 girls relay cruises to consecutive 3A state titles
LAKEWOOD — The Classical Academy trailed in the girls 4×800 meter relay for two seconds. That’s not hyperbole; that’s dominance. TCA’s quartet of Jana Yuschalk, Stella Briggeman, Joy Ahnfeldt and Vivian Jack cruised past the 18-team field and ran a 9-minute, 31.76-second relay to earn the Titans’ second consecutive title in the 3A race Thursday at Jeffco…
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Manitou Springs’ Mackinzy Wall wins 3A girls discus, sets state record
LAKEWOOD – As Mackinzy Wall watched her discus soar through the air at Jeffco Stadium, she recognized it was a strong throw. But Wall didn’t think it would shatter a record. When the discus landed in the grass and staff measured the Manitou Springs senior’s heave, it surprised her. The board Thursday at the discus…
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Palmer Ridge’s Owen Twesme repeats as 4A boys shot put champ, sets meet record
LAKEWOOD — As Owen Twesme walked in the circle for his final throw in the shot put, he requested assistance from the audience gathered at the thrower’s pit. Twesme raised his left arm twice, and the crowd at Jeffco Stadium began to clap for the Palmer Ridge thrower. As the pace of the claps increased,…
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Mesa Ridge’s Josiah Garcia raises the bar ahead of state 4A high jump competition
Josiah Garcia watched the Colorado High School State Track Championships from the stands in 2025. This year, he aspires to view that same crowd from atop the podium in Lakewood. Garcia enters Jeffco Stadium for Thursday’s 4A boys high jump finals as the No. 1 seed with a height of 6 feet, 7¼ inches.…