Tag: peak performer
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Gazette Preps’ 5A-4A Peak Performer all-area girls volleyball teams
Peak Performer: Anaya Wright, Rampart Coach of the year: Brianne Perkett, Rampart First team Anaya Wright, jr., Rampart Morgan Holloman, sr., Pine Creek Landry Roberts, jr., Cheyenne Mountain Keira Lunn, sr., Lewis-Palmer Gabriella Melecio, sr., Rampart Gabby Gallardo, sr., Pine Creek Second team Madi Crowe, sr., Lewis-Palmer Brenna Moerman, fr., Doherty Olivia Pitts, so., Falcon…
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5A-4A girls’ volleyball Peak Performer of the Year: Anaya Wright is the ultimate teammate, records 365 kills as utility player for Rampart
Anaya Wright had personal goals walking into the Rampart volleyball tryouts three years ago, and one of those was to be a six-rotation player. Rams coach Brianne Perkett encouraged that goal, and Wright took on that role for the Rams with pride. “She took pride in working on being that type of player, and she…
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Peak Performer: TCA’s Natalie Genz finds community on Liberty swim team, earns CSML Swimmer of Year
Natalie Genz was shocked when she heard her name announced as the Colorado Springs Metro League Swimmer of the Year. The senior from Class 4A Liberty’s team received the honor Thursday in a stacked field that included several talented 5A Pine Creek swimmers. The recognition was full of emotion for The Classical Academy senior who…
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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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Boys’ Cross Country Peak Performer of the Year: Coronado’s Oliver Horton learns from the past, wins first state championship
Oliver Horton doesn’t like to lose. But when he does, he uses it as a lesson to reshape the future. When Horton was in sixth grade, he wrote that he wanted to be an Olympic runner, and that goal hasn’t wavered. But becoming elite isn’t easy, and not every race will be a great one. …
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Peak Performer: Kinley Asp leads young Air Academy girls’ basketball team to success, sets school record
Kinley Asp is unselfish. So when the point guard was 10 points away from a school record in the third quarter Saturday against Coronado, she had to change her mindset and stop passing the ball. From there, it was a team effort to help the Air Academy senior to a career-high and girls’ team-record 49…
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Gazette Preps’ Peak Performer All-Area Softball teams
Coach of the Year: Dion Arellano, Palmer Ridge Peak Performer: Corinna Arellano, Palmer Ridge First team Olivia McEwen, so., Widefield Jaylani Jusino, sr., Vista Ridge Corinna Arellano, sr., Palmer Ridge Jocelynn Kalkman, jr., Vista Ridge Abigail Stenerson, fr., Pine Creek Savanah Martinez, so., Palmer Ridge Bailey Williams, sr., Air Academy Corinne Harlow, jr., Cheyenne Mountain…
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Gazette Preps 3A-1A football Peak Performer: Coronado’s Thomas Buckmiller’s paradigm shift leads to outstanding year for Cougars football
Thomas Buckmiller still recalls his first varsity game. Coronado’s football team faced Rampart in its 2023 season opener and Buckmiller, then a sophomore, was QB2 behind Jaxon Gutowski. That was until Gutowski injured his ankle during a second quarter red-zone drive. Buckmiller rose from the bench and trotted to the field with chants of “TB12”…
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Peak Performer: TCA volleyball’s Ashlyn Delaney contributes to strong team chemistry while ranking No. 3 in the state for hitting percentage
Ashlyn Delaney had 14 kills to help The Classical Academy’s volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep of state champion Village in its second match of the season. However, that was just the start for Delaney. The junior outside hitter has had eight more matches with double-digit kills, including two with a season-high 18. Delaney, who…
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Peak Performer: Pine Creek tennis freshman Advait Jadhav’s winning mindset powers him to near undefeated season, first state tournament
Tennis is a mental game as much as physical, and Advait Jadhav has embraced that ahead of his first state appearance. After an 11-2 season and cruising through regionals, Jadhav will be making his first state tournament appearance Thursday when he faces Mountain Vista’s Josh Hoefs in No. 2 singles at Denver Tennis Park. The…