Tag: vista ridge
-
Palmer Ridge earns 4A’s No. 2 seed as 11 Pikes Peak teams qualify for regional softball tournament
Postseason softball is here and a bevy of Pikes Peak region teams will compete Friday and Saturday for spots at next week’s state tournament at Aurora Sports Park on Oct. 24-25. This year, 11 teams qualified for the regional tournament and Palmer Ridge earned 4A’s No. 2 seed after an 19-4 regular season. Six of…
-
The Classical Academy nabs 4A’s top seed ahead of flag football playoffs
The road to Trailblazer Stadium begins this week. Colorado High School Activities Association released flag football playoff brackets Sunday morning with five area schools qualifying for the postseason, which starts Tuesday with first-round contests. Doherty is the only 5A team to qualify while The Classical Academy, Air Academy, Vista Ridge and first-year team Palmer earned…
-
Pine Creek extends win streak to seven, defeats Vista Ridge 7-5 to avenge one-run loss
Pine Creek didn’t empty its sack of marbles in this game, but the Eagles certainly put a majority at stake, and it paid off. The Eagles used a three-run third inning to defeat Vista Ridge 7-5 on the road and to earn their seventh consecutive victory as the softball postseason looms. Pine Creek’s win puts…
-
Unity of a rebuilding Fountain-Fort Carson soccer team helps the Trojans snap a seven-game losing streak to Vista Ridge
History was made Thursday night on the pitch at Vista Ridge High School, but not for the home team. Fountain-Fort Carson spoiled the Wolves senior night with a 3-2 win over the to snap a seven-game losing streak. Fountain-Fort Carson last beat Vista Ridge in 2011 and fell to the Wolves 3-2 in their last…
-
Peak Performer: Vista Ridge’s Jasmine Byers embraces the grind for senior season
—
by
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jasmine Byers’ teammates would refer to her as a walking bucket. Vista Ridge girls basketball coach Jeremy Ackerly described his senior as “a gym rat” due to Byers’ training obsession. Byers regularly logged two to three practices per day during the offseason hoping to expand…
-
Vista Ridge trio takes time to decide football futures
Each of the three Vista Ridge seniors that signed Wednesday to continue their football careers made their decisions in the days and weeks leading up to National Signing Day. After taking visits and discussing their options with family and coaches, DeOnte Washington, Micah Hilts and Chase Mestas put pen to paper after school Wednesday in…
-
Vista Ridge trio takes time to decide football futures
Each of the three Vista Ridge seniors that signed Wednesday to continue their football careers made their decisions in the days and weeks leading up to National Signing Day. After taking visits and discussing their options with family and coaches, DeOnte Washington, Micah Hilts and Chase Mestas put pen to paper after school Wednesday in…
-
GAME OF THE WEEK | Grand Junction defeats Vista Ridge on last-second field goal
It’s safe to say that Grand Junction Central and Vista Ridge have started a new 4A Southern rivalry. With 0.9 seconds left on the clock in the first meeting between the two conference foes, Central’s Joe Carol kicked a 22-yard field goal for a last-second 16-13 victory over the host Wolves. After Vista Ridge couldn’t…
-
GAME OF THE WEEK | Grand Junction defeats Vista Ridge on last-second field goal
It’s safe to say that Grand Junction Central and Vista Ridge have started a new 4A Southern rivalry. With 0.9 seconds left on the clock in the first meeting between the two conference foes, Central’s Joe Carol kicked a 22-yard field goal for a last-second 16-13 victory over the host Wolves. After Vista Ridge couldn’t…
-
GAME OF THE WEEK | Vista Ridge football hosts Grand Junction Central in first-ever meeting
What happens when a high-powered offense and a veteran defense clash? And what happens when you add a new league rivalry in the teams’ first-ever encounter? No doubt about it — this Friday’s game between Grand Junction Central and Vista Ridge has all the fixings for an exciting 4A South opener. Grand Junction Central’s spread…