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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…
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Mesa Ridge routs rival Widefield in 41-0 victory to earn 10th consecutive win over Gladiators
Most Mesa Ridge players don’t know the last time their rivals defeated them in a football game. That’s fair considering many of the Grizzlies were just cubs in kindergarten when Widefield last won this matchup. The Grizzlies continued that trend Saturday and won their first game in 37 days with a 41-0 win against Widefield at C.A.…
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Gazette Preps fast forward: District 3 rivals battle on the gridiron; Coronado football players land in nation’s top 25
State action is underway this week as the boys tennis team dual tournament began Wednesday and the boys state golf tournament starts Monday. For regular-season contests, a pair of rivals head to the gridiron to battle with one school seeking its 10th consecutive victory in the matchup. And cross country is about a month away…
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Peak Performer: Widefield softball pitcher Olivia McEwen thrives under pressure in promising year for the Gladiators
It might be a lot of pressure for one to be the softball team’s starting pitcher and leadoff hitter as a freshman, but not for Olivia McEwen. Last year, when Widefield softball coach asked then-freshman McEwen to do just that, her reply, as it is to many things, was “I got that.” By the end…
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Sand Creek withstands Herculean effort from Widefield to remain perfect
Widefield football entered the second quarter down a pair of touchdowns. The Gladiators responded with four scores, an effort spectacular enough to spark a comeback against most teams. But not Sand Creek. The Glads and the Scorpions traded haymakers in an electric 59-point second quarter as Sand Creek improved to 4-0 with a 80-35 win…
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Air Academy rides clutch pitching, big inning to win in showdown with Widefield
Air Academy softball needed a spark. It instead found an inferno, fueled by its own volume and exuberance. Stuck in a two-game losing streak and trailing by two runs through five one-hit innings, the Kadets unleashed a seven-run sixth and rode it an 8-2 victory over Widefield in a battle of 4A teams ranked in…
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Shooting in car leads to standoff in Widefield; neighbors shelter in place
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man who barricaded himself in a home in Widefield late Thursday has been captured, and the shelter-in-place order for that area has been lifted, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement received reports around 5 p.m. that the man had fired…
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Sophia Mena, Maddy Rodrigues, Alyssa McLean help Widefield girls’ cross county close the gap
Widefield’s girls’ cross country team returning three of the program’s four fastest times this fall is no coincidence. About six years ago, coach Erik Nelson thought about how he could get the Gladiators closer to competing with the area’s best despite his program not having the distance running tradition of Air Academy, Palmer Ridge or…
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Sophia Mena, Maddy Rodrigues, Alyssa McLean help Widefield girls’ cross county close the gap
Widefield’s girls’ cross country team returning three of the program’s four fastest times this fall is no coincidence. About six years ago, coach Erik Nelson thought about how he could get the Gladiators closer to competing with the area’s best despite his program not having the distance running tradition of Air Academy, Palmer Ridge or…
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Widefield valedictorian Aaliyah Ricketts jumps into busy weekend with podium finish at state
LAKEWOOD – Aaliyah Ricketts needs to finish her valedictorian speech by Saturday, and she needed a break from the pressure. Apparently, the state track meet provides the perfect respite for the Widefield senior. “This is my stress reliever,” said Ricketts, who overtook a slew of local competitors in taking seventh place in the 4A girls…