Tag: widefield
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Five Pikes Peak region girls basketball players to watch this season
As the 2025-26 prep basketball season begins, many teams aim to right wrongs from the previous year. Last year marked the first time since 2022 that no area schools hoisted the state championship trophy to close the season. Air Academy finished as 5A’s runner-up and Colorado Springs Christian’s three-peat bid ended in the 3A semifinals.…
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State softball notebook: Air Academy falls an inning shy of upset, loses 4-3 to Lutheran in quarterfinals
AURORA – Air Academy came so close Friday to eliminating four-time defending state champion Lutheran in the state softball quarterfinals. Unfortunately, this wasn’t a game of horseshoes, nor did the Kadets lob a grenade. After the No. 12-seeded Kadets held the No. 4 Lions to one hit through six innings and built a 3-0 lead,…
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Widefield, TCA join state softball fray; four other Pikes Peak region teams conclude their seasons
Although Widefield lost its winning streak at regionals, the Gladiators remained poised. They finished 2-1 at 4A’s region 6 regional Saturday in Elizabeth to earn a spot in next week’s state playoffs in Aurora. Widefield was one of six Pikes Peak area schools in action Saturday and one of two teams to earn state berths…
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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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Pikes Peak region wrestlers shift focus to upcoming Metro tournament
This weekend is about bragging rights. And Falcon wrestling coach Robert Lovato wants a piece of the action. The 2025 COS Metro Wrestling Championships, happening Friday and Saturday at Fountain-Fort Carson’s Trojan Arena, will feature Pikes Peak region boys and girls wrestling teams vying for the tournament’s crown. Last season, Pine Creek boys earned its…