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The calendar may still say that it's summer (and the weather agrees), the fall sports season is in full swing. Several sports are closing in on an entire month of competitions, including boys golf. Fort Morgan had a rough outing in the LPL event hosted by Skyline last Monday, finishing ninth out of the ten squads in the tournament. However, Jeriah Blake just missed out on a top ten finish, shooting a 9-over-par 81, good for 14th place. That was only two shots out of 10th. He was three shots...
This week sees everyone joining the party, as the final fall sports get their seasons underway. Football champions will be looking to get their title defenses off on the right foot, while volleyball really gets rolling. Golf, cross country, softball and soccer all continue to progress through their respective slates. The easy highlight of the week one schedule in 6-man football is a rematch of last season's title game, as Cheyenne Wells hosts Stratton on Friday night. The Tigers, who lost six se...
The last State Championships of the 2021-22 school year have been earned and by this time next week, all-star season will have wrapped up, as well. Girls golf finished early last week and baseball concluded over the weekend with some thrilling contests. Eight-man and 6-man football had their all-state games last weekend, and the Colorado High School Coaches Association will host their all-state games in many sports this week. Class 3A golf hit the course at Broadlands in Broomfield early last...
The final week of the 2021-22 athletic calendar is here and a number of championships will be awarded to wrap things up. Locally, eyes will be focused on baseball and golf. Girls golf will see 18 local athletes attacking the Broadlands Golf Course in Broomfield on Tuesday and Wednesday. Burlington and Holyoke each qualified three ladies for the Class 3A state championships, with Anna Marie Schaal, Lauren Hays and Tatumlynn Walkinshaw representing the Lady Cougars, and Holyoke sending Emma Thomps...
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside again, Mother Nature pulled one more wild card out of her pocket last weekend. A cold front that brought snow to the region created havoc at state track, as well as with all of the other postseason schedules. State track got started on Thursday with a warm day, leading to a number of outstanding performances. But the weather changed on Friday, with the snow causing a postponement of more than a day. With snow surrounding the track the rest of the...
By this time next week, only a handful of titles will remain to be awarded in the 2021-22 athletic calendar. Hardware will find its way home this week for Class 1A baseball as well as all five classifications in track and field. Only one of the five district champions in 1A baseball made it into the state semifinals, as upsets were the order of business over the weekend. Second-seeded Cheyenne Wells fell to Haxtun on Friday in one of the regional finals, 3-2. The Tigers had won their opener...
The final month of the spring sports season is upon us and it's time to start handing out hardware. Boys volleyball crowned its state champion last week and girls tennis joins the party this weekend. Track and field and 1A baseball finals are next week and everything else finishes no later than June 4. While there aren't many tennis programs in the area, two saw athletes qualify for the 3A state tournament as alternates. Fort Morgan Olivia Wolff (1 singles), Ali Guerrero (3 singles) and Merle...
April saw lots of cancellations due to high winds and the first week of May looks like it will be impacted by another force of nature ... rain. With the extreme drought conditions in many areas, that's a welcomed disruption. Girls regional tennis takes place this week, with Greeley hosting Region 4. Lafayette (Dawson School) welcomes the teams from Region 5 and the Region 7 field will converge upon Pueblo. Brush, Fort Morgan and La Junta, the three area programs, have struggled this season....
The first State Championships of the spring sport season are less than a month away and everyone is gearing up for the stretch run. Eye-popping performances, both team and individual, continue to be a regular occurrence. Winning their first nine matches finally got the Lamar girls soccer team into the top spot in Class 2A. How did the Savages celebrate? By beating both Trinidad and Pueblo East by identical 10-0 scores. Jamilet Cruz, Tatum Melinski and Joslynn Salazar each scored a pair of goals...
High winds forced the postponement of a number of events across the region last week and more could be on the slate this week. Schools are already scrambling to find make-up dates and any more postponements could lead to the outright cancellation of contests. There are no more unbeaten teams in the realm of Class 1A baseball, as the last team to suffer a defeat, Otis, dropped a pair of lopsided contests at home on Saturday to Stratton. The Eagles won the opener 18-1 and followed that with an...
Outside of some unsettled weather early in the week, conditions were good enough to see competition is multiple sports in the past seven days. Some of the top performances during that time came on the golf course and in track and field. Swink's girls golf team took home the title at last Thursday's Rocky Ford Invitational, as the Lions were 24 strokes better than the hosts, who finished second. Kinzie Ensor was the low individual, shooting a 92 to lead Swink. Teammate Emma Hanagan tied for third...
The weather finally cooperated this past weekend and a majority of local athletes took advantage of the warmer conditions to turn in strong performances in several sports. That includes meet and school records falling in track. Wray's Sydnee Cheek established a new meet record in the pole vault at the Yuma Early Qualifier last Saturday, as she cleared nine feet, eight inches to win the event my more than a foot. Chloe Cure swept the shot and discus for the Lady Eagles, who won the team...
The winter sports season came to an exciting close last weekend, with the State basketball championships. A lot of history was made, with individual milestones, as well as program firsts. In the Class 1A girls tournament, Lone Star took home the consolation championship, in the first tournament appearance for the Lady Longhorns. After falling to Briggsdale in the opening round, Lone Star bounced back to eliminate Sangre de Cristo on Friday. Alivia Weathers went over 1,000 career points in the...
With spring sports beginning their practices last week and competitions looming on the horizon, basketball is about to wrap things up. Last week saw regional contests in the 1A and 2A classes, while 3A got its State tournament underway. Sterling's boys are the #2 seed in the Class 3A tournament and the Tigers are a team on a mission. Longtime mentor, Mike Holloway, is in his final season on the bench and the Tigers are trying to send him out with another State title. They began the tournament...
The basketball postseason is in full swing and teams are just a week away from the State tournament in classes 1A through 3A. Class 4A started its state bracket last week. Fort Morgan's boys opened the 4A tournament on Wednesday as the #33 seed. The Mustangs got 16 points apiece from Fernando Marquez and Wesley Carnes, but came up short in their opening round contest at #32 Sand Creek, 60-47. Sterling grabbed the #2 seed in the Class 3A boys state bracket after winning the Patriot League title...
State wrestling took center stage last week, with championships decided at Ball Arena. Lots of hardware is making its way back out to the eastern portion of the state, including a team title. After a third place finish last season, Wray is back atop the Class 2A standings, as the Eagles beat second place Meeker 167.5 to 146. Rocky Ford (6th) and Fowler (7th) also took top-ten finishes in the team race, while Wiggins tied for 10th. Traven Sharon of Fowler out-dueled Holly's Tripp DuVall 9-5 in...
Girls swimming and diving crowned its Class 3A and 4A State champions last weekend and all four classes of boys wrestling, along with the lone classification of girls wrestling, will do the same this weekend. Basketball will see its regular season come to a close, setting the State for the postseason to begin next week. Fort Morgan's Courtney Smith helped Greeley West to a 14th place finish in Class 4A, as the junior placed fifth in the 200 free and seventh in the 100 back. She was also a...
State swimming and diving for girls happens this weekend, with Class 3A hitting the pool at the VMAC in Thornton on Friday for prelims. Diving has its turn on Saturday morning and swimming takes center stage in the afternoon with finals. Holyoke competed in the Patriot League championships in Fort Collins last Saturday and they brought home a third place finish in the team standings. Summer Martin turned in the top two times in the 500 freestyle and she also had the second best time in the 200...
The regular season of the winter campaign is rapidly coming to a close and the performances just keep getting more impressive. The focus of this week's update is those outstanding outings. Last Saturday gave us a match-up of #1 vs #2 in Class 1A girls, as Briggsdale hosted Fleming. The top-ranked Falcons stamped themselves as favorites for the state title with a 58-36 win, that also gave them the North Central League title. The loss was the first for Fleming, who closes out the regular season...
Before you know it, the winter sports season will be in the books. State swimming for girls is just about three weeks off, with State wrestling hot on its heels. Basketball begins its final month of regular season this week, with postseason beginning late next month. La Junta began last week ranked 19th in 3A girls swimming, with Aurora Baiardi ranked fifth in the 50 yard freestyle, eighth in the 100 free and 13th in both 200 free and 500 free. La Junta is also 18th in the 200 yard medley and...
COVID has once again caused havoc with schedules, as a number of events were either postponed or altogether canceled. Still, there were plenty of important competitions throughout the eastern portion of the state. The Holyoke girls swim team turned in solid performances at both the Thompson Valley meet on Tuesday and in Fort Collins on Thursday. Their 200 medley team finished third in Fort Collins, posting a time that missed qualifying for State by only one second. They are in action this...
Colorado High School Activities Association announced the All-State team for spirit last week, and one area athlete was a recipient of the honor. Holyoke's Tamara Penzing gained first team recognition in 2A Cheer. Fort Morgan football coach Ty Davies also received a big honor last week. He was named the Denver Broncos High School Coach of the Year after guiding the Mustangs to the 3A crown. It was the first state title for the program since 1999. He was also voted as the 3A coach of the year by...
With state spirit now in the books, the fall sport season has officially come to a close. While no area squads brought home titles from last weekend's event, two did earn top three finishes. Swink nearly found its way into the top two for the 2A/3A Game Day Cheer, as the Lions finished third with a total of 90.3 points. That left them just two points back of the second place team. Holyoke nailed down third place in the 2A All-Girl Cheer competition with 73.35 points. Their tally left them only f...
The final football championships of the season were earned over the weekend and the fall campaign officially comes to a close this weekend, when State spirit wraps up the slate. Fort Morgan ended a drought of more than 20 years, when the Mustangs claimed the 3A football crown last Saturday. The Mustangs, who had not hoisted the top trophy in the sport since 1999, claimed the championship with a 21-17 victory over Mead in Pueblo. The Mustangs got a pair of rushing scores from Frank Ortega, but...
With the winter sport season getting underway this week, it would be easy to forget that the fall campaign hasn't officially reached its conclusion. The three largest classifications in football will wrap things up with their title games this weekend and state spirit will draw the curtain on the fall season next weekend. This past weekend saw four State titles awarded in football, as six-man through Class 2A all converged upon Pueblo, with two games being played on Friday and two on Saturday at...
