Today's News

Columbine boys basketball coach Jeff Wennberg wasn’t happy with his teams’ performance on Jan. 16 at Dakota Ridge High School.

A surprising fact considering it was on a night when the Rebels got only their second win of the year and first road win of the season as they defeated Dakota Ridge 48-46.

“I’m happy with the result, but I’m not really happy with the way my guys played. I thought we took a big step back…and I think a lot of that, probably all of that had to do with Dakota Ridge,” Wennberg said.

LAKEWOOD – The Green Mountain boys basketball team knew how to use the hunt in its game against Columbine on Jan. 9.

Brian Hunt that is.

Hunt scored 21 points to help the Rams to a 64-40 defeat of the Rebels in a Class 5A Jefferson County League game.

“Stopping his 3-point shots was pretty tough because we kept running press and he kept getting open,” said Columbine’s Neil Myer, who had seven points. “When he gets open, he doesn’t miss.”

The Jeffco commissioners have approved funding to restore the county's retirement match for sheriff's deputies to 10 percent, but the rest of the county's employees will have to make do with a smaller match.

Citing an exodus of trained deputies leaving the sheriff's office since the county's retirement match was cut, the commissioners have appropriated $350,000 to restore the 10 percent retirement match, but only for deputies.

One player can make all the difference in the world. The Columbine Rebels hockey team found that out Jan. 10 as they took on Chatfield at Edge Ice Arena.

Columbine’s senior goalie Jordan Garkow was a brick wall, stopping 46 shots, single-handedly leading the way to a 2-2 tie. But all those saves almost were not enough, as the Rebels had to rally late in the third period to battle back from a two-goal deficit.