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Today's News

  • Panthers too strong

    LAKEWOOD — One of the most overused phrases in sports just happens to fit the Columbine Rebels to a T.

    It’s playoff time. And that means it’s a whole new season.

    For a team that began the season ranked No. 2 in Class 5A, only to get upset by arch rival Chatfield and then lose standout do-everything senior Danny Spond (concussion) amidst a meltdown to secondary rival Bear Creek, the Rebels are hoping to forget the past and salvage something this week.

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  • One step closer

    The Chatfield volleyball team had just one goal as the host of the Class 5A District 2 Volleyball Tournament – win each game in three matches.

    The Chargers were on their way to that goal Oct. 31 with a 3-0 victory over Abraham Lincoln in the first game of pool play. And, even though Chatfield went on to win the District 2 tournament with a 3-0 win over Fort Collins in the championship matchup, it was the second game of pool play which gave the Chargers a challenge.

    It was the Dakota Ridge Eagles who came along with a plan of their own.

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  • Chatfield girls qualify for state

    The Class 5A, Region 2 cross-country race took place on Oct. 22 at the Chatfield Botanic Gardens, but without the help of countless volunteers clearing the cross-country course, it may not have.

    The course was wet, muddy and snowy thanks to a storm the night before, and countless volunteers spent the entire day shoveling snow and getting the course ready for the race.

    And the Dakota Ridge Eagles are sure glad they did.

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  • Snowstorm eases; schools to reopen Friday

    The season's first big snowstorm left up to 2 1/2 feet in some parts of South Jeffco, but the precipitation eased enough Thursday night for Jeffco schools to announce they would reopen Friday.

    Scattered snow showers were expected to continue overnight. Roads alternated between merely slick and outright treacherous during the course of the two-day storm.

    Check our website for updates.

     

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  • Local couple found dead of gunshot wounds

    A couple were found shot to death Monday in a home near South Kipling Street and West Florida Avenue, the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office reported.

    Deputies went to the home early in the morning after the couple’s daughter requested a welfare check. The deputies met the daughter at the home, and they discovered the two bodies inside.

    The preliminary investigation indicated that no third party was involved in the deaths.

    Names were being withheld pending positive identification and notification of family.

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  • Chargers end regular season with shutout of Eagles

    LAKEWOOD — Ready or not, the Chatfield Chargers are heading into the Class 5A state soccer playoffs this week.

    With a decisive 3-0 victory Oct. 22 over rival Dakota Ridge to wrap up the regular season, the Chargers believe they have found their identity and know what they are capable of when they have all their players together.

    “I think we got it now,” senior midfielder Cory Whittwer said. “I mean, it took a while. Brand new team this year for the most part.”

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  • Regis shuts down Chatfield

    LAKEWOOD – The Chatfield Chargers have been rolling with the punches since losing all-state standout quarterback Sam Stratton (knee) after Week Six.

    In their second game of the sans-Sam era, the Chargers were flat beat up and knocked out, as the Regis Raiders rolled to a 35-6 Class 5A Big 8 League victory Oct. 23 at Jefferson County Stadium.

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  • Falcons drop fifth straight

    Biblically speaking, scorpions inspired fear, both as the animal and when used to describe whips, which would sting and maim the flesh and sicken the victim.

    The Front Range Christian Falcons got stung multiple times Oct. 24 as they lost a rough-and-tumble nonleague game 35-17 to the Dolores Huerta Scorpions.

    And the Falcons felt plenty sick afterwards, especially after digesting a fourth quarter where they led 17-14 and saw just a few plays unfold with dramatic consequences

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  • Rebels ready for playoffs

    LAKEWOOD — The wall that was Zach Robertson isn’t centuries old, can’t keep barbarians at bay and isn’t visible from outer space.

    It was a great wall, however, and it did keep a bunch of Green Mountain Rams thoroughly frustrated Oct. 22 at Lakewood Memorial Field.

    The Columbine sophomore goalkeeper played out of his head and threw his body and hands into everything the Rams sent his way, as the Rebels held on for a 1-0 Class 5A Jefferson County League victory.

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  • Recovery Court helping drug-abuse defendants get clean

    Jeffco’s Recovery Court, which offers defendants with drug abuse issues an alternative to prison, got a thumbs-up from several state representatives and two county commissioners last week.

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