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DENVER — Maybe it was Columbine’s defense, which set up the offense. Maybe it was Columbine’s patience on offense. Or maybe it was that host Thomas Jefferson’s vanilla, inept offense never got going.

Whatever the reason, the Lady Rebels’ 48-8 rout at Thomas Jefferson High School on Jan. 8 was about as one-sided of a game as there could be.

The outcome was never in doubt, even after starting guard Jen Peterson banked home the game’s opening basket 57 seconds in. 

Tyler Boos, Sean McCarty and Cole Sweeney scored two goals each and Heritage blasted 39 shots en route to an 11-1 rout of Dakota Ridge on Jan. 7 at the South Suburban South Rink.

Dakota Ridge’s lone goal came off the stick of Anthony Fonte with 2 minutes, 19 seconds left in regulation. Matt Scinski assisted on the tally.

Martin Richardson considers himself a glass half-full kind of guy. But even the heartiest of person would have a hard time dealing with the heartbreak that has surrounded the Dawg Nation the past couple of years.

“It’s been a crazy tough year for all of us,” said Richardson, the founder and president of the Dawg Nation. “But the silver lining is what we’ve done with it. Instead of moping we’ve started our own foundation. It’s a real silver lining.”

LAKEWOOD — To say Columbine’s boys basketball game at Lakewood was just another game on the schedule would be a gross understatement.

That’s because it marked the return of Rebels head coach Clay Thielking to his old stomping grounds as he brought his new team in to Lakewood High School to face the team he coached last year