GREENWOOD VILLAGE — This senior class from Columbine will always be remembered as one of the most-talented in school history.
Starting with a state baseball championship as sophomores to a football title and return trip to the state baseball tourney as juniors, the class achieved many things others only dream of.
J.C. Ochoa closed out the regular season in grand fashion.
The Dakota Ridge catcher dug in with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning needing just a sacrifice fly to tie the game or a solid hit to win it.
Spend any amount of time talking with Columbine football coach Andy Lowry and you’ll quickly get a sense for how passionate he is about the program.
While he routinely deflects praise off himself and onto his players - despite having won four state championships since 1999 - Lowry is always pleased to discuss players and coaches from Columbine’s past.
DENVER — The Rebels didn’t get burned in their latest trial by fire on April 26.
Loaded with youth and smarting from a host of injuries and sicknesses, Columbine’s boys lacrosse team got to measure itself against perennial powerhouse Denver East in a nonleague tune-up before the postseason begins this week.