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Today's Sports

  • Loss can’t take away from...

    AURORA — A year earlier, Chatfield’s season, which included a 5A Jeffco League title, ended a week earlier than it thought it might at regionals. And though the Lady Chargers won the same number of games in 2012 as it did in 2011, but didn’t repeat as conference champions they arguably had a better season. A berth in the 5A state tournament, for all intents and purposes, proved that.
    And though Chatfield left Aurora Sports Park with a 4-2 defeat to Rock Canyon in the state quarterfinals on Oct. 19, the Lady Chargers proved that they belonged.

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  • Sports briefs

    VOLLEYBALL
    Lecker, Lady Chargers post straight-set victory over Rebels
    Sydney Lecker had a team-high 10 kills as Chatfield scored a 25-20, 25-22, 25-23 victory over rival Columbine on Oct. 19 at Columbine High School.
    The win was Chatfield’s fourth straight and 10th in 11 games.
    Megan Bohn added eight kills for the Lady Chargers (14-4, 7-1 5A Jeffco). Rachel Flores had 25 assists and 10 digs, while sophomore Tori Passarelli had a team-best 19 digs.

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  • Loveland denies Dakota Ridge 5A...

    AURORA – The Dakota Ridge Lady Eagles – the 5A Jeffco League and Region 8 champions, fell to fourth-seeded Loveland, 3-1, in the 5A state softball championship game on Oct. 20 at Aurora Sports Complex.
    Addie Coldiron had a two-run double in the fourth and pitcher Cassidy Smith added an insurance run with a solo homer in the top of the seventh for Loveland (22-2), which upended top-seed and five-time defending state champion Legacy in the semifinals earlier in the day.

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  • Sports briefs

    FOOTBALL
    Brady, Mullen upset Columbine, force tie atop league standings
    DENVER     — Conor Brady rushed for one touchdown and caught another one as Mullen upset Columbine, 28-18, on Oct. 12, tightening up the 5A Super 6 Conference championship race with two weeks to go.
    Brady rushed 28 times for 170 yards, while catching three passes for 41 more yards.

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  • Spillar runs down crown

    McKenna Spillar could see Pomona’s Alaina Anderson up ahead of her on the 3.1-mile course that is Clement Park, but the Dakota Ridge senior couldn’t be so certain she would catch her. After all, Anderson is widely considered the best cross country runner in the 5A Jeffco League, and rightfully so.
    But with each step Spillar took she could see herself getting closer to Anderson. Before long she passed  the struggling Pomona runner and found herself leading the pack. Then she saw the finish line. That’s the last little bit of motivation Spillar needed.

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  • Dakota Ridge brings out bats,...

    By Will Petersen
    For the Courier
    When the hits come, the runs come. And when the runs come, they come in bunches for the Dakota Ridge softball team.
    The Lady Eagles advanced to the 5A state tournament with three big innings in an 18-0 win over Northglenn and an 8-1 win over Grandview on Oct. 13 in the Region 8 tournament at Columbine High School.

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  • Delay worth wait for Chatfield

    ARVADA — Five outs. That’s all the Chatfield Lady Chargers needed Oct. 14 at Youth Memorial Sports Complex to completely erase a 2011 meltdown in the 5A regionals.
    But just like last year is a distant memory of the past, Chatfield moved on from a rain delay one day earlier that suspended the finish of its 5A Region 5 championship game with Grand Junction. The Lady Chargers’ focus was solely on finishing a job that they had started 24 hours earlier.

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  • Sports briefs

    SOFTBALL
    Peters leads Dakota Ridge to 5A Jeffco League championship
    LAKEWOOD     — Kristyn Peters went 3-for-3 with two homers and five RBIs as Dakota Ridge capped its regular season with a 16-0 shutout of host Lakewood on Oct. 4.
    The win was the Lady Eagles’ sixth straight and earned Dakota Ridge the 5A Jeffco League title with a 7-1 league mark. Dakota Ridge (17-2) shared the title with Arvada West, but won out due to its head-to-head victory over the Lady Wildcats.

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  • 5A regional softball capsule...

    WHAT: 5A Region 8 tournament
    WHO: No. 2 Dakota Ridge (17-2) vs. No. 31 Northglenn (9-9); No. 15 Grandview (14-5) vs. No. 18 Horizon (11-8)
    WHEN: Oct. 13. Games at 10 a.m., 12:15 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.
    WHERE: Columbine High School

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  • Energized Lady Chargers keep...

    Eight times Chatfield had set point  and eight times the Lady Chargers couldn’t convert. Yet, even though Chatfield was denied in the second set of its 5A Jeffco League home match with Dakota Ridge the outcome seemingly motivated the Lady Chargers.

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