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Sometimes, the best goal in a hockey game is not always the one that is remembered.

Depending on whom you ask, the enthusiasm among Columbine’s wrestling team members can waiver.

The team did take third place in its own Columbine Invitational, which they hosted on Dec. 13. But, some of the wrestlers’ youth does show through when they are questioned individually.

In the beginning, the smile didn’t come easy.

Abbie Daurio is by no means an evil girl; quite the contrary, she’s very polite and nice when you talk to her.

But, when she decided to take up cheerleading three years ago, it was the smile that always seemed to trip her up.

“I was focusing so much on getting the routines down that I would always have a hard time with it,” Daurio said.

The smile comes much easier now for Daurio, and, most likely, for the rest of the Front Range Christian School cheer team.

Jeffrey Harris had one person to thank for his hat trick Dec. 3 against rival Columbine.

"My dad," the Chatfield junior said with a hint of a grin.

Harris got crossways with his father, who implemented a one-period suspension for his son. When Harris made bail he needed a little more than six minutes to score his first goal and spark Chatfield to a 6-2 season-opening victory over the Rebels before a standing-room-only crowd at The Edge Ice Arena.