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Today's Sports

  • Spring sports previews: Girls...

    GIRLS TENNIS
    CHATFIELD CHARGERS
    Head coach: Robert Campbell 
    Assistant coach: Teresa Gomez
    Classification: 5A
    Top players: Katherine Ross, Jr.; Rachel Frisz, Sr.; Kimberly Arssten, Sr.
    Season opener: March 15, at Fairview, 3:30 p.m.

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  • Falcons’ season ends on flat note

    STERLING — Matthew Meek scored a game-high 19 points, but Front Range Christian couldn’t overcome a slow start in a 66-44 loss to undefeated Yuma on March 4 in the Region 2 semifinals at Northeastern Junior College.

    Yuma (22-0) jumped out to an 18-4 lead after one quarter and led 33-14 at halftime.

    The Indians had four players in double figures, led by Shane Terrell’s 18 points. Darko Vukasovic scored 15 points, Jared Couglin added 14 and Matt Bowland scored 10.

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  • Old nemesis denies Chatfield

    DENVER — Chatfield’s hockey team has a lot to be thankful for this season.

    The Chargers won 18 games. The Chargers overcame the early-season absence of head coach Bradd Markusch, who was sidelined with a benign brain tumor. And the Chargers reached the Final Four for the first time in school history.

    Unfortunately, for a third straight season, Chatfield’s season was halted by Lewis-Palmer.

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  • 3-point barrage sends DR packing

    DENVER — Dakota Ridge’s girls basketball season came to a close on Feb. 25 at the hands of defending state champion Denver East. In a 5A second-round playoff game in the Alice Barron Region, host Denver East outscored Dakota Ridge, 62-47, thanks to a 30-17 advantage in the second half, to advance to the Sweet 16. 

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  • Outmanned Columbine can’t hold...

    HIGHLANDS RANCH — The Columbine Rebels boys basketball team was in uncharted waters. Not only had it not won a playoff game since 2005-2006, it hadn’t had a winning season since then, either.

    But even though the Rebels, under first-year head coach Clay Thielking, rectified all that this season, their 54-49 loss to host Mountain Vista on Feb. 26 in the second round of the 5A boys state tournament hurt just the same.

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  • Roundup: Front Range Christian...

    DENVER — Jennifer Vigil scored a season-high 27 points as Front Range Christian toppled rival Lutheran-Parker, 53-45, on Feb. 26 in the championship game of the 3A District 4 tournament at Hamilton Gym on the campus of the University of Denver.

    The Lady Falcons (20-1) went on a 22-11 run in the second quarter to avenge its only loss of the season earlier in the month to Lutheran-Parker.

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  • Spring sports preview: Girls golf

    CHATFIELD CHARGERS
    Head coach: Steve Schimpeler
    Classification: 5A, Jeffco
    Top players: Shannon Lubar, Jr.; Marina Beach, Sr.; Rachel Reiling, Sr.
    Season opener: Mar. 22, Applewood Golf Course, Golden, 8:30 a.m.
    Outlook: “I think we should have a really good season. We have some really good golfers this year,” Schimpeler said.
    State finals: May 23-24, Patty Jewett Golf Course, Colorado Springs

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  • State tourney roundup: Dakota...

    Derek Vander Velde scored a team-high 17 points and, despite blowing a 10-point halftime lead and 12-point advantage in the third quarter, host Dakota Ridge toppled Pine Creek, 57-48, on Thursday, Feb. 23 to advance to the second round of the 5A state boys basketball tournament.

    The Eagles (13-11), seeded eighth in the Glenn Wilson Region, got 12 points from Brent Terrell. Dakota Ridge advances to play top-seeded Regis Jesuit (18-5) in the second round on Saturday, Feb. 26.

    Devin Kastrup scored 17 points to lead Pine Creek (13-11).

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  • State tourney roundup: Chatfield...

    Cassandra Hanna scored a game-high 12 points and eighth-seeded Chatfield rallied in the fourth quarter to hold off ninth-seeded Fountain-Fort Carson, 35-33, on Tuesday night, Feb. 22 in the first round of the 5A state girls basketball tournament.

    The Lady Chargers (10-14) trailed 25-24 entering the game’s final eight minutes before advancing to play Monarch (20-3), the top seed in the Kaye Garms Region, in Friday’s second round.

    Kate Kurtenbach added eight points for Chatfield. The loss ended Fountain-Fort Carson’s season with a 10-14 mark.

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  • Big men lead the way at state...

    DENVER — Aaron Norris, for at least two matches, certainly looked the part of a 215-pound state champion at last week’s 5A state wrestling championships at the Pepsi Center  He was pinning his opponents left and right. And not even a third-place finish at regionals could keep him from dreaming even bigger.

    But despite the Chatfield senior’s best efforts it wasn’t to be.

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