Today's Sports

The initial phase of the Peaks to Plains Trail project is facing escalated costs, Tom Hoby, director of Jeffco Parks and Open Space, told the Jeffco Open Space Advisory Committee on April 3.

The total cost of the trail connection from Golden to the Jefferson County line is now in the $75 million to $100 million range — more than three times the original estimate of $30 million to $35 million, Hoby said. 

By Craig Harper
For the Courier
ARVADA — For the past four years, Dakota Ridge sports fans must have thought Jae Ferrin and Lauren Wood were conjoined twins. Standing 6-foot and 5-11, respectively, they played together on the volleyball team in the fall and, with the exception of the 2012-13 season, the girls basketball team during the winter.
“We play everything together, and that’s how it’s been since, like, elementary school,” Wood said.

The U.S. flag waved in the wind as the national anthem played. The Chatfield girls soccer players stood with their hands over their hearts as the notes rang through the P.A. system. One of those players, Mia White, calmly listened to the anthem even though she could “hear” it only through an interpreter signing the words.
The 15-year-old sophomore is a competitive, athletic and passionate soccer player. She also is deaf.

By Craig Harper

For the Courier

LAKEWOOD — Location makes Columbine and Dakota Ridge natural rivals in any sport. Now there’s a sibling rivalry adding spice to the recipe in boys lacrosse.

A year ago, brothers Jake and Riley Miller were freshman teammates on Dakota Ridge’s first varsity team. But Jake transferred to Columbine for the 2013-14 school year, and the two went head-to-head for the first time on March 21.