Senior year is shaping up to be real special for Lewis-Palmer running back Greg Moore. 

It’s not just the end of his own football journey, which began about seven miles east of Lewis-Palmer at Ray E. Kilmer Elementary School, but also the end of his family’s legacy at the school, pending future generations. 

Kaitlyn Moore played volleyball for the Rangers and Lewis-Palmer football coach Dustin Tupper has been coaching members of the Moore family since 2012, he said. 

“My entire family, from my oldest sister down to me, we’ve come through LP,” Moore said. “It’s really respecting that last name, I feel like. Really showing the Moore family what’s up and just keeping that respect and passing it down from my oldest brother, who played, like coach said, 2012, to my brother, who graduated two or three years ago, to me senior year now. My dad really taught me a love of football and also playing with my brother freshman year was really a big thing for me.” 

Moore found his passion for the sport playing alongside his older brother Jared his freshman season. A senior at the time, Jared showed Moore how to be physical and competitive, and to work hard while having fun. 

Now, the baby of the Moore family enters the 2026-2027 season coming off a junior year in which he was one of the best backs in 3A football with 1,211 rushing yards, the sixth most in the classification. He led the Rangers in total touchdowns last season with 12 on the ground and a special teams score on a punt return.  

This year, Moore says his team is ready for any challenge. 

“Heading into senior year, I’m excited to play in a new league. We have a whole bunch of seniors left,” he said. “People call us a young team. I think that’s not right, we’ll still put anybody on their butt. We’re ready to work, especially as a young team. Senior season, we’re really tight as a senior class.”

That camaraderie was what ignited his passion for football his freshman season and it’s what helped him develop as a sophomore and junior. While his real brother graduated after his first season, Moore continued to learn from his football brothers.  

In Moore’s sophomore season in 2024, Lewis-Palmer had three senior backs in Jayden Pagano, Mekhi Hayes and Cole Harmon. 

“(Pagano) really took me under his wing for that year before he graduated,” Moore said. “Really just looking at the seniors, looking at what they do, the tempo that they set. On a team like this it’s really important to be a team leader, especially at the running back position. It is really important to talk to those underclassmen and pass on that skill and leadership.”

Per Tupper, Pagano saw a bit of himself in Moore that season. He noticed Moore’s hunger and eagerness to learn from the seniors. Moore took the lessons well as he became the Rangers’ primary back in 2025. As a sophomore, he averaged 57.4 yards per game. Last year, the per game average nearly doubled to 110.1.

Lewis-Palmer, which finished 6-5 last season, joins the 3A South Central league this year after two seasons in the 3A Pikes Peak League. For the past three years, the Rangers finished second in the league standings with a 4-1 record and a different league champion each time. 

It’s a streak the Rangers obviously want to end.  

“I feel like we’ve been the bridesmaid so many times, tying for second place. It’s just frustrating,” Tupper said. “The big one is just trying to make the moments not so big. I think last year against Pueblo South we were saying, ‘Man, we’re tired of being second’ and came out and laid an egg. And so mentally preparing for that has been (the focus). All of our practices, focusing on the process. It’s all coach speak, right? It’s just the process. No game’s bigger than the other but man, you gotta be ready when you’re in those big ones when they bite back.” 

As the Rangers set out to win a league title and more this season, it’s now Moore’s turn to be to younger players what his brother and Pagano were to him. It’s his turn to carry the torch for his family and his school.

It’s a responsibility he can’t wait to undertake. 

“It’s a role I think I’ve been trained all these years to really fill. And I feel like I have a whole bunch of support and advice from the older guys and my brother,” he said. “It’s really exciting to fill this position because I know I’m ready and I’m just so excited to play my senior year.”