Tag: air academy
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Air Academy knocks off 4A’s top-ranked Cheyenne Mountain, scores 24 in second half
Don’t fret about how Air Academy starts a game. The Kadets know how to finish. The Kadets demonstrated as much this season and the Kadets proved that to Cheyenne Mountain in a showdown between two of 4A’s top squads. Air Academy beat Cheyenne Mountain 37-28 on the road Friday and scored 24 points in the…
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Gazette Preps week in sports: Recap of outstanding area performances
This weekend on the gridiron features a pair of Pikes Peak region teams ranked in 4A’s top 10 and both will look to remain perfect this season. Cheyenne Mountain enters this week as 4A’s No. 1-ranked school, has a 2-0 record and will host Air Academy, which ranks ninth, also at 2-0. This will be…
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Gazette Preps Peak Performer: Air Academy’s Nadia Anderson scorches Vanguard for five TD passes
Nadia Anderson spent the offseason honing her flag football craft with teammates and coaches to prepare for this year. The Kadets QB displayed the fruits of her labor in a shutout win against Vanguard and had her best performance as Air Academy’s field general. Anderson, this week’s Gazette Preps Peak Performer, helped lead the Kadets…
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Tingstrom family turns love of pickleball into avenue for veterans, wheelchair athletes, more
Mick Tingstrom had no idea the rabbit hole he’d venture down after his initial run on a pickleball court. It has morphed into a national tournament and visions of Paralympics inclusion. After coaching his sons through various grade school sports in their careers, Tingstrom required a new endeavor. The retired Army lieutenant colonel had an…
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Air Academy’s Elly Siebert searched for answers regarding a string of injuries. It was leukemia
Elly Siebert’s new abode was a far cry from the visual paradise she had recently left. Shortly after a Thanksgiving week vacation to California, Siebert’s family returned to Colorado and her parents immediately scheduled a doctor’s appointment. Hospital beds would become Siebert’s new home for the next week. Siebert, who recently graduated from Air Academy,…
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Gazette Preps: Meet the 2026 All-Area Girls Tennis teams
Peak Performer: Rose Katen, Cheyenne Mountain Coach of the Year: Dave Adams, Cheyenne Mountain First team Rose Katen, Cheyenne Mountain Alyssa Sadri, Cheyenne Mountain Sophie Zhou, Cheyenne Mountain Saffron Heroldt/Mary Koury, Cheyenne Mountain Emma Varnum/Sienna Haubert, Cheyenne Mountain Kinley Kilcoyne/Harper Young, Air Academy Erica Leveille/Eleena Case, Cheyenne Mountain Second team Joylanae Barnhill, Doherty Lily Kate…
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Gazette Preps’ All-Area boys lacrosse teams
Peak Performer: Weber Rowell, Cheyenne Mountain Coach: Sequoia Bowan, Cheyenne Mountain First team Alex Sirois, Air Academy Weber Rowell, Cheyenne Mountain EJ Hines, Air Academy Andrew Neilson, Air Academy Thomas Young, Air Academy Rhett Kircher, Cheyenne Mountain Conor Kaveney, Cheyenne Mountain Jackson Schipfer, Air Academy Colt Kugler, Cheyenne Mountain Walt Cameron, Cheyenne Mountain Honorable mention…
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Gazette Preps All-Area girls lacrosse teams
Coach of the year: Teresa Lacayo, Cheyenne Mountain Peak Performer: Illene Badgett, Air Academy First team McKinzie Higgins, Air Academy Illene Badgett, Air Academy Jillian Caires, Rampart Bailey Hutchison, Rampart Chiara Marjaniemi, Rampart Clara Petz, Cheyenne Mountain Harper Pike, Cheyenne Mountain Madison Givens, Air Academy Kylen Tucker-Flynn, Air Academy Sari Johnson, Cheyenne Mountain Renie Jones,…
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Girls Lacrosse Peak Performer of the Year: Illene Badgett’s passion leads Air Academy to success
Illene Badgett’s journey of a lifetime began one day when she was rummaging through her dad’s stuff in the garage. A young girl at the time, she found what she could only describe as a funky tennis racket. She asked her dad, Bentley, what it was and he told her it was his old lacrosse…
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Air Academy’s Landry Frost leads 4A state girls golf individual race, Kadets’ team in second
MONTROSE – Despite an improved weather forecast, The Bridges will still be under a Frost warning on Tuesday. With conditions about as miserable as any in recent memory, the field at the 4A girls state golf tournament on Monday still let defending champion Landry Frost take a one-shot lead into the second and final round…