Tag: coronado
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Gazette Preps fast forward: TCA football looks for 17th consecutive win, big softball games on deck
Before we get started, I have a correction to address: In Tuesday’s 14ners, I listed Braddock Hewitt as a competitor from Banning Lewis. That’s incorrect. Hewitt is a boys cross country runner at Thomas MacLaren, who are the Highlanders. Thomas MacLaren’s boys team also won its division at the Liberty Bell Invitational. My apologies to Braddock…
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Boys’ swimming and diving Peak Performer: Coronado’s Hudson Newsom built for this moment
No need to ask who placed first in the 4A 100-yard breaststroke at the state swimming and diving meet this season. Hudson Newsom is happy to share the results. Newsom entered the race at Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center in May as the top seed and that’s how the Coronado senior left the event. Newsom scorched…
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State cross country 4A: Aiden Le Roux breaks course record, Coronado boys place second, Stoughton, McRae place top 5 for girls
Aiden Le Roux set the tone in cross country all year long. Saturday at the 4A state meet at Norris Penrose Event Center, the Cheyenne Mountain junior set the course record – for all classes – and clocked in at 15 minutes, 2.1 seconds for first place. “It’s crazy and it’s still a little unbelievable,”…
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Henry Cejudo leads inductees at city’s sports Hall of Fame ceremony
Henry Cejudo requested that everyone raise their glasses Tuesday night. The four-time high school state wrestling champion, Olympic gold medalist and former UFC fly and bantamweight champion watched as the crowd obliged during the 24th annual Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony, hosted by the Colorado Springs Sports Corp. As the audience at…
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Gazette Preps weekly rewind: Highlighting stellar performance in preps events
Highlights from the past week of prep sports in the Pikes Peak region 14ers Gerardo Garcia, sr., Mitchell, boys’ soccer – Garcia continued his hot streak with scoring and Alameda felt the wrath of the Marauder. Against Alameda, as well as Falcon, Garcia struck twice and, over his past three contests, he has seven goals.…
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Air Academy, Coronado boys tennis thrilled after regional success, expect momentum to carry into state tournament
Entering last week’s regional matches, Luke Brooks said Cheyenne Mountain’s tennis team was Alabama, the college football powerhouse and the gold standard in its sport. But the Air Academy senior also said the Kadets were Georgia, a formidable foe capable of dethroning tennis’ Goliath. The Kadets won the 4A region 6 crown and beat Cheyenne…
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Coronado’s Boston Potts’ race in Spain significant for Cougars cross country
Immediately after learning he’d represent Team USA in the International U18 Mountain Running Cup, Boston Potts texted his high school cross-country coach. Potts had the chance to represent not just America, but Coronado and its cross-country team in Montaña Palentina, Spain, and wanted to share the news. “He had to send in letters of recommendations…
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Colorado Springs brothers Rodney, Earl O’Maley cherish road to Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
The O’Maleys garage symbolizes the phrase “organized chaos.” Numerous engine parts neatly assorted on shelves, fresh oil stains on various areas of the floor from recent repairs, a plethora of tools including wrenches, screwdrivers, hammers, and bolts wait to be rehomed in a nearby toolbox. Also among the objects and half dozen people in the…
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Coronado’s Trey Gregory-Alford earns Colorado Baseball Player of the Year
Trey Gregory-Alford continues to stack baseball accolades. It was announced Monday that Gregory-Alford earned Colorado’s baseball player of the year this season and he became the first Coronado baseball player to receive the award. The Cougars right-handed pitcher joins Pine Creek players Justin Olson (2017-18) and Riley Cornelio (2018-19) as the last Colorado Springs baseball…
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CHSAA Legislative Council will vote Tuesday whether to add girls flag football as sanctioned fall sport
CHSAA’s Legislative Council will meet Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Lone Tree at the DCSD Legacy Campus and will vote whether to add girls flag football as a sanctioned sport. Should the Legislative Council approve girls flag football, play will begin this fall and Colorado would become the 11th state to sanction the sport. Following…