Tag: Flag Football
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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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Gazette Preps week in sports: Recap of notable Pikes Peak region performances
The prep season is underway and various Pikes Peak region athletes have already pieced together memorable performances in their respective realm. Here are some of the standouts from the previous week in athletics. 14ners Kailani Scheidler, jr., Pine Creek, softball — In two games against Doherty last week, Scheidler left her stamp on the game.…
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Fountain-Fort Carson hands CSCS first loss of the year at Pikes Peak Kickoff Classic
Poise and swagger oozed from Fountain-Fort Carson’s flag football team all afternoon. From touchdown celebrations in the spray-painted end zones at Weidner Field in downtown Colorado Springs, dances after defensive stops to punt celebrations — yes, the Trojans had coordinated chants when they punted — Fountain-Fort Carson ensured this was a memorable experience. Fountain-Fort Carson…
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Fountain-Fort Carson girls’ flag football is eager to play at Weidner Field in second year as a program
Everything about Fountain-Fort Carson’s first flag football season was impromptu. Last fall, there wasn’t much time to train before jumping into competition. So each week felt rushed as coach Mike Clayborn built a team on the fly. This year feels different. “The pressure is there, but not as urgent as last year,” Clayborn said. “We had…
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Colorado Springs Christian flag football ‘thrilled’ for game at Weidner Field
Hayley Helwege only required two years to adapt to the world of flag football. Verbiage like “football camp” and “film study” is a part of everyday vernacular for the Colorado Springs Christian School senior, who began playing the sport last year as a junior. Helwege said she played flag football because “it was new and…
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Introducing the Pikes Peak Kickoff Classic: How Nate Lenz turned his love for sports into a force for good
Nate Lenz didn’t want another milquetoast gala or golf tournament. He wanted the big annual fundraising event for his nonprofit, the Pikes Peak Athletic Foundation, to stand out. “Those are ubiquitous,” Lenz said of the aforementioned fundraising events. “I wanted to do something different that also served our mission and that’s elevate athletics in the…
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Local flag and tackle football teams embracing opportunity to play at Weidner Field in inaugural Pikes Peak Kickoff Classic
Not many high school football players get the chance to play in a professional sports venue, not to mention a professional soccer stadium. That will be the reality for three area schools who will participate in the inaugural Pikes Peak Kickoff Classic doubleheader Friday at Weidner Field. The event is hosted by the Pikes Peak…
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Abby Stenerson lifts Liberty girls’ flag football to shutout win over Sierra in first-ever game for both programs
Abby Stenerson dominates on the softball field, but she may have found a new calling. A shortstop for U-15 Team USA, the Pine Creek sophomore is also wide receiver for Liberty’s first-year flag football team. In the Lancers’ season opener, Stenerson helped them to a 31-0 win over Sierra with three touchdowns, an extra point…
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Coach Carly Callahan aims to maintain The Classical Academy’s flag football dominance
DENVER — If The Classical Academy’s upcoming flag football season were a rodeo, it’s not Carly Callahan’s first. It’s not even Callahan’s first stint at a school called “Classical Academy.” Callahan had a stellar swimming career at Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash., where she dabbled in intramural flag football during her offseason. Before her collegiate…