Tag: peak performer
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Gazette Preps Peak Performer: Sierra’s Keaton Banks torches Mitchell for five rushing TDs
Keaton Banks … what an ideal name for a running back who’s been money for Sierra on the football field. Banks, this week’s Gazette Preps Peak Performer, ran 10 times for 222 yards and five touchdowns in a 52-6 victory against Mitchell last week. The Sierra halfback ran well past his total yardage from his…
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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’ Boys Volleyball Peak Performer of the Year: Discovery Canyon’s Brennan Miles uses actions, words to lead Thunder
An athlete the caliber of Brennan Miles is a rare commodity. Miles’ on-court IQ is rare and the lethality that accompanied each spike made the Discovery Canyon senior a dream for his team and a nightmare for the opposition. While Discovery Canyon boys volleyball coach Mallory Richardson will miss Miles’ athleticism next season, she knows…
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Harrison boys’ 4×200 relay breaks its own record, dominates field to win 3A title
LAKEWOOD – Harrison’s excellence at the Colorado High School State Track Championships boils down to one word. Dedication. For the second time in as many days at Jeffco Stadium, the Panthers’ 4×200 relay team broke the state record and won the 3A event Friday at 1 minute, 26.56 seconds. “If coach (Al) Melo is in…
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Peak Performer: Manitou Springs’ Mackinzy Wall changes mindset, achieves state’s top discus mark
As spectators began to leave Dutch Clark Stadium, Mackinzy Wall was putting on a show in the throwing ring. With the John Tate Invite track events over, a crowd of Manitou Springs supporters watched the senior win with a personal-best discus throw of 144 feet, 3 inches, which leads the state, regardless of class. It…
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6A-5A Boys basketball Peak Performer: Lewis-Palmer’s Jonas Miller fulfills leadership role in final season
Lewis-Palmer needed a leader. The Rangers boys basketball team lost five seniors from last year’s roster and 851 points from the squad that compiled 1,371 last season. If the Rangers hoped to improve their 12-13 finish from the 2024-25 campaign, someone needed to accept the task of guiding L-P. Insert Jonas Miller. The Rangers senior…
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Lewis-Palmer’s Jonas Miller fulfills leadership role in final season
Lewis-Palmer needed a leader. The Rangers boys basketball team lost five seniors from last year’s roster and 851 points from the squad that compiled 1,371 last season. If the Rangers hoped to improve their 12-13 finish from the 2024-25 campaign, someone needed to accept the task of guiding L-P. Insert Jonas Miller. The Rangers senior…
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Gazette Preps’ 6A-5A Boys basketball all-area Peak Performer teams
Coach of the Year: Travis Walk, Cheyenne Mountain Peak Performer: Jonas Miller, Lewis-Palmer First Team Alex Treglia, Jr., Cheyenne Mountain Wyatt Kirch, Sr., Rampart Jonas Miller, Sr., Lewis-Palmer J’Marius Jones, Sr., Mesa Ridge Isaiah Melecio, Sr., Rampart Second Team Kamrin Lane, Jr., Falcon Cameron Cunningham, Jr., Liberty James Dalsaso, Sr., Cheyenne Mountain Eligah Myles, Sr.,…
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4A-1A Girls Basketball Peak Performer of the Year: Rose Ross’ drive to win leads CSCS to another Great 8 appearance
Coaches often comment that Rose Ross has “the clutch gene.” In fourth grade, Ross made a game-winning shot in what would be the start of her scoring dominance. Years later, in the Sweet 16 match against Buena Vista this season, Ross made a series of free throws to secure a 38-34 win for Colorado Springs…
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Boys’ Wrestling Peak Performer of the Year: David Burchett Jr. savors season with younger brother on the way to second state title
Watching his sons warm up for the state wrestling semifinals in matching white uniforms is a moment David Burchett Sr. will always cherish. After a disappointing fourth-place finish at the 2025 state wrestling championships, Air Academy’s David Burchett Jr. went into his senior year looking for vengeance and a second state title. The revenge tour…