Tag: peak performer
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Gazette Preps 3A-1A football Peak Performer: Coronado’s Thomas Buckmiller’s paradigm shift leads to outstanding year for Cougars football
Thomas Buckmiller still recalls his first varsity game. Coronado’s football team faced Rampart in its 2023 season opener and Buckmiller, then a sophomore, was QB2 behind Jaxon Gutowski. That was until Gutowski injured his ankle during a second quarter red-zone drive. Buckmiller rose from the bench and trotted to the field with chants of “TB12”…
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Peak Performer: TCA volleyball’s Ashlyn Delaney contributes to strong team chemistry while ranking No. 3 in the state for hitting percentage
Ashlyn Delaney had 14 kills to help The Classical Academy’s volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep of state champion Village in its second match of the season. However, that was just the start for Delaney. The junior outside hitter has had eight more matches with double-digit kills, including two with a season-high 18. Delaney, who…
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Peak Performer: Pine Creek tennis freshman Advait Jadhav’s winning mindset powers him to near undefeated season, first state tournament
Tennis is a mental game as much as physical, and Advait Jadhav has embraced that ahead of his first state appearance. After an 11-2 season and cruising through regionals, Jadhav will be making his first state tournament appearance Thursday when he faces Mountain Vista’s Josh Hoefs in No. 2 singles at Denver Tennis Park. The…
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Peak Performer: Vista Ridge’s Jasmine Byers embraces the grind for senior season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jasmine Byers’ teammates would refer to her as a walking bucket. Vista Ridge girls basketball coach Jeremy Ackerly described his senior as “a gym rat” due to Byers’ training obsession. Byers regularly logged two to three practices per day during the offseason hoping to expand…
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Peak Performer: Vista Ridge’s Jasmine Byers embraces the grind for senior season
Jasmine Byers’ teammates would refer to her as a walking bucket. Vista Ridge girls basketball coach Jeremy Ackerly described his senior as “a gym rat” due to Byers’ training obsession. Byers regularly logged two to three practices per day during the offseason hoping to expand her offense and sharpen her game on the court. Her…
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Peak Performer: Pine Creek boys tennis Braylon Desquitado continues to dominate in freshman year
One glimpse at Braylon Desquitado shows a typical tennis player. The white tee, white cap, Adidas socks and shoes, blue shorts and lime-green Nike wristband make the Pine Creek No. 1 singles player fit into any tennis paradigm. Once the Eagles freshman fires a serve past his opponent for a point or demonstrates his court…
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Peak Performer: Mesa Ridge football’s Sonny Rogers explodes for career night against Northfield
Sonny Rogers is the one who knocks. The danger lurking on the other side of the line of scrimmage, ready to strike when called upon. On Sept. 6, it didn’t take much for Rogers to deliver his message. The Mesa Ridge wide receiver hauled in three receptions for 222 yards and three touchdowns — all…
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Peak Performer: Falcon boys wrestling Javani Majoor proves patience makes perfect
Javani Majoor called his senior season “my most challenging.” The Falcon 165-pound wrestler finished the year 40-0 and earned back-to-back state championships. What could a kid, who hasn’t lost a prep match since December 2022, have found so difficult about this season? Well, one year after Majoor broke a decades-long streak for Falcon’s wrestling program,…
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Girls Basketball Peak Performers | All-area team
The Gazette Preps 2024 Peak Performers All-Area Girls Basketball Team First team Caitlin Kramer, sr., Air Academy Grace Minihane, sr., Colorado Springs Christian AJ Mannering, sr., Peyton Brooklyn Stewart, jr., Pine Creek Kinley Asp, so., Colorado Springs Christian Second team Lydia Flowers, jr., Air Academy Abbie Nickell, sr., Peyton Maeve Salveson, sr., St. Mary’s Tatyonna…
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Gazette Preps | 2021 Baseball Peak Performer of the Year
Get to know Cheyenne Mountain High School’s Brad Helton, the 2021 Baseball Peak Performer of the Year. (Video by Skyler Ballard)