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Air Academy, Pine Creek shine to start year, Sara Christensen paces Thomas MacLaren to hot start
Air Academy and Pine Creek girls basketball teams lost a strong group of seniors last season but remain prominent in their respective classes. Both schools closed December with blowout wins and play at Air Academy in January ahead of league contests. Below are highlights from both teams as well as Thomas MacLaren’s squad, which features…
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Cheyenne Mountain boys basketball improves to 4-0, staves off Pine Creek’s late rally
Cheyenne Mountain feels ambitious this season. Like, playing-on-the-final-day-of-the-season ambitious. A 4-0 start could certainly help the Red-Tailed Hawks boys basketball team achieve that goal. The Red-Tailed Hawks remained undefeated after a 53-45 victory against Pine Creek in Cheyenne Mountain’s home opener Tuesday. “We still have a lot of work to do, but it’s good to…
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Pine Creek to host inaugural Ice Queen girls wrestling tournament, continue Battle of the Best boys event
Pine Creek wrestlers understand that the same pressure that bursts pipes also makes diamonds. The Eagles expect the season opener to start the process of creating gems. The Eagles will host a pair of wrestling tournaments starting Friday – one on the boys’ side and another on the girls’ end – with a slew of…
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State volleyball notebook: TCA narrowly misses first title game appearance since 2007; Village’s reign as 3A champs ends in elimination bracket
DENVER – The Classical Academy’s potential coronation will have to wait at least another season. After the Titans battled from the elimination bracket to the semifinals Saturday, TCA, 3A’s No. 7 seed lost in five sets 22-25, 15-25, 25-17, 25-12, 15-12, to No. 1 Alamosa at Denver Coliseum. The Titans nearly advanced to their first…
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Pikes Peak region football teams start, continue playoff battles this weekend
Postseason football continues Friday night with several area high school football teams in action. Class 3A will begin playoffs this weekend with two Pikes Peak region teams fighting to advance to next week’s quarterfinals. Here are a few notes on the remaining area teams. 5A No. 7 Pine Creek, 7-3, vs. No. 10 Mullen (at District 20…
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Pine Creek falls in 5A semifinals to Regis Jesuit after Raiders’ late second-half goal
DENVER – Part of the journey is the end, right? For Pine Creek, its 3-2 loss in the 5A boys’ soccer semifinals Tuesday was a bitter end to a sweet season that put the Eagles in their first final four since 2019. Eagles coach Ben Corley made certain his players understood that although one season…
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Gazette Preps rewind: Mesa Ridge, Palmer Ridge prepare for gridiron rematch
14ners Patrick Gonzales, Fountain-Fort Carson, sr., football – Not only did Gonzales pester Cherokee Trail on defense, he also burned Cherokee Trail on offense. Gonzales’ lone rush went for 12 yards and gave the Trojans a 14-7 lead against the Cougars, and the eventual victory in Fountain-Fort Carson’s 5A playoff road opener. Gonzales’ score was…
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Girls volleyball roundup: Defending 3A champion Village wins regional, six more area schools advance to state tournament
Village followed a rocky start to the season with a ticket to the upcoming state tournament at Denver Coliseum. In their second year of play, the Mountaineers collected their second consecutive regional crown Saturday and dropped just one set en route to the 3A region 12 title. The Mountaineers won the state championship in 2024…
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Boys soccer roundup: Pine Creek, Cheyenne Mountain advance to semis; defending 4A champs Air Academy ousted in quarters
Just two Pikes Peak region boys soccer teams remain in the playoffs after wins Saturday and both advanced to the semifinals via shutouts. In 5A, Pine Creek ventured to Englewood High School to face an undefeated Cherry Creek team that owned a 29-match win streak and had scored at least one goal in every contest…
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Prep volleyball: Area schools gear up for regionals, vie for state berths as season nears its end
Just two weeks remain in the girls volleyball season and several teams can qualify for next week’s state tournament with an undefeated weekend. Colorado High School Activities Association released regional tournament brackets Monday morning and nearly 20 area teams qualified. Teams must win their regional tournament, which begins Friday, to earn a state berth. The…