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For the past 24 games, the top-seeded Air Academy girls’ basketball team hasn’t met a challenge it couldn’t overcome – typically by 18 points or more. But Tuesday, in an all-Pikes Peak region third-round clash against No. 17 Sierra, the Kadets’ perfect season was truly threatened for the first time. Sierra, which last year had…

When Atsamaz Pliev moved to the United States from just outside Russia four years ago, he couldn’t speak English, much less know anything about scholastic wrestling. Flash forward four years and Pliev, a senior at Sierra, is just as articulate as any high school athlete, and since Saturday, is the owner of state wrestling medals…

The Sierra girls’ basketball team has some unfinished business. After getting knocked out of last year’s Class 4A playoffs just before the semifinals, the Stallions returned hungry for another run. And after losing just one starter to graduation, Sierra’s core group entered the 2018-19 season more experienced and ready for the challenge ahead. “The core…

First-year Sierra coach Draye Ersery was not happy after the Stallions’ 45-28 loss to Pueblo Central on Friday. Not because the team registered its first loss of the season – but how it happened. The Wildcats scored three touchdowns in 29 seconds thanks to two Sierra miscues – one, a fumbled kickoff return, and a…

First-year Sierra coach Draye Ersery was not happy after the Stallions’ 45-28 loss to Pueblo Central on Friday. Not because the team registered its first loss of the season – but how it happened. The Wildcats scored three touchdowns in 29 seconds thanks to two Sierra miscues – one, a fumbled kickoff return, and a…

Since first-year coach Draye Ersery attended Sierra High School, the Stallion football team has been in a slump with just three winning seasons in 13 years. But Ersery is on a mission to make a change in 2018 — and just two games into the season, it’s clear he’s doing something right. Starting the year 2-0,…

Since first-year coach Draye Ersery attended Sierra High School, the Stallion football team has been in a slump with just three winning seasons in 13 years. But Ersery is on a mission to make a change in 2018 — and just two games into the season, it’s clear he’s doing something right. Starting the year 2-0,…

The Sierra volleyball team is in the midst of a 15-year playoff drought — but second-year coach Steve Lacy hopes to end the unlucky streak in 2018 thanks to two “under-the-radar” hitters. Seniors Tionna Moss and Gya’ni Sami, who measure at 5-10 and 5-8, respectively, may lack size at the net, but make up for…