Sports briefs
As part of ESPN’s week-long salute to Veterans Day— Nov. 4-11— ESPN Gameday announced that it will broadcast from the United States Air Force Academy at 8 a.m. on Nov. 7.
The well-known crew of Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Chris Fowler and Desmond Howard will do their weekly travelling college football preview show from the terrazo. The show will be free and open to the general public to attend.
It is the third time the show has been broadcast from the academy. The crew was here previously in 2001 for the Army game and in 2002 for the Notre Dame game.
The Air Force-Army game, which will also be broadcast on CBS-College Sports, will kickoff at 1:30 p.m, Nov. 7.
Former LP player honored
Curren Vite, a sophomore defensive lineman at the Colorado School of Mines, and a graduate of Lewis-Palmer High School, was named second-team Academic-all conference in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Vite currently holds a 3.518 GPA and is majoring in civil engineering. He is one of nine football players at the School of Mines to receive recognition for academic success.
PRHS coach finishes high at Mile High Marathon
Palmer Ridge cross country coach Marc Johnson, also a resident of Monument, finished 25th out of 1954 runners Oct. 18 at the 2009 Denver Marathon, finishing in a time of three hours, one minute and 29 seconds.
Fellow Monument resident Dillon Harder finished 46th at the annual Mile High Marathon, crossing in a time of 3:07.23.
The well-known crew of Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Chris Fowler and Desmond Howard will do their weekly travelling college football preview show from the terrazo. The show will be free and open to the general public to attend.
It is the third time the show has been broadcast from the academy. The crew was here previously in 2001 for the Army game and in 2002 for the Notre Dame game.
The Air Force-Army game, which will also be broadcast on CBS-College Sports, will kickoff at 1:30 p.m, Nov. 7.
Former LP player honored
Curren Vite, a sophomore defensive lineman at the Colorado School of Mines, and a graduate of Lewis-Palmer High School, was named second-team Academic-all conference in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Vite currently holds a 3.518 GPA and is majoring in civil engineering. He is one of nine football players at the School of Mines to receive recognition for academic success.
PRHS coach finishes high at Mile High Marathon
Palmer Ridge cross country coach Marc Johnson, also a resident of Monument, finished 25th out of 1954 runners Oct. 18 at the 2009 Denver Marathon, finishing in a time of three hours, one minute and 29 seconds.
Fellow Monument resident Dillon Harder finished 46th at the annual Mile High Marathon, crossing in a time of 3:07.23.
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