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| Palmer Ridge sophomore Ellen Jackson will represent the Bears at the 4A state finals Oct. 31 in Fort Collins.Photo by Ryan Boldrey |
By Ryan Boldrey
The Rangers lost for the first time in nine outings on the pitch when Lewis-Palmer hosted Cherry Creek (12-2-1) on Oct. 20, falling 3-1 in a non-league affair.
On the same night, Cheyenne Mountain— who LP tied, 0-0, the previous week— topped Castle View, leaving both the Rangers and Indians as co-champions, tied at 7-0-1 in the final 4A Metro League standings.
LP (9-4-2) then closed out its regular season Oct. 22 at Liberty (11-3-1) with yet another scoreless tie.
LP enters the postseason as a No. 9 seed in 4A and will host No. 24 Pueblo South at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 27. IF the Rangers win they will either travel to No. 8 Fossil Ridge or host No. 25 Skyview on Oct. 29 in the round of 16, pending the outcome of the Fossil Ridge/Skyview game.
Lewis-Palmer Cross Country
The Ranger girls finished fifth at the 4A regional Oct. 23 in Falcon, just making the cut for state. The squad was led by Michaela Diamond, who crossed for eighth in a time of 21 minutes and 13 seconds.
Diamond was followed by Maddie Dickey in 20th, Virginia Limbird in 26th and Maddie Krueger in 27th. Also scoring for LP was McKenzie O’hara in 44th.
Sophomore Josh Davis will be the lone representative for the boys Oct. 31 in Fort Collins. Davis placed 14th in a time of 18:02.
Lewis-Palmer Volleyball
The Rangers used a pair of 3-0 road wins Oct. 20 at Widefield and Oct. 22 at Wasson to finish the regular season at 15-4 and 9-1 in the 4A Metro, trailing only unbeaten Cheyenne Mountain (19-0, 10-0) in the final league standings.
Christi Limpert and Kristen Sciacca led the way with 15 and 11 kills respectively against Widefield, while Morgan Griffin added seven kills and nine digs.
Against Wasson Limpert again led the way in kills with nine, as Caitlin Dyche recorded 25 assists and Cat Svendson paced the Rangers with 10 digs.
The Rangers enter the postseason as a No. 2 seed in Pueblo West's six-team district field. The six teams will compete Oct. 31 in Pueblo with the top two teams advancing to the final 16.
Lewis-Palmer Football
The Rangers got back on track after two consecutive losses with a 62-16 whipping of Air Academy Oct. 23 at Don Breese.
LP (6-2, 4-2 Foothills) led 42-10 at the half and never looked back from there. Ben Shaum ran in a touchdown from 39 yards out and connected with Phil DeCoud for scores of 31 and 82 yards through the air, while Levi Patrick pounded out touchdown runs of 34, 25 and 22 on the night, finishing with 115 yards on seven carries.
Sam Alfano also added a 70-yard touchdown run for the Rangers, who are currently in a four-way tie for second place in league play. LP will see one of those teams Oct. 29 when they travel to Pueblo to face Pueblo South (5-3, 4-2) at 7 p.m.
Pine Creek Cross Country
The Eagle boys might not be sending anyone to state this year in Fort Collins, but the young girls team continues to dominate the field, and is flying onto the finals.
Creek won the Oct. 22 5A regional at Monument Valley Park by 47 points as freshman Heather Bates ran a personal best 18 minutes and 21 seconds for the win. Bates was followed by sophomore Leanne Kofford in 10th, senior Jenny Goode in 11th and sophomores Laura Yarrow and Paige Garlick in 13th and 17th respectively.
Pine Creek Boys Soccer
Pine Creek fell 2-1 to Sand Creek on Oct. 20, slipping to 11-3-1 and 6-2 in the 5A Metro. It was the Eagles second consecutive loss to close out the regular season as Pine Creek finished behind both Liberty and Air Academy in the league standings.
The Eagles will look to rebound in the playoffs as they enter the 5A tournament as the No. 7 overall seed. Pine Creek will host No. 26 Chaparral at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 at D-20 Stadium, and if it wins will host the winner of the No. 10 Fairview/No. 23 Pomona contest on Oct. 31.
Pine Creek Volleyball
The Eagles routed Palmer 25-9, 25-10, 25-14 on Oct. 20 and then swept Fountain-Fort Carson, 25-11, 25-18, 25-11, two nights later.
Nikki Glass had 18 and 10 kills to lead the way, while Rachel Kosbab paced the Eagles with 19 and 18 assists and Allie Hoskins secured eight digs each night.
The Eagles (16-3, 8-0 5A Metro) then clinched the league title with a come from behind 21-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-23 win over Rampart (13-6, 6-2) on Oct. 24 as Glass had 15 kills, Kosbab 35 assists, Hoskins 26 digs and Lindsay Weaver came up with eight kills and six blocks.
Pine Creek will host its own six-team district field on Oct. 31 as the Eagles enter the postseason as the No. 4 overall seed in 5A. Also participating in Pine Creek's field will be Arapahoe, Pomona, Loveland, Arvada West and Coronado.
Pine Creek Football
The Eagles embarrased Mitchell 69-6 on Oct. 24 to move to 8-0 on the year and 6-0 in the Pikes Peak Conference, as Josh Chance scored on a 43-yard interception return, a 34-yard run and a 31-yard pass in the first quarter.
Creek will close out the regular season Oct. 30 against Ramart (1-7) at District 20 Stadium and Nov. 6 at Sand Creek (2-6).
Palmer Ridge Cross Country
The Bears narrowly missed sending both their boys and girls teams to state as both squads placed sixth at the 4A regional Oct. 23 in Falcon.
Ellen Jackson, who placed fourth in a time of 20 minutes, 51 seconds will represent the girls Oct. 31 in Fort Collins, while Spencer Wenck, who took third in 17:41, will represent the boys.
Palmer Ridge Boys Soccer
The Bears clawed back from a 3-1 halftime deficit Oct. 20 at Woodland Park, and defeated the Panthers 4-3 to close out the regular season at 13-2 overall.
Four Bears found the net as both Owen Braley and Garrett Fritzsche collected two assists to go with their goals.
“We came out and weren’t ready to go,” said head coach Nick Odil, who used the game as a teaching tool for a team about to experience the playoffs for the first time.
“I told the guys that is a great game for us to have before the playoffs, to let us know that we need to show up for every game and play our best or any team can beat us.”
PRHS and DCC Volleyball
The Bears got the best of Discovery Canyon on Oct. 20 in the team’s season finale, topping DCC 25-18, 25-18, 25-14. Nikki Nordlie and Katie Tillotson led the Ridge with six kills each, while going for six and five digs, respectively.
Palmer Ridge closed the season at 4-15 and 2-6 in league play, as both wins came against DCC.
The Thunder (2-13, 0-8) closed out the year Oct. 22 with a 3-0 loss at Vista Ridge as Sarah Michalak, who led them with eight digs against the Bears, paced them with 12 in the finale.
DCC Boys Soccer
Following a 7-2 win Oct. 20 at Vista Ridge, the Thunder closed out Pioneer league play with a 3-5 league record. Brandon Comer scored twice for DCC and Alex Van Keulen added a goal and three assists for the Thunder.
DCC then wrapped up its season Oct. 23 with a 5-0 loss to Castle View (12-3), closing the year at 5-9 overall.
DCC Cross Country
Both Thunder teams qualified for the 3A state finals Oct. 31 in Fort Collins, as the girls ran to a third-place finish and the boys placed fourth Oct. 23 at the 3A regional at Fountain Creek.
The girls were led by Allie Morgan, who placed fifth in a time of 19 minutes and 43 seconds, while the boys were paced by Alex Roeca, who took sixth in 17:18.
Also scoring for DCC was Molly Spalding (11th), Janae Johnson (12th) and Mariel Barner (20th) for the girls, and Amman Beeftu (26th), Kevin Koehler (29th) and Jacob Huisingh (33rd) for the boys.
TCA Boys Soccer
The Titans used a hat trick from Cole Cheshire, two goals from Evan Young and one from Daniel Carlson on Oct. 19 as they steamrolled Bennett, 6-1.
The squad then pummeled Dolores Huerta a night later, 9-0, finishing out the regular season at 13-2 and in a three-way tie for second in Region 8. Daylon Roitsch and Young both scored twice and Josh Mesward tallied his seventh shutout of 2009 in the win.
The Titans enter the 3A playoffs as the No. 5 seed and will host No. 28 Manual on Oct. 28 in round one. If they win, they will host either No. 12 Lutheran Parker (coached by former Lewis-Palmer coach Kurt Clark) or No. 21 Bruce Randolph in a second round matchup Oct. 31. Times are yet to be determined.
TCA Volleyball
The Titans closed the regular season this past week with a pair of league wins; first beating Colorado Academy on Oct. 21 by the score of 25-16, 25-15, 25-23, and then topping Lamar, 25-11, 19-25, 25-23, 25-22, on Oct. 24 to finish out the year at 15-4 and in second place in the Tri-Peaks West at 11-2.
Heidi Schoephoerster led TCA with 10 kills and 10 digs, against CA while Lauren Alejo had 31 assists and Katie Reininger had seven kills, 10 digs and seven blocks. Against Lamar, Claire Felix killed 13, while Reninger killed 10 to go with her five blocks and seven digs. Alejo added 35 assists and Jessica Klingensmith had seven blocks and five kills.
The Titans come into the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in Roaring Fork's four-team district field. The district, which also includes Olathe and Salida, will play out on Oct. 31 at Roaring Fork, with the top two teams advancing to state.
TCA Cross Country
The Titans swept the 3A regional Oct. 23 at Fountain Creek as the girls won by 32 points and the boys won on a tie break.
Kaitlin Hanenburg (18 minutes and 29 seconds) beat out teammate Emily LaValley by three seconds for the title, while Shelby Stableford crossed third and Elaina Turley came in sixth.
On the boys’ side Josh Simkins finished second in 16:48, as John Metzger placed fourth, Adam Avischious took eighth and Trace Lind came in ninth.
TCA Football
The Titans (6-2, 3-2) were shutout 23-0 on Oct. 24 at Kent Denver (6-2, 3-1) in a 2A Colorado showdown. Next up for TCA is an Oct. 30 trip to Idaho Springs to face Clear Creek (1-7, 0-5).
On the same night, Cheyenne Mountain— who LP tied, 0-0, the previous week— topped Castle View, leaving both the Rangers and Indians as co-champions, tied at 7-0-1 in the final 4A Metro League standings.
LP (9-4-2) then closed out its regular season Oct. 22 at Liberty (11-3-1) with yet another scoreless tie.
LP enters the postseason as a No. 9 seed in 4A and will host No. 24 Pueblo South at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 27. IF the Rangers win they will either travel to No. 8 Fossil Ridge or host No. 25 Skyview on Oct. 29 in the round of 16, pending the outcome of the Fossil Ridge/Skyview game.
Lewis-Palmer Cross Country
The Ranger girls finished fifth at the 4A regional Oct. 23 in Falcon, just making the cut for state. The squad was led by Michaela Diamond, who crossed for eighth in a time of 21 minutes and 13 seconds.
Diamond was followed by Maddie Dickey in 20th, Virginia Limbird in 26th and Maddie Krueger in 27th. Also scoring for LP was McKenzie O’hara in 44th.
Sophomore Josh Davis will be the lone representative for the boys Oct. 31 in Fort Collins. Davis placed 14th in a time of 18:02.
Lewis-Palmer Volleyball
The Rangers used a pair of 3-0 road wins Oct. 20 at Widefield and Oct. 22 at Wasson to finish the regular season at 15-4 and 9-1 in the 4A Metro, trailing only unbeaten Cheyenne Mountain (19-0, 10-0) in the final league standings.
Christi Limpert and Kristen Sciacca led the way with 15 and 11 kills respectively against Widefield, while Morgan Griffin added seven kills and nine digs.
Against Wasson Limpert again led the way in kills with nine, as Caitlin Dyche recorded 25 assists and Cat Svendson paced the Rangers with 10 digs.
The Rangers enter the postseason as a No. 2 seed in Pueblo West's six-team district field. The six teams will compete Oct. 31 in Pueblo with the top two teams advancing to the final 16.
Lewis-Palmer Football
The Rangers got back on track after two consecutive losses with a 62-16 whipping of Air Academy Oct. 23 at Don Breese.
LP (6-2, 4-2 Foothills) led 42-10 at the half and never looked back from there. Ben Shaum ran in a touchdown from 39 yards out and connected with Phil DeCoud for scores of 31 and 82 yards through the air, while Levi Patrick pounded out touchdown runs of 34, 25 and 22 on the night, finishing with 115 yards on seven carries.
Sam Alfano also added a 70-yard touchdown run for the Rangers, who are currently in a four-way tie for second place in league play. LP will see one of those teams Oct. 29 when they travel to Pueblo to face Pueblo South (5-3, 4-2) at 7 p.m.
Pine Creek Cross Country
The Eagle boys might not be sending anyone to state this year in Fort Collins, but the young girls team continues to dominate the field, and is flying onto the finals.
Creek won the Oct. 22 5A regional at Monument Valley Park by 47 points as freshman Heather Bates ran a personal best 18 minutes and 21 seconds for the win. Bates was followed by sophomore Leanne Kofford in 10th, senior Jenny Goode in 11th and sophomores Laura Yarrow and Paige Garlick in 13th and 17th respectively.
Pine Creek Boys Soccer
Pine Creek fell 2-1 to Sand Creek on Oct. 20, slipping to 11-3-1 and 6-2 in the 5A Metro. It was the Eagles second consecutive loss to close out the regular season as Pine Creek finished behind both Liberty and Air Academy in the league standings.
The Eagles will look to rebound in the playoffs as they enter the 5A tournament as the No. 7 overall seed. Pine Creek will host No. 26 Chaparral at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 at D-20 Stadium, and if it wins will host the winner of the No. 10 Fairview/No. 23 Pomona contest on Oct. 31.
Pine Creek Volleyball
The Eagles routed Palmer 25-9, 25-10, 25-14 on Oct. 20 and then swept Fountain-Fort Carson, 25-11, 25-18, 25-11, two nights later.
Nikki Glass had 18 and 10 kills to lead the way, while Rachel Kosbab paced the Eagles with 19 and 18 assists and Allie Hoskins secured eight digs each night.
The Eagles (16-3, 8-0 5A Metro) then clinched the league title with a come from behind 21-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-23 win over Rampart (13-6, 6-2) on Oct. 24 as Glass had 15 kills, Kosbab 35 assists, Hoskins 26 digs and Lindsay Weaver came up with eight kills and six blocks.
Pine Creek will host its own six-team district field on Oct. 31 as the Eagles enter the postseason as the No. 4 overall seed in 5A. Also participating in Pine Creek's field will be Arapahoe, Pomona, Loveland, Arvada West and Coronado.
Pine Creek Football
The Eagles embarrased Mitchell 69-6 on Oct. 24 to move to 8-0 on the year and 6-0 in the Pikes Peak Conference, as Josh Chance scored on a 43-yard interception return, a 34-yard run and a 31-yard pass in the first quarter.
Creek will close out the regular season Oct. 30 against Ramart (1-7) at District 20 Stadium and Nov. 6 at Sand Creek (2-6).
Palmer Ridge Cross Country
The Bears narrowly missed sending both their boys and girls teams to state as both squads placed sixth at the 4A regional Oct. 23 in Falcon.
Ellen Jackson, who placed fourth in a time of 20 minutes, 51 seconds will represent the girls Oct. 31 in Fort Collins, while Spencer Wenck, who took third in 17:41, will represent the boys.
Palmer Ridge Boys Soccer
The Bears clawed back from a 3-1 halftime deficit Oct. 20 at Woodland Park, and defeated the Panthers 4-3 to close out the regular season at 13-2 overall.
Four Bears found the net as both Owen Braley and Garrett Fritzsche collected two assists to go with their goals.
“We came out and weren’t ready to go,” said head coach Nick Odil, who used the game as a teaching tool for a team about to experience the playoffs for the first time.
“I told the guys that is a great game for us to have before the playoffs, to let us know that we need to show up for every game and play our best or any team can beat us.”
PRHS and DCC Volleyball
The Bears got the best of Discovery Canyon on Oct. 20 in the team’s season finale, topping DCC 25-18, 25-18, 25-14. Nikki Nordlie and Katie Tillotson led the Ridge with six kills each, while going for six and five digs, respectively.
Palmer Ridge closed the season at 4-15 and 2-6 in league play, as both wins came against DCC.
The Thunder (2-13, 0-8) closed out the year Oct. 22 with a 3-0 loss at Vista Ridge as Sarah Michalak, who led them with eight digs against the Bears, paced them with 12 in the finale.
DCC Boys Soccer
Following a 7-2 win Oct. 20 at Vista Ridge, the Thunder closed out Pioneer league play with a 3-5 league record. Brandon Comer scored twice for DCC and Alex Van Keulen added a goal and three assists for the Thunder.
DCC then wrapped up its season Oct. 23 with a 5-0 loss to Castle View (12-3), closing the year at 5-9 overall.
DCC Cross Country
Both Thunder teams qualified for the 3A state finals Oct. 31 in Fort Collins, as the girls ran to a third-place finish and the boys placed fourth Oct. 23 at the 3A regional at Fountain Creek.
The girls were led by Allie Morgan, who placed fifth in a time of 19 minutes and 43 seconds, while the boys were paced by Alex Roeca, who took sixth in 17:18.
Also scoring for DCC was Molly Spalding (11th), Janae Johnson (12th) and Mariel Barner (20th) for the girls, and Amman Beeftu (26th), Kevin Koehler (29th) and Jacob Huisingh (33rd) for the boys.
TCA Boys Soccer
The Titans used a hat trick from Cole Cheshire, two goals from Evan Young and one from Daniel Carlson on Oct. 19 as they steamrolled Bennett, 6-1.
The squad then pummeled Dolores Huerta a night later, 9-0, finishing out the regular season at 13-2 and in a three-way tie for second in Region 8. Daylon Roitsch and Young both scored twice and Josh Mesward tallied his seventh shutout of 2009 in the win.
The Titans enter the 3A playoffs as the No. 5 seed and will host No. 28 Manual on Oct. 28 in round one. If they win, they will host either No. 12 Lutheran Parker (coached by former Lewis-Palmer coach Kurt Clark) or No. 21 Bruce Randolph in a second round matchup Oct. 31. Times are yet to be determined.
TCA Volleyball
The Titans closed the regular season this past week with a pair of league wins; first beating Colorado Academy on Oct. 21 by the score of 25-16, 25-15, 25-23, and then topping Lamar, 25-11, 19-25, 25-23, 25-22, on Oct. 24 to finish out the year at 15-4 and in second place in the Tri-Peaks West at 11-2.
Heidi Schoephoerster led TCA with 10 kills and 10 digs, against CA while Lauren Alejo had 31 assists and Katie Reininger had seven kills, 10 digs and seven blocks. Against Lamar, Claire Felix killed 13, while Reninger killed 10 to go with her five blocks and seven digs. Alejo added 35 assists and Jessica Klingensmith had seven blocks and five kills.
The Titans come into the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in Roaring Fork's four-team district field. The district, which also includes Olathe and Salida, will play out on Oct. 31 at Roaring Fork, with the top two teams advancing to state.
TCA Cross Country
The Titans swept the 3A regional Oct. 23 at Fountain Creek as the girls won by 32 points and the boys won on a tie break.
Kaitlin Hanenburg (18 minutes and 29 seconds) beat out teammate Emily LaValley by three seconds for the title, while Shelby Stableford crossed third and Elaina Turley came in sixth.
On the boys’ side Josh Simkins finished second in 16:48, as John Metzger placed fourth, Adam Avischious took eighth and Trace Lind came in ninth.
TCA Football
The Titans (6-2, 3-2) were shutout 23-0 on Oct. 24 at Kent Denver (6-2, 3-1) in a 2A Colorado showdown. Next up for TCA is an Oct. 30 trip to Idaho Springs to face Clear Creek (1-7, 0-5).
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