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1 week ago | 
coloradocommunitymedia.com | Jim Benton
With two important games looming against Grandview next week for the Centennial League regular season championship, it could have been easy for Cherry Creek to look past their game against Arapahoe on May 3. However, the Bruins were focused and rolled to a 12-1 Centennial win over Arapahoe in a game called after five innings due to a mercy rule. Cherry Creek will take a 15-game winning streak into the Grandview series with games set for May 6 at Cherry Creek and May 9 at Grandview.
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1 week ago | 
coloradocommunitymedia.com | Dennis Pleuss |Steve Smith |Jim Benton |John Renfrow
Posted inSports Dakota Ridge’s 0-7 start to the baseball season is a distant memory. The Eagles (9-10, 4-1 in Class 4A/3A Jeffco League) have nearly reached the .500 record mark after their 11-1 road victory against D’Evelyn on Thursday.
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2 weeks ago | 
coloradocommunitymedia.com | Jim Benton
What looked like a lopsided game on paper turned out to be one-sided, as Arapahoe won a 14-0 Centennial League decision over Smoky Hill on April 26. Arapahoe stayed near the top of the league standings with a 4-2 record and improved to 11-5 overall. Meanwhile, Smoky Hill saw its Centennial record tumble to 1-7, and the Buffaloes are 6-11 overall. “You can never look at any opponent and say we’re going to easily win the game,” said Arapahoe Coach Jim Dollaghan. “That’s what I was most happy with.
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3 weeks ago | 
coloradocommunitymedia.com | Jim Benton
Castle View boys volleyball captain Austin Keathley knows the Sabercats are a different team than the one that was playing earlier this month. The Sabercats dropped three consecutive matches in early April and saw their season record dip to 5-4. However, Castle View has now won six straight matches to improve to 14-6 for the season after winning the Kings of the Castle tournament on April 19, hosted by Douglas County High School.
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1 month ago | 
coloradocommunitymedia.com | Jim Benton
Cherry Creek girls tennis coach Andy Zurcher claims his team is playing better. But still, he admits Ralston Valley is the team to beat when it comes to the state tournament. Once again, there will be an individual tournament to declare state champions and a team tournament to determine the best team in the state. Individual regional tournaments this year must be completed by May 30.
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1 month ago | 
coloradocommunitymedia.com | Jim Benton
Rock Canyon’s Head Coach Sean Kelty is still waiting to see how his girls soccer team develops while Chaparral Coach Greg Gillmore is encouraged. Those comments from the coaches came after Chap and Rock Canyon played to a 0-0 tie on March 27 in a Continental League match at Halftime Help Stadium. Rock Canyon, a school that has been the state tournament runner-up in three of the past four seasons, dominated the second half with possession but couldn’t score against the scrappy Wolverines.
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1 month ago | 
coloradocommunitymedia.com | Jim Benton
Head Coach Jeff Platt summarized Valor Christian’s loss to Eaglecrest by saying it was just one of those games. Eaglecrest won Colorado’s 6A boys basketball state championship with a 65-63 win over the Eagles on March 15 at the Denver Coliseum. The Eagles who played well at times but couldn’t hold off Eaglecrest’s scoring as Valor’s bid to win back-to-back state titles failed. Eaglecrest (26-2) captured its first state title since 2017.
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2 months ago | 
coloradocommunitymedia.com | Jim Benton
Mountain Vista’s Cal Baskind had to erase some memories before the Great 8 state boys basketball playoff game against Chaparral on March 8 at the Denver Coliseum. First, Baskind had a poor shooting night, going 6-16, when the Golden Eagles defeated Chaparral 82-72 on Feb. 21. And then he managed only four points in Vista’s 63-62 loss to Smoky Hill in last season’s state tournament at the Coliseum.
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2 months ago | 
coloradocommunitymedia.com | Jim Benton
Lutheran, the top-seeded team in the boys Class 5A state tournament bracket, needed a wake-up call on Feb. 28. The Lions used two different point spurts to gain control of the game against No. 32 Golden and finally earned a 65-59 victory in the first-round contest. Lutheran improved its season record to 21-3 with its 21st straight home win going back to last year. The team has now won eight straight games to end the season.
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2 months ago | 
coloradocommunitymedia.com | Jim Benton
Mountain Vista found its touch at the free throw line just in time for the Golden Eagles to earn a share of the Continental League boys basketball title. Vista hit 10 straight free throws in the final 54.6 seconds of the game against Chaparral to earn an 82-72 victory on Feb. 21 and claim a share of the league regular season championship. Chaparral suffered its first league setback and finished with a 9-1 record. Mountain Vista and ThunderRidge also finished with 9-1 records in the league.
