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Category: Girls Tennis

  • Photos: Mountain Range downs Legacy in girls tennis dual

    BROOMFIELD — Mountain Range girls tennis improved to 8-1 in dual meets with a 5-2 win over Legacy on Thursday.

  • Photos: Rocky Mountain girls tennis tops Mountain Range

    WESTMINSTER — Rocky Mountain’s girls tennis team beat Mountain Range 5-2 on Monday.

    Winning for the Lobos were Hannah Manning (No. 2) and Nicole Garza (No. 3) in singles matches. Rocky Mountain also won three doubles matches. Jocelyn Gentry/Natalie House (No. 1), Kyra Carney/Jennifer (No. 2) and Kyla Box/Katherine Walter (No. 3) won for the Lobos.

    Mountain Range’s Kristen Kirby (No. 1 singles) and Abby Brich/Allison Faith (No. 4 doubles) won.

  • Photos: Mountain Range girls tennis beats Poudre

    WESTMINSTER — Mountain Range’s girls tennis team earned their third dual victory of the season, defeating Poudre on Wednesday afternoon, 5-2.

  • CHSAA begins 93rd year of spring sports

    Track boys pole vault
    (Kevin Keyser/KeyserImages.com)

    AURORA — The 93rd year of Colorado High School Activities Association practice for spring sports begins just as the basketball playoffs are gearing up and ice hockey moves into Frozen Four action. Official practice starts Monday, February 24 for baseball, girls’ golf, boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, girls’ soccer, boys’ swimming and diving, girls’ tennis and boys’ and girls’ track and field.

    Teams may begin interscholastic scrimmages on March 1 (February 27 for golf and tennis), while the first contests may begin on Thursday, March 6. Tennis and golf may begin contests on Thursday, February 27.

    In May, 1921, a group of superintendents and principals met in Boulder and organized the Colorado High School Athletic Conference. The purpose of this organization was to better regulate and develop the interscholastic school athletic program.

    There were nine leagues by the time the first constitution was published, including the Northern, North Central, Western Slope, Suburban, Southeastern, Arkansas Valley, South Central and San Juan Basin leagues.

    The first champions crowned that school year were Colorado Springs in football, Greeley in basketball, and Fort Collins in track and field.

    In 1924, the Colorado High School Athletic Conference joined the National Federation of State High School Associations and has remained an active member of that organization ever since.

    Loveland’s R.W. Truscott was the Association’s first president and Eaton’s J.C. Casey its first secretary (commissioner). Truscott replaced Casey as secretary in December, 1926 and held that post until July, 1948 when Glenn T. Wilson became commissioner. Ray C. Ball took over the commissioner’s post in 1966 and remained in the office until August, 1986 when Ray Plutko assumed the duties. Bob Ottewill became the Association’s sixth commissioner in July, 1990, followed by Bill Reader who served as Commissioner from 2002 until 2010. Angelico assumed the reins on July 1, 2010.

    The CHSAA has had 58 presidents dating back to 1921. Its current president, Centauri High School Principal Curt Wilson, is in the first year of a two-year term as president.

  • Notebook: Arapahoe wrestling granted a weight allowance

    Arapahoe’s wrestling team has been granted a two-pound weight allowance for this weekend’s tournaments due to an inability to practice created by last week’s tragic shooting.

    In an email to Arapahoe, Cherokee Trail and Gateway high schools, assistant commissioner Harry Waterman wrote, “Due to the tragic event that took place at Arapahoe High School last week, it has created a hardship on the ability for the Arapahoe wrestling team to conduct practice.”

    In fact, Arapahoe has practiced just once since last Thursday.

    “This has made it very difficult to have structured work-outs and maintain their weight,” Waterman wrote. “As a result, I am permitting a (two-pound) allowance for all wrestlers in the following tournaments this Saturday: Cherokee Trail dual tournament, Gateway JV tournament.”

    Program helps Gambian national team

    USA Volleyball’s Leave a Ball Behind program at the state volleyball tournament helped provide volleyballs for the Gambian national team.

    “They were very excited to receive them and are using two at a time so that they can last through the next year,” reports a peace corps volunteer who works with the team.

    Here’s a picture of the team with the items which were donated via USA Volleyball:

    (Courtesy photo)
    (Courtesy photo)

    Short stuff

    • You may notice a slight difference in how public address announcers are handling basketball games. Due to a new rule from the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), announcers can no longer make announcements during play. The goal, according to the rule, “is to remove play by play commentary.” Thus, they are no longer permitted to announce information such as “assist by,” “rebound by,” and so on. Announcing fouls, scorers, and free-throw shooters is still allowed.
    • Changes out of the tennis committee meeting earlier this month: Teams will only be eligible to compete for the team championships if they qualify for four or more positions at the state championships. This is a move toward something golf already has in place. Additionally, regional hosts for the 5A girls this spring will not be determined until after the final league standings.
    • This season’s winter break, meaning no practice, is Dec. 24-Dec. 27, and Jan. 1. Voluntary winter practices are Dec. 28, 30 & 31.
    • Next year’s Championship Saturday (the Class 5A, 4A, 3A football title games) again falls just after Thanksgiving. It is Nov. 29.
    • Football can begin 2014 practice on Aug. 11. Zero Week is Aug. 21; Week 1 is Aug. 28.
    • We have published a database of coaching changes in football.