Jeffco Public School’s multimedia journalist Jack Maher captures the sights and sounds of the Class 4A girls basketball state championship game March 11 at the Denver Coliseum. Evergreen defeated Pueblo South 45-35 to bring home the Cougars’ first girls hoops state title in the school’s history.
Category: Video
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Video: Rock Canyon scores four points in five seconds to win at buzzer
DENVER — Trailing 40-38, Rock Canyon scored four points in the final five seconds to beat Grandview and secure a spot in the Class 5A boys basketball Final 4.
Nick Janedis hit the winning shot for the Jaguars.
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Highlights: Fort Collins boys hoops beats Arapahoe to advance to Great 8
FORT COLLINS — Five players scored in double figures, led by Iseri Palacio’s 19 points, as No. 11 Fort Collins beat No. 27 Arapahoe 77-61 to reach the Class 5A boys basketball Great 8.
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Video: March’s Jeffco Preps with Pleuss
A roundup of Jeffco prep highlights, interviews and schedules with Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ Communication Specialist. This month’s edition features state wrestling where Jeffco-area programs brought home several state titles, Class 5A and 4A boys and girls basketball highlights, along with photos from National Letter of Intent Signing Day.
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Highlights: Fort Collins uses big fourth quarter to close out Broomfield in 5A hoops tourney
FORT COLLINS — Fort Collins boys basketball is into the sweet sixteen in 5A’s state tournament. The Lambkins took down Broomfield 79-66 behind a 32-point effort from Jacob Pfaffinger.
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Video: Denver Christian girls hoops beat Highland with shot in final seconds
Denver Christian completed a furious comeback with a 3-pointer just prior to the buzzer to beat Highland on Tuesday.
Junior Miranda Kortenhoeven hit the shot from the left side with 1.7 seconds left to cap the 38-35 win. Here’s the video, via @dcsgameday on Twitter:
Miranda Kortenhoeven with the 3 with 1.7 seconds left and the Dc girls beat Highland 38-35. @coloradopreps @9Preps @CHSAA @neildevlin pic.twitter.com/gOHNWjXPTg
— DCS Gameday (@dcsgameday) February 15, 2017
Denver Christian had trailed 28-18 going into the fourth quarter but outscored the Huskies 20-7 in the final frame to secure the win.
The Thunder are now 11-7 and ranked No. 14 in the Class 2A RPI, while Highland is now 13-5 and ranked 17th.
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Highlights: Fort Collins boys basketball runs past Horizon
FORT COLLINS — Iseri Palacio led five players in double figures as Fort Collins boys basketball beat Horizon 71-36 on Friday.
Palacio led the Lambkins with 14 points.
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Video: February’s Jeffco Preps with Pleuss
A roundup of Jeffco prep highlights, interviews and schedules with Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ Communication Specialist. This month’s edition features Pomona wrestling, Class 5A and 4A boys and girls basketball highlights, Chatfield’s Dalton Keene heading to Virginia Tech University to play football, along with Jeffco’s Adapted Athletics Basketball Day at Gold Crown Field House.
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Regis Jesuit’s Fran Belibi becomes first Colorado girl to dunk in a game
Sophomore Fran Belibi dunked in Regis Jesuit’s win over Grand Junction on Friday night. It is believed to be the first time a girl has dunked in a Colorado high school basketball game.
Video of the play is available on Hudl:
The Raiders won the game, 78-23, to improve to 4-3 this season.
Belibi, who is 15, is averaging a team-best 18.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game this season.
She also plays tennis, and placed third at No. 3 doubles with teammate Mackenzy Pedrie at the Class 5A state tennis championships last spring.
The play was featured on SportsCenter as the No. 1 play of Friday night.
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Video: December’s Jeffco Preps with Pleuss
A roundup of Jeffco prep highlights, interviews and schedules with Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ Communication Specialist. This month’s edition features Pomona in the Class 5A state football title game, early-season boys and girls basketball highlights, along with Wheat Ridge winning the Poms 4A state title at the spirit championships.