AURORA — Chukwuma Obinnah rushed for 114 yards and a score, Cody Summers threw two touchdowns and Grandview beat Chaparral 46-13 in football on Thursday night.
Austin Quarles also had two rushing touchdowns for the Wolves, while Brandon Brooks had both receiving touchdowns.
Event type: Triangular
Host: Ponderosa
Date: 8/27
| Team scores | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | School | Score |
| 1 | Ponderosa | 172.475 |
| 2 | Rampart | 161.125 |
| 3 | Rock Canyon | 160.825 |
| Vault | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
| 1 | Katie Steward | Ponderosa | 8.85 |
| 2 | Hailey Littlefield | Rock Canyon | 8.6 |
| 3 | McKenna Moede | Ponderosa | 8.5 |
| Bars | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
| 1 | Katie Steward | Ponderosa | 9.15 |
| 2 | Dani Johnson | Rampart | 9.15 |
| 3 | Calista Hill | Ponderosa | 9 |
| Beam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
| 1 | Katie Steward | Ponderosa | 9.15 |
| 2 | McKenna Moede | Ponderosa | 8.975 |
| 3 | Kayti Conger | Rock Canyon | 8.65 |
| Floor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
| 1 | Jay Escamilla | Ponderosa | 9.125 |
| 2 | Katie Steward | Ponderosa | 8.85 |
| 3 | Kayti Conger | Rock Canyon | 8.5 |
| 4 | Lindsey Jula | Ponderosa | 8.5 |
| All-Around | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
| 1 | Katie Stweard | Ponderosa | 36 |
| 2 | Abby Twigg | Ponderosa | 33.7 |
| 3 | Dani Johnson | Rampart | 33.55 |
CASTLE ROCK — Lexi Kagan and Ashlyn Dzialo each had three RBIs as Castle View beat Cherry Creek 11-1 in softball on Wednesday.
Savannah Heebner pitched all five innings, and struck out 10 for the Sabercats. She allowed three hits and one earned run.
Event type: Triangular
Host: Pomona
Date: 8/27
| Team scores | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | School | Score |
| 1 | Pomona | 176.5 |
| 2 | Arvada West | 168.15 |
| 3 | Evergreen | 154.7 |
| Vault | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
| 1 | Veronica Vasina | Arvada West | 9.525 |
| 2 | Kelsey Boychuk | Pomona | 9.3 |
| 3 | Shea Zeman | Pomona | 8.975 |
| Bars | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
| 1 | Kelsey Boychuk | Pomona | 9.35 |
| 2 | Veronica Vasina | Arvada West | 9.225 |
| 3 | Jillian Kerr | Arvada West | 8.85 |
| Beam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
| 1 | Kelsey Boychuk | Pomona | 9.425 |
| 2 | Shea Zeman | Pomona | 9.4 |
| 3 | Hadley Hagemann | Pomona | 9.325 |
| Floor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
| 1 | Kelsey Boychuk | Pomona | 9.45 |
| 2 | Veronica Vasina | Arvada West | 9.225 |
| 3 | Annabel Spence | Pomona | 8.875 |
| All-Around | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | School | Score |
| 1 | Kelsey Boychuk | Pomona | 37.525 |
| 2 | Veronica Vasina | Arvada West | 36.925 |
| 3 | Hadley Hagemann | Pomona | 35.625 |
Hockey’s growth continues. Douglas County School District has announced its intention to add another hockey program beginning with the 2015-16 season.
It is the second new program in the span of two weeks. On Aug. 14, Poudre School District announced it would add a hockey team (along with girls lacrosse) in 2016-17.
The new program will be housed by Castle View, and give Douglas County Schools a second team. Mountain Vista already fields a program.
“We’ve had a lot of demand for it,” said Derek Chaney, the district athletic director of Douglas County School District. “It’s just a growing sport, at least in our area. We have a lot of good kids that get cut from the CHSAA team, and this creates another opportunity.”
The plan is to have Castle View serve Castle View, Douglas County, Chaparral, Legend and Ponderosa. Mountain Vista would be the team for students at Mountan Vista, ThunderRidge, Rock Canyon and Highlands Ranch.
Castle View will find ice time at the Colorado Sports Center in Monument as well as at the Edge Ice Arena in Littleton. Like Mountain Vista, it will be a self-funded program.
“We are extremely, extremely happy to know that Douglas County is growing their programs,” said Bud Ozzello, CHSAA assistant commissioner in charge of hockey. “That they can expand to two teams, and remain extremely competitive, that just adds to the mix.”
Both Castle View and the Poudre School District program — which hasn’t yet picked a host school — need to go before the hockey committee at their meeting next March to officially apply for inclusion.
Mountain Vista went 19-2-0 last season and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.
“Participation-wise, you’re going from 25 on a roster to 50 kids,” Ozzello said. “You can’t beat that.”
The sport’s growth doesn’t look to be slowing anytime soon.
“That’s now two new schools,” Ozzello said. “And we have a couple others potentially coming outside of the Metro area.”
LAKEWOOD — The defending Class 4A Jeffco League boys soccer champion Wheat Ridge Farmers hung on to win its season opener Tuesday at Lakewood Memorial Field.
The Farmers got goals from seniors Max Sweeney (11th minute), Ryan Browne (48th minute) and Mason Lane (72nd minute) to hold off 5A Jeffco’s Pomona for a 3-2 victory.
“We came away with a win,” Wheat Ridge coach Tony Thomas said. “We let up a little bit, but a win is a win. It’s something to learn from going forward.”
Sweeney started the scoring with a shot that rocketed under the crossbar for an early 1-0 lead. However, Pomona back-up sophomore goalie Cesar Tamariz Ovalle came in and held the Farmers’ offense in check for the remainder of the first half.
Despite dominating possession and scoring chances in the first 40 minutes Wheat Ridge found itself in a 1-1 tie going into halftime. Pomona senior Jake Semple scored with 13 seconds left in the first half on a long shot.
“It shows you can’t let down,” Thomas said. “We were good the first 10 minutes. After we scored we kind of let up. We got content being up 1-0. That isn’t how we want to go forward.”
The Farmers got back in gear with a goal early in the second half by Browne to regain the lead. Senior Evan Graves fired a shot that hit off a Pomona defender, but ended up right in front of Browne to set up a one-on-one against Tamariz Ovalle.
“It was pretty lucky. I’m not going to lie,” Browne said. “Evan had a great shot and it got deflected. It just landed on my foot.”
Wheat Ridge extended its lead to 3-1 in the 72nd minute when Lane slipped a tough angle shot into the back of the net.
Pomona answered again when sophomore Augusto Davalos sailed a long shot over the head of Wheat Ridge junior goalie Chase Odean in the 77th minute to make it a one-goal game again.
The Farmers (1-0) were able to keep the Panthers (0-1-1) at bay in the final three minutes to take the victory.
“I think we just kept our cool and played the way we needed to finish it out,” said Browne, one of 10 returning seniors for the Farmers.
Wheat Ridge grabbed the 4A Jeffco conference title last season with a 6-0-1 league record, but the Farmers were bounced out of the state tournament with a first-round loss to Denver South. That loss is still fresh for Wheat Ridge.
“It’s a reminder definitely for these guys,” Thomas said of the early postseason loss. “Every game counts and it doesn’t matter when it is during the season.”
Wheat Ridge returns to action with another non-league match. The Farmers host Longmont at 4 p.m. Thursday at Wheat Ridge High School. League play begins Sept. 16 back at Lakewood Memorial Field against rival Evergreen.
“We are expecting to do well,” Browne said. “Our goal is to win league, but we have a long ways to go.”
Pomona finished in the middle of the pack in 5A Jeffco in 2013. The Panthers’ 5-10 record last season wasn’t good enough to grab a berth in the 5A state tournament.
Pomona coach Mike Askin has only one senior this season in Semple, but could very well be in the mix for a playoff spot this season with its young core of players.
The Panthers opened their season with a 1-1 tie against Chaparral last week. Pomona heads to Aurora to face Gateway at 4:30 p.m. Friday.
The design for CHSAA’s new championship trophies were unveiled in July. But that design featured a track athlete on the trophy.
It left the question: What will the fall sports graphics look like? Well …
Note that these designs are tentative and could change ahead of the final version. For instance, the mountains will be blue instead of gold.
All sports will be moving to the new trophy design. Cross country’s graphic is still being worked on.
Click on the images below to enlarge.
Here is what the new trophy design looks like:
AURORA — Kevin Del Mazo converted a penalty kick late in the second half to lift No. 5 Smoky Hill boys soccer over No. 3 Boulder in Class 5A action on Tuesday.
Sam Franceschi also scored for Smoky Hill. Quinn Liebmann had Boulder’s goal.
WESTMINSTER — Greeley West beat Mountain Range boys tennis in a dual on Tuesday, 5-2.
BROOMFIELD — In a matchup of last season’s Class 5A and 4A state softball champions, Wheat Ridge rallied to beat Legacy 11-7 on Tuesday.
Wheat Ridge, ranked No. 2 in the preseason 4A poll, scored eight runs in the top of the seventh to secure the win.
Analece Apodaca had a home run and four RBIs for Wheat Ridge, while Christina Nelson was 4-for-4 with a home run and three runs scored.
Riley Scott pitched five scoreless innings for the Farmers, and got the win. She allowed six hits.
Alyssa Geist had a home run in the loss for Legacy, ranked No. 1 in the 5A poll.