CHSAANow

Month: June 2015

  • All-state boys swimming and diving teams for 2015 season

    The 2015 all-state boys swimming teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

    These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.

    Swimmers of the year were selected based upon the number of team points they produced at the state meet. This means that they received the full amount of team points from individual events they swam in, as well as one-fourth of the total points earned by the team in relays they swam in.

    Finally, in order to be considered for swimmer of the year, athletes must first have made the all-state team by winning in a championship.

    Divers of the year were selected by finish at the state meet, as were coaches of the year.

    Scroll down to see the teams, or use the menu below to navigate to the class of your choosing.

    Go to: 5A | 4A


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    Class 5A

    Swimmer of the year: Sam Coffman, Cherry Creek

    Diver of the year: Kyle Goodwin, Regis Jesuit

    Coach of the year: Mark Morehouse, Fossil Ridge

    First Team
    Name School Year Event(s)
    Mick Bartholomew Boulder Junior 200 medley relay
    Devin Bellamy Smoky Hill Junior Diving
    Sam Coffman Cherry Creek Senior 200 free, 100 free, 400 free relay
    John Cremer Cherry Creek Junior 400 free relay
    Walter Dauksher Fossil Ridge Senior 200 free relay
    Christian Feiler Boulder Senior 200 medley relay, 50 free
    Mason Fine Fossil Ridge Junior 200 free relay
    Keegan Foulke Pomona Junior 200 IM
    Hunter Fuqua Cherry Creek Junior 400 free relay
    Kyle Goodwin Regis Jesuit Senior Diving
    Danny Kovac Fossil Ridge Freshman 200 free relay, 100 back
    Brody Lewis Greeley West Junior 100 breast
    Chris Nicholson Boulder Junior 200 medley relay
    Gabriele Sasia Highlands Ranch Junior 100 butterfly
    PJ Stapleton Boulder Junior 200 medley relay
    JJ Strain Cherry Creek Sophomore 400 free relay
    Matt Willis Fossil Ridge Junior 200 free relay
    Michael Zarian Fairview Sophomore 500 free


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    Class 4A

    Swimmer of the year: Daniel Carr, Cheyenne Mountain

    Diver of the year: Kyle Pape, Thompson Valley

    Coach of the year: Kate Doane, Cheyenne Mountain

    First Team
    Name School Year Event(s)
    Tommy Baker Air Academy Junior 200 free, 200 free relay
    Jerry Bimbaum Cheyenne Mountain Sophomore 400 free relay
    Daniel Carr Cheyenne Mountain Sophomore 200 IM, 100 free, 400 free relay
    Jack Dangremond Air Academy Senior 200 medley relay, 200 free relay
    Hunter Doerr Air Academy Senior 200 medley relay, 50 free, 200 free relay
    Liam Gately Thompson Valley Sophomore 500 free
    Daniel Graber D’Evelyn Senior 100 breast
    Caleb Hicks Air Academy Junior 200 medley relay, 100 butterfly, 200 free relay
    Kyle Leach Cheyenne Mountain Freshman 400 free relay
    Michael Loyd Air Academy Senior 200 medley relay
    Kyle Pape Thompson Valley Senior Diving
    Westin Stieglitz Cheyenne Mountain Sophomore 400 free relay
    Jack Thorne Thompson Valley Senior 100 back
    Collin Williams Thompson Valley Senior Diving

  • Douglas County turns to Gienger, an alum, as next baseball coach

    Rock Canyon Douglas County baseball
    Craig Gienger will be the next coach of Douglas County baseball. (Matt Mathewes/MVPSportsPics.com)

    Douglas County has hired Craig Gienger to be the school’s next baseball coach.

    The school announced in the move in a press release on Monday.

    Gienger, who has been an assistant at Douglas County for the past seven seasons, will take over for Mark Roberts. Roberts retired following the 2015 season after seven years leading the program. He was 74-62 in his time with the Huskies.

    “We are very excited to have such a quality individual take over our baseball program,” Douglas County athletic director Jeff Gardella said in a statement. “Not only does he come with a wealth of knowledge and experience, but also has a vision and passion for the game that was so compelling that even my committee members were ready to play for him!

    “The vision of using the game of baseball to pour into the lives of his players, as well as his role and responsibility in coaching boys into men, was very exciting to hear. In addition, he is very prideful about being a DC alumni, so having an opportunity to be the next head coach at the school and in the community that provided him with so much, was almost priceless.”

    Gienger is a 1989 graduate of the school, where he starred in baseball and also played football and basketball. He was selected three times in the MLB Draft after high school, and was with the Oakland organization from 1992-96 before an injury cut his career short.

    After high school, he played at Otero Junior College and then BYU before moving on to minor league baseball.

    Douglas County went 13-7 last season, including an appearance in the Class 5A districts. The Huskies lost to eventual state champion Rock Canyon in the second round of District 5 play.