LITTLETON — Monarch hockey beat Chatfield 18-0 on Saturday.
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Month: January 2016
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Photos: No. 4 Cherry Creek hockey holds off rally from No. 5 Dakota Ridge
LITTLETON — Cherry Creek got goals from six different players as the fourth-ranked Bruins remained undefeated with a 6-4 victory over No. 5 Dakota Ridge in hockey on Saturday.
Joseph Whitmore, Rhys Phelps, Jacob Harding, Jamie Stokes, Samuel Harris and Joe LoSasso all scored for the Bruins, who held leads of 4-1 and 5-2 in the second period.
Just like it did against Monarch earlier this week, Dakota Ridge started a rally in the third period, cutting it to 5-4, but the Eagles couldn’t tie the game.
Matteo Glennon led Dakota Ridge with two goals and an assist.
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Photos: Liberty, Pine Creek hockey skate to tie
COLORADO SPRINGS — Pine Creek and Liberty hockey skated to a 5-5 tie on Saturday.
Nathan Watts had two goals and an assist for Liberty, while Alexander Brooks scored a goal and had two assists to lead Pine Creek.
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Photos: Fossil Ridge boys basketball upsets No. 5 Regis Jesuit
AURORA — Following Tuesday’s upset win against Overland for Ken Shaw’s 700th win, Regis Jesuit was on the receiving end Saturday, falling to Fossil Ridge 68-66.
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Valor Christian names former NCAA tourney MVP Kara Cannizarro girls lacrosse coach
Valor Christian went 10-6 last season, and made the playoffs for the first time in program history. The Eagles will have a new coach in 2016. (Tim Visser/TimVisserPhotography.com) Kara Cannizzaro, a former MVP of the NCAA tournament, was announced as the next head coach of Valor Christian’s girls lacrosse program on Friday.
Cannizzaro had been a volunteer assistant for the University of Denver’s women’s lacrosse team, and has also been the head coach at North Broward Prep in Florida.
“I am extremely blessed for the opportunity to coach at an up-and-coming program such as Valor,” Cannizzaro said in a statement. “I am honored to be able to share my passion and love for the game with a group of determined, focused and well-rounded athletes. My goal is to help the young women have growth and success athletically, spiritually and academically.”
Cannizzaro, who grew up in New York, was a collegiate lacrosse star at North Carolina. She led the Tar Heels to the 2013 NCAA championship, and was named the MVP of the tournament. That same season, she won the Honda Award for women’s lacrosse.
She also has experience playing with the U.S. women’s national team.
At Valor, Cannizaro takes over a team that is coming off the best season in program history. The Eagles went 10-6-0 — the most wins since the program started in 2009 — and made the postseason for the first time ever, losing to Chatfield in the first round.
It’ll be an experienced team coming back, as five of Valor’s leading point scorers return.
“It is with great excitement that we announce Kara Cannizzaro as our next girls lacrosse head coach,” Valor Christian athletic director Jamie Heiner said in a statement. “She brings a tremendous amount of talent in lacrosse and overall leadership, which will be a blessing to not only our student-athletes, but also our entire Valor community. While we remain very thankful for the past, and the foundation of the girls lacrosse program, we have much to celebrate and much to look forward to with this great group of wonderful young ladies working with coach Cannizzaro.”
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Photos: Eaglecrest wins top-5 5A boys basketball matchup against Overland
AURORA — Fourth-ranked Eaglecrest beat No. 1 Overland 57-45 on Friday night.
The Raptors improved to 10-0 and made their case to be considered for the No. 1 spot in the polls come Monday.
The Trailblazers, who lost earlier in the week to Regis Jesuit, were playing without star De’Ron Davis, who missed the matchup because he picked up two technical fouls in a game against Mullen on Wednesday.
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Photos: No. 7 Chatfield boys hoops tops Bear Creek
LAKEWOOD — No. 7 Chatfield boys basketball beat Bear Creek 69-31 on Friday.
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Photos: No. 6 Lewis-Palmer hockey beats Valor Christian
MONUMENT — Lewis-Palmer jumped out to a 3-1 lead after the first period, then cruised to a 7-3 win over Valor Christian on Friday.
The sixth-ranked Rangers got two goals and an assist each from Christian Perry and Nicholas Roscoe, while Cameron Brummond had a goal and two assists.
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Photos: Duhart leads Grandview boys basketball past Cherry Creek
GREENWOOD VILLAGE — Lechaun Duhart scored 19 points as Grandview boys basketball beat Cherry Creek 47-45 on Friday.
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Rampart girls basketball puts together impressive team win over Pueblo West
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) COLORADO SPRINGS – When Nicea Eliely is on her game, Rampart is a dangerous basketball team. And if the Rams keep playing the way they did in Saturday’s 55-39 win over Pueblo West, it won’t be long before they’re firmly in the Class 5A CHSAANow.com top 10.
With league play full steam ahead starting Tuesday, the Rams (9-2 overall) put together what coach Ashley Miller thought was their most complete game.
“I would say this is our best team win,” Miller said. “We played all nine kids, all nine kids were contributing, it just shows that this team is finally coming together.”
Rampart looked in rhythm early as they jumped out to a 19-8 lead after the first quarter, putting 4A’s No. 5 ranked Cyclones (10-1) on their heels. Eliely scored 11 of her game-high 18 points in the quarter.
“She’s a special player,” Pueblo West coach Gil Lucero said of the Nebraska commit. “We tried to throw the kitchen sink at her, unfortunately she found what she needed to do, whether it was scoring or finding an open player, she was able to find those things.”
The Cyclones did a much better job defensively in the second quarter, keeping the Rams limited to only seven points. Some key baskets from Jordyn Keck and clutch free throws from Olivia Lough cut the Rampart lead to 26-20 at halftime. Lough matched Eliely’s effort, scoring 18 points for the Cyclones.
The Cyclones started the second half with a 3-0 run to pull to within three points of the Rams, but Miller was able to get the necessary adjustments from her team to get the offense back on track.
“We just went back to what we talked about pre-game,” Miller said. “There was a little bit of a lack of focus on boxing out and we gave up some offensive rebounds and gave them a second chance to put points on the board.”
Once the focus was regained, Rampart starting looking like a team that will contend for the 5A Colorado Springs Metro League title. A 3-pointer from Thalia Buckley increased the lead to 42-26 early in the fourth quarter, essentially slamming the door shut on the Cyclones.
It was the team as a whole that had to up their intensity in order to keep Pueblo West at bay and come as the Rampart New Year’s Classic champions.
“We had to be more aggressive,” Eliely said. “Being more aggressive and being more intense overall really helps things out.”
For the Cyclones, the loss isn’t too damaging. If anything, coming up to play a talented team in a higher class will only better prepare them for a tough conference slate that includes Pueblo East.
“That’s why we come to this tournament, we know we’re going to see three high-level teams and that’s what we want,” Lucero said. “We’re not overly concerned with how great our record looks or setting up a cupcake schedule. We want these tough games.”
The Cyclones and Rams both won their games against Montrose and Castle View making Saturday’s game a winner-take-all for the tournament.
Both teams open league play Tuesday night.