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Month: March 2016

  • Valor Christian names Kaitlyn Hastings new volleyball coach

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    Valor Christian has named Kaitlyn Hastings its new volleyball coach. (Ray Chen/ArrayPhoto.com)

    Valor Christian has tabbed Kaitlyn Hastings as its new volleyball coach, the school announced on Thursday.

    Hastings spent the past two seasons as the head coach at Denver West, going 16-31 — but leading the Cowboys to their highest win total since at least 2007.

    “I am so honored to be in this role because it combines my deepest passions of volleyball, working with youth, and sharing my faith,” Hastings said in a statement.

    She becomes the school’s fourth coach in as many seasons, taking over for Melanie Heller, who led the Eagles to a 14-11 season and an appearance at the Class 4A regionals in 2015. Prior to that, Tara Hittle coached Valor to a state tournament appearance in 2014, and Lars Nielsen was the program’s original coach during its initial six seasons.

    Hastings has been a volleyball coach since 2008. In addition to her experience at West, she coached at Hart County in Georgia, and has also been a coach with Colorado’s Juggernaut Volleyball Club. Hastings was also the coach of Valor Christian’s boys volleyball club team in 2014.

    Said Valor Christian athletic director Jamie Heiner in announcing the hire: “We feel truly blessed with the leadership of coach Hastings and look forward to the impact she will have on the Valor volleyball community.”

    Hastings’ Denver West team went 9-15 in 2014, which was the most wins for the program since the Cowboys went 8-10 in 2007. Denver West, a 4A program, was 7-16 last season.

    Valor Christian returns an incredibly experienced roster next season. It will return its top five kills leaders from last season, its defense up the middle, as well as two setters.

  • Photos: No. 2 Cherry Creek baseball beats Legend

    GREENWOOD VILLAGE — Nate Sweeney went 3-for-4 to lead second-ranked Cherry Creek baseball to a 6-4 win over Legend on Thursday.

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  • Photos: Ponderosa boys lacrosse beats Lutheran

    PARKER — Ponderosa boys lacrosse, ranked No. 8 in Class 4A, got a 20-3 win over crosstown foe Lutheran on Thursday.

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  • Basketball’s all-state voting process is open

    Alamosa Colorado Springs Christian boys basketball generic Denver Coliseum
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    AURORA — The ballots to select the 2015-16 all-state boys and girls basketball teams have been emailed to coaches.

    They now have a week to select the teams, which are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

    The process for selecting the all-state teams is as follows:

    • Every player who was a first-team all-league selection is put on a ballot.
    • Head coaches are emailed the ballot, and they vote on their all-state picks. Only head coaches are permitted to vote, and each head coach only gets one vote.
    • The players with the most votes will be placed on the all-state teams.
    • There are separate voting categories for coaches to vote on player of the year, and coach of the year, in each classification.

    Head coaches who didn’t receive the all-state basketball ballot in their email should email rcasey@chsaa.org as soon as possible.

    For more information on the winter all-state teams which have been released so far, visit the All-State Teams homepage.

  • Eaglecrest’s Colbey Ross named boys basketball’s Gatorade player of the year

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    Eaglecrest’s Colbey Ross. (Matt Mathewes/MVPSportsPics.com)

    Eaglecrest junior Colbey Ross was named the state’s boys basketball player of the year by Gatorade on Thursday morning.

    Ross led the Raptors to a runner-up finish in Class 5A last weekend, averaging 18.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.6 blocks per game last season.

    He also carries a 3.47 GPA.

    “Colbey Ross is an incredible athlete and competitor,” Arapahoe coach Brad Jansen said in a statement. “His leadership skills and maturity have grown over the last three seasons as well. I have seen a talented freshman develop into an outstanding leader, competitor and respectful young man.”

    Ross now becomes a finalist for the national player of the year award, which will be announced later this month.

    He is the first Eaglecrest boys basketball player to be honored with the state award.

    Denver East’s Brian Carey won the award last season.

  • Photos: No. 3 Mountain Vista girls soccer beats No. 6 Pine Creek

    COLORADO SPRINGS — Haley Schueppert and Mia Bonifazi each scored first-half goals as third-ranked Mountain Vista girls soccer beat No. 6 Pine Creek in a Class 5A game on Wednesday.

    Kylee Love made four saves to record the shutout for Mountain Vista.

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  • Photos: No. 4 Arapahoe boys lacrosse beats Denver East

    CENTENNIAL — Fourth-ranked Arapahoe boys lacrosse beat Denver East 13-5 on Wednesday.

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  • Photos: Vista Ridge girls soccer tops Widefield

    COLORADO SPRINGS — Freshman Brianna Lindsey had a hat trick as Vista Ridge girls soccer beat Widefield 10-0 on Tuesday.

    Kate Rohr, Payton Jones and Julie Elwyn each had two goals for the Wolves. Myra Vega added a goal and an assist.

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  • Photos: Hanson, Witt lead Arapahoe girls lacrosse over Chatfield

    LAKEWOOD — Meg Hanson and Atlee Witt each had four goals as No. 10 Arapahoe girls lacrosse edged Chatfield 14-13 on Tuesday.

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  • Photos: Gill leads Cherry Creek baseball past Arvada West

    ARVADA — Clayton Gill went 4-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs to lead No. 2 Cherry Creek baseball to a 17-4 win over Arvada West on Monday.

    Nate Sweeney also homered and tripled, and had three RBIs, while James Herold was 3-for-3 with four RBIs for the Bruins.

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