Riley Cornelio, a rising senior at Pine Creek, is taking part in USA Baseball’s Tournament of Stars, a national identification event to help select players for the under-18 national team.
Cornelio, a right-handed pitcher, went 9-0 with a 0.91 ERA in 53 2/3 innings pitched, striking out 85 against 21 walks for the Eagles as a junior this past spring. He also hit .468 with four home runs and 21 RBI.
The Tournament of Stars begins on Monday and runs through Saturday. The event features 80 players split into four teams. Following the conclusion of the event, a 40-member 18U national team trials roster will be announced.
Cornelio, the lone Colorado player participating, is a member of Team Pride. His week begins with workouts on Monday, and then Pride will play games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with evaluations on Friday.
The trials roster will eventually be trimmed to 20 to form that the 18U national team, which will compete in the Pan American Championships, and also the World Baseball Softball Confederation U18 Baseball World Cup.
Hailey Stodden was named player of the year in her league, her region, her classification — and now her state.
Stodden, a senior at Broomfield, was selected at Colorado’s girls soccer player of the year by Gatorade on Monday morning.
She scored 32 goals and had 10 assists for the Eagles last season in helping Broomfield (18-1-1) advance to the Class 5A state title game. Stodden had 10 multi-goal games, and seven hat tricks.
After the season, Stodden was named player of the year by the Front Range League, and then the Boulder County player of the year by BoCoPreps.com. Last week, she was named the 5A girls soccer player of the year, as well as first-team all-state.
“I had to change my whole lineup just to try to contain Hailey,” said Poudre coach Brenda Olivas in a statement. “She is a great player.”
Surprisingly, Stodden is the first Gatorade girls soccer player of the year from Broomfield, which has been to four championship games since 2013, and won the 2006 4A title.
She is the sixth overall athlete from Broomfield to win a Gatorade award, and third girl.
Stodden, who has a 3.63 GPA, has signed to play college soccer at the University of Utah.
She volunteers locally with Precious Child, filling back-packs for children in need.
Rocky Mountain has hired Domenic Alfieri to be its new boys lacrosse coach.
It is the first official coaching hire for new Lobos athletic director Shawn Terry, who has made the move from the same role at Mountain Vista.
“He will be a welcome asset as the head coach here at Rocky Mountain High School,” Terry said.
Alfieri has been a head coach in Texas, at James Bowie High School — his alma mater — and has also been a high school assistant in Connecticut. His teams in Texas won three district championships.
In Connecticut, he helped St. Joseph’s High School play in two state championship games, and win one state championship.
Alfieri moved to Fort Collins with his family last December, and he spent this past spring as a youth coach for his
Rocky Mountain went 9-7 in its second season as a program this past spring under Chris Cerrigone.
The most recent graduate of a Colorado high school to play for Oregon’s football team was Evan Baylis, a Grandview grad, from 2012-16. Baylis is currently on the roster of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.
2018 Mullen graduate Adrian Jackson is set to join Oregon’s program in the fall.
Last season for the Mustangs, Townsend had 65 tackles, including 15 for a loss, as well as six sacks. He also plays basketball for Ralston Valley, and averaged 9.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game last season as a forward.
A three-star prospect according to Rivals and 247sports.com, Townsend also had offers from Boise State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Washington State and Wyoming.
Townsend is the latest athlete from the Class of 2019 to announce his college choice.
(Marlee Smith/CHSAANow.com)Cherry Creek’s signal caller is the latest Colorado prospect headed to the Big 10 conference. Alex Padilla took to Twitter on Thursday to announce that he was committing to the University of Iowa.
Padilla received a scholarship offer from the Hawkeyes on Monday.
This comes just over a week after Valor Christian quarterback Luke McCaffrey announced he was also headed to the Big 10 with a commitment to Nebraska.
The senior to be first broke into the Bruins starting lineup late in his freshman year. He missed much of his sophomore campaign due to injury but had a standout junior year, throwing for 2,678 yards and 40 touchdowns.
His 40 touchdown tosses were third in the state behind Pueblo South’s Zach Cozzolino and Palmer Ridge’s Ty Evans. His best game of the year came against Horizon where he threw for 371 yards and six touchdown.
He also ran for a of touchdowns and has shown that he can work with his feet when needed.
Padilla is the latest commit from the class of 2019 to announce his destination.
Three years ago, Gail Hook left Monarch as one of the most successful girls basketball coaches in state history.
Now, she’s back.
Monarch athletic director Eric Gustafson announced on Wednesday that Hook is returning as the school’s girls basketball coach.
Hook coached at Monarch from 1998-2015, founding the girls basketball program when the school opened. Before that, she coached at Smoky Hill for one year, and eight seasons at Centaurus.
Hook’s career record stands at 432-167. Her teams have won 10 conference championships, and advanced to the Sweet 16 a total of 16 times, the Great 8 in 12 seasons, the Final 4 eight different times, and made four championship game appearances. She led Centaurus to a state title in 1991.
Hook also has experience coaching for USA Basketball, and was an assistant at Purdue University when the team advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight. She also spent a season as an assistant in the WNBA in 2003.
In the three years after Hook’s departure, Monarch teams were 34-38 under two coaches, including 4-20 last season.
The 2018 all-state baseball teams honor the best players in the sport as judged by the leagues and coaches. They are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a vote of head coaches.
Player and coach of the year was also selected by a vote of the coaches.
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Class 5A
Mountain Vista’s Sam Ireland. (Tim Bourke/MaxPreps)
Player of the year: Sam Ireland, Mountain Vista
Coach of the year: Ron Quintana, Mountain Vista
First Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Brayden Brooks
Mountain Range
Senior
Garrett Declue
Arapahoe
LHP/CF
Senior
Riley Egloff
Heritage
RHP/3B
Senior
Sam Ireland
Mountain Vista
RHP/3B/1B
Junior
Niklavs Levensteins
Ralston Valley
3B/2B
Senior
Jack Liffrig
Mountain Vista
LHP
Senior
Justin Olson
Pine Creek
1B/LHP
Senior
Tanner O’Tremba
Cherry Creek
Zach Paschke
Mountain Vista
INF
Senior
Second Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Justin Boyd
Legend
SS/CF
Junior
Matthew Boyd
Regis Jesuit
Senior
Riley Cornelio
Pine Creek
SS/RHP
Junior
Brandon Dryer
Arapahoe
LF/RHP/2B
Senior
Hayden Heinze
Rocky Mountain
OF
Senior
AJ Jergensen
Ralston Valley
OF
Junior
Arian Jimenez-Quezada
Heritage
SS/3B/RHP
Senior
Kasey Koppelmaa
Chatfield
LHP/OF
Senior
Andrew Morris
Monarch
2B/P
Senior
Josh Thompson
Highlands Ranch
P
Senior
Honorable mention:
Luke Bailey, Chaparral, OF, Senior
Jake Barber, Cherokee Trail, Senior
Simon Baumgardt, Lakewood, P/SS, Junior
Tyler Boggs, Fruita Monument, C, Senior
Alex Champagne, Heritage, SS/2B, Freshman
Colten Chase, Cherokee Trail, Senior
Dorsey Chatham, Boulder,
Pete Chronowski, Heritage, LHP/1B, Junior
Benjamin Derosiers, Castle View, LHP/1B/CF, Senior
Ozzie Dominguez, Aurora Central, P/1B, Senior
John Emerson, Denver East, Junior
Tanner Garner, Broomfield, Senior
Zach Goodman, Arapahoe, C/OF/UTIL, Senior
Jake Greiving, Legend, C/OF/3B, Junior
Zach Harstad, Loveland, 1B/LHP/OF, Junior
Calvin Hunt, Ralston Valley, RHP, Junior
Jenner Kehe, Lakewood, P/OF/SS, Sophomore
Cam Kennedy, Smoky Hill, CF/3B/2B, Junior
Reese Lansville, ThunderRidge, RHP/INF, Senior
Cale Lansville, ThunderRidge, RHP/INF, Freshman
Grant Magill, Mountain Vista, C, Junior
Jayden Martinez, Grandview, OF/DH, Junior
Nick Merone, Rock Canyon,
Trey Morrill, Fruita Monument, P/OF, Senior
Cade Nelson, Rocky Mountain, INF/P, Junior
Drew Norsen, Fort Collins, OF/LHP, Sophomore
Jay Onken, Pine Creek, OF/RHP, Senior
Ryan Overboe, Legacy, LHP/1B/RF, Senior
Quentin Parr, Cherry Creek,
Mike Polson, Mountain Range, Senior
Henry Rock, Fairview, Junior
Tyler Schultz, Cherry Creek,
Frankie Shearn, Columbine, OF, Senior
Ross Smith, Legacy, RHP/RF, Senior
Drew Stahl, Mountain Vista, INF, Junior
Ryan Stohr, Dakota Ridge, RHP/1B, Junior
Zach Sulyma, Eaglecrest, 3B/C, Senior
David Velasquez, Brighton, SS/P/3B, Senior
Wyatt Wendell, Rock Canyon,
Reggie Williams, Douglas County, Senior
Kevin Zapanta, Overland, 2B/1B/RHP, Senior
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Class 4A
Valor Christian’s Josh Danyliw. (Paul DiSalvo/MaxPreps)
Durango has hired Aaron Champenoy, a national championship coach at the collegiate level, as its next boys soccer coach.
Demons athletic director Adam Bright confirmed the hire to CHSAANow.com on Wednesday.
Champenoy, who has 14 years of collegiate coaching experience, coached at Hastings College the past two seasons, winning the NAIA national championship in 2016. Prior to that, he spent nine seasons as the coach at St. Thomas, another NAIA program, in Houston. He has also coached at Bellevue, an NAIA school in Nebraska.
In two seasons at Hastings, his teams went 43-3-2, including 24-0-1 during that 2016 national championship season.
Champenoy’s career record as a college coach stands at 175-91-19, and he was named conference coach of the year five times.
He also spent time as a coach in the MLS development program, and was a high school coach for four seasons.
As an athlete, your calorie needs are ramped up slightly, which means proper meal planning should always carefully include refueling with nutritious snacks. It’s important to keep milk and dairy foods top of mind to ensure healthy bones and body.
After all, milk contains a powerful nutrient package of nine essential nutrients, and low-fat and fat-free dairy foods are fundamental to any athlete’s diet.
Here are some delicious smart snacking ideas to fuel your active lifestyle:
Choco-Raspberry Chug – Blend a cup of fat-free milk with frozen raspberries and sweetened cocoa.
Zesty Tostada – Top a tostada with fat-free refried beans and shredded pepper jack cheese.
Parfait Pleaser – Layer granola and fresh fruit with your favorite low-fat yogurt.
Cottage Cheese Your Way – Protein packed and nutrient rich, this commonly forgotten snack food can be served with a variety of mix-ins. Looking to add more fruit to your diet? Add peaches to a ¼ cup of cottage cheese or enjoy it with whole grain crackers (even your favorite flavored types) – which can be a delicious way to scoop cottage cheese as an afternoon snack. Need more ideas for cottage cheese? Consider these ideas.
Mango Mixer – Enjoy a tropical treat by blending mango, plain fat-free yogurt and a splash of pineapple juice.
Yogurt Dip – Slice an apple, strawberries or pineapple or grab some grapes and your favorite berries. Enjoy the sliced fruit by dipping it into a vanilla or plain yogurt with a dollop of honey.
Graham Dunk – Dip a few graham crackers into a cold glass of low-fat milk.
Smoothie Bowl – You’ll find that there are endless possibilities with this snack. All you need is a good blender, a bowl and spoon, your ingredients and toppings of choice. Let your culinary creativity fly!
Cheese and Crackers – Layer your favorite cheese and smoked turkey on crackers.
The 2018 all-state girls soccer teams honor the best players in the sport as judged by the leagues and coaches. They are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a vote of head coaches.
Player and coach of the year was also selected by a vote of the coaches.
