Michael Storer has been named the new football coach at Prospect Ridge Academy.
PRA athletic director Ellie Kempfe confirmed the new hire on Tuesdsay. Storer comes to Prospect Ridge from Northglenn, where he was the junior varsity head coach in 2015 and 2016.
(Northglenn HS)
Before coming to Colorado, he was the head coach at Fromberg, a 6-man team in Montana, in 2013 and 2014. He also has experience as a middle school football, basketball and track coach.
Prospect Ridge, a 2A program, will enter its third year of varsity competition next fall.
The Miners went 1-8 and 3-6 in their first two seasons under former coach John Roberts.
The 2017 all-state football teams 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 across the state.
Players were placed onto the first-team, second-team and honorable mention based upon the number of votes they received. In 5A-1A, spots were reserved for linemen and one kicker/punter, while 8-man reserved spots for linemen.
CHSAA does not determine who makes or doesn’t make the team; they are created entirely from the results of the coaches’ vote.
The senior’s kick came following a 9-yard run for junior quarterback Zachary Anderson. Pueblo East also called a timeout in an attempt to ice Gurnett, but it didn’t faze him.
“I had confidence our kicker was going to make that,” Anderson told the Pueblo Chieftain after the game.
Anderson had two rushing touchdowns and 73 yards on Thursday night.
Caleb Grotelueschen also had a big game for the Thunder with a rushing touchdown and a 90-yard kickoff return for a score. Marshall Pike added a rushing score.
Pueblo East quarterback Luc Andrada had four passing touchdowns and also a rushing touchdown, according to the Chieftain.
Lincoln improved to 3-0 with a 43-8 win over Denver West. It’s the second-straight season the Lancers have started 3-0.
Jes Ramirez rushed for three touchdowns and 124 yards as Brighton beat Heritage 20-3. The Bulldogs are now 2-1. Photos from the game.
Orlando Westbrook accounted for three total touchdowns in Harrison’s 26-23 win over Evergreen. Aumiere Shedrick also had 222 total yards and two touchdowns.
Doherty lit up the scoreboard and the stat sheet in a 63-12 win over Palmer. Quarterback Logan Siffert threw three touchdowns, and Julian Cooks rushed for three scores. Gage Vanaman rushed for 149 yards and a score on just seven carries.
Five different players had rushing touchdowns as Standley Lake beat Liberty 42-35. Ty Webber rushed for 135 yards, and Alex France accounted for 132.
Fort Collins is now 2-1 after beating Greeley West 40-35.
Prospect Ridge picked up its first win of the season in beating Arvada 34-0.
Pueblo County beat Falcon 17-16 to pick up its first win this year.
For the second consecutive day, Montrose sophomore Micah Stangebye sat atop the leaderboard.
A day after shooting 5-under, Stangebye shot 3-under at the Montrose Black Canyon Invite at Black Canyon Golf Course.
His teammate, freshman Jordan Jennings, finished second at 1-under, and Montrose also won as a team in shooting 209. Grand Junction (223) was second, paced by Blake Schneiter, who was third individually at 1-over.
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Bryant continues to win
Eaglecrest senior Davis Bryant continued his hot streak this season, winning the latest Centennial League meet on Thursday.
Bryant shot 2-under in winning at Saddle Rock. Arapahoe’s Tommy Packer (even) finished second in helping his team win the meet with a 7-over. Mullen was second as a team (+20), while Cherry Creek (+21) was third.
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Trujillo also stays hot
Discovery Canyon’s Luke Trujillo also continued his winning ways on Thursday.
Trujillo shot 2-under at Springs Ranch Golf Club to win the Scorpion Invite hosted by Sand Creek.
Palmer Ridge’s Elijah Harp (+3) was second. Teammate Drew Laake (+5) was third. The Bears also won the team title at +21. Discovery Canyon was second at +29.
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Notables
Valor Christian’s Jake Welch (-1) won the Fall Dual in the Knolls hosted by Mountain Range. Fairview won the event as a team, shooting 6-over. The Knights were led by Will Chadwick, who was second individually at even par.
Walker Franklin of Prospect Ridge won the Metro League tournament at Indian Tree. Peak to Peak was the top team at +15.
Liberty’s Brandon Bervig (+1) and Lucas Howell (+5) helped their squad win the Pine Creek Invitational.
Pueblo County’s Brock Rodriguez shot 3-over to win the Lamar Invitational. The Hornets were also the top team at +31.
Strasburg’s Jake Francis won the Kurtis Huss Memorial tournament at Holyoke Golf Club. He shot 6-over, and led the field by seven strokes. Strasburg also won the team event.
Prairie View’s Terrance Barrios won the EMAC Major No. 2 at 4-over. Brighton won the event as a team at +20.
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Resurrection Christian’s Micha Ramirez shot a one-under-par 70 to get the win at the Estes Park Invite on Thursday.
He got the better of Mountain Range’s Connor Jones by two strokes and Mead’s T.J. Shehee by three.
Mountain Range took the overall win as a team, shooting 11-over to beat Sterling by seven strokes.
TCA’s O’Halloran is the only player under par at Mitchell Open
The Classical Academy’s Liam O’Halloran was the only golfer to end his day in red numbers at Thursday’s Mitchell Open.
His 70 was good by eight strokes to get the individual win.
The Titans placed first as a team, shooting 21-over.
Peak to Peak edges Lutheran at Colorado National
Ian Thorpe ended his day two-over, but he, Ethan Tartagila, Suchit Sharma and Nishant Datta paced Peak to Peak to get the team win at Thursday’s Metro League tournament.
The Pumas were just three strokes better than Lutheran. Westin Pals was also two-over on the day, but a stroke or two here and there ended up resulting in a second place finish.
Prospect Ridge’s Walker Franklin was the best individual at the tournament, shooting a 68 en route to sitting atop the leaderboard.
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For now, Kent Denver’s Scott Yates is sitting alone atop the state’s all-time football coaching wins record.
With the Class 3A No. 1 Sun Devils’ 59-0 win over Prospect Ridge Academy, Yates grabbed win No. 316, putting him one game ahead of West Grand’s Chris Brown.
The Mustangs are in action next week when they travel to Sanford to open their open.
It was Brown who set the state’s all-time wins record last year with a 32-12 win over the same Sanford team in Week 1.
He sat two games ahead of Yates, but a deep playoff run helped the Kent Denver coach match the wins total at the end of the 2016 season.
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6-Man: North Park 31, (2) Fleming 25
North Park held a six-point lead with less than nine minutes to go in the fourth quarter, but the Fleming was able to tie it but.
Eight holes into his day, Castle View’s Dillon Baker sat at three-under. He fell back to even par, but birdied the 476-yard par five and sank a hole-in-one on No. 4 to finish with a three-under-par 69 to win Thursday’s Continental League golf tournament.
Baker claimed the individual win on the day while ThuderRidge claimed the overall team title, shooting 12-over as a unit.
Sam Ostravich led the Grizzlies by shooting an even 72 while teammate Evan Kalac nearly matched him with a 73.
Jessen Steel led the effort for Legend with a 74 while Mountain Vista’s Elisandro Aragon was right behind him with a 75.
Brayden Lambrecht shot a 72 to claim the individual win and he got plenty of support from his Sterling teammates to take the team victory at the Tri-Valley Sterling Invite.
The Tigers finished a combined nine-over to take the team win.
Mead, who played in its first event as a varsity golf program finished fourth as a team while TJ Shehee finished tied for second place with a 74.
Roosevelt’s Tyler Severin and Sterling’s Riley Schaefer also shot 74.
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Kent Denver claims Metro League opener
Defending Class 3A boys golf champion Kent Denver is off to a good start. The Sun Devils claimed the Metro League season-opener by shooting a combined five-over par.
It was Walter Franklin of Prospect Ridge claimed the individual title with a 69. He made only one bogey on the day, making a five on the par-four 14th.
Kent’s Oliver Jack took second place with a 70 while Peak to Peak’s Nishant Datta (71) finished third.
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Other notes:
Yuma’s Jakob Chrisman took the individual win at the Brush Invite with a 83 while the Beetdiggers won the team title, going a combined 66-over.
Montezuma-Cortez’s Cris Rudosky birdied two of his last four holes to shoot a 71, winning the Panther Invitational. Grand Junction went 12-over as a unit to get the team win.
Prairie View got the sweep at the EMAC North tournament as Jay Audette-Smith’s 75 gave him the individual win while the team went took first at 24-over.
Other Thursday tournaments included the Cedaredge Invtational, the EMAC South and the Mountain View League Meet. Results were not posted on iWanamaker as of Friday morning.
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Scott Yates and Chris Brown enter the 2017 season as the two winningest coaches in Colorado high school football history.
Yates, the coach at Kent Denver, and Brown, the head man at West Grand, have each amassed 315 career victories. They spent the 2016 season trading the top spot in the record book.
But neither one sees it as a chase, and in fact each wants the other to hold the record.
“He’ll blow by me in a Wyoming wind because he’ll coach for a long time, too,” Brown said of Yates when he held the record last fall. “It’s fine. It’s okay when he goes right on by me.”
Yates will get the first crack at owning the all-time wins record, if only for a week. Kent Denver plays Prospect Ridge Academy at home on Aug. 26 at 1 p.m.
Five days later, Brown and West Grand take on Sanford on Sept. 1 at 6 p.m.
