Ryan Burr, a 2012 graduate of Highlands Ranch, became the first local player selected in this year’s MLB Draft on Tuesday.
Warren Mitchell, a coaching icon in Limon for 56 years, passed away yesterday at his home in Aurora last season. He was 88.
Chauncey Billups, the 1995 George Washington graduate who went on to play 17 seasons in the NBA, announced his retirement on Tuesday night in an interview with Yahoo Sports.
It’s an event to honor his memory, but the Nate Ekhoff Kicking Camp also aims to help local kickers, punters and long snappers.
Marco Gonzales, a 2010 graduate of Rocky Mountain, made his Major League debut for the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday — against the hometown Colorado Rockies, no less.
A slew of local products, including a host of 2014 graduates, were selected on the third and final day of the MLB Draft on Saturday.
In a span of two picks, two more Colorado products were selected in the 2014 MLB Draft on Friday.
How fitting. Kyle Freeland, a 2011 graduate of Thomas Jefferson, was selected by the hometown Colorado Rockies in the first round of the MLB Draft on Thursday.
The Jeffco School District held its 29th annual Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony Wednesday.
Missy Franklin, the 2013 graduate of Regis Jesuit, won the ESPY Award for Best Female Olympian in mid-July.