Prep soccer preview: State champion Cougars will be in everyone’s sites

Rob Johnson has studied legendary coaches — including former San Francisco 49ers great Bill Walsh — and tried to apply some of their philosophies at the high school level. Perhaps Niwot`s new soccer coach can take a page from Walsh successor George Seifert`s book this fall and lead the Cougars to another state title in [...]

Arvada West tramples Trojans in opener

GOLDEN — Monday Night Football is a new concept to Longmont High School. After the Trojans` performance against Arvada West, they`d just as soon stick to playing later in the week. The Trojans were right with the Class 5A Wildcats for most of Monday`s first half, but then a stinging six-play, 80-yard touchdown drive by [...]

Prep football preview: Skyline seniors dedicated to turning around struggling Falcons

Raise your hand if you look forward to 5 a.m. workouts nearly every day. Raise your other hand if you are motivated to do so despite the fact that the team you’ve played on for the last three years has won just one game in each of those seasons. There should be about 17 pairs [...]

Prep football preview: Lions hope to roar past quarterfinals

Lyons football coach John Nichols began noticing the similarities between his quarterback and former Longmont High star signal-caller Jake Johnson when Roland Valadez was just a sophomore. What Johnson meant to the Trojans, Nichols thought, Valadez could be for the Lions — a gritty downhill runner who could make plays with his feet as well [...]

Experienced and eager: Raptors return two-thirds of ’09 offense

Ben Wooching knows Silver Creek High School’s athletic traditions probably don’t yet resonate in the minds of Longmont sports fans the way those of the town’s other three large schools do. But as the school on the west side of town enters its 10th academic year, count Wooching among a growing contingent of kids who [...]

Boys’ tennis: Niwot 7, Fossil Ridge 0

Boys tennis NIWOT 7, FOSSIL RIDGE 0 Singles — 1. Harrison Lang def. Tanner Trace 6,1, 6-1; 2. Michael Ogez def. Guido Bonini 6-0, 6-0; 3. Chris Gang def. Andrew Hampson 6-3, 6-1. Doubles — 1. A. Gang/C. Mulshine def M. Penhale/A. Fontanilla 6-3, 7-5; 2. M. Londa/A. Jones def T. Bomgardner/B. Fleschl 6-3, 7-5; [...]

Boys’ tennis: Niwot 7, Centaurus 0

NIWOT 7, CENTAURUS 0 Singles — 1. Harrison Lang, Niwot, def. Carter Gec-Taylor 6,0, 6-2; 2. Michael Ogez, Niwot, def. Evan Fernandez 6-0, 6-0; 3. Chris Gang, Niwot, def. Brian Gage 6-1, 6-1. Doubles — 1. Adam Gang/Conner Mulshine, Niwot, def. John McConnellogue/Tever McCall 6-1, 6-0; 2. Matt Londa/Alex Jones, Niwot, def. Jeremy Trezoglou/Jordan Coughenour [...]

Boys golf: Erie Invitational

fERIE INVITATIONAL At Colorado National Golf Course Team scores — Sterling 323, Estes Park 332, Eaton 334, Northridge 342, Fort Morgan 342, Yuma 343, Windsor 345, Erie 354, Roosevelt 364, Skyline 365, Limon 376, Loveland 383, Berthoud 409, Frederick 417. Top individuals — 1. Kyle Gertner, Sterling, 70; 2. Nash Bledsoe, Fort Morgan, 78; Spencer [...]

Prep baseball: Weld Central 7, Lyons 3

Weld Central 7, Lyons 3 Highlights — Jesse Fisher went 2-3 with a double and drove in two runs. Score by innings: Lyons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 — 3 8 3 Weld Central 3 0 2 0 2 0 X — 7 7 1 L — Ryan Valadez. Lyons hitting — Peterson [...]

Prep baseball: Niwot 4, Mountain View 0

NIWOT 4, MOUNTAIN VIEW 0 Score by innings: Niwot 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 — 4 3 2 Mountain View 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 1 3 Blue and Paterra. W — Blue (2-0). Niwot hitting — Johnson 0-3, Paterra 0-3, Blue 1-4, Silva 0-4, Goodenow 0-2, Butler 0-3, [...]

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