High School Sports Daily Roundup Feb. 9-15

Feb. 10 Sand Creek 63 Pine Creek
51

Feb. 10 Lewis-Palmer 59 Wasson
41

Feb. 11 Palmer Ridge 47 Legend
45

Feb. 12 Lewis-Palmer 74 Sierra
52

Feb. 12 Coronado 59 Pine Creek
46

Feb. 13 Palmer Ridge 44 Discovery
Canyon 37

Feb. 14 Chaparral 62 Lewis-Palmer
58

Feb. 14 Pine Creek at
Fountain-Fort Carson

 

Feb. 10 Lewis-Palmer 53 Wasson
26

Feb. 10 Sand Creek 57 Pine Creek
44

Feb. 11 Palmer Ridge 27 Legend
24

Feb. 12 Sierra 57 Lewis-Palmer
43

Feb. 12 Pine Creek at
Coronado

Feb. 13 Palmer Ridge 47 Discovery
Canyon 41

Feb. 14 Fountain-Fort Carson 49
Pine Creek 42

Feb. 9 Doherty 4 Pine Creek
0

Feb. 11 Air Academy 2 Pine Creek
0

Feb. 13 Steamboat Springs 4 Pine
Creek 0

 

            Jackie Cromer, who won
the 200 free in 5A as a junior, became the 2009 4A state champion
in the same event Feb. 14 at Loveland and also placed second in the
100 free. Cromer’s teammate Corey Bangs placed second in diving as
fellow Ranger Sadie Wells took fifth. Other individual finishes for
LP included senior Stephanie Wangeman touching up for sixth in the
500 free, while Alex Claude and Carrina Watson finished ninth and
14^th respectively in the 100 backstroke. Laura Day added
an 11^th place for the Rangers in the 100
breaststroke.

            The Rangers, who also
enjoyed a fourth-place finish in the 200 free relay, a fifth-place
finish in the 400 free relay and a seventh-place finish in the 200
medley relay, placed third overall as a team.

            Dan Barringer (152 lbs.) and
Chad Stich (160) both finished second for LP at the 4A regional
held Feb. 13 and 14 in Elizabeth and Grant Gann (215) placed
fourth. The Rangers, who placed seventh out of 18 teams at the
meet, just missed having a fourth wrestler qualify for the state
finals, as Kevin King (103) finished in sixth place.

 

            The Rangers had hand their
hands full early when they traveled south to take on Wasson Feb. 10
in a Metro league matchup. But after a back-and-forth first half
that saw a handful of lead changes and ended with LP up five, the
Rangers sprinted out to a 40-25 lead late in the third, putting
things in cruise control for the duration, as they headed back to
Monument with a 59-41 win. Kyle Englehardt led all scorers with 23,
while Jordan Ververs added 10 and Cole Schumacher chipped in
8.

            Next on the slate for
the third-place Rangers (14-5, 9-3 Metro) was a Feb. 12 trip to
Sierra High School where they had a matchup with the No. 2 team in
4A, the first-place Stallions (16-4, 12-0). Sierra would not be
undefeated in league at the end of this one however, as LP jumped
out on the Stallions early, taking leads of 24-12, 38-22 and 51-32
at the quarter breaks and hanging on for a huge 74-52 win, in what
coach Russ McKinstry called a special night for the Rangers.
Englehardt led LP with 22 and Schumacher added 20.

            Following the big win
LP (15-6, 10-3) found itself in a tug of war battle with 5A
Chaparral on Feb. 14, and despite taking a five point lead into the
fourth quarter, came out on the losing end, 62-58. Englehardt led
the Rangers with 16 points in the loss, as Seth Cavera added 13 and
Ververs, 10.  

 

            Ellie Hiester knocked
down four 3-pointers on her way to 14 points, while Kai Brown added
10 and Elizabeth Campbell 8, as the Rangers jumped out to a 22-7
halftime lead over Wasson Feb. 10, and cruised to a 53-26 victory,
winning their fourth game in their last five times out.

            The Rangers were back
at it two nights later as they played host to No. 8 Sierra, and
after leading by just four at the end of one the Stallions began to
pull away, taking a 14-point lead into halftime and stretching the
lead to as many as 19 early in the fourth, en route to a 57-43
defeat of LP (13-8, 7-6 Metro). With the win the Stallions improved
to 19-2 on the season and 13-0 in league play. Morgan Griffin led
the Rangers with 11 points, while Brown added 10 and both Kara
Gramlich and Hiester chipped in 7. Jen Rodriguez also scored 6 for
LP.

 

            The No. 3 ranked Eagles came
out on top in perhaps the toughest region in 5A, beating out No. 1
Loveland for the regional title in Aurora. Both Josh Martinez (103
lbs.) and Mike Sikorski (112) were crowned regional champions,
while seven other Eagles will join them at the state competition
Feb. 19-21 at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

            Five of those that are
bound for state, Tommy George (125), Ely Martinez (130), Gabe
Martinez (135), Connor Stevens (189) and Ryan Lockwood (215) all
placed second for the Eagles. Of those five, Ely Martinez is the
only one who did not compete in the final match, as he pulled out
due to a shoulder injury. Martinez will be expected to go next
weekend for PC.

            Ben Molina (140) and
Marshall Brandt (171) both finished third for the Eagles and will
also compete for state titles next weekend. Bryant Transtrum (119)
lost his third-place bout 4-2, but was given a second chance to
qualify for state in a wrestleback match, but missed again, getting
out-grappled 2-0.

            For the second time
this season the Eagles gave the Scorpions of Sand Creek a run for
their money when the two teams met up Feb. 10 at SCHS.
Unfortunately for the Eagles, for the second time this season they
also came up short, as Sand Creek (12-8, 7-6 Metro) went on to top
PC 63-51, dropping the Eagles to 1-18 on the season, and 0-12 in
league play. Individual stats were not reported.

            Two nights later the
Eagles were back on the court with a similar result at hand, as
they fell 59-46 to Coronado (13-7, 7-6). Down 29-9 at the half,
Pine Creek rallied in the second, but it was too little to late, as
they lost for the 15^th straight time.

 

            Sand Creek used an
eight-point advantage in the fourth quarter to pull away from Pine
Creek on Feb. 10, topping the Eagles for the second time this
season, 57-44. With the loss PC slips to 9-11 on the year and 5-7
in the Metro, while Sand Creek improved to 9-11 and 7-7 in league
play. Individual stats were not reported.

            On Feb. 14, the Eagles
got out early on Fountain-Fort Carson and took an 11-9 lead into
the first break. FFC rallied with a 20-5 second quarter run
however, and put things out of reach from there, heading on to a
49-42 win over PC. Carly Serratore, Shannon Rousseau and Shannon
Kelly all scored 8 for Pine Creek. The Feb. 12 game with Coronado
12 was not reported.

 

            On a night where the
Eagles only managed seven shots on goal for the entire duration of
the game, Doherty used two goals and an assist from Dylan Hassell,
as well as one goal and two assists from Braden Johnson, dropping
Pine Creek 4-0. Corey Kachel also picked up a goal and an assist
for the Spartans (8-9-1), as PC went winless for their eighth
straight game with the Feb. 9 loss.

            Two nights later the
Eagles managed to get a lot more wood on the puck when they battled
cross-town Air Academy (7-11-1), but despite 30 shots on net for
PC, accompanied by 36 Chris Dylewski saves, the Eagles still came
out on the losing end, falling 2-0 on goals by Tayler Miller and
Cameron Duba. Pine Creek (2-16-1) closed out its season on Feb. 13
with a 4-0 loss at Steamboat Springs (14-4).

 

Palmer
Ridge & Discovery Canyon
Girls Basketball

            The Bears may have trailed to
Legend 9-2 after the first quarter of play on Feb. 11 at PRHS, but
Matt Siebert’s squad got things going from there, as they pulled to
within 15-9 and 20-15 at the next two quarter breaks, and then
exploded in the fourth quarter for a 27-24 win. The Bears were led
by 9 points apiece from Jordan Bryant and Amber Turner.

            PRHS then closed out
their season Feb. 13 with a 47-41 win at Discovery Canyon (5-12,
1-7 Pioneer), sweeping the season series from the Thunder, and
improving to 6-16 overall, and 4-4 in league play. Julia Gramlich
paced the Ridge with 14 points in their season finale as the Bears
sprinted out to a 16-7 lead after one, but led just 26-25 at the
half. PRHS pushed the lead back out to 42-33 at the next quarter
break and then held on for the victory after a low-scoring fourth.
Stats were not reported for Discovery Canyon.

 

Palmer
Ridge & Discovery Canyon
Boys Basketball

            The Bears started off the
week by picking up a last-second 47-45 win at Legend (9-8, 0-6
Pioneer League) on Feb. 11. After the Titans tied the game with a
deep 3-pointer with the clock winding down, Palmer Ridge’s Drew
Tatman pushed the ball up the court, finding Josh Kagarise for a
layup with one second remaining, and giving the Bears the win over,
what head coach Nick Mayer called, a much-improved Legend
team.

            Palmer Ridge (11-8,
5-3) then closed out its season on Feb. 13 at home with a 44-37
victory over Discovery Canyon (13-6, 5-3), putting the two teams
into a tie for second place. Forrest Dyer led all scorers with 16
points for Palmer Ridge, while Collin Babcock added 12 and Richard
Hansen put in 11 for the Bears. Josh Scott paced the Thunder with
12 as Zach Boykin added 8.

 

Discovery
Canyon
Wrestling

            The Thunder will be
sending six wrestlers to the state finals Feb. 19-21 at the Pepsi
Center in Denver. Nick Adams (125 lbs.) emerged as the lone
regional champion for DCC as he entered regional action ranked No.
2 in the state and defeated the No. 1 wrestler in his weight class,
Vinny Gallegos of Arrupe Jesuit, in the final, to improve to 35-3
on the year. Adams’ only three losses this season were to a pair of
top-five wrestlers in 5A in his weight class, and a top-five
wrestler in 3A, who is now in a different class than Adams.

            Joining Adams at state
will be 145 lb. second-place finisher Collin Bennett, 189 lb.
third-place finisher Josh Bosseler, and a slew of fourth-place
finishers; Zach McEhloes (140), Jeff Brown (112) and Michael
Ellsworth (160).