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Highlands Ranch downs Bear Creek in OT

The Highlands Ranch boys basketball team suffered through a miserable fourth quarter offensively on Thursday. Yet all it took was one incredibly clutch defensive play to get everything turned around.

Boys Basketball

Highlands Ranch downs Bear Creek in OT

The Highlands Ranch boys basketball team suffered through a miserable fourth quarter offensively on Thursday. Yet all it took was one incredibly clutch defensive play to get everything turned around.

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The Green Mountain girls basketball team ended the regular season with four consecutive wins and kept the streak alive Wednesday, extending it to five with a 51-38 victory against Fairview in the first round of the Class 5A tournament.

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Hockey

Hockey state semifinals preview: Regis Jesuit seeks win-win situation

Regis Jesuit is trying for an unbeaten hockey season, bringing its 20-0-1 record into the state semifinals. Here's a look at the four teams in the state semis: Regis Jesuit, Machebeuf, Lewis-Palmer and Ralston Valley.

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Wrestling

Ponderosa, Akron coaches honored

Ponderosa High School wrestling coach Tim Ottman and Akron High School girls track coach Tom Meyer were among 21 coaches selected as national coaches of the year by the National Federation of State High School Associations.

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Girls Swimming

Cherry Creek queen of 5A swimming

Cherry Creek winning its fifth straight Class 5A girls swimming crown may not have been a huge surprise. And strong performances by the Bruins’ Brandon sisters may be not have shocked many people, either.

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Football

Gallas back in charge of Northglenn football

Former Northglenn head football coach Scott Gallas again will lead the Norse program.

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Volleyball

Volleyball all-league teams

Fall sports all-league teams as submitted to the Rocky Mountain News. Each league is responsible for the selection of the teams. If a league is not present, the teams were not submitted.

Boys Soccer

Boys soccer all-league teams

Fall sports all-league teams as submitted to the Rocky Mountain News. Each league is responsible for the selection of the teams. If a league is not present, the teams were not submitted.

Gymnastics

Gymnastics all-league teams

Fall sports all-league teams as submitted to the Rocky Mountain News. Each league is responsible for the selection of the teams. If a league is not present, the teams were not submitted.

Boys Tennis

Boys tennis all-league teams

Fall sports all-league teams as submitted to the Rocky Mountain News. Each league is responsible for the selection of the teams. If a league is not present, the teams were not submitted.

Boys Cross Country

Air Academy's McLaughlin loses big lead at Foot Locker championships

Allie McLaughlin of Air Academy in Colorado Springs started out fast and held a 10-second lead in the 5-kilometer Foot Locker championships Saturday in San Diego, only to be overtaken and finished fifth.

Girls Cross Country

Air Academy's McLaughlin loses big lead at Foot Locker championships

Field Hockey

Field hockey all-league teams

Fall sports all league teams as submitted to the Rocky Mountain News. Each league is responsible for the selection of the teams. If a league is not present, the teams were not submitted.

Boys Golf

Legacy grad Zeigler paces field for Stanford

Legacy High School graduate Steve Ziegler earned medalist honors Tuesday with a 9-under 204 to lead the Stanford men's golf team to a 10-shot victory in the USC Collegiate in Westlake Village, Calif.

Softball

Softball all-league teams

Fall sports all-league teams as submitted to the Rocky Mountain News. Each league is responsible for the selection of the teams. If a league is not present, the teams were not submitted.

Baseball

2A baseball: Resurrection Christian ready to make amends

Nearly everything went right for Resurrection Christian’s Lucas Carls last season. His team just had beaten the No. 1 and 2 teams in the state in the regional playoffs, had won a record 20 games and was in the state semifinals for the first time in school history.

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Girls Soccer

4A soccer: Niwot welcomes change

Inheriting a team that made it to the state finals last season and returns the bulk of its lineup, one would think new Niwot coach Heather Solar would be content to stay the course and not shake things up too much.
One would be wrong.

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Boys Track

2A boys track: Beckman in it for the long run

Wray's Jake Beckman walked away from the Class 2A boys state track and field meet last season with a gold medal in the 400 meters and a bronze in the 200. But if you ask his coach, he could have walked away with at least one more gold medal.

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Girls Track

2A girls track: Hanna sets goals high

For Emily Hanna, winning titles at the Class 2A state meet in track is more than just a goal, it's an expectation. That's just part of the territory after the Fountain Valley senior has accumulated five state titles during her first three trips to state. That includes holding the record for the 100-meter hurdles at the state meet.

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Boys Lacrosse

Boys lacrosse: Repeating won't be easy for Kent Denver

Kent Denver's 2008 state championship lacrosse team was one for the ages. A perfect 15-0 season produced Kent Denver's first state title in four years and placed the Sun Devils in elite company. The squad of virtual all-stars, many of whom left to play in top college lacrosse programs, finished the season ranked No. 12 nationally by Inside Lacrosse magazine.

Girls Lacrosse

Girls lacrosse: Bruins after four-peat

McKenzie Brown is a standout on the lacrosse field and not just because she is 5-feet-10 and can envision the action unfolding a step or two before it actually does.

Girls Tennis

Girls tennis: Schnell looks to lead Cherry Creek

Last season's state bracket for the No. 1 singles event might have been the best ever in Class 5A. The draw featured two former champions in Palmer's Veronika Wojakowska and Ponderosa's Erin Sanders. A rising star was present in Poudre's Natalie Dunn, winner of the prestigious Cherry Creek Invitational, and Fairview's Carolyn Warren was the veteran player on a roll, determined to win in her senior year.