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- UNC football camp at Vista Ridge teaches more than just football
- KEVIN CARMODY
- Coaches from the Northern Colorado football staff taught 33 high school players college-style fundamentals Tuesday at Vista Ridge as part of the program’s annual traveling camps down the Front Range.
The real lessons, however, were learned off... Full story

- Falcon football players excited to move ahead with co-coaches
- KEVIN CARMODY
- Kalen Ballage and many of his Falcon returning teammates didn’t seem to mind spending part of a Thursday early summer night in a stuffy school auditorium. Finally getting a chance to move forward with the football program made it worth the four... Full story

- Falcon tabs Pourier, Green to co-coach football program
- KEVIN CARMODY
- The big news coming from Falcon School District 49 on Wednesday wasn’t that it hired a football coach to finally lead Falcon. Instead, the district chose two men to share responsibilities as co-head coaches for the upcoming season.
Former Falc... Full story

- Mitchell’s Malloy mulled possible Falcon offer before staying put
- KEVIN CARMODY
- Falcon School District 49 recently interviewed Archie Malloy III for the vacant football coaching position at Falcon, but the longtime Mitchell mentor said the timing wasn’t right to leave his alma mater.
“I did apply and interview, and ... Full story

- Boys' Athlete of the Year : Anthony Davis, Fountain-Fort Carson
- KEVIN CARMODY
- Unlike his three brothers who chased hoops dreams at the collegiate level, Anthony Davis is traveling a different route for the next phase of his life.
But that’s not to say he can’t hold his own on the basketball court, too.
Davis, the... Full story

- Girls' Athlete of the Year: Haleigh Washington, Doherty
- KEVIN CARMODY
- One moment, Haleigh Washington was celebrating one of her finest achievements with her Doherty teammates after a 29-0 season ended with a 5A state volleyball championship.
Two months later, with her appendix having ruptured and forced the junior int... Full story

- Baseball Peak Performer: Reagan Biechler, Pine Creek
- KEVIN CARMODY
- With one stroke of the pen, Reagan Biechler ensured himself piece of mind for his senior season of baseball at Pine Creek. Then he went out and had a season like no other.
Biechler, who bats and throws left, hit a hefty .478 with five home runs and ... Full story

- Baseball Coach of the Year: Tim Ritter, Cañon City
- KEVIN CARMODY
- During Tim Ritter’s first stint as Cañon City baseball coach, he noticed a dire need to develop a program that targeted the area’s youth. Too many times, he fielded a team much too green to compete at a high level.
“It was h... Full story

- The Gazette's Baseball All-Area teams
- The Gazette's All-Area First Team
Outfielders
Nick Burgeson, Rampart, jr.: 28 RBIs in 69 ABs, .478 avg ranked 5th among 5A OFs
Chad Hovasse, Mesa Ridge, sr.: .511 avg, 5 triples, 16 SBs, 26 R
Matt Ryan, Air... Full story

- Boys' Track and Field Peak Performer of the Year: Bailey Roth, Coronado
- Junior overcomes death scare
- BRENT W. NEW
- Long distance runner Bailey Roth couldn’t stomach watching last year’s high school state track meet in Jasper, Ga., from the sun-cooked bleachers.
The native Georgian should’ve been racing in it. He should’ve been competing f... Full story