AURORA | A look back at some of the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from Oct. 10-Oct. 16, 2023:
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THE WEEK PAST IN AURORA PREP SPORTS, 10.10-10.16.23
MONDAY, OCT. 16: The Vista PEAK Prep girls volleyball team rolled to its fourth straight victory as it won 25-23, 23-25, 25-20, 25-12 at Thomas Jefferson. Melinda Allred had 11 kills, Ayden West 10 and Jayci Fifita nine, while Ava Eltzroth recorded 34 assists and Yasir Dickey made 20 digs.
SATURDAY, OCT. 14: The Regis Jesuit softball team’s season came to an end with a second loss at the 5A Region 1 tournament at Arvada West. The Raiders fell to Heritage 9-2 despite two hits apiece from Kendal Craven and Jenna Patterson, who joined Anna Najmulski with RBI. Regis Jesuit finished the season 10-12 …The Overland co-op gymnastics team finished second among 12 scoring teams at the Mountain Range Invitational with a score of 181.900 points. Ainsley Renner’s score of 37.325 put her in a tie for second place, while Kyla Burke deadlocked for fourth at 36.775.
THURSDAY, OCT. 12: The Aurora Central boys soccer team avenged one of its only two losses with a 7-0 shutout of Adams City as Anthony Cecena-Cervantes and Bertra Ishimwe each scored two goals. Yadier Morales Lucio and Cesar Romero added two assists apiece. …Braeden Focht finished fifth individually and the Regis Jesuit boys cross country team took seventh at the Continental League Championship meet at Salisbury Equestrian Park. The Raiders were a place higher in the girls standings as Ashlyn Pallotta’s 10th place result set the pace. …In a showdown for first place in the Continental League, the Regis Jesuit boys soccer team ceded a goal in each half of a 2-0 loss to Legend at EchoPark Stadium. …Alexander Lee and Kelkiyas Nidaw tallied second-half goals and the Smoky Hill boys soccer team blanked Overland 2-0. …Ernesto Burciago had a hat trick, Samuel Addai-Opoku scored two goals and Devyn Mena collected two assists as the Hinkley boys soccer team edged Denver West 5-4. …Caleb Burgess, Peter Eugenio and Marcelo Ruiz scored goals for the Cherokee Trail boys soccer team in a 3-3 tie with Mullen. …Fabrice Nyonkah had three goals and an assist, but the Gateway boys soccer team couldn’t keep pace with Thornton in a 6-4 loss. …The Vista PEAK Prep boys soccer team fell to George Washington 2-1 in a game in which all three goals were scored in the second half. …A 15-kill, 19-dig performance by Anika Davison helped the Rangeview girls volleyball team to a 25-18, 25-21, 16-25, 25-23 road win at Westminster. Maddie Kilmer added 19 assists and 12 kills. …Melinda Allred and Ayden West had six kills apiece, Ella Travis added six blocks and Ava Eltzroth notched 17 assists as the Vista PEAK Prep girls volleyball team swept Hinkley 25-17, 25-13, 25-21. Desiree Hairston paced the Thunder with five kills.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11: The Smoky Hill field hockey team blanked the Poudre School District 1-0 on a goal from Julia Kaiser. It was the sixth win for the Buffaloes after they won three games in 2022.
TUESDAY, OCT. 10: The Cherokee Trail girls volleyball team capped the Centennial League season with a rousing 25-20, 25-16, 22-25, 20-25, 15-9 victory over Cherry Creek as Kassie Cooley racked up 19 kills, 12 digs and six blocks. Ella Notheisen (13) and Gwen Mitchell (10) also got into double-digit kills for the Cougars. …Emerson Deferme and Mira Griffin registered 12 and 11 kills, respectively, as the Grandview girls volleyball team defeated Eaglecrest 26-24, 25-16, 25-20. Jada Bobb and Anayah Rucker had four kills apiece for the Raptors. …In a Dig Pink match, the Vista PEAK Prep girls volleyball team earned a 27-25, 25-23, 25-22 home sweep of rival Rangeview behind Ayden West’s 12 kills and three blocks. Anika Davison had 13 kills for the Raiders. …The Aurora Central boys soccer team got goals from Giovanni Herrera and Cesar Romero plus an own goal from Gateway in a 3-1 victory over the Olympians. Romero and Kevin Olivas had assists. … Charles Sharp scored a goal and assisted by tallies by Joseph Bennett and Sebastian Campos as the Regis Jesuit boys soccer team shut out Heritage 3-0. …Sebastian Pineda notched the only goal of the game for the Rangeview boys soccer team in a 1-0 road win at Vista PEAK Prep. …Rangeview’s Kimi Bulto recorded a ninth-place finish in the City League Championship boys cross country race run at City Park in Denver. Vista PEAK Prep topped local teams in the standings in fourth. In the girls race, Rangeview’s Elliana Wright had the top local finish in 32nd, while the Raiders finished nine points behind Vista PEAK Prep (led by Anastasia Smith’s 42nd place) for seventh. …Leona Ferguson of the Gateway girls cross country team won the Colorado League Championship girls race run at the Aurora Sports Park, which saw Aurora Central’s Aditi Arreola finish fourth. Alfonso Zamora finished seventh for the Aurora Central boys, who were second to Skyview.
