AURORA | A look back at some of the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from Oct. 17-Oct. 23, 2023:
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THE WEEK PAST IN AURORA PREP SPORTS, 10.17-10.23.23
MONDAY, OCT. 23: The Gateway girls volleyball team dropped a 25-19, 21-25, 25-21, 25-11 home match to Thornton. …Castle View defeated host Regis Jesuit 25-13, 25-21, 25-22 in a Continental League girls volleyball match.
SATURDAY, OCT. 21: Peter Eugenio and Vincent Tchoumba scored goals in the second half — one assisted by Derek Seymour — but the Cherokee Trail boys soccer team dropped a 4-2 Centennial League decision to Cherry Creek at Stutler Bowl to close the regular season. …The Regis Jesuit girls volleyball team earned a three-set win over Arapahoe and a two-setter over Monarch, while dropping a three-set match to host Dakota Ridge at the Dakota Ridge tournament.
FRIDAY, OCT. 20: The Lotus School For Excellence boys cross country team had two members earn spots in the Class 2A state meet with their performances in the 2A Region 2 tournament at Monument Valley Park in Colorado Springs. Ayuub Hassan finished in third place and Biruk Begashaw came in 13th to get in individually, while the Meteors finished sixth as a team.
THURSDAY, OCT. 19: The Eaglecrest boys and girls cross country teams each finished eighth at the Class 5A Region 4 meet held in Loveland. Neither team had a runner earn a top-15 finish that includes a berth in the state meet. …The Aurora Central boys soccer team scored a season-high 11 goals in an 11-1 home win over Alameda. Cesar Romero scored five goals and had two assists, while Anthony Cecina-Cervantes had two goals and two assists among the highlights for the Trojans. …Devyn Mena had a goal for the Hinkley boys soccer team, which played Thomas Jefferson to a 1-1 City League tie. …The Overland boys soccer team fell to Arapahoe 2-0 in Centennial League play. …The Smoky Hill field hockey team closed out regular season play with a 6-0 home loss to Cherry Creek.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18: The Overland co-op gymnastics team visited Elizabeth High School for the Centennial/Continental League Championship meet and finished second among seven scoring teams with a team score of 178.625. Ainsley Renner won the league championship in the all-around competition, as well as individual league titles on the vault and balance beam. Kyla Burke took third and Audrey Cox seventh in the all-around. …Jack De Simone and Charles Sharp had a goal and an assist each and the Regis Jesuit boys soccer team blanked Highlands Ranch 5-0 in a Continental League road game. Sebastian Campos had two assists, while Amarui Asobo, Joe Lorance and Gavin Scarth also had goals. …The Rangeview boys soccer team finished the season 7-8 with a 3-1 road loss to the Far Northeast Warriors at the Evie Dennis Campus. …The Rangeview girls volleyball team swept past visiting George Washington 25-11, 25-12, 25-14. Anika Davison had a match-high 15 kills for the Raiders, while Maddie Kilmer had six service aces and 19 assists. …The Vista PEAK Prep girls volleyball team played host to City League-leading Denver North, which topped the Bison 27-25, 25-17, 25-16.
TUESDAY, OCT. 17: The Aurora Central boys soccer team wrapped up the Colorado League championship with a 3-2 victory over Thornton. Anthony Cecina-Cervantes, Giovanni Herrera and Cesar Romero scored second-half goals and Bertra Ishimwe assisted on two of them for the Trojans. …The Grandview boys soccer team scored three times to break open a scoreless game in a 3-0 win over Eaglecrest at Legacy Stadium. …Anthony Hernandez scored two times in the second half to lift the Rangeview boys soccer team over George Washington 2-1. …Two goals by Ernesto Burciaga and another from Devyn Mena combined to give the Hinkley boys soccer team a 3-2 win over Lincoln. … Peter Eugenio, Marcelo Ruiz, Derek Seymour, Bentley Sutherland-Arreola and Vincent Tchoumba all scored goals and Sutherland-Arreola and four others had assists as the Cherokee Trail boys soccer team defeated Overland 5-0. …The Vista PEAK Prep boys soccer team played host to undefeated Northfield, which scored three times in the opening half for a 3-0 victory. …The Regis Jesuit field hockey team ceded a single goal in a 1-0 loss to Colorado Academy in a rematch of last season’s state championship game.
