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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
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    2016 Hog Wars lineman competition on July 13, 2016, at Rangeview High School. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)

AURORA | Images from the 2016 Hog Wars strength and teamwork competition for prep linemen. Host Rangeview won the championship for the ninth time in the 12-year history of the multiple-event competition, topping a 16-team field that also included Aurora teams from Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest, Gateway, Grandview, Hinkley, Overland and Smoky Hill. Arapahoe, Denver East, Mullen and Rock Canyon also participated. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)

Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or sports@aurorasentinel.com. Twitter: @aurorasports. FB: Aurora Prep Sentinel

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor and photographer with Sentinel Colorado. A Denver East High School and University of Colorado alum. He came to the Sentinel in 2001 and since then has received a number...