AURORA | A look at the games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports scheduled between Jan. 21-27, 2016:
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• A hefty slate of boys basketball is in store Jan. 22, highlighted by some significant matchups in league play for Aurora teams. In a big Continental League meeting, Regis Jesuit plays host to Legend, while the Centennial League schedule includes Cherokee Trail playing host to Overland and unbeaten Eaglecrest paying a visit to rival Grandview. Both of those league meetings tip off at 7 p.m. following a 5:30 p.m. contest between the schools’ girls teams and a 4 p.m. Unified contest. Vista PEAK plays on the road against a tough Skyview team in Colorado 7 play.
• The Grandview wrestling team opens the Top of the Rockies tournament Jan. 22, as the Wolves enter yet another grueling competition during its challenging season. The multi-state, multi-classification tournament runs two days at Centaurus High School in Lafayette. Cherokee Trail competes in its third out-of-state tournament of the season when it is in action in Chadron, Nebraska, Jan. 22-23. In other wrestling action, the Smoky Hill Classic is slated for Jan. 23 with a field that includes Eaglecrest, Rangeview and Vista PEAK, while Gateway, Hinkley and Regis Jesuit head to the Northglenn Norse Invitational and Aurora Central is in action at Kennedy.
• The unbeaten Cherry Creek co-op ice hockey team plays top-ranked Monarch at 3:15 p.m. Jan. 23 as two of the state’s dwindling number of unbeaten teams — and the teams that met in last season’s state championship game — square off at Family Sports Center. The Bruins play the second game of a back-to-back after playing on the road against Columbine the previous night at the The Edge, while also undefeated Regis Jesuit follows them onto the FSC ice on Jan. 23 at 5:45 p.m. against Mullen after also playing Jan. 22 against Standley Lake, also on home ice.
• Eaglecrest plays host to Denver East in a significant boys basketball meeting Jan. 25, as the Raptors again put their unbeaten record on the line against the explosive Angels in a game slated for a 7 p.m. tip off. Denver East plays host to another Aurora power, Regis Jesuit, at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 in a game rescheduled from before winter break.
• The Grandview girls basketball team plays host to ThunderRidge at 7 p.m. Jan. 26, as the Wolves take on the Grizzlies in a meeting of teams ranked in the top three in Class 5A in the latest Associated Press media poll. Undefeated Grandview dropped a six-point decision last season to ThunderRidge, which is 12-1 to open this season. In Continental League play, Regis Jesuit plays host to Douglas County at 7 p.m.
• The Aurora Public Schools wrestling championship is decided Jan. 27 with Rangeview playing host to Aurora Central at 7 p.m. The Raiders and Trojans both emerged as the top teams from previous dual meets with the other three APS programs: Gateway, Hinkley and Vista PEAK. While Aurora Central and Rangeview face off for first, Vista PEAK will play host to Gateway and Hinkley in a double dual.
