CJ Sanders admittedly threw a few wobbly passes when pressed into quarterback duty on Sept. 25, but the senior’s legs made all the difference for the Gateway football team.
Sanders, who Olys coach Shane Ward calls a huge “tool in the toolbox,” rushed for four touchdowns and threw for one — his second straight game accounting for five touchdowns — and Gateway topped Smoky Hill 42-24 at Stutler Bowl.
Thomas Boles caught a touchdown pass as well to help spark the Olys, who have won two in a row after snapping a 13-game losing streak the previous week. Full recap and box score, here.
Earlier on Sept. 25, Regis Jesuit prevailed 29-14 over Denver South in a penalty-marred affair. Full recap and box score, here.
• Aurora prep sports scoreboard, Sept. 30
• The Aurora Central boys soccer team furthered the city’s best record with a 4-3 victory on Sept. 29 at Aurora Public Schools Stadium. Alexis Zavala scored in both halves and Jesus Dorado and Raul Martin Del Campo also tallied for the Trojans, who improved to 7-1.
• Aurora prep sports scoreboard, Sept. 29
• Anna Bonner and Regan Cadieux scored two goals apiece and Mathison Davis and Meredith Rogan also tallied as the shorthanded Regis Jesuit field hockey team delighted coach Spencer Wagner with a 6-0 win over Cheyenne Mountain on Sept. 28. Mia Geoly had three assists and goalie Claire Stemper saved a stroke attempt as the Raiders began a push for a top-four playoff seed.
• Aurora prep sports scoreboard, Sept. 28
• Bonnie Suter, who inspired the Regis Jesuit boys swim team to paint its nails pink during the spring season to support the fight against breast cancer and encouraged countless others, lost her battle with the disease on Sept. 27. Suter had two sons who swam and graduated from Regis Jesuit in Zach (2013 grad) and Garrett (2015 grad) and lived nearly twice as long as she was given when originally dianosed with advanced state metastatic breast cancer in October of 2011. Funeral services are scheduled for Oct. 1, more details here.
• Aurora prep sports scoreboard, Sept. 26
• Aurora’s lone undefeated football team, Aurora Central, continued its early roll with a 52-6 domination of previously undefeated Harrison on the road Sept. 25. Coach Travis Peeples’ team racked up 411 yards rushing — led by Sisco Aranda’s 118 — and six different players scored at least one touchdown. Taevon Jordan got into the end zone twice for the Trojans (4-0).
• The Smoky Hill girls cross country team netted a trophy at the annual Dave Sanders Invitational on Sept. 25, as the Buffs finished in third place in the Division I girls race. While Grandview’s Brie Oakley (2nd) and Cherokee Trail’s Jordan Herrera (7th) led city individuals, Julie Eoff (14th), Amelia Johannes (19th), Sarah Power (27th), Rhonda Patrom (29th) and Carlie Andrie (42nd) gave the Buffs the pack power it needed to finish behind only Battle Mountain and Mountain Vista in the 22-team field. Results: Division I boys and girls, here; Division 2 boys and girls, here.
• The Cherokee Trail boys tennis team took second place at the Littleton Tournament Sept. 25-26, as all three singles players and four doubles teams earned top-four places. No. 3 singles player David Lai and the No. 2 doubles team of Tom Parsons and Colin Richardson won championships, while No. 2 singles player Cameron Bergan and the No. 4 doubles duo of Tyler Doan and Nihard Valem lost in the finals.
• Aurora prep sports scoreboard, Sept. 25
• Quarterback Michael Morris rushed for a 50-yard touchdown and threw a 54-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Kruse for all the offense the Cherokee Trail football team needed in a 14-7 all-Aurora non-league win over Rangeview on Sept. 24 at Legacy Stadium. DeVante’ Wheaten’s 98-yard kickoff return for a score were the only points for the Raiders.
• Aurora prep sports scoreboard, Sept. 24
