AURORA | A look back at the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from Oct. 1-7, 2024:
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THE WEEK PAST IN AURORA PREP SPORTS, 10.1-10.7.24
MONDAY. OCT. 7: The Eaglecrest girls volleyball team picked up a 25-19, 25-12, 25-13 home sweep of Smoky Hill in Centennial League play. …On the pitch, the William Smith boys soccer team played Loveland Classical to a 1-1 deadlock. …The Eaglecrest softball team dropped an 11-3 contest against undefeated Broomfield. …The Eaglecrest girls flag football team exploded in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 40-18 win at Overland. …The Regis Jesuit field hockey team scored a goal in each half and held off a St. Mary’s Academy really for a 2-1 road victory. …Elyse Bailey’s goal in the first half held up as the winner for the Smoky Hill field hockey team, which added another and got four saves from Riley Leeser in a 2-0 home win over Cheyenne Mountain.
SATURDAY, OCT. 5: The Cherokee Trail softball team moved into the championship game of the Centennial League Challenge with a 12-7 home victory over Arapahoe. Sydney Cobb had a big day as she earned the win on the mound, while she also homered and drove in four runs, while Delaney Falzon also went deep and Kylie Twilt doubled twice among three hits. …The Grandview softball team prevailed over Eaglecrest 5-3 in a championship semifinal contest of the Centennial League Challenge behind Kamaya Soniea-Harris, who struck out 10 in a complete game effort. Sasha Kennedy stole four bases and went 3-for-4, the same plate production as Maddie Donaldson, while Maddie Henrich doubled and drove in three runs for the Wolves. Kaitlyn Hendrian homered and drove in two runs and Callie Johnson had a RBI as well for the Raptors. …Kiley Snyder had two hits and Trea Robinson and Ellen Paris drove in runs for the Smoky Hill softball team in a 16-4 loss to Cherry Creek in a Centennial League Challenge consolation semifinal. …The Regis Jesuit boys cross country team finished third out of 28 teams in the Mead Stampede, while Smoky Hill placed eighth. Caleb Aex and Mason Saum finished eighth and 11th, respectively, for the Raiders to lead locals. The Regis Jesuit girls (led by Zoe Small’s 34th-place finish) came in 10th and Smoky Hill (paced by Mackenzie Panek in 36th) took 18th. …The Rangeview girls flag football team swept two contests with an 18-8 victory over George Washington coupled with a 12-6 win over Thomas Jefferson. …Brooke Sullivan threw two touchdown passes (one to McKenzie Rigsby) and also rushed for one as the Grandview girls flag football team topped Smoky Hill 33-0. …The Overland girls flag football team picked up a 13-6 win over Cherokee Trail with help from Sahniya Vaughn (85 yards passing, 98 yards rushing and two touchdowns), plus Joy Jamison’s receiving touchdown. …Natalie Chilton scored a goal in the fourth quarter to put the Regis Jesuit field hockey team ahead of Cherry Creek, but the Bruins answered with two goals to defeat the Raiders 2-1. …The Overland gymnastics team scored 179.550 points to place second behind Mountain Range (185.500) among 11 scoring teams at the Mountain Range Invitational. Ainsley Renner’s 36.850 put her third in the all-around standings.
FRIDAY, OCT. 4: The Regis Jesuit softball team piled up 17 runs in the fourth inning on its way to a 21-7 road win at Vista PEAK Prep. Kendalyn Craven homered and drove in five runs, while Claire Pariset and Elsa Pedersen knocked in three apiece to back winning pitcher Alex Tavlarides for the Raiders, while Nayely Duran homered and drove in three runs and Kaydence Maes had two RBI for the Bison. …The Cherokee Trail boys cross country team finished 15th, Rangeview placed 16th and Vista PEAK Prep 27th among 38 teams at the Pat Amato Classic at Open Spaces Park in Northglenn. Rangeview’s Abdinasir Hassan finished 20th (out of 269 runners) to lead locals. The Cherokee Trail girls (who had the top individual finisher in Jade McDaniel in 29th) finished ninth with Rangeview 31st and Vista PEAK Prep 33rd. …Sahniya Vaughn and Joy Jamison accounted for two touchdowns and interception apiece as the Overland girls flag football team topped Mountain Range 25-20. …Delaney Sitzmann threw touchdown passes to Ava Keen and Finley Kalmes in the first half, but the Regis Jesuti girls flag football team fell to Rock Canyon 21-19.
THURSDAY, OCT. 3: Sophia Capra racked up 11 kills and Madelyn Hannam added 10, while Lucy Tricco made 17 digs and had 22 assist as the Regis Jesuit girls volleyball team swept Ponderosa 25-19, 25-21, 25-20. …Jack De Simone scored a goal and collected two assists as the Regis Jesuit boys soccer team topped Highlands Ranch 3-1. Sebastian Campos and Rocco Berg also had goals. …The Vista PEAK Prep boys soccer team blanked Denver South 3-0 in City League play behind two goal and an assist from Angel Flores, while Cristian Rosas also had a goal. …The Aurora Central boys soccer team scored two goals in both halves of a 4-1 home win over Thornton. …Emma Rice threw five innings of two-hit ball to lead the Cherokee Trail softball team to a 10-0 home win over Chaparral. Kennedy Brian and Izzy Becker both went 3-for-3, while Sydney Cobb and Icela Ciocarlan had two hits apiece, including a homer. …The Vista PEAK Prep softball team scored multiple runs in five of its six at-bats in a 13-2 City League road win at Thomas Jefferson. Amara Herrera had three hits and scored three times, Jaya Gray had an inside-the-park homer and scored four runs and Rylie Camarillo picked up three RBI to back Lauren Reed, who gave up two uneearned runs in four innings. …The Overland softball team downed visiting Denver West 20-14 with help of four stolen bases and four rusn from Anaiah Patterson, plus two RBI from Kourtnie Batcho.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2: The William Smith boys soccer team posted a 4-1 win over STEM School. …Sybella Trevino had a grand slam in the top of the 10th inning and drove in five runs as the Eaglecrest softball team edged Arapahoe 8-7 in a Centennial League Challenge first round game resumed from the previous day. Zaya Elliott threw all 10 innings to earn the win for the Raptors, who also got a home run from Kaitlyn Hendrian and three htis from Callie Johnson. …The Cherokee Trail softball team had its 13-game winning streak snapped with an 8-2 loss to Legend. Emma Rice homered and joined Delaney Falzon with RBI for the Cougars. …Maci Quiring threw two touchdown passes to Naomi Emecheta, who also rushed for one while Bailyee Hervey and Leila Medeiros also scored in the Eaglecrest girls flag football team’s 30-0 win over Cherokee Trail. …The Grandview and Regis Jesuit boys tennis teams each posted victories to open the Class 5A state team tournament as the Wolves topped Fort Collins 5-2 and the Raiders swept Northfield 7-0. …Casey Nesbitt shot 92 and Jesse Olson carded a 96 to lead the Vista PEAK Prep boys golf team to a 10th-place finish at the Class 5A Southern Region tournament at Columbine C.C.
TUESDAY, OCT. 1: The Cherokee Trail girls volleyball team got nine kills apiece from Kassie Cooley, Quincey McCoy and Ella Notheisen, plus 27 assists from Avery Krause, in a 25-20, 25-15, 25-23 Centennial League sweep of Arapahoe. … Maddie Killmer crushed 13 kills, had 13 assistss and seven service aces to help the Rangeview girls volleyball team to a 25-11, 25-22, 25-10 City League home sweep of Denver North. Anika Davison added eight kills and 12 digs, while Teyla Holloway had 17 assists. …Fueled by 14 kills from Jada Bobb plus 10 more from Emily Jarzebczyk, the Eaglecrest girls volleyball team rallied for a 22-25, 25-15, 25-25, 25-21 Centennial League victory. …Sajal Glunz had 11 kills, while Julia Ulitzky had 30 assists and four service aces for the Grandview girls volleyball team in a 25-12, 25-21, 25-15 win over Overland. …Andrew Harwell scored goals in each half and Jacob Winnig also tallied for the Grandview boys soccer team, which claimed the Arapahoe Derby trophy with a 3-2 win over Cherokee Trail. Caleb Burgess and Vincent Tchoumba scored goals in the second half for the Cougars. …Hugh Brophy, Jack De Simone and Reed Garcia were the goal scorers for the Regis Jesuit boys soccer team in a 3-0 win over Rock Canyon. …The Gateway boys soccer team piled up four goals in the second half of a 5-2 win over Thornton. …Adam Keresemo scored a goal for the Eaglecrest boys soccer team, while Andreas Karpouzos countered for Smoky Hill as the teams played to a 1-1 tie. …The Vista PEAK Prep softball team earned an 18-7 City League win at Northfield witih help from three-hit days for Amara Herrera and Jaya Gray, plus Nayely Duran’s home run and four RBI. …Sydney Cobb pitched three scoreless innings to help the Cherokee Trail softball team down Cherry Creek 12-3 to open the Centennial League Challenge. Kennedy Brian and Emma Rice had three hits apiece, while Icela Ciocarlan homered and drove in four runs. …Sasha Kennedy went 4-for-4 with eight stolen bases as the Grandview softball team topped Smoky Hill 15-0 in the Centennial League Challenge first round. Maddie Donaldson homered and Monroe Donaldson went 3-for-3 for the Wolves, while Ellen Paris had the Buffs’ lone hit. …Brooke Sullivan threw for 144 yards and three touchdowns and Kenzie Dodd rushed for three scores as the Grandview girls flag football team topped Overland 46-14. … Genesis Luevanos threw a touchdown pass to Ana Smith, while Oriah Owens and Laneya Clint-Robinson rushed for scores as the Vista PEAK Prep girls flag football team topped Bruce Randolph 22-20. …The Cherokee Trail and Grandview boys tennis teams earned sweeps of Douglas County and Legend, respectively, while Overland defeated Denver North 6-1. …The Gateway boys golf team’s Cole Dossey and Meryk Wright finished 53rd and 55th, respectively, in the Class 4A Region 2 tournament at The Broadlands G.C.
