AURORA | A look back at some of the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from Oct. 14-20, 2025:
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MONDAY, OCT. 20: All three Aurora area field hockey teams were in action, with Grandview and Smoky Hill in a doubleheader at Legacy Stadium and Regis Jesuit on the road. The Raiders came away with a 6-0 victory, while the Buffaloes also won by shutout (3-0) over Dakota Ridge and the Wolves fell to visiting Denver East.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18: The Rangeview boys soccer team scored the only goal — which came courtesy of Farshad Rustami — in the second half of a 1-0 win against Overland. …Despite Riley Leeser’s 27 saves, the Smoky Hill field hockey team lost to Cherry Creek 3-0.
THURSDAY, OCT. 16: Rory Schmeider scored twice and Kam Bachus, Cameron Sim and Jack Wilzbacher also found the back of the net for the Regis Jesuit boys soccer team in a 5-0 Continental League win over Legend. …Brandon Pearcy of the Vista PEAK Prep boys cross country team secured a sixth-place finish in the boys City League Championship race held at Washington Park. Pearcy ran a time of 16 minutes, 56.78 seconds, for the top result for the Aurora area programs in both the boys and girls races.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15: McKenna Groen of the Regis Jesuit girls cross country team cruised to victory in the girls race at the Continental League Championships hosted by Ponderosa High School. Groen clocked a time of 18 minutes, 40.1 seconds, to win by nearly 20 seconds and help the Raiders to ninth in the team standings. The Regis Jesuit boys finished eighth as a team with the top finish from Luis Duarte, who was 14th. …The Overland gymnastics team earned a score of 173.825 points to finish on top of visiting Ponderosa (165.900) and Rock Canyon (139.150) in a tri-dual meet. Lindsie Gray took first place in the all-around competition, while Abby Mess topped two events (the uneven bars and balance beam), Audrey Contreraz took the vault and Stephanie Fernandes the floor exercise. The uneven bars were particularly good for the Trailblazers, as Haylie Lawrence was the runner-up behind Mess and was followed by Josie Arlt in third and Gray in fifth.
TUESDAY, OCT. 14: The Regis Jesuit boys soccer team played to a 0-0 Continental League tie at Heritage. …The Regis Jesuit boys tennis team swept Fossil Ridge 7-0 in a semifinal match of the Class 5A team state tournament.
