AURORA | A look back at some of the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from Oct. 22-28, 2024:
Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at sports@aurorasentinel.com. Twitter/X: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports
THE WEEK PAST IN AURORA PREP SPORTS, 10.22-10.28.24
MONDAY, OCT. 28: Izzy Nicholas and Macie Parsons scored goals in the opening half to get things started for the Regis Jesuit field hockey team on its way to a 6-0 home victory over Poudre School District in a first round playoff game. …The Smoky Hill field hockey team allowed a goal in the opening minutes of its first round state playoff game against St. Mary’s Academy at Stutler Bowl and fell 1-0 to have a nine-game unbeaten streak snapped.
SATURDAY, OCT. 26: The Cherokee Trail girls volleyball team split two matches on the final day of the Ponderosa Tournament with a five-set defeat of Chatfield and a four-set loss to Pine Creek. Kassie Cooley racked up a combined 32 kills and Ella Notheisen had a total of 25, while Avery Krause dished out 78 assists. …The Cherokee Trail softball team lost to Riverdale Ridge 8-4 in the Class 5A state championship game at the Aurora Sports Park. The Cougars advanced to the final after Icela Ciocarlan delivered a walk-off home run to beat Legend 10-9 in the semifinals, then fell to the Ravens despite a home run from Sydney Cobb and run-scoring hits from Ciocarlan and Kylie Twilt.
FRIDAY, OCT. 25: The Regis Jesuit girls volleyball team closed out its home season with a 25-15, 25-11, 25-8 sweep of Doherty. …Despite 13 kills and 18 assists from Maddie Kilmer, plus Shylin Collins’ 11 kills and Briana Garcia’s 30 digs, the Rangeview girls volleyball team lost 25-18, 26-24, 17-25, 25-20at Denver East in a City League Tournament Gold Division championship semifinal. Vista PEAK Prep swept past DSST: Conservatory Green 25-17, 25-20, 25-18 in a consolation semifinal. …The Grandview softball team fell to Broomfield 5-4 in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A state tournament at the Aurora Sports Park. Following a two-homer game from Sasha Kennedy in a 10-1 opening win over Chatfield, the Wolves rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to cut into a four-run deficit, but fell a run short of the Eagles.
THURSDAY, OCT. 24: The Cherokee Trail girls volleyball team saw Cherry Creek escape with a 25-18, 26-24, 26-24 victory in the Centennial League Challenge championship match that decided the league title. The Cougars got eight kills and five blocks from Quincey McCoy in addition to six kills and four aces from Ella Notheisen. Fifth-place in the tournament went to Grandview after a 25-11, 25-23, 25-13 defeat of Eaglecrest, while Smoky Hill downed Overland in four sets to place seventh. … Goals from Ben Lewandowski and Isaac Wells — both on assists from Sam Beidler — lifted the Cherokee Trail boys soccer team to a 2-1 win at Overland. Yaman Khudhair scored for the Trailblazers. …The Vista PEAK Prep boys soccer team scored three times in the second half to defeat Denver North 3-1 in a City League crossover match. …Alex Kedzierski scored twice on passes from Andrew Harwell for the Grandview boys soccer team in a 2-0 win at Smoky Hill. …Chris Leon picked up assists on goals by Abraham Corona and Jesse Ramirez as the Hinkley boys soccer team topped Rangeview 2-1. …Luiz Fuentes and Luke Tenkorang had a goal and an assist apiece in the Lotus School For Excellence boys soccer team’s 3-1 win over Fountain Valley. …The Cherokee Trail boys and girls cross country teams both earned automatic spots in the Class 5A state cross country meet with their top-four finishes at the Region 1 meet at deKoevend Park. Aurora’s state-bound contingent also includes boys individual qualifiers from Grandview (Colton White), Rangeview (Kimi Bulto and Abdinasir Hassan) and Regis Jesuit (Caleb Aex and Braeden Focht) on the boys side and Eaglecrest’s Jenna Winn on the girls side. …Elyse Bailey scored three goals and assisted on the other two as the Smoky Hill field hockey team defeated Grandview 5-0.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23: Maddie Kilmer had 13 kills and 16 assists and Anika Davison added seven kills and nine assists as the Rangeview girls volleyball team swept KIPP Denver Collegiate 25-20, 25-20, 25-16 in a Gold Division first round match of the City League Tournament. …Alex Silva racked up half the goals for his Aurora West College Prep Academy boys soccer team in its 6-0 win over Nederland. …The Overland gymnastics team earned the Centennial/Continental league championship with a score of 181.825 points to finish atop a field of seven teams on its home mats. Ainsley Renner won a league title on the uneven bars and also finished on top of the all-around standings, while Audrey Cox took third in both the uneven bars and balance beam for the Trailblazers.
TUESDAY, OCT. 22: Madelyn Hannam racked up 23 kills and Sophia Capra added 19 for the Regis Jesuit girls volleyball team in a 21-25, 25-18, 25-22, 20-25, 15-12 victory over Castle View that also saw Lucy Tricco pile up 50 assists. …The Cherokee Trail girls volleyball team swept Arapahoe 25-19, 25-12, 25-22 in the Centennial League Challenge semifinals behind 12 kills from Ella Notheisen and 10 from Kassie Cooley. In other tournament matches, Jada Bobb and Taylor Slowthower had nine kills apiece and Slowthower added seven aces to help Eaglecrest to a 25-8, 25-6, 25-13 consolation semifinal win over Overland and Savannah Adams piled up 12 kills and Julia Ulitzky registered 23 assists in Grandview’s 25-15, 25-16, 25-7 consolation semifinal win over Smoky Hill. …Jack De Simone and Charles Sharp had a goal and an assist apiece as the Regis Jesuit boys soccer team blanked Castle View 3-0. Rocco Berg also scored for the Raiders. …Luis Castro Morales scored twice and Darian Puentes also had a goal for the Rangeview boys soccer team in a 3-3 tie with Hinkley. Chris Leon plus Edwin and Yahir Quintero scored for the Thunder. …The Regis Jesuit boys tennis team finished as the Class 5A team state runner-up for a second straight season with a 4-3 loss to Cherry Creek at the Denver Tennis Park. The Raiders got a win from No. 2 singles player Blake Wright along with doubles triumphs from the No. 1 duo of Clay Dickey and Vlad Sukhovetskyy as well as the No. 2 team of KC Eckenhausen and Adam Rydel.
Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at sports@aurorasentinel.com. Twitter/X: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports
