AURORA | A look back at the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from March 4-March 10, 2025:
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THE WEEK PAST IN AURORA PREP SPORTS, 3.4-3.10.25
MONDAY, MARCH 10: The Overland girls soccer team blanked Denver West in a 5-0 victory. …Cody Scott racked up five goals and three assists for the Smoky Hill boys lacrosse team in a 10-5 road win at Saint Mary’s. Max McDougall added a goal and three assists, Jason Jaster had a goal and two assists and Grady Baker made 13 saves. …Paced by a five-goal game from Kendall Colgalzier, the Eaglecrest girls lacrosse team downed Denver North 10-4. Bailey Paul and Melia Ricketson scored two goals apiece and Leilana Romero made 11 saves for the Raptors. …Despite Brynn Goodwin’s five-goal performance, the Grandview girls lacrosse team dropped a close 13-10 Centennial League contest with Mullen. …The Grandview girls tennis team earned the championship of the Tom Moore Invitational, which had been postponed from the previous week. The Wolves scored 47 points (three more than Castle View) and won two doubles positions, including No. 2 (Emma Cary and Linhvy Nguyen) and No. 4. Host and third-place Eaglecrest had the No. 1 singles champion in Natali Marshall, while fourth-place Cherokee Trail was led by No. 2 singles champion Shiloh Salsig.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Monday, March 10, here
SATURDAY, MARCH 8: At the Class 6A boys basketball tournament at the Denver Coliseum, top-seeded Rangeview rallied past No. 9 Regis Jesuit (story) and No. 2 Eaglecrest downed No. 7 ThunderRidge (story) in Great 8 contests. …The top-seeded Grandview girls basketball team earned a 20-point win over No. 8 Denver East in a Class 6A Great 8 meeting at the Denver Coliseum (story). …The Eaglecrest girls soccer team blanked Liberty 1-0 to win its season opener as a goal by Reagan Wagner provided the difference. …The Cherokee Trail boys track team won the Aurora City Championship meet by a 50-point margin over Grandview, while Eaglecrest finished 13 points behind Cherry Creek for the girls title in competition at Aurora Public Schools Stadium. …Gaige Butler piled up 19 kills, while Jose Ojeda Cortez had 11 kills and 17 digs to help the Overland boys volleyball team to a 24-26, 25-17, 22-25, 25-1, 15-10 victory against Hinkley. Ethan Do added 33 assists. …The Eaglecrest boys volleyball team finished 2-1 at its own invitational, which also included Regis Jesuit (which went 1-2) and Cherokee Trail, which finished 0-3.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Saturday, March 8, here
FRIDAY, MARCH 7: Despite a goal from Sa’mya Shazier, the Gateway girls soccer team fell to Thomas Jefferson 4-1. …The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team came out hot in its season opener, as it earned a 13-2 home win over Denver South. William Wilson tallied four goals to lead eight players in the scoring column for the Raiders, who also got two goals apiece from Gianni Ghiselli and Austin Ryan plus a goal and two assists from Will Cornell. …In other boys lacrosse results, Cherokee Trail lost to Ralston Valley 9-6 and Smoky Hill fell to Thomas Jefferson 8-4 despite Brylan Mahrholz’s two-goal game.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Friday, March 7, here
THURSDAY, MARCH 6: Sebastian Heredia-Ruiz threw six innings of one-hit baseball with 10 strikeouts and also drove in a run for the Rangeview baseball team in a 3-0 home win over Gateway. Ryan Luevanos had two hits for the Raiders. …Jason Weber went 3-for-3 with eight steals and four runs scored to help the Overland baseball team to a 20-1 win over Denver West. Uriel Hernandez allows one hit over three innings on the mound and had two hits and an RBI. …The Aurora Central baseball team racked up 18 runs in the bottom of the third inning in a 21-1 season-opening home win over Jefferson. …Makayla Sellyei scored the only goal for the Cherokee Trail girls soccer team in a 1-0 win over ThunderRidge. … Alexsandra Ortiz scored three goals and had an assist for the Hinkley girls soccer team, which doubled up Overland 4-2. …Shut out in its first two games, the Smoky Hill girls soccer team piled up 12 goals in a 12-0 victory over Kennedy that saw Lena Gordon finished with three goals and an assist. Lauren Nesbitt added two goals and two assists for the Buffaloes. …The Grandview boys swim team earned a 115-68 Centennial League dual win over Cherokee Trail that featured a relay sweep. Oliver Schimberg and Gherman Prudnikau won two events apiece, while Nicholas Myasoyedov also had a victory in addition to diver Hunter Bull, while the Cougars got two event wins from Bronson Smothers plus another from Anderson Hardin. …The Cherokee Trail boys volleyball team earned a reverse sweep of Chaparral with a 19-25, 16-25, 25-15, 25-17, 15-13 victory. …Ashton Bond racked up nine kills to lead the Eaglecrest boys volleyball team to a 25-18, 29-27, 25-18 sweep of Bear Creek. …The Overland boys volleyball team took a local matchup with Rangeview by a score of 25-20, 24-26, 25-23, 25-20. …The Regis Jesuit girls tennis team opened its dual season with a 7-0 victory at Central of Grand Junction with wins in straight sets in six matches plus a 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 10-6 victory at No. 1 doubles for Helen Adams and Lily Beebe.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Thursday, March 6, here
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5: The Eaglecrest boys volleyball team swept past Chaparral 25-22, 25-21, 28-26. …Sophia Capua of Vista PEAK Prep carded a round of 1-over-par 73 at Overland Park G.C. to win the City League’s first tournament individually.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Wednesday, March 5, here
TUESDAY, MARCH 4: The Gateway and Hinkley girls soccer teams earned wins, as the Olys blanked Lincoln 4-0 and the Thunder topped Aurora Central 7-1. …The Grandview boys volleyball team picked up a 25-16, 23-25, 25-15, 25-16 victory over Ponderosa. …The Hinkley boys volleyball team topped Manual 25-18, 25-17, 23-25, 25-18. …Tristan Rowley had 18 kills and seven blocks for the Vista PEAK Prep boys volleyball team in a five-set loss.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Tuesday, March 4, here
