AURORA | A look back at the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from April 14-20, 2026, as compiled by Sentinel Sports Editor Courtney Oakes:
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THE WEEK PAST IN AURORA PREP SPORTS, 4.14-4.20.26
MONDAY, APRIL 20: The Regis Jesuit baseball team rolled to a 17-4 Continental League road win at Douglas County as Cade Filleman earned the win and was backed by a 16-hit attack. Eli Shappee doubled twice and drove in six runs, while Deion Cesario-Scott had four RBI in Raiders’ offensive explosion. …The Cherokee Trail baseball team downed Smoky Hill 14-4 in Centennial League play behind winning pitcher Connor Thrush, who allowed two hits and three unearned runs. Logan Kruse drove in four runs, Stone Harrison knocked in three and Thrush, Landon Ellis and Braden Anderson had two RBI apiece. …The Cherokee Trail girls soccer team has won two in a row after a 9-0 non-league home win over Vista PEAK Prep. …The Aurora West College Prep Academy girls soccer team downed William Smith 13-0 as Valeria Ibarra had three goals, while Maria Gutierrez Benitez & Arwal Mayoum added two apiece. …The Cherokee Trail boys lacrosse team prevailed over Northfield 8-6 in a non-league road contest. …The Eaglecrest girls lacrosse team snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 14-10 non-league home win over Pueblo West. …Behind 13 kills from Zuriel Ofori plus nine from Ellis Cook and double-digit assists from Aaron Williams and Amol Rai, the Vista PEAK Prep boys volleyball team topped Hinkley 25-21, 25-13, 25-18. …The Regis Jesuit girls golf team took sixth and Cherokee Trail tied for eighth among 17 scoring teams at the Mountain Vista Spring Invite played at The Pinery. The Raiders’ top score of plus-9 81 came from Claire Pariset, while the Cougars were led by Marisa Vialpando’s 85.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18: Ethan Wachsmann fired a seven-inning no-hitter for the Grandview baseball team in a 1-0 Centennial League win at Mullen that saw Wachsmann strike out eight and walk three. The Wolves generated just four hits themselves — half from AJ Maroni — while Julian Bernosky scored the only run. …Hudson Alpert made his pitching debut and had two strong innings for the Regis Jesuit baseball team in a 9-0 Continental League home win over Highlands Ranch. Chase Massey homered as part of a 3-for-3 day and drove in a pair, while Eli Shappee also went 3-for-3 with three RBI and four other players knocked in runs for the Raiders. …The Cherokee Trail girls soccer team got back on the winning track with a 2-1 non-league road win at Fort Collins. The Cougars had gone 0-2-1 in three previous contests. …Cameron Bell won the 110 & 300 meter hurdles, while Jaylyn Brothers Pogue, Martin Jones and the 4×200 meter relay also won for the Eaglecrest boys track team as Raptors won the Cherry Creek Invite by nearly 20 points. The 4×400 meter relay went to Cherokee Trail, which tied for ninth, while Overland finished 13th and Smoky Hill 14th. …The Eaglecrest girls track team won the Cherry Creek Invitational with help from wins by Malanya Gaines (400 meters) & Jenna Winn (1,600), while the 4×100 & 4×400 relays won for seventh place Cherokee Trail and 10th place Overland had an event winner in Lezlee Napier (200 meters). …Joshua Gallien won both the 200 and 400 meters and Jaycen Harvell-Gibson took the long jump to help the Vista PEAK Prep boys track team to third place at the Northfield Nighthawks Invitational. Regis Jesuit finished in 7th place, while Gateway ended up 14th, Aurora Central 15th and Hinkley tied for 19th. …The Vista PEAK Prep girls track team finished third at the Northfield Nighthawks Invitational with help from wins by Nabria Minor & Justice Ray plus the 4×100 meter relay, which was made up of Minor, Elazia Patton, Naomi Coleman and Jordyn Brewer. Sixth-place Regis Jesuit also had an event champion in McKenna Groen, who took the 1,600 meters. … Will Van Der Bosch and William Wilson had three goals apiece, Will Cornell had a goal plus four assists and Ryan Olsen made seven saves for the Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team in a 9-4 win over Mountain Vista. …The Regis Jesuit girls lacrosse team topped Arapahoe 17-9 on the road as Natalie Chilton, Rhett Harris, Anna Hodges and Jasmine Lugo scored three goals apiece, while Amina Pope had a goal plus three assists. … The Eaglecrest boys volleyball team defeated Grandview, Littleton Public Schools co-op, Poudre and ThunderRidge en route to the Legend Tournament championship. Dallin Anderson registered double-digit kills in two matches for Eaglecrest, including 11 against LPS, while Dillan Ancheta had three 20-plus assist performances in four matches. The Wolves were led by Alex Garcia, who had 39 kills in a 3-1 performance. …The Vista PEAK Prep boys volleyball team posted a 2-2 record at the Douglas County tournament.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17: The majority of contests for Aurora prep sports teams were canceled or postponed due to weather. …The Cherokee Trail boys volleyball team earned a marathon 19-25, 25-23, 25-16, 24-26, 15-13 win at Ponderosa on a big day from Forrest Cornett, who had 14 kills, five aces and three blocks, while Quinn Trusler added 11 kills and Chase Cabuag had 10 kills and 20 assists. …The Aurora West College Prep Academy boys volleyball team downed Alameda 25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 25-12 with a balanced effort. Fredy Felix tallied 10 kills, while Erick Uriarte had 32 assists and seven aces.
THURSDAY, APRIL 16: Ryan Miley homered and joined AJ Maroni with four RBI apiece, while Ethan Wachsmann knocked in three and Kayden Bohmeyer had three hits in the Grandview baseball team’s 17-4 win over Mullen. …The Cherokee Trail baseball team got the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth inning of an 8-7 Centennial League win at Smoky Hill. Connor Thrush had three hits and drove in two runs to lead the Cougars to earn a win in relief for Jayden Witkamp. …Two three-run rallies for the Gateway baseball team earned a 6-5 Colorado League win over Aurora Central as Heber Almeida drove in three runs and Jose Soto had two RBI. Toby Sanchez tripled twice and had three RBI for the Trojans. …Jerome Mestas got the win and had three RBI —as did Humberto Perez —as the Overland baseball team rolled to a 22-4 win at Thornton. …Yarely Portillo and Sa’Mya Shazier each scored a goal for the Gateway girls soccer team in a 2-0 home win against Overland. …Katie Reynolds and Jayden Schwabauer were among the goal-scores for the Grandview girls soccer team in a 2-0 win over Overland. …Sierra Davis scored a goal and Emma Roberts made seven saves for the Eaglecrest girls soccer team in a 1-1 tie with Mullen. …The Regis Jesuit boys swim team finished second, followed by Grandview in third and Cherokee Trail fifth at the John Strain Memorial meet hosted by Cherry Creek. Trevyn Krauss set the meet and pool record of 4 minutes, 34.01 seconds, in the 500 yard freestyle and won twice, while Spencer Greene and Nolan Kohl earned wins for the Raiders. Tyson Walker of Cherokee Trail set the meet record of 1:52.01 in the 200 yard individual medley, while Grandview’s wins came from Greyson Connett and diver Hunter Bull. …The Rangeview boys lacrosse team held off Smoky Hill 7-6 in conference play behind Kayden Anderson’s three goals plus a goal and three assists from Jesse Long. … Sofia Cordova and Keely Graff each had four goals and a total of 15 players had goals for the Regis Jesuit girls lacrosse team in a 23-2 win over Legend. …In a local showdown, the Eaglecrest boys volleyball team swept visiting Grandview 25-21, 25-23, 25-19 with a balanced effort led by Will George’s eight kills, while Dillan Ancheta had 19 assists for the unbeaten Raptors. Alex Garcia had 15 kills and Devan Hall 23 assists for the Wolves. …Ellis Cook’s 10 kills and three aces paced the Vista PEAK Prep boys volleyball team to a 25-18, 25-13, 25-15 win at rival Rangeview . …Jayden Dotson and Sike Rot piled up 13 kills apiece for the Hinkley boys volleyball team in a 25-14, 21-25, 25-23, 25-27, 15-10 outlasting of Thomas Jefferson. Qwamarius Lake added nine kills and eight blocks. … The Gateway boys volleyball team downed KIPP Denver Collegiate 25-22, 25-16, 10-25, 25-21 as Oscar Mejia de Haro racked up 16 kills and Arpan Subedi dished out 32 assists. …The Regis Jesuit boys volleyball team swept Ponderosa 25-16, 25-18, 25-18 in a Continental League match. …The Regis Jesuit girls tennis team earned a 7-0 Continental League win over Douglas County. …Three doubles wins in addition to singles victories from No. 1 Francesca Johnson and No. 3 Megany Enkhaldar lifted the Vista PEAK Prep girls tennis team to a 5-2 win over Rangeview. Lauren Forte (No. 2 singles) and the No. 4 doubles team of Monica Hernandez and Lana Trice prevailed for the Raiders. …The Smoky Hill girls tennis team picked up a Centennial League sweep of Overland. …A plus-6 78 put Natalie Furgason third, while Molly Amann shot 81 for fifth for the Regis Jesuit girls golf team in a second-place finish at the Lone Tree Invite. …Makenna Dossey took medalist honors and led the Gateway girls golf team to a one-stroke win over Thornton in the Colorado League minor played at Thorncreek G.C.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15: The Regis Jesuit baseball team scored five times in the top of the sixth inning and held on to beat Legend 6-4 in Continental League play. Lucas Stavenger got the win in relief, while Chase Massey, Brady Wright, Greyson Glasheen and Jack Manthey drove in runs and Deion Cesario-Scott had two hits. …The Cherokee Trail boys lacrosse team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 13-4 league win over Kent Denver. …In a weather rescheduled Centennial League girls tennis dual, host Cherokee Trail swept past Overland 7-0 as Cougars lost nine total games among seven matches. …A singles sweep from Marin Shutter, Sydney Zimmerman & Chloe Clary combined with wins at Nos. 1 & 2 doubles for the Grandview girls tennis team in a 5-2 home dualwin over Chaparral. …The Vista PEAK Prep girls tennis team got a three-set win from Karla Rodriguez at No. 2 singles to complete a 7-0 City League dual sweep of George Washington. …The Rangeview girls tennis team swept singles and took all matches save for No. 2 doubles in a 6-1 dual match win over Hinkley. …The Regis Jesuit girls golf team finished in fourth place at the Continental League tournament played at Lone Tree G.C. & Hotel. Emily Gott shot plus-9 81 to tie for 13th to pace the Raiders.
TUESDAY, APRIL 14: The Grandview baseball team scored in five of its seven at-bats — including a six-run second inning — of a 12-10 Centennial League win at Cherokee Trail. Zach Muniz got the win in relief, while Ethan Wachsmann paced the offense with three hits and two RBI and AJ Maroni knocked in three. Landon Ellis went 4-for-4 and Ryan Chidester drove in four runs with three hits for the Cougars. …Brian Moreland threw a complete game (plus had two hits) and Blake Anderson drove in two runs as the Eaglecrest baseball team earned a Centennial League season split with Smoky Hill with a 5-3 win. …The Gateway baseball team had three significant rallies in a Colorado League home game against Thornton and secured a 13-3 victory. …The Aurora West College Prep Academy girls soccer team got a hat trick from Marlen Cabral and two goals from Yosseline Silva Monsivais in a 5-0 win over Rocky Mountain Lutheran. …Mabel Ramon tallied four goals and Josey Davis also scored for the Lotus School For Excellence girls soccer team in a 5-1 home win over Clear Creek. …Emma Roberts made nine saves for the Eaglecrest girls soccer team as the Raptors and Cherokee Trail finished in a 0-0 Centennial League deadlock. …Reese Crance scored with an assist from Kennedy Ranson in the second half as the Regis Jesuit girls soccer team played Castle View to a 1-1 tie in Continental League play. …The Regis Jesuit girls lacrosse team picked up a quality 10-6 5A South League road victory over Heritage. …The Eaglecrest boys volleyball team extended its undefeated start to the season with a 25-14, 25-22, 25-16 Centennial League home win over Valor Christian. …The Grandview boys volleyball team needed five sets to defeat rival Cherokee Trail, as Wolves prevailed 21-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-9 for sixth straight win. …The Overland boys volleyball team snapped a four-match losing streak by outlasting Mullen 29-27, 25-23, 30-28 in a Centennial League home match. …The Vista PEAK Prep boys volleyball team topped Thomas Jefferson 25-18, 25-18, 25-21 as Ellis Cook had 10 kills and nine digs, Sekou Dioubate had eight kills and five blocks and Aaron Williams had six kills and 16 assists. …In a conference matinee, the Gateway boys volleyball team earned a 25-9, 25-18, 26-24 home sweep of Kennedy to retain share of lead in 4A City League … The Grandview girls tennis team prevailed over Smoky Hill 5-2 in Centennial League play with help of a singles sweep (Marin Shutter, Sydney Zimmerman and Chloe Clary) plus three-set wins at Nos. 2 & 3 doubles. …Brinnon Cook shot a plus-8 73 to earn a share of medalist honors and helped the Cherokee Trail girls golf team to 2nd place at the Centennial League tournament played at Springhill G.C. The Cougars finished two strokes ahead of Grandview. The Wolves were led by Jean Lim, who tied for third place and was joined in top 10 by teammate Charly Ashworth, who tied with Smoky Hill’s Erianna Perez and Cherokee Trail’s Averie Arritola for 7th.
