AURORA | A look back at the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from April 15-21, 2025:
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THE WEEK PAST IN AURORA PREP SPORTS, 4.15-4.21.25
MONDAY, APRIL 21: The Regis Jesuit baseball team held off a late rally from Douglas County for a 7-5 home win. Nick Wiley homered twice to power the offense, while Luke Reasbeck got the win and Christian Lopez the save. …The Grandview baseball team scored five times in the last two innings for a 5-4 walk-off win over Mullen. …The Cherokee Trail baseball team got 5 RBI from Landon Olds in an 8-3 win at Smoky Hill. …Cosme Vera returned to the mound for the Eaglecrest baseball team with 5 2/3 quality innings in a 7-3 win at DenverEast. Tavish Dey had three hits and Connor Brennan two RBI for the Raptors. …In a rescheduled contest, the visiting Cherokee Trail girls soccer team scored eight teams in the opening half en route to an 11-1 win over Vista PEAK Prep. …The Smoky Hill girls soccer team snapped a five-game losing streak with its second double-digit scoring effort in a 10-0 victory over Montbello. Lauren Nesbitt tallied four goals and Aribelle Arreola Hernandez and Emma Stangle added two apiece.
SATURDAY, APRIL 20: Katarina Charles lofted a long, left-footed shot that got over the Northfield goalie and went in to lift the Grandview girls soccer team into a 2-2 tie with the Nighthawks at Legacy Stadium. Allie Smith also scored a goal for the Wolves, while Ivy Daniel made five saves. …The Grandview boys swim team finished third, Cherokee Trail placed sixth and Overland ninth out of 10 teams at the John Strain Memorial Invitational meet hosted by Cherry Creek High School. The Wolves — who finished behind the host Bruins and Highlands Ranch — had a pair of event champions in Gherman Prudnikau and Oliver Schimberg, who won the 200 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly, respectively. Prudnikau’s time of 1 minute, 40.02 seconds, in the 200 unseated the 12-year old meet record of 1:40.23 as well as the 2023 pool record of 1:40.68. Schimberg clocked a time of 49.10 seconds in the 100 butterfly to take that title. Cherokee Trail’s top performer in the final was Tyson Walker, who finished as the runner-up to Prudnikau in the 200 freestyle and to Schimberg in the 100 butterfly. Overland’s points all came from Chad Hamilton, who placed 10th in the 1-meter diving competition. …The Overland boys volleyball team played host to a tournament and finished with three-set wins over Colorado Springs Christian and Boulder followed by a two-set sweep of Greeley Central.
FRIDAY, APRIL 19: Jackson Long, Jelani Smith and Conner White tallied four goals apiece for the Rangeview boys lacrosse team in a snowy 12-11 win over Smoky Hill in a local clash at Stutler Bowl. White joined Kayden Anderson with three assists apiece, while Kaleb Winn made 22 saves for the Raiders. …The Cherokee Trail boys volleyball team honored its seniors and then picked up a 25-21, 25-19, 25-23 home sweep of Overland in the Centennial League regular season finale. Jaeden Barnes racked up 10 kills, while Quinn Trusler added eight and Chase Cabuag seven (to go with 30 assists) for the Cougars. …The Aurora West College Prep Academy boys volleyball team defeated visiting Alameda 25-16, 25-18, 26-28, 25-20 in Confluence League play.
THURSDAY, APRIL 18: A complete game five-hitter with six strikeouts from Justin Dean helped the Grandview baseball team to a 5-2 Centennial League road win against Mullen. Chase Chapman and Ethan Wachsmann hit triples and Jax Pfister drove in two runs and scored twice for the Wolves. …The Cherokee Trail baseball team shut out Smoky Hill 10-0 behind a six-inning, 1-hit performance from pitcher Connor Thrush, who struck out seven. Thrush also drove in a run and joined Peyton Michlig, Brody Kenshalo and Jacob Ryan with two hits and Landon Olds drove in a pair for the Cougars. …The Gateway baseball team scored four times in its first at-bat and put at least one run up in the first five frames of a 10-4 Colorado League win at Aurora Central. Heber Almeida worked out of patches of trouble and pitched a complete game for the Olys, while he also homered and drove in three runs. Yanndy Aguayo also drove in three runs for Gateway, while Maikol Ochoa, Anthony Rubio and Roberto Rosario had two hits apiece. …The Overland baseball team swept a Colorado League doubleheader from Thornton with wins of 17-7 and 15-0 as Uriel Hernandez and Kevin Uribe pitched complete games of five and three innings. Jason Weber went a combined 6-for-7 with 3 RBI and five runs scored for the Trailblazers, while Hernandez drove in five and Ruben Luna four. …Allie Smith scored twice and Paige Jasinowski, Katie Reynolds, Isabelle Rogers and Maya Sandler added goals in the Grandview girls soccer team’s 6-0 Centennial League win over Smoky Hill at Legacy Stadium. Ivy Daniel made four saves to record the shutout for the Wolves. …The Gateway girls soccer team put up four goals in the opening half of a 6-1 Colorado League home win against Overland. Noeli Herrera paced the Olys with four goals, while Danna Gutierrez and Daynara Vasquez also tallied. …The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team doubled up Mountain Vista in a 10-5 League 3 victory in a matinee at Halftime Help Stadium. …The Eaglecrest boys volleyball team earned a 25-23, 25-23, 22-25, 25-15 Centennial League victory in a road clash against Grandview. …The Cherokee Trail boys volleyball team picked up a 28-30, 25-19, 21-25, 25-21, 15-12 Centennial League win at Cherry Creek. …Tristan Rowley racked up 18 kills to go with four aces and three blocks for the Vista PEAK Prep boys volleyball team in its 25-18, 25-19, 25-19 City League home sweep of Rangeview. Ein Bamba dished out 32 assists for the Bison, which also got eight kills from Aaron Williams to top the Raiders, who were led by Ayon Hammond with seven kills. …The Gateway boys volleyball team earned a 4A City League sweep of KIPP Denver Collegiate. …The Vista PEAK Prep girls tennis team got singles wins from Francesca Johnson (No. 1) and Karla Rodriguez (No. 2) plus three doubles wins in a 5-2 road win at Rangeview that marked the Bison’s sixth straight dual victory. Kai Jesus (No. 3 singles) and the No. 4 doubles team of Maya Calender and Miaya Holloway earned the Raiders’ wins. …A singles sweep from MJ Ranum (No. 1), Kalene Bassett (No. 2) and Rachel Kim (No. 3) and victories at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 doubles gave the Smoky Hill girls tennis team a 6-1 Centennial League dual win against Overland, which got its victory from the No. 4 doubles team of Emma and Sasha Davis. …Audrey Whitmore shot 5-over-par 77 to tie for third place for the Regis Jesuit girls golf team at the Continental League tournament played at Saddle Rock G.C. Emily Gott added an 85 to place 17th for the Raiders, who were fifth out of 10 scoring teams. …The Aurora Central girls golf team finished second behind Thornton at the Colorado League minor tournament played at Thorncreek G.C. at which Alexus Lopez finished third individually.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17: The Regis Jesuit baseball team got an outstanding combination on the mound from Hudson Alpert (who pitched five hitless innings with nine strikeouts) and Michael Kroll in a 6-2 Continental League home win against Legend. Isaac Konieczny drove in two runs, while Henry Dinges, Luke Reasbeck and Nick Wiley also knocked in runs for the Raiders. …Bruce Pfeiffer tallied five goals, while Tanner Calicchia added three and a pair of assists to help the Cherokee Trail boys lacrosse team to a 12-5 road win at Kent Denver. Race Bowen made eight saves in the net for the Cougars. …Lorelei Gearity (8 goals) and Sophie Bieker (3 goals) accounted for all the scoring in the Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team’s 21-11 loss to Northfield. …The Eaglecrest girls lacrosse team dropped a 19-15 4A East League road visit to Mullen.
TUESDAY, APRIL 16: The Grandview baseball team completed a Centennial League sweep of Cherokee Trail with a 3-1 win in a contest that featured a pitching dual between the Wolves’ Jax Pfister and the Cougars’ Carter Wilcox. Pfister scattered four hits with six strikeouts in five shutout innings to get the win, while Wilcox got 17 outs in 5 2/3 innings and 14 of them came via strikeout. Justin Dean drove in two of Grandview’s runs, while Peyton Michlig had Cherokee Trail’s RBI. …The Regis Jesuit baseball team scored in six of seven innings in an 11-6 Continental League road win at Highlands Ranch that included four strong innings by Ryan Neumann (one run allowed, nine strikeouts). Diesel Bernosky doubled twice among three hits and drove in two runs, while Chase Massey had three hits and three RBI for the Raiders. …Tavish Dey’s base hit brought home the winning run for the Eaglecrest baseball team in an 8-7 walk-off win over Smoky Hill. Dey had four hits and two RBI and also picked up the win in relief for the Raptors, who also got two hits and an RBI from Landen Holmes. Christopher Robinson and Jovani Galvan drove in two runs apiece for the Buffs. …The Aurora Central baseball team earned a 12-11 walk-off Colorado League win over Skyview that ended with the Trojans’ three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning. Kalai Bentosino picked up the win with four scoreless innings of relief, while Jorge De Los Santos led the offense with four RBI. Alberto Avila also homered for Aurora Central and drove in three runs. … The Gateway baseball team earned a 17-3 Colorado League win at Thornton with help from Maikol Ochoa’s complete game effort plus Angel Ferrusquia’s three RBI and four runs scored. …Abel Salinas allowed just two hits and struck out 10 for the Vista PEAK Prep baseball team, which couldn’t overcome three errors in a 4-1 City League road loss at Northfield. …Brooke Metcalfe scored a goal on an assist from Izzy Meyer in the second half as the Regis Jesuit girls soccer team topped visiting Castle View 1-0 in Continental League play. … Selah Davis, Sam Garofalo, Karlie Meckenstock, and Kate Vogel all scored goals as the Cherokee Trail girls soccer team tallied twice in both halves of a 4-1 Centennial League win over Eaglecrest at Legacy Stadium. …Victoria Perozo recorded a hat trick for the Overland girls soccer team in its 4-1 Colorado League road win at Aurora Central. …Yosseline Silva Monsivais scored in the second half to lift the Aurora West College Prep Academy girls soccer team into a 1-1 tie with Rocky Mountain Lutheran. …The Grandview boys swim team earned a 96-74 Centennial League dual victory at Smoky Hill that included a relay sweep for the Wolves to go along with two wins apiece for Gherman Prudnikau and Oliver Schimberg. Logan Hopper earned the other event win for Grandview, which overcame two wins from Ian Noffsinger and another from Marshall Adams. …Two event wins for Tyson Walker combined with victories from Bronson Smothers, Anderson Hardin and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Hardin, Smothers, Walker and Jacob Mueller led the way for the Cherokee Trail boys swim team in a 187-124 Centennial League dual loss at Cherry Creek. …The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team scored three times in the fourth quarter to force overtime with Legend, but ceded the lone toal in extra time in a 12-11 loss. …The Regis Jesuit girls lacrosse team celebrated its small group of seniors — including Madisyn Jokerst — and knocked off previously undefeated Heritage 13-9 at Lou Kellogg Stadium. Jokerst scored six goals and took over the program’s all-time lead in career goals, while Delaney Sitzmann had a goal and three assists to pace the Raiders. …The eighth goal of the game for Lorelei Gearity came in overtime and lifted the Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team to a 12-11 road win over Air Academy. Sophie Bieker added three goals, Abigail Vanzant had three assists and Haley Hoomes 18 saves for the Cougars. …The Eaglecrest boys volleyball team downed Valor Christian 25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 25-20 with a balanced effort led by Jackson Shaw’s 16 kills and five blocks, while Ashton Bond and Matthew Dye added 10 kills apiece. …Alex Garcia piled up 21 kills, Connor Deickman added 20 (plus 18 digs) and Devan Hall had 50 assists for the Grandview boys volleyball team in a 22-25, 25-21, 27-29, 25-18, 15-9 win over Cherokee Trail. …The Overland boys volleyball team earned a 25-23, 30-28, 17-25, 25-18 victory over Mullen. …Madeline Dickey (No. 1) and Rebecca Gelfer (No. 3) earned singles wins for the Regis Jesuit girls tennis team, which swept doubles as well in a 6-1 win over Douglas County. …The Grandview girls tennis team won all four doubles matches to go with a three-set win from No. 3 singles player Aishwarya Kamineni to get past Smoky Hill 5-2. The Buffaloes’ wins came at Nos. 1 and 2 singles from MJ Ranum and Kalene Bassett. …The Vista PEAK Prep girls tennis team dropped only a combined five games in a 7-0 win over Kennedy. …The Cherokee Trail and Grandview girls golf teams finished third and fourth, respectively, at the Centennial League tournament at Meadow Hills G.C. Jean Lim of the Wolves and Kaylee Saul of the Cougars both shot 86 to tie for seventh, while Cherokee Trail’s Brinnon Cook and Grandview’s Charly Ashworth tied for 10th with 88s.
