AURORA | A look back at some of the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from April 2-8, 2024:
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THE WEEK PAST IN AURORA PREP SPORTS, 4.2-4.8.24
MONDAY, APRIL 8: Max McGinnis homered and joined winning pitcher Sebastian Heredia-Ruiz, Ryan Luevanos and Micah McPhail with two hits as the Rangeview baseball team topped visiting Overland 12-2. Heredia-Ruiz struck out six and scattered two hits in five innings. … In a reschedule, Douglas County beat the Cherokee Trail baseball team 19-9. Akoi Burton and Braedan Reichert had two hits and two RBI apiece and Jake Hernandez drove in three runs for the Cougars. …Cody Scott scored six goals and three assists, while Brady Smith racked up eight assists as the Smoky Hill boys lacrosse team cruised to a 20-1 home win over Thomas Jefferson. Dylan Henning and Max McDougall had four goals apiece for the Buffs. …The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team dropped a 10-9 road decision to Arapahoe in a high-powered clash. …The Eaglecrest boys lacrosse team fell to Windsor 15-10. …Emma Cary and Linhvy Nguyen at No. 2 doubles and the No. 3 doubles team of Maddie Mayer and Quincy Muntean earned wins, but the Grandview girls tennis team fell to Greeley West 5-2 in a dual. …The Vista PEAK Prep girls tennis team dropped a 4-3 battle with Northfield.
SATURDAY, APRIL 6: Emiliano Menchaca, Jose Gomez and Alberto Avila drove in two runs apiece for the Aurora Central baseball team in a windy 11-7 home win against Overland. …The Eaglecrest baseball team saw a 5-2 lead disappear in the seventh inning of a 6-5 road loss at Dakota Ridge. Brayden Stufft drove in three runs, while Jaxin Mallory had two hits and an RBI for the Raptors. …The Grandview baseball team put up six runs in the opening frame against visiting Arvada West, but got outscored 10-1 rest of the way in a 10-7 loss. Justin Dean tripled and drove in two runs and Chase Chapman homered among highlights for the Wolves. …Madalyn Hopkins scored twice and Paige Jasinowski and Allie Smith also found the back of the net for the Grandview girls soccer team in a 4-0 win over Chatfield. …The Regis Jesuit girls soccer team scored in each half for a 2-1 win over Cherokee Trail, which got a goal from Ayanna Mackey. …The visiting Overland girls soccer team scored three times in the opening half and host Aurora Central had three goals (including a last one by Jacqueline Gonzalez) as the local teams played to a windy 3-3 tie. …The Smoky Hill boys swim team competed in the massive Clovis West Invitational in California and finished second in the varsity team standings. Daniel Yi set the meet record in the 100 yard breakstroke of 55.42 seconds and also won the 200 yard individual medley, while Ian Noffsinger had two top-10 finishes for the Buffs. …Everett Breniser had three goals and four assists and Liam Emond made 16 saves as the Eaglecrest boys lacrosse team beat Boulder 8-4. …The Grandview boys lacrosse team fell to Cherry Creek 15-9 despite three goals from Liam Szarka, plus two goals and two assists apiece from Cameron Festi and Mason Kelly. …Madisyn Jokerst and Delaney Sitzmann contributed five goals apiece as the Regis Jesuit girls lacrosse team rolled past Chaparral 16-6. …The Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team fell to Northfield 20-17 in an offense-driven contest that saw Aubrey Benton finished with five goals and two assists. Kyla Bieker and Lorelei Gearity added four goals apiece for the Cougar and Abby Vanzant had a handful of assists. … The Eaglecrest boys volleyball team earned a 25-20, 25-22, 25-22 road win at the Poudre School District. …The Vista PEAK Prep boys volleyball team finished 3-1 at the Douglas County Tournament, which also saw Regis Jesuit finished 2-2 and Rangeview 1-3.
FRIDAY, APRIL 5: The Cherokee Trail baseball team took advantage of the jet stream on its home field in a 16-12 win over Castle View in a game that saw both teams have 16 hits. Johnny Robledo, Akoi Burton, Landon Olds and Brody Ceyrolles all homered in an eight-run second inning for the Cougars. Burton finished with four hits, Olds had four RBI and Ceyrolles drove in three runs. …Easton Flores dropped in a double that brought home Jax Pfister to give the Grandview baseball team a 6-5 walk-off win over Boulder in blustery conditions. AJ Maroni homered and Tony Crow had three hits, while Ben Crandall struck out nine in four innings to earn the win. …The Vista PEAK Prep baseball team earned an 8-6 City League road win at Denver South as Connor Angelini had three hits and three RBI and Brian Herrera also had three hits. …John May homered and joined Brody Chyr with two RBI for the Regis Jesuit baseball team, which fell to Mullen 9-6. …The Eaglecrest girls soccer team earned a 9-0 Centennial League win against Overland. … Sydney Brillhart, Sakari Mackey, Gianna Mathenge and Maddyn Walker all had goals for the Cherokee Trail girls soccer team in a 4-2 Centennial League win over Smoky Hill. …Kylie McMullin scored a goal for the Vista PEAK Prep girls soccer team and Hazel Bonansinga countered for Rangeview as the teams played to a 1-1 tie. …The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team honored former coach Jim Soran and longtime assistant Kim Thiel prior to a 13-3 win over Chaparral. …The Eaglecrest boys and girls track teams swept the team titles at the B-Town Bash at Broomfield. On the girls side, the Raptors got individual wins from Rachel Carlsen (100 meter hurdles), Anaya Ewing (200 meters) and McKenna George (shot put), plus the 800 meter sprint medley and 4×100 meter relays, while the boys had the triple jump champion in Bezalel Tizazu, plus the winning 4×800 meter relay team. …The Legend Track Clash track meet got moved up a day due to anticipated winds and Rangeview, Smoky Hill and a split Cherokee Trail squad took part in boys and girls events. Rangeview had a two-event champion on the girls side in Maddie Kilmer (high jump, triple jump), while Smoky Hill got victories from Kiyah Enoch (100 meter hurdles) and Poli Fifita (discus) and Cherokee Trail’s Raziah Hyslop took the shot put. Rangeview’s Jaheim Alexander earned the only victory for locals in the boys competition as he took the 110 meter hurdles. …John Clinton piled up a whopping 23 kills, while Jaeden Barnes and Chase Jensen added 15 apiece and Chase Cabuag piled up 50 assists in a 21-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-15 win for the Cherokee Trail boys volleyball team over Regis Groff. …Kaden Billings’ 11 kills and 30 digs from Trevor O’Shea highlighted the Overland boys volleyball team’s 25-23, 20-25, 25-18, 17-25, 17-15 outlasting of Denver East. …Alejandro Garcia had 11 kills and Connor Deickman added nine as the Grandview boys volleyball team swept past Valor Christian 25-23, 25-15, 25-16. …The Regis Jesuit girls tennis team finished fifth out of eight teams at the Full Send Invitational hosted by Ralston Valley.
THURSDAY, APRIL 4: Jaxin Mallory and Brayden Stufft each homered and drove in two runs as part of a 10-hit attack to back starting pitcher Landen Holmes as the Eaglecrest baseball team earned a 9-5 win at George Washington. …Three shutout innings from Nick Wiley helped the Regis Jesuit baseball team earn an 11-5 win at Pueblo West. Chase Massey and Jace Filleman both went yard for the Raiders. …Kalai Bentosino pitched four shutout innings, Toby Sanchez had five RBI, stole three bases and scored three times and Aron Gardea had three hits as the Aurora Central baseball team blanked Kennedy 13-0. …Scott Dewey struck out 13 in a complete game effort and also had a double and RBI, but the Overland baseball team fell to Westminster 4-2. …Madalyn Hopkins scored the game-winning goal in the second half as the Grandview girls soccer team topped Arapahoe 2-1. Isabelle Rogers had the Wolves’ other goal. …The Aurora Central and Gateway girls soccer teams played to a 0-0 tie at the Aurora Sports Park. …The Cherokee Trail boys lacrosse team lost a 10-8 home contest against Olympus from Utah. …Aubrey Benton tallied four goals, while Kyla Bieker added three goals and four assists for the Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team, which held off Ralston Valley 13-11. …In a high-scoring meeting of local girls lacrosse programs, Rangeview topped Eaglecrest 17-11. Shylin Collins racked up 11 goals for the Raiders, while Ellery Hesseltine tallied seven for the Raptors. …Phoebe Rogala had five goals, while Madisyn Jokerst added three and eight players scored as the Regis Jesuit girls lacrosse team defeated Poudre School District 16-0. …The Overland boys volleyball team outlasted Valor Christian for a 29-27, 21-25, 26-28, 25-16, 17-15 victory that included 11 kills for Kaden Billings and 10 from Grayson Lukes. …Ammon Fifita had eight kills and Ryan Bieber was credited with 11 blocks as the Hinkley boys volleyball team swept Denver South 25-15, 25-12, 25-11. …Tristan Rowley had nine kills, while Kaiyan Ivey dropped in eight aces and dished out 26 assists as the Vista PEAK Prep boys volleyball team swept George Washington 25-11, 25-10, 25-10. …The Cherokee Trail girls tennis team topped Eaglecrest 6-1 in a match that featured a three-set battle at No. 1 singles, where the Raptors’ Natali Marshall edged the Cougars’ Riley Leeser 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-4. …The Hinkley girls tennis team rolled to a 6-1 win over Kennedy that included a doubles sweep and singles wins at No. 2 from Mary Ling and No. 3 Paw Hser. …The Vista PEAK Prep girls tennis team dropped a 7-0 visit to George Washington that saw strong three-set matches at No. 1 singles (Francesca Johnson) and No. 1 doubles (Ava Eltzroth and Magany Enkhaldar).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3: The Regis Jesuit baseball team honored retiring coach legend Marc Johnson of Cherry Creek, then dropped a tight 3-0 contest to the Bruins. …Goretty Vazquez De Leon’s first-half goal held up for the Vista PEAK Prep girls soccer team in a 1-0 win over Hinkley, as Kaylynn Stewart made 17 saves. …A six-goal, two-assist explosion from Hazel Bonansinga helped the Rangeview girls soccer team to a 10-0 win over Far Northeast. …Liam Szarka scored four times, while Mason Kelly and Owen Kulczewski had three goals apiece as the Grandview boys lacrosse team doubled up Monarch 14-7. Devin Melton made 20 saves. …Cody Scott had three goals, Brady Smith added two goals and three assists and Grady Baker recorded 19 saves as the Smoky Hill boys lacrosse team downed visiting Prairie View 10-5. …The Grandview girls lacrosse team fell to Arapahoe 11-5 despite two goals apiece for Laurel Johnson and Gladys Mellinger. …Sophia Capua of Vista PEAK Prep recorded a plus-11 82 to earn a two-stroke win at the City League tournament played at Wellshire G.C. …The Regis Jesuit girls golf team finished fourth among 10 scoring teams at the Continental League tournament at Broadlands G.C. Audrey Whitmore shot a plus-8 80 to tie for seventh.
TUESDAY, APRIL 2: In a matchup of local baseball programs, Regis Jesuit topped Eaglecrest 12-2 in six innings as Liam Mosley threw three shutout innings to set the tone for the Raiders. Trevor Nordstrom had three hits, Andrew Bell homered and joined Nick Wiley with 3 RBI for Regis Jesuit, while Connor Brennan and Tavish Dey drove in runs for the Raptors. …Brody Ceyrolles doubled twice among three hits and Akoi Burton knocked in a pair as the Cherokee Trail baseball team earned a 5-2 win at ThunderRidge. …The Smoky Hill baseball team defeated Roaring Fork 5-4 in eight innings on a day in which Hudson Roth had four hits and Eric Aleman earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief. …The Vista PEAK Prep baseball team got a strong four-inning effort from Brian Herrera and had plenty of offense in a 17-2 win over Rangeview. Herrera and Steven Reaux each had two RBI and Domenic Montoya knocked in three for the Bison, while Anthony Reyes had an RBI for the Raiders. …Madalyn Hopkins scored in the 78th minute on a free kick attempt that lifted the Grandview girls soccer team into a 2-2 tie with Cherokee Trail in the Arapahoe Derby. Kiana Sparrow scored both goals for the Cougars, while Lindsay George also scored for the Wolves. …Reagan Wagner scored to complete a three-goal second half for the Eaglecrest girls soccer team, which rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 3-2 win at Smoky Hill. …Maria Herrera and Ruth Salazar scored two goals apiecd as the Gateway girls soccer team blanked Alameda 4-0. …Verenice Pulido scored a goal and assisted on Amairani Penaloza Arriaga’s score, while Malayzia Jones made 13 saves in the Aurora Central girls soccer team’s 2-1 win over Skyview. …The Smoky Hill boys swim team topped Overland 142-23 in a Centennial League dual meet that saw the Buffaloes win 11 of 12 events, with individual victories from Chae Phillips, Charlie Newton, Aiden Ball, Adam Kutak, Carl Johnson, Daniel Yi and Benjamin Brewer. Chad Hamilton claimed the diving competition for Overland. …The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team cruised to a 25-2 road win at Highlands Ranch. …The Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team downed Arapahoe 15-9 behind six goals from Lorelei Gearity plus three goals and three assists from Kyla Bieker. …Shylin Collins had six goals for the Rangeview girls lacrosse team in a 20-11 home loss to St. Mary’s Academy. …A 19-kill effort from Chase Jensen, plus 11 from John Clinton helped the Cherokee Trail boys volleyball team to a 25-19, 25-16, 25-27, 25-23 win over Valor Christian. …Alejandro Garcia had 12 kills and Devan Hall dished out 30 assists as the Grandview boys volleyball team swept Mullen 25-13, 25-15, 25-20. …The Rangeview boys volleyball team topped Denver West 25-15, 25-15, 25-16 as Pethuel Ofori contributed 10 kills and six blocks, while Nicholas Tapparo recorded 18 digs. …The Hinkley boys volleyball team earned a 25-10, 25-13, 25-15 sweep of Kennedy. …Despite 13 kills and 13 digs from Jackson Shaw, the Eaglecrest boys volleyball team dropped its first match of the season to Littleton Public Schools, which won 25-20, 21-25, 25-19, 25-14. …No. 1 singles player Rebecca Gelfer came through to win a third set to finish off a 7-0 Continental League sweep of Legend for the Regis Jesuit girls tennis team. …The Eaglecrest girls tennis team earned a 7-0 sweep of Overland. …The Grandview girls tennis team dropped a 4-3 Centennial League dual against Arapahoe despite wins from Channing Worthington (No. 2 singles), plus the No. 1 doubles team of Lauren Stec and Romie Pachorek and the No. 3 tandem of Maddie Mayer and Quincy Muntean. …The Vista PEAK Prep girls tennis team fell to Northfield 4-3 as the Bison took the top two singles matches (Francesca Johnson and Alexa Cohen), while Ava and Mady Eltzroth also won at No. 1 doubles. …Caroline Ryan of Grandview shot a plus-1 73 to finish second individually at the Centennial League girls golf tournament at Foothills G.C., while Cherokee Trail finished in third place as a team with help from Haylee Clark’s 87.