AURORA | A look back at some of the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from Sept. 9-15, 2025, as compiled by Sentinel Sports Editor Courtney Oakes:
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THE WEEK PAST IN AURORA PREP SPORTS, 9.9-9.15.25
MONDAY, SEPT. 15: The Grandview boys soccer team played Valor Christian to a 2-2 tie at Legacy Stadium. …The Aurora Central softball team got just two hits against visiting Greeley Central, but took advantage of walks and errors in a 22-6 win. Leilonie Brewer drove in two runs and Stephanie Gomez earned the win and scored three runs. …The Overland girls flag football team earned a third straight victory with a 45-0 road defeat of Gateway. …Naomi Emecheta rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another to help the Eaglecrest girls flag football team to a 20-12 win over Smoky Hill at Stutler Bowl. The Raptors got their first win of the season as they overcame two passing touchdowns for MJ Ranum, one apiece to Brena Rangel and Sailor Roth. …Ace Kelly of the Vista PEAK Prep boys golf team shot plus-10 82 to tie for 23rd individually at the City League tournament at Aurora Hills G.C. Wyatt Sandness of Rangeview shot 84 to tie for 26th.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Monday, Sept. 15, here
SATURDAY, SEPT. 13: The Hinkley girls volleyball team kept its undefeated season going with a 3-0 mark at the Jefferson Tournament, which included three-set wins over Jefferson and Littleton (with a 17-15 victory in the third set) plus a defeat of Aurora Central. …The Eaglecrest girls volleyball team downed Broomfield in two sets in Doherty in three, while it lost to Mountain Vista and Rampart to finish 2-2 at the Eaglecrest Tournament. …The Gateway boys soccer team defeated visiting Overland 2-1. …Vincent Tchoumba netted an equalizing goal in the 73rd minute of the Cherokee Trail boys soccer team’s clash with Northfield at Legacy Stadium, but the Nighthawks broke the tie with just over three minutes left in a 2-1 win that knocked the Cougars from the ranks of the unbeaten. …Haisley Elliott had three of the Eaglecrest softball team’s 15 hits and pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts in an 11-5 Centennial League win at Grandview. Abby Files had three hits and joined Tiani Lobitos with four RBI apiece, while Lexi Bargar went 3-for-3 and scored three times for the Raptors, who overcame three-hit performances for Sasha Kennedy and Madison Jaramillo for the Wolves. …The Cherokee Trail softball team put up 12 runs in the fifth inning to break open a close game and defeat Arapahoe 14-1 in Centennial League play. …Michaela Halton fell just a double shy of the cycle and drove in four runs, a total matched by Emma Davis on a 4-for-4 day as the Overland softball team rolled past Jefferson 21-5. Elbany Martinez had two extra-base hits and four RBI as well for the Trailblazers. …The Cherokee Trail boys cross country team won the Division I race at the Liberty Bell Invitational with a total of 104 points to the 113 for runner-up Legend. On the fast pavement course in the neighborhood around Heritage High School, the Cougars had Dylan Smith take fifth individually, followed by Tanner Larsen and Josh Chadeayne in 18th and 19th, respectively. The duo of Luis Duarte and Liam Martin came in 14th and 15th, respectively, to lead the way for 13th-place Regis Jesuit. …The high-powered girls Sweepstakes cross country race at the Liberty Bell Invitational included just two Aurora area entries (both freshmen) and both finished in the top 10, as Cherokee Trail’s Madison Lange ran a time of 16 minutes, 58.20 seconds, to take four place and Regis Jesuit’s McKenna Groen clocked a school-record time of 17:28.50 to take 10th. In the girls Division 1 race, Clara Kapfer finished second and Jade McDaniel seventh for Cherokee Trail, which placed sixth among 22 scoring teams. Eaglecrest got a fifth-place individual finish from Jenna Winn. …Brooke Sullivan threw three touchdown passes, caught a scoring strike and added three interceptions as the Grandview girls flag football team topped Vista PEAK Prep 52-0 at Legacy Stadium. Abby Kirkpatrick had a total of four touchdowns and K’Dence Thomas added three for the Wolves, who had six interceptions as a team. …Destiny Martinez returned two interceptions for touchdowns and Maria Gutierrez Benitez rushed for another score as the Aurora West College Prep Academy girls flag football team topped Gateway 20-0. …The Regis Jesuit boys tennis team won the championship of the Cherry Creek Invitational as Alec Rodriguez-Fields (No. 1 singles), Edward Samuelson and Reis Cherveny (No. 2 doubles), Finn Carolyn and Beckett Martorella (No. 3 doubles) and Connor and Daniel Hickey (No. 4 doubles) won their respective brackets. Grandview had a champion as well in Kaahan Wani, who won the No. 2 singles title.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Saturday, Sept. 13, here
FRIDAY, SEPT. 12: The Cherokee Trail girls volleyball team battled with powerhouse Chaparral before the visiting Wolverines prevailed 25-23, 25-20, 25-15. Olivia Laughlin led the Cougars with nine kills, while Avery Krause added 20 assists. … Kemo Fofana scored two goals and Alex Silva also scored for the Aurora West College Prep Academy boys soccer team in a 3-2 outlasting of Lotus School of Excellence. Erick Ochoa and Luke Tenkorang scored for the Meteors. …In an 11-inning marathon, the Cherokee Trail softball team topped Chaparral 7-0 on the road. Sydney Cobb allowed two hits and struck out 18 in a complete game fefort, while Taylen Shaver had three hits and Kate Kenney two RBI for the Cougars. …Rilee Bergquist racked up 235 yards passing and threw four touchdown passes — three to Goretty Vazquez de Leon and the other to Kadience Milligan — in the Vista PEAK Prep girls flag football team’s 26-7 win over visiting Rangeview.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Friday, Sept. 12, here
THURSDAY, SEPT. 11: The Hinkley girls volleyball team earned a 25-8, 25-18, 25-20 victory of DMLK. …Emily Peterson had 12 kills, Jaici Simmons had four service aces and Ava Eltzroth dished out 29 assists in the Vista PEAK Prep girls volleyball team’s 25-17, 25-19, 25-13 win over Skyview. …The Grandview girls volleyball team downed visiting Ponderosa in four sets. …Nathan Alemayehu, Tylen Haller, Alexis Rojas and Kevin Torres scored goals, while Andreas Karpouzos had two assists in the Smoky Hill boys soccer team’s 4-0 win over Gateway. …Alex Kedzierski scored twice, while Kason Ottinger and Garrett Revercomb were the goal scorers for the Grandview boys soccer team in a 4-1 win over Horizon. Camden Kuhn saved seven of the eight shots he faced in the net. …The Cherokee Trail boys soccer team downed Legend 2-0 as Caleb Bruce and Isaac Wells recorded the goals and Wells also had an assist. …The Eaglecrest softball team blanked Denver South 12-0 on a combined four-inning no-hitter from Haisley Elliott and Alyssa Valejos. Ryleigh Stufft homered and drove in four runs to lead the offensive highlights for the Raptors, who also saw Tiani Lobitos knocked in three runs. …Bella Renzi pitched six solid innings and Amara Herrera picked up the save for the Vista PEAK Prep softball team in an 11-9 City League road win at George Washington. Renzi drove in three runs, Herrera had three hits and Rylie Camarillo scored four times for the Bison.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 11, here
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10: The Eaglecrest girls volleyball team got 12 kills from Anayah Rucker plus seven blocks and five aces from Taylor Slothower in a 25-23, 25-16, 23-25, 25-16 Centennial League road win at Smoky Hill. …Peyton Contes and Taylen Shaver drove in three runs apiece and Sydney Cobb pitched a 1-hitter as the Cherokee Trail softball team beat Castle View 15-0. …Kiley Snyder, Morgan Wilson and Ailey Henry all went 3-for-3 and Nikiah Light drove in three runs for the Smoky Hill softball team in a 15-1 home win over Rangeview. Devyn Davenport drove in the Raiders’ run. …The Rangeview girls flag football team came up with the only score of the game in the second half of a 6-0 win at Cherokee Trail. …The Grandview boys tennis team earned a 7-0 Centennial League road sweep of Cherokee Trail that included three-set wins at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles. …The Overland gymnastics team earned a score of 169.400 points to win a tri-meet with Ponderosa and Cherry Creek. Abby Mess won the vault and balance beam, which helped her tie for first in the all-around, while Stephanie Fernandes topped the floor exercise.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 10, here
TUESDAY, SEPT. 9: Sanaya Wyatt had seven kills, Jaici Simmons registered six service aces and Ava Eltzroth recorded 28 assists to pace the Vista PEAK Prep girls volleyball team to a 25-13, 25-10, 25-18 win against Overland. …Despite a 13-kill effort from Anayah Rucker, the Eaglecrest girls volleyball team dropped a 25-22, 23-25, 25-20, 25-16 match with Legacy. …The Regis Jesuit girls volleyball team fell to Mountain Vista 25-17, 25-19, 25-23 in its Continental League opener. …Ivan Flores scored twice in the second half to lift the Aurora Central boys soccer team to a 2-1 home win over Gateway. Eric Castillo had the Olys’ goal. … Isaac Wells scored twice and Caleb Burgess and Derek Seymour also had goals for the Cherokee Trail boys soccer team in its 4-1 win over Valor Christian. Forrest Cornett made 15 saves in the victory for the Cougars. …The Smoky Hill boys soccer team had four goal scorers in a 4-0 shutout of Mountain Range. John Villamizar kept a clean sheet with five saves. …Michaela Halton went 4-for-4 with three home runs and 8 RBI to pace the Overland softball team to a 13-8 win over Aurora Central, which got a home run itself from Stephanie Gomez.
— Full Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 9, here
