To the student-athletes of 2020-21: Your resiliency and simple desire to compete is a lesson we should all learn from given how this year played out. I'm in awe of every single one of you and was honored to tell your stories. Never lose that competitive spirit.
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By simply not giving the guy in the CSU sweatshirt a fist bump, Coach Prime already understands rivalries better than the Broncos head coach. 📹:
@Dottewill
Sideline reporting from the broadcast described things as “firey” with Stidham showing emotion. Maybe it’s just me, but it looks like he scoffed at whatever Payton was trying to tell him.
The high schools in Pueblo are like me and my brothers when we were kids. We fought with each other all the time, but if someone else wanted to fight one of us, we all banded together. I love it.
George Paton should’ve been canned a year ago. Sean Payton was a bad hire. Russ played well enough to give the Broncos stability at the QB position until you could transition to a franchise player. This franchise is a mess and it’s going to take years to fix.
To all high school football players: please savor this week. This could very well be the last game for some teams so please enjoy the time you spend with your coaches and teammates. If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that nothing is guaranteed...
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1991: Ken Vecchio coaches Manitou Springs to the 3A boys basketball Final 4 with a standout named Justin Armour.
2021: Brian Vecchio coaches Manitou Springs to the 3A boys basketball Final 4 with a standout named Joah Armour.
The sons become the fathers.
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My heart breaks for each and every kid that was supposed to play over the next two days. This sucks. No other way to say it. To the seniors, thank you for letting us tell your stories and I am so very sorry that they couldn’t finish the way they deserved to.
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In the last 10 years, I’ve worked 33 football state title games. The best atmosphere was hands down Kent Denver vs La Junta in La Junta. You could’ve robbed a bank that day and the cops would’ve said, “Ok but it’s 3rd down.”
Small school games belong at home sites.
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Legendary Cherry Creek baseball coach Marc Johnson is calling it a career after this season. He just announced his retirement and will coach in 2024 before officially hanging it up.
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Kids at Boulder High School should be worried about exams leading into Spring Break and getting physicals turned in to start spring sports on Monday and other school wide activities. They shouldn't be worried about evacuations and reunifications. This is beyond maddening.
Big hire for
@SouthColts
as Shannan Lane has been named boys basketball coach. She last coached for the South girls where she took the team to the state championship game in 2019.
@CHSAA
@RhondaCHSAA
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@KylePorterCBS
“Sure they killed that one guy and generally have a terrible track record when it comes to human rights, but this is our one chance to get PGA Tour players an opportunity to cash in on NFTs!”
Ty Robinson, Chase Penry, Myles Purchase, Trey Zuhn, Arden Walker. All Power 5 kids. All multi-sport athletes. Listen to a guy like Dave Logan, kids, and not so much the guy who wants your money.
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To the
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Class of 2019, thank you for letting us tell your stories for the last four years. To the athletes returning next year, we're excited to continue watching you compete! Enjoy your summer and we will see you soon!
The Broncos certainly have potential. But they’ve been held back this year by inept coaching. Get an offensive-minded coach, a new quarterback and this could be fun in a couple years.
Big announcement from the NFHS today. One-and-one free throw situations have been eliminated in high school. Teams will now shoot two FT's for a common foul and team fouls will reset after each quarter. When five team fouls are committed, teams will be in a 2-shot bonus.
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Up there with one of my favorite pictures I’ve ever taken. Prime has told us about the walk to the end zone with Shedeur before the game. Down to the end zone is father and son talking. When they touch the goal line, they become coach/player. This is the moment of transition.
My pal
@SixZeroStrength
doesn’t have to do all the work he does to recognize high school athletes. He does it because he cares. And in many ways, he has a better grasp on the full picture than some of us full-time hot shots. This state is lucky to have him.
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@adamcm777
Hi Adam. Big fan of this question. The only acceptable answer is the Village Coffee Shop. Please disregard anything you hear to the contrary.
At this point, I’d believe that Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater are both genuinely good and Pat Shurmur is just the worst offensive coordinator in NFL history.
The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame announced that nearly 11,000 fans showed up to watch the 4A and 5A football championship games at Empower Field on Saturday.
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A record 16,152 fans made their way to Empower Field for the high school football state championships. Turns out people want to watch championship level football at Mile High. Who knew?
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Former Kansas City Chief edge Alex Okafor presented
@ffchsfootball
’s Myles McClarity with a $7,500 scholarship check. McClarity has been through a battle with leukemia and will be back with the Trojans this fall. Okafor’s mother passed away from the disease.
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Former Lamar coach Dave Fassiotto here today. His son is an assistant at University.
Who do you cheer for Fozz?
“I sit in the middle and keep my mouth shut.”
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In the midst of the craziness of today’s first two games, got a chance to say hey to former
@raptorathletics
boys coach
@JohnROlander
. First time I’ve seen him at the Coliseum when he hasn’t been drenched in sweat.
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Big thanks to
@CoAD_Assn
! Also thanks to
@CMTNAthletics
as well as all the AD’s throughout the state for the support. Can’t wait for life to return to normal so that we can keep promoting your great student-athletes!
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No football? No problem for the
@limonathletics
boys. They wanted to compete this fall so they took on golf, perhaps the most humbling sport the 2-time defending 1A champs could play.
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The students at Buena Vista took a field trip to the Denver Coliseum today. The school picked up the tab to get as many students as possible to support the Demons at state.
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The first time I met Erik Melgoza, he made me mad. So I tried to return the favor. That was the start of our friendship. Rest in peace, my friend.
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With Valor Christian's loss to Legend tonight, this will be the first time since 2019 that the 5A state title game won't be Cherry Creek vs. Valor. That has been the matchup 4 of the last 5 years with the one exception being that 2019 year where Creek beat Columbine.
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Luke is dealing with more issues than any kid should ever have to. Props to him for the class and toughness he has shown since I first chatted with him a couple weeks ago. And big props to
@john_carricato
for the assist. You’re a truly good dude, coach.
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For those we’ve had the chance to watch not just this year, but over the course of four years, it was a pleasure to watch you guys make incredible plays and provide us, your fans and your teammates lifelong memories. Thank you all. Best of luck this week and have fun!
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A big thanks to Rick Macias and Mannie Reinsch for their help with 4A and 2A baseball this weekend. And a huge thanks to
@gothunderwolves
for their willingness to host 4A on short notice. Big time advocates for high school athletics here!
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CONFIRMED: The 4A state baseball championships will be played in Colorado Springs!
@VibesBaseball
and
@UCCSBaseball
will serve as host sites. The championship game is set for June 1 at Rocky Mountain Vibes Stadium.
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A near fatal accident. Six broken bones. Two brain bleeds. COVID. Paonia's Anthony Miller shrugged them all off to win a state wrestling title --
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We at Colorado Preps and
@MileHighSports
are devastated by the loss of our friend and longtime
@CHSAA
assistant commissioner Bert Borgmann. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.
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Fun fact: 5A powerhouses ThunderRidge & Cherokee Trail each had players taken in the NFL Draft today for the first time. Little Manitou Springs had someone taken 24 years ago. Little Buena Vista had someone go 7 years ago. But yeah, you only get noticed at big schools.
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