Vanguard’s JJ Wetters (32) tries to block a pass by Yuma’s Alex Pensado in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)
Vanguard’s JJ Wetters (32) tries to block a pass by Yuma’s Alex Pensado in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Vanguard’s Mason Hoover (15) and Yuma’s Cristian Duarte (13) reach for the ball as it nearly goes out of bounds in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. Vanguard lost 55-54. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)The Vanguard School’s Josh Alade (13) gains possession of a rebound in the first half of the 3A boys basketball state championships against Yuma on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Vanguard’s Matty Dessalegn (0) fights Yuma’s Edwin Munoz (10) and Jonathan Thomson (4) for possession of the ball in the first half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Vanguard’s Matty Dessalegn (0) is blocked by Yuma’s Jonathan Thomson (4) as he takes a shot the first half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Yuma’s Brody Sheffield (3) knocks the ball away from Vanguard’s Mason Hoover (15) in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Yuma’s Edwin Munoz (10) flies through the air as he tosses the ball in bounds in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships against Vanguard on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)…in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Vanguard head coach Joe Wetters and Yuma’s Cristian Duarte smirk away from each other after Wetters disagreed with a call in Yuma’s favor in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)…in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Vanguard’s Nathan Morris (22) freezes in the center of the court as the Yuma basketball team celebrates their win at the last buzzer of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Yuma’s Cesar Gamboa (5) jumps into Vanguard’s Nathan Morris (22) in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Vanguard’s Mason Hoover (15) makes a pass in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships against Yuma on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Vanguard’s Cameron Rowney (12) cheers and high-fives Jj Wetters after he made a three-point basket against Yuma in the second half of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A Vanguard fan watches nervously in the final quarter of the 3A boys basketball state championships on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gym in Denver. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)
