Author: Tyler King [email protected]
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‘Reinvigorated’ Caryn Jarocki leads Highlands Ranch girls basketball back to state championship game
The next Highlands Ranch girls basketball dynasty may be starting. In her 30th season in charge, Caryn Jarocki has taken the Falcons back to the state championship game for the first time since 2011 after a 52-33 win over Denver East in Thursday’s 6A girls semifinals. Most of her current players were just toddlers back…
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Colorado State survives against Fresno State, advances to Mountain West tournament quarterfinals
Colorado State’s title defense at the Mountain West tournament rolls on to the quarterfinals. The No. 7 seed Rams held on for a 67-63 win over No. 10 seed Fresno State on Wednesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas to advance to play No. 2 seed San Diego State on Thursday…
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Rangeview boys basketball heads to CHSAA Final 4 with clear mission: ‘Finish the job’
AURORA — Finish the job. It’s the message junior Archie Weatherspoon V has gotten from multiple members of last year’s Rangeview team. “Some of my teammates have been calling me this week like, ‘Yeah man, we haven’t been to a game yet all season, but we’re gonna be there (this weekend) for y’all.’ They kept…
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Denver Pioneers defensemen earn all-NCHC honors
The Denver defense has been the backbone of another successful hockey team at Magness Arena. Pioneers blue liners Eric Pohlkamp and Boston Buckberger were both named to the NCHC’s all-conference teams Tuesday, with Pohlkamp landing on the first team and Buckberger on the league’s third team. Pohlkamp, a junior, is tops among all defensemen in…
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Running backs the key to unlocking ‘GoGo’ offense’s full potential with CU Buffs
BOULDER — For a former wide receiver, Brennan Marion sure knows how to take care of running backs. That’s how Johnnie Mack sees it, anyway. Everyone in and around Colorado is eager to see what Marion, the first-year offensive coordinator, can do for the Buffaloes with his “GoGo” offense that he’s been running for nearly…
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CU Buffs seek familiar Tad Boyle tournament success in Big 12
BOULDER — Tad Boyle tells his team not to pack light for a reason. In the Colorado coach’s 16 years in charge, his Buffaloes have a habit of extended trips at conference tournaments. In 15 conference tournaments, Boyle’s Buffs have lost on the first day only one time. That was in 2020 when the Buffs…
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Colorado freshman Isaiah Johnson named Big 12 player and newcomer of the week
Isaiah Johnson’s stellar freshman season earned recognition. After breaking Colorado’s freshman scoring record, a mark previously held by longtime NBA player Alec Burks, Johnson was named Big 12 Co-Player and Co-Newcomer of the week, sharing both awards with Baylor’s Tounde Yessoufou. The standout newcomer also was named Big 12 honorable mention, the only member of…
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Former Colorado State star David Roddy eager to contribute to Denver Nuggets on two-way contract
David Roddy made a familiar trip up Interstate 25 on Saturday afternoon. It’s one he’s made countless times for the better part of a decade now —beginning when he first flew into Denver and visited the Colorado State campus for the first time as a high schooler. This trip was a little different, though. Sure,…
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Colorado falls to No. 2 Arizona 89-79 in regular-season finale; Isaiah Johnson breaks freshman scoring record
BOULDER — For as much of a fight as Tad Boyle’s team put up, this game may have been decided when the visitors stepped off the bus. Despite leading for over half the game, Colorado just didn’t have enough size and physicality to compete with No. 2 Arizona as the Wildcats (29-2, 16-2 Big 12)…
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No. 7 DU hockey sweeps Miami (Ohio), advances to NCHC semifinals
The Frozen Four rematch is coming back to Magness Arena. After No. 7 Denver completed a sweep of Miami (Ohio) in the best-of-three quarterfinal series in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff, the No. 2-seeded Pioneers will take on No. 3 seed Western Michigan, who swept Colorado College, next Saturday at 6 p.m. It will be the…