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Paul Klee: Ask Erie’s Blake Barnett or Palmer Ridge’s Alec Falk: How does a kid go from good athlete to Colorado state champ?
LAKEWOOD • Blake Barnett’s surprise was real. Right when he barreled across the finish line in the Class 4A boys final in the 100-meter sprint, the Erie star looked like he’d hit the Powerball. “I won that (expletive)!” Barnett howled to himself, eyes as wide as the medal he later wore. I’m surprised he was surprised.…
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Paul Klee: Evangelical Christian shows beauty of Class 1A basketball in CHSAA state tournament loss
GREELEY — Hate to say it, but life doesn’t get easier after losing in the state tournament. Good news is, the boys basketball players from Evangelical Christian Academy, a school of 70-ish students in Colorado Springs, will be well-prepared for the bumps and twists and son-of-a-guns that no one’s going to avoid in a full…
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Paul Klee: Mental Health Huddle makes fantastic debut at Hanzlik’s Gold Crown gym
LAKEWOOD — “We’re not trying to change the world,” Bill Hanzlik says, leaning forward in a Nuggets polo. I don’t believe him. With a subtle tweak at his Gold Crown gym, they just might. The headquarters for the Gold Crown Foundation is the field house off Alameda on Denver’s west edge. It’s eight basketball courts,…
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Paul Klee: How the No. 1 boys basketball team in the state, Cherry Creek, is navigating this COVID-19 season
GREENWOOD VILLAGE — If Cherry Creek wins the boys basketball state championship — and it’s trending that way at No. 1 in Class 5A — here’s hoping Greg Critchett is gifted a ring of his own. It’s the Greg Critchetts of the high school world making sure this COVID-19 season happens. Because the season’s still happening, and…
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‘It’s not what’s best for the kids’: Colorado football players search for new routes after CHSAA decision | Paul Klee
A look at training at Jenkins Elite in Parker, a renowned football development academy founded by former ThunderRidge High and St. Louis Rams quarterback Tim Jenkins. (video by Paul Klee) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “Jenkins Elite Academy”, “description”: “A look at training at Jenkins Elite in Parker, a renowned football development academy founded…
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Paul Klee: What Colorado’s high school athletes can learn from politics directing CHSAA’s sports decisions: vote
DENVER — Kids are smart. They figure things out. What they’re figuring out right now is what politics really looks like. Politics is what they’re seeing right now. It’s what they’re living right now. It’s why they are or are not playing football or volleyball games a few weeks from now. Politics is not the…