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  • Stager wins state wrestling titles

    Special to the Courier|May 25, 2016

    Although the Colorado high school wrestling season ended two months ago, Niwot junior Tommy Stager is continuing to add to his impressive resume. On Saturday, May 14, Stager won the Colorado USA Wrestling Junior National Team Qualifying Tournaments in both Freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling at 138 pounds. This qualified him to represent Colorado in the USA Wrestling National Duals in Tulsa, OK in June, as well as the USA Wrestling National Championships in Fargo, ND in July. On May 21, Stager...

  • Niwot girls golf sends two to state

    Aurelia Pollard, [email protected]|May 25, 2016

    The Niwot High School girls golf team is gearing up for its state meet, which takes place on Monday, May 23 and Tuesday, May 24 in Pueblo. The Cougars are sending two girls to play along with one one alternate, out of their total of nine players. Head Coach Dylan Hollingsworth is nearing the end of his first year coaching the team and is optimistic as to how the season has gone, although he had higher hopes for regionals. “It’s been going well,” Hollingsworth said of the season. “We got the third at regionals, and it was disappointing because...

  • Silver Creek swimming finishes 5th in state

    Thorn Compton, [email protected]|May 25, 2016

    Sitting in fourth place with four events left, the Silver Creek High School boys swimming team needed a great performance from its 200 free relay team to catapult into third place in the state championships. What they got was an outstanding performance, finishing in second place in the race, just .5 seconds behind the winner Air Academy. The elation of that performance was quickly deflated, however, as the swimmers were informed they were disqualified for a hand-off error. The frustration was palpable, as multiple members of the relay team...

  • Niwot girls track takes 3rd at state

    Thorn Compton, [email protected]|May 25, 2016

    Winning one state championship is a tall order. Winning three in a row is the start of a dynasty. But what solidifies a dynasty is not the consistency of winning it all, but the consistency of finishing well even if it isn’t your best season. That is what the Niwot High School girls track team was able to accomplish this past weekend at the Colorado High School 4A State Track & Field Championships, with a third-place finish following three consecutive state titles. Though the Cougars did not s...