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  • NHS grad publishes first novel

    Vicky Dorvee, [email protected]|Oct 19, 2017

    Before book reviewers declared Grannie Pants are UnderRated as “engaging,” “entertaining and suspenseful” and being full of “raw honesty,” Gayle Erickson’s best-received written works were her highly anticipated, hysterical annual Christmas letters to friends and family. The story of the book’s heroine, Elle, percolated in Gayle Erickson for three years and is now a published debut novel. “It’s a story about redemption and facing the truths of the past,” Erickson said. A 1987 Niwot High Schoo...

  • Football: Niwot goes down to Loveland 63-0

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Oct 19, 2017

    The Niwot Cougars suffered their fourth shutout of the year last Thursday, losing 63-0 to the fourth-ranked Loveland Indians at Ray Patterson Field. Still depleted by injuries and ineligibility, Niwot once again found itself with inexperienced starters at key positions, and wasn’t able to put much of a dent in the Indians’ stingy defense. Sophomore Eric Ruiz and junior Daemonte Terry were the running backs du jour for the Cougars, and they had some success toward the end of the game. Ruiz man...

  • Gymnastics: Chohon takes second all-around against Broomfield

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Oct 19, 2017

    The Niwot gymnastics team closed out the regular season dual schedule against the Class 5A Broomfield Eagles on Oct. 11. Despite winning four of the top six all-around spots, the Cougars fell to the Eagles by a score of 180.775 to 175.9. Junior Lindsay Chohon captured second all-around for Niwot with a first-place finish in the vault. Niwot freshman Grace Stephenson was third overall, followed by sophomore Taylor Green in fourth. Senior Lilliana Martin, who was fully cleared from injury the...

  • Soccer: Niwot downs Silver Creek in OT

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Oct 19, 2017

    With a week to think it over, Niwot head soccer coach Stephen Dimit admitted that there was a silver lining in last week’s double-overtime loss to Centaurus after all. “We learned a lot from the overtime game on Thursday,” he said, after his team’s 4-1 victory over Thompson Valley on Oct 12. Earlier in the week, Niwot avenged a tough 1-0 loss to second-ranked Silver Creek last year by handing the Raptors their first loss of the 2017 season on an overtime goal by Manny Tapia.. “So we knew what...

  • NHS grad publishes first novel

    Vicky Dorvee, [email protected]|Oct 19, 2017

    Before book reviewers declared “Grannie Panties are UnderRated” as “engaging,” “entertaining and suspenseful” and being full of “raw honesty,” Gayle Erickson’s best-received written works were her highly anticipated, hysterical annual Christmas letters to friends and family. The story of the book’s heroine, Elle, percolated in Gayle Erickson for three years and is now a published debut novel. “It’s a story about redemption and facing the truths of the past,” Erickson said. A 1987 Niwot High S...

  • Charlotte Wertz Garcia

    Oct 19, 2017

    Charlotte Wertz Garcia of Boulder passed away Tuesday October 10, 2017 in Boulder. She was born October 22, 1941 to Alfred P. and Della Parker Wertz in Easton, PA. Charlotte graduated from Easton High School and Pennsylvania State University, where she received a B.S. in Elementary-Kindergarten Education. She later received an M.A. in Guidance and Counseling and an Ed. S. in Educational Psychological Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. Charlotte was a teacher for Warren Township...