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Despite the Colorado High School Athletic Association’s move to allow school districts to make their own decision...

This week we are highlighting seniors from the Niwot boys track and girls soccer teams. Boys Track Harrison Bartlett,...

As an IB student and multi-sport athlete at Niwot, senior Jack Kenkel didn't choose the path of least resistance in high scho...

After months of uncertainty, the haze is finally clearing for the Boulder Collegians and general manager Matt Jensen. The...

When Julea Trank-Greene came to Niwot as a freshman, she thought her path to high school athletic success would end on a...

We asked the departing seniors of the girls track team to reflect on their time at Niwot and share their post-graduation...

Pringles® may not represent the Platonic ideal of a potato chip, but its stackable shape makes for a fascinating...

When COVID-19 cancelled the 100-mile run she had been training for, Kalyca Zarich decided to plan her own run, and benefit...

When Niwot High School track coach Maurice Henriques discovered he had contracted the coronavirus, he was neither surprised n...

The 2020 Niwot baseball team had just three seniors on the roster, but what they lacked in numbers, they more than made up fo...

Girls tennis was one of the few Niwot programs to complete matches before the coronavirus pandemic put a premature halt to... Full story

Sue Prahl doesn't see anything special about her 25-year tenure with the Niwot High athletics department, so when she learned...

In the world before the coronavirus pandemic, Niwot golfer Julia Solem was on the cusp of what promised to be an exceptional...

Running in the hallways at school is usually grounds for a reprimand, but for speedy Niwot basketball forward Milo Ostwald,...

Playing collegiately is a goal for many high school athletes across the country. It takes talent, hours of work, and equally...

By the time she reached high school, senior keeper Quinn Gossett thought her soccer playing days were well behind her, but...

If you haven't noticed by now, this spring has been a little different. The birds are still chirping and the flowers are stil...

Former Niwot High School baseball player Caleb Martinez was shocked when he learned his sophomore season at Northwest...

Isabella Steiner, sophomore at Niwot High School (and LHVC Student Athlete of the Week for Oct. 23), earned a first place at...

Patrick Perry, a 2001 graduate of Niwot High School, was an important part of the 2000 NHS 4A state baseball championship...

Fourth-year varsity lacrosse defender Abby Eidsness didn't realize it at the time, but mom knew best when it came to the...

Citing "concerns surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic," the Colorado High School Activities Association has extended...

The 2019-20 Niwot girls basketball season is one that most of its participants would rather forget, but senior Lily Sieben wi...

Fourth-year coach Ed Weaver has sky high expectations for the 2020 Niwot girls golf program, and it's not hard to see why....

Thirteenth place in giant slalom at State was music to the ears of freshman skier Jack Vincent, who posted a combined time...

Senior point guard Cooper Sheldon was philosophical following Niwot's three-point loss to Air Academy Kadets in the first...

A lot of students play basketball in high school, but few inhabit the sport the way Niwot's Cooper Sheldon does. The six-foot...

Niwot High's new head football coach, Nik Blume, doled out pizza and enthusiasm when he met with the players and their...

Niwot seniors Jovani Lopez and Daniel Torres accomplished much more than they thought possible during their four-year high...

There weren't very many Cougars in the pool at the 2020 Class 4A swim and dive championships, but what the Niwot state squad...

Niwot wrestler Daniel Torres was restless as he watched his lighter teammates take on their first opponents at the Class 4A R...

Jovani Lopez got more than he bargained for when he joined the Niwot wrestling team as a ninth-grader, but the senior...

The drive to the Mountain View Aquatic Center in Loveland may have been a little frightful, but that didn't keep the Niwot gi...

On Feb. 6, six seniors took the mat for Niwot one last time, as the Cougars hosted Broomfield and Mountain View in the...

In seventh grade, Austin Rathburn realized that his ultimate height was destined to be several derivations from the norm, so...

The Niwot girls basketball team is still searching for its second win of the 2019-20 campaign, after falling 60-25 to...

Daniel Torres didn't know much about wrestling when he reluctantly joined Niwot's team as a freshman, which makes his...

When he's on the court "making it rain" for Niwot, shooting guard Misha Barrett looks like any other underclassman hustling f...

The Niwot boys basketball team moved to 8-7 on the year, after dropping a pair of close games to Northern League rivals. On...

It was a light crew for head coach Bobby Matthews at the 2020 Diny Pickert Invitational at Berthoud High on Jan. 26, as...

Spring is right around the corner, and Niwot Youth Sports is gearing up for its 51st season of fun and friendly competition o...

The annual St. Vrain All-District meet marks the midway point of the girls swim season, and after an energetic performance...

The Niwot girls swim team lost nearly 20 swimmers to last year's graduation, so heading into the 2019-20 season, head coach...

Niwot heavyweight Jovani Lopez earned his fifth trip to the podium this season with a third-place finish in the 285-pound cla...

The Niwot boys basketball team improved to 7-4 on the year, after picking up another pair of wins as Northern League play...

Kyle Reeves has been on the brink of a breakout game for Niwot all season, and when it finally came in the Cougars' 63-40... Full story

The Niwot High gym was stacked to the rafters on Saturday, Jan. 4, as the largest field ever took to the mat for the eighth...

The Niwot boys basketball team rang in 2020 by going 2-1 at the annual Rough Rider Shootout at Roosevelt, held Jan. 2-4. But...