Manitou Springs High School will be looking for its fourth head football coach since the retirement of George Rykovich at the conclusion of the 2006 season.
In it's second game of the season, Denver South lost to Eaglecrest by 22 points. In its fourth game, South lost to Lakewood by 23. Now the Rebels are in the final four.
Denver Prep foes Thomas Jefferson and Denver South had split their previous two meetings this season. The rubber match went to the Rebels of Denver South with 54-52 win, which had a dramatic ending.
Cheyenne Mountain needed a four-point play from senior Ghassan Nehme to finally end the double-overtime Class 4A boys basketball state quarterfinal Saturday against No. 1 seed Thompson Valley.
Gabby Purnell worked a masterpiece against D’Evelyn in the Great 8 at the Denver Coliseum with a 9-of-11 shooting performance for 22 points as Mesa Ridge girls beat the Jaguars 47-41.
On Jan. 3, Sand Creek's girls basketball team ran away from Valor Christian in a 67-34 rout. Saturday, in the Great 8 at the Denver Coliseum, Valor decided not to let that happen again.
