The Fairview Knights can sling the football. One look at senior quarterback Johnny Feauto’s stats this season (3,296 yards and 34 touchdowns heading into Friday) will tell you that.
Ralston Valley looked to be the first major upset victim of the Class 5A football playoffs. Then senior Colin Root drilled a 56-yard field goal on the final play of the Mustangs' second-round game against Eaglecrest.
Every fall, Thornton High School, site of the Class 4A and 5A state gymnastics meets, becomes a spectacle for whirling dervishes, for powerful and graceful performers.
State championship teams are often asked if they knew winning the title was possible. The gymnasts at Standley Lake asked if they would have a program this year.