Two CSU recruits to meet with new coach
Colorado State early basketball signees Shane Edwards and Omar Leary, coming off a 34-2 season at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, will meet with new Rams coach Tim Miles this week for the first time. Their coach at NJC, Eddie Trenkle, said the players have drawn renewed recruiting interest since the staff change at CSU and the Plainsmen finished seventh in the national tournament.
“They are still committed to CSU,” Trenkle said. “People have shown interest. I told them they signed with CSU and need to talk to the new coach.”
Although letters of intent are binding with a school, not the coaching staff, there is a mechanism to release fall signees after a coaching change. Trenkle’s predecessor at NJC, Brian Joyce, was a member of the CSU staff and was let go when coach Dale Layer was fired.
– Natalie Meisler
Thunderbirds seek youth hockey title
The Colorado Thunderbirds peewee hockey team, a Front Range all-star squad ranked No. 2 in North America, will face No. 1 Detroit Compuware today for the Tier I (AAA) USA Hockey championship in Buffalo, N.Y. The Thunderbirds, looking to become Colorado’s first national champion at youth hockey’s highest level, beat the South Florida Wolves 3-1 and the Rochester (N.Y.) Monarchs 6-4 in the quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday at Buffalo’s Pepsi Center.
– Mike Chambers
Eagles land second straight playoff win
The Colorado Eagles of the Central Hockey League scored seven goals for the second consecutive game in a 7-4 victory over the Youngstown SteelHounds in a first-round playoff game at Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. The Eagles, who lead the best-of-seven series 2-0, got two goals apiece from Seth Leonard, Greg Pankewicz and Aaron Schneekloth.
