Denver Post staff writer Jon E.
Yunt looks at the weekend ahead in
high school sports:
FOOTBALL
WEST
Giddyup, Cowboys
The first few weeks of the regular season always seem to provide us with some interesting games. Perhaps the most head-scratching schedule of all belongs to West High’s Cowboys. After games with 3A Harrison and 2A Platte Valley the previous two weeks, 4A West goes west on I-70 to Glenwood Springs to battle heralded quarterback Dakota Stonehouse and 3A’s eighth-ranked Demons. West (0-2) hosted Glenwood Springs last season and lost 42-14 at All-City Stadium.
AKRON
Single-wing sighting
Rams coach Brian Christensen graduated from Akron in 1989 and took over the coaching reins in 1995, continuing Akron’s single-wing
attack. In the modern era of run-and-
gun, chuck-it football, the single wing is a dinosaur. But why abandon something that works? The defending Class 1A champs bring their brand of power football to Denver on Saturday to take on Lutheran’s Lights at 1 p.m. Said Christensen in a preseason interview: “The kids do learn our system as seventh-graders. … It’s a testament to the kids that we’ve been fortunate each year.”
CROSS COUNTRY
LIBERTY BELL
Ring sounds familiar
Runners unite for the biggest cross country event of the year. Heritage plays host to the 30th Liberty Bell
on Friday, giving coaches and runners a preview of what to expect next month in Colorado Springs. Four divisions each in boys and girls races start at 9 a.m.
GYMNASTICS
MOUNTAIN RANGE
Simmons shining
Q: Who put the first-year Mountain Range Mustangs on the sports map in 2006? A: Gymnast Anna Simmons, left. As a freshman, Simmons captured the first state title of any kind for the Westminster school, winning the Class 4A all-around title and three of the four individual events. Simmons and her teammates will be at the Northglenn Invitational on Saturday.
FIELD HOCKEY
FORT COLLINS
Biggest test on tap
Fort Collins is 2-1 and faces its biggest challenge Friday against 3-0 Colorado Academy at 5:30 p.m. Also Friday, Smoky Hill (2-0) visits defending state champion Kent Denver (2-0).
