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Kudos to @KyleNewmanDP for starting this tradition: Meet the 5 finalists for the inaugural April Heinrichs Award honoring excellence in Colorado prep girls soccer https://t.co/kicC4dKbqd via @denverpost
Five finalists for April Heinrichs Award honoring CO's top senior soccer player/scholar/citizen...
• Mae Blazer, Buena Vista
• Lea Gentry, Denver North
• Emily Gesick, Frontier Academy
• Reese Morgan, Fossil Ridge
• Tyler Sternberg, Chatfield
https://t.co/tERICxqNZu #copreps
.@psaundersdp from Coors Field: Colorado native Jonah Cox makes #MLB debut at Coors Field for Giants where dad made first big-league start https://t.co/p7JLbnlxdH #copreps
We know about the greatness of Shohei Ohtani ... but Colorado Rockies' Tomoyuki Sugano is baseball royalty in Japan: https://t.co/yxtkv8ZPet via @denverpost
CHSAA baseball Final 4 preview: Regis Jesuit, Pueblo County, University, Forge Christian in pole position to win titles https://t.co/uHNEeRXdDu #copreps
Denver #SummitFC postpones opener at Centennial Stadium to July 18 against Portland Thorns... Weather-related construction delays prevented the on-schedule completion of sidewalks and roads at club’s temporary stadium: https://t.co/s0BTlNb43u #NWSL
The best offensive team in the NHL this season scored seven goals in four games.
The #Avs had six 20-goals scorers who combined for 186 goals this season. They combined for zero in this series.
Of all that went wrong, that is the most unfathomable.
https://t.co/cmxwyasDEC
Stunning ending for Avs’ season as they are swept by Vegas in the Western Conference Final. One of the most disappointing endings for a Colorado sports team in state history after Avs were a juggernaut in regular season and won Presidents’ Trophy #GoAvsGo
Wonderful, heartfelt story by @KyleNewmanDP: Fueled by the legacy of late teammate, Legend baseball shocks its way into Class 5A state tournament https://t.co/xnuoV20fDs via @denverpost
Before Legend shocked two Colorado powerhouses in the same day, Silas Meuli had a center-field chat with his late best friend, Tyler Harvey. https://t.co/Obx1VeuNGb
Tyler Harvey, a star southpaw who was committed to UNLV, died in November after a battle with sarcoma.
His death left a void with Legend but also provided an accelerant as the Titans made it to state after upsetting two Colorado juggernauts: https://t.co/Sb1XVq1iw9 #copreps
Lede of the day, via @KyleNewmanDP:
Before Legend shocked two Colorado powerhouses in the same day, Silas Meuli had a center-field chat with his late best friend, Tyler Harvey.
#copreps#DenverNewspapers
https://t.co/Sx3iVmwKlM
The Golden Knights did not get the message that the Avs were to be feared on home ice.
"You can’t respect them too much," Vegas goalie Carter Hart said after the visitors stole Game 1 of the Western Conference Final at Ball Arena: https://t.co/SljHNwxUtP #GoAvsGo#NHL
Over dinner each weekend throughout high school, Joey Blank soaked in wisdom from a baseball legend: https://t.co/NqPpD3zxgr #RumbleMavs#RMAC#D2Baseball
Avalanche vs. Golden Knights series preview, predictions by @DPostSports staff... Western Conference Final Game 1 tonight at Ball Arena, where we'll have wall-to-wall coverage https://t.co/hzEXivCKU6 #GoAvsGo#NHL
Jermaine Stafford can walk the talk. Sprint it, actually.
Inside the Lutheran track boss' journey from Olympic sprinter to a career in coaching: https://t.co/6skenWl1YS #copreps