Today's Sports

One of our most interesting birds is the western scrub-jay. This bird is not regularly found in Evergreen, but it is found in Kittredge and in Red Rocks Park. It is not a forest bird, but it is a bird of the scrub-land area. You can tell if you are in good jay country just by looking at the shrub growth. It can be found regularly in the scrub oak along the road, which is the Morrison entrance to Red Rocks Park.

By Craig Harper
For the Courier
A common theme prevailed for Chatfield, Columbine and Evergreen’s top gymnasts at the 5A/4A Jeffco League championships on Oct. 19 at Evergreen High School: good but there’s room for improvement heading into this week’s regionals and the following week’s state meets.

LITTLETON — Caitlin Schmitt and Cat Moss finished second and third, respectively, and Evergreen had four runners in the top seven as the Lady Cougars won the 4A Region 1 cross country championship on Oct. 17 at deKoevend Park.
Evergreen finished with 37 points to easily top Jeffco rival D’Evelyn, which finished second with 73 points.
The Evergreen boys, who had four runners finish in consecutive order from eighth through 11th, also won a team regional championship with 60 points. Ponderosa was second with 88.

By Tim Donohoo
For the Courier
LAKEWOOD — The Evergreen Cougars dealt with the adversity throughout the entire week. Leading up to the most important game of the year Oct. 12 against D’Evelyn, the Cougars knew the Jaguars were going to be a formidable opponent who they were trying to defeat for the first time since 2004.
And boy, did Evergreen ever deliver this time.