Today's Sports

LAKEWOOD – Like the Blues Brothers ravaging Chicago, the Evergreen soccer team got the proverbial band back together Oct. 13 at Lakewood Memorial Field.

And the Cougars sure seemed to be on a mission from a higher power.

With no injuries or absences to speak of for the first time this season, the Cougars jumped on the Centaurus Warriors from the onset and rarely let up in an impressive 5-0 Class 4A Jefferson County League victory that saw senior Caleb Downey bag a hat-trick.

The Evergreen gymnastics team hosted an invitational meet on Oct. 10. The Cougars competed against Denver East, Denver South and Summit.

With 50 gymnasts competing, it was an exciting and spirited day. Evergreen’s “A” team took home first-place honors with a score of 165.075, Summit placed second, Evergreen’s “B” team placed third, South was fourth, and East was fifth in the team competition.

Snow and below-freezing temperatures tell us that winter is here, even though it’s still supposed to be fall. Shortening days are growing still shorter and will for three more months until the winter solstice is reached and the pendulum swings the other way and they begin to slowly grow longer. My husband, Bill, used to feel the same way, and we used to celebrate Dec. 22 as if it were the first day of spring and then celebrate again in March when it really was the first day of spring and the days began to get longer than the nights.

The first annual Mountain Bowl was a not-so-subtle reminder of many things worth applauding.

You think community spirit is dying? Maybe, but not when it comes to the football programs at Evergreen and Conifer high schools.

Longtime Conifer coach Larry Fitzmaurice has lobbied for years to try and get this rivalry game moved up to the schools and away from the sterile district environment at Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood.