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or if offensive firepower team pine creek as always gonna gonna worry more about the defensive side play that ball in the midfield and then try and attack with some counters but we'll see how this game goes we're getting excited and they're just about ready to kick off at midfield although they're checking the goal at the right and the right end here the starters for the Liberty boy Luke price in goal helping the official get that one nailed down I believe I'm not sure what happened there but Annie this should be a good matchup and then we talked about the story tradition of Pine Creek and the Lancers both of these teams played rampart very very tough so the top three teams in this league probably going to state is they come into this game the Lancers are ranked 20th in the RPI Pine Creek is 26 so a lot more riding on this game than just a third place and that was that compose yeah I was joking with both coaches before the game the loser of this game on Sunday morning will be sitting hitting refresh on their computer over and over again wondering not only are they end but where are they gonna fall into playoff seating in the Lancers control the ball coming out that one well out of play Brandon Shaughnessy sent it by and Pine Creek will go back to get it Mitch frost chasing that ball down only the ball kid comes in there that was a big hit to start that kickoff the wind is definitely coming out of the south it's gonna be in Liberty's advantage early on it'll be interesting to see you know how that plays out here in this first half with Pine Creek going into the wind the south or right side as you're looking at it that's John Schrader pushing this ball ahead Jimmy law Sarika on the side and now Pine Creek will take this ball and and plat back to Luke Weyland Weyland ooh place kicks for the football team pine creek gonna take their time just to assess some things here in the lancers well and both of these teams are very comfortable with each other schools separated by two miles all of these players know each other they have all seen each other throughout growing up playing Club against each other and so because of that familiarity between the two groups you're definitely going to see some patience early on from both these clubs nobody wants to make a mistake with so much riding on the line but just knock the ball around to get a lot of touches get multiple players involved and just kind of feel out each other here in the first five minutes nice take away and turn there by Dawson Callaway for Liberty and now look if they'll have a throw-in the Lancers Kyle and Craft stimming does the honors gets it in to Shaughnessy they'll come back to timming on the left side and again the Lancers moving up the field with it here we'll see how we'll see if they have someone who can do a throwing to get it closer to the box maybe into the 18 yard but right now they come inside this is the man they've got to look out for that is Kaleb Norwood 26 points on the year with 10 goals there's a shot the first shot on goal Jake Zink is there up to the test what a good shot nonetheless that's Ryan Benitez doing a great job on the ball having a slight touch to his right giving himself a good scoring angle and hitting a ball nice and low Zink able to go down and make the save you want that ball to be a little bit wider low and wider gonna be your scoring angles but a good job from the Lancers coming out there the younger group they have a number of sophomores on the field number juniors and the senior Laden pine creek team the Lancers don't look intimidated at all this afternoon no we were talking a little earlier before the game Andy about Ben Corley and his team who has won this league so many years kind of odd that they're playing for second and third place here today well and you know we talked about how strong this league is but it's it's you know I think it's a testament to the new coaches that have come into this league and and to been able to counter that Pine Creek tradition you know when you're when you're coaching young men sometimes you have to just get over that oh it's pine creek thing and you know it's with talking to coach Woodson before the game heat that's exactly what he was talking to us guys like this is just pine creek you know everybody on this team you come out and keep playing you've done so well this year don't be intimidated by the pine creek thing like a lot of teams end up doing especially on this field Brian silver gets the foul there and then Pine Creek sets up for the free kick Lancers do a good job of turning it back the opposite way off miss Jones and out about Mitch Frost and out of bounds and the throwing for Liberty will come from Travis Slade once the ball kid runs it down and you can see the wind come and play on that free kick for Pine Creek not able to drive that ball into the box more of a floater going into the top of the 18 you know sometimes teams will adjust to start playing short balls as they're into the wind to just try to keep that possession others will try to hit a floater clonise going from right to left across your screen if you're watching Pine Creek working into that wind move it ahead bouncing it back in the midfield number seven Brian silver doing a really good job for Pine Creek in that center midfield position it's getting a lot of touches but very simple with his touches there's one thing I liked he doesn't hang on to the ball he looks for a quick one to touch there you see it again just a quick one touch out of there and it helps Pine Creek Matt maintained that possession in the you know in their defensive midfield midfield they often overlooked part of this game get your possession now moving forward Christians seek wist tried to get it to Schrader and it's taken away by Liberty and here they come Norwood it's a craft stimming on the outside couldn't catch up with that ball good look though by Norwood that's a heavy pass but the right idea you want to utilize that space on the flank and craft stimming doing a good job of finding room on the outside and able to get on the end of that but that those are the right ideas that I know Coach Woodson wants to see out of his group Payton Cameron sending that one in just a little bit in front of Norwood Zink plays it and we'll see if the goal kick gets him further up the field nice high ball Lancers able to field that one and moved forward Shaughnessy and pine creek staves it off now they'll go forward both teams neither team mounting much of an offense and I think that's because both of these groups are so comfortable with each other they understand where the threats are coming from Liberty understands Schrader and what he can do in secrets do you see them on the outside now what he can do but the same thing going the other way with the player like Norwood up top for the Lancers Pine Creek understands where the goals come from and what they have to do defensively so because of that familiarity with both of these groups the game seems you know is going to be played between that you can see the football 20-yard line and it's gonna be a midfield battle because both these teams are honoring those special players have taught from each side Slade with the throwing at a quick steal there by buying creeks will Jones he'll send it forward seek was trying to chase it down Lancers might have to just play that one out try to plate it up the line but it went out off the foot of Devon Kent Anna and Pine Creek comes right back at it quickly inside the Seaquest and now the reverse field trying to get it to silver silver' was on the move and a nice cut off there for the Lancers and Peyton Cameron paint Cameron doing a great job coming up from his defensive outside the outside back position and closing that gap in making that tackle you know players like Pine Creek that you know the players like the pine tree players in the midfield are so dangerous that you have to close that space away right away you can't allow them to have any room to operate shaughnessy playing it forward this is Slade down the right side he's running with Norwood tried to get it to him cut off there nicely by Seaquest who's back that was a great term by slay on his defender and tacking that line probably needed to take the ball the way down to the in line and hit across tried to hit an early cross and pine creek did a good job defending it silver sending it we got a man running Jimmy loss arica coming down the right-hand side he's gonna have a shot here but no outcomes Luke price and just swallows up that ball loss arica had had players running with him down there see Chris but just couldn't get it done la Sarika doing a great job on the outside finding space a little heavy on his last touch which is you know allows price to make the simple save but that's the room on the outside we're talking about both of these teams are looking to knock the ball around get lots of touches and then look to attack the width attack that flank with your speed on the outside you see la Sarika staining all the way on the that the in line he's helping over that yellow line because he's trying to create as much depth as he can as much room as he can on that attack see question Schrader tried to get something going there but the Lancers cut that off Brennan bang furred now I'll set up for a kick sends it forward trying to get it to Norwood up there and it's gonna go off Pine Creek they can't run it down and that was a good good move to get the ball moved up the field how they come back inside to caleb Norwood good defense there by Will Jones gets it out the Seaquest and silver law Sarika calling for it on the far side Pine Creek is gonna just settle down flat to silver back to plat that one moment moved those forwards up nice job by Schrader and he gets it to LA so Rick at la Sarika up the right side bumped a little bit by Payton Cameron but he's still got at la Sarika Oh a short turn back into Seaquest who couldn't gather it in a good job at the Lancer defense once again la Stricker doing a great job again a finding space Schrader does a nice job of having a simple to touch ball to him out and finding that space on the width but the Lancers do a good job scrambling defensively once Cameron was beaten Ashley team defense came into play and just took away that space for the land for the Eagles liam reynolds one of the captains for this team coming in there's a good shot of John Schrader coming out for Pine Creek also out of game Brian silver and into the game Justin Abbate I say that right Andy I think she said that uh turned down one Liberty will set up for the free kick get some get their forwards forward and it'll be Davis Tyra taking this one no words looking forward and look at them all lined up I expect one into the box here Tyra sends it pine creek is there price doesn't even have to play that one that's a really good ball for the Lancers with the wind at your back drive that ball into the box see if you can get a slight deflection on it you're gonna see it here there's a nice job driving that ball and just looking for a little flick on the ball right there unable to get on the end of it for the Lancers in price doing a good job of letting go wide you know I thought it was interesting that Coach Corley for the Eagles going to his bench so often here but he's doing a lot of teaching on the sidelines all of the players that are coming off or getting direct instruction right away so this is the the third and fourth sub have already entered the game after the ten minutes as you can tell coach Corley with his group he's just doing a lot of teaching has a lot of instruction going on trying to let his guys you know trying to do a lot of learning for his guys right trying to let him know where the space is and where he wants them to attack from Norwood gets it over to Benitez Benitez now looks things around tries to move it forward a Callaway that's gonna be sent back out and khylin craft stimming picks it up for the throw-in he'll come shortly to Benitez almost lost it goes to Callaway in a nice step there but Lancers keep it a lot and those are the two players up top for the Lancers Callaway Norwood up top you see they're always looking to turn and go and do a really good job of playing off of each other let's do two forwards up top they did a nice job into that space but look for Callaway to be very involved offensive ly and look at Shaughnessy Branden Shaughnessy moving it through Wilin Weiland comes over and kicks that one out of there but the Lancers keep it alive Travis Slade trying to make a move on the outside good job defensively there by Weiland they'll come back up to Benitez trying to reverse the field pine creek is there on it but Benitez gets by Reynolds and Liberty's doing a lot of good work but that's too long of a square pass that's that's a 45 yard ball on the ground straight across it's easily picked off by the ego's Liberty's gonna have to be creative in that offensive third because you see pine creek sagging down defensively there's not a lot of space you have to be creative in your ability to find that last run to be able to get a good shot on goal it was a good look at the freshman Jackson Isaacs in the game for pine creek don't see a lot of that with a senior Laden team nice job by Reynolds one of the tri captain's on this team moves it through gets to the Seaquest tried to get it back and it's cut off a job nicely done Bible answers right there Brennan bang furred senior captain in his own right for the Lancers betting for doing a good job out of his centre back position coming up not only winning that tackle but being able to keep the ball have a nice little spin move and then play it why'd you get it to the width of the field where the space is good job from your veterans center back for the Lancers Liam Reynolds will play this one in to the midfield that's Christian Fallon Tynan there and back to get it even Cavanaugh now place it forward to Lhasa Ricka and I believe that's gonna stay with Pine Creek Cabin all will throw in try to get the loss of Ricka plays the bounce can't get can't get it back Shaughnessy now plays it forward to caleb norwood looked away he is dangerous and a nice touch to callaway on the outside he'll wait and regroup now sentence in the middle of a field and Shaughnessy Shaughnessy tries to collect it rent alerts cuts him off and has to come out - bonitas and that norwood callaway connection is you know very critical to defend for the ego's because they're so quick but here you see craft stimming doing a great job from his outside winger position coming in and making something happen and that's that creativity i was talking about getting your outside wingers involved in this game because they can't just be the two players up top for the Lancers a christian Sechrist did a good job for pine creek coming back and cutting that shot off by Shaughnessy now here's a ball played forward to Jackson Isaac's almost had a shot with a great job by bank for back there on defense to cut off the shot by Jackson Isaacs the freshman secrets doing a great job takes a peek and sees Isaac's running off of him on the far side completely cuts the ball turns around has a nice 45 yard ball right on his feet but bang for doing a great job out of that center back position that was one of those moments for the Lancers but bang for doing a good job cleaning things up from the center back here comes sequence coming on as a race and a good job what a great job by Luke price coming out of his goal cutting down the angle and getting himself between the ball and the goal and we're passing the other way an absolute textbook safe for pricey stays big the entire time he's coming out and waits for the last second to go to the ground a veteran like Sechrist understands how to put that ball in the back of the net and you've seen here price is gonna come out that's a great ball to price to see Chris but price stays big big in and slides at the last second it makes that save that's a really really good pass there for number 18 just in a body and Luke price doing a great job keeping this game off square but just like that the Lancers are back on their end they get a throw in there waiting for it they're gonna have a goal kick Norwood thought they would retain possession but no officials say give it back - Jake Zink let's keep this game going we got 24 minutes 40 seconds in the first 0 0 game kind of what we expected this is gonna be a tilt of high-powered teams both of these teams have suffered some losses on the year I did look that up and liberties lost four games all to top 25 teams and Pine Creek has lost six games five of those six losses came to top 15 teams and I think that's why you see even though they have six losses the ego sitting there 26 it's because of who they've played we've talked about out with last night's broadcast with with the losses that Mitchell had and you know losing to the top 15 teams but with talking to coach Corley before the game you know he was joking that they actually moved up a spot yesterday not playing because all of these teams that they have played got wins last night and so that opponents opponents record that into that formula of the RPI is is definitely helping out the egos with the strength of schedule and they switch fields on it now a look ahead on the far side for Pine Creek they'll slow it down with Liam Reynolds and again trying to get it to Brian silver up the right side and that's the same ball I talked about earlier from the Lancers that's just too hard of a ball you don't need a 60 yard diagonal ball across the field it's too much space to cover and it's gonna be easily picked off by either the midfield or the defense you want to play through each other have little 15 yard balls simplify your touch like you're seeing here from the Eagles that's how you're gonna build up this attack a big swinging diagonal 60 yard ball isn't gonna work with the defense as good as the Lancers Reynolds Miss plays it slightly gets it back to Carter Esterly at the mid now back to Aiden Kavanagh that one goes through to Reynolds trying to move it forward to Fallon time and that was a great dummy by a body there number 18 coming into this game and definitely leaving his mark right away you know a very creative player in the midfield for Coach Corley Ballantine can't collect it because off Liberty and Pine Creek will maintain possession here Cavanaugh gives up the throwing because he gets the penny from his teammate Landon Platt who will do the honors throwing it in gets it into silver who makes a nice turn he'll send a cross in there look out dangerous plays the goalie is out of the net Christian Valentine has a chance reverses it and bouncing on the ball Luke Price what a great job by Luke Christ I was worried he was out of there but he did things well here when Luke Price finds himself in no-man's land just scrambling defensively scrambling and unfortunately for pine creek not able to get anything on the end of that instead of trying to get that last second or third touch you just want to turn and hit it at that point with the defender scrambling with your goalie off his lines just turn and hit it the Lancers very fortunate that Pine Creek couldn't figure out how to get a shot on frame there here's silver with a nice move again he's got Valentine with him loses the touch comes out to Fallon time back to silver they touch it forward Bank furred Miss plays it there now he comes back to get it and the Lancers avoid tragedy again there I was just checking down at the Lancer bench looking at coach what's in and he had his palms pumping down to the ground telling his team to relax and you see to here in the last couple minutes pine creek is definitely getting very comfortable in their ability just to play through each other and create these opportunities coach Woodson trying to tell his guys just to relax it's okay don't panic but you've definitely seen the game change in the last couple minutes for the into the Eagles favor nice ball again sent inside by a body land Reynolds or Liam Reynolds did a great job taken away from Norwood there take him right back by Benjamin Biermann Reynolds did a good job of running through the ball there instead of waiting for the bounce to come down here an all the way through the ball and helped his team maintain this possession and it feels like Liberty hadn't been able to connect multiple passes here for the last couple minutes the the Eagles doing a very good job with just simply playing through each other making a path easy passes but utilizing all 11 guys in building up their attacks so Pine Creek now you see their players drifting back this would be bang furred with the free kick sends it in there it goes high in the air off of a bottie the Lancers trying gain possession in there their side can't do it running back now Ken Tana and they will keep possession over there on the far side what I like about both of these groups is you can tell in a game this big with so much riding on the line they keep going to the bench the depth that both of these programs have we saw it earlier we were just watching the JV game and the talent from the JV game you could tell that both of these programs are deep and both coaches go into the benches early and in this first half and getting lots of guys playing time everybody's gonna stay fresh this afternoon Benitez and Slade come out craft stimming comes back in Jake Zink I'll have to play this one from the goal kick that's the thing about the Lancers though that they will they maybe get to see a lot of offense from Pine Creek but just as quickly they can get back on that counter and we were in a replay and they actually got a shot on goal the last time when that was that's the two players up top that's that's the danger that the speed of the Lancers coach Corley was talking about having to defend their speed both units up top have very dangerous players and so you have to be cognizant of not getting sucked up too far forward offensively because that counter-attack is gonna be there Esterly now being chased a good job by Platt you just take that one in kicked out of bounds by Biermann oh there's a tough throw inside callaway trout had it for a moment couldn't keep it alive you Reynolds now sending a nice ball forward but Luke price comes out to play that one rather easily and we've seen the speed of Isaac's into this game already and you can see what Reynolds is thinking he has two speedster on the outside maybe I can hit this through ball right away and connect to my teammate but there is space in the midfield now that the game is settled in Reynolds could have kept that ball carried it further and allowed himself to be defended try to suck up the center backs before handing that ball off to Isaacs nice job in the midfield by Norwood taken up by Callaway Callaway sends it forward he's got a man out there Jessie Boyd who's gonna run this one down he's got Norwood in the middle comes across to a body excuse-me Biermann and now back on the lancers pine creek doing a good job with their team defense there you see coming all the way back number number 18 a body to be able to defend that ball and clear it out pine creek doing a great job as a unit you see that the five of them worked back included in the defensive midfielder working back and making sure they have the numbers in place to defend that cross a body with a touch and Kent Anna will play this one back to price they'll strike to reverse the field from there nice job too good to steal buy a body a body comes up a cross Cameron Cameron falls down a body's got a chance to cross it a good job by price to get out there and get a get a hand on that one not sure it was gonna go into the goal Luke Price doing a good job unsure when you're unsure dive and knock that ball away and he doesn't know where the runners are coming from he's focused on the ball so go ahead and make that save push it wide just in case there are some pine creek players on the back side that you didn't see a good job this first half from Luke Price had to deal with some early pressure but keeping his team into this game and not allowing that goal to be given up Jackson Isaac's the freshman comes out in comes joel Strauch or pine creek reynolds with the throwing it's got Seaquest down there with the header and this is a live dangerous ball in the box silver now it comes down with it but no taken away by Biermann he's gonna come up the left-hand side silver giving chase Biermann keeps it alive silver goes down and it's gonna stay Liberty ball up and corley can't believe that call and there you see beer men doing a good job of running through the ball that ball is bouncing around a 50/50 ball Biermann ran right through the ball and gained that possession but then sprinted forward with it down that left hand the near side of your screen that left-hand flank doing a good job of forcing himself to be defended that's what I was talking about earlier now with the wind at your back look at number 16 Tyrel here on the ball try to drive this ball into the PK Mart Tyree gets a good foot into it it gets through who Norwood was there but Liam Reynolds gets his foot on the ball and sends it out you can see the idea the Lancers are just trying to flick that ball on when you can hit a low driven ball you just want to deflect it just have that little flick you see it oftentimes in hockey with the shot from distance just trying to get something on it to change the angle on the goalie and maybe you can slip one pass the keeper inside now a tough push right there no call as Liam Reynolds comes away with the ball and that's the veteran Reynolds doing a great job closing down the space but then finding the players on the outside attacking the width of the field now back in the center this is Sechrist a body tried to touch it over to Schrader couldn't get it there now we got to run quickly coming up on the ball though is Jake zinc to stop that threat and that's a good job from the Eagles of scouting knowing that Liberty wants to get out and run and have that quick transition zinc is way off of his line prepared to come out if he needs to even outside of his box to make that save on a 50/50 ball both these teams we talked about how that familiarity between the groups and both of these coaches but that's where scouting comes into play zinc is playing way off of his line because he knows the Pine Creek or the Liberty midfielders he'll be looking for a big ball forward silver with a push towards Seaquest out of his net once again with a big save Luke price but look out oh look at rights again unbelievable hoop rights with two big saves and the nets are still clear on the Liberty back end and you hear clapping from both sides right here a great 50/50 ball price comes out hard takes out everyone including his defender but then the awareness that get back to your feet and get back onto your line he does a great job here coming off his line making the initial state but then having his head up right away and knowing that he has to scramble back to his right and you see him get back on his line makes that safe but then has to clean that third save up that secondary clearance out of there Luke Price doing a great job this first half he's done a fantastic job so far 1.04 goals against average I see why 55 saves give him a few more here today there's a nice long throw in Lancers cut off quickly there by bang furred doing a great job defensively for these Lancers liam Reynolds gets it back drives a low ball that price is they're not gonna beat Luke Price with that in price does a good job making the initial save but then getting the ball out quickly to his outside back in reversing the ball now that everybody's been sucked on the far side of the pitch he does a good job reversing that ball and unlucky to make that connection but you see how much room there is if you can have that quick reversal price doing a great job not only defending the goal but starting that attack with that reversal Jesse boy tried to get it to Dawson Callaway instead it goes out of bounds and again more substitutions as Reynolds will come out get a blow for Pine Creek wasa ricca back in there you such as ahead Weyland both teams so good in the midfield that it's really gonna take a break it's gonna take whoever gets that first nice ball with a with a forward running at it and you can see the ideas you can see the threw balls that are coming and that's and that's from that inside-out play if you could simplify your touch in the midfield attack the flank but then that's where the channels are gonna open up for a through ball and both these teams are looking to slot those passes and get the through balls right now Pine Creek has been closer than Liberty but you can definitely see the ideas of trying to attack the flank and play that through ball here's another one nice job Landon Platt got that ball back for Pine Creek seek was still playing this one again run it through the ball like you talked but there is Luke Price right in the way of that ball preventing the goal once again Branden Shaughnessy comes back out for liberty and price makes that save and reverses the ball again and they're off to the races the Lancers secrets doing a great job for the Eagles but because of that two team defense for the Lancers it's three-on-one up there pine creek has to get their midfielders more involved because it's just it's a numbers game at that point it's it's attrition and you don't have the numbers forward to be able to help out a player like Seaquest he's just trying to do it all in his own up top sequence was all alone right there he touches it back and waits for some reinforcements Whalen sends it deep sequences their loss arica tries to get it to sequence look at their look a Christian sequence just continue to play this ball and now it's taken away by Landon Platt and that's the team defense for the Lancers it's all of these 5050 balls defensively there seems to be a red jersey everywhere they do a nice job of getting back defensively they wanted a call there and they finally get it on Dawson Calloway Dawson Calloway talking a little too lame and Platt down there now the official will tell him enough enough to talk and young young man right well and that's you know this is a rivalry we're gonna have a stoppage right here the referees gonna talk to the players like I said both of these teams know each other very very well both these coaches know each other very very well and so this is what you expect in a big-time 5a soccer game both of these coaches are talking the referees the referees talking to the players nobody wants to start throwing cards like crazy and so this good veteran officials that we have out there just trying to slow everything down take a break from the game tell everybody to relax they've had a good game so far but don't let it get so heated that it gets dirty caleb Norwood was substituted in for Dawson Calloway who's nice getting a little earful there from head coach Chas Woodson and and knowin Coach Woodson he's talking to it he needs him on the field and I know that that's the message right now is he has to be on the field for the Lancers to win this afternoon but he's gonna have to show some maturity and be able to relax and understand there's gonna be some banging involved you got to keep your head fine Creek now retains possession John Schrader gonna get the ball back traitor looking inside a good job again defensively can't Anna back there along with Benford that's up that one off that's a good job sorry Bryan of the Eagles reversing the ball and attacking the flanking getting a good opportunity here we haven't seen a lot of set pieces from up close and here's gonna be your first one on a corner kick coming look for Pine Creek to send in amps they have the height advantage look for them to send in these Center backs the outside back some of these taller players coming into this game trying to get on the end of this cross will Jones will take the corner and we'll see Schrader's down there we'll see what pile pine creek decides to attack this one nice cross inside good head but it's just wide for Carter Esterly for pine creek and a good set play there for the Eagles and that's a great ball and you see Esther Lee finds too much space there unfortunate not to get that ball in frame does a nice job of heading it down but just simply too much space inside the 18 yard box if you're a Lancer player you want to be make sure that you are gold you want to be in between the player the offensive player and the goal and they're Esterly finding all kinds of room just unfortunate not to be able to get that on frame Luke price will put this back into play so into the final fifth of the first half coach what's in it appreciate the math did you mention both these coaches unlike some other soccer teams around the area both these coaches actually teach at their schools and they've been there for a number of years they've been head coaches they've been assistant so it's it's something that they've truly been able to build coach Woodson even though he's just in his second year as head coach he's been a part of this school for so long he's an alumni of the school understands the tradition that Liberty High School's had and Coach Corley obviously has been here forever at Pine Creek so it's it's great because it's you know it's promoted that rivalry having two coaches that are so familiar with each other price puts it back into play couldn't be chased down by Mitch frost over there who will put it back into play for Pine Creek Wow got ac-130 flying overhead little late for the pregame flyover and that's a slow flyover pine creek moving it forward Schrader's at the midfield nice term but good job defensively for Benitez to keep that ball from going any further up the field Lancers will come forward and played this one that's Clayton Scott one of the seniors for this Lancer team in the game Benitez and there you see the Eagles to degraders just the great job just sitting back there not panicking they put together a pretty good first half they're gonna sit back and make sure that their shirt up defensively and not allowing any space liberties trying to find that space right they're looking around for those midfield it's just just limited in their space here comes Raider up the field in the far side that's Strauch again the Liberty collapses makes good defense gets it back to Schrader running quickly to catch up with that ball Liam McKenna in for Pine Creek and here you see pine creek doing a great job just dominating the possession they're able to find each other a lot of white jerseys getting touches here and it seems like the red jerseys liberties just doing a lot of chasing especially in the midfield pine creek with the simple good touches right there creating some opportunities for themselves when Luke price has no problem running out and hit and playing that ball well and he's had to because of all of these threw balls coming his way both of these keepers we've seen it with price but also Zink having to come off of their line and be strong off of their line because of the through ball attack from both of these teams caleb norwood made a nice play to get by there but then pine creek cuts him off Schrader comes back looking for Seaquest he'll keep playing it Jimmy loss Erika and now the Lancers play keep away from him Clayton Scott looks up has a man sends it and off on the run they go and that is Carson Stephens trying to get it for the Lancers it'll go out of bounds and alley pine creek goal kick and I think that's an example of being heavy on your touch with the wind howling at your back we oftentimes talk about how it can be an advantage and absolutely can but there you see you got to make sure that you have the correct weight on the pass because if it's a little too heavy like that the winds gonna push it through the end line there the Lancers trying to attach attack the flank but unable to with the wind at their back Jake Zink senior goaltender for the Eagles 1100 minutes this year doing yeoman's work loss or Rickon out trying to get it to Seaquest taken away by Benitez and the Lancers Brandon Shaughnessy moving ahead he had Norwood there they'll go into the outside Travis Slade Slade has to be cut off and Mitch frost is a good job just get it out of bounds to be able to back up and play some defense Slade doing a good job sprinting to that ball and keeping it in play and forcing mistrust to come out and defend him that ball easily could have gone across the cross the touch line there for a throwing but Slade doing a great job sprinting and now we see Callaway back into the game such a dangerous player up top he got his five minutes to relax get his head back into the game and then look for him to finish strong in this last five minutes Kaleb Norwood with a nice turn he gets it to callaway callaway we'll see what he does with it tries to get it back to norwood Nords right there saved by zinc pink came out and played that ball in Norwood can't believe it he thought he had a goal and there's your Callaway Norwood connection a great flick on the ball and a good one touch but there's Zink doing a great job coming off of his line just like we saw earlier from a price having to come off his line and get low and make sure that you make that save but that combination up top for the Lancers you see why they're so deadly they do such a good job Callaway and Norwood are playing off of each other but Jake Zink having that veteran keeper back there coming off of his line making that sure safe for the Eagles Oh in Norwood just was wishing that he had just hit that one a foot higher and it would have been a goal here's Benitez with the corner kick sends it across and out probably didn't misjudge the wind maybe a little bit on that one well and that's trying to drive that ball but when the winds pushing it that way you need to you need to move your mark out maybe top of the 18 so it will float back into the round the pique marques if you try to cut it too close there you're gonna see what you saw there just go across the goal for an easy goal kick mass substitutions for Pine Creek silver Schrader and Strauch come out a body comes back in and Zink lays this one Reynolds Waylon and Pine Creek reverses field what I love about both of these coaching staffs is the player like Schrader a veteran really good player for the Eagles comes off in coach quarterly is just teaching just talking to him having one-on-one conversations and just helping them out both coaches know there's a long way to go in this game and you can definitely see their profession coming out in their ability to teach their guys as they come off the field a body collects this one he's gonna bring it forward I thought he would have a chance for a cross with great job again defensively both these teams so disciplined defensively when they do a good job of just getting back getting their numbers back in it makes it really really tough cuz there's no room to operate Calloway gets it to Norwood Norwood trying to turn and Shaughnessy plays it forward but Calloway couldn't gather it and zinc will have to play it for Pine Creek seems like anytime somebody's building an attack you can just start counting the defenders numbers and there's just three four five defenders some of those midfielders coming back to add to those numbers and cut that space down you see it there you see four defenders around Calloway is he's trying to win that ball both teams so disciplined too defensively you can see why they don't give up many goals Benitez lets this one go back and it's Benjamin Biermann plays it back to Benitez they're looking they've got their players forward we'll see bang furred now fact that Benitez in the middle it's a nice ball looking for Norwood but too far and Zink will play it as a goal kick and that ball is just too direct you want to be able to hit that ball to the corner allow you guys on the outside to run onto it and you saw it there Ryan Benitez knew as soon as he hit it he put his hand up a little frustrated with himself it got away from him too to direct you right at the goalie you want to be able to push that ball wide but Benitez is finding space in the midfield it seems like Reynolds and Benitez both equally both playing those center midfield positions there space out there to be had in that in the middle of the field and both of those guys are doing a good job of operating and finding their players on the outside Jake Zink wasting some time here sending it up Liam Reynolds he'll try and get ahead on it and pine creek sequence makes a nice play Schrader on the outside will gather this one we'll see if the Eagles can get something going Schrader with a nice cross banker almost had an own goal there but a good job defensively nonetheless thanks for doing a good job here on his left foot the ball comes across his body but then making that making that clearance he probably wasn't as worried as we were up here with our ankle but here with in the final minute of the game pine creeks pushing everybody forward trying to get it we saw the last corner kick having a lot of space look for Esterly in the middle of the field trying to get on the end of this cross Liam Reynolds takes this one the big left foot inside a good job by Shaughnessy to get his head on that one for the Lancers but it's still alive for Pine Creek nice turn here by Schrader Schrader looking to find some space again the Lancers just collapsing on that one Jaxon Isaacs sends this ball in low price I'll kick it out of there and the Eagles won a corner kick and that clock is running down there is a man down on the field as well for the Lancers and I thought I was interesting that price that didn't pick that ball up and deciding to clear it out for a corner kick because now with the injured player the clock is going to stop with four seconds left that's not enough time for Pine Creek to be able to hit a hit a corner kick and hit a corner kick and get on the end of that it's gonna have to be bangbang but I'm surprised if price gonna hit that ball for a throw in the end of the half and we'd be into it Devin kin Tana was the injured Liberty player he'll come off right now he met by chance Woodson it's a good look at Chas and it'll be will Jones taking this kick and I'm not quite sure why not every eagle is for it I throw everybody forward including my keeper right now knowing that there's only four seconds left low ball kicked out of there and the threat is over and so is the first half but it was a good first half two teams that are very very evenly matched it's been fun to watch don't go away we'll come back the little halftime show in just a few minutes here on 20 TV you we are at halftime of district 20 stadium Brian German alongside Andy little as the Liberty Lancers and Pine Creek Eagles have played to a nil nil tie at halftime but there were some highlights and some chances for goals and Luke price kept the Lancer goal empty there you see a body doing a great job feeding that ball to Seaquest and then Luke price coming off of his line doing a great job staying high and then it happens again Luke Price doing a great job battling battling stays up stays up and then goes to the ground last second and on that last one he makes actually two saves quickly but then an opportunity here and keeper Jake Zink for the ego's having to do the same thing these keepers have had haven't had a lot of opportunities to make these days but when they've had two they've had to be big saves here in the first half huge saves and it's kept the score zero to zero right now Ben Corley has his team out on the field Chas Woodson is about to come back out and we will come back as well in just a few minutes for the start of the second half of this one zero zero in district 20 stable you we're back at district 20 Stadium getting ready for the second half of this 5a boys soccer match up Pine Creek and Liberty and Pine Creek is out on the field there's a good look at Christian Sechrist and John Schrader to the key players for this Pine Creek team and they've been held scoreless here in the first half the Lancers take the field here for the second half Andy what do you expect I mean we've seen some chances but both goalies have been up to the task well and both defenses are so good so well organized that takes such creativity to score goals with both of these groups that this is kind of how we thought it would play out we knew it is gonna be a tight game there's a lot on the line it's a big rivalry neither team is wanting to make a mistake especially defensively and giving up a goal and because of that you've really seen the game played in the middle of the field except for a couple of those threw balls where the both keepers have had to come up big and we're set to kick off the second half officials synchronizing their watches and ease synchronizing his and here we go Schrader gets it back to Mitch frost plays it across to silver sibrel with a nice turn they got Schrader in the middle nice touch to seek wish but couldn't get it there and price I'll have to play this one out of the goal for the Lancers and the wind isn't as strong as the game started but still in the advantage of the Eagles now it'll be interesting now that they're not going into the wind does that change the game playing up some of these threw balls are they going to push farther and cross the touch liner they can't adjust with their touches but it'll be interesting to see how that plays out this second half Deng furred kicks it forward to Norwood and Callaway trying to chase it down Pine Creek comes back with possession Carter Esterly in the center field now silver Schrader just sitting there waiting to make a move silver and Esterly doing a good job of their center midfield positions just working through space getting some touches on the ball not panicking you can see they're trying to reverse the ball and see if there are openings but not but not panicking not trying to hit a waste of ball Whalen sends that one forward couldn't be collected by Seaquest and again price I'll play it and the party chance starts up by the Liberty Lancer faithful pa rt y at least they know how to spell well and we did talk about on the day where there's not school to have both of these student sections come out and represent and root on their teams that you know it is nice to see this is a big rivalry it's a to schools that traditionally are very very good at soccer have a lot of depth in history to their programs and so it's nice for the kids to come out nice shot by Callaway here forcing things gets one in on zinc but he makes the save and that all happened because of the the pressure by Dawson Calloway what Dawson Calloway doing a great job having that quick turn you see he turns the ball between his own legs and able to turn and square the goal and haven't shot low and wide we talked early about with both of these veteran keepers you're gonna have to hit the ball low and wide that's your scoring angle and there you see Calloway doing a good job of it Calloway to Norwood back now to craft stimming craft stimming makes a nice move comes inside tried to get it to Shaughnessy but it's cut off and back out to Schrader in Pine Creek John Schrader makes a nice move to stay beyond Benitez now cuts it at the center to see Quist keeps it alive Christian Seaquest Willie played at awe thought he could have played that longer to Schrader to get him to run towards it and it goes out and Pine Creek will keep possession and he might have Seaquest they're trying to hit the outside of the right foot in that subtle touch maybe playing that ball to the corner and allowing trader to run onto it thereby Biermann doing a good job defensively defensively from his outside back to look out here sequence right in the middle shot goal Christian Seaquest gets us out of a 0-0 tie it's one to nothing Pine Creek and see Chris doing a good job of just working all game long he's been up top by himself here he finds some space for the first time this afternoon has a Miss touch-enabled to size that one up and hit that ball up and wide to the net going upper 90 on it Luke price not being able to scramble to his left to make that safe and a great job on that half bounce I've taken the one-time hit and tucking it away in the corner great look here from the goal cam that's what you call a postage stamp send that one home to mama it's nothing pine creek and that's exactly what pine creek needed to do knowing that they're sitting on the 26 mark in the RPI they need to get a solid result here in getting a tie and or victory so putting themselves in a good position early on let's see how Liberty's gonna respond now Nord and Reynolds playing tough and here comes sequence again trying to play that ball and we've got a a whistle and a foul they're gonna hold it up because of Reynolds who went down hard in a collision with Norwood and now the official talking to Caleb Norwood and there's the official on the on the 50/50 ball I think Norwood who fouled them actually took the worst of a hit going to the turf they're landing on his hip but on this 50/50 ball you see a big collision between Reynolds and Norwood and there's your leading goal scorer for the Lancers coming off in a PJ Gardner the trainer for the Liberty Lancers they're checking out their star forward for for the Lancers PJ does a great job though I wouldn't be surprised if Norwood's back out there in just a couple of minutes they're looking at his left side it looks like he went down hard on the collision with Reynolds we're back in action on the field now when the turf doesn't give so when you hit square on the turf it rattles you for sure and it looks like he just hit square on that left hip loss Erica trying to get around the corner and a good job defensively kicked out by Peyton Cameron but we're gonna have a corner kick for Pine Creek and they are buzzing now and we've often talked about the first fives after to just start of the game to start at the half now your first five after giving up a goal how do you respond and it looks like you know that goal created some energy for Pine Creek Liberty here needs to figure out how to respond get a good solid defensive clearance out of the ball kiss here come the bigs for the Eagles Reynolds sends it in nice touch out by Tyra but Reynolds back there and OH tough one there as you saw will Jones on the backside I was hoping to get a get a shot over here and that's what I was talking about making sure you get a good clearance because if you don't you have that second and third opportunity on frame Lancers they're lucky they didn't get that good clearance but the shot was just wide so it ended up not hurting them but you need to do a good job of having that one time header out of your defensive third otherwise you are you're gonna keep facing that pressure now you see Reynolds gonna throw in the ball and we've seen that long throw and of times he has the wind in his back now look for a deep throwing into the box he's gonna man in there was offside Christian see Chris had to get back and now them Lancers really under pressure here and we get a call and a bump it looked like there was a shoulder or it looks like there was a shirt pulled in that and that mix but yeah Reynolds ability now that he has the wind at his back to throw the ball in you can stand all the way next to the keeper if you want to and he's gonna be able to throw that ball in into the PK market almost treat it like a free kick land and Platt with a nice tackle over there for the Lancers keeping a lot here's a push forward and shot over the goal and what a great opportunity for Jesse Boyd coming in from the left flank and and Jesse knows it for sure he takes that ball on he doesn't have a great angle on his right foot here maybe could have touched the ball to his right a half step to give himself a better scoring angle but a great job of finding some space not able to get over the top you want to get your knee over the top of the ball and drive that ball the ball floats on him but then you see coach Woodson pumping his guys up he knew he knows that's a good opportunity he knows his group still has some fight in him trying to just root for his team right now and there's a good example with Boyd up top creating an opportunity for yourself and trying to get that equalizer so now Jake Zink will play this Branden Shaughnessy the nice touch and Lancers will stay alive get it on the outside of craft stimming try to get it to callaway taken away by the Eagles Silver Pine Creek just too many too many players there defensively for the Lancers to do anything got to get that ball on the outside to get get the attack move it we can see it including the midfielders there's six players back for the ego so you're not gonna be able to go down the pipe on them they are they are protecting the middle of the field for sure but here you see see Krista kins done a great job well rewarded on the goal but he's fought so hard this this afternoon against this Lancer defense yeah Ben Corley told us before the game the secret is the man who runs up top never stops running nice move here it's gonna come back out front to mitch frost frost strike it hits the crossbar what a shot by frost and I'm not even sure Luke Price saw knew where that was coming well we talked about having the wind at your back and being able to drive that ball and you're gonna see Mitch frost this stays over the ball and just smokes it here he tees off on it hits it but yeah I'm not sure Luke price that had any idea that it was gonna go off the post you see the sudden look he's looking right in the Sun as the ball is coming and it's so fortunate not to give up that second goal the Lancers are but oh my gosh what a strike the Lancers come back now get it to Shaughnessy in the midfield Benjamin Biermann on the outside it's got craft stimming with him he'll try and push it forward and it's go back to Pine Creek and Mitch frost will be able to throw it in there's a good look at him well he he struck that ball well well and be--and because you get sucked in defensively he finds room at out of that outside back position he has all kinds of space and with the wind at your back in your ability to to hit a ball absolutely have at it joel Strauch and bang for doing battle right here and bang firt goes down Straus was down and now we get a whistle and it's gonna be Liberty ball that's a good job defensively by the senior Brennan bang furred we've called his name a number of times out of that centre back position it does a nice job of just clearing things up and here's just one on one defending not giving up the space and not allowing any room to operate staying on your feet and taking the contact but Reynolds comes back for Pine Creek Sarika cutoff by Cameron for liberty the Lancers come back the other way they'll push it ahead to Jesse Boyd and Pine Creek sends it out and it'll be Slade to throw it in he comes quickly back to Benitez the Lancers trying to keep this thing moving try and push it forward to craft stimming again the Liberty Traynor still working on Caleb Norwood on the bench and you could see that his presence is missed in Liberty offense and you know noir wants to get back in this game it does a great job from that up top position or even I was a center midfielder getting forward and you know he's doing everything he can to get back in you know a trainer PJ Gardner's doing everything he can to try to get him back into this game especially down a goal Carter s truly now at midfield turns on Boyd sends it back Platt will play this one a nice ball forward looking for Seaquest Sechrist does a good job trying to contain it it's kicked out of there and now Callaway with a turn that's a great term by Dawson Callaway and to be able to find his player on the outside I'm fortunate there that number three king Tanana doesn't not able to take that ball wide miss plays it off of his first touch but there you see Dawson doing a good job recognizing where the switch of the fields coming from having the technical ability to turn and hit and get that ball wide and three players come back in for Pine Creek Aiden Cavanaugh Christian Valentine and just in the body come in looks like silver loss Erica and Reynolds will come out and such a blessing for Coach Corley to have those those guys be able to come off the bench we saw a body and how dangerous he could be in the first half but to be able to give those guys a break silvers doing a great job in the center midfield position but you don't lose anything when you go to your bench and it's such a blessing for the Eagles Jaxon Isaac's the freshman back in there on the left flank for Pine Creek this one played forward Valentine and Shaughnessy doing battle come back to a body and he his pass is intercepted but quickly find Creek regroups Valentine the touch on the outside get it over there to Aiden Cavanaugh couldn't run it down it goes out of mouths and will be Liberty Bowl that's a good combination play between fowler tiny and Cavanaugh good little one to touch unfortunately ought to be able to get on the end of it but here you see a big number 10 Kaleb Norwood coming back into this game and he doesn't look good walking out but you know he's gonna gut it out when you have such a talented player up top as somebody who scored so many goals for your group and and that leadership that he brings to this Lancer group he's gonna do everything he can to try to gut out the rest of the second half Ryan Benitez he'll get a quick breather to get Norwood back into the game and now Christians Seaquest picking this one up he'll get it over to land and platform through in Sechrist will take his usual spot in the middle of the field become the Eagles whoa sizing up for a kick was Isaac's but now they move it afforded Austin Callaway for the Lancers Callaway is very talented but you see it one-two-three-four-five egos sprinting back defensively especially with this lead making sure that they're back in and in their defensive organization but a turnover here and watch out here come the Lancers we've come the Lancers Jesse Boyd on the outside he's gonna go right at Zig oh just over again and a good job defensively there for Pine Creek to challenge Boyd as he came in here's another look at it so boy coming in hard right here is he gonna cross is he gonna hit opens up his hips and hits that ball wide if you're gonna strike that ball stay over the ball get your knee over the ball right now plant your foot in front of the ball and drive that into the back of net otherwise open up and cross that looks like he was a 50/50 decision for him and that indecisiveness causes the ball to sail over the goal it was Carter Esterly who hit the ground right in front of Boyd it was another reason why Boyd had to go high which is exactly what you have to do sometimes defending as pretty and sometimes you just have to scramble and there you see us really getting back and just getting down on the ground and doing everything he can to try to make it difficult for Boyd and does a nice job scrambling defensively take it back in his zinc lancers and pine creek will be happy to play this possession game here now with a one goal lead in the second half well then you can see for the ego's they're keeping the numbers back they're not they're not pushing all three midfielders forward in the center keeping making sure you have that defensive midfielder there and just trying to do this hit play the ball wide have a through ball and be able to step up together Jackson Isaac's keeps it alive but can't do it a second time on the edge there but what a ball Christian era Valentine put out there for him and that's a good ball and that's a good job Isaac's of trying to scramble to keep it in not allowing the corner kick or the goal kick rather instead make it a deep throw and have that initial touch and I know he wanted to have that second touch and keep it and play and sit on it but a good job getting to it and making sure that it's not just a simple goal kick out of the back I'll get it in to Norwood he gets pushed from behind my Valentine and no move the ball up ever so slightly Benjamin Biermann with another throw in he lets it go it's actually gonna be a free kick Binford will take it crosses the field this is Clausen who sends it forward looking for calibike alleyway on the run Platt is back there and he'll kick it out of bounds but more pressure by the Lancers get some good movement of the ball and a good possession up here in the offensive side of the field and Landon Platt absolutely understands the speed that a Callaway brings and so not overthinking it sprint back with everything you have and just play the ball wide and make sure you get regrouped defensively now on the outside they go into the middle of the closet closet shot oh what a save a great job by Jake Zink to get his hand on that one and send it wide but what a strike by Clausen plus and doing a great job there you see this touch to the right gives them a better scoring angle and hits that ball wide but your eye Jake Jake Zink doing a great job here diving to his left making sure he gets that touch out of that last second fingertip touch keeping this game in the advantage of the Eagles shaitaan' CEO Lee Clausen the junior midfielder with a nice touch there and now Liberty comes with Carson Stevens on the corner in the middle dangerous ball inside there kicked up by Kristen Seaquest Oh still dangerous we talked about the defensive clearance into that possession pine creek not able to win that ball and get it out and to having a scramble a little bit defensively to get it rid of this ball but there's that man again right sequence doing a great job of just scrambling keeping the ball at his feet working through tight spaces and collecting that foul against Norwood there's a good look at the sequence and now Norwood and find Creek quickly to put this ball back into play Aidan Cavanaugh trying to chase it down but the Lancers will take over there Gabriel Prada how the balance trying to get that ball and now the wind has kicked up just a little bit more which doesn't help the Lancers at all as they are going into the wind here in the second half what's nice for pine creek obviously not only sitting on this lead but you've allowed your big gun some rest and you see them about to re-enter this game number nine Liam Reynolds in number ten jonathan Schrader about to come back and I guarantee you they're not gonna come off again but able to get that seven minute rest that you want so you can finish the last twenty minutes of this game strong there's Christian Seaquest again playing strong in that midfield gets it over to a bought a a bought a on the corner of Jackson Isaac's and they call him off side there's Isakson trying to push that line he needs to back up and not push forward but push wide and create some depth for that channeled ball and stay on side but you see the idea there for the Eagles it comes Dawson Calloway honey of Eagles with their attention on him they come back to Clausen he plays a ball in no one there as inkle take this one take his time with it and that's a ball that's to direct you know Clausen there needs to open up and play that ball to the corner or collected himself take that space and then hit a ball we saw it earlier where he didn't overthink it took one touch and was able to hit the ball there instead of trying to have that direct through ball from 20 yards out either play it wider or be selfish and have one on net yourself nice touch forward trying to find Sechrist again the Lancers cut it off he's quick touches by the Lancers just not not connecting pine creek there defensively and now Jesse Boyd is down for the Lancers he's now he's up playing this game getting more and more physical as we go deeper and deeper into the second half and we get a timeout called there I think they're looking for Boyd and he's nowhere near the spot where he was laying moments before well you wonder he stretched out for that tackle and immediately it you know started grabbing his legs so you wonder you know if he strained a muscles trying to stretch out but does looks like he's able to walk it off but now we're gonna get the foul and a free kick here opportunity for the Lancers as they push the numbers forward everybody's back defensively for the Eagles on top of the 18 making a hard line Davis Tyrel with the free kick and we got a whistle hold on he was not ready to go because there was stoppage on the play for the injured player the injured player has to come off and so you're gonna see the injured player come off there and to have to make the substitution so number fourteen entering the game Shaughnessy's back on but the Lancer is throwing everybody forward in Pine Creek defending for their lives now on this free-kick Shaughnessy the second leading scorer so you have to substitute but not a bad guy to send back into the game second leading scorer for the Lancers with six goals and sixteen points on the year and just like we talked about with Reynolds and Schrader here Shaughnessy coming back into the game was able to get his little break and have an extended extended period of rest and now he is gonna be able to finish out this game Christian Sechrist comes out along with the body for Pine Creek and I know what Coach Corley is talking about here with the official he's wondering if there was an injury how come they're getting a free kick but it's because there was a foul on the through ball Wow there was an injured player down and so that's where the foul spot is for the Lancers but the it's a unique situation because there was an injury on the field to stop the clock and and that's what the official is explaining to Corley but I would have done exactly what Coach Corley daddy brought you I brought the official over and make sure that we're on the same page and wondering why I'm giving up a dangerous free-kick right here Tyra will take it it's pushed back just a little bit and it looks like Coach Corley won the argument this is actually going to be a throw-in not a free-kick it looks like coming in and so now coach what's it has his hands up and wants the explanation as well thinking that he was about to get a good free-kick opportunity the Carson Stephens will do the throw-in in stitch as quickly handing it to Stevens so it's kind of unique because there was a 50-50 and I thought maybe a foul evidently there wasn't a foul but with an injured player down kind of created a you know undid an unique situation that usually you don't see that continued play when they have when their player is down there's Clawson trying to push it forward they'll keep it for the throw-in crowd can't believe it and that's okay because pine creek got the ball right back after the second half to throw in you know you don't think they like that huh from that reaction at least this side of the sand ball still alive Norwood is there Caleb Norwood trying to play it gets it to Shaughnessy couldn't get enough leg on it knocked out of there by the Eagles well and that's the wind that's the spin on the ball that's playing on turf both these teams practice on grass but they're moving the turf trying to figure out how that ball is gonna land nice ball ahead Jaxon Isaacs oh I love the fact that Isaac's there just tried to one-time it quickly on the keeper instead of collecting the ball he knew he the Lancer defense was chasing down on him so instead of worrying about that team defense getting back in your face try to hit that good one time touch on the frame maybe you surprised keep her Luke price off of his line and get a second goal for yourself I'd like to that chance good look at the freshman Jackson Isaac's there's the only freshman on the Pine Creek roster this season I'm assuming they'll have a few more next year's of losing a bevy of seniors well this is a group that's that's won a lot of games and they haven't had the season that they thought they were gonna have coming into it but it's definitely a veteran group it's a-you know as they qualify for the playoffs regardless of their seeding they're gonna give somebody a tough game you know they're looking like they're gonna be an upper 20 seeding they're gonna end up getting a top 10 team and that team is gonna have their hands full here comes Isaac's again the move on at a good job again by the goaltender can't say enough about the way Luke price has played this game today the senior for the Lancers well I love that price stayed on his feet a lot of times keepers go to the ground early and they end up giving they get they get roof they ended up giving that scoring angle up top but he stayed on his feet and created that own tackle for himself and that's what allowed him to take that angle away from Isaacs I said Isaac's did a good job of taking it right to the keeper but usually you're able to chip it over the keeper but not there here comes Platt playing it forward tells Kavanaugh to get on the move on the outside Esterly now playing it he will play it to Cavanaugh out there try to get it inside to christian Valentine bang furred is there runs through and does a great job taking that ball away from Cavanaugh now Norwood what I loved about paying for their instead of just having a big clearance out of there he has his head up and able to find his teammate instead and that allows for the build-up a lot of times you see those Center backs will win the ball and they'll just hit a 50/50 ball out of there for a defensive clearance but bang for doing a good job they're finding his playmaker Norwood and able to start that counter-attack Dawson Callaway draws the foul on frost good sportsmanship here at district 20 helps Callaway up and let me get some free kick so wind in your face float this ball to around the PK mark try to find the runners Norwood on the end of it and see if we can get a flick on the goal tyro sends it in there it's headed out by a sturdily Lancers trying to get that second ball going that comes out to Christian Valentine Valentine doing a good job just sitting on top of the ball and taking on the devil team a great job working in tight space they're able to maintain that possession but a good job attracting your crowd and not just giving up the simple throw in fine creek soccer fans like that one Esterly try to get it to Schrader's stolen away by Norwood and now on the far side for the Lancers that's timming now back to Norwood Norwood in the center was looking for a strike but they'll get it on the outside Carson Stevens and he wishes he had that one back Chasse Woodson he's not the only one who wished he had that back there's a coach Woodson and what Coach Woodson Stellan to use you had time and space cut that corner and get into the goal instead of taking that early hit that's a really tough angle on a right-footed shot instead of taking that early hit try to get collect up all take it down the in line and cross it or dive into the goal collect that ball and take that hard angle into the goal just like you saw Isaac's do earlier and force that keeper to come out and make the save 18 minutes now left in this one pine creek with that one goal lead and Jake Zink what's this one back in play comes down to Seaquest then Corley talked to us about secrets before this game and he is right he is everywhere and he does this great job once he gets his foot on that ball he can keep control well he just works and that that work ethic that he brings up top makes it that makes like difficult on the defenders that you know you're gonna have your handful because he chases everything down Strauch on the outside sends it across it's a Schrader trade are gonna hit it from there and it'll go wide that's one Schrader wishes he probably had back as well well I like the idea you have plenty of space try to get over the ball and hit it unfortunately it was a miss it you want to put everything on frame you don't want to have a wasted turnover by hitting a ball wide if he can get over the ball you know the sun's in the keepers eyes Luke Price is having to deal with the Sun in his eyes get something on frame and force him to be able to see that ball to make that save Kevin Prentiss in the game now for Pine Creek no answers trying to move it up try to get the equalizer Norwood nice ball up the field and cut off quickly by the Eagles Schrader Weyland play it back to zinc mine Creek surely we'll take their time here when they have possession and the defensive side Callaway wants to come back into this game Dawson Callaway will probably be playing the final 16 minutes of this one norwood will get another breather of course he got banged up just a few minutes ago so maybe PJ was taking a look at him well you want to keep Norwood in Calloway out there together but if you're not healthy you can't and so it's a like-for-like substitution with with both of your two top goal scorers coming you want to have them both out there obviously but if you can to then put them in for each other maybe you can get norwood some rest maybe you can get a little more treatment and try to finish out the last ten minutes of this game and here we come my Callaway nice touch there and a tough one by Clayton Scott stolen back by Benitez Benitez looking forward had Shaughnessy he'll go outside to Timmy Benitez doing a good job of finding to craft timming on the outside unfortunately too heavy on the touch and not able to find one of those runners but that's where the space is but here's a good example of life being hard even if you give up a foul there just the fact that Sechrist is not gonna allow a simple out from the back he is up there all by himself there's 30 yards of space between him and a teammate he is working all alone but make life difficult he does a great job of that up top I know he's got the goal in the game and even if this game was still 0-0 I'd say he's definitely the concretes most valuable player today well you know you can be that point in that point forward position that's that's where your value is you know you're gonna be living life alone on Island so you just kind of work through multiple players and because of his size and his technical skill he can take on that second and third defender also Ricker plays it to John Schrader Schrader tries to turn it up the silver Lancers are there and now Pine Creek regather 'he's at midfield here come the pine creek cutting it off well in exactly what we gave credit for with Christian Seacrest you're gonna see it there from from the Ford for the Lancers Dawson Callaway does the same thing just chasing everything down and you have to be creative in the defensive third to find your out because these Ford's up top we're gonna make life difficult for you and pine creek got something going now on the outside a nice turn and it's kicked out by the Lancers and they will maintain possession down there a good job by l'a Sarika so here you see number nine coming into this game for the Lancers us Liam Reynolds he's your deep throwing guy you know he wants the ball here and because of that the Lancers can have to defend this like it's a free-kick because the Eagles are gonna throw a ball deep and get their numbers forward and you see them line up on the back post just like it's a corner kick Reynolds get some air under it well Lancers are there right away Benitez now tries to gather it and send it out and he does moving on the outside but quickly cut off by the Eagles and back they come with a nice move Mitch frost miss frost gets around a couple of Lancers falls down and I really like what mitch frost did from his outside back position he came up and took that space away he made a 30-yard run forward to take that space away make life hard for the Lancers in they they weren't able to get that defensive clearance in part because he was willing to chase all the way forward and keep that ball in the box and Luke jake Zink comes back and plays it under 13 minutes now left in this one the Lancers probably will start pressing as crafts Tim ik plays it on the far side [Music] and there's a good job of that team defense just not finding any space they're trying to tack the down the middle and there's just no room to operate so they come to the outside and Strauch strout's plays it forwards Seaquest here to play it does so well any like you said he just plays through the ball and ends up making good plays because of it well and you know you have to you know you're by yourself so you're gonna have both center backs sometimes an outside back on you as well and you just have to be strong on the ball and be willing to take that contacting just such a good job of forcing the issue and being very active pressing that top line it goes out of bounds and the throwing for Platts and Pine Creek and there you see number 23 Esther Lee coming back in your game use your defensive center midfielder so now you've been able to give him a five-minute break and be able to reset get those starters all back into the game and try to keep guys as fresh as possible no that s really is gonna stay back now and protect this one Oh Lee in the last 10 minutes Strauch working it up front comes back to frost it's a good fancy footwork and Dawson Calloway comes away with and it's a footrace he tries to get away from Mitch frost now a nice move there to keep it forward Calloway being hounded by Jones now Strauch gets in there and falls on him and we're gonna get the call Strauch gets up slow and maybe remembering that Calloway had to be warned there in the first half let's try and get him mad speed speed speed and Johnson's Calloway speeder you have the honor to speeding on the double team you see stretches coming in backing up into into Calloway but that speed of Calloway to be able to have the ball on his own on the outside and has to attract the second and third defender because he's so quick because he's such a playmaker now you see pine creek defending for their lives everybody back all 11 inside the 18 trying to do the best they can to get their bigs on the end of this defensive clearance Slade puts it up OH Norwood couldn't get his head on it but it comes out for a shot here and nice shot by Shaughnessy inside as they played that ball well Davis Tyrel got it inside to Shaughnessy but he couldn't get enough on it Shaughnessy doing a good job taking on the center backs tries to turn on them unable to get anything on that ball but that's why you send that second ball right back into that box maybe you can get a deflection maybe you can find your player on the end of it there Shaughnessy just unlucky to be able to get any more on that shot now pine creek happy to take their time trying to push it forward to Bryan's silver liberties there caelum crafts Tim ik on the outside and liberty is definitely going for it now they have their outside wingers all the way up almost creating four players up top you see Tim akin the far side of your screen trying to push that line as wide and as high as he can here is Liberty look for them to start sending balls forward as they try to get their numbers in place for this final attack Slade sends it forward got a man in there Brandon Shaughnessy makes a nice turn got a strike that ball too many Eagles there to shoot through though goes off of them if they earn a corner team defense get back get back get back and you see here everybody's back trying to get in between the player in the ball and a good job deflecting that that's number 11 Landon Platt who was back making sure he got the solid deflection out but you see the Lancers going for it and you see the Eagles hands on their head doing the best they can to try to defend like crazy here dangerous times now here for Pine Creek is Travis Slade will take the corner it's a good foot into it Oh try to get Norwood on the backside we'll see if the Liberty can keep the heat on here Zink comes off his line to make that save off the corner kick unable to that's a dangerous opportunity if you commit as a goalie you want to make sure that you make that save unfortunately there for the Lancers not to get anybody on the end of that once zinc is committed and here come your starters for Pine Creek finish up this last eight minutes you see number two number three number ten all coming back into the game these are your starters these are your closers for the Eagles and Liam Reynolds will throw it in as we get down close to that eight-minute mark and that's where you think the Lancers are gonna start to maybe press even more down a goal as we said this battle is for second place in the 5a Metro League both teams lost a rampart earlier this year bang furred comes back to it to grab this one it's 2nd place and it's a guaranteed spot into the playoffs the the loser of this match now has to just hope and wait and wonder where they're going to land in the RPI and in the final brackets that they get released on Sunday morning which actually right now Liberty is the higher ranked team at 20 and pine creek at 26 so a win probably helps pine creek out more than it does liberty and and trying to run the math with the RPI we are number crunching I've talked to Coach Corley he was number crunching trying to figure out if Pine Creek was able to win this game would it be as simple as just flipping the two seats and Pine Creek jumping up to a to upper 20 seat and pine creek falling to a 26 or 27 but because of the RPI system and because of the math and because of the opponents record and the pony pony opponents up on its record and all the crazy formula that goes into it coaches are guessing right now I know Coach Woodsen's a mathematician he's still trying to figure out how that formula is gonna play out in seeding gonna play out in the tournament well coach wooden can figure that all out but it's when you get to the opponent's opponents opponents opponents record that's the problem Liam Reynolds will have the throwing for Pine Creek he's gonna go get this thing into the box try to anyway and it's sent out there by Tyra so here you see Pine Creek they're not gonna be in a hurry throwing this ball in we've seen a number of times lien Reynolds has the big throw but he's gathering his breath he's taking his time and he's gonna make sure he gets a good throw high inside sequence is there got the head on it just wide and that's the Christmas doing work it's nothing there it's a floated ball but because he's chasing on the end of it look at him running late into your screen and getting a last-second flick onto that ball he's screaming on his teammates to work with him because he's working like crazy up top and if you keep working with him you can run off of each other but there's Christian seek wisdom and what he does just worked all day and he takes a tough push in the back by Bank for bankers gonna help him up didn't mean to do it good sportsmanship there give it a little hug no problem but the official is going to get banker to yellow card nonetheless and there's Bank fruit he's just trying to play through the ball I don't think that was the dirty play sequence does a nice job is just holding his ground and taking that contact and going to the ground but I don't think it was dirty but it was definitely a tough foul and tough late into the game and there's a good example where I was talking about a player's understanding and knowing each other you see Brian silver they're talking with bang furred both of them are about to re-enter this game everybody because of that familiarity you saw paying for go over and pick up see Chris Ryder way he understands that that wasn't a dirty play that was just a physical play he took his card and he's gonna reenter this game right away but yeah they're just chatting and talking about it these are kids who have grown up to each you know together with these neighborhoods being side by side and that's what's created such a fun rivalry clock now at 601 left it'll start when this ball hits the foot of rentals and they go to the side with it and that's because you have this lead with five minutes left don't hit just a one ball in there throw it to Mitch frost off to the side let him do some work in the corner and force the Eagles that try to get out of the corner Norwood to callaway callaway trying to find some room Reynolds comes over to cut him off and a good job and they'll call him with a push and we'll lead Liberty ball and you can feel the urgency of the Lancers coming on now with Callaway and nor we're trying to get something going and that's Dawson Calloway coming all the way back it makes a 60 yard run defensively to win that ball because you're exactly right they have to get the ball back and they have to get forward so no matter where you're playing in the field make sure you get back in and sprint forward inside trying to get Shaughnessy going but for Eagles right there to turn it back the other way Benitez sends it for Tim ik can't play it and now Benitez goes back to Norwood the Lancers doing a good job here if not panicking and just hitting a ball wide they're still trying to play their game and play the ball wide because you have to get numbers for the Eagle defense is too good just to try to attack by yourself you need to play the ball wide you need to get your midfielders involved because that's how you're gonna create that advantage in the 18-yard box well if you're Pine Creek you wanna you're pretty worried right now because the Lancers having some shots here having some things going on looks to me though like Andy the Kaleb Norwood is hurting I think he hurt his back he went down in the big fall early on and he's warm right now but I got a feeling that tonight or later on he's gonna be in a lot of pain well he's not he's definitely not as active as we saw in the first half but also earlier in this season he's not moving as well he's doing the best he can to just try to get this one out bang furred hits a ball inside looking for Shaughnessy's ink comes out and plays it there's Jake think doing a good job coming off of his line and winning that ball he knows that if he can win that ball he can hold it that's another eight seconds that you can waste but you could also get your defense forward and with the wind in your back you can just hit a strong 50-yard ball out of there christian Sechrist trying to keep this one on the side for Pine Creek Norwood comes up with it kicked out of bounds by Frost the Lancers still keep it down there nice foot up by a body see Chris plays it off his head just to the center of the field backs liberty up just a little bit more and now look at forcing the issue and that's cuz of the rest you guys so players like Schrader coming into this game are fresh cuz they had an extra 10 minutes in the second half so they can chase things down still Schrader gets bumped at midfield a good job defensively and here comes Bank for it back with the ball Timmy go on the run and make splat kick it out of Bounce and that's it if you're laying in Platte that's exactly what you want to do play the safe ball out and then look at the numbers back for the Eagles because you played that ball wide you can make sure that you're back in and have your organizational depth that you need in order to try to keep this shutout going move it on the back side of Payton Cameron Cameron will look to create some space get it to Norwood in the center over to Benitez Benitez in Norwood playing give and go and they're trying to get it to Shaughnessy but every single Eagle is right there where you see all eight of them sitting back there and protecting them at all of their goal trying to get to Shaughnessy Shaughnessy trying to collect this one but Landing flat good job defensively running back couldn't stop that ball from going out it will be a corner kick for the Lancers but a good job nonetheless my plat coming back defensively well I'm platinum you want to try to get a throw-in not a corner kick so he's doing the best he can to chase that down tries to go to the ground and win that ball just a step slow but a good job scrambling back so here are the Lancers pushing everybody forward trying to hit a dangerous swinging cross in Guilin crafts Dimmick takes it inside it goes and eagles the closest heads to that ball well that's that that's not height advantage at the Eagles brain they do such a good job of getting those bigs right around the PK mark and going to the ball as a unit and getting that shirt clearance out of there bang furred with a nice kick forward to Travis Slade Slade on the outside has numbers all cut off great job defensively there by Will Jones for Pine Creek and they'll kick it out of there this is almost like a hockey pull the goalie yeah you know and Slade there probably needs to hit across because you have numbers forward and you're just trying to sprint onto the box instead of trying to be cute with the touch get your numbers for Gordan just hit a ball bang furred playing it now but just everytime Liberty gets the ball there's someone else there here comes Christian sequence he's already got a goal today moving across takes a strike and Luke price is right there to get it for the Lancers and that's the price doing a great job of staying on this line and being able to read that ball he's been fighting the Sun all second half but secrets are the good opportunity to put this game away but price making the nice save coming off his line silver with a big kick that one is going to be played by price cuz it stayed in when I was a nice kick there by Brian silver and you talked about hockey dump the puck to the corner there you're gonna see it a nice nice chip into the corner forcing a price to come all the way out and make the save and now that you've lost this possession now you want to sub for the Eagles you want to take your time jogging off jogging on you're gonna take your time throwing in this ball the officials understand this and the officials want the game to get going but this is that gamemanship at the end of the game joel Strauch comes back into the game for jackson isaacs the freshman and here you see the next substitution coming in for Coach Corley so every single time there's a throw and he's going to substitute now and just tries to suck the life out of the last 30 seconds of this clock 34 seconds the officials did stop the clock and back in we go Callaway tries to keep it Christian Seaquest on the outside of silver silver can just keep it out here but he's and you're exactly right silver doesn't have to go to goal at all just take it to the corner flag gear down under twenty seconds left just play the ball wide and sit on it Schrader sends it over to Strauch Strauch now will send it into the corner and there's five seconds all he has to do is maintain possession and that will do it as the Pine Creek Eagles get the win and finish it second place in the 5a Metro League but there was a good game good match by both these teams today and exactly what we were gonna see this is a rivalry game there's a lot on the line and it was a well-played game on both sides keepers having to make big saves both ways but then the e in the end the Eagles and Christian seek was found a way to get a ball on frame and score that goal the Pine Creek Eagles moved to seven six and to five and one in the Metro League behind rampart and the Liberty Lancers end the season at nine five and one they fall to four and two for our entire crew and my broadcast partner Andy little thanks for watching we'll see you next time on twenty TV you

and welcome back to TCA as we're bringing you this evenings broadcast against the TCA Titans against the Mitchell Marauders about to kick off here both teams gone through their introductions gone through the senior ceremonies for the Titans and it's turning into a beautiful evening Sun setting over the mountains and a gorgeous view for this afternoon's broadcast that's right there's ten seniors on this TCA team nine of them will be in the starting lineup tonight because Nathan Fronter house is injured he will not be able to play with coach Galvan given all of his seniors a chance to play tonight and there's a look at the Titans as they get ready and coach Galvin gives their final instructions for this game and what a cool opportunity for a lot of these seniors they've had a ton of tradition and winning so much over their last four years to be able to come out and start this final game on this field together obviously they'll have they'll host a home playoff game but you know you see that group right there and what it's meant to those guys and what they've brought to this group we've seen a number of seniors over the over the years that have gotten so much playing time amid so much to this program it's got to mean a lot to these guys to who are all here for last year's state championship and that that helps you out there that experience of having won it before you know and if times do get tough out there tonight you're gonna be okay on the other side there's the Mitchell Marauders Bret Humphrey some final instructions for them and this team comes in he really loves his midfield and he told us before the game it's gonna be this is gonna be won and loss in the midfield and I think those midfielders or these that's a good group and it's a bunch of seniors for the Marauders and yeah he was fired up and it's fun to listen to because he you know going being a veteran of the program being a veteran of this atmosphere he understands what it takes to compete on this field you know the Titans have had so much success on this field that it takes a veteran coach to be able to pull this veteran group together and understand what it takes to compete in this atmosphere and absolutely he was ready to go pregame and you know it's gonna be a fun evening should be it'll be a lot of fun I'm really looking forward to seeing the classical Academy for the first time this year there's seven and oh and the Metro League Mitchell comes in at five one and one and the Titans definitely have a vaunted offensive attack whereas Mitchell's more of a defensive team that likes to counter they will try and counter every time TCA tries to do something we'll see we'll see how well that goes Felix gusto in goal for for Mitchell is a player to watch tonight just a point six seven goals against average and a hundred saves on the season early on you see TCA starting with the kickoff row and fish are starting it off TCA is going to be on the left side of your screen working to the right to the North End and Mitchell's going to be working obviously opposite Audacity going towards the south but early on the the Mitchell Marauders doing a nice job of keeping that composure and what Coach Galvin told us about that organization and that defense and just okay and content was sliding and checking up this this Titan attack there's a nice play right there by Alex Cruz from Mitchell with the turnover tried to set up Danny Luna on the side but pushed it just a little bit out bounds and that's Danny Luna doing a good job getting up from his outside midfield position but you see Mitchell Marauder here sitting back very content with allowing TCA that play the ball wide defensively gonna stay organized coach Galvan talked with us pregame about how impressed he was with this group last year how they were so disciplined in their defensive assignments and they didn't get out of position very much he said last year's team got frustrated at times just trying to find space because the defense was so good for the Marauders more good defense right there as you just as you spoke at Andy they come back with a turnover try and push it up the side that's another thing that the coach Humphrey told me it hey they've got just as much speed as the Titans here on the outside you see number 14 Eliza ponts say they're doing a good job as the midfield keeping that ball in play and able to throw it in and get this reverse this is you're gonna see a lot of them this is Johnny Stephens he's been around for a long time a very big center defensive midfielder for the Titans nice steal by Stevens [Applause] and that Stephens doing a great job of finding bid at homes on the outside homes with a nice cross in the box but once again defend it very very well by the marauders as they they give up the the goal kick good job for the mitchell defense there and that's what you're gonna see you're gonna see Johnny Stephens do a good job collect the ball and look to find that with those guys on the flank running off of him there was a good example of Bennett Holmes running off of him and finding that space on the outside he's a senior Ben at Holmes got a goal and assists this year for three points good job defensively by Eddie Arce Anaya who will be at the forefront of this defense for the Marauders tonight and that's a really good ball from it looks like number 21 they're doing a nice job of having a quick counter-attack and look for Mitchell to do that they're gonna get the ball up top and try to have a quick one touch and play the ball to the width and attack that flank but keeping two guys high them the Marauders are and you know content staying behind the ball I think that's one thing that cone truck for you'll tell you when trying to defend the Titans you just want to stay behind the ball and keep everything in front of you and just be ready for that counter-attack so here CCA doing a really good job Conners it's means teaming up there with his teammate number 15 kin and rower did a nice job of that combination play but there's the Marauder defense number six Alex murió doing a great job of shutting now that that Titan attack and that's exactly what coach Humphrey was talking about these midfielders who aren't intimidated coming into this environment like Galvin was was a little worried coming into this game that his team wouldn't score early enough he would like to get a goal in these first 10 to 15 minutes here and just this settle the Titans down because if you get into a defensive battle with Mitchell look out Daniel Borchert with the throw in there finds Johnny Stevens unfortunately for Johnny too heavy on his touch but did a nice job of trying to utilize the flank and attack the flank there but look at the Mitchell transition game here as a quick counter and a quick head up top you're going to see exactly what they're trying to do a quick counter-attack with a quick hit on goal I'll tell you what if the Marauders come back with it you know if they can sneak one in there by the rock row edit right who you see right there the sophomore for the Titans if they could sneak one in by him and take a lead in this game then they can really clamp down on defense well and that's you know absolutely and that's the pressure that you want to put on it on a home crowd like this with with all the expectations the Titans have proved you belong all right here you see a quick counter-attack number 14 on the ball Elias ponse again doing a good job on the outside unable to keep that possession and quickly again the Marauders on the counter-attack nice speed on the outside as you see from there from Alex Cruz but he falls down and the Titans will regroup Jackson who's around the defense doing a good job against Alex Cruz are on the fence and the time did a nice job of reversing the ball and then reset resetting that attack again everything goes through Johnny Stevens in the midfield just pushed a little bit far there Jake Slater I like that that's the way the Titans like to play though they'll put that ball out there and justo wasn't even didn't even have to worry cuz that one got a little out of hand got a little ahead of Slater you know and Jake Slater's the guy that 22 goals on the year obviously understands how to put the ball in the back of the net but those are the types of players that you're gonna have to watch out for if you're the Mitchell Marauders and make sure that you understand where he is at all times there once again you see Stephens on the ball doing a great job but just finding that outside ponse doing a good job of collecting that ball and making sure that he's able to handle that contact and does a nice job of winning that foul number seven Garrett troupe with a free kick and a really really good free kick there's a nice job of changing the field so it's a nice 50-yard ball down the field and it's going to win a corner kick for the Titans what a blessing to be able to hit a ball at 70 yards and win that corner kick this is the first real good opportunity for the Titans look for them to push numbers forward as they try to get on the end of this cross this first set piece for TCA and I expect them TCA every year has such tall players such big players and it is really hard to defend them on these set pieces you see Mitchell really backing in down there by you stow in here you see ponse taking the free kick and fortunate not to get a better kick on that but you see he's trying to hit that low driven ball but TCA is able to keep that ball in the box and not allow the Marauders to clear it out and get organized here's number 15 kid and roar on the ball right there trying to look for the outside flank to find that runner on the outside unable to do so but here he is Jake Slater with a good early shot on goal and a nice save by your goalkeeper Felix Cousteau a veteran goalkeeper for the Marauders here it is on the replay you see Slater does a nice job of driving that ball trying to get it low and wide but Oh stow doing a good job staying on his line and making that save we told you Felix justo was gonna be the player to watch tonight he's got 100 saves coming in this game now obviously that means that maybe Mitchell gives up a few shots but the way they play defense at the midfield especially the way they're playing tonight I'm having a hard time believing that now them Mitchell Marauders have played a murderer's row of opponents this year their five losses are to number 5 7 8 15 and 18 right now in the state ranking so they played a heck of a schedule Rowan Fisher doing a good job collecting that ball trying to find Slater up top and here come the Titans again they do such a good job of playing quick and having a simple touch and just attacking with their numbers there you see Johnny Stevens with a good turn on the defender but a nice slide there by number 10 that looked like Eddie Arciniega doing a great job of shutting down that space from Stevens Michell doing a good job of forcing the issue so much on offense here Mitchell has definitely come to play in this ball game here's number 13 danny lunar doing a great job for the Marauders up top trying to keep that bomb position but here's your counter-attack number time row and fish are running on to the ball but a really good job by that defender number 18 for the Marauders that's Jose Gonzales doing a great job of her from his centre back position coming in and closing down that space Gonzales one of four captain's on this Marauder team did a great job being back there and ready for that counter-attack there you see Johnny Stephens over the ball hitting it just high but that's where the space is going to be there for the for the Titans that the Marauders sit back and keep in front you're gonna be able to find that space and and players like Stephens and players like Jake's lair doing a good job they're controlling that midfield in that tempo just huh really ooh Stowe puts it back in play here's number 11 on the ball there's like George Sanchez on the ball doing a really good job here number three huh Juan llanes had a really nice idea but unable to control that ball in that attack and here come the Titans back again here number two on the ball Connors it's been here mounting the attack TCA just continues to put pressure on the Marauders are gonna be ready for this they keep all their players back now everybody back in there for defense Jonny Stevens with the reversal of the ball here to the outside back gonna try to attack a different angle number 15 now on the ball this is ponse again unable to keep that possession in there and you see it the attack is on soon as that clearance happens there goes Mitchell screaming out of the that defensive back third and doing a nice job of switching the field quickly yeah you see Alex Cruz every time he's up front he's not cherry-picking so much but he's right there and he's ready to run as soon as they get a kick out of there Cruz is gonna try and handle that and bring it back and make an offer to play but he's got five goals on the season so Cruz is definitely a guy the TCA has to look out for you said earlier that's exactly what Coach Galvan was talking about the counter-attack ability that this group has that he needs to make sure that his guys the Titans do a good job in their defensive responsibilities and not get too greedy it's easy to get forward and get greedy here you see Slater on the ball doing a nice job of pushing it wide switching the field to to the outside back trying to find Johnny Stevenson able to do so and here come the Marauders to get on the attack number six Alex Moreno doing a great job on the ball is able to take the foul and he's gonna win a free kick it looks like for the further Marauders moving forward gonna back it up back here to where my reel was fouled Eduardo Trujillo another captain for the Marauders here it's gonna take the kick and it's very interesting defensively here the Titans are honoring the Marauders ability to hit a ball into the box bringing 10 out of the 11 players black back in a really good pulse in into the box and the Marauders are able to keep it in and keep that pressure up but now finally you see there's Johnny Stevens on the ball with a great clearance and the transition game is on here's Rowan Fisher sprinting on to the ball trying to keep it in play not able to do so but there you see that quick counter-attack ability for the Titans yeah both of these teams can counter-attack really really well and Fisher man he was on his horse trying to get there but again the kick just a little bit long and I got a feeling one of these one of these two teams gonna connect on a counter-attack scenario here pretty soon about speed speed speed and you know that's a quick turf here at TCA it's a shorter turf than what you might be used to seeing and it makes for a quick played game and there you see both teams trying to get on the corner attack there Slater with a nice header to number 15 they're doing a great job of taking the contact that's Keenan roaaaar doing a great job trying to keep that ball in but there you see Slater's ability from that center midfield position to be able to find the width and find his players on the field oh they're gonna give that ball back to TCA on that one Eddy Arciniega actually got away I thought got away with a push from behind but no the officials caught him and they're gonna get the ball back to the Titans here so we talked about the importance of these free kicks early on and here you see the Titans on the back post it's number 7 for the Titans Garrett troupe over the ball going to send a ball and try to get a connection here on the back post I'm gonna back the Marauders up a little bit Yanis and luna there and from this camera angle you get a real good shot you're gonna see this ball swinging in here here's troop over the ball there it is and there you see a goal for the TCA Titans Gerrit troop with a an assist on a Jonny Stevens header a great job exactly what they had set up that was a great camera angle you're gonna see it here on the replay troop over the ball and there's Stevens doing a great job but diving his head into the ball and hit in that upper right-hand corner look at it again troop what a beautiful beautiful cross right in front of there and I I mentioned it before how big these players are and look at it from the net cam how about that and it what a great shot from the net cam and it is tough to defend the size and there you see a really really good example of trying to defend the set pieces with this size trying to handle that size of the TCA Titans it was unfortunate there that the firm of their Marauders the Titans got there but here they come back on the counter here's Trujillo on the counter for the Marauders trying to mount that attack on the right-hand side of the pitch but it looked like number two Connors it's been doing a great job from his centre back position and look how fast the Marauders play they get the ball in right away and try to get going I like to see this though sometimes in a team in the underdog they will get behind early and they'll they'll drop their heads a little bit I really like the way that Mitchell has not done that they've come right back and they're on the attack and here they come again it's the number 5 on the outside Alex Cruz had a nice early start to this game battling for possession there and TC is able to clear that ball out and look for that quick counter-attack again here's Keenan Rowe are on the ball trying to find his teammate number 13 been at homes on the outside but well defended by the Marauders we've seen him a number times up top that's Oscar Guyardo the number 21 for the Marauders placed at that point forward position doing a nice job getting on the ball and trying to find the ball wide there yeah he had a good header early on had an opportunity with a header couldn't get it towards the net but he's done a great job this year so far for the Mitchell Marauders he's got six goals and two assists definitely a guy that the TCA has to keep an eye on up front and here you see number 15 again Keenan rollers all over the field doing a great job trying to maintain that possession up top for the Titans and the counter-attack is on again there you see number six for the Titans Kate and Luke and Bill there with a nice pass forward as the Titans try to mount they another attack on this vaunted Marauder defense some great footwork there by Danny Luna of the Marauders and he'll send it forward trying to get it's Cruz Cruz did get his head on that but the row header comes out and there you see the effort for Cruz he's not gonna give up on that counter-attack the Titans do a good job with their center backs there look like number seven Garrett troupe doing a great job of closing out that space and allowing the his two keeper to make the save and on a quick counter-attack back and forth there's Felix us--not doing a good job coming off his line for the Marauders he's a veteran goalkeeper who's had lots of experience in tight games like this and look for him to be have a big impact in this game you know I talked about the Mitchell defense early on and how impressive they are of a TCA you don't want to overlook them as well all of their all their defenseman back here really playing well taking that ball away from the Marauders and keeping it away from the danger zone and you really saw with that goal how their two-way players giving Garrett troupe their Center back up top and being able to get the assist on that being able to get your backs into the game here's another good example of number two Conners it's been they're on the ball on that outside there's space to be had on the width of the field and players like zisman and player like Keenan roller players Bennett Holmes on the outside getting lots of touches and able to keep the ball in but you can see the ideas from the Titans here we have a substitution coming on to the game it looks like Gerardo number 21 is coming out into your screen there number 12 now Brendan Hernandez has entered the game looks like he's going to play up top for the Marauders there's number six on the ball Kaden Luke and bill a freshman out there giving minutes early for the Titans and had a really nice freshman campaign talking with Coach Galvin he talked about being able to insert the freshman off the bench and into the game and the difference that you know the different dynamic that he can create mixing and matching the veterans with the freshman keep your eyes on the Marauders though their midfielders their defense when they strike that ball hard when they get a chance to hit that ball in their own and their own end they're gonna send it down the other way and look for the counter-attack here's number two on the outside that's Conor's it's been again doing a great job playing that give and go with number 15 Keenan rower in them and trying to find homes on the outside but the good combination play for the Titans as they build up this next attack there's Luke and Bill again number six on the ball doing a great job and number 15 for the Marauders doing a nice job there that emergency clearance that's Zach Ehlert doing a great job a veteran into this defensive group but here you see Holmes on the outside the dangerous crossed in another corner kick opportunity coming up for the Titans great job all started there by Johnny Stevens who collected the ball in the center pushed it to the outside the Holmes to give him that chance and now once again another dangerous set play for the Titans I tell you that the Johnny Stevens Jake Slater combination in the midfield is so deadly for the Titans you can tell all of these balls go through their Center midfielders here's Luke and Bill on the cross and unfortunate not to be able to find Slater on that back post look like he potentially had to go there but the Marauders doing a nice job scrambling defensively and getting that getting that ball out of there but another close call there Luke and Bill to Slater on that another free kick there's a great ball by Johnny Stephens doing a good nice job of putting that shoulder ball up to us later and there's you there you see Slater's skill set and how he's able not able to find pawns but how he's able to take on that defender does a great job of just commanding that center midfield position make Slater very very dangerous with the ball you never know I mean he's got 22 goals on the year but he also has ten assists and that sometimes is overlooked when you got a great goal scorer like him there's Daniel Burt with a really long throw and treating it like a free kick the Marauders do a nice job initially trying to get that clearance out of the box and finally able to maintain that possession in just a big ball out of there so they can get their organization back in TCA is gonna play it back to row wetter here in goal and try to regroup ooh tough tough deal there for Roberto trying to get it to Jackson Hoosier on the outside and that's going to be a chance for the Marauders and they're gonna go quick and I think that's the speed of Alex Cruz they seen him already so you know keep her like row wetter knows that he's dealing with that speed and wants to play that early ball and created that turnover just with the threat of the speed you you see Luke and Bill defending their tough on number 12 for the Marauders that's Brandon who NIT Hernandez who just entered a game recently Mitchell trying to find an opportunity on that far side of the pitch that combination play but the Titans are just so stingy on defense Marauders would like to keep this field though keep to keep the action down at this end for a little while and see what they can do and their UCL at the defender for the Marauders trying to deal with that early pressure from ponse as he comes in and tries to take that space away right away and is able to do so just with that simple pressure and another free-kick coming for the Titans and we see Garrett troupe over the ball again look for him too big hit a big ball and look for these runners on the end of this Danny Luna cold for the handball they're turning the ball over here's Burt fighting Slater and a good reversal of the ball working through Luke and Bill and Johnny Stevens again on the ball making things happen there Luke and bill unable to have the give and go there the Marauders doing a good job you saw number 17 Julio vez Cara doing a great job getting that clearance and you know I really like that number 10 midfielder there for the Titans Austin Arciniega is doing a great job there just being present in his defensive midfield position doing a good job trying to stuff down trying to stuff this attack for the Titans Luke and bill on the ball here trying to find a teammate is gonna find Slater in the middle of the field and a nice quick give and go Slater here on the ball and able to keep that ball but you see that combination play with Keenan Rohwer and Slater doing a good job trying to mount that attack right through the gut of the Marauder defense and again more good defense Jose Gonzales that time for the Marauders right there to take the ball away as the Titans keep the pressure on and you said earlier the Marauders have done a good job responding to that goal not hanging their head battling they tried the quick restart but then defensively staying organized you gave up one they're doing a good job hanging around in this and the more they can keep the ball down on this end the more chanting the more likely it is that they can get the equalizer in this game and and TCA might be Blake Galvan might be a little nervous right now that it's just one to nothing I know he'd rather be up by a couple of goals here you see captain Trujillo on the ball finding number 10 our Cienega our Cienega looking to play that ball wide to his teammate number 13 Danny Luna but stuffed out nicely there by Holmes on the outside the Titans doing a good job getting back in their own defensive responsibilities our Cienega trying to get it to Danny Luna on the outside we'll see what the Mitchell can do here from the throw-in you see some really good footwork by number five Alex cruise we've called his name a number of times but the TCA counter-attack is on some physical play midfield they're letting him play on here we go oh now offsides call there you see number 15 Elias ponts they doing a great job taking on all of the defenders looked for his teammate on the outside excuse me that's number 15 Keenan rower doing a great job finding ponse on the outside but there you can see it clearly offsides ponse not able to hold his run but Keenan roar oh my goodness going right through the Marauder defense a one-man wrecking crew there got a little physical there in the midfield you see Ben Holmes did a good job defending finding rower and unable to get anything going but Johnny Stevens again on the ball is able to clean up everything for the Titans in the midfield you think about the Titans is there's always just wave after wave after wave if you the Marauders and you take the ball away from him chances are there's gonna be another tight and standing there waiting for you to try and take that ball away from you again when they do a really good job of working together you see that bill that they have a number of combination plays you can tell this is a group that's played together they've obviously had some success but yeah you know the Marauders sitting back sitting back in and waiting for that counter-attack and you saw it they're a big ball out win the ball defensively and now you see number 13 Danny Luna gonna throw this ball in but that's it that's the way the the Marauders can counter that pressure is get that ball out of there we'll utilize your speed and pressure to try to create some to dis possess the Titans defensively and get these deep throw ends you got a substitution David Ramirez coming in now for the Marauders and they're gonna get the ball to him it looks like Alex Cruz is coming off the field a well-earned arrest for Alex Alex is uh Alex Cruz have done at a nice start to this game putting a lot of pressure on and the Marauders going to their bench early we've seen a number of substitutions now as Coach Humphreys trying to keep his guys fresh and I'm sure would coach them up and teach them up George Sanchez back into the game or Julio vis Kara nice job by Stevens there to come away with that ball when you can see Stevens does a nice job of getting that ball forward to rower and then rower tries to sprint on it and that pressure that he brings along with the number 13 they're been at homes on the outside here's a throw and now for the Marauders number 11 is going to be throwing this ball in and that's Jorge Sanchez your outside back throwing that ball in and the Titans again putting pressure on being able to control that possession game and a really really good touch Jake Slater with the nice inside of the foot touch to create that space and I'm fortunate not to find look like on the outside maybe that was that for sure on the outside I can't quite see his number but you see that skill from Jake Slater to be able have that nice little subtle touch and get around the defender and the heads-up play as well rice later he didn't just look for the players that he saw ride around and he went to the opposite side changed the side of the field looking for the player on the far side there and that was Borchard as you said but he had a man open get it over there now you see number 20 moving forward on this throw in for the Titans that's Nathan John's entered this game and another big body for the Titans it seems like everybody to come off the bench it's just another big body they come to enter the game and make it a really physical match when we've seen that physical play early on already you know what I really liked about that last kick to was a Bret Humphrey told us about you stow in goal he didn't give up on that ball a lot of people were might have thought that ball was out of play and it was really close justo was right there made sure it was not going in the goal well I know as a coach you want to keep your arms up and make sure that for your heart that you're following that ball out of there because sometimes you have a bad angle and stuff to see here the Marauders do a nice job of reversing the ball and getting it up wide and doing a nice job you see number two they're battling at warder Trujillo the captain going up strong trying to win that ball and fortunate to win it but you see the Marauder counter-attack ability in that speed on the outside who the Titans could do now see if they start to force things here with just a one-nothing lead under 14 minutes here in the first half troop with a quick restart finding number two on the outsides it's been reversing the field as the Titans try to mount a another attack now from the near side of the pitch here the right flank there's Johnny Stephens doing a good job trying to find rower on the outside but the Marauders again there to defend with numbers doing a nice job Nathan John's is in there in the middle on that forward side for the Titans right now as well there you see Jackson Hoosier there on the ball doing a good job and then it's been close to the near screen you see if the Titans try to do reverse the ball find each other play the ball on the ground but the Marauders do a nice job of staying organized exactly what Coach Galvin was talking about we can see if here are you know - all throughout this first out what you're trying to do offensively is get those defenders to move get those midfielders to all commit to one side of the field then you can push it to the other side but you're right the Marauders are staying there they're staying where they're supposed to be and it's very hard to attack a defense where the midfielders stay like that here you see outside backboard taking the ball up here finding the the freshman Luke and Bill and with a nice reversal the ball and there's Johnny Stevens again the Steven Slater combination is building up again for the Titans and unable to get on the end of that you see Johnny Stevens with a nice run off of Jake Slater just unfortunate to get the handle on that ball in a quick restart again this is gusto with a great kick out of the box from the keeper position and the attack is on again now for the Marauders forcing the Titans to play a little defense well on their Jackson Hoosier there just takes that ball and you know just kicks it out of bound and make sure he's safe with it but here's fresh legs number 20 up top for the Titans Nathan John's chasing down the look like Elert the defender for the Marauders you more substitutions for the marauders coming in this game it looks like number 13 danny luna is going to get a break at number 21 oscar gerardo coming back in up top in that position that that point forward position for the Marauders Marauders still don't attack in their midfield pressing up now against the Titans trying to trying to force a turnover trying to get something to happen here and you sees it's been again doing a great job of finding Johnny Stevenson and another reversal of the ball the Burchard it seems like the Titans are content with reversing the ball and being patient out there but a really good job by John's they're settling that ball down to Luke and Bill wow that's good pressure right there good pressure by Keene Keenan rover right there good look at him that young man is he sets up gets it in for the for the throw in for the Titans and George Sanchez for the Marauders doing a nice job just to have that emergency clearance going to the ground and sliding and getting that ball out of there trying to handle that pressure from Rover here you see on your near screen number 16 for the Marauders now David Ramirez doing a good job taking the ball up that nearside flank and unfortunate taught to be able to find his teammate but Zach eller dude doing a great job on his outside back position and the counter-attack is on for the Marauders here's number 2 Trujillo on the outside for the Marauders trying to find teammate and runners on to the ball of all the are Cienega doing a great job looking for his teammate number 12 Hernandez unable to find his teammate but able to keep the possession and the Titans have to defend again the you know the Marauders are doing a good job of making the Titans stay honest as much as they are possessing the game the Marauders are doing a great job with that counter attacking getting forward quickly with their numbers look lake goblins done a great job though because TCA is playing disciplined they're staying back they're getting back on defense and they're making the plays they have to to get the ball back and they're Stephens number 17 doing a good job but you're finding his player out why that's Aaron Peck at that left outside midfield position we haven't got to call Aaron Aaron's name today but a really nice player on the outside of the field on the outside mid field position for the Titans and here come the Marauders again you know one thing I like out of this Marauder team is obviously they're they're undersized compared to the titans but they go up every time you see these 50/50 balls and you see these players are going up and trying to challenge those headers and not only that they've gotten they're getting players to the ball so that a lot of times it's not about just getting the header it's where's that ball going off the head and playing that second ball and the Marauders are doing a good job getting players to the ball and corralling it and then trying to attack wow that's a good point that second ball becomes huge to be able to read it off of off of that player and and you know that's one way that you can negate that height disadvantage that you have there you see a foul that looks like portrait doing a great job over the staying over the ball and being strong look for another free-kick opportunity we've seen it from Troop already his ability to hit a 40-yard ball into the box look for another dangerous ball to be sent into the box here with a number of titans pushing that Marauder defense okay our toes gonna stay in there and try and get in front of it good ball sent in by trooping there you see it Slater number four sitting there trying to get on the end of it but now the Marauders doing a good job scrambling defensively trying to get that emergency clearance they're on a nice turn right there and there's some fancy footwork for number Brendan Hernandez did a great job of getting out of a tight spot but unable to keep that possession and here come the Titans again patience though patience and we're back on this TCA often system very very patient which is nice to see like Gavin's got I'm not too worried about it right now just just do what you can makes it make good passes and see if he can't get a good cross Keenan row are on the ball now finding Slater Slater looking for Luke and Bill Luke and Bill able to keep that possession and tries the shot from distance but the Marauders doing a good job there's number 21 stain in front Oscar Guyardo doing a great job of shutting down that space and not allowing that shot to get off for the Titans freshman Kaden Luke and bill making a name for himself today he's doing a great job out there he's been heavily involved in this game and you know that's a good combination with with the veterans like Slater and Stevens to have Luke and Bill in there you get that experience from the veteran guys but then that creativity from the youngster here you see the Titans reversing the ball you're going to see that's men again on the outside has all day that Marauders sitting back and allowing the outside backs for the Titans to be able to push the ball forward just trying to take that final space away in that final defensive third there's scene number 18 with a good clearance captain for the Marauder centre-back Jose Gonzalez doing a nice job of getting rid of that ball and starting that counter-attack again and there he goes number two add water Trujillo doing a great job sprinting on to it I'm fortunate not to get a better angle but speed speed speed on the outside Eduardo Trujillo another captain for this Marauder team and finally a brought rohwedder here you will wake back here has to come out and actually play the ball and you can see that counter-attack a big ball out of the back in Trujillo takes off sprinting that the Titans have to stay honest defensively here you see Peck on the ball finding number 20 Jones and a good give and go finding space on the outside unable to maintain that initial possession but nice creativity for the Titans there on the far side of the pitch they did a great job that time and then you know and that was just two of them they maybe push some more people forward but maybe they're a little bit worried about these Marauders as Trujillo has gotten behind him a couple times on the outside there you see a good look at veteran keeper Felix Cousteau they're really solidifying that Marauder defense and his ability to hit a ball out of the back does a great job of being able to clear that ball out and alleviate some of that pressure that the Titans are bringing back in there for the Marauders Alex Cruz with some fresh legs but the Titans take it away from him you see number six for the Marauders that's Alex Mario doing a great job coming out but there's Garrett troop coming up from his centre back position getting involved in this game and brings the pressure in an urn and there's a foul it looks like number 20 Nathan John's getting tripped up there and a good free-kick opportunity coming you see it on the replay right there that Center back number 18 Jose Gonzales going in for the tackle unable to win that ball John's going to the ground and a dangerous dangerous opportunity here for Garrett troupe standing over the ball although they're backing him up a little bit it's gonna be a little bit further but the troops got the leg he can get it inside and we'll see what the Titans do they'll be interesting to see if he takes the shot or tries to hit across in and here's and here's the cross floating in and another hole into the goal and the follow up goal for the TCA Titans it looks like number four Jake Slater doing what he does scoring goals heesu shows us there he kind of did it I guess with his knee a beautiful nice play in right here Stevens had it ooh so makes the first say but there is Slater and I think he might have need that one in and let's take another look again great header and a great save by Felix justo initially but following it up goal scorer scoring goals there you see Jake Slater hanging around hanging around and using his knee whatever it takes binding the back of the net and with a little over than four minutes left in the first half the TCA Titans are up to nothing now in the Mitchell Marauders Mitchell Marauders been doing a good job in this game defensively but two free kick goals for the TCA Titans has opened this thing up here in the first half if TCA can kill you with the set plays we've mentioned it time and time again I just have large players down there then get up for headers and when you can get your head on the ball and send it towards the goal that goalkeeper can make maybe the first save but you've got other guys there and that's exactly what happened on that goal and it looks like TCA is hungry now you see Garrett troupe coming all the way up looking for a give and go as Steve is unable to find that final connection but that's how you know you're finding a lot of rhythm Garrett troupe coming all the way up from his centre back position teaming up with his midfielder Stevens for a good give and go opportunity that's cleared out by the Marauders and a deep throwing coming up here looks number fifteen kenan rower see if he tries to get this all the way into the box or just plays it short here and the Marauders just looking to clear the ball out there number 21 Oscar Guyardo just trying to get the ball out of there and to help his defense out take a break for a second so much for that you get a good look at felix justo there the keeper for the Marauders you're gonna hit this ball out of there and Mitchell hasn't played a bad half but you find yourself down to nothing on on set pieces and you know that the Titans doing what they do well utilizing their size utilizing that advantage and finding those opportunities on frame that's just another way of showing you how good TCA is I mean defending state champions seven and OH in this league and they just do such a good job there's Johnny Stephens looking for Aaron Peck on the outside doing a good job making a diagonal run unable to get that end on that connected pass because Zach eller for the Marauders doing a nice job heading that ball out to stop that quick counter-attack for the Titans there you see good defense there's Luke and Bill again on the ball and now here's Rowan right in the middle of the field but broken up nicely by number 16 therefore the Marauders David Ramirez doing a good job and unable to maintain that possession again here come the Titans and there you see it Keenan Rover doing a great job Nolan winning that ball but able to find Nathan John's up top and John's simple give and go pass right back to rower the pressure is on and now you're gonna see Luke and Bill over the ball again looking to send another dangerous corner into the box he's done it before we'll have to see you got to keep your eyes on Slater you got to keep your eyes on Stevens there he is oh and a great opportunity for the Titans Luke and Bill doing a great job on the cross and it looked like Jake Slater again on the header we're gonna see it on the replay here Luke and Bill with a nice cross in and there Slater coming in heads it down and fortunate not to be able to get a pass the keeper they're doing a nice job heading the ball down is just unfortunate they hit the frame but then you stow doing a great job off the rebound staying on his line and being able to make that save for the Marauder keeper Michell now really needs to settle down TCA is really just continuing to attack an attack an attack here the Marauders could do their best to kick it out of there well and in the final minute NER here you know TCA wants to get another see if they can get a third goal and the Marauders just look like they're trying to survive the end of this half Wow haha that's a tough call there against ECA as the Marauder appear to david murray res appeared to fall on his own I think that's what Keenan Roe are saying is I was chasing him down but I didn't touch him here see a near side of the screen David Ramirez sending a ball in and trying to find her hero on the backside to sprint on to it but the Marauders have done a good job borchert's done a good job for him his outside back position to shut down that speed this afternoon and here comes it's Minh for one final TCA attack Oh John's gonna force another corner we'll see with block running here 20 seconds of John's seconds left in the first half here another corner quickly trying to line this thing up TCA plays a quick short corner instead of hitting the deep ball in and unfortunate to get anything mounted I think they they ran out of time there I had a little more time to get players forward and maybe hit a traditional cross in and playing instead of playing a short corner but that'll do it for the first half here at TCA where the Titans have taken a 200 lead on two really nice set piece goals and we'll be right back after this break on 20 TV you welcome back to the Classical Academy where we're here at halftime where TCA leads the Mitchell Marauders 2-0 at half on to set peace goals we're gonna be able to see him here on the replay and early on you see troop with a nice free kick finding Stephens for a nice header Jonny Stevens has been johnny-on-the-spot all season long he's got 12 goals watch it from the goal cam beautiful shot of it here as he twists that header in for the first goal of the game 1 nothing and that really set the tone for this first half and on a another free kick here you see troop with another free kick finding Slater on the rebound after you stow makes the initial nice save and again Stephens with a beautiful header there who still saved the first one but Slater right there to need that one in and that's the way we stand at the half and that's where we are here at TC EA at halftime is 2-0 Titans over the Marauders we'll be right back right after this on xx TV you and welcome back to the Classical Academy as we're just underway here in the second half that the TCA tightens up to nothing here after one half of play over the Mitchell Marauders and it was a very interesting first half right it certainly was the Marauders hung in there hung in there TCA was able to get a goal about halfway through the first half and then the late goal really has turned the tide in this game and the Titans are gonna try and keep the pressure on here in the second half yeah the second goal and then the ball off the post the Titans to put a ton of pressure on that final part of the first half but a little miscue here that you see number three Daniel Borchert they're unable to gain possession of that ball but the the Titans are able to get this ball back because it looks like the Marauders had a bad throw in there elet for the Marauders with an illegal throw in but look for a TCA to keep that pressure on hasn't been a change here for the Titans as well as they will go with Jack carpenter in the goal for the second half of this one Blake Gavin's been doing that quite often this year as he's got two really good sophomore goalies on this Titan team when it's nice to have that depth for sure here you see freshman Luke and bill looks like the Titans are starting the same way they came off the field at the at the at the end of the first half Luke and Bill had a really nice half there finding a Slater that Luke and Bill Slater Stephens combination for the Titans makes it really really makes for a really really good midfield Alex Cruz now back on offense he is such speed on the outside he is dangerous out there and he's going to try and get this ball back into play quickly for Mitchell oh she's trying to find teammate number 19 mania as in Dola not not able to make that connection there but the titans doing a good job closing down that space and look for their own quick restart on the throw in both these teams I really like how quickly they're playing you mentioned the field this is a fast playing field and both of these teams like to use that to their advantage as they try and push that ball there you see a turnover by Borchert they're number three for the Marauders doing a nice job Jana is doing a great job getting that ball but Borchert with a nice job of recovering that ball getting it back but once again that that turnover you know Coach Galvin wants to see that cleaned up here in the second half nice long bye bald Gallardo's cannot get there and a good good save by Jack carpenter Jack carpenter just entered this game the sophomore one A and one a keeper for the Titans here the combination they trade off starting but early on playing in the midfield there you see Slater to Luke and Bill combination and a nice through ball finding number 13 Brendan Holmes on the outside for the Titans you see Luke and Bill's coming to this game coming off the bench tonight because of senior night but really had an impact wow Slater look at the footwork inside there and RC and a go on defense that's Slater and Keenan Rowan doing a great job up top there with that pressure on being able to work in such a tight space and then Luke and Bill did a great job of getting that ball back for the Titans Stephens gonna reset two Borchardt here there you see a Miss touched by Slater but you see the idea trying to find and look like ponse on the outside for the Titans we haven't had gotten to call his name a ton this this evening but a really good player on the outside for the Titans here's Borchert here on the near part near side of your screen here on the left-hand flank just reversing the ball back through Jackson Hoosier and the the center midfield is for the for the Titans but the Marauders starting the second half just like they did the first half staying behind the ball sliding side to side and trying to keep everything in front of him Jana has pushed that one a little early I don't think Cruz was ready to run after that one and here come the Titans back the other way quickly there's Potsie on the outside doing a good job bringing that ball in the middle and finding Rohwer attacking the touchline trying to find a good angle to get that cross off but doing a great job operating in traffic they're taking on a number of Marauder defenders Marauder having to show this team defense as they try to get this ball out of the 18 but there's Kenan Rover doing a great job taking on five different defenders keeping that possession for the Titans you see Kate and Luke and Bill again doing a nice job winning that ball back and the Marauders just can't get the ball out of their defensive third and when they do they just don't have numbers up top they've got to bring all of their backs back and that just can't help you advance the ball very well when all your midfielders are back below the well you can see that players like Johnny Stevens on the ball finding all kinds of space this evening because the Marauder defense is getting sucked in defensively but here are some early substitutions coming into the game for the Marauders it looks like number 11 Jorge Sanchez getting a break there from his defensive responsibilities and also number 18 or number 19 excuse me coming off of the pitch and ends all's Ola coming off for the Marauder so going to the bench early you see coach Humphrey trying to find that right combination but here's Brandon Holmes doing a great job on the outside taking on the defender but defended nicely there by the Marauders number 15 Zach Ehlert and a nice kick ahead there by Jose Gonzales he tries to get it to GR doe no call guy yarder one of the call but the TCA comes away with the ball and pushes it and there you see poncey on the outside heavy on his touch defended well by number 11 from the Marauders that's Sanchez doing a nice job dealing with ponse and that pressure but there you see it that the the pressure that he can put on you just that speed and that size that the Titans bring on the outside making it very difficult for the Marauders this afternoon number four Jake Slater on the ball now finding his teammate Kaden Luke and Bill is gonna have out one but an easy save for Felix ooh stove the keeper for the Marauders justö has been solid all year for Mitchell 0.67 goals against average as I said earlier you see a dangerous playoff ahead earn back in the Titans defense maybe a little bit of miscommunication but Jack carpenter doing a good job coming off his line to make that save and there's Garrett troupe on the ball at a really nice game so far from that centre back position him and Hoosier have a real good center back combination but the Titans now mounting this play and you can see the simple touch the two and three touches they try to build up here's Borchard now finding homes on the outside and there's Kenan roller again taking on the defenders pressing the issue doing a good job of making himself be defended finding teammates and just a really active player up top for the tie whoa you said it Andy that's a tough shot from the outside I borchardt know excuse me that was Aaron Peck nope I'm wrong again caleb will CH out on the outside but look at his hit this one doing a great job driving that ball unfortunate sells a little bit high off of the football uprights but you see the idea has that space on the outside well it's taken advantage on that space trying to get his knee over the ball and drive that ball low and wide getting just high but here's Johnny Stevens again he seems like every 50/50 ball Jonny Stevens collects the ball and is just able to find teammates he's so calm on the ball well he and Slater are up front there as well as as well as Keenan Rover just do a great job pushing it forcing it offensively making these these defenders in these midfielders drop back and get back into the action and really forcing the issue and that's really what's what's going on right now the Titans are able to just worry about their offense right now that Mitchell it hasn't even been able to to get anything going whatsoever offensively in this game you saw a good look they're throwing that ball and that's Aaron Peck on the outside looks like number 10 there we've called his name a couple times Arciniega doing a great job of holding down that mid field for the Marauders and as they try to counter-attack first real opportunity here for the Marauders coming up but stuffed out by that Titan defense again Titans with good defense here the Marauders playing a good ball and winning down kick it back here keep well and that's the veteran doing a nice job Johnny Stevens just calm everything down you see that leadership that he brings but a good job of dropping it back to carpenter and just trying to help get his defense organized there's Welch finding Slater and Slater with a nice one touched upon stay outside and a good little one-two combination as the Titans try to build out of their defensive third Marauders we're starting to put some pressure on there and they really need to do that to get back into this game get up there get some pressure maybe get a turnover force a turnover and get a chance get get get across in front get some players down there and a good steal by Gerardo but Johnny Stevens doing a great job stepping in defensively and winning that ball making sure he's holding up his defensive midfield responsibilities a near opportunity there for the Marauders to go towards goal look at it comes later ponse on the outside in TC a content to play the ball back well to go in through Slater or Stephens excuse me finding Luke and Bill again and you're gonna see a number of distance shots for the Titans because of all that space but also because the Marauders are doing a nice job of sagging in and not allowing players like Keenan Rowan to operate the Marauders doing a nice job coming out of this first half defensively and felix justo there with a good pun out of the back i thought maybe they were just an outside shooting team Cruz with a nice ball here here's gerardo running onto the ball i'm fortunate to be able to get that ball the titans doing a good job with their defensive clearance and there's a good look at Ehlert doing a nice job trapping that ball and playing it down and there's the speed of Trujillo on the outside its water Trujillo there's a an actual decent attempt it was wide but Trujillo are they gonna give a corner kick on this I think troupe may have hit it and I think that was a that's exactly what the referees are calling see it on the replay here it looks like jack carpenter unsure unsure and does get a touch on the ball does a nice job of trying to claim like he didn't touch the ball but it touches the ball just widen here it's gonna be a first good set piece opportunity for the Marauders we'll see if Trujillo can send this in there but this is the Titans defensively it helps you to be large as well oh and there's Slater on that with the defensive clearance within a near opportunity for the Marauders coming out of his centre back position that looked like captain number 10 I think for the Marauders Eddie Arciniega coming forward trying to hit that ball excuse me number 15 I can't quite tell doing a great job of getting over the ball here hitting it and having a nice job hitting that ball low and wide carpenter having to scram to his right scramble do his right to make that save leave was Arciniega got his foot on that one for the Marauders so here we are again for the Titans bringing the ball out as to Johnny Stevens once again doing a good job commanding that defense the ball finds him often he's a very active player looking for a diagonal run from Holmes unable to make that connection and here's Trujillo on the ball again the speedster on the outside just surrounded by the Titans though anytime those species are touching the ball you see two and three Titans right there two just cut them off when they're UC Slater on the ball defended by number three on Eze and not giving in a mini room not allowing Slater to turn you know yah-yah-yah is doing a great job there of taking that space away and forcing the Titans to play backwards I'm still impressed by the speed of Mitchell Alex Cruz and Trujillo on the outside those guys can really run with the ball if they can just get some better touches towards them they can get something going and there's a little miscommunication by the Marauders number two Trujillo and Elert knocking the ball into each other and there you see big number 17 Johnny Stevens again with the ball at his feet looking to make a play for the Titans looks like Welch on the outside finding Ponte and Ponte with his feet trying to get around that Marauder defense defended well by number 11 Jorge Sanchez on the outside but it looks like it's gonna be a deep throw in for the for the Titans the longer this time goes the more desperate I think you're gonna see Mitchell getting and you can't afford to get desperate against the Titans because if you were gonna try and move your your midfielders up any further you're gonna be in trouble on the backside there you saw a good look of Eli grants coming into this game for Bennett Holmes in this outside midfield position first good look we've had to seeing Grant in this match this evening but the the Titans not giving up this pressure not allowing the Marauders to get out of their defensive third you here's a good look at grant with his first touch on the ball doing a nice job driving it towards the end line and just unable to keep that position but grant coming into this game right away getting a good ball from Luke and Bill and trying to drive that ball to the to the end line unable to maintain that possession of course Grandal last name and a lot of TCA fans know Titus grants a standout player here for the Titans for several years here's a one good combination Rover to grant grant have the ball in the in line and again the touch gets away from him probably should have taken that early cross especially with Slater running into the box but grant coming into this game and being active right away off the bench the sophomore Eli grant she wants some speed on the outside too he's deceptively fast because he's uh he's again one of these larger players 40ca and he had a great ball there just couldn't turn on it and eller should have done a nice job for the Marauders all evening at that outside back position but it seems like he has another element to try to deal with now with grants on the outside the Marauders play a short ball out of the back and doing a nice job as number 11 again Sanchez on the ball being calm on the ball with dealing with the pressured pressure from Rohwer I'll see if they can kick it ahead get to heel and Cruz going there you see a good look for number three and number two that combination for the Marauders llanes in trio trying to find that speed because just simply no space out there Welch doing a great job shutting down that those passing lanes for the TC a Titans they'll get a throw in here though now Trujillo the Marauders will try and move some players up and see if they can't get something going and the Titans cut it right off you see number Jackson hoosier there with the clearance for the Titans it allows them to to step up and try to handle with this way but here come the Marauders again doing a nice job playing quick and trying to find each other in that possession game and able to find that pass but the Marauders seem in the last couple minutes has stepped up this pace David Marie Ramirez open there on the sunny side just couldn't push the ball up the field enough to keep it in bounds here's Aaron Peck on the ball finding Center back already with an assist this evening Garrett troupe had a nice game so far gonna do a good job of taking that space and finding Johnny Stevens again everything runs through Stevens Luke and Bill Slater in the middle for the Titans and you see that combination again nice ball there by Luke and Bill cut off by Ehlert of the Marauders look out and here comes Steven unable to get that possession are Cienega again doing a great job out of that defensive midfield position able to shut down that space but another attack coming from the Titans there you see Keenan Rowe doing a great job on the ball taking on that defender trying to have a nice step of removing it looks like he's won the foul the referees were slow on the call we'll see it here on the replay did a nice job stepping over it and Wow try to turn on that ball not so sure if that was a foul or not but he's gonna get the call here and Slater will take this kick Jose Gonzales unfortunate there the foul Keenan Rover here you see Slater on the peak a nice job and Felix newster with a great save diving to his left to stop Slater from scoring a goal a really good job by the Marauder goalkeeper usto Brett Humphrey told us before the game he loves felix justo that is a heck of a save you just saved the ball and this Jake's later scored 23 goals this year and look at the dive BIOS toe he chose right I was able to keep that ball out of the net justo doing a really good job of keeping his club in the game here not allowing it anymore goals to be you know allowed into the back of the net with a really nice save on the pique but the Marauders are having trouble getting the ball out of there defensive third not able to mount anything offensively and here's a quick restart on a throwing from the Titans Titans want to keep that pressure on there you see Ehlert doing a good job for the marauders of just getting that ball out to allowing the defense to step up and get the ball out but the combination of Slater and roe are up top mix that in with Stevens and Luke and Bill and you can see why the Titans are ninth ranked in the Chasa RPI and you can see why coach Galvin is is very high on his club what I can see is why they're only ninth ranked they should be they should be higher they've played I believe they played Air Academy closer than anyone else lost in overtime three to two and air Academy is the number one team TCA stuck at number 9 with 13 wins in that single loss and I think that's a good example of how tight this 4a is number of teams are trying to win in a good shot on goal just high there you see Jake Slater you know he wants one back missing that PK doing a good job is hitting that ball from distance I'm fortunate to have it sail on him but taking that early opportunity good look at Slater there and watch again as he strikes this ball he can virtually score from anywhere he and Johnny Stephen so dangerous for this Titan team here you see the marauders a number of combination plays there a good job getting that ball out of the back Ehlert looking for that speed up top that's number 12 for the Marauder that's Marauders that's a Brandon Hernandez trying to run onto that ball and as Mitchell tries to get back into this game see if they can find an opportunity on that they're forcing the issue I really like the fight in this Marauder Club they're doing a great job and this is really this is gonna help them as they go in to hopefully stay ranked high enough to get into that state tournament this is really gonna help them prepare for that first round game and coach Humphrey was hoping that they would you know be able to get a win in that game for the first time this season well you bring up a good point because only in the second year of the RPI teams are still trying to figure out how the math works and the formulas seems to you know get tweaked and change every single year the Marauders don't know if this result holds up where they'll fall how does a 25 lose into a nine how does that look in that formula so as Coach Humphrey knows that he's gonna get this first-round game he doesn't have an idea about a seed this is a good tune-up for both these clubs certainly is but I'll tell you this Andy I think if you lose 2 4 7 8 9 tonight 15 18 those are your six losses on a year I want to say that you have you deserve a shot at you know at the state tournament and it should matter that the you know that RPI it should matter playing those top 10 opponents even if you're getting those losses putting them on your schedule and there's an errant pass there number 23 Jackson Hoosier the ball getting away from them and trying to find Garrett troupe on the outside and look at their Marauders run forward they know they have 20-plus minutes left in this game trying to do anything they can to get that goal get it back to 2 to 1 and try to put some pressure on the Titans Arciniega with a nice tackle they're keeping the ball for the Marauders and they're still in business oh there you see number 2 on the outside not able to heal the captain not able to keep that ball in play but you can tell the Marauders want to get this there they have the energy there the Titans are just so good in the midfield Marauders again have a chance here we'll have to see if they can come back for some offense here and a good free-kick opportunity coming for the Marauders that looks like it might be number 11 over the ball for the Marauders look for the Mitchell Marauders to send a number of players up forward as they try to get on the end of this into this free kick and they're really going to take their time with this free kick here actually Danny Lunas gonna take this one and the Marauders are really gonna set this up they know the more the time dwindles these players are going to matter that much more left footed swinger coming into the box and defend it very well there Jonny Stevens again he seems like he's on every single at the end of every single header again doing a nice job with his defensive clearance but the Marauders coming back again the Titans not able to clear out into that possession and you see a good luck here number 12 throwing the ball in quickly Brandon Hernandez for the Marauders eller puts it inside TC a forced to play some defense now Z try and get it on the outside to Ramirez you see the Titans defense is just closing all of that space out as they're trying to mount that attack and there's the scale there's Jake's later coming forward finding keen and rower and the race is on for the Titans one of the good defense there by Julio vez Cara who came in made the slide tackle and no Mitchell didn't keep possession there is LR dad to kick it out of bounds but he stopped that forward progress of rower and really stop that threat right there and there you see cannon rower a really good look at Rover they're earning a well-deserved break put a nice game together so far this is the rotation we saw Nathan John's now coming up top again for the Titans there's Slater Wow Jake Slater with the goal TCA Titans scoring their third goal of the game Jake Slater doing a nice job eating that ball low and wide and tucking it into the back of the net Jake Slater has been trying to get the goal here ever since he got denied on that penalty kick here's another look at it right inside that left post Wow I'm not sure that went in it didn't oh it was so hard to tell from her angle here and yeah I think you're right it went just wide everybody you know we're outside we're with all the fans they stand up they're clapping it looks like a goal but here you're gonna see watch it on the goal cam here watch your right post on the right side yep is definitely outside and it bounced into the net so everyone thought it was a goal but it wasn't another unique perspective of standing outside with the fans yeah good job by Dan hink in there on the replay machine to show us the replay show us that we got it wrong Andy unfortunately we got it wrong and here come the Marauders again number two Trujillo on the outside for the Marauders had a really nice game you think Slater's really upset now I think well go score score goals and you can see he's been hungry and hitting a ball on frame hitting that just wide but you can see why they're dangerous Luke and bill doing a nice job now and Stevens into the mix but the Marauders have done a nice job of closing the space down for the Titans this evening Johnny Stevens so active offensively the Marauders right there though great job by Jose Gonzales to get them take that one away but man TCA just keeps putting the pressure on well in the there you see the possession game 40ca that's so nice to have those midfielders to have player like rhoward or John's up top and be able to play through those players you're able to just mount this attack over and over again here's a good look in your near screen at number 10 Aaron Peck as the Titans try to find some space the Marauders have done a nice job of closing down the space the Titans just keep swinging the ball side to side trying to find some space in the center of field and there's a Kaden Luke and Bill they're doing a good job finding PAC on the outside [Music] you saying Johnny Stevens a lot we've seen Johnny Stephens play a lot here on xx TV over the years Luke and Bill's gonna be another name that we're gonna see for quite some time just a freshman out there doing a nice job for the Titans tonight you know and he looks like a freshman used to have this you know these Titans that are that are just huge and they always have been and then to see the freshman step out on the field smaller than everybody else and he's more than held his own this evening doing a great job maintaining that possession in the midfield so here you see it carpenter starting out from the back it's troop right to Slater and the attack is on again right down the middle of the pitch and here's Eli grant coming speed speed speed for the Titans as they try to mount this attack who Tuffy there Slater Goes Down he can't believe it gets up wonders and then you see that the initial contact Slater was frustrated with and then the second foul you see them talking the ref wondering how many knocks it takes but free kicks another free kick opportunity here you see the first clip right there and that looks like number six Murray Oh for the Marauders with that with a second clip maybe a little embellish there for Slater coming out but a free kick opportunity here for the Titans and we've seen this already here's troupe over the ball look to send this ball in and find those tall players for the Titans there is Jonny Stevens that's the combination Stephens on the goal again set piece goals for the Titans strike again is Johnny Stevens with his second goal of the game off a free kick a second assist from Garrett troupe on a fabulous free kick wow what a beautiful shot there from the camera crew and again watch it from the net cam as justö really can't do much about that justö coming off his line to make the save Stephens stepping up in front of them putting the ball in the back of the net and you know Brian we've done a number of games together and we've often talked about defending set pieces and the importance that defending set pieces and you've absolutely seen that this evening you certainly have and the Marauders it is so tough to defend when you're not going to be the tallest guy going up after a ball I mean there's really not much you can do about that other than get players back further than Johnny Stevens was but just a great job by the Titans tonight troop to assist Stephens two goals and there you saw Slater winning the foul and then being able to push the you know push all your teammates forward in that free kick ability and Garrett troupe the free kick ability to be able to manipulate the ball like he did and just put it on a dime right onto his teammates head just a you know not only does they have two assists two world-class assists this evening for Garrett true fantastic job Marauders trying to win it here in the midfield Luke and Bill had got it back and the Marauders now pulling down Stevens the home fans here a little bit upset with Danny Luna Danny Luna are getting in the mix with Stevens and yeah you're gonna sit here both players going after each other Stevens is going to say that Luna pulled his jersey down both players going hard to the turf but you know the Marauders have some fight in them and you and you see it you know giving up that third goal in that frustration but you know they keep coming at you you can see why this Mitchell team has been good you can see why coach Humphrey is so high on his group look at Cruz look at the footwork by Cruz fun to watch nice nice when that's a good combination you have that Cruz and then number three also llanes doing a great job up top mix that in with the speed of Trujillo and this is a nice Mitchell group taken away by Grant you probably hear the crowd yelling come on Titans one more because they're standing right next to him so here you see Aaron Peck on the outside finding Slater Slater always has his heads up head up looking for a teammate really strong on the ball playing it wide now to Welch and the Titans reversing the field and mounting a second and third attack now against them Marauder defense there you see Eli grant driving the ball to the end line getting a cross off in a good job defensively number 17 for the Marauders hose Davis car doing a great job of knocking the ball out of bounds but another set-piece opportunity off the corner kick for the Titans you've got to look and now you've got Grant in there not only you have Stevens and Slater you've also got Grant in there we're gonna run it on this one oh there you see it the desperate defending for the Marauders a number of white jerseys rushing on to the goal as the Titans try to get it on the end of that corner kicking the Marauders aren't able to get out of their own defensive third and give up another corner kick coming here comes Luke and Bill coming all the way across the screen to take another one and there you see good shot at number 20 Nathan John's up top entering this game he replaced rower earlier and it's like for like it two big bodies up top trying to get on the end of these crosses Luke and bill now with the cross and their Stephens again or Jake's later excuse me again with the header and able to get on goal but nicely my number Tanner Peck with a world class goal Aaron Peck out front just when you thought if you're a Marauder you thought that the onslaught was over after two corner kicks and the headers up front how about that shot right there by Aaron Peck just puts his foot into it by a diving though for the fourth goal of the night for the Titans and here's a good look at our goal cam PAC doing a great job driving that ball from distance we talked early about shooting from distance in the space that's out there and there's Aaron Peck taking advantage of that space being able to keep his knee over the ball and drive that ball low and wide and getting that fourth goal for the Titans for pekka's third goal of the year he also has two assists if you're wondering Jonny Stevens with two goals tonight now is 13 on the season and it's 23 with the one denied for Jake's later in the game opening up now in the second half for the Titans like we thought it possibly could I know Coach Galvin talked with us about getting early goals and maybe settling into this game but here you see the Titans they just the relentless pressure that they put on you and they are absolutely going to be a force in the playoff bracket when it starts next week yeah and they might have something to play for too and the fact that they are gonna be a lower seed I mean that you're the defending champions and I know you lost 11 seniors but how about a little respect please well and I guarantee you anybody ranked 1 through 8 doesn't want to see this Titan team play they do such a good job in you know they graduated so many players coach Galvan talked to us about you know needing to find this team to find their identity and be able to insert players like Luke and Bill into this lineup new blood into this team but man you've seen the advantage of the midfield and having Stephens and having Slater and having Luke and Bill and having rower John's up top has just been such an asset for the Titans and we talked about you know the top teams in 4a is they get a foul called there against Ramirez for Mitchell and TCA gets the ball again but we took we talked earlier about how the good teams in 4a and I haven't seen all those Denver teams play but to me if you're asking me there are number one Air Academy number two TCA and coach almost every year right yeah two very quality programs at Air Academy and TCA and that's the quality of soccer that you see in Colorado Springs I think is a testament you've seen 5a with Pine Creek but then the 4a has just been brutal because you've seen teams that have had their run palm Ridge has had good years Lewis Palmer's had good years and you see the depth in town with these kids in these schools that are able to crank out such deep postseason runs here's another free-kick opportunity Jake Slater over the ball looking for a quick restart because Johnny Stephens there again on the end but the referee stopping the clock here on this restart I think he's going to talk with numbers at number 17 for the Marauders it looks like it might be vist Cara number 17 so the referee stopped play which never allowed or shouldn't have allowed for that quick restart but you see Jake's later there with his head up trying to find Stephens on the back side and now we're gonna have troop who's already got two assist tonight Stephens with two goals let's see if they can team up one more time and get a hat-trick maybe for Stevens and the crash that the goal is on his troop stands over the ball he's gonna look to manipulate this ball and looked across this ball have a lot of spin on it and look for runners on this back post and a nice deflection for the Marauders it made you nervous but he did it but it looked like number 10 they're doing a great job getting his head on the ball arciniegas had a nice game being able to knock that ball just wide but here's the deep throw from Bircher we saw it in the first half but TCA unable to mount anything off of that set piece good job there by Luke and Bill to just turn and get behind crews on that play and now people are going down left and right we got a TC a player down and the officials gonna looks like Garrett troupe they're doing a nice job out of a centre-back possession bringing the ball centre back position bringing the ball forward but getting caught up in that tackle and walking it off you said it before he said such a nice game and you see his ability to hit a ball even nicked up here it looks like he's going to try to either have one himself be selfish or see if he can find Slater on the end of it he wants him one himself oh what a shot by Garrett troupe just over the crossbar has a good look at trooping and you're gonna see it deflected here by Lou Stouffer another corner kick Wow get in the tip of it but Garrett troupe from 40 yards out getting over the ball in and striking it low and getting his knee over it and really putting a ton of pressure and you see you stow there scrambling up top to make that save so Luke and Bill again on the corner kick look for him to sit in a dangerous ball with a number of Titans crashing into the net Peck one of the same opportunity had last time gets a nice turn right there and TCA back in business Aaron Peck doing a great job of chasing that ball down and keeping it in finding ponse and not allowing the Marauders to have an easy out there's a giveaway by hoosier in the back and the Marauders are trying to mount a counter-attack forward bringing a lot of energy you see number 16 for the Marauders Ramirez doing a great job but cleaned up nicely by Garrett true but smart by me Ramirez to keep running at that ball a lot of players will give up on that especially down forward to nothing but I like to see the fighting Ramirez as he continues to try and push towards that ball forces the Titans to kick it out reset and now let's the Marauder set something up a number of Marauders entering this game on the substitution looks like Garcia's back in this game guy orders back into this game for the for the Marauders but I think you're right I think that you know this is a tune-up form they're a playoff team and you know you're gonna have times like this we just have to grind and Mitchell's have been very impressive this evening which you would think would be hard to say about a team that's down four to nothing in soccer but it really are I'm impressed with your coach Humphrey told us about his midfielders coming into this game how proud he was of them how what a good senior leadership they've shown and they did a great job tonight but as TCA is just so hard to keep down all night long well and except for the Pekka goal it's become it's come off a set pieces is that these goals haven't come in the run of play Mitchell is done just fine in the run of play it's come it's off of these set pieces in defending the set pieces where they've struggled the most with the Titans this evening then you see a good look at Peck throwing the ball in to Hoosier Hoosier unable to get a good solid clearance off but once again there's Johnny Stephens able to clear that up and create that out for this Titan group Stephens to Luke and Bill now and Luke impels looking for this through ball to ponse as he's sprinting on but number two on the outside Trujillo doing a great job the junior captain for the Marauders clearing that ball out but TCA is still hungry with six minutes left in this game trying to get another goal there you see ponts they're doing a great job of finding that ball and able to get a touch on it makes the making an easy shot and an easy save for felix justo but the the titans still trying wanting more here in the last five minutes of this ball game the Marauders would really like to counter here you know you Mitchell if they could even get a goal here just to just to show and maybe I don't know if it counts in the numbers for the RPI but if you get a goal if that helps keep you higher right now at number 25 I don't wanna say precarious but you never know what's gonna happen with everybody else it's still playing soccer I think it's enough to make you nervous for sure you never know how the rest of state is going to unfold in the in the last two nights of the season here moving forward Aaron Peck driving the ball forward going to the ground they're frustrated with that contact the Marauders doing a nice job closing out defensively on that double team and there's Peck talking to the talking to the official there's a good look at number 23 there Jackson hoosier their Center back for the Titans and that center back combination is is really good for the Titans they got between Garrett Troopa and Nathan Hoosier they just don't give up a ton of goals Luke and Bill wants to take that one back he sent it forward and the Titans just weren't ready for it yet nathan johns was down there but he wasn't ready to make a run when Luke and Bill hit it there was a good look at Felix rooster good veteran goalkeeper for the Marauders had a nice evening made some nice scrambling saves I'm fortunate to giving up four goals but put together a nice evening - she's coming on now for the Marauders it looks like number two Trujillo coming off the field there and there you see number 11 in your screen for the Marauders Jorge Sanchez he's had a really nice game cotton to deal with a ton of pressure from this fight and offense ooh nice try there by Oscar Gallardo just trying to do something and you I do like to fight in this Mitchell team though there's a there's a good look at Alex Murillo coming up the field and Mitchell has really really impressed me with the way they played tonight despite being down in this one well and you think about you know their their seeds gonna fall somewhere between 27 last year there were a 31 and you know they played - nothing - Louis Palmer last year in the first round of the playoff so they are gonna give somebody fits in that top 10 because of that skill because of that speed but here you see for the Titans troop on the ball a quick restart finding Peck on the outside and here come the Titans yet again with an attack trying to find Stevens in the middle of the field sniffed out nicely by the Marauders defensively yeah you talk about the Marauders I think Blake Galvan himself will tell you that this team is to be reckoned with you've really got to worry about them defensively and not get too impatient and the Titans did a good job with that tonight and despite it being you know a really close game early on in this one you didn't see him pushing you didn't see him they took their time and then they finally got their goal got the second goal and then here in the second half and gotten two more so there's Jay Slater on the ball winning the foul and is gonna push forward and there's the man again Garrett troop number of assists a nice shot on goal tonight it'll be interesting to see if he takes one himself or if he tries to flick it over the the defensive wall here Oh took a shot low and outside but a good hit again by my troop as he went for that outside corner and just just went outside this time we didn't we knew it wasn't wasn't a goal and to have that free kick specialist to be able to know that troop is gonna take all of those kicks and you know it must be nice for Coach Calvin there you see a good look at Luke and bill on the ball with that defensive pressure and in the final two minutes you can see neither teams quitting and I think that's a testament to where you know these two best teams in this for a metro league conference in you can see you can see why the amount of fight that these teams have and the fact that they've gone after each other and including the final two minutes here is a testament to both of these coaches and both of the programs yeah and the conference has come a long way as well it used to be all TCA but now you got you got Mitchell in there you got mesa ridge so three teams probably gonna make it into the 4a state playoffs this year from that conference and that's saying something there's Ehlert doing a nice job for from his outside back position for the Marauders to win that ball and six verse six there you see number six Kaden Luke and Bill for the Titans fouling Alex Murillo the Marauders trying to have a quick restart but there's Luke and Bill again doing a nice job of settling things down then find his playmakers later who looks for a release to the outside that Slater Stephens combination has been big all evening yeah the Titans are not going to turn the pressure off here as we get into the final minute and the Marauders trying to make a push well like you said the last goal for the Marauders if they could find any kind of success that you can just build up for for that postseason run there you see Aaron Peck gonna let that ball go wide for for a goal kick and I imagine in the final 40 seconds here this game TC is going to take their time on this restart definitely here's a good look at jack carpenter the sophomore keeper playing the second half for the Titans knocking that ball out and finding Luke and Bill again that's close I think the official was looking at maybe pulling out a card on that one but David Ramirez a little bit of frustration there well I'm probably where we are in the game in the final 15 seconds just let it go play it out knowing that the clocks winding down a really good effort this evening 40ca is there going to come away with this victory here in the final seconds for nothing over the Mitchell Marauders and it'll be interesting to see where both these two teams find themselves to the postseason play yep the Classical Academy finishes out the for a metro Lee with an eighth and Oh mark the Mitchell Marauders end of a 5 2 & 1 and that's the way it'll end and we'll wait to see where these teams end up in the state tournament and for all the crew here at 20 TV this evening we'd like to thank you for joining us and we look forward to our next broadcast tomorrow afternoon from our Academy school district 20 stadium for Pine Creek Eagles against the Liberty Liberty Lancers have a great evening you and welcome back to the classical Academy as the TCA Titans beat them Mitchell Marauders 4-0 in a Colorado Springs Metro League for a matchup this evening and four goals coming from the Titans two in each half and we're gonna get a good look here at the goals yeah yeah thank you I was pointing it out to Andy and I was like I hope they fixed that I was right either take the goal or take you might get here the feedback now mmm because he's got us open in there sometimes that happens when it's live and it really stinks yeah hey good job truck boys let's just that's cool I didn't mind talking to Trina was okay yeah and incan starts working it all goes to pot yeah what's the problem you gonna have to put it in manually for to nothing oh there we go do I need to get Cory in there with you guys do I need to get Cory in there so like people will be watching this for the first time they might just watch this so just keep that in mind okay okay we'll see what happens you and welcome back to the classical Academy as the TCA Titans beat the Mitchell Marauders 4-0 on 20 TV this evening Andy little alongside Brian German and we saw two goals each half Ryan yeah it was a great job by TCA although it took him a while to get on the board 18 minutes into the first half Garrett troupe remember the name you gonna see it a lot as you are Jonny Stevens he set up Stephens on that one in just a beautiful header and watch it from the goal came Andy something to watch as Stevens gets his head on there twists it in hits the crossbar and gets the first goal of the night then again it's true but this time he won't get the assist because Stevens header goes off the crossbar and Slater puts it home and here you see Jake Slater doing a great job right place right time goal scorer scoring goals and able to tuck that ball on the back of the net with his knee Slater's 23rd goal of the year then troupe and Stevens do it again troupe again another assist to Stevens Stevens got two goals on the night 13 and then there's the final goal of the night Aaron Peck making it forward and nothing TCA from way outside and there you see a slight defect deflection slotting that goal past Felix a juice boost oh and that's how we're gonna end this game 4-0 TCA Titans over the Mitchell Marauders both teams looking to go to the 4a state playoffs next week in an exciting citing state state bracket ahead for us and for all the d20 TV this evening we'd like to thank you for joining us and we look forward to our next broadcast tomorrow afternoon at Air Academy school district 20 stadium for the Pine Creek Eagles against the Liberty Lancers have a good evening everyone you

molly matheson christie hartford tina bamberg thailand McCullough Kate hassel Julia Anna room o Reilly hey chill Madelyn bourgeois Jessica blends and Emilie Rainey Padgett with Kristina Jensen in goal and looks like all of the seniors are pretty much gonna start this game for the Lancers day yeah seven seniors on this Liberty team there's a good shot of one of them that's the goaltender that's Kristina Jensen but seven seniors they'll all get the start and you might look at that and say hey this is a very experienced team well most of these girls especially for the Liberty team they've only been playing about a year and a half this was this is just the second season of girls field hockey at Liberty it's a it's a district 20 team will tell you more about that later but they've got girls from every school in district 20 that make up this Liberty Lancer field hockey team st.

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[Music] for [Music] la [Applause] l [Music] [Applause] la [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] for [Music] [Applause] for [Applause] ladies and Gentlemen please remain standing for the presentation of Colors by The Academy District 20 Air Force junor Roc and the national anthem performed by the Liberty chamber singers oh say can you sing the [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Pro through the night flag [Applause] [Music] the of the [Applause] free of the [Music] [Applause] thank you color guard and thank you choir for that stirring rendition of our national anthem everyone please be seated [Music] class of 2017 welcome to this wonderful very snowy afternoon thank you to all the friends and families and loved ones who are here today to help us celebrate this momentous occasion my name is Brian amston and I will be introducing the dignitaries on stage and our school administration before we begin the graduation ceremony I will begin with our Board of Education members president Mr Glenn stre vice president Mrs Tracy Johnson Treasurer Mr Larry Borland director Mrs Katherine Bullock director Mrs Linda Van Mater and our us Air Force Academy liaison Colonel Troy Harding joining us today as a special guest we have the principal of Tim rview Middle School Mr Brett Smith our dignitaries on stage today include our superintendent Dr March catell Deputy superintendent Mr Tom Gregory an assistant superintendent of administrative Services Dr Jim Smith and for our very own Liberty High School administration we have our principal Mr Alan timik assistant principal Mrs Holly meum assistant principal and athletic director Mr Michael sibl assistant principal and activities director Mr Shawn Stevens assistant principal Mrs Cindy wsel and our dean of students Mrs Angela Dua to everyone on the stage and in the audience we want to thank you for helping us celebrate today thank you hello my name is Taylor Haynes American historian Henry Brooks Adams once said a teacher affects eternity they will never know where their influence stops when I first walked to miss Dr enko's class she handed me a paintbrush this was the first of many tools my teachers gave me these tools are nearly nameless teachers give us their time knowledge and essentially a chance a chance to learn and grow into fledgeling adults while we had a terrific time cheering on our teams at basketball and football games they were grading papers when we were Hing play video games or taking a nap after a long day they were still at school helping students catch up on assignments I can't count how many times I saw my teachers still at school long after three or in the case of Miss Richie the early birds who chose to to get to school at 5: in the morning because they love their jobs and their students we appreciate all of their efforts for it is one of the big reasons why we are here waiting for our diplomas they give us the essential skills we need in order to succeed in school and in life Mr off Heidi gave us life advice on how to never go on a diet where you only eat popcorn and Miss Smith taught us to sing through every situation just keep swimming just keep swimming just keep swimming swimming swimming teaching is one of the most difficult jobs out there they put up with The Good the Bad and the Ugly they never give up on their students even when their students wanted to give up on themselves teachers give us tools and provide us the guidance to use them they are the paint brushes in our hands we don't know exactly what image will materialize before us but through their guidance we know it will somehow be beautiful the creation of our four-year painting is now coming to an end but its beauty will last forever it is a deeply personal image of our collaboration with our teachers we have used the colors of band yearbook student council Athletics and with the help of our amazing teachers we have transformed them into Canary yellows Cerulean blues and all of the other Myriad colors in the painting of life our picture will not stop growing and neither will our Longing To Learn during my time at Liberty High School I have I've had many teachers that have impacted my life in amazing ways many of you sitting here today can think of teachers that you appreciate and would like to think henceforth I would like to ask for the teachers of Liberty High School to please rise as we give you a warm welcome thank you you may be seated hello lancers and honored guests my name is Isaac Perkins as you may know before I came to Liberty High School for my junior year I was homeschooled as a homeschooler I had heard stories about this place called public school but I never experienced it for myself I'm not going to lie I was a little bit scared at first I had heard you had to wait in these rooms for an hour and a half at a time for class I had heard you only got to eat at lunchtime and that you had to ask to use the restroom I wouldn't I didn't know honestly if I would survive in this new environment but I was also excited about public school maybe now I wouldn't have to take my mom to senior prom in the living room after all when I started at Liberty I was surprised to find that my expectations were trivial what stuck out to me from day one was not the class times or the restroom policies but the people I quickly saw the true value of friendship and Community I was welcomed and loved and in return I have grown to love my fellow students I'll always remember how you taught me to Glow Crazy at the dances and I didn't always have to tuck in my shirt every single day to be accepted you gave me support on the hard days laughter on the fun ones and many Treasured Memories that will last a lifetime so I'd like to introduce the group I have come to know like family a group of driven workers who have earned their right to be here today A group I'm honored to be a part of as we step into the next chapter so Liberty High School class of 2017 please stand and be recognized thank you please be seated ladies and gentlemen it is my pleasure to introduce Liberty High School salutatorian please welcome Katherine McDonald Katie is the daughter of Aaron and Tom she obtained a 45417 grade point average during her four years at Liberty she is a member of the future Business Leaders of America National Honor Society Elite Dance Ensemble and Scarboro Fair outside of Liberty Katie spends her time dancing at a studio she will attend the University of Colorado Boulder this fall where she will major in mechanical engineering she has career aspirations to be a biomed engineer where she can develop technology that will help others Katie would like to thank her parents Mrs Williams Mr kabi Mr faelan Miss eliso and her sister Sarah for helping her be successful Katie in recog recognition of your Valiant efforts at Liberty High School I hereby award you with a salutatorian [Applause] medal ladies and gentlemen Katherine McDonald good afternoon I am truly honored to address you as the salutatorian for this class just a fair warning I am deathly afraid of public speaking usually I get nervous in front of 20 people and there are about 4,000 of you so this is pretty intense okay so to the teachers playing bingo the parents searching the crowd for the Facebook friends they invited the siblings here for support who would rather be anywhere else and of course my fellow classmates waiting patiently for all of this to be over thank you for being here and welcome to the graduation for the class of 2017 I want to start by thanking the staff at this school the teachers and counselors I've had over the years have helped me grow from an irritating freshman to a taller probably more irritating senior most of us applied to college so we got to know Mrs Scott and Mrs Briggs pretty well it was wonderful to see them light up when I told them where I applied or where I was accepted and they deserve so much credit for helping College Bound seniors get through this year I want to thank my honors and AP teachers especially Mr kabi Mr falan and miss alisio these three teachers had me for multiple years and the passion they have for the subject they teach is inspirational finally I want to thank Mrs Williams the head of Liberty's dance Department I've been dancing since I was 3 years old I was honored to be a captain this year for the Elite Dance on exle so Mrs Williams thank you for working around my busy schedule so that I could take classes attend rehearsals for elite and Scar brro fair and be on time to my studio for more class thank you for helping me grow as a technical dancer and a performer most importantly thank you for sharing your Love of Dance with all of your students and teaching us to be confident in our abilities I also want to give a shout out to two students first I can't ignore my twin sister Sarah my wombmate soon to be roommate at CU she's been by my side through every day of high school but I do regret that we never switched places I also want to talk about Molly falan and hopefully embarrass her she's sitting right there everybody stare at her she might only be 5' three but her impact on my life has been immeasurable I'm bringing her up because Molly is the hardest working person I've ever met I met her in my first day of freshman year I had five classes with her and despite her tiny size I was intimidated right away because Molly is the kind of person that gets a test back and she got a 98 out of 100 and she's devastated that she missed one question meanwhile the rest of us got 73s and we're thinking that could have gone worse we've been close friends throughout high school so Molly thank you for pushing me every day to be a better student and a better friend and we need to finish the Hobbit lastly I want to thank my amazing group of nerds high school was often challenging but once I found you my life became easier you helped me be comfortable with who I am and I'm so grateful to have spent these last four years with you guys by my side I finished by sharing some original words of wisdom but that's Isaac's job so congratulations class of 2017 and good luck thank you [Music] I'm going to make a change for once in my life going to feel real good going to make a difference going to make it [Music] right as I turn up the my favorite winter the wind is blowing my mind see the kids in the street not enough to eat who am I to a summer disregard a broken bottle top and a one man Soul they follow each other on the way you know cuz they got nowhere to go that's why I want you to [Music] know change his [Music] I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love it's time that I [Music] realize too could it be really me pretending that they not alone oh Willow deeply scar somebody broken heart and a washed out dream they follow the pattern of the wind you see cuz they got no place to be that's why I'm starting [Music] withing change his way message [Music] [Applause] man in the asking to change his way message could have if you want to make the world better take look at got get it close it make a change make a [Music] [Applause] change you got make it all you got [Music] to you got to make the change [Music] [Applause] a long-standing tradition graduation Tradition at Liberty High School is a selection of the commencement speaker the keynote the selection is a competitive one and from the many who try out only one can be selected for this honor this year is no exception the committee made up of seniors and teachers chose a gentleman who has an inspiring message to share with all of you today ladies and Gentlemen please welcome Isaac Perkins before Isaac gives his address I'd like to tell you a little bit about him Isaac is the proud son of sha and tiffen he has been at Liberty High School for the past two years during his tenure he was involved in soccer and track last year and spent this year as a National Honor Society president student council treasure and participated in Scarboro fair outside of school Isaac is actively involved in his church youth groups including facilitating a number of Bible studies his favorite class was AP Physics because he got to see how things work the class trip to the Kennedy Space Center helped him cement his future Ambitions of being an engineer in just a few short weeks Isaac will call the Air Force Academy home with his recent appointment in the future he would like to use the skills he will learn from his training in the academy to lead others Isaac would like to thank his parents and siblings for all of their love and support Isaac you have a bright future ahead of you and we're all very proud of you of your accomplishments thus far congratulations ladies and gentlemen your commencement speaker Isaac Perkins [Applause] well I'm back again I'd like to thank everyone for being here today I'm truly honored to stand before such a distinguished audience made up of our superintendent of schools Dr hatchel the members of The Academy School District 20 school board our principal Mr Tim our parents The Faculty of Liberty High School our other honored guests and most importantly the graduating class of 2017 class of 2017 as you already know this is a special moment it's a moment to reflect on our path to this point and anticipate our potential for the future now whether you've lived in District the entire time or transferred in at some point as I did Liberty has been an excellent home and training ground for each and every one of us and now we walk out to share what we have learned with the world but it's not a simple task the emotion the hard work the trials and subsequent victories which we have faced have shaped Us in ways which cannot be put to words you may ask if it's even possible to encapsulate the countless memories made in Liberty's Halls these last four years in any amount of time and you may fear you cannot share the wisdom you gained from your teachers families and mentors with someone who wasn't there to see it personally I wouldn't know where to begin thanks to my teachers I could tell you that Force equals mass time acceleration I could evaluate an integral recite the periodic table of the elements I could discuss the necessary parts of a well-written essay or explain the Bill of Rights from what I learned from you I could explain what the beginning and end of each semester felt like tell you about my first day as a Lancer or talk about my experience pleading for points at the end of a semester when I was half a percent away and I know we've all been there but none of it would attempts to uncover the fullness of our collective experience there's not enough time in the day let let alone in a moment as short as this one to count all of our stories or share even a fraction of our Cherished Memories but class of 2017 the good news is that in the end it doesn't matter if we can articulate our experience or share our Collective wisdom because we don't need to right now in this moment all the knowledge and memories are here with us they're represented in you my fellow students and dear friends we are beautifully complex beings and each moment each infantes variable of what we experience becomes part of us I need to only look across the crowd and I can immediately see each conversation when you thought I was a substitute teacher I see each test each light night of studying and each lunch we spent laughing together about goodness knows what that's all there in the faces I see from row to row right now we the class of 2017 are the evidence of the dedic ation and long hours of preparation that have brought us here today we are a class of academically excellent collectively caring and very powerful people each of us now has a place to stand and we need only be bold in who we are confident in what we can do and the world will know where we came from so class of 2017 as each moment passes by and becomes a part of you embrace it as we leave this moment and walk into the next display where you came from with pride in your actions and Words Be movers and shakers be Risk Takers be game changers be difference makers and meet the moment with everything that you are thank [Applause] you for a little while ago I had the tremendous pleasure of interviewing our distinguished superintendent Dr Mark hatchel golf King graduation speaker Pro and of course snow day decision maker he has been there for us all for through it all and I'm happy to be recognizing him on this very special day to him his perfect date with his wife would be an action thriller movie and Kentucky Fried Chicken because nothing says romance like the sweet smell of Colonel Sanders Dr hatchel is married to the lovely Dr Kathy hatchel who he refers to as the real doctor they have five children one in college and two sets of twins in high school his twin daughters play for Liberty High School's girls field hockey team Dr Hatchell has been part of Liberty High School and District 20 for the past 10 years he graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in business and made his way to the University of Colorado where he earned his doctoral degree in 1989 he has accomplished many amazing things over the years including growing a cool afro while in high school and climbing a number of 14ers he understands how amazing it feels to be sitting here today but also understands all the special moments we hope to never forget once we graduate we will venture out into unmarked territories Dr hatchel backpacked across Europe his senior year and learned that though people are different they are alike too maybe this is something we can take with us though we will never forget the people we have met and grown to love it's great to be optimistic because there will be amazing people wherever we go he believes that the best time of year is graduation because it is a benchmark he's happy to know that all of the skills and knowledge we have been given will help us be successful UC ful in the world Beyond would everyone please help me in welcoming Academy stool District 20's superintendent of the Year Dr Mark hatchel that was so good thank you very much thank you for that very kind introduction I I really appreciate it let me first say on behalf of my bosses the academy 20 Board of Education congratulations to the class of 2017 and I want to personally thank Troy Andrews who has been on my student advisory committee for the past two years now it's amazing how time flies by I was there four years ago when you were clapped in on your first day of school at Liberty I remember seeing Ben Johnson that day and he pretended like he didn't know me I can't believe how fast time goes by it's just 4 years later now you're graduating now these are exciting times that we live in but also times of great change and I always have to smile to myself when I hear a student say the struggle is real whether it's having to get up at school for school at 7:45 a.m.

e e e good morning we were just told there is an accident at the north gate and that is delayed entry by some of our seniors and families so we're going to delay the start of the program by 10 minutes so at 10:10 we will begin so 1010 thank you un ra e e e not e e e friend is [Music] than [Music] for [Music] am [Music] e [Music] all [Music] like e spe e my yeah you got it I'll give it back for what call tra [Music] okay [Music] y [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] la [Applause] [Music] w [Music] than yeah [Music] w [Applause] ladies and Gentlemen please stay standing for the presentation of the Colors by Cadet senior master sergeant allora bracie and the singing of the national anthem by graduating senior Sam Huntington oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we H at the Twilight last ging whose broad stripes and bright stars through the per of spite or the ramp parts we watched were so gly streaming and the rocket R glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh s that star spangled man at [Music] w or the land of the [Applause] fre and the home of the oh Brave [Music] [Applause] outstanding job Sam you may be seated it is now my pleasure to present student body president Sydney [Applause] pabello good morning and welcome to the Air Academy High School's class of 2017 graduation [Applause] ceremony I'd like to personally thank all Administration staff families friends and my mom Eileen for being here today for those of you who don't know me my name is Sydney pabello and we went to high school together seniors it has been a long hard road to to this day the world we live in is plagued with so many dangers zika virus terrorism social media trends facial acne but despite all the odds here we are on our graduation day on August 15th 2016 we all became infected with a viral and terrible disease some of us experienced stage one of this disease during our junior year the strength they showed will live on forever as an inspiration to us all what is this devastating disease you ask senior rtis for all the younger kids in the audience believe me when I say it will hit you harder than ever in your last two weeks for all the adults in the audience you know this to be true don't lie to yourselves looking at you dad I had to give both my parents a quick shout out I'll be 18 in about a week so they can legally kick me out of the house house but seriously we really are a one-of-a-kind class just look at everything we've survived over our short 18 years in the words of William Shakespeare and the great Channing Tatum some are born great some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them and we all had greatness thrust upon us as soon as we walked through the front doors of Air Academy four years ago I cannot thank our teachers enough for the constant support they gave us however I think we were a little genetically predisposed to be great we are the last senior class to be born in the 1900s we have survived the end of the world not once but twice once in 1999 with Y2K and then again in 2012 when the Mayan calendar ended and the world went crazy in fact they even made a movie about that one while we may be more genetically talented than future senior classes we cannot always count on being born great or having greatness thrust upon us we must always choose to achieve greatness in everything we do I think the best representation of us is our class of 2017 Facebook page to put it nicely I've never seen a more passionate group of people in my life I think we've spent more time planning a senior skip day than actually skipping not to mention our very poorly constructed senior prank although it was hard to agree on anything I think that shows the true character of our class we will never be afraid to speak our minds we will never back down in the face of adversity and we will always consider every single option before making our final decision truly the world isn't ready for the mean green class of 2017 I am immensely excited to see how we change the world it has been an honor to serve as your student body president and I wish you all the best in whatever you choose to do congratulations class of 2017 we did it thank you Sydney it is my honor now to introduce the dignitaries that are joining us on stage first of all my administrative team team Mr soon toe Dr Mark walstrom Mr sha [Applause] witson Dr Jim Smith Deputy where's Dr Smith Deputy super or ad assistant superintendent for administrative Services Deputy superintendent and Chief Financial Officer Mr Tom Gregory the Board of Education Colonel Troy Harding usafa liaison Mrs Linda Van Mater director Mrs Katherine bulock director Mr Larry Borland treasurer [Applause] Mrs Tracy Johnson vice president and our board president Mr Glenn stre and finally it is my great honor to introduce our next speaker superintendent of Academy School District 20 Dr Mark hatchel thank you very much it is very exciting to be at Academy's graduation excuse me I gra u i student taught here I think it's about 35 years ago so it's always great to be at Air Academy this morning I was at my breakfast table and and I was starting to write my speech and I was talking to my daughter Riley and I said Riley I said what should I talk about and she said well perhaps you should talk about the importance of planning ahead let me first say on behalf of my bosses the academy 20 Board of Education congratulations to the class of 2017 I want to I want to personally thank Andrew buer who has been on my student advisory committee for the last two years you know it's amazing how fast time flies it seems like just yesterday I was watching Mitchell Shaw played 13u Club baseball his hair was big hair and I think the bat was almost bigger than him now he's all grown up ready to go to college it is amazing how fast time flies by now these are exciting times but also times of great change and I always smile to myself when I hear student say the struggle is real whether it's having to be at school at 7:45 a.m.

e [Music] check one [Music] for [Music] Hall [Music] la [Music] e [Music] for [Music] e e you e e e [Music] n [Music] for [Music] e [Music] w [Music] [Applause] ladies and Gentlemen please remain standing for the presentation of the colors Gentlemen please remove your caps in preparation for the singing of our national anthem the national anthem Will Be Sung today by Pine Creek senior Joseph Bernard bre oh say can you see by the dawn early light what so proudly we ha at the Twilight last gleaming who Brad stripes and bright stars through the perous fight or the ramp parts we watch were so gallantly streamy and the rocket red glare the bombs buring in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave or the land of the free and the home of the brain [Applause] you may be seated thank you members of the Pine Creek High School Air Force junor Roc under the leadership of Master Sergeant Easley and master sergeant rush for their presentation of the colors today it's my pleasure to announce that today's ceremony will be recorded by D20 TV and placed on the district website in its entirety the link to this website will be available on the Academy school district website I'd like to thank the Air Force Academy for providing us access to this wonderful facility we appreciate having the opportunity to be here today good afternoon I'm Colette back principal of Pine Creek High School members of the board Dr hatchel honored guests fellow staff members parents family friends and most importantly the members of the class of 2017 welcome to the 18th commencement ceremony for Pine Creek High School a sincere thank you to the members of the Pine Creek Band who have volunteered to play in the graduation band today the band is directed by Mrs Kate [Applause] margrave thank you Joseph Bernard as well as the Nuance choir under the direction of Mr Dan jebson and Mrs Heidi Lopez for their performances today today we're celebrating the achievements of 360 Unique Individuals who make up the Pine Creek High School class of 2017 it has been my honor and pleasure to work alongside these special young people serving in my fifth year as principal many of you are proudly wearing academic regalia signifying your high High School academic achievements the highest honor bestowed on a graduate is recognition for excellence in academics in the class of 201 2017 141 seniors will graduate with academic honor or distinction today definitely a round of applause their academic success is significant on behalf of the Pine Creek High School staff we offer you and your parents sincere congratulations those students wearing a blue green and white academic chord please stand this group of students has earned a 3.75 to a 3.99 GPA and are designated as honor graduates please join me and congratulating them for their academic accomplishments you may be seated based on class rank the top 25% of the class are recognized as graduating with distinction and are wearing medallions to signify their High academic achievements with those members of the class of 2017 wearing an academic metal with a blue green or white ribbon please stand and remain standing for a moment students wearing a medallion with a white ribbon are graduating with the designation of kumlade having earned a grade point average of 4.0 to 4.14 students wearing a medallion with a green ribbon are grad Ting with the designation of Magna kumlade having earned a grade point average of 4.15 to 4.36 students wearing a medallion with a blue ribbon are graduating with the designation Suma kumlade having earned a grade point average of 4.37 to 4.84 please join me in recognizing all of the Pine Creek seniors graduating with distinction you may be seated this class is scholarly indeed we have seven seniors who have earned straight A for all eight semesters of high school will you please stand and be recognized Additionally you may be seated thank you additionally we would like to honor those seniors who per persevered despite senioritis kicking in sometime in early September and who have earned straight A both semesters of of their senior year would those of you wearing a red cord please stand to be [Applause] recognized thank you you may be seated student council members are wearing sashes today Representatives will you please stand thank you for your dedication and service to Pine Creek High School some of you are wearing a special red white and blue cord signifying that your parent has been deployed military during your high school career please stand so that we can honor you and your family for your sacrifices and service to our country thank you you may be Bes seated Flight of the eagle recipients would you please stand the Flight of the eagle recognition is exclusive to Pine high school and was established to recognize no more than 10% of the graduating class who have achieved in multiple areas of criteria this group of seniors have demonstrated achievement and commitment in a broad range of Endeavors students are academically successful earning above a 3.5 grade point average they were nominated by more than five departments which include curricular departments individual athletic teams and activity programs at Pine Creek all of these students continuously exhibit characteristics of Integrity positive attitude leadership responsibility care and concern for others and the ability to achieve above and beyond simply stated Pine Creek High School is a better place because of each one of these students please join me in recognizing these students for being honored with this prestigious award thank you you may be seated finally as the principal of this very impressive high school I have to boast just a little bit in your program you will find a list of Honor chords in their corresponding honor societies would all seniors wearing a cord metal or pin today please stand you are why Pine Creek is a terrific high school thank you for your contributions and the impact that each of you has made on our school you may be seated I'd like to now introduce the dignitaries assembled here to honor the class of 2017 would you please stand to be recognized as I read your name I first want to thank the members of the Pine Creek High School staff assembled today is the finest High School staff a community could wish for they are dedicated passionate and caring would the staff of Pine Creek High School please stand to be recognized thank you among this dignified group is this year's teacher of the year from the social excuse me from the social studies Department Mrs Lisa mcon would you please stand Mrs mcone our classified staff member of the year and part of the guided study hall team Mr Nathan free and finally our team of the Year from the severe needs special education department Lindsay Kenny Nessa Peterson Sharon Mason Cassidy Bradley Becca Moore Jessica Heights Jessica Herman and Britney Johnson thank you finally I'd like to recognize a staff member retiring graduating if you will with the class of 2017 Mrs Shelley Lockwood would you please stand who is retiring after 31 years in education thank you you for your years of service and education into Pine Creek High School we will miss you joining me on stage from our school leadership team Mrs Leva craft assistant principal for the class of 2017 Mr Matt Mayhan assistant principal Mr Jim Lucas assistant principal and Mr Eric Hulen assistant principal and athletic director student leaners and honored students Ben Bannister executive student council president Noah Martin senior class president Anna bordon our student speaker today Justin deer Honor Graduate and salutatorian and Amy Wang Honor Graduate and our valadi dictorian from our District 20 leadership who continuously work to provide the finest opportunities for the students and families of the academy School District I am pleased to introduce Dr Jim Smith assistant superintendent for administrative Services Mr Tom Gregory Deputy superintendent and Dr Mark Hatchell superintendent and from our school board who due to their work and dedication to our community The Academy school district is the finest School District in the state and a place where all students are equipped with the knowledge skills and character essential to to be a responsible citizen of our community our nation and our world Mr Glenn stre president Mrs Tracy Johnson vice president Mr Larry Borland Treasurer Mrs Linda V Mater director Mrs Katherine bulock director and Colonel Troy [Applause] Harding there is a Japanese proverb that says better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher by the time a student graduates high school they will have spent about 10 thousand hours at school being instructed by nearly 50 teachers that is why almost everyone has a story about a teacher who has touched his or her life just like so many politicians artists astronauts entrepreneurs and surgeons we are who we are today in part because of a great teacher Pine Creek Educators devote their lives to giving their students the tools to succeed and Inspire them to do it it is you who listen to students who challenge them and who encourage them to stand for up stand up for their values you teach our future lawyers and politicians the importance of the Constitution show the next Justin Timberlake how to sing and Captivate an audience Inspire the next Bill Gates to develop and start a company and demonstrate the scientific method to the bright young student who will cure cancer thank you for believing in us when we did not believe in ourselves thank you for pushing us to Higher Ground when we could not reach it thank you [Applause] teachers I am very proud to introduce Pine Creek's top seniors at this time validator and the salutatorian are those students ranked number one and number two in the class impressive will be an understatement Justin deer Justin deer is our saluted Oran in attendance with Justin today his parents Gary deer and Trina balock grandparents Patricia deer and John and Patricia Mayhill and many extended family members will you all please stand to be recognized where's your family Justin is gradu graduating today with a 4.79 grade point average he has earned straight A for all eight semesters of high school and his graduating today with Suma kumlade distinction he is the first Pine Creek student to received a a perfect score of 36 on the ACT he is the first student at Pine Creek to earn a five on nine different advanced placement exams he is a national AP scholar a National Merit and veter finalist he was recognized as a Gazette best and brightest for the class of 2017 he's been a member of the marching symphonic and jazz bands as well as a leader of the Pine Creek Jazz combo he plays the saxophone and the clarinet he is co-president of the National Honor Society and Justin has completed two doctorate level math courses Justin is planning to attend Stanford University and he aspires to become an entrepreneur and to use his skills to start a business that will affect the world World in a major way Justin has already published two apps available at the various app stores he currently has more than 30,000 downloads of his apps it certainly appears that Justin is well on his way to becoming an accomplished entrepreneur congratulations Justin deer salutatorian of Pine Creek class of congratulations valid torian Amy Wang in attendance with Amy today her parents Shu dong Wang and Xiao Ching Chu and her sister angel will you all please stand to be recognized Amy is graduating today with a 4.84 grade point average we do believe this is the highest grade average ever earned by a student in the Academy school district she has earned Straight A's for all seme all eight semesters of high school and is graduating today with Suma kumlade distinction Amy is an AP scholar with distinction a National Merit finalist and received the Colorado math award which honors her as a top 10 math student in the state of Colorado she was recognized as a Gazette best and brightest for the class of 200 17 she is the president of moo Alpha Theta the co-president of the National Honor Society a member of the Key Club and the knowledgeable team she volunteers at Memorial Hospital and for various other organizations through the National Honor Society she is a member of the women's tennis team and was recently named a regional Champion she went on to the state competition where she placed sixth amyia plans to attend the California Institute of Technology to study chemical engineering she plans to become a chemical engineer involved in medicine and environmental materials Sciences she is the recipient of the Northrup grundman engineering scholarship congratulations Amy Wing valid torian of the pine Creeks class of 2017 the student address today will be given by a senior selected through a trial process she is wise Beyond her years has a kindness about her that is a rarity and she exemplifies perseverance hope and Grace in all that she is and all that she does I am pleased and so proud to introduce to you the class of 2017 student speaker Miss Anna [Applause] bordon you know what we don't tell people enough it's that you're awesome so hey guess what you're awesome and here's why oh you're awesome and here's why in every repetition of day toight we are momentarily trapped in Choice the first choice is to view this life simply as Sun up sun down day one day 300 65 where there is absolute light and absolute dark but no variation in relation to what lies between those two entities no grayscale of Heart of mind or of sight we're inadvertently reverence to everything comfortable tangible and ordinary renders us useless where there is no fear but also no hope this is where indifference is housed where if not careful pain and doubt will starve Mock and Scorn annihilating our Ambitions holding captive our steps yet simultaneously if we choose to look just close enough somewhere between the touch of bare feet to morning's floor and the Shadows setting sideways sinking and then gone our eyes to snowcap mountains ears to human hearts and hands among the greatest boundaries of our most profound questions and our deepest scars and so we learn to ask when most afraid love but not with greed or out of spite and search not for answers but for moments motives and small things done right so stands a house among a few an entire world and then you perspective option two students staff moms and dads grandparents siblings you're awesome simply because you wake up each morning with the capacity to think feel and choose to run or to stay to hide or to pursue to explore a thought that is Invincible uncontainable to acknowledge that your action or lack of is infinite for time in all its Elegance presses Humanity to take this life with an expression of zeal curiosity and worth regardless of Torment Temptations and trials because quite frankly we all have those but we also have Smiles so here's to every peer friend parent teacher grandparent coach sister brother and Mentor who inspired us pushed us rallied us to believe that our biggest dreams were not big enough that our boldest passions must not be held close but rather chased after and heares to the sidelines of why even try because it was here here where our self- bounded limitations and frustrations surrendered to the Hope in an Embrace or affirmation that we would have never allowed ourselves to accept before so class of 2017 not now but in a second please join me in giving the loudest appreciation to every single person in these chairs and in these stands who pushed us taught us pursued us challenged us and told us who we are when we had lost sight of ourselves [Applause] lastly may we continue to cultivate the purest courage from the people places convictions and passions that have set fires in our hearts and have given us the strength to keep going no matter what for if we believe that that is enough and that we are enough than cheers to being awesome aome congratulations graduates these days you have a front row seat prepare to be amazed thank [Applause] you thank you Anna will you please welcome new ants at this time they will be singing Walking on Sunshine [Music] I used to think baby you love me now baby I'm sure [Music] I just can't wait till the day you knock [Music] on [Music] now I just can't wait till the day when around I'm walking on sunsh W I'm walking on sunsh I'm walking on sunsh don't it feel good all right now it feel [Music] good and I just want to spend my life W for [Music] I I said baby I just want you back and I want you I'm walking on I'm Walking on Sunshine wo I'm Walking on Sunshine don't [Music] feel feel love [Music] feel sunsh I'm walking on sunsh I'm walking on sunsh feel good right now feel all right feel all right feel [Applause] Thank you new on I'm pleased to introduce Dr M Dr Mark hatchel he began his duties as superintendent of the Academy school district in July of 2007 he graduated from Colorado State University where he earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration he earned his master's degree from CSU and completed his doctoral studies at the University of Colorado Dr started his public education career as a student teacher at Air Academy High School he taught and coached baseball and basketball at Thorton High School in the Denver area and has served as a dean of students an assistant principal a principal an executive director of curriculum and instruction an assistant superintendent and now superintendent Dr hatchel and his wife Kathy have five children who attend Academy School District 20 schools his oldest is now attending the University of Colorado and His Four youngest students are at Pine Creek and I'm sure that's just one of the reasons that Pine Creek is his favorite high school please join me in welcoming an enthusiastic supporter of Pine Creek High School Dr Mark [Applause] hatchel thank you Miss back for that kind introduction I appreciate it over winter break I went to the Chapel Hills Mall to see the movie Star Wars we were waiting in line and my daughter Riley who goes to school here saw some friends of hers from this school and she leaned forward and I heard her say and that's my mom with the popcorn she's the real Doctor let me first say on behalf of my bosses the academy 20 Board of Education congratulations to the class of 2017 and I want to personally thank Sarah kamash who has been on my student advisory committee for the past two years thank you Sarah it's amazing how fast time goes by it seems like just yesterday that Matt fulkers was running around my church and he came up to maybe my shoulders now 10 years later I may become up to his shoulder it is amazing how fast time goes by now these are exciting times we live in but also times of great change and I always smile when I hear a student say to me the struggle is real whether it's having to be at school at 7:45 a.m.

e e e for [Music] for e [Music] welcome to the 2017 commencement celebration for aspid Valley High School my name is rubiana montio and my name is Matthew Donner please stand remove your hats and join us in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge algian to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all please be seated thank you would like to introduce Mr George Stone principal of Aspen Valley High School so there's an inside joke to the seated thing um we tried to practice synchronized sitting during our rehearsal the other day and getting 21 seniors to all sit at exactly the same time is a challenge at any rate it's my pleasure to welcome you all to Aspen Valley High School's 2017 commencement congratulations to you our seniors I would like to open our ceremony today with a story that I believe best characterizes you our graduating class of 20 17 one day a farmer's horse fell down a well the animal cried piously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do finally he decided the animal was old he really needed to cover the well anyway and it just wasn't worth retrieving the horse so he invited all his neighbors to come over and help him and they all grabbed a shovel and they all began shoveling dirt into the well at first the horse realized what was happening and cried horribly he was being buried and then to everyone's amazement he quieted down a few shovel loads later the farmer was curious as why there was no more sound and he finally looked down the well and he was astonished at what he saw with every shovel of dirt that hit its back the horse was doing something amazing he' just shake it off and take a step up as the farmers neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal he continued to shake it off and continued to take a step up pretty soon everyone was amazed when the horse just stepped over the edge of the well and trotted off you guys have all had your share of dirt shoveled on you over the years part of the reason that you're here today is that you learned the same trick that the horse knew the trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up for each of you all of those steps up have led to this moment I want to say thank you we're proud of what you are making of yourselves and we are grateful for what you have contributed to Aspen Valley during your time here joining us today in support of our graduates are the District 20 Board of Education represent Representatives from The District 20 Administration and the staff of Aspen Valley High School finally I want to recognize the people without whom none of us would be here would the parents and Guardians and loved ones of our seniors please stand we thank you for the gift of your children and now I want to introduce the wonderful staff of Aspen Valley High School please please hold your applause until the entire staff has been introduced staff please stand as I introduce you Mr Ryan Bailey science stuco and PE Mrs Lisa Beano mathematics and programming Mrs Kylie caraveo language arts Mrs Heather Chavez science Mrs Kelly Daniel foreign language and business Mrs Kathy deeron our school social worker Mrs Kathy Eis beers our school psychologist Mr Eugene fiser social studies I'm really happy to be able to say Mama Joe is here Mama Joe where you at there she is Mr Doug Fritz Mrs Suzanne geislinger our school secretary and counselor secretary she's not here today because she's marrying off her daughter Mr Peter Hamlin language Ang arts and social studies Mr Craig L mathematics Miss Chris mang social studies and language arts Mara meniki who has been standing in as our registar where you at Mara Miss Courtney Morrison our counselor tamarah Padilla our librarian Diane feifer our bookkeeper Mr Jeff Pitman all things technology Mr Gary seavor our counselor Jenny Stevenson language arts drama and literacy Karen waserman sped RTI tag art photography yearbook stuff um a lot of stuff um I noticed that I have a couple other people I want to recognize Miss Aspen SMI Smith our instructional math Pera and Mr Randy Thomas who runs the middle school for me uh did Nicole make it all right and finally I want to introduce my wife Shauna and my mom who has been to every single one of our graduation ceremonies except for one since I became principal she flies out from Wisconsin every year thanks Mom for coming out you can be seated staff thank you um students you know it's pretty special when you got this many people backing you up it's my pleasure now to introduce Dr Mark hatchel superintendent of Academy School District 20 Dr hatchel began his career as in education 30 years ago as a student teacher at Air Academy High School he graduated from CSU in 1982 where he earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and he earned his master's degree from CSU in 1985 Dr hatchel did his doctoral studies at the University of Colorado and earned his doctor degree in 1989 um we are truly fortunate to have a superintendent who so steadfastly supports alternative education in this District I want to introduce to you Dr Mark hatchel let me first say on behalf of my bosses the academy 20 Board of Education congratulations to the class of 2017 I also want to personally thank Leo Walters who's been on my student advisory committee for the last two years today is a special event a passage in a person's life you've been Trailblazers you've not taken the traditional route you've gone your own way and you've reached the end of your Academy District 20 time we are proud of you and we wish each and every one of you the very best for your future I've had many opportunities this year to go to Aspen Valley this year including yesterday when I went there and like no one was there because you were here doing your practice and I can't tell you how impressed I've been with your school and this senior class in particular great job a class of 2017 you've accomplished a lot but before you leave us I want to ask you to do three things number one thank your family for all they've done for you number two when you get a chance thank your teachers and number three we ask that please during this end of the year school celebration season be safe and make wise decisions it's now my honor to introduce the Academy School District 20 Board of Education our president Mr Glenn stre vice president miss CAC [Applause] Johnson treasure Mr Larry [Applause] Borland director Miss Linda Van Mater director Miss Katherine Bullock Air Force Academy liazon Colonel Troy Harding also from Central Administration Deputy superintendent Mr Tom Gregory and assistant superintendant former teacher at this school Dr Jim Smith it is now my pleasure to once again introduce Miss Linda Van Mater she is the Aspen Valley board liaison Miss Van Mater grew up in Illinois the land of humidity she she graduated as co- valedictorian from D Institute of Technology she obtained a master's degree in computer information systems from the University of Denver she was then a pioneer as one of the first women to work as a programmer then systems analyst then project manager at uswest Miss Van Mater and her husband have three children all Academy 20 graduates she's an Avid Reader and actively involved in her church her hobbies include Golf and music and she sings in a local band called Cornerstone Miss fan Mater thank you we'll fix this there we go is that better good morning Aspen Valley class of 2017 you made it and I am honored to celebrate with you each of you has taken a unique journey to this place but today we celebrate your arrival together I spend some time recently at Aspen Valley with Abby Leah Alysa and Elena to learn a little bit about this class and what has contributed to your success I want to thank these young women for taking time out to talk with me they did their best to represent all of you and I hope you will agree they did it well and uh boy did I learn a lot just kidding it was all good um we talked mostly about your teachers Mr Bailey's jokes and and his legendary singing Miss Caro's passion and Miss be and her bungee jumping Barbies and speaking of interesting things that have happened at Aspen Valley when I asked These Fine students what they would remember most about their High School experience they mentioned getting hit in the head with an orange fainting in Mr Bailey's forensic science class and getting a black eye the second week of school Mr Stone if I were you I would avoid Dr hatchel for the next few days but in addition to those rather interesting memories these students agreed they would remember Aspen Valley as a big family A place they can always call home their advice for next year's freshman never take Aspen Valley for granted one student said Aspen taught her family isn't always people who are related to you another said Aspen saves lives literally wow the thing that stood out to me was how the conversation kept returning to the impact your teachers have made in all your lives these young ladies were quick to say that every teacher at Aspen Valley really connects with at least one student that they bring in their experiences from larger schools and customize their teaching creating unique fun ways to learn that they really care one of you said teachers here know they have a chance to make a difference and it's obvious to me they do not take that opportunity for granted so now class of 2017 as you prepare to leave the security of your home at Aspen Valley high school and enter a new world of opportunity and all it offers I hope you will take with you the lessons your teachers worked so hard to instill in you no I'm not talking about math science English or social studies although it would be nice if you remember most of that I'm talking about how to change the world years before you were born in 1993 back in the Dark Ages Charles Barkley now a well-known NBA analyst was at the height of his career as a basketball star in an effort to demonstrate his singular dedication to the game Sir Charles proudly proclaimed in Nike advertisement I am not a role model those of us of a certain age may remember the Firestorm of criticism prompted by that statement and the vigorous debate it sparked about the moral obligations of athletes and celebrities unfortunately there are still many people today who believe they have no responsibility to be a role model unless they choose it but I believe they're wrong we are all role models of some sort none of us really has a choice in the matter so I ask as you prepare to leave here today not will you be a role model but what kind of role model will you be some of you may be thinking if I'm not rich or famous how can I change the world well contrary to popular opinion you do not need a platform a microphone or an a position with an impressive title to do it you do not need to be trending on social media Media or have a huge number of likes or retweets to make an impact you simply need to decide what kind of role model you want to be and live it according to author and Speaker John Maxwell it is simpler than you think he said when you intentionally use your everyday life to bring about positive changes in the lives of others you begin to live a life that matters sounds a bit like what your teachers have done for you doesn't it when you leave here today what kind of life will you choose to live will you spread joy and warmth will you use your education to teach others will you help those who haven't had the opportunities you've had will you reach out to people and get involved show them you care show them they're special like your teachers did for you maybe even Save a Life in other words what kind of role model will you be me the choice is up to you but I have every confidence you will choose well because Aspen Valley has changed you and that will lead you to change the world for someone else congratulations class of 2017 best wishes God bless you [Applause] thank you Mrs Van Mater um at each graduation members of the senior class are asked if any of them wish to speak this year we had a bumper crop and some very talented speakers and very talented writers so I'm excited to introduce them to you first I would like to introduce miss Cameron Eaton not gonna make fun of you oh you guys can hear me I forgot that so you get this weird feeling when you're about to graduate like this place isn't as bad as you thought it was maybe it's because of the unknown that happens right after we get hold of these diplomas today or the fact that who we are right now is not who we're going to be forever it's a not knowing what happens next in this sequel we call life like is Miss Pace still going to force us to promise her we'll be safe this weekend while containing uncomfortable good eye contact is Mr Stone still going to wear these God afo sweaters that have scarred our eyes for years who am I kidding he'll never retire those but we're all so desperate to read what happens next that I feel like we've almost missed what's happening right now I'm not going to lie I'm scared what's behind those doors after today that I've almost forgotten to enjoy this moment that's why I decided to write this speech granted I wrote it a week before graduation but I say I procrastinated the old Aspen Valley Way one last time senior year has been less than enjoyable for me I've made choices that have isolated me I stopped enjoying the moment and I so badly wanted to rush life so as I stand in front of everyone today I want to address the fact that I did not do high school right Aspen I'm sorry for the feelings I've hurt the drama I might have been a part of or even if I just left a bitter taste in your mouth I'm not perfect but learn from my mistakes don't let the fear of being different keep you from being you don't get so caught up in what others have to say about you don't lose moments you can't get back high schools I was going to say great in my speech but it's okay and you can find amazing people if you're willing to take down your judgment for example many of you might remember Macy Welch if you attended ask last year she was a senior that was repeating her second year because she simply didn't have enough graduation credits I immediately judged Macy as a druggy or stupid but she was none of these things she was kind and she was funny and she taught me to see the humor when life knocks you down Aspen is a great school and you're lucky if you get to be a part of it if you were like me neglected to see that it's most likely because you had the wrong attitude and while you're sitting there not changing anything you're missing out on moments that you can't get back seniors our future should be bright but like our brief four years in high school what makes a moment valuable is that they don't last forever so don't waste at Living someone else's life make yours count for something fight for what makes you you even if it's the unpopular decision it's easy on days like these to feel high on life but there are still still days to come that are dark and we feel lost just remember this on days like those that you are greater than the things you suffer with look around you these are the people who have helped us all get here to S um succeed or hold up celebrate that's what a normal human would have said they've helped us celebrate to get here so thank them I know it feels like we're saying goodbye but we will carry a piece of each other wherever we go if you like it or not and this would not be a graduation speech if I didn't end it with some cheesy quote that we all know so like Jim Ron once said be strong but not rude be kind but not weak be bold but not bully be humble but not timid and be proud but not arrogant thank you and now I would like to invite my fellow senior Sarah K to share her thoughts with us [Applause] okay um so to start I'm not gonna I'm just going to warn you here I might burst into tears so just bear with me it was the first day of school my freshman year I was sitting in the car on the way shaking I was even whiter than my usual bleach color I was visibly Terri ified Imagining the worst possible scenarios like a crowd of angry teens were just going to trample me because everyone hates freshman um to quote a great woman my older sister change good or good or bad can be scary as we go through this change graduating some of us are going to college others getting jobs moving out trying so hard to adult we all this little girl or gender neutal youth sorry trying to be politically correct sitting in the backseat crying and shaking praying we all make it out alive but we will because in case you haven't heard us Aspen kids have quite the reputation of being tough and we can make it out of anything at Aspen I had many experiences that shaped me I was a part of an all girl stuco my junior year that taught me that the amount of effort you put into something is exactly what you get out of it I was a mentor to two freshmen where I got to see two young boys learn the ropes of Aspen and also find themselves I've been here for four years so I won't go on and on but there were many more experiences with many other people that have changed me greatly I have so many people in my life that I have to thank and I know we're doing the thank yous but I still had to give them a shout out in my speech my older sister who mentored me through my entire freshman year my best friend Abby Dennis who's graduating with me here today uh for being by my side and going through this journey with me um my friend Brooke Milner for helping me with my faith and staying true to myself this year my parents for supporting me and loving me through my craziness and my awful phases and my teachers for understanding me and oftentimes being my second parents without all these experiences and people I wouldn't be who I am today and I know that even in the next four years i' when I've gone through a whole new set of changes I'll hold on to these experiences near and dear to me I'm going to miss my Aspen Valley family with all my heart thank you [Applause] and now I would like to invite my friend and fellow senior Alyssa Ross up here to share her thoughts with us [Applause] all right hi so yeah I'm Melissa Ross and I've written this speech about a hundred times before I decided it was good enough and I'll be honest with you I finished it last night but hey if I can get away with two years of straight A with last minute work I can find awesome graduation speech so let's begin shall we if you've ever met me you know I love telling stories so here let's tell a story there once was a girl let's call her Alysa now Alyssa started her junior year at a school called Asen Valley shy calm and quiet so quiet in fact that she didn't talk to anybody well her quiet junior year ended and she came back to Asen Valley a senior talkative outgoing Advent friendly and probably annoying what happened who really knows but something changed her view of opening up to the people at this school maybe it was simply a change of heart or maybe it was this magical school that Sprout so many memories that it's hard to become hard not to become close with everyone and become a family a family where the teachers act as mentors and even parents they offered a helping hand because they saw the diamond underneath and they were polishing you until you shined they offered their time and listen to you when you needed to rant about your High School drama that had you convinced the world is crumbling down they offered support when we didn't even believe in ourselves I'm talking about the times Miss B told us you got this and all the pre-cal students just looked at her like you could not be more wrong when in fact she was right just like any other parent now now it's for the students the brothers and sisters of the school the ones that made us laugh the ones that never let us make stupid decisions well at least not alone the ones that show you blue Gatorade has the potential to save your life the ones that fail at giv me advice and instead say I'm not so good at advice can I interest you in a sarcastic comment the ones like Elena and Leah who promise you that you will not end up in the lake when they try to take you on the raft but within the next 30 seconds you're completely submerge into the fish infested Abyss the ones that flirt with you all year but have you convinced you're in the friend [Music] zone okay the ones that vote you prom queen and make a lifelong dream come true and even the ones that share your concern for Mr Fisher's Health after Trump was elected president these are the people that highlight Asen Valley and really bring the atmosphere of the school together so thank you to the teachers of Asen Valley for inspiring hope igniting in imagination and instilling of Love of learning to us and thank you to the students of of Aspen Valley for making the memories worth remembering the memories are forever and as we all graduate and go on to the scary Life After High School where we actually have to adult whether we be attending college jumping into a career or chasing dreams come visit me as a Disney princess and we can reminisce about the times and memories we made at Asen Valley not just the sleepless nights we spent working on projects or the grades we got but the memories that last a lifetime and I hope you notice how much you've changed since you started your time at this school and I hope you learned to tell your story of ason Valley just like that girl Alissa from the beginning the one you begged to talk and now you can't get her to shut up not even at graduation so congratulations class 2017 and good luck in this thing called adulthood May the force be with [Applause] you and now I'd like to introduce my fellow senior and friend Leah [Music] Walters all right so a lot of tall people were up here all right so you know we practiced a speech yesterday and I got to say it's a lot more intimidating with all of you in the audience okay so I wrote this speech about a month ago and looked back on it a few days before I was due to graduate and realized something was missing from it I've never been the person to shout out my real struggles or be too personal but I need you to know that I wouldn't be here today in this position if it weren't for Aspen Valley High School school if you know me you know I have a reputation here for speaking bluntly uh and I know that there are times when I should hold my tongue but this isn't one of those times I have something that I know all the graduating seniors and all the students of Aspen Valley need to hear I love this school with all that I am and as many times as you hear kids Grumble about Aspen they're scared to tell you the truth they will miss it when they no longer have it I know it's not all the kids or all the time but we've all heard kids Grumble and let's be honest I have too in my moments of frustration I grumbled all the time we all get frustrated and we tend to lash out but there's a danger in that because when we lash out we start to fall into the world of stereotypes stereotypes create some of the most powerful words we ever use we use them to insult label and attack others but we also use use them to Shield our own insecurities you see if we hide behind the stereotypes pointed at us we don't have to stand up to the bullies that created them in the opposite way we use and create stereotypes so that we don't have to understand other people until Aspen helped me transform I never really understood that the majority of this room knows that to a vast amount of people Aspen's name is riddled with awful stereotypes they call us the dropouts the druggies the messed up and just too dumb for a normal school I was one of the people that believed it I didn't want to try to look Beyond those names and get to the truth about the kids of that tiny school it didn't seem worth it it came to a point where Aspen was where I needed to be it took me a total of 20 minutes at this school to realize that those stereotypes were wrong or at least incomplete yes all of us had problems and struggled at some point but that didn't make us bad kids the truth of the matter is that Aspen is home to some of the most resilient known they create the best school environment I and probably anyone has ever gotten the privilege to attend so one of my favorite memories describes the truth of Aspen last year at the talent show a very brave student sang a song This student had overcome so many obstacles to graduate and never gave up in the years she was at Aspen never once did I hear anyone say anything against her everyone adored her when she got up to sing halfway through through the whole school started to sing with her in a show of loyalty and support it was the one of the most touching memories I have of this place the song was Whitney Houston's I will always love you in that moment I think everyone felt a connection to each other and no matter how different we all seemed we would always share a bond created by Aspen if I hadn't put aside the stereotypes I never would have found a place I belonged Aspen allows everyone to be who they are without fear of ridicule or shame a place where the teachers actually care whether we succeed and truly want us to have an amazing future a place everyone calls a big family and since I have seven older siblings I know exactly what a big family looks like Forest Whitaker said stereotypes do exist but we have to walk through them I never understood that until I decided to attend Aspen we all walk through those deceitful stereotypes and because of it we found a home and a way to start the Bright Futures that lie ahead of all of us this brings me back to what I was saying earlier about the way we sometimes talk about our home the thing about home is that sometimes you take it for granted you walk into this school and know that you're safe you have everyone behind you cheering you on you have a support system like no other and yet you still Grumble about it I think it's because that here we are challenged to be the best versions of ourselves our bad habits are channeled into something great we learn and we fight for who who we know we can become the funny thing about home sometimes you don't realize how special it is until you're about to leave it behind seniors you get this the rest of you might take you a few more years and that's okay but when you walk through those doors you get the ability to create the home that you want and the home that you deserve I guarantee once you're in that front World wearing a black gown that's just too big even though it's the smallest size granted and getting ready to leave your home behind you will realize how much you will miss this place so here's my challenge to the room take the lesson Aspen has taught us about looking Beyond stereotypes walk through them and see how clear your real path can be without the words of others to mislead you all right and since he did it to me at the GPA awards ceremony please welcome Jorge I'm just kidding please welcome George thank you alen oh not Lisa anymore thank you Leah hi while she's getting to her chair yeah I know I think I saw that brave woman who's saying that uh I Will Always Love You songs standing in the back is that you Stephanie that's one of our graduating seniors all right why is this mic so low for over a decade now I've stood before graduating classes at Aspen Valley and I've talked about how proud we all are of you I've then gone on to talk about each student individually sharing the lessons that each has has taught us during their time at Aspen Valley it's funny how Traditions come to be but this has become an Aspen Valley tradition the sharing of you you see each of you will be receiving a diploma today for meeting District's graduation requirements these requirements are primarily academic and you are to be commended for achieving them but your journey has been about so much more than just academics and you have all become so much more than just skilled students as you have learned and grown so too have all of us who have been on this journey with you each of you in your own way has created this wonderful Community we call Aspen Valley more than any principal more than any teacher it has been you who have built this very special place prony every school and every school year has those moments that play out like a tel Nolla or or a soap opera um those times when the full moon falls on a Friday and the members of a community go through moments of Madness one of the things I most value about you is what a low drama llama you are um you the toughest challenge I had with you while you were at Aspen Valley was getting you to show up for class on time otherwise you've been pretty quiet although I'm sure your friends would say otherwise um as I read through your yearbook inspiration and your your quote um your desire to spark change in the world I found myself thinking of a a quote by Stephen Hawking step Hawking said that quiet people often have the loudest Minds until I read your quote I never knew that that passion was there inside of you just quietly waiting My Hope for you is that you take that passion that you have inside and do use it to transform the world Eddie I remember last year when you were one of the leaders of a small team who planned and directed our talent show and I remember you were so nervous at first and you were so clearly out of your comfort zone and you and your team came to my office I think like 30 times in the last week asking well can we do this or could you do that for us and just trying to find out how to do this thing called leading and um he just sweated all the details as we got closer to the show you got a little more conf confident some of your fellow students even said that you got a little bit bossy yeah and then the big day came and the show was amazing um what a wonderful lesson about learning to lead and since you like hipop I wanted to recognize you with a quote from uh an artist from my generation LL Cool J old school um LL Cool J reminds us that you have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get no matter how troubled you feel no matter how tough things get no matter how many times you lose you just keep trying that's some good advice Sarah I've known you since you're in seventh grade I think you were 13 then and since the first day that I met you you have always been an old soul even when you were in seventh grade you had Poise and fol us and this remarkable ability to turn away from unhealthy situations and relationships as you grew you faced other very personal challenges yet you held fast to your goals for yourself now you graduate as this calm insightful and wise beyond your years young woman you're a shining example of how if we know what we want and we can eliminate those things that distract us from our goals then nothing is beyond our grasp Elena we're animal people you and me um even if your entire dog is roughly the size of my dog's head um so as I was thinking about you I was looking around at different quotes one of my favorite authors is Walt Whitman and I found a quote from Whitman um that I think is both captures you but it's also good advice for for All Humans um Whitman says I think I can turn and live with the animals they are so plaed and self-contained I stand and look at them long and long don't start because then you'll get me starting I stand and look at them long and long they don't sweat and whine about their condition they don't lie awake at night in the dark and weep for their sins not one is dissatisfied not one is demented with the Mania of owning things I think that describes you pretty well and I think it's also good advice for the rest of us Abby you are one of the kindest gentlest students that I have ever known here at Aspen Valley you have quietly modeled peacefulness in spirit words and action sometimes it takes an insane amount of strength self-control and peace to be able to resist the drama of our world and you've done this consistently you're going to need that peaceful gentle nature once you start wrangling elementary kids um I have no doubt at all that you're going to become a wonderful elementary teacher beloved by her students um and I can think of no better role model for our young kids um I do want to offer you one piece of advice it fits perfectly with your gentle nature um Persian poet Sadi advised that if one uses a sweet tongue courtesy and gentleness one may manage to guide an elephant by a hair Matt I remember when you first came to Aspen your health was so fragile that we started with just two classes on Silver days um it wasn't long before you got stronger and you were up to a full-time schedule um and you've been gold ever since you know you've been a rock star um Haruki Mami set of adversity this is a storm one for you Haruki Mami set of adversity once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through how you managed to survive you won't even be sure whether or not the storm is really over but one thing is certain when you come out of the storm you won't be the same person that walked in that's what the storm is all about you've walked through your storms you stood on stage here today all right Storm's over for you I believe the forecast is sunny and Mild cam Ren eaten boy ziping an up and down Journey you know and I was trying to think about what to say about you and I I kept thinking about that Facebook relationship status it's complicated and I think that's you um as your time here comes to an end and this quote really Christian Rogers observed I've died a thousand deaths each time Reinventing myself brighter stronger purer than before from the midst of Darkness I became my own source of light your comments today and this quote remind us that the most important love to have is the love that we have for ourselves Nathan Axel Kingdom Hearts axel from Kingdom Hearts he advised if you have a dream don't wait act for as long as I've known you you have been an artist you've been a writer you've been a gaming fanatic and you have this dream of of packaging all of that into a career um you're paying your dues you've deeply immersed yourself in in learning and practicing your art and practicing your writing um you've taken the steps to prepare yourself to pursue your dreams so as Axel and kingd Kingdom Hearts said I want to remind you and your classmates you all have dreams when you leave today walk out that door and start acting on them Carson in her novel divine secrets of the yaya Sisterhood author Rebecca Wells observes you know some people when they're together they somehow make you feel more hopeful make you feel like the world is not the insane place that it really is as I've watched you over the years at Aspen Valley I've always been impressed with how many people call you friend I've also been impressed and occasionally concerned with how far you will go to support those that you care for there's a part of you that is very much like the superheroes that you admire and play online in the DC Universe um there's this part of you that is a superhero and like all superheroes your relationships can be a little bit complicated your journey discovering the boundaries and balance of friendship provides lessons for all of us Maddie when I think about you I think about this Old Cherokee legend about life an Old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life and he says a fight is going on inside me and the boy sort of looks at him quizzically and he explains it's a terrible fight and it's between two wolves one is evil he's anger Envy sorrow regret self-pity guilt resentment and inferiority the old Cherokee continued the other is good he is joy peace love hope kindness empathy and compassion the same fight is going on inside you too and inside every other person the boy looked up at his grandfather and he asked which wolf will win and the old Cherokee said the one you feed you've always been a solid student but your passion lies in the Physical Realm you're a lot like I was in high school um and the thing is and I've learned this and and you're going to learn it too the same qualities that you bring to the gym that any athlete needs to be successful will help you succeed in all aspects of your life you know persistence excuse me in life as in bodybuilding ambition is the path to success persistence is the vehicle that takes you there your commitment to your fitness goals will someday be the same commitment that you will bring to your success as a professional and to relationships with people you love Stevie you're actually one of the hardest people I to to write about yeah it was It was kind of weird because I figured it'd be easy and it wasn't but then it was because because you're just a very diverse woman you're you're you're part rocker you're part sass you're part inappropriate humor um you know you're a solid student you've always been drama free you're a fan of horror and Gothic things you're also a loyal friend and the mic's going away you're also a loyal friend um sarcastic and kind at the same time you're all these things wrapped up into a package and and here's the thing here's what I admire about you um you're all of those things which might seem a little chaotic but you're also incredibly steady and reliable um you show us that we can have really rich lives and friendships and and all kinds of things going on in spite of whatever challenges that we might be facing you remind us that there's a whole lot of Adventure out there just waiting for us to join the fun Brenan you're probably sitting there waiting what I was going to say about you there were times earlier in the the year where you your parents all of us were worried that we might not make it to this day and and it was touch and go for a while there and then something changed you you you made some decision and and the choices that you made changed the trajectory of your school year and and help bring you to this day you remind us that there's really no wrong time to make the right decision and that it's in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped Hannah you were kind of hard to come up with something for because I just haven't gotten to know you that well you came to us six months left in your senior year and you were focused and and knew what you needed to do and and just went about doing it and um and there were so few classes that you needed that we really just didn't see very much of you um what we did see though and this is when I really thought about it almost every time that I saw you your sister was nearby and I saw hugs I saw handholding I saw you guys chatting like you've been lifelong friend well you have been lifelong friends um and and and I guess that's what what I'm going to remember about you is the importance of family and the bigger lesson for all of us is we have our biological families but then we also have our Aspen Valley family and I think you know watching you and your sister give us pretty good role models for what a healthy family relationship ought to look like so rubiana when I think of you I also think about relationships and family um and I can't help think of you without thinking of your your parents um and a family who loves their daughters so much that for four years they've thrown a celebratory Feast for the whole school to celebrate her birthday and and the kind of cool thing about that is it takes your biological family and our Aspen Valley family and blends them and makes them bigger and stronger because of their involvement so I want to thank you I also want to thank your parents um but then I also think about your journey to Aspen Valley and relationships and making friends losing friends making new friends remaking old friends losing old friends remaking new friends what a WHL and the one thing that and I can think of the many times you're in my office crying because one friendship or another had kind of Fallen apart and the lesson that you have for us and I think the one that the thing that's most special about you your heart has always been open you cry when you need to cry you hurt when you need to hurt and then you open your heart back up to make more friends and make new friends and that's such a wonderful characteristic and thank you for that Gwen you already know what I'm going to tell because I had to come make sure I had it right um we were teaching this concept of taking a meta moment um when we're emotionally disregulated um and we're trying to teach it to the student body and I wanted to create a strong emotional response on the part of the student body I wanted to emotionally disregulated them so then we could learn how to re-regulate and so we had a big assembly and I told the entire student body that we were going to get rid of grade days there would just be no more grade days we got an emotional response you know um in you that emotional response was stronger than most in you it hurt because you depend on grade days and they were support for you and I thought I was just creating a teachable moment what I didn't know was that I had hurt you and you know one of the most important things we can do is have the courage to speak truth to power one of the most important things we can do is advocate for ourselves and so I remember when you came to my office and you're like Mr Stone we need to talk and you sat down and in a heartfelt but very mature way explained to me how I had made you feel okay that was it was beautiful and I guess the message for the rest of us is never be afraid to speak truth to power never be afraid to advocate for your needs thank you Gwen Devin do you remember the drama days early way back yeah there was a time when you somehow found yourself sucked into everybody else's drama all right and it was exhausting and stressful and it got in the way of of your of your own of your goals all right and then a Time came and you just made a decision you're like I'm getting off the drama bus and I'm gonna say goodbye to the people driving it and you just literally just turned and walked away from it and and some of your friends back then stopped talking to you you know um but you were happier and so your lesson for all of us is it's okay to respect yourself enough to say I deserve peace it's okay to respect yourself enough to walk away from people or things that prevent you from attaining your goals and a sense of inner peace Tyler Stanley Stanley said everybody learns differently and everybody gets to a certain point from a different direction that's pretty much you you tried every differently and you tried every different direction and you eventually got to this point um you also remind us of another Stanley concept Heroes Have vulnerabilities every Superman has his Kryptonite all right but for most Heroes the desire to help others gives them the strength to carry on Tyler long after you've left Asma Valley the one thing that people will remember is that you are always willing to help anybody you went down to the Middle School a million times to help down there I can't I lost count of the number of times you've helped me with things and and in that sense you're like all heroes you know you have your weaknesses but it's your desire to help and be helpful that truly drives you princess Alyssa actually no it's not princess it's Queen right yes okay um Alyssa Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty observed that if you dream a thing more than once it's sure to come true you dreamed of a beauty in the Beast prom we had a beauty in the Beast prom you dreamed of being a princess you became became a queen you dream of going to Florida and the Disney college program and I'm betting you've dreamed that dream more than once I'm pretty sure it's going to come true here's my dream for you I hope that your life after Aspen Valley is filled with people who radiate as much hope and joy as you have during your time here you've made us better and I hope you meet people who do that for you Ben I'm actually kind of mad at you and not just for what happened the other day I'm kind of mad at you because I spend most of your 10th and 11th grade years threatening to kick you out of school because you wouldn't do your work and then you become a senior you know and you're not really in school that much you're college and you've only got a few classes and yet you become this mature student thing passing your classes getting your work in I get the missing work report Ben's never on it you know and it's just not fair that I have to spend two years kicking your butt up and down the hallway only to have you get your act together and then disappear so I can't enjoy that part of it um but I suppose that's how it works as parents and teachers and staff and principles we pour our love and support into our kids only to have them grow up and leave us um you're a great example of our hope our hope that once we've done all we can do to prepare you our kids for life that you leave us prepared to start your adult lives with a nervous but hopeful smile and finally Leah your next step quote in the yearbook is that you want to become somebody that you can be proud of I want to say to you that you already are you see success is a process for all of us and as long as you are making consistent progress toward your goals sincerely giving your best effort more often than not then you're already successful and you deserve to feel proud of yourself the thing that I admire about you is your resilience you have cycled through more than a few ups and downs during your time at Aspen and every time you fell down you got back up and every time you took a backward step you regrouped and took two forward steps and along the way you always found time to lift up others and contribute to making this school a better place you have been a leader and a positive force here here you've given back to this community and we are going to miss your energy and your leadership you and your fellow graduating classmates can be proud of who you are you can also be proud of who you are becoming and that Journey will occupy the rest of your lives you have all helped make Aspen Valley the very special place that it is and I thank you all [Applause] and now Mrs Van Mater we get to do some fun stuff it is with the greatest of Pride that I present to you the members of the class of 2017 I hereby certify that these young men and women have met the requirements for graduation from Aspen Valley high school and Academy School District 20 and they are recommended for their diplomas on behalf of the Board of Education of Academy School District 20 I accept with pride and pleasure the 2017 graduating class of Aspen Valley High School Mr Stone thank you your faculty your staff for an outstanding job staff members please prepare to greet our seniors as they receive their diplomas [Applause] and where's Peter oh there's Peter no you ready I get the extreme honor of reading some notes that the seniors wrote I get to start with pronti ahed and prony says thank you Mrs Stevenson for always guiding me and continuously listening to me I would not have made it through without your help thank you Mr stone for taking me in and not kicking me out despite my excessive tardies Vincent Eddie Castillo first off I would like Vincent says first off I would like to thank my mom and dad for always supporting me even through the most difficult and awkward situations and for spending the long hours of the night help helping me get through all my work thank you Mr Hamlin for always being a mentor that would send me on the right track and to Mrs Chavez for Lending her ear and being a friend throughout High School finally thank you to my friends who Stood Beside Me no matter what decisions I made or paths I chose I will never forget what you all have done for me Sarah cron says thank you Dad for always pushing me to be better thank you mom for being my first and favorite teacher in life I would like to thank my older sister for guiding me through Aspen Valley and through the last 17 years of my life Abby thank you for being more than a friend a best friend but a sister and finally thank you to my teachers at Aspen Valley for being second parents to me through these four [Applause] years Elena [Applause] Roa and Elena says first I would like to thank you all thank you to all of my friends and families for supporting me through every step of my high school experience thank you mom dad and my amazing boyfriend Brandon for pushing me to my full potential thank you to all of as the Aspen Valley staff for just being awesome people thank you especially Mrs Beano and Mrs waserman for helping me understand math life and for putting putting up with our terrible classes I love you [Applause] guys Abby Dennis and Abby says I want to thank my mom for always being there when I need her to be I also want to thank Sarah for being there to get me through high school thank you Mrs waserman for always having faith that I can graduate on time finally just thanks to all the teachers and my family for helping me get to the point where my life is [Applause] now Matthew Donner Matt says I want to thank all the teachers and staff at Aspen Valley especially Mr Hamlin and Mrs waserman for always being there to help I also want to thank my mom and dad for supporting me on this journey through High School [Applause] Cameron [Music] [Applause] Eaton and ren says I would like to thank my beautiful family for being my rock I'd like to thank my nanny kids Riley and Reese for teaching me to see the good in every day to Leah and Elena for helping me cheat every day in pre-cal [Applause] Nathan wardo Nathan says I never thought I'd make it this far but I guess I did I'd like to thank my mom for pushing me to make sure I got this far my brother for helping me motivate to do this Mr Hamlin for reading this note and my friends for providing support for this I couldn't have done it without you also thanks to Mrs mang for keeping me on track through all of this Carson hudgin Carson says I just wanted to thank everyone who was ever there for me my teachers who made sure I got the education I needed my mom for making sure I was always prepared for whatever life threw at me and my friends who were always there for me and always had my back no matter what you mean more to me than you can possibly imagine thank you all Maddie Lewis Maddie says I want to thank my parents my friends Emily Sid and Anna because they have always been there for me I also want to thank the Aspen Valley staff especially Mrs waserman for always being [Applause] there Brandon [Music] [Applause] Martinez Brandon says a warm thank you to all of the staff at Aspen Valley for making my time here Unforgettable I would especially like to thank Mr Pitman for being one of my greatest friends I would like to thank you all for your help on assignments advice and nerdy conversations I would also like to thank my beautiful girlfriend Delena and my amazing family for their NeverEnding Support also a shout out to Arnold Schwarzenegger for never ending motivation and rules for [Applause] living Stevie mallister and Stevie says I'd like to thank my Aunt Diana and Uncle Dave for taking me in and treating me like their fifth daughter I'd like to thank my uncle Jeff for believing in me and helping me throughout my high school career I'd also like to thank my mom and dad for always being there for me with my ups and downs thank you to Ashley and Wyatt for being my best friends and for always being by my side and for being a hooligan with [Applause] me Brenan [Music] McCarthy Brennan says thank you to all the wonderful school system people here at Liberty I mean it really helped me what I meant to say was but for real thank you Aspen Valley you helped me many times and I am a fan even though it's a little corny I'd like to thank my friends and family thanks I'm so glad I was given the opportunities I've [Applause] had Hannah Mitchell Hanna says thank you Mom and Dad for pushing me to where I am today thank you grandmas and grandpas for always being there for me [Applause] rubiana montio rubiana says I thank my family for supporting me through my years of school for loving me through thick and thin and to my best friend Christina for supporting me through my Junior and senior years she has been there for me no matter what I thank all my teachers for helping me pass all my classes they're fantastic [Applause] gwendel and [Applause] Pike and Gwen says I want to thank my family for pushing me when I needed it Katie kander for unmatched sarcasm SASS and humor Mr Bailey for the continued support you have given me through all these trying years and lastly thank you God for hearing my prayers and answering them when they were needed Devin pki Devin says I would like to thank my mom for always pushing me to do my best also my dog Harley for making me a happy puppy Mommy and for being there to listen to my problems my sister Courtney for always believing in me finally my dad dad you are my rock and always had my back and showed me I could do my best at anything I put my heart to I love you guys you make me stronger every [Applause] day Tyler [Applause] putel and Tyler says I want to thank my grandpa for never giving up on me my mom for pushing me to the Limit and my teachers who always said I could do my best Alyssa Ross [Applause] Melissa says first I'd like to thank my family friends and dogs for being my motivators and for pushing me to do my best Julie thank you for being my soul sister and going through all life all life has thrown at me I'd also like to thank everyone else for teaching me lessons and sticking with me as I Stumble through this crazy thing called life I thank you all so much Ari Benjamin [Applause] Saxton Ben says I would like to thank all the people who were bugging me to do my work and the people who made this High School thing seem [Applause] easy Leah Walters Leah says I would like to thank everyone at Aspen Valley for making School feel like it was my second home I would also like to thank my teachers at Aspen Valley Mr Bailey thank you for all your devoted time and your wonderful singing and special thanks to Mrs caraveo you never gave up on me always believed in me challenged me even if it meant you doing more work I would also like to thank my family for being there forever through everything [Applause] Devon spel they spel my right hurry up should okay un shoot was UN shoot you there she goes run Leah run there we go y you guys made it all right one oh wait I'm sorry we're funny they mess we're hilarious this is why they're Clapp we're [Applause] clapping class of 2017 please stand please move your tassels from the left side place it on the [Applause] right we did it all righty seniors May pick up their diplomas from Mrs Morrison at Aspen Valley beginning at 1:00 thank you to the Board of Education Mrs Van Mater and Dr hatchel we would also like to send a special thanks to Leah Walters and Miss wman for the slideshow and to Mr Hamlin for the wonderful senior pictures used in the presentation underclassmen please regroup with your Puma teachers and return to school than at the same time thank you thank you [Applause] ladies and gentlemen that concludes our ceremony have a wonderful rest of your day thank you very much [Applause]

[Music] here comes Natasha Wiener does shot Nicole Natasha Lennard her second goal of the day I pass outside of again again to get again step back and drink he's feeling it tonight [Music] good evening and welcome in to Academy district 20 stadium for tonight's girls soccer game 5a Metro League action between the Liberty Lancers and the Pine Creek Eagles I'm Dave Toller alongside Marcus Bravo our pleasure to bring you this one tonight should be a great game Liberty comes into this game six and seven overall three and two in conference play Pine Creek comes into this game nine and four overall four and one in conference play let's take a look at some of the key players in this game tonight we'll start first with the Liberty Lancers and we'll take a look at Courtney cows there she is right there on the screen nine goals six assists 24 points she leads this lancers team in scoring we're also going to be taking a look at a couple more key players for liberty we have briana flores she comes in with ten goals and cheesy and cows work well together there we expect to see them passing the ball back and forth a lot to each other and really create a lot of offense then you got to mention the goalkeeper here Afton Trammell where she only allows about one goal per game and that's going to be a big key for Liberty here is big-time defense holding a strong solid backline and making sure that they keep this a low-scoring affair coach MacGill vorrei told us that they need to play simple use their outside flanks rely on their center back Sibley and maintain a consistent backline and keep this low-scoring game let's take a look at Pine Creek and some of their key players the one we'll see right there on the screen number number five Natasha Weiner will be calling that game that name a lot tonight 12 goals 16 assists 40 points she leads the Metro league in scoring she ranks seventh in the state in scoring and she's one of just many key lethal weapons on this offensive team for the Eagles absolutely one of her players that she plays a lot off is Maddy Elmyra and she has nine goals 11 assists and Pine Creek tonight is going to be looking to shore up their defensive back line and they're pulling my Isaiah SPAC from us traditionally an offensive mid to a center defensive mid and make sure that they make the most of their chances and they control the game in the middle and they maintain a consistent backline and really score off those counter-attacks it is Pine Creek and Lib in a big time 5a Metro League match up we'll be back with the start of this one on 20 TV you just about ready to get underway here at district 20 Stadium a big 5a Metro League match up between the Liberty Lancers and the Pine Creek Eagles and they are both taking the field big playoff implications in this one as well right now in the 5a Metro League standings Doherty and rampart are tied for first place they are each 5 and 1 in conference play Pine Creek a half game back there at 4 and 1 they would need a win tonight to get a try championship in the 5a Metro League Liberty just a game back of this Pine Creek team they are 3 and 2 in conference play having a great season so two of the top teams in the 5a Metro League right here battling out at district 20 Stadium as you mentioned this has huge playoff implications Liberty right now sitting 35th in the RPI rankings you have to be tough 32 to make it into the state playoff bracket and so if they could get a win here hopefully that boosts them up into the top 32 RPI wise and we are underway ball is back in the Pine Creek end they've got four defenders back playing a 4-4-2 style here for the Eagles they will control it back in their own end moving the ball around on that right side hoping to generate a little bit of offense that was Cano's or sending it up the far side it is out of bounds Liberty with a throw-in traditionally the Liberty has been a low-scoring team it will be interesting to see if they try to use the wind to their advantage their winds at their back this half and it's blowing pretty good here in d20 Stadium see if they use a window their advantage this half and push the pace on Pine Creek trying to push it up right now as you mentioned Marcus to two different teams in terms of offensive style Liberty 35 goals on the season they played 13 games but on the other side of the ledger Pine Creek 60 goals they get them and they get them in bunches they get them from a bunch of different players mostly from Natasha Weiner who we mentioned in the pregame show and also from Madi al hamra those are two of the top scorers for Pine Creek the ball is out of bounds again over on the far side we will have a throw-in for liberty taking the throw in for liberty Alexis Harris team captain taken away briefly by the Eagles and taken right back by the Lancers don't kick it through the midfield try to get it over the far side coming down is Bowens alexis Bowens takes a shot in kicked away by the goaltender sent up and here comes pine creek on the far side they will try to control it with it as qyn hewn shot blocked taken back by the Eagles it'll keep the pressure on in the offensive end pass through again now you see four and even five back for Liberty trying to play defense and coming up the near side this is Marly roogie roogie loses it taken away by pine creek and sent ahead given chase floor for Pine Creek was queuing it's picked up by the goaltender it looks like be offsides called a far side ref had his hand up she just didn't quite time that run correctly yeah cueing had a little bit of space and that ball was through she just jumped the play a little bit and offside is the Clark as the call goal kick is coming up got the win behind sent through and taken back by Pine Creek on this end is canoes er sent ahead center midfield this is Q and again queuing drops it back for canoes er over to the far side and back very patient here by this pine creek team now taking away in the near side by Liberty that is naffed at all tries to send a through ball up ahead she had cowls their leading scorer not able to get to it Pine Creek takes it away and it's back in the midfield both teams so far seem to favor trying to build up their offensive attack on the right side so this going to be interesting to see if they keep going down the right side or maybe switch it up and play the left side of the field here and bring it down the right side again this is roogie roogie ahead two cows gals with a little space trying to set something up takes it into the corner off of the Eagle player now to play corner kick coming up for the Lancers and cowls will take it cows leads this team with 16 corner kicks number 17 is coming up as the Lancers will get set Courtney cows the freshman sends it in balls loose a chance a shot Oh knocked away and cleared by Pine Creek good chance there by Liberty good defense by Pine Creek yeah their defender came off of her line next to the goalposts hard and the goalie was right there too and she just booted her way bouncing around in there she came off her line booted away Isaiah's is there to clear it up and get it upfield balls back in the midfield Lancers will control it brianna flores the team captain back across to the near side here's roogie roogie with it tries to push it through does briefly but taken away by pine creek and sent back up to the midfield taken by qyn Huen looks ahead sends a long ball down the right side giving chase fort and it will go out of play good chance and again as you said Marcus both of these teams trying to work the right side and you saw a pine creek they got the ball in the midfield right away looked over to the right side the ball was just a little too far out in front yeah she played a nice long ball through ball let her run after it but ran out of real estate and we get a throw-in now this will be Kapusta with the throwing over on the far side Kylee Kapusta senior midfielder for this Liberty team she will send it in controlled over on the far side and sent back out of play that was Taylor Sibley the center midfielder for this Liberty team throwing coming up for Pine Creek Liberty switch things up there on that position possession and they were pushing the ball left side of the field but right now real-estate nice cross want a shot right in front the cross scheme came off the goaltender right on the foot of maddie al hamra they're their second leading scorer she had a chance and lifted it up over the crossbow yeah and knocked all initially put a nice tackle on the cross there and she just couldn't quite get it down it was a bouncing ball and she volleyed it over the top of the goal and she had a little time and space that was Madi al hamra the senior midfielder nine goals 29 points on the season had a chance right in front and it goes over the crossbar goal kick by the Lancers definitely seemed like she might have rushed it there the goal seems pretty big at that point you're just trying to do anything you can to make sure you get it in thoughtful River on the far side Pine Creek with it taken away in the midfield by the Lancers that was Sibley with a through ball picked up by Pine Creek and controlled here on the near side this is kapu skill with it one thing I'm noticing for Pine Creek right away is that they are not afraid to press they are sending their defensive mid up and they're fast and they run hard and we knew this was going to be a difference of styles here but it's definitely evident right now with how much pine creeks defensive mids will run up and get off their backline and the kind of just back feeling they really keep the pace high well they certainly do they list only one forward as starting that's Athena Kuen but they do they push everybody up there Center mids they're outside mids even there their backs will come up into play and again a team that that can score in a lot of different ways 60 goals on the season they get it from everybody and the reason is they push up like like they do the Eagles with with the balls taken over on the far side coming down with a little time and space a shot right in front scooped up by the goaltender for Libertas Afton Trammell nice play by the sophomore goaltender definitely and coach for Liberty definitely told us that after Afton was going to be a big force today and she was looking for a big production and a good game out of her and a nice aggressive play she came up and smothered that ball she rambled a sophomore 44 saves on the season ranks third in the conference after that long goal kick again Pine Creek transitions quickly they got it in the midfield and they will send it up over to the far side again coming down that right side that's how Hamra see centers at Eagles take control trying to send another ball through here's a chance for Pine Creek a shot to save SRAM 'el with a save from point-blank range definitely she got our hands up made herself big and took a little a lot of space of the goal and as a coach here you would like to see them play that one down into one of the corners keep it on the ground force the keeper to dive versus playing it up to their body here's Liberty with it they will bring it in Kells has it lined Creek again with bodies back they will take it away and send it back forward we're starting to see a little bit of a one-two connection for Pine Creek between el hamra and long Coonan again sometimes some space over on the far side there's a shot a chance and in to the open nip for Pine Creek and that's Waner there and we highlighted her at the beginning of the game and like I said we're starting to see a little bit of a one-two punch there between al hamra and Wayne or al hammer plays a nice through ball to Wayne er you know she doesn't rush it she takes her time takes one extra touch gets the goalie on the ground and is able to put it away that makes a beautiful play Natasha Wayne or the senior midfield or goal number 13 on the season Waner from al hamra and pine creek leads this one 1-0 Liberty will take it they've got it here on the near side this is roogie roogie sends it down the floor is and it's out Liberty will maintain control throw in by NAFTA Nall Carolyn NAFTA Nall sends it in handed out by Pine Creek and they will start the rush gone the other way out of bounds again but you can just see how aggressive this pine creek team is they'll jump on every one of those balls and try to transition to offense they definitely do running hard as a forward you know she's even coming back in she's a up and out on defense and they're dangerous bethenny doget Dugan in the game she will send it across ball goes out of play off of Liberty throw in for Pine Creek on the throwing will be Abbie Slater Slater with the ball so you will look for a teammate that's how hammer back to Slater looks in the midfield - Isaiah's near side - smelter back to the middle - and a foul you know that's not a bad foul there that's 35 yards out from the goal 40 yards out from the goal and you know slows things down gets them a chance to regroup and they were building up some steam building up some offense there so taking the free kick here for Pine Creek Abbey Slater the senior as her teammates will get set the wall in front of her Slater with the kick lobs it up over the top people in front header goes just wide of the cage that was Athena Kuhn with the header it goes wide it's almost like she didn't expect to get that ball you know it bounced a couple times and she's looking for it and she gets a head on it and she was unmarked there's some miscommunication there on that back line for Liberty well there sure was I think that was why she was a little surprised to even get that ball it bounced up high and that's a bounce that as an offensive player you want to get that she just wasn't able to position the body in a good spot to get that header on on Liberty comes back the other way this is NAFTA Nall with it you'll lose it Pine Creek takes it away on the far side battling Alexis Harris for Liberty that's a good challenge there those are some good physical play by both girls they're taken away by NAFTA Nall Carolyn Afton all looks up ahead for cows intercepted by and taken right back by Liberty this is roogie tries to find cows they're playing well off of each other so far today you know see a lot of given goes between roogie and and unfortunately they just can't quite seem to break through and get any crosses or shots on goal about the 20 30 yards out it seems like their offense is starting to die down and I don't know if that's because pint creeks closing so fast or if they're so aggressive but that'll be an interesting connection to keep watching throughout the game on Pine Creek really watching Courtney Kells the leading scorer for Liberty 24 points on the season nine goals and they're just not giving her a lot of space at all she's down the near side they really aren't it seems like they're almost forcing Liberty to try and attack with someone else they're giving roogie a lot of space they're not giving cows a very much space they're marking her with one tight and then they seem to be loosely marking her with another player there's a throw-in by Pine Creek that was slater midfield to Dugan sends it back to canoes er over on the far side Pine Creek will send it ahead they have al hammer over on that side looking back toward the middle tail hammer over on the far side left foot up ahead chance a shot and off the post Pine Creek will pick it back up shot to save good job by the goaltender SRAM all to get back in the first one off the post the second one was saved and we get a al hamra shot right off the post and just had a little bit too much on it for the pine creek girl to get that rebound and then a nice save by the keeper to kind of refocus rebound and get back on her line that was Tory British with that shot that was saved by SRAM Boleyn boy big credit to that goaltender getting back in there in time hustling back to make that save Liberty right after that they pushed up quickly in the ball gut not too far ahead of them it goes over the in line and a goal kick coming up for Pine Creek and their goaltender Jade Odom here's Jade Odom we talked a lot about her during the basketball season plays on the Pine Creek girls basketball team Odom with the kick sends it up toward the midfield challenged by Liberty and taken away looking again down that down that right side and giving chase Florida's cowls and she just will not quite get to it a good look good quick pass a quick turn to set up cows but unable to connect yeah and for those of you at home that can't see the conditions here going left to right on your screen the wind is blowing pretty good and so anytime they play a long ball there's going to be a lot of speed on it and unfortunately that one just had a little bit too much speed on it and just the opposite boy good leg by Jade Odom on that one into the wind played by her teammate that was Kapooka taken away by Liberty and sent ahead Pine Creek will play it back in their own end this is canoes er with it sends it ahead to the midfield to touch back Pine Creek will try to set it up see if they get a reverse they're going to keep it down the right side there's some room down the near side but they are just forcing it up that right side yeah seems to be where they're most comfortable el hamra is over on that side Wayne errs on that side and they work well off of each other challenge in the midfield taken away by Liberty this is roogie roogie loses it back to Kapooka on the near side rookies honor center ball played by and back across that was Dugan with it this is el hamra comes a shot pine creek shot Jo tipped away by SRAM oh good job by SRAM beloved Ivan and getting a hand on that ball and deflecting it away from the goal but again another chance by Pine Creek yeah that was a really nice save she was moving to her left and had to dive back to her right and so that was a really nice save to get a fingertip on it push it wide that was all hammer on the shot corner kick coming up they'll just send it in back toward the middle the crowd wanted a handball on that they won't get it this is smell kur sends it in and played by the goaltender that is SRAM 'l you know on that touch in the box i understand why that's not a handball usually the referee has to say that it's a very intentional motion for it to be a handball and that just played off her hip and rolled up her hip and hit her an arm there and so I I think that's a good no-call good goal kick there by the sophomore goaltender Afton Trammell sent it all the way down now it's played by her counterpart at the other end that's Jade Odom Pine Creek with it up on the far side it will go out of play throw-in coming up for the Lancers this is Alexa Harris a couple of substitutions coming in for Liberty Sadie Vossler comes into the game as does Laura Boyd into the game for the first time getting a rest will be Marley roogie and Julia disart to SART Andrew gr out throw-in on the far side Harris with it for the Lancers it's not surprised to see roogie get a rest here or disart they're both running hard and it seems like they're pulling brianna flores back a little bit to help on defense since pine creek is attacking so hard and she's one of their high offensive output so picking up the slack there is roogie and disart and they've been covering a lot of ground so far so give them a little breather and let him recharge hold him with another goal kick back up to the midfield Elle hammer is there taken away by Liberty that was Taylor Sibley Sibley still has it and it will go off of Liberty I believe last touched by bossman who just came into the game pine creek ball they will have a throw-in and substitutions coming in for Pine Creek into the game now number 26 Meghan Keller comes into the game as will Kapooka comes back she started the game she was in she got a rest earlier she will come back into the game and she will take the throw in right at the midfield kapu skill with it finds a teammate on the far side gets it back sends it down the middle looking for Wayne around hammers over on the far side she has some space again sends it to the middle fought floor touched and taken away nice play inside there by Taylor Sibley yes Taylor Sibley stayed calm you know Kuhn got a nice foot on it it was just not quite able to collect that cross from Waner Sibley takes it right away from her actually that is number 12 NAFTA not now NAFTA in all 12 instead of Sibley 13 Liberty trying to bring it up the far side this is Sibley this time she will look to the middle that's cows cows looking up ahead tries to get it up to her teammate that was Boyd who just came in Boyd unable to get a foot on it this will be pine creek ball throwing here on the near side that was smell Kerr and it's back out of play again this time tolling for liberty nope throwing for pine creek that was Laura Boyd taking it away and sending it back into the Pine Creek end giving chase back there Alexa Flores for liberty and good hustle by Flores to get back and get a touching that it goes off a pine creek and it will be a throw-in for the Lancers carolyn on that net left and all with the throw-in she'll wait for teammates to get set up gain a little bit of real estate nafta Nall sends it in played by Flores that's Breanna Flores one of the captains for this Lancers team sends it back to Morgan Sibley another one of the captains to the midfield back to floor is near site this is Boyd Boyd loses it taken away by Pine Creek right back to Liberty and back to Pine Creek here come the Eagles back to the midfield looks over on the far side now hammer Valley switched actually help al hammers on the nearside ball comes in taken by SRAM 'el so a little flip-flop by Pine Creek now hammers on the near side over on the far side is one of the other scores that's Wayne or so Wayne ER and Al Hamra flip from the far side to the near side ball comes in to the pine creek end that's canoes ER with it back to the near side taken by Keller Meghan Keller looking up a head knocked down in front by the Lancers that was Sibley sends it ahead and again just so many bodies back for Pine Creek Heart for liberty to get any kind of offense going it seems like when a when a loose ball comes in a white jerseys tracking it there's about four green jerseys all around it definitely we see that Liberty seems to be opening up a little bit more there they're playing on the pine creek side of the field a little bit more they're possessing a little bit more I don't know what substitutions prompted that by Liberty but they seem to be playing a little more aggressive and starting to come into form when Cal's just had a touch down the near side but again taken away by Pine Creek and they will send it across right back to that right side players getting tangled up and the ball goes out of play it will be the liberties ball throwing Alexis Harris she's taking a bunch of those on the far side she'll get it into the midfield looking for Boyd Boyd not able to get a touch and the Eagles take it away they'll come down the near side that was a Murdoch who just came into the game gets it over to Keller lots of substitutions for this pine creek team it seems like they're keeping the girls fresh and getting playoff ready and making sure that everybody is getting touches staying fresh staying loose there's the ball up ahead for Pine Creek and again the goaltender afton Trammell comes out covers it up boy a ball that was going through and giving chase here on the near side but Shamel comes up and covers it up she's been active in this game she has been she came off her line hard she made a aggressive play there and decided I'm going to come out and get this and after an all was marking but she didn't want to take any chances Pine Creek takes possession after that goal kick and they'll send it back in their own end and set it up far side that was Baku Kapoor Scott taking away and gets it right back now Liberty with it they will send it back into their own end Morgan Sibley over the near side to NAFTA Nall here in front to Boyd lower Boyd with it back into her own and Afton all with it we'll try the middle this time for the Lancers see if they can get anything going brandon flores in a battle she will lose it pine creek takes it away ball up ahead nafta Nall again gets back and pine creek will take it at the midfield coming right down the center looking over on the far side shot I think that's Waner Waner will send it in it'll go Y to the cage and SRAM Bowl will come out and pick it up that was a really good job there by number 21 Sibley her coach said that she's just a true center back she's really aggressive really physical and she came in and when that cross came in she made sure that her body was directly on Kunz body and that she wasn't going to get a clean touch on that and she didn't and as a result that ball just harmlessly slid through the box picked up by the goaltender and she sends it back out to the midfield Pine Creek again with possession down that right side back in the middle that was over on the far side Waner by the speed of Waner you can see her getting around tough to get in the shot comes in and it goes off the side of the net yeah she's getting a lot of opportunities over on that side to make crosses and she keeps crossing the ball in and trying to make something happen a couple of substitutions Julia the SART comes back in for Liberty back in for Pine Creek Lauren bogey is back in Rachel Dugan is back in the game Waner and al hammer are coming off getting a little breather goal kick coming up that was SRAM 'el got the win behind her into the Pine Creek end taking over on the far side into the middle back to Kuhn taking away briefly by Branagh Flores and right back to pine creek don't try that right side again Breanna seems like she's playing a little bit more offensively minded since that first goal she was hanging back and helping the defensive line and she seems to be playing a little bit more of a traditional center maid now and pushing up and trying to become more of an offensive threat for Pine Creek he just seems like Athena Kuhn is everywhere she was in the midfield with a couple of passes and she was the first one down looking to get that shot just wasn't able to get a touch on it taken away by Liberty that was an afton all and right back by Pine Creek I say us send it up Lancers we'll send it back in 1-0 Pine Creek leads this game there's a ball that comes through nice job of getting back on defense Kimberly McKinney who got back and kicked that ball out of danger definitely that was a one bounce away from being a perfect three ball and giving a one-on-one with the keeps I was good job by her over in the corner sent in by the Eagles and right back out in front and no surprise Sibley is there to head it away ball bounces in front and Afton all again gets in battling for it right in front three Lancers in their day they're not able to get it in the first foot that goes on it is from Rachel Dugan from Pine Creek the shot comes in and the save by shrapnel you know that's a really nice shot that ball is kind of bouncing around there and she's able to keep it on the ground and forced to keep it her dive just not quite wide enough only three Lancers around that ball they weren't able to come up with it and then the good chance comes in from Dugan you know you mentioned a few minutes ago moments ago that seems to be all over the place and for forward she surely does run a lot you know traditionally forwards kind of hang out up there and we like to tease in the soccer world that they're cherry pickers that they stand up there and cherry-pick goals and she really is working hard she runs back and it's not you see her back past the 15 past midfield often this team really backfills well with each other and uses their triangles and really well in possession in the midfield and speaking of possession in the midfield here's possession for pint creak after that free kick down the near side with it that's Murdoch Haley Murdoch had it lost it got it back lost it again taken away by Meghan Keller and the Lancers have it here's a through ball coming down the near side this is cows cows loses it and out of play blind there's cows again with if the goalie came out to play that lost it good job of pressuring by Courtney Cal she has not had a lot of room tonight but she had a little space there down the near side and that ball was just coming so fast you know again we mentioned the win that coming to left over right on your screen that ball is coming fast and it looks like she's going to get a chance to collect it and maybe cross it in but just a little too much on it plus you made a long run a 30-yard run and that's a lot to ask you make a 30-yard run and control that your feet and then turn around and cross it in another substitution came in for Liberty amber Bowen started this game she came out she is back into the game she replaced Alexa Flores pine creek with it in their own end pressured by the Lancers that was dis arced over there given pressure trying to play it she does take it away but she gets called for the foul it looks like they got tangled up there a little bit maybe stepped on the back of her leg and pretty easy to take a ball away from someone when you step on the back of their leg not a bad play they'll feel unless you get called for it right that's right Pine Creek with it that was Kuhn again in the midfield sent up ahead Dugan loses control and that's Sibley with it Morgan Sibley team captain she just runs that defense from from back from back in her area Sarah MacGillivray the coach told us she's such a vocal leader back there she's played so many games she's a junior she's a team captain and she just really gets everybody in front of her in the right place yeah she said these she's the quarterback they're on the defense her and the goalkeeper are very verbal directing their defense where to be where to go and you know that's probably why they only give up about one goal per game throwing on the far side for liberty this was Julia disart Pine Creek will take it away elision on the far side that foul will go against Liberty that is called on Breanna Flores sorry that goes against Pine Creek it'll be a free kick for Liberty Flores was taken down on the play free kick for the Lancers sent ahead off the floor as a foot over the far side finds a teammate that was Harris looks ahead for disart not able to connect to start with the pressure taken away flat by pine creek back to the middle again nice play liberty takes it away that's floor is Flores with it back to the left foot sends it through tries to find Kel's Kel's had to stay on side and she had to wait and by the time she broke she wasn't able to catch up you know they gave advantage there so you know you during that play flores brianna flores and the pine creek defender both kind of had their elbows up they're jockeying for position playing really physical and they gave advantage there in flores sent the ball through and now we're going to get a free kick oh no you're going we're going to get a corner kick out of this Morgan Sibley will take this for liberty I didn't see that go off a pine creek player button sent up high comes in the goalie Oldham goes out to play it punches it away the ball is free there's a shot that was Boyd not able to oust Afton all not able to get much of a foot on that and pine creek quickly comes the other way that was a beautiful corner kick and you know and you're in the right spot too because the Sun is really blinding that keeper coming from that direction you could tell she was squinting had a hard time seeing it punch it out at the last second that was good corner kick nice play by the goaltender that was Odum here's Cal's coming up with it for Liberty Cal's controlling three people on her and she will lose control Pine Creek will take it they will control it Kuhn again over to the far side coming down the right Pine Creek will take it pressure by Liberty that's Alexis Harris over there ball comes through and it's played by SRAM 'el a lot of bodies back for liberty know where to go for Pine Creek here's the corner kick she ends up playing a nice cross right in front forces keeper off of her line unfortunately she was able to out jump everybody for liberty long goal kick again by SRAM well got that wind behind her balls played back to Odom near side smelter with it she'll make a move keep it in play NAFTA Nall comes over for liberty gives chase along with Haley Murdock from Pine Creek Pine Creek will get the throw-in couple of substitutions back into the game for Pine Creek Madi um al hammers back in natasha Waner is back in that's Waner right there on the near side with Boyd honor Wayne and will play to the midfield Al Hamra with it plays it back in her own end that's canoes er over to the far side back to the middle - canoes er takes it she has British bro - we'll look ahead this is Wayne er Natasha Weiner she'll bring it in loses it takes it or lose it again and kicked out by Liberty the first one McKinney the second one was by Bay's Taylor Bay's still in the Liberty end with it now hammer was trying to get a little little space and a nice little tackle there by Kimberly McKinney absolutely it seems like every chance that Liberty gets to clear ball out even when they're going kind of for those power clears are not really clearing the ball up the field they're just clearing it straight out of bounds that they are clearing it and it's bouncing off of a pine creek girl and right to her feet here's Natasha Wiener little space McKinney comes in collision and the ball goes out of play and we have a foul called on the plays Natasha Weiner went down yeah we have a foul called on the play in the box so we're about to see a penalty kick here she comes in late misjudges or step misjudges or tackle and they just get caught up you know you like the aggression you like to see your defender coming hard there it just like to see them maybe run them out of bounds there instead of forcing that tackle in the box this is Madi el hamra will take this penalty kick the goaltender Afton Trammell well hammer with an assist already tonight kick is in and it's good Madi al hamra the second goal of the game for Pine Creek and the Eagles lead this one to 0 yes she kind of just took her time there set up nicely was cool as ice played it down in the corner and that's just really hard for a keeper even when they guess right to get down to the ground that quickly it's a lot to ask your keeper well and Schramm l did guess right and that's those goal tenders on those penalty kicks you see them they have to make an early decision they have to commit and Schramm went down and she went the right way just wasn't able to get down quick enough the goal there by Al Hamra to 0 Pine Creek leads this one balls in the midfield substitution on the play a little delay as Natasha Wiener comes out and we're waiting for the substitution so Waner comes out the substitution that comes in for her is Greg Archer a freshman right here on the near side and it's Liberty Ball Cal's will send it back in her own end funny side note for you folks at home but Wayne tur had to come out of the game because she was wearing earrings in and by Chester rules you're not allowed to wear any jewelry and so as soon as they see that they make you stop ask you to leave the playing field and get your equipment in order and she's played a bunch she's had him in for the whole game but they just caught it on that one Pine Creek with it down the far side scored a goal with a man and everything that's right ball knocked down in front McKinney goes out of plane will have a throw-in coming up for Pine Creek balls in play Eagles with it over on the far side back to the center and over to the near this is Garza with a karcher send it on that and sure amel plays it garter just came into the game was the substitution when Waner went out and gets one on goal and you see Trammell they're really trying to pump up her team and giving them a lot of directions taking her time they're on that kick and directing everybody where to go and trying to pump some life into him here with four minutes ago in this half here comes Liberty they're pushing up again taken away by Pine Creek and they will send it back the other way into the middle that's kun kun will give it off taken away by Liberty and right back by Pine Creek when this first half started with about ten minutes 10 15 minutes into the half it seemed like Liberty really kind of changed direction they were building up their attack at the beginning of the game on the right hand side with Rudy and Cal's and later on in this half they've been going to the left-hand side over there a lot of times with disart and with Flores and so maybe they're just trying to mix it up and bring them a little bit more balanced attack to the game well it was the Sark to just sent the ball over the top and again taken away back by Pine Creek this is Dugan with it du going to send it back to her own end two canoes er she'll look to the middle just take it herself sends it ahead there's Koon she'll play it over on the far side then get it right back looks through taking back that was NAFTA Nall kicks it away and good job of just staying back playing or spot she'll get it once again plays it off the body sends it forward back to the midfield Cal is coming ahead of the play this is roogie with it roogie looking up ahead for cows she will give chase not able to get there stays with it though sends it back to the middle roogie was in there not able to get a touch it will go off a pine creek it will be Liberty ball on the throw-in this will be Carolyn Afton all Bowens and ruby were in there for that cross neither of them were able to quite get a foot on it nafta no we'll send that in boy bounced off of everybody just pinballed off a bunch of bodies ends up going out of play and liberty will gain a little bit of field position as nafta Nall will throw this one back in as roogie in front of her toss over the top headed by Pine Creek shot coming in Flores sends it well she got a lot of leg on that one and went just Y to the net yeah she one touched it bounced and she got it close to goal and you know she's a little frustrated right now but that's a difficult angle a difficult shine you know so close yet so far I said Flores on that one I thought it was six it was eight amber Bowens the freshman forward for Liberty she has six goals on the season and she had as good of a look right there as Liberty has had in quite a while definitely hopefully that gives them a little bit of energy a little bit of excitement to start with it on the far side looks for roogie in the middle unable to get a touch on it ball rolls to the near side that was the SART nice play by disart to to control that ball get a little bit of space coming down the left side and she had a look to roogie just wasn't able to connect Pine Creek will throw it in played back in their own end good pressure here by Liberty yeah and that last cross roogie that's that's a hard ball to trap you know when they're about knee heights for knee thigh Heights those are kind of some hard balls to trap when they're bouncing at you you're not sure do I take it with my hip do I take with my body do I take it with my thigh and kind of an awkward position versus where if it's at your belly button you know you can take it with your body obviously if it's a little bit lower you take it with your feet that's all hammer with the throw-in she finds kun kun sends it toward the net nobody home a lot of Lancers in front and kicked out of play another throwing coming up for Pine Creek is we are under a minute left in this first half it's 2-0 Pine Creek on the throw-in here for the Eagles paint and smell kur smell kur sends it in now hammer back to the middle two kun pushes up ahead sends it in that's that's Waner Wayne and we'll lose it taken away by roogie roogie we'll look ahead cows is up there headed hand it out of the play by who is that flats I say us she is playing back Marcus she plays in the midfield but she's been playing back the most of the majority of this game yeah it seems like they're going on a one-on-one marking with her and cows anywhere that cows goes Isaiah says pretty close by and you know kind of making it difficult for cows today and that will do it for our first half of play after the first 40 minutes it is pine creek to liberty 0 we'll take a break and be back with a halftime highlights on xx TV you

e e [Music] Here Comes Natasha Ward a shot and a goal Natasha Ward her second goal of the day nice pass outside to migan migan steps back and DRS it he is feeling it [Music] tonight good evening and welcome into Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs Colorado for this 5A Metro league boys basketball game game A District 20 rivalry here on District 20 television the Liberty Lancers coming in at 8 and4 against the Pine Creek Eagles at 4 and5 I'm Brian German alongside Jason Carter for what should be a really good matchup tonight when two District 20 Rivals get together Anything Can Happen Jason yeah this school separated by just a handful of miles so you know these kids know each other from outside of the basketball court so it should be a good one should be a blast let's go ahead and take a look at the Liberty starters tonight Matt Kirk Moos dorya both basoski brothers Kyle and Shawn a couple of their big brothers has also played at Liberty and Caleb kazooki but maybe more importantly tonight the Liberty bench we'll get to see how those players react to this Pine Creek game tonight and the guy I'm mostly pointing at is Jeremiah puit who kind of has a history here with the Eagles yeah puit last year played at Pine Creek and then transferred over to Liberty had to sit out the first half of the Season per transfer rules but he had 11 points against Rampart in his first game in a liberty Jersey while last year at Pine Creek he averaged almost 10 points and five rebounds for the Eagles it'll be interesting we'll keep an eye on him of of course he's coming off the bench and I bet he's pretty excited to play against his former team we sat down with Liberty head coach Ivan chambers before the game tell us what he gave us as his three kees Jason yeah he wants to limit the open three-pointers for Pine Creek Who as a team is shooting just under 40% overall from three he also wants to control the boards neither one of these teams have a whole lot of height so whoever can really win the boards should have the upper hand this evening and then run the floor something his team does incredibly well especially with the two bosi brothers yeah they do a great job we saw him that against Rampart for Pine Creek their starting lineup looks like this Wilkinson BS Thomas Gutierrez and Bray Gutierrez the guy they've got to stop if you're Liberty he averages closest 18 points a game Jason yeah goodier a senior also averaging almost six rebounds a game he really is the man that makes this Pine Creek offense go so if they're going to slow down the Eagles it's going to start with number 23 yeah and then on the bench these guys are kind of banged up they got a couple of players that uh won't be playing tonight yeah Griffin Walker was lost at the beginning of the season to an ACL injury and then last week they just lost another big guy Charlie mauy number 41 who has an MCL injury so an already Short Pine Creek team both in numbers and height lost two of their taller guys for this game but Joe Rous one of those good coaches here in the Metro League they seem to all be good coaches here in District 20 give us his three keys to the game Jason yeah don't hurt yourselves limit turnovers obviously that's a key for most teams you hold on to the ball you're going to have a pretty good chance of winning a a ball game block out again that lack of height for both teams rebound will be such a key part of this game and then take the right shots if they can force also Liberty into some bad ones with the way that the Lancers shoot from Beyond The Arc that'll really help the Eagles it should be a great one we are definitely looking forward to it we will be back with the opening tip from Pine Creek High School after this on 20tv e e e welcome back inside a packed Pine Creek High School gymnasium here's a look again at the Liberty starters we've got senior Matt Kirk he's a 61 uh 6 foot guard for Li Moos dorya a 63 Junior forward Kyle bosi a 59 Junior guard Caleb Kazuki a 62 senior forward and Shawn bosowski a 5'8 sophomore guard both boskis definitely something you got to look for Jason yeah especially from Beyond The Arc both of them shooting uh over 40% from Beyond three-point range they are dangerous from out there and both averaging uh just around eight points per ball game and then the Pine Creek starters we got a 6-1 sophomore guard Grant Wilkinson 6-1 senior forward Mitchell BS 6-2 senior guard Dawson Thomas 6 foot senior guard who we spoke about earlier Quenton Gutierrez and a 6-3 senior forward maccaffrey Bray number 30 there on the end for the Eagles but uh as you mentioned Jason kind of banged up in their banged up they're big guys so the Pine Creek that's really why Joe Rous was stressing they've got to get on the boards tonight only allow the Lancers one shot and hopefully gets a defensive boards yeah no one over 6'5 on their roster at all so 63 is a about as tall as they're going to go so they're going to need to block out and grab as many rebounds by some of maybe players that are considered a little bit shorter by most basketball standards when I spoke to Ivan chambers before the game I was talking to him about Jeremiah PR being here was he nervous being back at Pine Creek he said no and you know what he really brings to our game is uh rebounding so the Pine Creek will probably want to keep bre it off the boards as well here we are the opening tip mosor goes up against Pine Creek's Dawson Thomas and Thomas gets it to Gutierrez and here come the Eagles almost a steal by kazooki and Pine Creek works it around down Baseline kick it outside they'll be trying to get it to Gutierrez but look at them move the ball around great job get it to Bray and he hits a three great ball movement and they're going to have to do that if they want to find the open shot cuz Pine Creek can really move around on both offense and defense Pine Creek that was great ball movement for mcaffrey Bray to get that three there's mosor out to this is Kyle Bo BOS I excuse me for mispronouncing it Shan Bowski and now to Matt Kirk the captain up Top O dor Liberty playing patient here Liberty actually averages less points per game as a team then Pine Creek there's sha bosowski shot up won't go rebound easily down to Grant Wilkinson and he's on the Run he pushes poked away from bosowski from the back they get it ahead to Kirk Kirk the easy run up and in now that's a that's a lot of Liberty's offense get up and down the court as quickly as possible that was great defense that led to easy offense Bowski with the Poke Matt Kirk with the layup Pine Creek coming back working it out this Gutierrez the leading score for the Eagles now Pine Creek being delivered shot it by Bray again it is mcaffrey Bray five Lancers two nice little floater there from bray to give the Eagles that three-point lead back MOS dorya takes a look brings it back outside to Kirk guard it out front get it to Kazuki bosi up top that's the sophomore he hits a three and that ties the ball game up at five he's dangerous shooting 42% from three-point range they leave him open he's going to hit more times than not so far just exactly what we expected tied at five 2 minutes into the game [Applause] down low Dawson Thomas kicks it back out Gutierrez can't seem to get open but he'll take it inside mosor got him from behind they're going to call bosi I believe up front with his first foul first foul of the game good Drive Pine Creek trying to get to the rim here early they had it Bray on the last one and then goodier here on the drive is going to head to the free throw line that appears to be part of their game plan Quinton Gutierrez hits the first Ivan Chambers calls he official over wants to have a little talk down to the corner of your screen Gutierrez will get a second shot and it's Pine Creek back up to Here Comes Liberty we'll see what they do to set up the offense move it inside Kazuki loses the ball Wilkinson comes down with it he'll Push It Forward Wilkinson being hounded by bosowski the younger they'll move it around got to feel good about getting mcaffry Bray off to a good start in this game if you're the Eagles good to have a second scoring punch behind kieras tosson inside Wilkinson back outside and FES they'll kick it around here's Bray again back to Thomas shot up good the Pine Creek Eagles are on fire Pine Creek only 36% from threes but they've hit their first two to get off to a 105 lead shooting 100% from the floor so far Matt Kirk shot up got it Captain Kirk comes back with a big three for the or two for the Lancers cuts it to two point lead for Pine Creek we may be looking at triple digits that both teams get hit keep hitting three-pointers at this rate this is crazy being deliberate Wilkinson up top gets it back to Bray and now to good gooder thought about it MOS dorya Dees him up kazooki picks the ball from behind gueras keeps it gets it out shot up and there's the first Miss by Pine Creek and it goes out of bounds it'll be Liberty basketball Dawson Thomas might have hurried that one a little bit yeah just a little bit uh could have worked it around gotten a better looking shot but Liberty is really going for that back steal trying to poke it out to another Defender trying to lead to a fast break they' done it on pretty much every possession so far Matt Kirk up top drives inside gets it to MOS DOR he steps inside the three-point line nice touch for Mo that's his first two of the game great one dribble stop and pop from Doria he's got a nice little stroke moving inside almost lost by Dawson get it to goodier is shot up no good rebound Dawson inside he'll go up and he'll get fouled I believe kazooki got him on the arm first offensive rebound we talked about the lack of height but Thomas at 6-2 one of the top players on the court comes away and gets some free throw opportunities Austin Thomas good job and uh Joe Roush talked about that got to get some rebounds he was more worried about the defensive end Thomas misses the first of two neither team has substituted yet all five starters on the floor for each team as we're into the second half of the first quarter Thomas second shot good 1110 Pine Creek and the Lancers will take their time sha Bowski brings it up gets it to his brother cop now move it to Matt Kirk Bowski hit the three earlier nice spin move gets it over to Kirk in the corner he'll take the shot won't go this time and Liberty gets the rebound kazooki good effort there from Kazuki going to against up against Two Eagles com with that rebound and there a nice talk about your effort how about mcaffrey Bray getting on the floor and getting that one to gueras he'll run it get it poked away from behind they say went off bosski and out of bounds going to be Pine Creek basketball you got to look out for Shawn and his brother Kyle cuz they're coming behind the ball handler trying to poke it out down the court tell what I like about these Pine Creek jerseys Jason I can read their numbers I mean size 144 font yeah they are massive Bray gets it down low Dawson puts it up can't get it battled around and here comes mosor who gets it to bosowski Kyle to his little brother Shawn in the corner he'll shoot for three no in and out rebound Kyle and he he was fouled the official was pointing at the line I want to make sure he was calling a foul and he did he calls it on Grant Wilkinson that's the first team foul and the first one on Wilkinson good effort down low here from Kyle to get the rebound and the smattering of Applause you hear is because Jacob Burns came into the game for Liberty and Jeremiah puit and the Pine Creek fans giving him a mouthful already he's in there shot up by Burns won't go rebound inside number Frederick Limba had to make sure I got the pronunciation good on that one a Limba in the game as well for Pine Creek Wilkinson up top calls off Dawson gets it to Z Limba he'll move inside and they're going to k a foul on pu it how about the Pine Creek fans are going to like that yeah gave him a hard time when he first checked in and walked right in front of the student section across the court they were letting him hear it Jeremiah puit I did ask I'm not sure why I don't know if he transferred if he moved closer to Liberty Ivan Chambers just told me the first day of school he saw him walking the hallways that's a nice addition to an already talented basketball team definitely a three-point shot by Mitchell BS it's 14-1 Pine Creek Here Comes Mo nice crossover dribble puts it up and in just so smooth with those crossovers making it look easy MOS dor has four and here comes Pine Creek Wilkinson a limbo sneaks out and they're going to call underneath stepped on the line I believe Ian Chambers on his team telling him what to do here we go again take a look on Baseline travel there for Pine Creek turned the ball over dorya out to [Applause] bosowski Kyle bosowski up top MOS dorya thought about the three comes inside hoped away and a good job defensively by Mitchell BS but Liberty gets it back go inside to Mo up and they call a block and count it dor is going to be a handful I'm not sure Pine Creek really has anybody who can defend him cuzz he's capable of shooting the three but also getting to the rim like he does here after taking the nice feed one dribble bump and free throw that foul on Frederick a liima his first the second team foul for the Eagles and Moos dorya can give the Lancers what I believe to be their first lead of the game up and in Liberty it's been a great first quarter so far goodarz gets it to Z El Limba he's up top now into the game for Pine Creek Max Loy stepped over the line that's going to be over and back and Liberty will gain possession we'll see if they can build a lead here Loy th had jumped from the front court and saved it but his to his toes just barely on the center line good call by the referee right there right there on the Eagle right on the Eagles head klovski with the basketball to Kirk being guarded by Vols gets it down MOS Doria another easy bucket just doing it all at the moment he's got nine Wilkinson back up for Pine Creek nice spin move gets it to Dawson out to voles Vols will take the shot from there up no good rebound puit and a nice dish down to Burns Burns looking for bosowski gets it back to Mo to pu it puit nice dribble takes it inside won't go you know Jeremiah puit wanted that one would have been great to kind of Silence this former home crowd Pro it the great crossover and almost got it to fall despite contact from Two Eagles Mitchell BS with the foul it's the third team foul for Pine Creek and there's a good look at through it as he makes the first free throw in comes jiren Wilburn [Music] and John Gro into the game for [Applause] Liberty not sure what the Pine Creek fans are yelling it through it but it worked this time he missed it but MOS dorya got the rebound they're going to call for a walk Mo does a good job just throws the ball to the official it's about the first thing that Dory has done wrong this game he's a perfect 44 from the field and one1 from the line get it inside to Loy Loy looks up gets it by Burns gets across half [Applause] courp Gutierrez being guarded by Mo they'll take it down the lane put it up that's off the mar what a block by Mo dor using those long arms perfectly dor puit to Doria Doria works it around he'll get it back to puit at the top puit driving on Gutierrez his former teammate and they're going to get Gutierrez for a hold he disagrees with it his first foul take a look here Doria great defense using those long arms he averages two blocks the game so this certainly not out of his realm of expertise into mo mo he'll shoot from three won't go as first Miss of the game knocked around by puit and handled by Wilkinson Wilkinson didn't realize how much time was left and the clock runs out and that's where the first quarter will end the Liberty Lancers have an 18- 14 lead on Pine Creek we'll be back with the second quarter right after this on 20tv welcome back inside Pine Creek High School that is the Eagles head coach Joe Rous talking to his team down four after the first quarter of play as we get to start the second qu here Lancers the Eagles got to find a uh an answer for MOS dor yeah they just they put Gutierrez on them they best player but dorya has really been able to do kind of whatever he wants as he's got a game high nine points so far for Liberty and of course Ivan Chambers is going to give MOS a little bit of rest here he comes back with Joe Perry in the lineup and Jeremiah puit still out there kind of surprised they're not booing every time he touches the ball but they're being nice here Eagle fans oh they were pretty happy when when he missed that free throw in the first quarter Wilburn gets it to puit puit thinks about it goes up over gooder won't go gooder gets the rebound and here comes Quinton gooder bringing it up he wants to take it on through it it won't go had a little one-on-one from the two former players right there Burns brings it ahead gets it over to grow and back to Burns Jacob [Applause] Burns he'll bring jiren Wilburn up front with him hand in the basketball ball almost a trap there Wilburn gets it over in the corner Gro puts it up won't go push off and Thomas I thought was going to get the rebound it goes off of him and out of bounds it be Liberty ball Pine Creek going manto man trying to keep Liberty from being able to shoot too many three-pointers but the Liberty guards have been able to drive and create some space and get some wide open shots for their Shooters Lancers come back John Gro up top with the basketball to Burns the Lance is just uh milking that four-point lead no one scored here yet in the second quarter Burns working on Wilkinson back out to puit going to take Gutierrez again this time Wilkinson steps in makes him lose the basketball goes out of bounds Creek fans like that Pro it looked like he just trying to do a little too much in front of his former student Bonnie Eagles over there crowd and threw that one away although they got lucky and it went off a Pine Creek player through at the 63 senior he does look poised out there I don't think he's pressing at all doing a good job gets it over to Gro grow inside they're going to call him for the offensive foul and a good job there by mcaffrey Bray defensively for Pine Creek stepped right in front of Gro who lost control and picked up the offensive foul as we take another look Gro just lost control a little bit maybe lower to shoulder just a hair to pick up that offensive foul spine Creek now with their first chance to score the first points of the second quarter there's mcaffry Bray had the first five points of this game for the Eagles being hounded a little bit closer out there now by Joe Perry now Wilkinson out top Bray will look inside can't get it to Dawson Gutierrez open out front can't get it to fall rebound Perry and he gets it to puit and Lancers will run here comes Gro back to puit thought about it almost hopped takes it inside and goodier won't go rebound Dawson Thomas pushes it up just past us and we're get a foul by jiren [Music] Wilburn great move to get into the lane by puit on that previous play just couldn't quite get it to fall and then a good push from the Eagles to force the issue Grant Wilkinson 6-1 sophomore running the offense for Pine Creek I believe he's going to be a good player for this team for quite some time there he is again open got the three pointer Grant Wilkinson passed the ball off and then got about three screens around the bottom Baseline to get wide open on the other corner and knocked down the three sophomore just a sophomore through it to Wilburn and Liberty comes back burns with the basketball on the right hand side the bosowski brothers getting ready to come back in rebound Dawson Thomas gets it to Wilkinson Again hounded by Burns makes a nice move the Pine Creek fans love that one as he spun out of it back to Dawson Thomas at the top he'll look around Gutierrez sets a pick they go down inside Wilkinson puts it up and he gets fouled wow Grant Wilkinson what can he do he hits outside he goes inside and posts up yeah playing really smart basketball set the screen and then went back inside to the low block and posted up the shorter player and get some free throws out of it Grant Wilkinson at 61 posting up the 510 Jacob Burns smart move by the sophomore to take the junior inside but Wilkinson misses his first and in comes Moos dor and the bosowski brothers which I think safe to say the big three for the Lancers certainly the big [Applause] three shot is down for Wilkinson makes one of two and we got a tie ball game again 4 nothing run by Pine Creek here to start the second quarter May got a offensive foul on through it [Applause] offensive foul on Jeremiah puit Liberty's yet to score here in the second quarter ever since their starting five took the bench they haven't put up really any points so they got all their starters back in now puit and grow come out and in come Kazuki and Kirk Captain Kirk I'm trying to hold back I'm trying to hold back Jason you just want to say it every time I know Aon Thomas try to get a screen from bray out to Gutierrez he'll take MOS Doria to the ho wow the Binger roll I believe you call that great job to avoid the defender was ready for the charge and just went right around him MOS dorya wants it back gets it in the corner and the lowski brothers will work it back around to Kazuki nice pass inside Doria comes down with it he'll kick it out in the corner Kirk takes his time shot up won't go rebound Dawson Dawson Thomas gets it to Wilkinson Wilkinson pushes it nice shot from Mitchell Vols won't go Mo Doria rebounds this time these teams getting up and down the court Doria to Kirk Kirk puts it up won't go Doro with the tip won't go rebound Bray Here Comes Gutierrez will'll come back up this way they'll take his time take a shot from three won't go rebound inside Wilkinson kick it back outside Thomas down the lane another finger roll it's like the red SE splitting there the Liberty Defenders just left the lane wide open for that drive Doria back to Kyle Bowski Bowski to Kirk boy good presence of mine just heads up play by the Lancers nice pass inside to kazooki good job by Kyle bosowski to get that to Kazuki can't get the bucket but he does get a couple free throws yeah great feed he easily could have gone up but probably would have gotten the shot block found a wide open teammate who will now get some free throws Caleb Kazuki going to go to the line and we've got a timeout called we're going to take a break well be right back with more second quarter action from this one after this on 20tv welcome back inside Pine Creek High School where the Eagles are on an 80 run to start the second quarter there's just 330 left in this quarter but Lancers have fallen into a drought Jason yeah Liberty hasn't scored since the 104 Mark of the first quarter so it's been about 5 and 1/2 minutes since Liberty's put a point on the board Kazuki hoping to change that he goes to to the line as we come back in this one Joe Rous sends his team back out to fill in the sides of that free throw line and let's see if Kazuki can get the Lancers on the board for the first time in 5 and a half minutes shot up won't go he didn't like that one turned around gave us the stank face didn't feel good coming off of his hand he's got kind of a interesting free throw he takes his right hand off and goes just with the left just at the last second doesn't follow through Dawson Thomas rebound gooder is pushing it he's got bosi in front of him takes it inside another finger roll he's got that move down that's twice in a row he's been able to offend avoid a Defender inside Kirk gets it back Mo's Doria will he get it down no airball rebound Inside bosowski swatted by Wilkinson the sophomore comes up with a huge play now he runs the floor gets it out Dawson Thomas shot up no oh Rebound in side great job by Mitchell BS to get that rebound Ivan Chambers wants a timeout let's keep it right here as the Eagles are now up 26 to 18 they were down 1814 to start this at a 120 Pine Creek run really taking advantage of Liberty not being able to put the ball in they're getting up and down the court they're getting easy layups like that and even the shots they're missing they're grabbing offensive rebounds Joe Rous loving it he said you got to get on the boards they really have been keeping the Lancers off the offense glass Ivan Chambers maybe going to get a little more sense of urgency to his team but Joe Rous got to be happy with his team's play right now yeah both teams have 13 rebounds here throughout the course of the game but it seems like Pine Creek's really hit the boards a lot better than Liberty over the last couple of minutes which has helped build this eight-point lead look at that block by Grant Wilkinson and then came back down the other way the offensive rebound by Mitchell voles putting Pine Creek up by eight lancer's in trouble now course the Lancers 3 and0 in Metro League Play Pine Creek has yet to get a Metro League win there at o0 and two mosor inside nice lift can't get it to fall Dawson Thomas with a rebound Wilkinson stolen by bosowski he's got Kirk inside nice pass Matt Kirk with the easy Deuce that ends about a 6 and 1 half minute scoring drought for Liberty Kyle Bowski knew his team needed something get it out to Bray Bray looking for Gutierrez now spinning around can't find anyone finally gets it to Quenton he'll shoot from out there won't go rebound Matt Kirk and here come the Lancers calm down kazooki back to sha Bowski shot up won't go rebound Dawson Thomas Joe Ral got to be loving the way they're rebounding defensively right now Pine Creek really hitting the boards well and they're taking time too on offense the last shot I think from Quinton was maybe just a hair out of the the offens is Quinton can't handle that one and bats it back inside Here Comes mosor got a man behind it but he's too quick he goes inside and that is going to be an offensive foul on MOS Doran just losing control going under the basket Crossing his feet trying to cross up the defender who stood his ground and took that charge nicely maccaffrey Bray standing in there and there's a good look at Mo dor who uh is hitting a little bit of a scoring drought he had nine points and he hasn't scored since get it ahead to Gutierrez thinks about it pulls it back shoots the three shot up won't go rebound Kazuki to bosowski goodier obviously has the green lightz he's put up a ton of shots Matt Kirk the captain bringing the Lancers back into this game he's got the last four points for Liberty we've got a whistle and a timeout again called 30 second timeout by Joe Rous let's keep it right here Joe uh not happy that the Lancers are getting inside and getting two layups right in a row there by Matt Kirk no and his team on the offensive end seems to just kind of be jacking up shots now they're not running through the offense like they were earlier in the game and then losing their Defenders for easy layups here on the other end good inside passing from Liberty though to find the open guy Kyle Bowski you know he knows how to pass the basketball there's Joe Rous now telling him hey no more easy baskets a lot of times the the coach will take a foul as opposed to letting a team hit a layup like that but Matt Kirk has brought his team back into this one he now has nine points to lead his team in scoring along with Doran and now it looks like the lancers and Ivan Chambers have decided to put a little pressure on this Pine Creek team goodarz gets the ball in bounds they'll clear out and let him bring it up against Bowski that was an easy press break M Caffrey bray to Wilkinson Wilkinson uses it sends it back to Bray Bray shot up and won't go rebound inside how about the great job being done by Dawson Thomas rebounding and putting it back doing exactly what his team needs hitting the boards and doing it well resulting in points now out front to jiren Wilburn owski kazooki and there's going to be a foul on Bray and that is going to be his second here it is again as we take a look at it yeah just kind of stuck out his knee obviously as Kazuki tried to go around him that's a pretty obvious call Bray didn't like it burns will come back in for Caleb kazooki and Captain Kirk will inbound the ball down low gets it inside Mo dor Doria wants to take Dawson makes a nice little dip move and gets the bucket to go showing off the skill set he had a little floater from 15 and then the nice little up and under there doria's got a game High 11 the Eagles had kept him scoreless for about 8 minutes though they'll take more of that as this game progresses Wilkinson to Thomas up front tried to get it they'll work it back around Wilkinson from the corner won't go rebound Burns thought he had it and I believe it went off of Burns Out of Bounds as zga Limba was there for Pine Creek kazooki will come back in for burns the Eagles really crashing the boards they're sending three and four guys down there trying to get those offens a rebounds Quinton Gutierrez inbound Thomas Thomas wide open three shot up and good Dawson Thomas Ivan Chambers can't believe his team left him that far open he's got 11 points in the first half and the Pine Creek fans trying to get Liberty to shoot it early counting down to zero when there was still 10 seconds left Lancers work with it now it's 3 seconds 2 seconds Kurt Jackson way up won't go rebound Isa limo and that's the way the first half will end the Lancers find themselves down by seven 31 to 24 probably not the shot coach Chambers really wanted there at the end from NBA range but they'll go down four seven that'll do it for the first half we'll come back with a little halftime show for you right after this on 20 TV e e e and welcome back inside Pine Creek High School Brian alongside Jason Carter the Eagles have the lead in this Colorado Springs 5A Metro League contest 31 to 24 Jason how do we get there let's take a look at some highlights yeah first off mcaffrey Bray had the first five points of the game here's two of them right here as he gets all the way to the rim he added a three-pointer early as Pine Creek was pretty much doing it all that's Daws and Thomas who put together a great half for Liberty it was pretty much a oneman show early on dorya with the jumper and then getting into the lane he had 11 points in the first half but the Eagles did just about everything right that's sophomore Grant Wilkinson and then this sweet finger roll here from Quinton goodier he did that on backto back possessions and the Eagles really got into the rim all evening and then hitting the offensive boards well especially there in the second quarter as they build a seven-point lead Bowski to Matt Kirk on two straight times down the floor is Liberty would cut it to four and you always have to worry when you play Liberty about MOS dor as you mentioned 11 points in the first half but right now the Pine Creek Eagles doing a good job they have a 31 to 24 lead look at those numbers really surprised the Lancers usually shoot a lot better than 37% an extremely good shooting program 52% field goal percentage throughout the course of the year but only shooting 37 here in this game and then three-pointers they're closer to 40% as a team as you can tell well under 20 that really is the difference Liberty just can't hit any open shot so far for Joe Rous you got to be happy you're out rebounding Liberty 18 to 15 and getting key rebounds on the defensive end and how much of that 37% shooting percentage for the Lancers is because of the Eagles defense uh quite a bit they're getting right up in the in the grills of the Lancer Defenders and not really giving them too many open shots neither one of the brothers sha or Kyle has really been too wide open especially after that first quarter when one of them did knock down a three-pointer and not many turnovers that shows us that we are playing some really good basketball six for the Lancers five for the Pine Creek Eagles they're just wrapping up halftime here at Pine Creek High School we will come back with third quarter action right after this on 20 TV e e let's get the second half of this basketball game started the Liberty Lancers down seven to the Pine Creek Eagles the starters on the floor for both teams as we start this third quarter of action and it'll be Eagle basketball the sophomore Wilkinson who's been Splendid playing in the first half and it's Kyle bosi almost got the steal Kazuki comes up with it get it to Shawn back to kazooki back to Doria work it around Kyle Bowski in the lane shot up and in great ball movement there from Liberty really taking their time cuz they could have gone for a contested layup but got a little bit of an easier shot Wilkinson turned it over last time just the sixth time of the game for the Eagles inside to BS back outside Dawson Thomas he leads the way missed that one MOS Doro with the rebound they push it ahead Matt Kirk takes his time looks is the presence of mine you can tell he's the captain on this Liberty team that's a 40 Lancer run and we're going to take a timeout via Joe Roush and the Pine Creek Eagles he did not like the way this quarter started Jason no not at all Liberty came out and really pushed the tempo as Kirk here gets the layup and his Eagles seemed a little out of it here in the first minute or so of this third quarter well Lancers coming at 8 and4 3 and0 in the League you knew Ivan Chambers team was going to come out a little bit fired up down seven to a team that's 0 and2 in conference four and five overall and it seems like uh maybe Ivan lit a fire there at halftime yeah Pine Creek does have it though they started the season 3 and 0 so they're certainly capable and they've scored 80 points in three of those games so they're certainly capable of scoring in bunches Mitchell voles gets it into goodarz and Quinton will bring it up slowly as Liberty backs off defensively MOS dor out front guarding Gutierrez Thomas and Bs up top that's knocked Away by Kazuki and they're going to call him for a foul he throws the ball back to the ref ref makes sure he's not lipping off at him and then calls the foul interesting strategy from Liberty they had the tempo going up pace how they really like to play but then backed off on the defensive end and essentially slowed down the game now yeah they forced a turnover there and now that look prob they just want to let Pine Creek SU what they can do offensively nice crossover by goerz gets it to Bray Bray download of Vols almost mishandles it on the floor bosowski jumped on that one it went out of bounds and I believe bossk's hand was on it as it was out of bounds it'll be Pine Creek ball coach Chambers must have really lit a fire under his guys cuz they're all over the place here through the first minute of this third quarter BS out front Dawson Thomas inside Bray BS holds onto it gets it to Bray Line Creek very deliberate now work it out front goodarz and Thomas Bray tried to get it knocked Away by mosor and that's a second turnover quickly here in the second half for Pine Creek Doria takes it inside says guess what I can finger roll too those long arms man make it very easy for him to go around the defender great move from Dory after knocking away the pass on the defensive end jerz just gets it inbounds and fine Creek will work it around Ray hasn't scored since those first five for the Eagles try to get it in the third turnover and here comes Liberty bosowski up to dor oh of the Alle you wouldn't go goodier comes back the other way collects himself and it's stolen Again by Doria Doria this time wants to throw it down and he will Mo Doria gives the Lancers a one-point lead ah Liberty's hands are in all the passing Lanes right now Pine Creek cannot find an opening four straight turnovers by Pine Creek Gutierrez finally gets on the board a cooler head prevails down that end but here comes Liberty they're going to run Bowski looks inside gets it to his brother Kyle down the lane puts it up blocked out of bounds by Wilkinson the impressive sophomore for Pine Creek and in for Pine Creek will come Max Loy he'll take mcaffrey brav spot Joe Rous not happy with those four turnovers for Pine Creek they had five turnovers in the first half they got four here in the first three minutes of the second half yeah the energy from Liberty on the defensive end is really been the difference hands are everywhere they've knocked down I think almost every Pine Creek Pass so far now they spread out the offense Big Time Bowski inside back to Shawn Shawn will spot up three no rebound Gutierrez up by the the rim to grabb that [Applause] one Gutierrez crosses over dor and they'll move it around Wilkinson to Gutierrez with Mo in his face can't get it to go kazooki comes down and here comes Kirk Kirk spins loses it Bowski to Doria in the corner Kirk spots up and hits it how cool is this kid Captain Kirk hits it again and the Lancers get another basket and Joe Rous and the Eagles won another timeout we'll take the timeout as well we'll come back right after this on 20tv back inside Pine Creek High School the Liberty Lancers just hit a three to take a two-point lead they're on quite a run Jason yeah they're up 11 to2 here in the third quarter they were down 3124 and half but they've really started to light it up here in the third and they've done it def defensively forcing four turnovers from Pine Creek looks like they might do another one they do Bowski to dor inside nice touch off the glass good dor has got 17 after having a really slow second quarter he's looking to attack now Gutierrez going to slow it down for Pine Creek they're down four up seven to down four toss and Thomas can't get it to go Gutierrez saves it inside Loy can't get it to Thomas it'll go out of bounds and it'll be Lancer Joe Roush wanted a foul called not going to get one liberty going with a full-court press on that last that last defensive play resulted in yet another turnover for the Eagles Jeremiah puit getting ready to come back in get it to dor up top looks at it takes Thomas down the lane kick out to Burns they'll come back around Kirk kazooki inside dorya tried to get it Bowski and it's knocked away and here comes Pine Creek they'll get it to jeras it'll go out of bounds Pine Creek just playing too fast trying to push a little bit more than they really need to and they really need to slow down you get a turnover like that get into your offense even though goodier was there he was covered by a liberty Defender Jeremiah PR comes back in for Matt Kirk and the Lancers have a four-point lead in the basketball Burns to [Applause] bosowski in the corner kazooki crosscourt pass to Doran and the Lancers now can be deliberate don't really have to force it they've got the four-point lead Here Comes puit taking goodier kicks it out Burns nice catch on the sideline and they work it back around to bosowski puts it up nice tough Touch won't go they're going to call him for a charge Ian Chambers can't believe it Gutierrez stood in there and Bowski gets the foul good defense there from gueras to hold his ground cuz Bowski went into the the air and was coming at him with the knees but he took the charge good shot of Ivan little bit upset Here Comes Quenton Gutierrez quickly up the court has to kick it back out that's going to be a turnover goodier is just a little bit crazy with that one little out of control trying to go to the rim it was a mind of uh you got to know what you're going to do kind of one of those things when you leave your feet you got to kind of know what you're going to do when you go to the go to the rim either they take it up or not burn inside dor Doria easy one puts it up and in a Limba tried to draw the foul nothing doing dor 19 for dor got 19 just above his average of 17.9 so he's he's on a pace for a good game oh is he well more than an average game Gutierrez comes back he's usually the leading scorer for the Eagles he gets a bucket there Here Comes puit against his old teammate Tred to get it out and they're going to call him for the offense foul as Bray stood in there BR can't believe it Pine Creek this is their defense been so far yeah bray got there just in time to pick up the charge from an out of control puit Grant Wilkinson comes back in this time for Dawson Thomas who's been the offense for Pine Creek with 11 points Gutierrez has now picked it up with with 10 but gutierrez's 10 comes on four for 12 shooting and 0 for three from Beyond 0 for six from Beyond the three-point Arc gueras now to Bray Bray shot up got it his first point since the first half nice look from gueras it's a one-point game come the Lancers bosowski to Kazuki back to bosowski and now Burns gets Wilkinson to go up gets it to Doria boy Doria really moves that ball around quickly you don't know where he's going to go with it up top Burns drives back to Doria he'll take it down the lane go up and call a block on goodarz this time as Doria went into the lane here's another look that was a close one Gutierrez was there looked like he might have been planted but Doria avoided him just enough to pick up the block Moos Doria at the line going to see our first look at Isaiah Allen getting ready to come into the game he'll come in for Kyle Bowski dor has now got 20 for Liberty game high Ian Chambers going with Isaiah Allen who did not see any action in the first half he's a tough quick Defender Doria hits and he's got 21 it's interesting that Liberty's backed off that full court press that worked so well a couple of possessions here earlier in the third back at the BS had Bray open goodarz steps by gets back AA Limba here's Gutierrez for three shot up got it this time one for seven from behind the line but this one's big as it ties the ball game Gutierrez with 13 points team high so far for Pine Creek as he had a nice little lineup there on the three through it to Burns Burns up top to kazooki to Isaiah Allen he'll drive Baseline kick it back out Kazuki and Allen working a two-man game Allen will shoot from three won't go nice Rebound in Side by puit puts it up too strong gooder comes out with it we got a foul call inside and we got a foul on Jeremiah puit who can't believe it that's his third crit really working hard underneath the basket for the offensive rebound just got unlucky on the putb and Ivan Chambers and puit talk to each other a little bit BS it'ss a three shows it to the fans three fingers as he goes back up the court and it's a three-point lead for Pine Creek be interesting to see if Liberty doesn't put that pressure defense back on dor to Burns back to puit Bowski and Kirk getting ready to come back in here comes puit kicking it back out move it around Allen Doria Doria move into the lane puts it up won't go but you know what that's the good thing about mosor when he doesn't make it and he gets fouled got a chance to go to the line and he could do some damage there as they Limbo with the foul yeah 77% free throw shooter good move almost got that one to fall after the contact Wilkinson comes back in MO Doria trying to cut that lead can't get the first one Bowski comes in for Allen Kirk in for puit that was doria's first free throw Miss of the 90s three for four as he'll get one more Gloria with those pretty sparkly shoes gets that one to go didn't someone always say it's all it's all about the shoes Jason I'm not I've never been a big shoe guy no no okay Quon gooder is way downt can't get it to go and there's a foul as Doria tries to get away from it Mitchell voles will get the foul call his third foul Pine Creek starting to get into maybe a little bit of foul trouble now that would not help their cost Vols with has three Gutierrez has two so a couple guys maybe with some small problems but if they're smart hopefully it won't bite them too bad that brings back in Dawson Thomas for voles Joe Rous gets his first half leading scorer back into the game Burns SL the Bowski Brothers back out there with Kirk dor and burns they run the weave out front bosowski falls down nice move to get it back into Play Kirk down low nice kick bosowski from the corner won't go rebound Kirk Taps it out dorya goes after it as a Limba goes to the ground the clock goes to zero that'll do it 4442 at the end of three we'll be back with with this exciting fourth quarter of District 20 action after this [Applause] [Music] back inside Pine Creek High School Joe R's Eagles have a two-point lead but you can see the Lancers who are down seven at the half have really made this a basketball game in the second half yeah that second quarter really uh the odd man out for Liberty they've about 18 points both the first and the third we'll see if the even number continues to be bad Omen for Liberty Bowski Brothers Kyle inbounded to Shawn and gives it back to Kyle up top here nice drive by Kyle and get a foul on AA Limba it'll be interesting to see if Liberty continues to press they had such success with it in the third quarter getting Steals and going full court against Pine Creek and really got him out of rhythm bad we'll see if they continue to do that and also getting to the rim like they did there Kirk to Bowski up top they'll pay catch out here Lancers work of that ball taking their time right now but you're right I wouldn't doubt if if they make or Miss they might put the Press on Kirk Bowski going against Bray it's knocked away and they're going to call a travel on bosowski Kyle bosowski with the travel and here comes the [Applause] Press they forced four turnovers in a row against Pine Creek there in the third quarter to get back into this basketball game Wilkinson brings it forward sophomore on sophomore right there Bray has burns on him good defense Wilkinson taking it inside he'll put it up won't go rebound Kirk Matt Kirk brings it forward for Liberty pushes it gets it to Burns Burns thinks about it sets it back up and Mos dor no longer being guarded by Gutierrez now being guarded by Thomas Doria flashes gets it over over to Matt Kirk puts it up won't go rebound Thomas good job boxing out Doria there and he'll push it comes right down the lane gets it to Bray on the side for three got it mcaffrey Bray can shoot from outside that's his third three of the game he's hit his last two after not scoring since the first couple minutes of this ball game MOS dorya trying to get his team back into this goes to the line no foul can't get the basket I'm not sure Ivan Chambers wanted that as his team's down five is limbo into the lane back outside Thomas shot have got it look at this Dawson Thomas and Pine Creek back up to an eight-point lead and the Eagles are look looking a lot more confident on their three-pointers here in the fourth in the third they looked a little rattled MOS dorya wants a screen Bowski get hammered trying to come across Doria turns around puts it up an in MO Doria 24 now he gets that close you're going to have a hard time stopping him he's got an array of moves here's the Press they get it to Gutierrez he'll push it get it over to AA limbo for three got it Pine Creek 53- 44 that's their 11th three-pointer made in this game so that's really keeping them at this lead M dor trying to go against Thomas gets it to Bowski looking over for Ivan Chambers not sure what to do and Liberty will take their time they're going to look for a good shot this time down matt Kirk goes inside forces it up he's going to get a foul called I believe that's going to be against mcaffrey Bray and it is take a look good drive here from Kirk went glass and just couldn't quite get it to fall as Bray picks up his second Matt Kirk now with two free throws got the first one and at back comes in Caleb kazooki comes in for Jacob Burns [Applause] little frustration on the Lancers right now as they're down they were the favorite team coming into this one shot up no good Bowski back to his brother Shawn puts it up still up won't go rebound Thomas he'll run forward to Wilkinson Wilkinson puts it up can't get it to go MOS Doria came down with it they're going to call a foul or no out of bounds on Liberty it'll be Pine Creek basketball the lcer is uncharacteristically cannot hit a three-pointer they're three of 18 in the ball game wow they're out of rhythm here's one in Rhythm Gutierrez can't get it to go Bray inside still can't go Thomas with the rebound puts it up and he's fouled how about the rebounding by Joe roush's club right there yeah they are doing an incredible job on the offensive boards just really carrying over from earlier in the game they got 29 total rebounds out rebounding the Lancers by seven Dawson Thomas authoritatively saying that basketball is mine getting it and he gets two free throws because of it first one's good he can give Pine Creek their biggest lead of the game if he sinks this at 10 points got it 5545 5 minutes left in this basketball game the Lancers got to do something to get back into it Doria Shan Bowski he steps back thinks about it gets it to Kirk they'll work it around the other side Doria again being guarded by Thomas gets a nice pick from Kazuki takes it inside they'll work it around and Bowski gets hit by isai Limba little upset at the official you got to be careful there to get a technical foul and Isa Limba picks up his fourth foul good drive and Dish here from Liberty a couple of times and then a smart move there by Shawn to pick up the foul in the defender that was just too close Bowski are very smart basketball players just a sophomore making a nice play like that mosor working inside turn around spin spin cycle man MOS Doria 26 for him Gutierrez out [Applause] front now to Thomas Thomas as a limbo says use me they get it over to Gutierrez makes a nice move by Doria puts it up can't get it to go full slot gets it and he's going to get fouled by gooder goodier a little frustrated maybe that he missed that easy shot made a great move along the Baseline to get in goodier is now five of 16 from the floor having a rough night there and now that's tough wasowski goes down hard and the sophomore will be going to the line at the other end one and one for Sean Bowski this could help Liberty get back into it they have free throws this final 4 minutes and 8 Seconds and a pretty good free throw shooting team overall at just under 70% up and in for Sean Bowski back in the day when the Big Brothers AJ and Garrett they made a lot of big free throws for this Lancer team Shan can't get the second one for Rebound inside kazooki gets it to Kirk and up and in a three-point play the hard way by the Liberty Lancers cut it to cuts it to five jerz gets the basketball we're inside four minutes it was a 10-point game with five minutes it's five with four that keeps up the laners wi by 15 shot up no good rebound knocked around picked Away by Bray get it to Thomas he'll shoot for three got it doson Thomas has been on fire tonight Thompson 19 points three of four of eight from three-point range 50% most coaches will take that Bowski works it around Matt Kirk for three got it he answers Thomas big three there for the captain Liberty finally well I thought they were going to go back to that full-court press I'm surprised they haven't done more Quinton Gutierrez brings it up slowly against Doria out to Bray is limo with the four fouls playing up top there's Bray knocked Away by kazooki it's why gooder can handle it in the back court [Applause] over to Thomas and Pine Creek being delivered here with a five-point lead try to get it inside to his aimba and Bowski Kyle will get the foul his third five-point game Mitchell voles will come in he has three fouls as well Bray mcaffry Bray will have a seat Isaiah Allen and Jacob Burns check back in for the lancers and the bosski brothers will get a break I imagine their break won't be very long with his team down five just enough to give him some win for probably the final two minutes BS inside nice play to Thomas he's blocked from behind by Matt Kirk who cannot believe they called that foul but then he jumps right back into the captain and wondering asking coach what he wants him to do next here is a good look at it you're going to get that call yeah the little hand in the back and coming over the top kind of hit him on the top of the head you're going to get that call more times than not Dawson Thomas doing his best to keep up with MOS dorya and scoring now has 20 points got double double 20 points and 10 rebounds Matt Kirk also has 20 points for Liberty that shot missed Thomas tries to chase it down he goes out of bounds it'll be Liberty basketball no matter how much Joe Rous and his bench point the other way Lancer ball six-point Pine Creek lead Moos DOR brings it up slowly to Kirk interesting the bosowski brothers are out so Dory is the point guard I guess there's Jacob Burns shot up won't go crit can't get the rebound he knocks over Gutierrez and that's going to be crit's fourth foul I believe that was a tough shot from Liberty dribbling to the left and then trying to shoot it with your right hand that's has your momentum going the wrong direction as we take another look puit yeah kind of came in and really didn't get any ball that was more of a tackle oh 15 Ivan Chambers Ivan Chambers making a point to the [Applause] official something about Dawson Thomas not happy Bowski comes into the game Ian Chambers very upset with that call Quinton Gutierrez [Music] at the line got him 60- 53 2 and 1/2 minutes now and you know the Lancers can score this much in that little time no problem but they've got to stop Pine Creek yeah the Eagles are shooting lights out certainly by their standers 43% from Beyond The Arc they've hit 12 three-pointers Here Comes Matt Kirk across the line for the Lancers down eight he'll work it around gooder tried for the steel Bowski goes inside kicks it out Dory up for three shot up won't go airball kazooki with the rebound he'll come back inside Doran Mo goes up and gets it to fall six-point game timeout Ivan Chambers just such a smart player when he gets close to the rim I mean he went glass there most guys might have tried to switch it but you're going to have a better chance going glass off the backboard for two more points he's got 28 Isaiah Allen back in the game for Liberty that's going to be a quicker Defender for Ivan Chambers who was very upset earlier about the call not sure exactly what he was talking about let's look at this again there's a shot by Matt Kirk hitting the three he's got 20 points and Moos Doro with 28 two big scorers for Liberty but they are down six at this point yeah those two have 48 of the team's 55 total points so if they're looking for scoring you know exactly where they're going if you're at Pine Creek I would I would warn you to keep your eyes on number 22 as well Shan bosski is a deadly three-point shooter especially on that kick out if they crash on Doria or Kirk in the lane find a wide open they've got a couple of Shooters both the brothers from the outside can really shoot it however tonight Liberty 4 of 21 from Beyond The Arc here comes that press they finally brought it back in Mitchell voles gets it to Wilkinson the sophomore will work on the senior [Applause] Kirk and Wilkinson will work with the ball as we come down to two minutes left in this game Eagles with a six-point lead Wilkinson goes inside limbo not going to shoot it from there with kazooki on him Allen on Thomas nice kick to BS in the corner got it holy cow the Pine Creek Eagles continue to hit threes Isaiah Allen gets it back to Kirk they've got to go now down nine Matt Kirk drives inside he'll put it up won't go rebound Wilkinson Pine Creek has the basketball up nine Isaiah Allen is there and they're going to call him for a foul Wilkinson the sophomore will go to the line to try and make this lead 11 for the Eagles Pine Creek looking more like Golden State out there with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson I mean the number of three pointers they've hit has been incredible 39 of their 64 points have been off three-pointers and I've got to believe I think people laughed at me today when I said Pine Creek the home Court's going to mean something they said home court in high school basketball okay Pine Creek is shooting the ball like they're playing at home that's what's Happening Here the Lancers are playing like they're playing on the road can tell Pine Creek has shot in this gym a couple of times they seem really confident Wilson's first one good 10-point lead for the Eagles 130 left Liberty really going to have to push [Music] now but you know well coached team they know they can push it get a two and then put that defense on they got four quick steals to start the third quarter to get back in this let's see if they can do it here oh look at Isaiah limbo push his way through to get that one and we are got a timeout call by Joe Roush as AA limbo came in and made that steal what I saw Jason was a push in the back just totally just running over bosowski and getting the ball no call he really did tried to go through the player to get the ball and they let him get away with it that's usually a foul called especially that far out trying to jump the lane like that that's what Ivan Chambers is angry about however his team down 11 lot lot worse things tonight from his team than uh just a couple of calls here late Ian Chambers upset he's got to get his team refocused but 44 seconds left Ian a good coach for Liberty Joe Rous a good coach for Pine Creek and that's what let's talk about these uh the opportunities to learn from from these situations and it's nice yes Ivan can get upset but then he gets back in and he gets his players refocused and and I think at this level Joe and Ivan both know hey they tell their players let me deal with you officials let me get angry but you guys better keep your heads yeah both both squads very young and so great teaching opportunities both from the team that's behind and the team that's ahead cuz you've got to learn to play in these situations regardless of which team you are but the story with Liberty they're 17 of 31 on two-point shots they're shooting well over 50% from two-point range you just can't hit a three-pointer which has absolutely been the difference Wilkinson loses the ball at half court and he gets it back gets it to Zimbo in the corner as we're coming down they try and get it into the final minute of play Gutierrez gets a foul called on Bowski he just turns and walks away can't believe it that's his fourth the Lancers starting to realize this might be their first loss in Metro League Play Pine Creek really played a has played a great game so far maybe kind of played above their their record and uh what people might expect but they came out and they were ready for this one Quinton Gutierrez hits the first of two that gets him up to 16 points trying to catch Dawson Thomas as the leading scorer tonight gooder second shot won't go rebound as a limbo who's been Mr everything here the last 30 seconds for Pine Creek Gutierrez nice crossover and the fans love that one you'll see that on Snapchat later limbo nice move gets it back to gooder and he'll bring it out front mosor coming out to play defense bows with a screen and Pine Creek will happily just dribble this whole thing out Gutierrez deves and the Eagles will take their time but then again class here you don't see this this is a real rivalry these teams not very crazy about each other but you don't see any bad stuff going on almost Stripped Away by Dorian it goes out of bounds we're going to get a foul called I believe on Moos Doro yeah great sequence there from Pine Creek to cut the clock and like you said Liberty could have easily gone out and gotten an intentional foul Center to the free throw line tried to get the ball back uh but instead tried to play tough defense and Pine Creek just cranked about 30 seconds off the clock that's hats off to Ivan Chambers you know really in order to get back in the ball Game yes there was a minute left but it's going to take an hour and a half to get that sort of thing done and the chances are very very slim so hats off to Ivan in a teaching moment for Liberty hey you know what take the loss Matt Kirk blocked by Mitchell BS they're going to call a foul on BS that'll be his [Music] third make it his fourth Matt Kirk goes and he I believe that we will win from the Pine Creek fans in their tie-dye shirts tonight Jason where was yours I must have left it in the truck sorry about that first shot good for Kirk and a mass substit Institution for Liberty as Allen and Gro and Perry and Thomas pachy getting the game jiren Wilburn will be in after Kirk shoots this one Matt Kirk won't go rebound Dawson Thomas Thomas up ahead to voles and Pine Creek will try and run out the last 12 seconds of this one J El limbo up top Liberty is not going to foul Thomas goes down the lane puts it up and in and that's the way it'll end Dawson Thomas wanted two more give him 22 for the night and the eagle fans storm the court as this was quite an upset Pine Creek came in four and five and they'll start to shake some hands MOS dorya and here come the Eagles that's what we like to see as both teams shake hands so MOS doria's 28 Matt Kirk's 21 not enough that'll do it from Pine Creek High School as they defeat the Liberty Lancers giving them their first loss in Metro League Play getting their first win 71 to 56 thanks for watching we'll see you next time on 20tv [Music]

e e e hello and welcome into Liberty High School where coming up very shortly we will have high school volleball the final game of the Colorado Springs Metro League against the Pine Creek Eagles the Liberty Lancers of course the team at home we are here my name is Brian German Vince greo alongside me we're going to have that exciting action for you but the JB game currently going on we will get to this game just as soon as it is eminent that it will start we'll see you at that time e for e e e for e [Music] e e e [Music] Here Comes Natasha Ward another shot and a goal Natasha Ward her second goal of the day nice pass outside to migan migan steeps back and DRS it he's feeling it [Music] tonight good evening and welcome into Liberty High School in Colorado Springs Colorado for some girls Colorado Springs Metro League volleyball as the Lancers host the Pine Creek Eagles my name is Brian German alongside me is Vince Greco for this Colorado Springs Metro League final game of the season let's see how these two teams stack up Vince on paper it looks like Pine Creek might be a little bit better than the lancers and I think part of the reason for that Brian is the leadership on that Pine Creek team a lot of seniors a whole lot of leadership girls that have played a lot of matches for this Pine Creek team on the other side of the Ledger the Lancers relatively young 12 and six are the Pine Creek Eagles coming in this game Liberty Lancers 99 but where are they in the Colorado Springs Metro League you ask ah the illustrious Cory Morlock gives us the Conference standings Rampart currently 5-0 but what's happening tonight A Lot Pine Creek playing Liberty you can see maybe Liberty can creep up into a tie for second place because Rampart is playing Coronado tonight if Rampart wins they're allout Champions however if Coronado were to defeat Rampart and Pine Creek for to win tonight we'd have a three-way tie there's a lot on the line here tonight for these Pine Creek Eagles and they can see that and for the Lancers as well they're a bit further behind in the overall State rankings but they again are young team and have a lot to prove playing here on senior night in their home gymnasium and if they can get this win tonight who knows maybe they could sneak into those state playoffs a key player the key player for the Liberty Lancers tonight is Kennedy garard you see her right there she's a junior for this team she has 46 Aces that's more than anyone else almost double anyone else in the Caro Springs Metro League just look at those numbers 58 assists 46 Aces and you and I both talked tonight how important the serve is is even here at this High School level these unforced airs and she's the one of the top players in the state when it comes to serving that volleyball and there's a lot of good servers on this Liberty Lancer team as a matter of fact a lot of them serve over and above 95% some of the names you'll be seeing tonight but up front they are really tough when you have Aaron Andy Jordan Valentine and ke ellner who do the job up up front for Liberty and we'll be seeing lots of them let's take a look at the Lancers schedule coming into this game Liberty coming off of a win at Fountain for Carson but you see their tough loss prior to that a 3- nothing loss to the rampart Rams who are right now leading the Metro league and that's why Liberty tonight has a lot to prove yes they were beaten badly in three sets by Rampart but Pine Creek is right behind Rampart and Coronado so again a message can be served to the Lancers that we may not win the Metro league tonight but watch out for us next year definitely now we can also show you the three keys to the game from lancer's head coach Ashley Alman Vince what did it actually tell us about this game three keys tonight Brian is that they have to shut down their outsides they really have to be aggressive than that shut down those outside hitters turn defense into offense get up there get up there and block set some of those back down and then again stay aggressive and intense and I got to be honest with you I don't think that's going to be difficult for this Lancer team to do tonight no especially not here District 20 rivalry these two teams going to be incredible you mentioned they've got shut down the outsides well when you talk about shutting down the outside hitters one of the main outside hitters for Pine Creek is this young lady right here lindsy jyn a senior 142 kills that's ninth in the Colorado Springs Metro League she can also serve it up she's a tough player she really can you see her warming up here nice calm relaxed earlier on we were watching her at the net she's just an allaround great volleyball player she can set it she can set it or spike it she is the key key figure tonight for the Eagles the other hitters that you talk about as we go to their roster Avery Nelson one of the top hitters on this team as is Abby wibles those are the big three up front for Pine Creek and running the offense the difference you'll see between them the lancers and Pine Creek the Lancers have one Setter that's Kennedy garard we talked about her but Maddie Atkins and Gabby Valdez they're in a 4-2 now for Pine Creek you'll see a couple of them serving up for some kills and that was just a recent change the Eagles all season long had gone with just one Setter but this new change in the lineup has been really effective I think personally for the Pine Creek Eagles yeah and we'll see that as we take a look at their schedule now their last couple of games are wins three sweeps against Palmer and at Coronado you mentioned Coronado we saw them earlier they're just one game behind Rampart they lost the rampart game which is a game we did here on D20 TV and that's when Gabby Valdez really started to come into their own and I think that's the game they decided to go to the 4-2 and successfully in the next two games well Shelley Lockwood and Paul Warren who have taken over three quarters of the way through the season this will be their fourth match with these ladies and I think you can see after that Rampart loss they have really turned it up Palmer 30 set or win and then at Coronado probably the biggest win this program's had all year long it certainly was a huge win for them to to win at Coronado would have been something but to sweep at Coronado just fantastic we talked to Shelley Lockwood one of the two co- coaches for Pine Creek she gave us the keys Vince what do we got well they got to be aggressive at the net Brian they've got to really get up time their jumps and they've got a block well we talked about the big hitters for Liberty the remedy to that block get in their face don't allow those big swings from that front line and as we also mentioned they've only played under this new coaching staff for three games so it's now time to come together as a team and if they do that they will continue to gain confidence yeah gaining confidence you would think you'd have some big confidence after winning at Coronado what would it say to come in here to another District 20 rival and get the win hey we want to let you know before we continue here there's several ways to reach out to us on social media D20 tv.com that's where you can find out the schedule for all of our live broadcast like you're seeing right now and it's also probably where you're watching us right now if you're watching us live and we also have a Facebook page facebook.com/ D20 TV and Twitter if you're into the Twitter you're into tweeting at D20 TV is where you want to go on the Twitter machine that'll wrap up the pregame here for us we're going to come back and get this thing started District 20 from Liberty High School the Pik Creek Eagles and the Lancers when we come back on [Music] 20tv e e e welcome back into Liberty High School Brian German alongside Vince Greco for this D20 rivalry game to close out the Colorado Springs Metro League season the Lancers hosting the Pine Creek Eagles here on the volleyball court we'll get the starters for you for the Pine Creek eagles they will go with Gabby Valdez Mattie Atkins Avery Nelson Lindsey Jinn Abby wibbles Jess Johnson Lauren blunt will be the labero and for the Lancers as I look out onto the court you have Kennedy garnhart Aaron Indy Jordan Valentine Nel kirkus Morgan Childs and keah ellner that start out for the Lancers labero will be mattye harms Brian I talked you a little bit before this match this gym electric tonight final District uh 20 Metro League matchup of the regular season for both of these teams Full House behind this for the Liberty Lancers say don't look back no kidding it's a sea of red and they are going to be loud tonight and rightly so rooting on the home team here on senior night at the Liberty High School seniors two seniors for the Liberty Lancers one of them only will be able to play tonight Caitlyn Kinder the other one Gabby monton who was injured earlier this year will not be able to see any action there's another look at Kennedy garards and a nice rack back to Morgan Childs as the Lancers get ready the labero mattity harms will start in the game for the Lancers I thought during the warm-ups that Liberty was a much looser team smiling high-fiving the Eagles more serious not a lot of smiles really focused in on the task at hand and we talked about this in the pregame a win tonight by the Eagles and a loss by Coronado we've got a three-way tie in the conference which is exactly what happened last year in the colado Springs Metro League Matty Harm's first serve goes into the net and that's the first service error of the evening for the Lancers not the way you wanted to start if you're actually almond that might be a little case of nerves first serve of the match taking on Pine Creek and now the Eagles with the service M Atkin sends it over garard SS it to the outside looked like long on me that one goes off the top and a nice Kill by ke ellner her first kill of the night and Liberty gets the service right back nice setup and a nice Spike over the top just too hot too much to handle for the Eagles back line the Kel kirkus comes out Sophie Lewis is in so very tall front line now right now for the Liberty Lancers blunt handles it for Pine Creek a tip back that's a free ball coming into the Lancers garard has to send it over ellner another hit and another kill for ke ellner really good placement for ellner as she just sets that one right off the hands of Abby wibbles who just couldn't get underneath that to keep that rally alive Kennedy garard now to serve we mentioned 46 Aces to lead the Metro League sends that one off jyn almost got an ace there but jyn was able to handle it JY now plays it again back row nice dig garard sets up Valentine but she sends it too long and out excuse me that was Sophie Lewis who sent it out on that one and we're tied at two that play was made by Lindsay Jinn from almost the back line she got a lot of heat on that ball to get that over the net for Pine Creek Avery Nelson now to serve for the Eagles good serve goes off the arms of Morgan Childs and that's an ace for Avery Nelson great Serve by Nelson from the backline stepping up calmly ball skimmed just over the top of the net and you see just tooo much to handle for the Lancers backline Nelson again sizes it up sends it over again this one again that's two in a row Aces for Avery Nelson make them number 19 and 20 on the season I just don't think the Lancers are anticipating how hot that serve is coming in a nice job by Nelson here early in this match Morgan child's both times unable to get it this time she gets her hands under it garnhart sets up ellner but here comes Pine Creek right back they'll go to the middle Liberty handles it ellner on the outside blocked but it's not blocked well enough as the Lancers get the point there hot hand so far has been ellner you see your Elevate goes off the hands of The Blocking Defenders for Pine Creek that's her third kill of this match third kill they have three points everything through ke ellner right now nice serve for the Lancers set it up blocked right back at the Eagles and again at the net that was Aaron Andy great job of Anticipation by Indy her first block of the match timed it perfectly twice to get that point for Liberty Lancers tie this thing up at four jyn gets set up on the outside it's blocked off the block and out that'll be a Pine Creek Point and a kill for Lindsey jyn and a kill that was man was that a big swing from just outside that uh out of- bounds barrier for the point and that kill Lauren blunt now serves for the Eagles ellner sets it up and they just got to play it over nice job by Caitlyn Kinder the senior but that sets up on the outside to kill for Abby wibbles nice job by wibbles looking to see if that one might have been a little wide the officials both agree that it was in they're still looking around a little bit nonetheless kill for wibbles 64 now Pine Creek with the early Advantage here's a tough pass off the back Jinn right there to put it away lindsy Jinn shows why she was a division one s going to go to mines next year to play little volleyball with her sister obviously Brian a great volleyball player but probably equally as talented in the classroom I'll explain my comment there in a little bit there's a service Ace again for Pine Creek watch this one just drop in Brian it's really early in this match it's 84 Pine Creek we're going to have a timeout called by the Liberty Lancers but so far the difference in this game is Pine Creek has really served the ball well and they're moving it all over that back line of Liberty it's exactly what you have to do that was Lauren blunt with the ace earlier 8 to4 Pine Creek and I'm going to clarify something I said because I called lindsy Jin a division one s then you said she's going to go to Colorado Minds the truth of the matter is she did sign with division one changed her mind doesn't want to go there would rather play volleyball with her sister who is currently at Colorado Mines there's a good look at Lindsey Jin taking a drink of water and again you have to admire not just Lindsey Jinn but many of these student athletes here in District 20 who are equally as impressive on the court or the field or whatever sport they play but in the classroom as well hats off to them District 20 a great School District here in Colorado I I don't think anyone can uh doubt that one I've had two children go through here both doing good things I cannot complain one of the best Lauren blunt with the serve garard sets it up there's a big hit by Andy but handled quite well and set up for Jin garnhart gets down for the dig on that one so little sets it up on the outside that one is in great shot Caitlyn Kinder on senior night gets the kill she placed that one perfectly off a beautiful set bounces in great job of shooting by our District 20 crew tonight head coach Ashley alond meeting with the scorekeepers and Joan Powell here Joan Powell one of the best officials in volleyball used to be a coach at corn High School in the Metro League good Ser byy sets up wibbles that comes outside wibbles again handles it garard can't get to that one and Abby wibbles gets her second kill of the match great job of moving the ball around as you'll see up the net and wibbles hits it off the top of the net garard gets her hand on it but a little bit too deep Lancers cannot recover 95 and I did notice Pine Creek still playing a 5-1 that's a kill at the net Lancers Jordan Valentine gets up tall over the net she is fourth in the Metro conference in kills she had 170 coming into this match tonight make it 171 see that here's a Serve by Nel kirkus but they set up Jin on the outside lancer's trying and handle it can't do it as it went off of Matty harmes and down to the ground and Jen gets another kill and now Jen will go back to Ser but you can see the big swing just a little bit too hot as harmes could not stop that one we talked about jyn in the pregame 26 Aces for Jen not this time the Lancers set it up go outside to Nelson Lancers playing it well have to bump free ball to Pine Creek come back on the side Pine Creek sends it over now Liberty trying to set it up a back row attack for the the Lancers now Abby wibbles comes from the back row save back there by ellner but they have to just play it over and it's out of bounds a tough play for Caitlyn Kinder good rally there by both teams keeping it alive off some big hits some big swings Kinder just sends this one long and jyn steps up for another serve back row harmes having a tough time back there so far today ellner just has to hit it over they'll set it up on the outside for Avery Nelson going to be two hits on that one and give the point to the Lancers at a perfect time they needed it they were down five absolutely right Brian big run that time by Pine Creek again the serving they are mixing it up and really confusing Liberty on that defensive scheme Morgan Childs now serves it up for the Lancers Pine Creek attacks on two the Lancers all over that one garnhart sets up Valentine in the middle and they're going to say a lift on Pine Creek and another point for the Lancers as they try and climb back into this good quick Thinking by garard a nice little set kind of a Miss shot there by the Lancers but you'll take it any way you can get it now they go Pine Creek goes to Nelson on the outside a big hit but the Lancers handle it hars hits it over and they're going to call Two Hits on Liberty so 128 now Pine Creek and back to serve will go Juliet vendel big smile on vel's face after that point as the lanter in or Eagles in possession again of the serve Bendle gets a serve over garard sets up ellner on the outside she hits it long 138 Pine Creek starting to take this game over nice set by garard a little deep and she just didn't time that jump quite right Bendle serve over again harms handles it garard in the middle of Valentine big hit can PC Creek get to this one they tried tough play over there and they wipe out on the bench Abby wibbles says she's okay the team is laughing about it and nobody's hurt that's Happy than for that you can see it right there she goes right into the front row a lot of times you'll catch a knee on a chair or teammate saves you a good thing that she's back out on the floor Abby wibles is fine blunt handles this one they'll set it up on the outside Nelson big swing off the tip and out that's a point for Pine Creek nice job of setting that ball up from Nelson as you will see on the outside beautiful set and she just rips It Off the fingertips of garard for the point this is Matty Atkins who's been setting it up and they're actually running the 5-1 B we expected to see maybe a 42 tonight and it's not out there yet ellner hits it over Pine Creek sets it up to wibbles and she just goes through the block and down 15 to9 you'll see on the replay two Lancers are there trying to set this one back down but no ball goes off the top of the net and drops in for another Eagles Point timeout Liberty Lancers we'll take a timeout as well Pine Creek leads this one 15 to9 in the first set we'll be back with more on 20tv we're back inside Liberty High School where the Pine Creek Eagles have a 15 to9 lead in the first set Brian German alongside Vince Greco and the Pine Creek there's one of their coaches that is Paul wearing Shelley lock with her Co he and Shelley lockward co- coaches for this team and the lanc is currently with the serve as Matty Atkins sends it over garard has to bump this one and set it back to harms and here comes spine Creek setting it up to Nelson they're going to call a double hit yeah that's a tough call uh you really have to have a good eye if you're one of these officials to see that it's just not quite the same you know you're hitting it twice Kennedy garards with the serve sends it over JY sets it up Atkins back to Avery Nelson blocked right back at her and there's a block a double block right there by Andy and ellner great job at the net of that's the second block of the night from Andy garard again with a serve 1511 tries to short serve it over and just hits it into the net and Kennedy garard does not do that very often no she doesn't but I like the fact that she's trying to mix it up it's not always the Deep serve with a lot of heat on it that one tried to drop in there just came up a little bit short so now it's Avery Nelson's turn and that's the first service error for Pine Creek tonight and it's 16 to [Music] 12 substitution in for the Lancers number eight Caitlyn Kinder back in senior outside hitter we're back to action Nelson digs that one but right at the net is Aaron Andy to put it right back over for the kill third block of the night for Indy take another look at this one she really doesn't have to get up that high right down served up on a platter for her for the point for Liberty Aon Indy with a good heads up play there blunt takes the serve sets it up Jin on the outside that is why Lindsay Jin was a division one sige you're not going to stop that too many times when you get to wind up and swing like that great look by JY Lauren blunt now serving for Pine Creek up 1713 and that goes off of Caitlyn Kinder and out and it's a service Ace for the labero take another look nice floater over the net arms just a little uneven by Kinder and that caused that ball to go into the stands want second Ace of the night she's had 25 on the season holy cow there's Jin again lindsy Jin has come to play tonight fourth block but watch this one set up beautiful she didn't even wait it was right over the top one time and that's a big big hit for JY n 1913 [Applause] here that's another Ace for Lauren blunt that makes it 20-3 and we just heard Vince that Rampart leads against Coronado 28-27 in the first set that is going to be a heck of a match great volleyball a action tonight in the Metro League good action here another good Serve by blunt this one drops in and that stops that streak for Pine Creek that's just what the doctor ordered for the Lancers Aaron Andy getting a beautiful short short set there from garard to put it over and stop the run by Pine Creek gets a good side out here and we'll see if they can do any damage Shay Haggler comes in to serve for Liberty good nice short serve jyn plays it to the back row what a shot by Lindsay jyn who has come to really play tonight she's focused she's putting on a show people think she's going to wind up for the spike but no you place that right next to the corner there that 90° angle you're not going to stop that if you're Liberty 214 there's a shot that's out for the serve 2115 now as Lancers really need to do something now to get back into this set Vin he they'll try that right now with a substitution Nel kirkus comes in to serve for the Lancers kirkus nice hard serve wibbles handles it they get it over to vendel and she hits it home another kill for the Eagles the first of the night for Juliet vendel I think you'll see this come off the fingertips of the Lancers tip ball take absolutely 2215 JY serves again this one just off the net she'll take it that is an ace for lindsy Jenner 27th of the season first of the night so we've seen an ace we've seen a nice set for a point and we've seen several big kills from jyn she's just the all-around player jyn sends it garard this time sets it up to the outside nice block there by Valentine to get it over and they give it a point to the Lancers a lift it's called on Pine Creek take another look here vindel called with that lift she had a little look of disbelief on her face nevertheless the Eagles still up 23-16 Haley boutwell who had that kill try comes out of the game and in comes Morgan Childs who will serve for the Lancers down 2316 they need to make a run here gets it over Atkins goes outside to Nelson Nelson pushes it down the line but it's out yes it's in nice job of directing that ball by Avery Nelson as you'll see just a little push shot and it does land in great Touch by Nelson 2416 serving for the match there and it comes to Valentine blocked right back at her this one's over blocked by Valentine Pine Creek now sets up Nelson on the outside she gets the kill and Pine Creek gets the first set win 25-6 they made that really look easy Vince they really did quick first set as the Eagles take this one in convincing fashion and I I think Brian goes back to the warm-up they really came in here tonight focused not a lot of smiling they know there's a lot of stake and it was evident in that first set yep but right now Rampart took the first set 2927 over Coronado so if that holds up Rampart will be the colado Springs Metro League winners so Pine Creek playing for second place at the moment plenty more to happen tonight here in volleyball and especially here at Liberty High School we'll be back with set number two right after this on 20 TV e e e welcome back into Liberty High School where Pine Creek took set number one against the Lancers we told you Pine Creek 4-1 in the Colo Springs Metro League Liberty 3 and2 we'll see if the Lancers can rebound here in set number two on their home court both coaches really animated there during that timeout break trying to on one side of it get their team back in at the other side of it head coaches co-head coaches shell Lockwood and Paul warring even out on the coach right up to the last horn saying this is what has to be done and again the focus has been there so far for the Eagles let's see what they're doing Kennedy garard plays it right there beautiful little dink by Kennedy garard give here the kill on the night on that one little misdirection little sneak up there look to the set up but no the right hand just goes over catches the Eagles off guard and that's the first point of the match or the set for Liberty that was Gabby Valdez in the game for Pine Creek who's in there now along with Matty Atkins we might see a 4-2 here garard sets up the middle Andy Aaron Andy puts it home another kill for the big Junior all set up again by the set look at that doesn't even move perfect height on that set Indy just really has the time to jump and sets it down in a big way Jordan Valentine to serve it over Nelson gets it to Valdez coming out on the outside to Atkins and that's a call into the net on Kennedy garnhart so Pine Creek gets the point so they're using Matty Atkins now on the outside as a hitter Avery Nelson nice Ser out of bounds tried to paint the corner got it a little bit too [Applause] far Kennedy garard will serve again and in comes Sophie Lewis for Nel kirkus garard to serve first in the conference in Aces is garard wibbles gets it over this one comes back Jin plays it up Valdez back to Jinn serves it up and good down a nice kill once again again for Lindsay Jen five kills so far tonight for Jen as she is putting on a clinic for the team in Navy and white felt like Liberty was starting to get a little bit of momentum there and it lindsy Jinn how many times are we going to say her name tonight this is Abby wibbles with the serve nice jump serve harms handles it ellner sets it up for Lewis comes back to Andy she hits it over ay Nelson gets it back they just keep putting it in the face of the Eagles the Eagles up to the challenge lindsy Jin sends it to the backat hars there's garard setting up bendy oh just pushed it too far out and that gives the Eagles a point we're tied at three that was a great rally there shame that somebody had to lose this point but as you see the ball just goes a little bit wide good point that time again by The Eagles who have back in it and tied this one up and that serve out by Abby wibbles gives the Lancers the side out and back into the game for Liberty comes Haley boutwell out Morgan Childs this is keah ellner to serve high arcing serve Nelson handles it easily Valdez sets up on the outside vendel and she gets the kill Nice kill nice set by vindel might have gone long but it just couldn't take the chance could the lers as that one had a lot of heat on it it's really tough to tell that's what you got to do in the back rows fig that out sometimes it's it's easier said than done let's put it that way G sets up Andy this one out as well and Andy talks to garard right there both of them I believe Andy said that was a good set that was just my bad communication between your Setter and your outside hitters is pivotal at any level of volleyball and garard one of the best in the league in doing that so it's good to see the two communicating garard sets up Indy Andy handled there now now blunt sets it up on the other side for Atkins and she gets a back row attack to go in and it's a two-point lead for the Eagles you'll see here hand comes up Lancers may have been best to let that one go but again it's just such a fast game it's hard to tell and this serve will go long giving another point right back to the Lancers at 65 now Pine Creek ahead in this match Matty Atkins another service error for Pine Creek we'll see if the Lancers can get a run need to get a run Matty harms sends it over blunt plays it Atkins sets it up for Jen blocked but out that gives lindsy Jen another kill really good block that time from uh Grace wil or excuse me from Jordan Valentine just a little too hard though and does cross that sideline 7 to five JY serving into the Nets another service error that's the third of the night for Pine Creek second of the set those are just free points for the Lancers Mel kirkus comes in to serve for Sophie Lewis sends it over Avery Nelson plays it back to Nelson For the Kill Big Time swing for Avery Nelson she was set up absolutely perfectly on that as you can see her whole head above the net and that was no chance on the Block for nicoel kirkus vendel with the serve now harmes plays it garard sends it back to ellner who plays it over now on the outside into the net that's four hits that's a point for the Lancers that ball never went over and it was Pine Creeks Holston sombers who hit that into the net Lancers crowd coming alive here as that spike is long off the hands of Nelson and this match is tied at eight a piece just like that the Lancers back into this thing and with the serve Morgan Childs we'll see if the Lancers can keep this run going long Ser blunt handles it Atkins sets up Avery Nelson nice dig big dig come over to keita ellner ellner sets it over and here comes Atkins again this time she'll go back to the other side a job by Valentine but she sends it out that's several times now we've seen the hitters for Liberty trying to be tricky trying to go to the side and just hitting it too far you can see again a really nice job of setting that ball but a little too strong by Valentine sometimes I think that Court looks bigger than it is you have that perfect set and you just try and be a little too perfect with it Gabby Valdez gets the fourth service error for Pine Creek they are really keeping Liberty in this game with service erors three here in set number two absolutely Brian Jordan Valentine now over to blunt Gabby Valdez back in setting this one up for Nelson wow Nelson again with the big kill she's on fire right now Lancers had a chance at this one good position by Liberty they just could not get quite underneath that to elevate that ball ay Nelson did a great job hitting outside of that block garard sets up [Music] now Gabby Valdez this time goes to jyn JY blocked right back at her by Andy in the middle they can't stop that one Abby wibbles gets the kill nice job of working that ball around from Back to Front for the Lancers the set Perfect by Valdez and then wibles finishes it off 119 now Pine Creek trying to extend the lead here in set number two they've already won the first set Kennedy garard sets up harms has to just hit it over free ball ball for Pine Creek and they set it up for a back row attack and Avery Nelson not sure if the set wasn't high enough but she couldn't get it over the net she really tried to hit that one from a great distance from the net did not judge that angle quite right and that one had no chance as it was buried into the bottom of the net so now Kennedy garard to serve trying to get the Lancers back to even nice serve across comes back over the net though off of Lauren blunt and the Lancers weren't ready for it it went right to the ground no the Lancers caught a little bit off guard thinking that that ball was just going to be set at the net for the kill but it just squeaked over the net and found that empty spot on the floor wibbles with the serve now garard sets up Endy it's blocked punched over by ellner and a win a point for the Lancers great quick Hands by ellner watch here ball off the net bam just gets that hand up there finds the court and a point for Liberty Haley boutwell back into the game ellner to serve goes back Valdez Jin got that kill 1311 I don't know if you're going to see it here on the replay or not but look at the vision from Jen watch her eyes just look around the court she knows that she's going up exactly that Vision where she wants to put that right down the sideline and in Lindsay Jin 1311 there's a Serve by Atkins this sets up boutwell on the outside but she hits it out just wide 1411 now Pine Creek Liberty had a great chance there but as you said you'll see this one just go wide wide open court big gap there just couldn't find it another Point Pine Creek and we've got a timeout Yeah Ashley Alman called the timeout here's a good look at the Pine Creek huddle but I'm more interested Vince in what Ashley Almond's telling her team a big key timeout here you've lost the first set you're down three 141 basically the middle of the second set Liberty's got to do something here well I think what she needs to tell her team is that the first half of this set they were in it they were doing everything right they really worked the ball garard was setting it perfectly to Valentine but I think in the last few points they've tried to get cute they've really tried to place the ball instead of just hitting it there's a little bit too much thought process going on there I need to hit this perfect shot I need to place it here no you just need to put it in play volleyball's a a game of bounces and inches you play smart and you will get the points got to agree with you there the Lancers being trying to trying to play a little more finesse game whereas Pine Creek with Nelson and jyn they're just swinging away and I think maybe that's what Ashley Alman told her team hey let's swing away too absolutely what do you have to lose at this point in time you're down a set you're in the second set you're down three points just play MD Atkins will serve it up for Pine Creek nice jump serve on the back row handled by harms garard has to chase it down free ball on a block right in the middle by vendel great block great anticipation by vendel as you will see her get up up time her jump perfectly good Hustle by the Lancers but just too many blue shirts at the net Atkins sends it might have been long harmes plays it boutwell has to send it and garard will send it over free ball for Pine Creek they set up the offense the middle vendel and it guys nice dig on the other side by the Lancers there's one of a finesse play by Andy but Pine Creek comes right back Lindsey Jin hits it over the Lancers come back boutwell again on the outside that's going to be four hits as that one went into the net and Suddenly It's 1611 well Liberty came out and they're not holding anything back that was a really good rally one of the best of the of the second set by both of these teams but just an air into the net cost them one more Point Atkins with the serve garard this time sets up Indy on the outside there it is that's what we said Swing Away forget the Finesse stuff and Aaron Indy swings at that one and gets a kill Indy's been really good on the defensive side tonight with four blocks but now she comes back with the big swing and the big kill as Lancers get a much needed point right there 1612 they've got to get it going now and Matty harmes gets a nice cheer out from the crowd sets up Atkins at Jin and that's in JY the kill is in what a tandem there as you see the great behind set not even looking and Jen knows exactly where she's going with that one and puts it in perfect placement tough to handle then she's get the serve look at that serve right over the net boutwell handles it she'll have to attack from the back back right there that was blocked by vendel but Jordan Valentine there for the Lancers to get it right back over good Anticipation by Valentine Two Eagles just will look at this one fall in between them not a lot of communication by Pine Creek service side out Liberty Nel kirkus serves it up Atkins sets up Nelson she goes down the line and they're saying it's out Nelson shot let's watch it again it was very close little cross that ball was out good call by our officials here tonight Joan Powell right in front of us and both side officials and a great block by nope Jord Valentine was into the net you mentioned Joan pal she made that call as well you'll see here Jordan Valentine touches that top tape and uh you can't do that 1814 Pine Creek Kennedy Valentine to Jordan oh good dig Jordan Valentine again two hits two good digs so vendel hits it over garnhart sends this one and you knew what that was going to happen is Abby wibbles hit the tape Y and they call it good call by Joan Powell the Lancers really needed that call 1815 I'm very impressed with the officiating tonight as you can see they really have been on top of their game and that's what you like to see at any level that these officials are well trained they're into the game so far tonight really have called a really good game blunt handles this one it goes off the net at the top of for the Jim lindsy jyn has to play it garard sets up Valentine she goes deep Atkins was there now it's Avery Nelson's turn what a dig on the other side by Lancers they got to keep this one alive they do so kirkus hits it over Lindsey Jinn plays it Atkins goes back to wibbles Wibble somehow gets it over garnhart now sets up ellner on the outside neans is out wow that was a tough one by ellner just just a bit too far 1915 looked like that one might have been tipped but we'll see here a closer look too tired to tell but that ball definitely did cross the in line but a great rally and way to keep that going by the Lancers good job by the 20tv staff the cameramen here doing a great job tonight showing us those lines o miscommunication there garard ran into Childs this is Avery Nelson ran you're not going to stop that too many times she is hitting that ball straight down watch this it's like a dunk in basketball there that's what 8 ft from the net that that ball hit the floor you're not going to stop that all that often and another timeout called by the Liberty Lancers will keep it right here as they find themselves down 20 to 15 Pine Creek there's Shelley Lockwood on the left side of your screen talking to her team here and uh what are you saying if you're Pine Creek because you've got the momentum right now but you really don't want to lose it well you go back to the keys of the game where they talked about coming together as a team playing team volleyball again this is now just the fourth match that coach Lockwood and Coach warring have had control of this team so they've changed a lot you talked about it in the pregame about the two Setter as opposed to the one Setter uh they're trying different things different combinations I also think they've been very focused and sometimes when you go through a coaching change in the middle of the year that just inspires your girls to play that much harder there's a lot in the line here for Pine Creek as they go into the conference and state tournament and that's evident tonight and I think that's what coach wood and Coach Waring are telling their girls look you're five points away from the sweep tonight you're getting better getting better you're getting better keep it going there's coach wearing as we talked about him five points away from taking set two 20 to 15 Gabby Valdez serves it just off the tape a nice dig by the Lancers ellar will play it it goes the back row nice job that was great shot ke ellner really good anticipation and placement as you'll see ellner just just reach up over the net out of the reach of Jen and a point for Liberty Jordan Valentine now with the serve goes to the back corner Nelson is there Valdez sets up Nelson again this one is off the block and out 2116 Pine Creek now will try and serve this one out Avery Nelson goes back to [Applause] [Music] serve Nelson has 20 aces of her own right but this one she serves long that's the fifth service error for Pine Creek tonight there's a good look at Kennedy garard who will now be serving for the lancers and boy they need her to come up with a nice run here well as we mentioned she is first in the conference in Asus and wouldn't it be nice to have a couple of those right now if you're a liberty Lancer ooh just long by Kennedy garard I thought maybe she had painted that back line but that gives Pine Creek another Point 22- 177 now and it'll be Abby serving for the Eagles that was close wibbles harms handles it garard sets up Sophie Lewis she goes dink with it jyn right there Valdez sets it up on the outside for Matty Atkins and that one's down and it's now 23- 17 Pine Creek looking to close out set two just look at how fluent the Eagles were there just those bump set Spike I know that's cliche volleyball but that was volleyball 101 to a t right there wibbles short serve this time that's handled by Andy garard sends it over to ellner blocked right back at her by Lindsay jyn check it out here again second block of the night for jyn and she just anticipates that beautifully for nothing the Lancers can do there one point away from taking the set 2417 wibbles a floating serve gets it over garnhart sets up Indy on the outside Pine Creek gets right back there Valdez to Matty Atkins they're going to call a double hit on Valdez and it's 2418 and the Lancers get the side out now they need a run yes they do down 2418 serving will be ke ellner 12 Aces on the year oh nice attack on two by Valdez and that is a g a point that wins the set for Pine Creek 2518 they won the first one 2516 look at that attack right there great job by Gabby Valdez as she gets the point and Pine Creek has now won two straight sets well they're really doing a great job of mixing it up you'll see the the kill shot you'll see the touch shot and right there that was kind of the misconcep or misconception shot where they just put it in a place where the Lancers were not at great job by Pine Creek they lead this one two sets To None we'll come back for set number three here at Liberty High School right after this on 20tv e e e welcome back into Liberty High School where the Lancers find themselves down two sets to nothing to Pine Creek Pine Creek as we mentioned before the game Vince right in the race for the Colorado Springs Metro League however we told you that rampart's playing Coronado tonight and Rampart has taken the first two sets against the Cougars so they're on their way to 6 and0 in conference Eagles were are taking care of business here at Liberty High School they were hopeful if they were scoreboard watching at all that Coronado would come up big tonight so far does not look like that is going to happen however they would be alone in win this tonight and cornado loses cornado would fall to four and two and they would be in third place Pine would be 5- one Rampart 6-0 that again if everything holds up but we know volleyball and you got to win three sets yep absolutely right Brian and in between the second and third set here on the Pine Creek Side of Things the girls pry much taken care of business themselves they huddled up talked about strategy coaches left them alone let them do their thing hey they're playing good right now why change it if it's not work if it's not broken yeah we've seen Pine Creek play a couple times here on 20tv this year we saw them beat Rampart lost 3 to1 to Rampart they beat Rampart soundly in set number one but then fell apart in sets two three and four good Lu there if they fall apart in these next three sets they'll lose the Liberty but we'll see the Lancers got their work cut out for him as Kenny garard with the serve oh Indy couldn't get it over tough break as you said for the Lancers there had a perfect shot teed up but just goes into the net first point of the match goes to the Eagles set number three the Eagles will just as soon win this one to get the sweep we'll see though very Gabby Valdez tries to go to the back ellner plays it gets it to Sophie Lewis she hits it long and now it's two nothing Eagles I remind you the Lancers had the early lead in the last set that's the beauty of sports you just never know got to play it Gabby Valdez back in there her and Atkins on the floor again in this set Valdez did not play in set number one ellner plays it jyn has to play it good job by wibbles to get it over comes back out to elner and it's long and out again aita ellner 3 nothing Pine Creek well we talked about the Lan just coming out and Swinging for it and they're doing that and they're just missing this could very well be a 2-2 3-1 or match for the Lancers just this ball is going out by a smidge Ken garard sets it up to ellner good job by Valdez there Matty Atkins sets up Avery Nelson say it with emphasis just like her swings on the outside have been tonight 4 nothing Pine Creek coach wearing out on the court talking to his ladies good job of serving here by Gabby Valdez sends it over Kennedy garard gets it out outside Andy this time it's a kill for Aaron Andy good set good Spike finished that one nicely no chance at all for the Eagles as this one goes out of bounds off the arms of the eagle Defender ke ellner now to serve it up down three points here Lauren blunt to Valdez middle of the pack for Matti Atkins Kennedy garard sets up Indy this one is in and Aaron Andy starting to heat up a little bit in the middle there for the Lancers we talked about in set number two how well the Eagles were working that offense that was a perfect job of communication by the Lancers to score that point Eagles overcome the short serve and get it back and again it's Indy on the inside Matty Atkins able to handle that one though and they'll go to jyn just over to Indy and they're going to get her for a lift on that one and it's 52 Pine Creek and into the game for Pine Creek Grace Wilkinson is up to come in and Joan Powell checking things Paul wearing let him know what's going on ay Nelson will get a little bit of a rest as Wilkinson comes in and vendel comes out along with Nelson freshman into the game for Pine Creek that was Grace Wilkinson just the Freshman the only fresh freshman I guess that check that there's two freshman on the roster for Pine Creek so they are a loaded upper classman team nice to see some of those younger players getting a chance here hars with the serve Valdez right at the net gets it to Atkins this is garard setting up boutwell and she hits it into the net that's a tough play for the Lancers good set just a little short on the big swing as you see it go right into the middle of the net she almost Miss time that a little bit hit the ball underneath the ball instead of getting her hand fully over it so wibbles now serves for Pine Creek up 63 bout plays it ellner gets it back to boutwell she'll send it to the side good job by Wilkinson there now to get it to jyn blocked back at her she keeps it alive Valdez hits it long and it goes off a harms and out good job by Gabby Valdez to send that one over the net really good job of that and a tough tough break there for Matty harmes had a great position just didn't get her hands up quite quick enough and our photographers Adam Parker and Adam Drake two Adams on the end lines here seeing a lot of balls coming at him dangerous out there gentlemen underneath the net on Liberty and another point for Pine Creek and it's 83 Eagles on a bit of a roll here as wibbles walks back to serve again for Pine Creek it's a tough night for the Liberty [Applause] Lancers wibbles strong serve gets over and down 93 not much you can do when that hits the top of the tape it really changes the rotation and the trajectory of that ball so if you're trying to defend that serve good luck with that not a lot you can do Vince you mentioned the Liberty Lancer fans uh as we look at her Ashley Alman and her team uh talking to her team right now but there's there's a good crowd of Pine Creek fans here tonight too and they were starting to get Rowdy a little bit ago I think they got told to to hold off on it a little bit but uh they've got every right to get excited so far up two sets and 9 to3 in the third what I really like to see and it went away for a while here in Colorado Springs and around the country but that school spirit seeing kids engaged in their school taking an interest in it that's what it's all about I know we're a little bit older we go back ways but you remember back in the day the whole school was there supporting you it was loud in those gyms you had cheers and to see Pine Creek getting excited and to see the Lancer Nation behind us that's that's what you're going to remember about your high school experiences you remember in Green Mountain High School the entire stand screaming Greco Greco right you had to get off the bench Abby wibbles oh a tough service error not what Pine Creek needed right there that uh gives the Lancers a little bit of Hope with the side out down five at 9 to four maybe the break that the Lancers needed here Nel kirkus back in the game the Lancer faithful have not sat down all day B aldez gets it outside to Atkins nice job by wibbles to keep that one alive get it to Jen and a good job by kirkus to play that one eler plays it from the back row JY gets set up again this time goes off the block and down 104 good buddy Pine Creek has the lead here in the third it's just so easy just the nice two-step jump picker spot 104 Eagles Atkins with the serve garnhart sets up boutwell off to block it out and that will give the Lancers a point 105 good Spike that time by Liberty and they just goes off the hands of the Pine Creek Defender Haley boutwell Junior that's not as talked about as as Andy and Valentine and ellner but she's had her fair share of kills today as [Applause] well Joan Powell talking to Shelly Lockwood not sure exactly what about Jin that one actually went off the tape and that's another point for the Lancers we see some Spirit there some energy some life for Liberty as they've scored the last couple of points to claw their way back into this set down just four now and now five with that unforced air that's a tough one there as the Lancers send it into the net 116 lindsy Jin now will serve will Hinson comes out you got Bendel in there along with sombers in the middle that's vendel hitting it up to Avery Nelson on the outside the Lancers play it garard comes across to ellner blocked but down on the Pine Creek Side that is a Lancer Point 11 to S powerful swing by ellner not able to handle it is number 12 sombers for the Eagles so now Jordan Val time trying to get a run together for the Lancers B nice serve Atkins to Nelson big swing on the outside it's going to have to play off the roof and garard couldn't handle it but it goes over this could be the moment that Liberty needed Nelson plays it but Avery Nelson just took all the wind out of the sails of the Lancers with that one really did great job of playing it off the rafters it looked like a pinball up there they need to call that shot but then Nelson as you said took the wind out of their CS but they give it right back with another unforced serve in net by Pine Creek eight service errors tonight for the Eagles but they've been able to overcome it Lancers with their Ace back on the line to serve can garard garard and it goes well this way as Aaron Andy able to get up there and just slam that one down back into the Eagles 12-9 the initial block of the set by Pine Creek a little bit too strong to serve that one up there on a platter for Indie and she finished it off and I think both Adams are getting a little bit uh a little bit itchy down there playing these balls coming right at their cameras another block by Indy Aaron Andy starting to heat up again I said that in the middle of the second set they really need her to come alive right now she is responding and a good job of serving the last two serves have been very power powerful by garard this one again to JY Atkins sets up jyn she'll go from there and it's out 121 the Lancers climbed right back into this one absolutely and it starts with the service of the number one one of the top servers in the conference and we have a timeout a good look and that was very close to being in 1211 now Ashley Alman her team is starting to get excited there you see Gabby Monon who was one of the star players on this Lancer team in the middle there number two she is not playing she was injured earlier this year and uh they miss her but she's trying to fire them up and Ashley's telling her team we are right in this game no doubt about it and you saw number 10 there that's Aaron Indie you talked about her coming alive she has been an intrical points for these lancers and she was leading the team cheer coming off the court all the momentum right now now in the last few seconds has gone to Liberty see if they can't continue that here late in this third set there's a look at Pine Creek as they tried to Rally here they called the timeout because the momentum obviously is shifted to the lancers and here we go who you wanted to be serving at this point in the match if you're down Liberty's down they really need to get going and here the the Pine Creek faithful getting excited over there up two sets nice serve there's the serve that's what we have been waiting for all match Ace 47th of the year for garnhart garnhart saw a hole right there knew exactly where to serve that one and this m this set is tied at 12 AP piece Jin handles this one Matty Atkins goes outside Avery Nelson keep it alive garard to ellner she hits that one out and Pine Creek gets a huge side out right there well if you're a Pine Creek fan you are now breathing a sigh of relief cuz gard's done serving there they reeled off four straight points to tie up this match Gabby Valdez back into serve for Pine Creek a short serve handled over there Gard sets up Sophie Lewis that one's in and you can just feel the energy inside this High School there fans are starting to believe and the team is starting to come alive both sides once Liberty starts cheering then Pine Creek will cheer louder when Pine cre cheers is louder than you hear the Liberty fans it's a great atmosphere in here right now it's what District 20 Sports is all about nice bump matd Atkins sends this one out and the Lancers have the lead at 1413 here in set three little bit of confusion on the Eagles side are they going to call it for the eagles they did call it for the eagles they said it was off the tip my bad they'll have to change that on the scoreboard Joan po holding things up and coming back and telling the scorekeeper over here that that will go to the Eagles here take another look at it was that ball tipped it might have been that's what the official call mhm and I think it was that's an Eagle Point 1413 again great job from our District 20 TV crew that action back in there's a freshman Andy with a nice hit puts it down 1414 and there's a there's a point where instead of swinging she had to go finesse because she saw the hole in the middle of the defense no doubt about it and she's been big with the spikes great job of switching things up caught the Eagles a bit flat footed one plays that one wibbles over to jyn jyn goes deep handled by ellner garard to boutwell and that one is in Haley boutwell with a big kill for the Lancers Lancers have found their Rhythm on the spikes they are in earlier in that second set everything was going long they have found the Rhythm everything's falling in now for Liberty mty harms hits it blunt gets it to Valdez bag big hit by Abby wibbles but she was nope there saying Liberty Lancers were into the net take another look couldn't quite tell on that angle looked like both players both teams equally close to that net Abby wibbles this one to Valentine but it's handled by Pine Creek get it to jyn on the side dink garards there come back this side to ellner Nelson plays it on the back row Valdez sets up Atkins she plays it they have to get it over Atkins hits it over harms plays it now to garard Jordan Valentine tips it but Pine Creek keeps it alive Lindsey Jinn on the outside wow and Pine Creek has certainly answered right here with that huge rally the Lance you thought were going to get that point but Pine Creek came back and was able to set up Jin I didn't really have to talk about that just watch the replay to see how remarkable that those the placement of those shots are wibbles sends it to ellner garard in the middle gets it to Valentin played by Valdez Jinn can play this one got it again Lindsay Jinn is on fire 175 at last count that is nine blocks and I'm sure I may have missed a couple of those on those good job by Lindsey Jen Nine Kills Abby wibbles sends it over garnhart outside to boutwell she goes off the block it down that's going to be a Lancer point exactly when they needed it 1716 and Vince I I'll be honest with this third set this the way they're playing right now is kind of what I expected the entire match I agree with you it took the Lancers a couple of sets to wake up but everything they're doing they're getting it from all different players that's boutwell the Junior's second kick here in just this set Valdez Jin I'm going to tell you right now if if they can keep getting their offense set up and by they I mean the Pine Creek Eagles and they keep setting it up to Lindsay jyn and jyn keeps hitting it at the Adams Parker and Drake running our cameras down there Adam squared yeah the Lancers are in trouble garard to boutwell off the block stays alive garard again sets it up this time in the back row to ellner will come back across to jyn lindsy Jin that's what it's about tonight 1916 and a three-point lead for Pine Creek when you are hot and your teammates recognize that do you just keep going back into the well until they stop you well I mean I think it's good in any sport I mean you talk about any sport we play but especially in volleyball when you got an outside hitter that's on fire if I'm a Setter I'm going to go to that hitter every single time until they stop it I think that's what you're going to see more of the Eagles do here up through three here in this third set and you can probably hear behind us there you can see the Pine Creek crowd now you can see the Liberty crowd great job of shooting this it feels like there's an earthquake in here yeah both teams that's the Pine Creek Pine Creek probably outnumbered but just as boisterous as the lancers and I believe this is a cheer that the team that the schools start when you're late in the third set two sets have been won and they will continue this cheer throughout the entire rest of this game well I like it I I really do like it as much fun as I have when watching the volleyball game this is cool want to go back to high school again Matty Atkins will serve for Pine Creek with a three-point lead trying to close this one out here in set number three Atkins sends it over harms plays it garnhart sets up boutwell she'll go to the side nice dig over there by wibbles and Jen again it's coming at you Greco I had that one Brian I had it we talked about it in the break why would you go away from that it continues to work good job once again by Lindsey jyn and it's a four-point lead now for Pine Creek mty Atkins it's a nice serve over dard though sets up boutwell that goes into the net 2116 now the Lancers really in trouble here they've got to get a side out Hine Creek turning it up a notch here maybe they're feeding off the energy of the crowd as well that one's going long Atkins though the ninth service error for Pine Creek really the only problem with the Eagles game tonight has been the service errors it really has there has not been too many other flaws they've been great working the kills dinking it in when they've had to and really strong at the net as well Morgan Childs sends it over Lindsay Jinn plays it Atkins back to jyn jyn now gar blocked in the middle by Juliet Bendle take another look at this just perfectly timed up and back into the Lancers Valentine hit it right into the block that time Lindsay Jin with the serve sends it over another setup for ellar and this one goes off the block it down and the Lancers get that point but they're only getting one point at a time and at this point you can't trade points nope if you want to get back into this game got to make a run Valentine will try and do that right here for the Lancers with the serve Jordan Valentine sends it long only the fifth service error for Liberty tonight but that's a tough one it really is if you're going to lose a point you want to lose it on the court not by a service air into the net or serving it along Bendle sets this one garard sets up ellner on the outside she pushes it deep and in good shot by ke ell n ER she went to the back corner and found it take a close look at how close this one is great shot there from our inline camera Adam Parker he was just happy she didn't spike it at him again Kennedy garard goes long on the serve Matty Atkins sets up Avery Nelson see her switch up go to the left hand there she did this comes over diving on the floor Nelson and blunt sets up Jin harms gets this one to ellner she'll play it over to Lewis Lewis just gives a free ball up to Pine Creek they'll go outside that may have been long but harmes played it garard to ellner ellner goes and jyn and blunt got little miscommunication there and that'll give the point to Liberty and the Lancers stay alive at 23 to 20 there you see the two of them not talking very well ball Falls right between him and back to garard anything can happen now 2320 she sends it over and Abby wibbles oh good dig gets it over there there's a block and another point for the Lancers good big hit there by Morgan child or by mattye harmes take another look there goes off the hands Hine Creek saying we need just two more points two more points 23-21 garnhart nice short serve Jin there to handle it Atkins sets up wibbles she goes over lancer's going to have to get this one back over on three they do blunt plays up Atkins she'll go outside to Nelson big hit Lancers again ellner this time to Jen they'll set it up Atkins comes back a little tip Lancers play it easily to Andy Andy with a little tip Nelson plays it Atkins back to Nelson she'll go deep but the Lancers are there garard sets up Sophie Lewis now JY Atkins in the center to wibbles Lancers there and another job great job by hon sombers the junior who comes up and finally puts that one away and Pine Creek gets the score Ashley alond wanted to make sure about the call she is satisfied in Pine Creek Gabby Valdez serving for the win right here they'll have three chances to close this one out that was the first kill of the match for sombers and did it come at a great time Gabby B is and that's been the ky's heel for Pine Creek tonight 2422 the Lancers still alive here ke ellner goes back to serve to try and get the Lancers back in this we're going to get a timeout by Pine Creek if you're Pine Creek's coaches uh Paul wearing and Shelley Lockwood are you worried there's there's Paul talking to the team right now are you worried Vince no I'm not worried but I'm just telling them calm down you need one point don't do anything on forc like that last service erir we just saw they don't need that put the ball over the net set up your offense set up your defense that's how you've won the first two sets you're now one point away from the final set nothing fancy just put the ball in play it looked like what coach wearing was pretty much telling him just uh relax hey you're in control here you're up two sets you're up two points in the third all you need to do is close this thing out yeah they've got the serve but hey play it get a good pass off this serve nice set this could be over very quickly [Applause] Coronado leads the third set 22-21 on Rampart Rampart took the first two sets in that one as the Rams try and win the Metro league and there you go just like I said nice pass nice set down game set match Avery Nelson with the kill and Pine Creek wins it 2522 in set number three good use of that timeout right there again you go back to what's got you here set it up let your big hitters and and uh Avery Nelson do the damage and she did right there closed it out in a big way 2522 so Pine Creek sweeps the Liberty Lancers three sets To None 2516 2522 that'll do it from our entire 20tv crew on the cameras Adam Parker Adam Drake Dan henin Dave toer and in the truck the illustrious Cory Morlock as well as Rob Parish on the play machine for Vince Greco I'm Brian German thanks for watching from Liberty High School that'll do it we'll see you next time on [Applause] TV for

for e for e for e for Here Comes Natasha wayer another shot and a goal Natasha wiered her second goal of the day nice pass outside toan steps back and DRS it he's feeling it tonight hey good evening and welcome out to Air Academy High School here at the gymnasium here at the high school of course home of the cadet for a District 20 match up to wrap up league play in the regular season between the discovery Canyon Thunder and Air Academy here tonight in D20 volleyball we've got a pretty good contest here of course uh as I mentioned this is the final game of the regular League Play There are uh one more they're going to squeeze in next weekend but uh the final game of of the uh league for both of these schools now if you look at both of these schools they're fairly similar you look at the record maybe not so much but uh overall they're they're pretty similar with the same league record and uh pretty similar teams I think evenly matched absolutely Sam you know you look at this and throw those records out and look at those numbers 219 23 85552 is really blocks the Thunder the reason the blocks is bigger on the Thunder we'll get to in just a moment when we talk about their players yep and uh you look at the last nine matchups they have the same opponents in those games they're both two and seven in the last nine so Tak a look at Air Academy now um not a bad team and they they've got a fantastic freshman they certainly do Haley Payne you're looking at her right there she is fifth in the Pikes speak league in assists with 346 everything's going to run through her and that's that's a lot to do for a freshman but she's up to the task and you're going to see that tonight for the Cadence and uh you look at the the whole roster there's another big freshman on their starting uh lineup as well L Hollis the middle blocker outside hitter another freshman on this team so they're going young tonight but it's worked for them in a lot of their games so far this season um you look at there's the schedule that we were talking about there if you look at the last uh this is the last 10 games here bit of a losing streak right now they've lost three in a row trying to get get a back in the winning ways before the season is is they played some tougher teams V Ridge obviously one one of the classier teams in the Pikes Peak League Le Palmer way up there they haven't been defeated they've only lost two sets all year Palmer Ridge shine Mountain that is that is like a murderous row it is there for the kadat but they did get that one win against Falcon I'm sure they're hopefully to get a win tonight against that's right the other league win is came against San Creek back at the end of September now if we look at the keys for the Air Academy cads there are three main things they're trying to focus on tonight against Discovery Canyon Brian yeah they certainly are shelle small told you before the game that you know the things they want to do is serve tough they really want to get their serves across the net and be able to try and get some points get some Aces out of that swing away which he means by that is she wants her outside hitters and her middle hitters to be able to just pound that ball into the ground if if they can get that then they'll get their offense moving and they also want to take away the short game from a Academy because Air Academy tries to do some dinks and dumps and they want to make sure that none of those score points for DCC that's right now the Discover Canyon Thunder they they're led by a pretty solid person right right there at the net yes her name is Ashton PRL if you haven't heard of her she is the sophomore and she stands 6' 5 in tall she dwarfs salon and she she has some pretty impressive numbers too she's third in the league in blocks with 44 she has 113 kills to lead the team as well and she is a sophomore and she she's she's a good basketball player they just recruited her because hey she's tall and she can stand there and throw her hands in the air like she just doesn't care and block something and she may develop into a fantastic volleyball player I mean she's already great she may become a really great volleyball player as well to add that to to her standout high school basketball career as well now Discovery Canyon we take a look at the the rest of the roster here Brian and uh some other solid contributors on on this starting lineup yeah they have some great Christina schal is going to be one of those players that you're going to look for Jen Halls really who they kind of run the offense through and as far as a Setter also Hannah pel who has 21 assists on the year both her and Hall will be will be putting up the sets tonight and of course I think we'll hear a lot of Logan thas name as well at that libero position here's a look at their schedule I talked about some of the common opponents you look at them they're also on a three- game losing streak you talked about how tough some those are Mr Le Palmer and Palmer those last three yeah they're they're really tough and like you said the ball coming but what you will notice of the discovery Canyon they've actually been playing better they got a set from Mr Ridge they got two sets from Palmer Ridge so I think coming into this game maybe Discovery Canyon is the team that's got the Ed bit of momentum headed their Direction quite possibly all right uh we look at the keys to the game for the Thunder and the three things that they really want to focus on tonight to be able to knock off a kind of get the upset on the road yeah Melissa Bravo really making sure they want to make sure they don't miss any of their first serves get that first serve in when you get the ball and you have a chance to serve after a side out you want to make sure you get a chance to score a point in that time they also want to have some high energy and she wants to see them getting excited when they make a point let's get together let's let's high five let's let's scream a little bit and get excited when we when we get a point and when they have a point scored against them don't hang your heads too much because you just got to get back to the next point point then finally you want to finish your set strong and uh score more points at the end of the set than they do at the beginning all right thanks Brian now if you're a big fan of D20 Sports D20 TV sports of course at D20 tv.com is where you can watch the games live streaming but also you can join in on the social media actually Facebook and Twitter as well pause we'll head the break real quick and we'll be right back for hey welcome back out to Air Academy High School Brian German joining me Sam forworth for your coverage of tonight's game Discovery Canyon at Air Academy A District 20 matchup here to wrap up league play in the PE Athletic Conference and uh it's a good one Air Academy is still kind of holding on to Hope outside chance of getting into the state playoffs this is a big one for them Discovery Canyon theyve been building some momentum as we looked at the schedules moments ago winning a couple of games in some of those losses building that momentum hoping to wrap up their season with a big win on the road an upset win against the cadet as you saw they both come in on three game losing streaks they both played three of the best team better teams in the area and uh but Discovery Canyon was able to get some sets off of those teams while Eric was not we'll have to see because the cadet always play well here at home we'll have to see starting it out there for the cad is Haley pay the ation freshman for Air Academy getting ready to open it up Opening Service in play Discovery Kan knocking it back over there's pay with the setup is that in nope that is out I could not see that all right the long hit by Simone Butler it's one nothing to thunder to start off so service back to the Thunder Maggie Owens will put this one into play pay over to Butler Butler knocks it over but uh into the called a lift actually lift there we go all right she gets called for the lift so it's I I don't know I didn't see it really as a li but I guess the the official saw different Owens with the service again Butler over the net thunder coming right back it's J hall hitting it out so the cadet get on the board with their first point on the hitting error by DC and Cadet get Logan Thomas coming excuse me that's Matty Miller coming that was a good serve right there that's the first service Ace of the night for the cadex evening it up early on two a piece that's Paige Petty back on the serve once again for the cadet putting it into play Discovery Canyon with the hit over is Leah Lester hit long but tipped at the net there by Eric Cy the point to Discovery Canyon going back in front once again 32 they will get the ball back for for the service and it is Christina schneibel junior middle blocker for this team wow that's a great great as you mentioned great serve great play by Petty too diving over to get that one into play just no one else on the other end of of that d schneibel came into this game with 10 Aces on the year she serves at 92.7% clip that's pretty good 42 and then just like that had to jinxer right my bad my bad right the net it's now 4-3 so Eric Academy getting the ball back on on their end Lila Hollis the other freshman in the starting lineup for the kadat with the serve nice serve there but DCC keeping it in play block at the net what a play the team teaming up there was Paige Petty and mdy Miller yeah you can see it right there Jen Hall just didn't get enough under it just barely got it over the net and Miller was right there to put away the lock I'm sorry that was Sydney Lambert joining in there so it's all nice job Sam do I get a do I get a dig for that no Academy going ahead on that hitting error by Discovery Kon it's 54 Hollis serve is down for an ace cat Air Academy with their largest of course ear but the largest lead so far in this opening game at 64 Hollis is the top server on this Air Academy team as far as aces are concerned this is her 29th on the season right the corner at it again put into play by Discovery Kyon hul gets it over now Miller bumps it back to Discovery Canyon there it is pral trying to get points on the board she's Buck out back up on the net though and into the net into the net was ER Academy on that side MD Miller so Discovery K getting back down six to five J hall on the service there don't you worry about the cad is asht right there in the middle I mean you really got to kind of attack outside and stay away from her when she's in the middle J hall tough Serv ER there into the net actually make it a a onepoint game again yeah as mentioned was involved in that series before here we go again looking to get it over nice block at the net by Sydney Lambert there's pral just tapping it over though back up is Miller with the oh they called into the net that's what I thought foot underneath the net there on that side DCC 85 now so Butler will go with that left hand again on the service tapped up for prle she is denied by Eric C's defense and it's Lambert knocking it back down right after the block a chance for the Cades Sydney Lambert and Maddie Miller right there right they were ready for pral on that one they were waiting for that short set and they handled it perfectly as they went right up with her and put it right back the N to five lead forcing a discovery Canyon timeout four point Advantage now here in the first set you the cad shell small talking to the cadet right now she's got to be pretty excited to get that fourpoint lead you said I I told you the cadet play better volleyball here at a Academy High School and and they're one of the teams that really has that home home court advantage there's Melissa braavos Discovery K of thunder and there you see Ashton bre kind of shoulders above the rest of her teammates there but as we said she's still kind of learning the game of volleyball so that's kind of where maybe these Air Academy players can uh use their experience against her she's not really aware but I tell you what give her another couple years she's going to be a stand out for DCC I'd like to see your maybe maybe a little more force on some hits they haven't been quite that forcefully but we'll see where it goes from here as Discovery Canon bumping it over but uh went outside the an outside the antenna yep so it's 105 Air Academy lead now as Butler continues to serve for the cadet and a little bit of a momentum going here for Academy that's Leah leer hitting into the that for Discovery Canyon one another point for the cadet a got a little rolled on yeah Thunder really got to worry a little bit here you want to make sure you get some good good kills on the outside with that make sure that ball is set perfectly Jen Hall hasn't got her feet up under the last several times you can set the ball that was a little unfortunate but the Air Academy keeping it alive there there's pral Butler with the Dig there's one of those there's one of those soft points that net that we talked about that Air Academy wanted to prevent but they were not able to that Simone Butler on this one looked real close Jen Hall with the attack on two that was really close I'm not so sure that Eric Academy's page Petty didn't get her hand underneath that but it was called down good play for Discovery Canyon there's Lambert with the the kill attempt and it's pral coming right back a great dig there by El payment good little rally going right now now back to Miller and that's going to be long and out another point for Discovery Canyon that's what you like to see if you're Melissa Bravo just keep the rally alive just keep the rally alive get that ball back over to the net wait for the other team see if they'll make a mistake and that time the cadet did it's two straight points for the Thunder Leah Lester with the service for the Thunder that one's going to be long so they give it right back to Air Academy that's a service there that uh I believe that was one of Discovery Canyon's keys that to avoid those first service errors yep Miller over to the Thunder kept Alive by the cadet and there's pral at the net joined by her teammate Hannah pepl that's bre's 45th block of the well actually no it was blocked by Hannah pel we got her 19th block of the season oh and just like that Air Academy right into the net that's Paige paty giving Discovery Canyon a point there on the error it's 12 to9 game for Discovery Canyon Logan Thomas back on the service for the Thunder Thomas one of the captains on the Thunder team along with Jen Hall and Hannah pel put up top for Lambert she tries to tap it over but met at the net by Christin a schn who just puts it right back down watch it again just Lambert tries to dink Schneider right there for the block schn right there for the block and puts it down and Discovery Kane's right back in this game twoo ball game now Thomas with the Dig P hit is dug up and Air Academy goes long by Paige Petty there so it's a one-point game again the momentum we seen a couple momentum shifts here and it's right back over to Discovery Canon at this point Kad were hoping it was outside the antenna they asked the judge the judge said almost that one is going to be out another point for Discovery Canyon we've got even ball game or even volleyball game now into the net that time for the cadet a good shot of the Freshman pay Thomas overhands this one back to Eric Academy tough one there by Maggie Owens couldn't quite get it up over the net just time that under a little bit what Air Academy is doing is there keeping Jen Hall off of her game right now Discovery Canon isn't making very good passes when they're getting those when they're receiving those serves on the backside they're not getting a very good pass and J hall has to run all over everywhere to try and get a good set Thomas nice Paige peny Taps it over but it's right back Discovery K nice attempt there for Maggie Owens she gets the kill and it evens this game up at 13 again nice set this time they get it to Maggie Owens and you see it right inside the red line the back line there and there's a good look at Maggie it's p with the ser there's lla Hollis with the attack Owens hits it over but they're under the net so another point for Air Academy go back in front they call that one a MD Miller or maybe not I guess I guess I had it backwards yeah they call it on Maggie Miller Eric ofy end of the net there we go so discovered Canyon remains on the survey here with Hannah p nice kept it alive back up to Maggie Owens dug up and Eric cademy right back tipped at the net and Paige Petty gets the kill for Eric Academy to tie the game back up the 14 I have a feeling we're going to see a lot of this a lot of this close game lot of back and forth yeah I kind of mentioned it before I think these te teams are very evenly matched you look at just statistically wins and losses in League Play I mean they're they're right there with each other stink nice block at the net that was J hall Eric Academy bringing it back Petty gets it gets it up under the net the into the net I should say there and Discovery Canyon get another point back in front a strange little play there as Discovery Canyon was able to overcome the block the ball came down good job by Jen Hall keeping that one alive nice dig there by P keeping it alive Owens plays it over there's the kill that's what you want to see from Eric L Hollis The Freshman throwing it down good job nice set there by P and Hollis just puts her power into it swings away that's what Shelley small wanted to see tonight swinging away at the ball Thomas couldn't quite catch up to that one for a discovery Canyon so AIC Academy back on Ser once again finding a finding it short for Thomas that's Paige Petty with the service Ace Paige Petty had two service Aces coming into this game she has tonight Ted again and that's going to be long by Lea Lester another kadex point and they're starting to grow another bit of a lead here two points 1715 and it's more of a key point of the game right now when you get 17 18 19 you can start to build a three and a fourpoint lead that's where you want to do it is at the end of the game that's a great Kill by Hannah pth excuse me Jen Hall she was met at the net by a couple of Cadet but is able to power her way through nice job you see her right there get it off wow four hits yeah was you mentioned it Bri great effort L Hollis trying to keep it going but uh not able to get that unfortunately you don't get four hits no 17s comes she's met at the net a nice block by Jen Hall the senior Captain Jen Hall is probably one of the shorter players on the DCC team that's her 11th block the season a good looking Jen she did a great job one of the captains she gives them a onepoint lead and the C for Air Academy for a timeout we're going to head to a quick break but we'll be right back with more high school volleyball here on D20 TV e welcome back out to Air Academy High School it's a one-point game Discovery Canyon with the 1817 lead here in the first set and they're on the service and another point for the Kad just like that coming out of the timeout as Christina schn with the service her second Ace of the night 12th of the Season schne as we mentioned a really good server and then she had the service ERA last time I mentioned that so I'm sorry Christina if you do it again a that's twice I'm I'm not gonna talk about it again I'm not going to talk about it again all right well it's a one-point game Discovery Kane still with the edge right now 1918 but it is aademy who has the advantage with the service right now Lollis puts it over into play B back Hollis set it's Thomas putting it down to even the game at 19 a nice kill there by Thomas going Cross Court Che it out again and again pay with a nice set big swing up top perfectly in place and this game is tied so here's Hollis back on the service once again nice an ace for Hollis giving the cadet the 2019 lead 30th Ace of the Season watch it again she just has great placement sometimes she hits it hard sometimes she goes soft with a short one like that she's tough to read placement a big part of it another tough serve there but this one handled nicely by Discovery Canyon set up for Thomas crosscourt kill excuse me that's Maddy Miller got my names mixed up apologize MD Miller but it's all evened up as she hit that one out of bounds it's 20s a piece Jen Hall with the surf for Discovery Canyon here's Miller Taps it up Thomas is there to receive it nice that nice play by Paige Petty it was just a tough one kind of went a little too far and carried into the net Hanah ta an impressive Kill from the mid row there she's she can really r eyes and get her hand under over that ball and send it down Eric Cy trying to come with an answer there's Miller tapping it over put back up for Discovery Canyon a nice attempt there by Leah ler but it is long and we have ourselves an even game once again well we said was going to be close all the numbers look close right now it's really close and these balls are close on the on the end lines as well up top there's PR Academy coming right back pral at the net with the block and that's another point for Discovery Canyon good job by pral that's her 45th block of the Season as we mentioned third in the league in blocks coming into this use that height and and arm length to her Advantage make it tough for Air Academy we talked about it earlier I think one of her shorter teammates it was Hannah Pentel had a block at the net earlier but I think partly because right next to her was pral the size there you want to stay away from her if you can yeah yeah 2221 and Shelly small taking a time out for the cadet she wants to talk this one over and there she is a good look at her and her team I I really think that there's going to be a lot of tension on the court tonight because these two teams are so evenly matched 22-21 here in game number one and I you can't get any closer oh it's a good start for both of these teams and this this first game or set could determine a lot of what we see going forward I mean it you win one set momentum is in your corner could steamroll from there but then again it could be one of those matches where it looks like it's building up to be back forth A lot of times yeah a lot of times when it is close like this the team that wins this set it's a really ad a real big Advantage putting it back over to Thomas up top she's met at the net but that still goes down for the kill now a two-point Advantage for Discovery Canyon nice set there by Jen Hall sets it the P she just beats a block by Miller Here Comes Lambert with the kill getting the ball back to Air Academy keeping him in this one it's 23-22 now Sydney Lambert right in the middle there that's exactly what Air Academy needed just a beautiful set there by pain once again another assist for her and a point for the G passing it over Discovery Canon on the other end oh it's a tough one El payman couldn't quite hold hang on to that one that's just a tough play right there with the bump Right Down the Line pay thought she could play that one might have been able to let that one go might have been out of bounds but Discovery Canon right here on the verge of winning set one set point in play and into the net is Paige Petty of Air Academy handing set number one over to Discovery Canyon 25-22 we're going to go ahead and take a commercial break we'll be right back with more District 20 volleyball here on D20 tv.com hey welcome back out to Academy High School we have one set now in the books between Discovery Canyon and Air Academy Discovery Canyon taking the opening set by just three points 25- 22 but as you mentioned earlier Brian the first set in in a close set could potentially be what sparks the team to further success oh I I especially think so when you're the visiting team and you just took a you just took a set from the home team that was arguing ju maybe the favorite in this game Discovery Canyon's got to be feeling good about themselves right now and you can see him smiling up a little heart for the people in this that's great I think that's for you Brian but yeah on the other hand one thing you don't want to see from discovered Canyon is for them to get too comfortable relax and then uh potentially potentially get into a little bit of trouble maybe definitely so here we go set number two now underway Paige Petty with the kill overy Kanan handling it nicely good little rally to start things off here here's Petty again the kill knock it down a Academy opening up the scoring in set number two exactly what Air Academy needed to start this game and they get a good job here by paying another nice set over to Petty she puts it down for her 102 kill of the season and she will also open up the service here in set number two for Academy Dink and dunk over the net handled well by a Academy it's Butler putting it back into District Discovery Canyon's hands but at the net well with the kill there's Leah ler Leah Lester The Freshman for this discovery Canyon team she's really come on as the season has gone along here she gets a nice kill there Alisa Bell with the service there's mil Miller oh that's a tough one there for Sydney Barnes kind of or excuse me Christina CH kind of a swing of Miss there that's a tough one you hate to see errors like that and Bell's GNA come out of the game and back comes in Maggie Owens for Discovery Canon to hit that back row Hollis with the service good one there but still handled well by the Thunder put back over by P that's a a carry a lift on Air Academy so that evens things up a two each now and you get Ashton prle back in there on the rotation for Discovery cany she's back up front schne won the serve Here Comes Lambert but she's blocked by pral at the net Eric Academy still maintaining control but Miller's hit it hits the antenna so that is out of bounds and side out or actually they had the Ser so was a point there for uh Discovery Canyon taking the lead now here comes Butler her attack is hit long and that's a two-point lead early for Discovery Canyon now after that long one yeah aem's got a really worry right now shell Small's got to keep a team together make sure they don't get too far behind here in set two schn goes into the net giving it right back to Air Academy making it four to three now looks like it's going to be Butler taking it back for the Air Academy service now to try to even things up third service eror there for Discovery came put up top there's pral with the kill she's bringing the hammer on that one using her size advantage and that leverage to put it down this is what you're going to see in the future here from Discovery Canyon if Ashton PR continues to play volleyball and uh you can tell she likes it when she gets those big kills as well tough defense to to go up against something like that nice service by the Thunder that's Jen Hall putting it making it a tough one for Air Academy to handle and it results in a service base six to three Paul putting it back into play again it's Butler on the receiving end Miller trying to get it over but hits it into the net another Discovery Canyon Point they're out to the early seven to3 lead you'd think that and indeed I was about to say You' think that coach Smalls would want a timeout she takes advantage right now to hopefully halt the discovery Canyon momentum and we will take our quick commercial break we'll be back with more ER academ Discovery Canyon volleyball right after this break welcome back out to Air Academy High School where the discovery Canyon Thunder are leading in set number two 7-3 they won the first set trying to take a second here and they are on the service right now Eric Academy it's Lambert with the kill that's long and out and it's another point for the thunder8 to3 J hall really making a run here for the captain for for the Thunder she's getting some good sets across this time Eric hady able to set something up but uh just a little bit long by Lambert Hall putting it back into play this time it's Miller taking a go at it on the attack Hall setting things up tapped over a nice play by Eric cademy that's p with the point and it's a 93 lead another a look at a beautiful set there by Jen Hall to set up PTO a good look at PTO Hannah is just a sophomore for this discovery can got a young team they could be really do some good things for Melissa Bravo here in the next few years only two seniors on that team and there's another point on the service Ace and as you mentioned got a little bit of a run going here for Jen Hall Jen Hall is a senior on this team one of the few seniors on this discovery cany team along with Logan Thomas the only two and uh she's got the experience and she knows exactly where to serve it make it three tonight back Aces there for Jen Hall it is now 11 to three and eight-point Advantage Discovery canyon really starting to open things up here and the substitution coming in for Eric Academy is Simone Butler comes in for CA Mafi Miller Taps it over met at the net by pral but to no success there Miller will try again that one is hit long another point for the Thunder and the roll continues again we talked about this earlier in set one Discovery Canyon unlessa it's telling her team hey just take your time make sure you get it across the net and Eric ademy is having a tough time playing these balls Hall back in play Miller again they keep going back to Miller this time she's met at the net by prle with the block Miller once again going at PR this time she finds the corner and a point for Air Academy putting a stop to that discovered Kyon run they needed to do this and Miller this time goes outside the block of pral and finds that corner good job to stop the for Air Academy so Miller will put the ball play from the service J hall bounces it up into the net so another point for a Academy it's 12 to five now Melissa Bravo talked before that she wanted to get them to have to finish better than they start in a set it's pretty hard to finish better than the 12 to three start but that's a good play right there yeah there's Hannah pel getting the B ball back over to discover Canon not letting a Academy get on to a a a run of their own Lisa Bell back into the game and there out comes Maggie Owens High that's uh Paige Petty putting it back over but Discovery Canyon coming right back it's p and she's got another point backto back points for p and the discovery Kenyon Thunder the lead now nine just's another look at it a Academy just just over the line there and they called it a point for Discovery Canyon the officials called to each other and now Ashley PR's gonna relace her shoe they're calling us out they're calling us out Sam they're calling us out over there what are they were they ask there they are guys hey what's up go nuts go crazy you see they there go there you go there you go on camera that's right baby got to love that hey tell Mom and Dad log on.com it's a good way to keep track of your kid maybe my kid doing tonight he is at the game all right another service Ace for Discovery Canyon that's Leah Lester coming in with that one and it is now a 10 I believe it was 10 points it was 145 minut ago was it maybe I miss still have 145 on the scoreboard though another serve there for Discovery Canyon that's Lester with the Dig and coming up with the kill attempt there hit long though is Alisa Belle ER Academy getting the ball back down 14 to L sh just got a little bit too much under that ball and send it s it flying see if the K can get back into this set here Sierra ball with the serve coming back it's pth again put up by Miller now coming down hard nice nice attack by the Freshman L Hollis another kill for her cutting the lead in half now she is showing some serious power tonight when she gets in that middle position and she just gets a really good swing going on ball with the service and it's not handled well by Thomas so into the net another point for Air Academy it's 14 to8 Academy really wants to keep this run going now and get right back into this game still down six though got some some work to do but if they can continue to do that they'll be right back in this thing so Sierra ball once again on the service pral kill is dug up by Air Academy so they're keeping it alive trying to bounce it back over but into the net is Haley p and Discovery Kon doubling their lead once again or almost D I don't know that very well it's 15 to eight that was a tough one you can't see in your camera there it went up and it hit the rafters here and kind of came straight down on Air Academy side that's a tough ball to play but you got to be able to play it getting it over is a Academy keeping it alive a nice tap over by Discovery Canyon Jen Hall though Jen Hall is known to do that he's got 52 kills 53 kills on the year now that that that goes in the books as a kill right it's a great job the attack on two surpris him a little bit little de there 168 discovered Canyon here comes a Academy and the block again teaming up on that is p andelle wow oh no schn great job there as both of them get up schneibel and pel right there at the net air cademy looked like they weren't even ready you got to be ready for the block and a Academy definitely wasn't ready for that one Thomas quick back into play Here Comes schne knock met at the net though by Lila Hollis The Freshman once again making her presence known getting that block SCH actually hit that one into the not sure jall got a good enough set on that one maybe didn't get it high enough for her to hit it over so pay putting it into play now back over to pel she Taps it over but it's going to be long and out another point for the cadet 17 to 10 now chipping away Jen Hall really doing a good job for Discovery cany changing things up she's doing back set she's going middle she's going to The Far Side she's doing a great job tonight so far and pay with the service Ace One the handle for Thomas near the back line there tough one to figure out if she need to let that go or not uh definitely would have been in we talked a lot about Ashton pepal and what she will be doing pral what she will be doing but how a Haley pain this freshman that's a second straight Ace for her she does it again and now a bit of momentum heading in air Academy's Direction forcing Discovery can to call a timeout it is 17- 12 there's uh Shelley small who's been on the uh the other end of calling timeouts here tonight and all of a sudden her kadat have got something going they're on a roll she says this is very good they're starting to attack from the outside they have been getting some points down they're back to within five we'll have to see how Discovery Canyon and there's Melissa Bravo's team as I bring them up but the illustrious Cory good job punching them up there as I was talking about it but you know we have to see how they respond Now you won the first set you're up by five in air Academy's country right and if if you can win this game you're up two sets to none but if you lose this game now it might all come tumbling down because you're on their Court exactly so good good timeout for Discovery K good opportunity to potentially break the momentum that ER Academy is starting to build here Haley p is is going to be back on the service once again down five 17 to 12 here in the second set Pain Services received by Thomas it's pel on the attack knocked back over by Miller but there is Bell right or excuse me schn right at the net and knocking it down Christina schne there was a good try by Pell and it comes back over schne heads up play right there just hits it right back over 18 to 12 the advantage for Discovery Canyon Thomas nice dig there keeping it going and equally nice by Haley Payne for the kadet the rally is going net at the net is uh Hollis again with the block well this Mell on the outside here tried to get it and good job by Hollis the freshman in the middle to just block that one right back at her C lead back to five once again Petty on the service this one's going to be hit up for Butler Simone Butler on the attack it's received well by Discovery Canyon once again a nice rally going back and forth Miller with the attack it's Knocked Up won't stay up it goes down as n Academy Point 18 to 14 now they're back to within four went off the block can unable to get that one and a good job there by Matty Miller pett to Thomas again and Thomas can't handle another Petty serve Paige Petty with that Ace making it a three-point game we're starting to see see this uh Gap get smaller and smaller lot of aces in tonight's game the kadet have seven disc Discovery Canyon has six the kadet student bodies loving it and just just like that Discovery Canyon able to silence them though it's Alisa Belle with the with the kill nice job going outside the block just pass Hollis on the left side now Belle will be back to serve putting it into play kept alive at the net and tapped over by the Cadence PTO back to Bell Thomas to petle there's Butler tapping it over for Air Academy the rally continues and blocked at the net by Butler Discovery Canyon putting it back onto Air Academy side of the Court Here Comes Miller it is dug up and kept alive great play not able to keep it alive though that was a great play by Haley Payne at the net to give it give her team an opportunity Butler just not able to get over the net you see Christina schivo right there going get the double jump make sure that ball didn't come across Discovery Canyon now within five points taking set two with the service and a 2015 lead that's Hollis with the Kill The Freshman continuing to impress tonight keeping the her her Cadet in the ball game three blocks or three kills now for Hollis she will be back on the service as well for Air Academy another tough one to handle but Discovery Canyon does it's Pell putting it over the net back up top Miller send it back to Discovery Canyon side pel up top the hall but she's met the block by Sydney Lambert Lambert the block on this one good position 2017 that keeps the ball in hollis's hands for the service but that's going to go long Discovery Canyon now four points away with the 217 Advantage here in set number two that's the first service error I recall for Air Academy tonight try and keep track of that sort of thing and that that's unbelievable this deep into the second set schn Ser is received by the cadet it's Miller on the ATT backing it down tough one for Discovery Canyon to handle and they're staying alive it's 218 mie Miller comes up with the third kill of the night Kane just does a great job setting her up on the outside Butler on the serve that and that's in that was close that was one of those close ones Discovery Canyon opted to let it go it was Jen Hall thinking it could go long but that was in for Butler and an ace look at this right here Jen Hall not sure whether the play thought it was out but it was in and a service Ace for Simone Butler just her second Ace of the season with a little room to spare and it cuts the lead now to 22119 Discovery Kanan trying to Halt the little momentum that a Academy is building once again with another timeout talking things over uh just four more points you think that's not that much but uh sometimes that that can seem so far away still yeah it certainly is Melissa Bravo Down On Our Knees talking to her team in the Huddle now as they have they were they were up at one point in this game 12-3 they're still have a lead but uh nine-point lead and a two-point lead big difference big big difference in air Academy they broke their huddle early a lot of smiles and high fives over there on their side of the Court they're feeling good right now feeling good with what they're doing of course they should only a two-point game now and it's Simone Butler back on the serve for ER Academy two-point game here in the second set Butler putting it into play go to pral puts it down a Academy handling it though they were able to keep this one alive once again prle with the hammer right off of Butler and it's a 2219 lead I tell you when she gets set up that way in the middle you do not want to to be on the receiving end of this right in your face hit Simone Butler and she was just unable to handle it was too quick Hall with the service three points away from taking a second straight set on the road up top on the opposite side it's ble and that one is received and knocked out of bounds so now it is just two points away for Discovery Canon they take the 2319 lead last time out by Melissa Bravo really looked good and now Shel Small's going to take one for the cadet and I tell you what they're uh they're back on their heels once again and they go from a two-point lead to a four-point lead and there's shelle small talking to her team trying to make sure they're going to pass that ball a little bit better on the back line just not getting enough good passes at this point in the game to pay him to set up those outside hitters maybe a bit of a surprise depends on how you look at it both of these teams as we've talked about all night very evenly matched they have common wins they both have beaten Sand Creek and Falcon and league play they both have lost to all the other league teams something obviously going to give tonight and right now it's giving in the favor of Discovery Canyon they're up 2319 here in the second set already with a one set to zero advantage and it's Jen Hall back on the backline with the serve in the play it's Miller coming on the attack kept Alive by Discovery Canyon Beth with the left hand and she gets it to drop it's a 2419 lead for Discovery Canyon and you can see the energy that Melissa Bravo talked about get excited when we make a point well it's a lot easier to get excited when you make points when you're winning that is true and here it is set point for set number two for Discovery Canyon Lambert trying to keep Air Academy in it bring it back Discovery Canyon with the kill and that is it Jen excuse me Leah Lester putting it away to give Discovery Canyon a two sets to the lead J hall a great set to the outside there Leah Lester just pounded It Right Down the Line 2519 two straight wins for Discovery Canyon we'll see if they can close it out in set number three that is a big time to go on the road and to take the first two sets of a match like that uh they're close 25 22 259 we're going to take a break right now with Discovery Canyon up two sets to nothing but we'll be right back at their Academy High School for more District 20 volleyball welcome back out to Air Academy High School we're two sets in and the this High School Pikes Peak Athletic Conference volleyball game between the discovery Canyon Thunder and Air Academy kit and here are the thunder on the road with a two sets tone lead 2522 2519 the scores in those and they came out of that break dancing on their side of the floor so Eric Academy will get the third set started off and they do so with a service Kill by Haley Payne Haley pay 23rd Ace of the season and Eric Academy gets off on the right foot in set number three did that we heard uh coach small talk about the importance to uh serve tough tonight and I I would say that an ace is one way to do that here she comes with another great serve discovery Canyon coming right back though schneibel getting that kill or well the refs are discuss something here The the top official said that it was was in gave the point to Air Academy now he's changing the call so it is a point for Discovery Canyon on the schn kill evens it up at ones here in the third set and back on the serve to open things up on the attack for Discovery Canyon is Alysa Belle it's tough when you're down two sets you got to you got to find the grit determination inside yourself try and get just a lead at this point for Air Academy and then push it out two points three points then see what can happen and there they get a onepoint Le on the double hit by discover Kan two to one Cadet early Advantage here in the third set a must win set for them to avoid the sweep on their home court put into Play It's Bethell up top and down with the kill well the attempt is Leah Lester but that's going to be out of bounds and another point for Air Academy 3-1 this is this is the way it starts this is the way you get back into a game when you're down two sets just one point at a time Petty with the serve and there there it is J hall with the kill another good job there and entering the game for Discovery Kyon is the sophomore Ashton PR the 65 middle blocker they'll go right at her well they avoid her but Discovery Canyon keeps it alive Lester with the kill attempt Air Academy putting it back over to DCC side Hall it's tipped Here Comes Miller tapping it over prel can't quite handle that's a double hit on her so Air Academy doubling the early lead Ashton prle not sure what to do here watch MD Miller nice tipped hits it right in the hand of Ashton and she hits it again can't do that could be somebody inexperienced the Youth of her game I guess you could say another nice Serve by Air Academy but kept Alive by Discovery Canyon got to get it over Butler does so and it's a great bump over the net she put a little sauce on that yeah Simone Butler watch this again spins it off of her wrist hits it down Logan Thomas can't handle it good job by Butler 52 Advantage for the cadet it's Hollis with the serve that's another Air Academy point they definitely came out the right way in this set Shelly small said you going to serve tough you've now got 10 service aces in this match for the Cades PA has a few of those Discovery K putting it back over kept Alive by the cadet Here Comes Butler with the left hand dug up it's Bethel hitting it high ler keeping it over but here comes Lambert knocking it wide left that's a point for Discovery Canyon six to three that's exactly what Melissa Bravo wanted against your reminded team just keep the ball in play keep the ball in play the longer you keep it in play the more chances are there someone's going to make a mistake and you're hoping that the other team does Miller with the kill and that is in in out I missed that out so it's a discover Canyon Point maintain the serve here 6 to four here's a good look at it again slowed down that's Mr Rob Parish on the replay machine showing us how close that really was Hall with that serve again and this one is down for an ace six to five that's Hall's fourth Ace of the night watch it again here from The Far Side Paints the corner and Discovery Canyon right back in this one they had a four point deficit they could tie it up with another good serve here Hall it's going to be Butler going with the left hand again it's kept Alive by Discovery Canyon back into Air Academy territory Miller will tap it over Paul sets up pral she is denied by Lambert and now Butler on the attack but that is into the net with the intimidation factor of pral just on the other side it is tough when you're looking at the 65 Ashton pral right there in the center and that is a tough one for her so it's all even at is now Hall with the serve Here Comes Miller Another nice attack by Miller pral couldn't handle it and it's an Air Academy lead Matty Miller's fifth kill of the night she does a good job this time she says Ashton take that right in your wrist it's going to go down bumped up by Hall tapped over by Bethell but it's long another Air Academy point and it's 8 to6 for the kadex heard the student body getting a little excited there during that last rally they're here to support and another service Ace by Butler Logan Thomas not able to get under that one well enough a Academy's lead is now three Butler coming back with that left hand going far side again Thomas gets it this time put up high be tail is denied at the net she'll tap it back over going up for Miller Miller's had a hot hand earlier but this one is going to go long and it's another Discovery Canyon Point it's a 9 to7 game Discovery Canyon taking the serve back mie know she just got too far underneath that ball sent that one almost out of the gym that time she seems to be the choice uh of preference on the uh the setups there for Eric C's attack P Miller once again Miller's going to hit long into the net going be air point so they get a bit of a break there taking that advantage to three points now and Miller will take the ball back to put the ball into play on the serve back in Air Academy territory it's going to be Lambert this time with the right hand and it's in 11 to7 Eric C with the lead is's going down the line this time outside the block of P She hits it on the line a four-point lead for Air Academy this is exactly what shelle small needed to get her team back into this game G forcing Discovery came to call another timeout now they had success halting those little spurts a Academy to go on with timeouts in set number two right now they're talking things over trying to keep things uh in check here I mean this is a great opportunity for Discovery Canyon all it takes is one set to build momentum for Eric Canon they can get one win they're on their home floor they know what it's like to play here they they know all the nooks and crannies of playing on this court all it takes is getting one out of the way and uh the momentum could completely turn sides absolutely Discovery can that's what Melissa bra was probably taking that time out for just just making sure sett their team down they're not playing awful right now they just got to get back into that place where you're sending that ball across and waiting for the Cadence to maybe make a mistake into play Thomas receives it it's breal with the attack put up high by Butler though Lambert will knock it over another chance here for Beth Butler there again all up high to pel she just Taps it over this time and finds the open space on the floor for the point and athel her fourth kill of the night as good look at her watch again beautiful set there by Jen Hall and she goes right over the block and gets the easy Point 11 to eight Logan Thomas back to serve this one gets it over the net nice Dive by Lambert ER Miller discover keep alive tough tough there uh Alysa Belle couldn't quite get it over the net that was a great attack though by Paige Penny throwing that one down deep on the Discovery Canyon line to get the point 12 to eight now it's Sierra ball the senior with the serve met at the net that's Hollis and that point will go to Eric Academy 138 now Kad really seen it if they can continue maybe get a couple more points here be up by seven look out puts it up it's going to be knocked over by schn but that's a little far 14 to eight Eric the lead now opening up to six we got a substitution for Discovery Canyon that's Maggie Owens entering the game Alissa Belle will sit down Thomas will receive the serve tapped over great play by haly pay finding that open space on the floor of the Freshman getting a big point for her team yeah as the key Setter on this team Haley pay doesn't do a lot of that she has only had 15 kills coming into the game that was well timed by The Freshman there ball with the service again be putting it over ball setting it up there's P Petty on the attack nice under the net is a Academy the point will go to Discovery Canyon it's 15 to9 and DCC getting the service back Beth back there mat Miller called for under the net that time see if the Thunder can roll off some points here Here Comes Hollis the right hand and that's a point for Eric Academy 16 to9 Alis has some big swings on the outside she did a great job once again getting the side out getting another point for the cadet haly pay will put the ball back into play pel to schne Taps it over ball putting it up high it's Miller knocking it back the other way but that's going to be long and out little far I should say out of bounds 16 to 10 this is the key point of the game for Discovery canyon really needs to get back into this this set right here just keep the game alive make your opponent make some errors there's Butler with the left hand it's off the top of the net and into the net I think yeah what they're calling against Eric so the point going to discover Maggie Owens on the service P putting it up for petty that one hit far again out of bounds 16 to 12 and Discovery Canyon again just creating you see the cadet start to hang their heads shell small you really don't want to see that they're ahead by four points in this in this set you just got to play a point by point at this time and keep your heads up if you're Air Academy that's one way to do it Hollis but a great dig by Thomas and schne trying to hit over but she is into the net so Air Academy getting a big Point 17 to 12 the advantage for the kadat now just a little too close to the net there for shal she hits right into to the net that's actually a big point for Air Academy there they were starting to hang their heads but now they're back up five Paul with the attack Paul keeping it up for Eric Academy but no one's on the receiving end and it falls to the floor it's a 17113 lead as Discovery Kenyon cuts into it that was a tough tough play there by Sierra ball team didn't know if it was going to go over the net up just short Miller on the attack it's met at the net by by pral another block for the middle blocker fourth block of the night now 48 on the season for Ashton freal Discovery Canyon back to within three timeout Eric Academy 1714 the advantage for Eric Academy it's getting smaller coach Bravo got to be pleased with us J you see a little smile from her there it's hard to attack we we talk about about it all night when you got 65 middle blocker and uh you've got Jen Hall right next to her kind of taking away the near sideline there's nowhere to go but at pral and with those arms it's tough to get by her a great job there's Melissa Bravo again talking to her team she's got to be really happy I mean they come in here to Air Academy both these teams are two and four in League Air Academy better overall record at 8- n Discovery CH 5 and 11 but as I said Discovery Kan has been getting better and better and better as the season has gone along they really showed it tonight taking this first two sets and now climbing back into this third this is a huge accomplishment for Melissa Bravo's team talking to coach small before the game this is a big game for them because they still have playoff hopes that they can win this and potentially show well in their next tournament so discover Canyon on the service it's schne putting it into play ball on the receiving end up top to Miller Miller's hit is long and out it's a 175 game now it's just down to two points another one of those close sets attack errors have really been Achilles heel for ER Academy tonight too many times they've had good sets and just not got the ball in on the kill it's Hollis with the right hand it's received by schne though no one there to get that bump and it just falls to the floor to Air Academy getting a bit of a break but a big point for them I think hanip tell thought that one was going over the net her teammates consoling her right now it's still a three-point lead they need some good serves here from Hollis holl has had a few nice ones tonight and there's potentially another one Discovery Kean keeping it alive pral getting it over the net back up here's Miller with the right hand but into the net tough hit there by Miller she had some open space there but couldn't get it over couple of attack errors now in a row from Addie Miller let's hope she doesn't hang her head she's she's a better player than this she can turn it around teammate's trying to bring her back up now so substitution for Discovery Canyon Belle coming back in for Owens and Hall with the service clearing the net received by Petty it's Miller with the attack it's going to go off the hands of prel be pel with the left hand and it's in the home fans oh it is it's out it's out so Eric Cy does get the point you heard a little bit of a groan from the crowd there after that initial reaction but indeed the ball was out another point for Air Academy a three-point lead 1916 the up official had a better look at that one he overruled the down fishal on that one and got the for the pral with the right hand barely gets it but you know what it worked she'll take it it's a two-point game now she just got the fingertips on it but you know what usually when there's someone uh like her hitting the ball it's coming with a lot more Force than a can didn't expect that back into play there's Lambert tapping it over with both hands DCC right back ball with a nice dig but not good enough as Jen Hall getting the point for Discovery Canon it is now a onepoint game the Wy veteran Jen Hall saw a spot in the back row and went for it and she got it in there just in front of the diving Sierra ball here's a chance to tie it for Discovery canyon ball well played off the serve Miller on the attack with the right hand it's received by Thomas back up top is p and she's met by both Lambert and Miller it's a block for ER Academy they're back up by two there's another look at it a nice set pep goes right into the block and that's a block by Maddie Miller and that's going to get her spirits up a little bit better and here she is with a Ser 2018 a Academy lead kto with the right hand no one on that and makes it a one-point game once again 20 to 19 Discovery Canyon got what they needed out of pral right there but now she has to come out of the game as she's rotated into the back row comes back in there Logan Thomas will take care of service duties tapped up and over but Discovery Canyon keeping it alive the right hand of bell is put into play this time it's pel with the left hand Lambert back over Patel with both hands this time over to Petty she's met at the net though Butler keeping it alive oh great nice dig great dig oh couldn't quite handle it P with a great kill that was a great rally for a confidence building rally for AIC Academy they just didn't end up getting the point a d there by Paige Petty as she Dove to keep that ball alive but P gets the kill and all of a sudden we've got a tie game 20 all here in the third set Discovery Canyon leading two sets To None currently of course they took the first set by just three 2522 coach Bravo Smiles there in the in the timeout she still likes what she's seeing from her team and why not especially after a point like that last one a hard fought point you see you see a play like that the Dig by uh Eric cademy that's a big that's that's a big momentum type play but uh Discovery K not face pel with that left hand yeah pae Petty made a great dive at that that's why she's one of the captains on this Air Academy team because she makes plays exactly like that that's one of the best digs you're going to see goes flat on the floor able to get her hand underneath and keep that ball in play but then when you make a play like that and the other team comes back and still gets the point it can be Dem moralizing and right now you're down two sets shelle Small's got to Rally her team get them back up in this third set coach Bravo's team already on the floor she doesn't want to over talk over talk her team when they're playing as well as they are just get him right back out there get him ready to play more volleyball it's Logan Thomas just waiting for the officials invitation to put the ball back into play what they do they invite him yeah I think so you know you get a little email or something you know you don't have to you just got to do it there we go and that's one way to get right back into it out of a timeout Paige peddy with the right hand kill P Petty right there the block there for Discovery Canyon just not strong enough by schn on the other side and the cadet take that onepoint lead now Sierra ball will try and improve on that tough Serve by ball getting it right into the net and uh by tough serving tough that's not what I meant but that's what coach small was talking about before you got to get those first serves into into play anoun 21 all and it's pth putting it in for Discovery Canyon Butler to Miller over to Hollis the right hand is long out of bounds Discovery Canyon has climbed their way back to take a one-point lead 20-21 three points away from taking the match attack Errors By Air Academy have been their their down ball tonight beautiful Serve by Pell ball couldn't handle it it's an ace it's now a two-point lead 2321 for the thunder thunder you like the sharks trying to put this one away you gotta love having pel in the game with this opportunity at the service but unfortunately she hits it long giving Eric cademy another another opportunity it's 2322 for Discovery Canyon pay back to serve for the kadex Thomas receives it up top to Bell she hits it long and we got our El a tie game once again at each Bell just too much underneath that ball she send it sailing way off into the left hand corner we are tied here time out for Bravo in the discovery Canyon Thunder we're going to take a quick break but when we come back we've got ourselves a close one it's Eric cademy Discovery Canyon here on D20 TV welcome back out to Air Academy High School District 20 volleyball we've got ourselves a close one here in the third set 23 all in a potential match winning set for Discovery Canyon AIC Cy trying to keep that that from happening pth up top Miller can't handle the the Gen Hall hit and Discovery Canyon now with Match Point Jen Hall a good kill there and they got Alysa Bell back to serve for this one the junior in the play and met at the net there it is Jen Hall with the game the set and match winning block Discovery Canyon taking the match 25 to 23 here in the third set it's a sweep on the road at Air Academy love to see that one nice big block there by Jen Hall she does a fantastic job she had a great game tonight the senior for Discovery Canyon Simone Butler with a chance there to try to keep it going for Air Academy instead it ends in a sweep it's a 30 win for Discovery Canyon and that potentially could be a a tough loss for Eric Academy in the RPI rankings the power rankings that determine ultimately which teams go to the playoffs they do have one more tournament to come but uh you don't like to end the game or excuse me the the regular season league play in a 30-0 loss unfortunate for Air Academy great win for Discovery Canyon certainly it is Discovery Canyon moves to three and four in the Pikes Peak league and the last game for the cadet they fall to two and five they fall to eight and 10 on the season so they'll really have to do some damage in that weekend tournament I'll give you a couple stats here for the for the kadat Matty Miller LED away with five kills L Hollis with with four Paige Petty with three on the Block side it was Sydney Lambert and mat Miller Leading The Way with two a piece for them and then they had several Aces that was really what they were doing most where doing most of their damage were the kadat uh Hollis with three paig Petty with three and also Haley Payne with three AC but it was not enough because Discovery canyon really took care of the game tonight and they did it with all of the people that they have Hannah pel had five kills Jen Hall with four and then they had two kills from Ashton pral and Leah Lester as well lots of blocks five from pral that's what you would expect but four key Aces for Jen Hall and a great big win for Melissa Bravo they moved to six and 11 on the season so once again our final from Air Academy High School after a a sweep Over The Air Academy kth Discovery K in three air Z it was 2522 2519 2523 and that'll wrap up our coverage here on D20 TV thanks for joining us for the league finale for these two two teams and for the season I'm Sam fars with Brian German have a good night thanks for joining us

for this Thunder program now checking into the game Jackson Smith a sophomore guard for the Thunder also back in the game is Carter Kreischer for Lewis Palmer second one got it for Anderson 2114 the Thunder up by a touchdown out front there's now a thought about the three Marshall got out there quickly they'll go inside nice pick a Blackburn not sure where nami was passing that one he expected Blackburn to go with the guy underneath in Blackburn stayed and he just threw it right to him Oh almost a steal by baka goes out of bounds the official asks for help that's a good job there Randy Wright yeah I mean it's a humble profession well that's a good job to go ahead and ask for help yeah you try not to make things up yep inside down to Jackson Smith Marshall in the corner he'll take a shot from there got it Riley Marshall 23 14 sorry Jason no that's alright discovery candy and shooting 56% from the field [Applause] now down to Kreischer in the corner for lewis palmer nam it works against Marshall Ragsdale came from out of bounds in gets the bucket two more points from a track still they've held him to four so far he's the second leading scorer on this ranger team Smith gets it to grow dilution back to Anderson nice job inside Blackburn handles it I'm puttin Caleb Blackburn is having tonight capacity from discovery candy truly has been great I mean the speeds inside couldn't have been any more perfect now driving down the lane and up and no baka whistle was on the floor and that foul is gonna be on Jackson Smith let's take another look great take here by baka just crossed him up got right into the lane Shea got him a little before he put the shot up so they'll take it out on the nead Joel Scots will do the inbounding for the Rangers for 22 left second quarter and a quick moving game well played basketball games so far Ethan Forrester now into the game for the Rangers looks inside had Baca I didn't want to get its own now Scott keeps it up top and another foul called inside collective groan from the Thunder fans yeah it's Smith was just trailing that runner just a little bit too much he had to reach around and got a little bit more skin than the official would have liked two fouls now in Jackson Smith they might have to get him out of the game he did not start more of a defensive presence out there with grow dilution and Marshall up top Baca inside ismooth Blackburn to use him up in revolution with the steel gets it to Smith and the Thunder are back in business up nine Rhoda Lucien Blackburn thought about the three now who get a screen from Anderson nice pick-and-roll outside quickly Jackson Smith can't get it to go follows and not sure who that went off of goes off of Smith and Rangers ball good hustle from Smith on that missed though he almost got it knocked off the lowest Palmer player Baca across the court to Ragsdale and in the corner Forrester Joel Rangers being very deliberate here down nine three minutes left nice backdoor cut to Ragsdale he works on Smith who didn't want to get his third foul and gets an easy bucket certainly worked in Lewis Palmer's favor when he got that close to the bucket like you said didn't wanted to get that third foul so he gave Ragsdale pretty easy shot go dilution had Blackburn didn't give it to him now Anderson up top of Scott on him he'll try put it up Blackburn trying to get another offensive rebound you're gonna say it was knocked out of his hands it'll stay with the Thunder came the Blackbird man talk about a first half 12 points four boards all offensive 6 of 8 from the field lot of talent on this Thunder team trying to move up from that fifth place spot right now in the Pikes Peak League Blackburn I Smith he's got first two of the game for Jackson Smith and it's back to nine points for the Thunder [Applause] Forster inside goes up and there's a foul called against Blackburn who couldn't keep his balance there and ran right into Carter Kreischer that's the second on Blackburn on the inside so let's see if they keep him out there or take him out he's really put together a great first half if you can do without him for two minutes and 27 seconds you'd feel a lot better and they're gonna bring him out and come Seth Clausen and the Thunder fans give Caleb Blackburn a nice round of applause so Kreischer one shot won't go and it's rebounded by Clausen Jackson Smith back up top to run the offense they're starting it way outside almost pulled his pivot foot still has it toss it on the right now the Thunder being a little more deliberate and the range of defense is pressing right up on it Jackson Smith loses the basketball Forrester comes up with it and off come the Rangers Baca running puts it up can't get it to go Zack Anderson pushes it forward Center faucet he'll push it it on Joel Scott got it they're gonna call a foul on Scott what a move by Seth Clausen yeah probably not a smart play on Scott because he was trying to play the entire time had tried to pull out LeBron James and just couldn't come away with the block good job by Seth Foss and keeping that out of his reach there as well and that's the first foul on Joel Scott so Clausen with one shot to give him an uneven five on the night ten point lead now for the Thunder here comes baka price you're holding it for a very long time waited for Joel Scott inside they finally get it to him knocked away by Anderson Errol dilution can't handle it Scott good presence of mine to keep that basketball get it to joel again anderson doing a good job on joel skyping scott tonight despite the many the many points that he has and they force another turnover by the Rangers well this second quarter he's got zero points he had 11 in the first and he's still with 11 with a minute and a half left here in quarter number two [Applause] and the discovery Canyon coaches Paul Campbell included something has seen what to do taking their tongan across the time line get it set Clausen he'll come inside no Paul there gets his own rebound and now it comes down to Chrysler and the Rangers will come back try and cut this inside of ten Forster on the left wing download a Ragsdale and they'll get groped Ellucian there that'll be his second now put us in the bonus one and one for Luis Palmer and into the game for discovery Canyon comes chase Rodgers a six six seniors Center and Caleb Gro dilution will get a rest the interesting to see now if Luis Palmer tries to hurry things up and score a few more points here first shot good for Ragsdale shot number two got it [Music] make it 8 for Ragsdale and the press again on for the Rangers nobody cut in middle for the Thunder so far Anderson's set up there but they'll go deep to chase Rodgers here's Anderson for three oh he was feeling it couldn't get it to go and they're gonna call chase Rodgers of the fouls he got the face of Joel Scott yeah Scott had position and Rogers came flying in from the other side see Scott's like checking its nose as we take another look good effort there by Rodgers but he definitely got an elbow across Scott's face so Joel Scott and the Rangers can score again with the clock not moving here 44 point nine seconds left in the second quarter [Applause] [Music] I'll tell you what if the Rangers do eventually go on and get get into that state tournament there's gonna be plenty of situations like this where they're just gonna have to step up make timely free-throws play good defense and get back into ball games and this is an experienced team I mean they're not only ranked number one but they're coming off of state finals appearance last year so a lot of these kids have that experience in those situations six point game now the Thunder push it up Clawson try to get it to Rogers knocked out of bounds by Baca and it'll be discovery Canyon ball Riley Marshall two in Bounce Thunder players moving everywhere they get it deep inside Clawson works on him there couldn't get it to go Ragsdale with a rebound back coming the Rangers down six Baco run the offense up top over the Forster didn't want the three steps inside takes a shot air ball rebound inside Ragsdale Ragsdale can't get it to go he's gonna get a foul Seth Clausen one of the three captains on this discovery Canyon teen gets his first foul Rag so you see there eight points and four rebounds he was a problem for discovery Canyon in their first matchup he had 20 points in that game that newest bomber ended up winning by 9 back in January and you hate to see this the last five make it six points from the line for the Rangers and Paul Campbell's gonna take a timeout what do you think is telling his team Jason 16 seconds left in the second quarter he's smart with the ball they've had a couple of times where they've gone to make passes and either haven't come up with it or a hand has been there maybe not the best pass selection in here with 16 seconds left there's no need to really rush you've got plenty of time to set up a play get into it and see if you can get a good shot and I'm sure maybe something being said about that ten-point lead being whittled down to four so tough when you give it team the opportunity to score with no time on the clock and you're gonna convince me Andy that the the officials are not getting Louis Palmer back into this game you see a little bit of a disparity on the scoreboard but I think you have to take a look at the disparity of how or the difference between how the team's attack the basket who's palmer is you know attacking driving you know discovery cans kind of doing an inside thing but they're making very clean shots so there's not much decisions to be made over there good insight thank you sir Zack Anderson inside the final ten seconds down to chase Rogers almost loss at Anderson gets it back four seconds three looks like he's going to take it himself puts it up and gets it a closes out the half or discovery came in with a huge basket 32 to 26 everybody wants to give him a pat on the back discovery Canyon with a six-point lead we'll be back with a halftime show right after this on twenty TV you welcome back inside Discovery Canyon high school Brian German alongside Jason Carter and and EEO and we saw a great first half Jason yeah both teams made some pretty good runs discovery Canyon man they did just about everything right through the first I would say 16 minutes 15 minutes of this game until Louis Palmer started hitting some free throws at the end to take a look Joel Scott really the go-to especially in that first quarter always has been for the Rangers he and Ragsdale go to score most their points he ended up at 14 in the first half but then discovery Kenya did have some good defense there's Marshall with a steal taking it in the next time down he gets it over to Zach Anderson for the easy bucket and then it was all about Caleb Blackburn inside yeah 12 point 6 of 8 shooting for Blackburn 4 rebounds all of them offense and always ended up in a couple of extra points that hook he just keeps it so high which is so great because so many kids will bring it down when they get the ball and he does not do that look at the numbers discovery Canyon well out shooting Lewis Palmer that might be the difference in the game yeah we've only got one three-pointer made between the two teams so they're one at 7 combined but discovery Canyon shooting 15 to 29 it's almost 52% and that's easy to do when you're only a foot or two away from the basket and you've got Blackburn who's got that hook down another big line on there the rebounds discovery Canyon with 18 of them and plenty of them coming on the offensive end yeah they've got three players who have four rebounds so everybody is crashing the boards and you could see that was one of their point of emphasis early on is they gave Louis Palmer only one shot on most possessions it's been a fun one so far we'll be back with second-half action discovery Canyon up by six welcome back for the third quarter after this on 20 TV you just about to start the second half at Discovery Canyon the Thunder with a six-point lead over the rangers of Louis Palmer talking with Andy he oh the president of Colorado Springs basketball officials Association and so far pretty clean basketball game Andy yeah these are the ones that you like to officiate because the players are just plain right they don't look at you for calls they're getting to the basket they're making the moves there's contact but it's that's part of basketball right it's not a legal contact and that's what we're here for is a legal contact well with two big teams I think you can expect it to be maybe a little more physical than a regular basketball game second hop is when the adjustments happen so I would anticipate a little more intensity and that's something we have to account for as well we make adjustments at halftime as well Zach Anderson gets the first basket for discovery Kenya get the last basket to get him into the half and now he's given him an eight-point lead when it had been cut to four Rangers way outside can get it to go they get the offensive rebound though rare offensive rebound for the Rangers Baca down low Ragsdale puts it up at in rags Hills got a nice little touch there he's thrown up a couple just kind of little floater since he's got 12 we mentioned second leading scorer on this little smaller team inside Blackburn up it in Kayla Blackburn and maybe coach Benton and company didn't come up with an answer for Blackburn down low yeah he's 7 to 9 14 points that's gonna be hard because he seems to be doing everything right nom a inside on Clausen steps out of there gets the ball to Ragsdale now Joel Scott thought about it knocked away by Anderson quick hands by the big man he's on the side I'm going to slow it down he'll get to the set Clausen who the easy layup and it's a 10-point game again for the Thunder haha Anderson's playing out of his mind the first tube buck last two buckets and then the steal and a great feed there is six-six jr.

Thompson it's him 216 points on the night doing gets it to laughing they break the press K tetes Bendrick loses the basketball he's on the ground and we're gonna call a held ball they're still battling for it Vargas and Bendrick and that gets Barry Clark up off the bench didn't really like that he but he's he's you know what I like about that he's not worried about the other team just worry about your own head right right here keep your head in the game guys don't let them get to you want high arcing shot won't go Gavin with the rebound throws it way out and here they get it down to Keenan Thompson who else puts it up won't go rebound good job by laughing he comes out of there with it and here come the K des quickly up to Brock Bendrick he puts it up won't go laughing again all over the boards the cadets now will slow it down set up the offense good idea when you've got a lead and it was getting a little helter skelter Josh Biddle can't get it to go doing goes up with Dawson and they're gonna call ooh there's a technical foul I believe gonna be called on Dexter Dawson he threw that ball in anger at the official and they're gonna call that every time the official have had enough of it little frustration we've already seen early on in this game bye-bye Sand Creek the last two jump balls and we'll get a look at it right here with that doing good job Dawson down there battling and then here it comes just a little throw to the ref and he didn't like that at all yeah the official told him let go yeah he didn't let he let go a few seconds later right into his chest that's tough and you know when you're frustrated as a high school basketball player sometimes things happen but that's how you gotta learn yeah taking control you got to keep your cool no situations here's a there's a good look at the senior Niko Lunt at the line first one second shot good for a Lunt Niko Lunt five for six tonight from the free-throw line four for seven from the field leading this cadet team with 15 points and they're gonna take a timeout 42 21 will keep it right here Barry Clark I think mostly right now he's just reminding his team guys this team is gonna be aggressive they're gonna be trying to get back in this basketball game they're gonna try and get in your heads calm down play our game exactly what this is I'm Barry Clark the veteran head coach is in his 10th season it was just a few years ago three years ago he led the scada team to the state title the freshmen on this current team for the seniors I should say on this current team were freshmen backed in he's coached a lot of games he knows what he's doing on the bench and just calling his guys over saying calm down we're gonna be okay hey that's will get the basketball after that technical foul we talked about four years ago for Sand Creek they have seniors that were on a very good basketball team as well yeah they did I mean they lost their top seven starters from last year including their all-state player DeSean Schwartz who's playing up at CU right now middle the Lunt good ball moving we're really impressed by the cadets ball movement tonight Lunt gets it inside laughing out of Bendrick they will just move this basketball around by the 21 point lead get it to Biddle in the corner for three great ball movement well I tell you what when you look at that textbook offense that's exactly what that was little one three one offense by the cadets good look for Biddle in the corner and now the pressure of the cadets draws another turnover on Sand Creek he called Javon Williams for the double dribble he thought it got knocked out of his hands but no sir says stripes it'll be cadet basketball doing comes to laughing and it's knocked away from behind good job Isaiah Jordan picked up by Molina they'll move it ahead to Galvan here comes Javon Williams get might've gotten away with a walk or - there goes right down the lane scores I could drive there by Javon Williams his first bucket of the game he's got three points tonight and Sand Creek comes with the press almost has a good job on the floor they could call a timeout right in front of Robert Hawkins a good job diving on the floor for that one was Marcus Gowdy and scorpions that's how you're gonna get back in it you got a forced turnovers from akkada it really is I mean you got to hit your shots you got to make your free-throws that's another thing the scorpions did not do in the first half but now we're seeing that Sand Creek press good hands ball gets on the floor dowdy goes down calls timeout and see if the scorpions can get back in this one the scorpions are hustling they're playing that press but right now two minutes here into the third quarter and it's five to five in this quarter so they're not making enough hay they got to make some more points and stop the cadence from scoring yeah they got to do it quickly and you can see offensively when Air Academy gets the ball they're just gonna take their time run there offense and when they've done that and they've gotten a good shot they've been able to make them as well Jordan up top now swings it to Gowdy on the outside shot up won't go rebound that doing-doing gets stopped by a trap gets it to laughing here come the cadets he'll go into Lane shot up won't go gets his own rebound really impressed with Luke laughs and crashing the boards tonight he's done a great job although he stepped out of bounds on that one doing a good job on the boards I think that's kind of Luke's Forte average is about four rebounds per game he's well over that tonight but that time going in gets his own rebound but steps on the inline gaudí goes down we hope he's okay Marcus Gaudi not sure he's holding his arm he went down hard that's gonna be a foul on Brock Bendrick I was gonna be Brock Kendricks third fell he will come out of the game the senior Bendrick will come out in comes Kelly oakum get it to Brandon Galvan for the inbounds tried to get it to Javon Williams stolen away by Lunt Blount quickly ahead to laughing he's got Yocum with him yokum's ball taken away by Gavin Gavin with a footrace with the basketball try to get it back to Williams and look at Nico Lunt hurt his back coming back in here the Niko Lunt trying to stretch out his back right now there's a good look at him I'm sure reaching for that basketball but good hustle by Lunt coming back but he just knocked it out of bounds here it is great hustle there's Nikola just stepped awkwardly when he landed with that basketball and you could just see how he was holding his back half the ball ends up going out of bounds and Nicolette will come out of the game Bendrick is back in bender back in with three fouls for Lunt Isaiah Jordan goes inside forces it and they get a call is that on Bendrick no it'll you're lucky they didn't get that one on Bendrick however Biddle also has three fouls yeah so that I could play a factor in this game and those two guys have been huge for this cat team Biddle picks up his third scorpion shot up and good for Isaiah Jordan second foul now if they can get middle and Bendrick out of the game scorpions might have a chance to get back in this thing Cal Yocum has it's knocked out of bounds they say went off of Yocum it'll be scorpions basketball must have went off the yokum's leg it looked like it was hit by one of the scorpions players but awful yokum's legging out of balance Calvin inside Jordan fakes it back out there's Kenan Thompson he was hot the first half can't get this one to go rebound Bendrick quickly up to laughinn laughinn has Biddle with him he'll go up inside get the foul called and if that's on Kenan Thompson nope yes it is that's gonna be his fourth and a technical foul called on Kenan Thompson and right after the foul Kenan Thompson didn't like it kind of threw his hands up in there and said something that the official they're gonna call a technical foul on the senior guard Kenan Thompson at the line to shoot these free throws his Lou Claussen Kenan Thompson coming back and Robert Hawkins can't believe they called a technical foul but laughin will have two shots we're gonna have some free throws here we're gonna have the personal foul free throws and we'll have the technical foul free throws laughs let's first and I would assume who doing mirror biddle shooting next laughs and misses the second you're gonna have Josh Biddle come up and shoot the technical foul free-throws things trying to calm down that's what the officials do that's what really the premise behind calling technical fouls is just to to calm a team down cuz usually when it's at Nicole is called it's because someone is pretty angry and things are getting pretty heated out there Biddle misses both of them so a chance for the kid has to go up four points and have the basketball turns into them going up by another point with the basketball doing as the easy throwing to laughing scorpions pushing that zone defense out a little further Bendrick keeps it up top there's got one three one offense into the high post tool Alton middle shot up won't go rebound inside by Yocum and it's stolen away by gaudí gets it to Galvin but the press already ride away there by the cadets back the other way to Vaughan Williams tried to force it through there went off the cadets and out of bounds look like Javon Williams might have had an open layup if Heda just went up with that ball tried to make one more pass down low to Galvin but I got knocked out of bounds this one inside Jordan Jordan nice pass Javon Williams he's open on the baseline and they're gonna call another foul two shots up coming and that foul is on Fat doing his third foul so all of a sudden three cats with three fouls yeah doing Bendrick and Biddle all with three fouls and we have a couple of substitutions that will come in for Air Academy Javon Williams misses the first with Lunt and self coming in for doing and laughing good to see Niko Lunt back out there after he went out he was holding his back earlier in the game got it stretched out and he's back in the game sometimes you don't notice till the next day how stiff you're gonna be after an injury it's good that he can get back in there right away play some basketball looks like he's moving fairly well get it's trying to break that press Yocum gets it to Lunt nice ball movement it's stolen away by Javon Williams maybe one pass too many get it to marcus Gowdy Goudy has it stripped away but Jordan picks it up that one goes out of bounds will stay with the scorpions 46:25 much quicker pace here for the scorpions they moved that basketball Javon Williams comes inside on Yocum gets it back to Galvan in the corner won't go rebound Biddle knocked out of bounds by gaudí it'll be kate at basketball then they got a good look out of the corner that was Joel Molina that was open right out of the corner just missed the shot ball goes out of bounds to the cadence Sankar e stays with a 2-1 to zone press Yocum good job dribble into basketball gets it to Bendrick in the corner shelf and the cadets good job breaking that press now he can take the time to the 21 point lead blunts up top self going baseline against this zone keep it out to Biddle it'll fall about it gets it over to Bendrick and okaythat's will come back out top just keep working it moving that ball around bender doesn't want that shot comes inside self out to Yocum and he'll drive good job by Cal Yocum but can't get it to go Javon Williams with the rebound quickly up the court has Galvan with him this time nice moves by Javon Williams to gets it to go well what a great move by Javon Williams he got in Barry Clark even the co-chair Academy screaming no fouls no fouls and Williams just goes up and gets the bucket six points now for Williams middle in the corner for the cadets and Lunt up top cadets continuing to move that basketball good job by Bendrick going in on Javon Williams he goes down and really the kid that's doing a good job keeping their heads about him here because some of these fouls are pretty hard by the scorpion yeah they really are I mean looked like the the foul was called on the ground the play continued then another one that was Javon Williams called for that foul that will be his fourth foul okaythat's inbounding the ball on the baseline get it quickly to Lunt kicks it back out to Bendrick one thought about okay that's being a little more deliberate with her offense here in the second half first half they were letting these open shots fly this time they want more clock to run off self and Yocum up top the oak I'm gonna drive inside got it Cali oh c'mon he's got eight now for the cadets line again just being so patient on that offense until they could get a good drive by Yocum Jordan Galvan with the fake Jordan up top he'll shoot the three can't get it to go rebound Galvin inside back to Jordan scorpions trying to just find anybody to maybe get hot get him back into this basketball game this is Ryan Nelson in the corner Jordan Nelson thinking about it back inside Galvan working on self and they might call middle reaching in for the back let's see yep Josh Biddle that's gonna be his fourth team's fifth team foul here in this quarter dad doing set to check back in I would assume for Biddle Galvin's first shot got it galvans first point of this game one for two from the line and it is Josh Biddle comes out of the game with those four fouls bad doing his back in with three so a little bit of foul trouble here for the cadets here in the second half missed shot Kate self comes down with it and we get it the Lunt's get it good job offensively self cuts baseline they're gonna get a foul call on Joel Malina that's his first of the game and doing will inbound the basketball still a 20-point lead for the cadets they led by 22 at the half pass inside his self thinks about it loses the basketball Jordan comes up with it and then Galvan and here come the scorpions moving that ball around yeah that's now in his own scorpions inside your Vaughan Williams he'll take it up go off the glass can't get it to go ripped out of the hands of Malina and they're gonna call a foul on Bendrick that's gonna be his fourth foul blowing those foul is just really starting to pile up for the cadets now substitution coming in there's a good shot of AJ Davis who comes in for sand creek air Academy will have a substitution as well grant Shandi will come in he will replace Brock Bendrick who as we said just picked up foul number four Bendrick and Biddle with four doing with three all starters for the fountain for the K deaths down inside Galvin can't handle it Davis tried to pick it up and now Galvin does right at half-court tipped away by Lunt somehow the scorpions I've kept possession of this ball in the corner that's a Nelson shot up won't go good offensive rebound by Javon Williams back to Nelson again won't go that doing comes away with the rebound quickly up the court had a chase from behind and it's stolen away by the scorpions as again the cadence get a little bit sloppy trying to run the basketball Nelson's already missed two from that spot didn't want to do it again they'll swing it Javon Williams in the paint won't go self tried to grab it it's thrown out of off of him and out of bounds but they say it went out of bounds before that it'll be Isaiah Jordan and here come the cadets what little bump from behind and they'll call the second foul as Galvin fouls him and that's gonna be the third foul on Brandon Galvan an eco lunch go to the line one and one there's a shot of Brandon Galvin right there picked up his third Nicco lunch 15 on the night averaging just about 13 gets that first one to roll makes him 6 for 7 from the free-throw line tonight lot of good scores make a lot of money from the freezer they do well he's got a good-looking shot to Jordan at midcourt comes inside goes up on three cadets and this one's going to fall see if they count the basket I think they will yep foul goes on Ryan's self he will pick up his second and Jordan to the line trying to get his sixth point of the night got it kid it fans are doing some sort of cheer on the other side and you oh come with the basketball cadence will play for that final shot one fakes it over to doing now takes it inside can't get it to go for seconds quickly for the scorpions they'll move to head Javon Williams got to get it up and I don't think he got it off in time no no basket 52-31 san-craig is cut into the lead but not enough they still trail by 19 we'll come back with fourth quarter action after this on 20 TV you back inside air academy high school and the bird who's the mascot of the cadets is pretty happy over there with the kid at faithful well as you can see from the lion score they're Sand Creek outscoring Academy by three but it wasn't just that that Barry Clark was upset about the coach of our Academy it was taking care of the basketball way way too many turnovers for error Academy in that in that quarter swinging it around AJ Davis up top stolen away Cal Yocum but stolen right back by Galvin Javon Williams into the paint and they're gonna get a foul called quickly on the cadets Ryan self that's his first foul for Barry Clark he probably likes the defense and the fact that they're not calling a foul on one of the players with so many Javon Williams to the line got the first one Santa Creek has cut it to 18 it was 22 at the half this can cut it to 17 got it Javon Williams gotten better the more times he's gotten free-throws tonight and the press continues for the scorpions quickly broken by doing to self in the corner Shandi they'll move it around good job by the cadets breaking the press and working it around Barry Clark gave him an earful between the third and fourth quarters take care of the basketball and they have so far done it here in this quarter yes exactly what he wanted to settle down and execute misses their offense nice job of breaking the press and then look around and they turn it over right in front of coach Clark he's not gonna like that one Galvin nice pass Jordan is blocked good job defensively for the cadets back on defense and we're gonna have another cadet Gabe Beal will come into the game for the first time tonight there's another look at that block yeah nice job there getting up and getting the Block in the substitution bo comes in he's replacing that doing and doing is the one that turned that ball over right in front of the coach and usually when you do that that's when you come out of the game and I'll just say that I'm glad I'm not doing right now Barry Clark making sure he understands that turnovers are a bad thing yes they are especially when you've got a big lead in the game and they've done such a good job breaking that press yet and into their offense and they turn the basketball over Isaiah Jordan called for the foul Cal Yocum will go to the line he made his first two tonight there you see his stats misses this one though and Javon Williams comes down with the rebound San Creek trying to cut it to a five possession game get it inside shot up top won't go rebound Galvan on the outside cadets frustrating their head coach not getting that rebound inside there's gonna be a foul this one called against the cadets again that's on grant Shandy and we'll have a substitution coming into the game for Eric Adam and you can see Mary Clark going to his bench and not happy with their Academy right there just not boxing out giving up an easy rebound to Sand Creek Molina shot up is good and the kai ward comes into the game for grant Chandi Alina's second shot got it nice stroke for Joel Malina to senior from Sand Creek stolen away there's Isaiah Jordan another bucket we'll look out here comes Sam Creek this game is far from over 13 points now Lunt gets it to self it's knocked away here comes Isaiah Jordan again at the basketball court gets it by ward takes it inside gets bumped almost got the basket to fall and the scorpions have really worked their way back into this basketball game they really have they're doing it with their defense forcing turnovers good driving to the basket there's a nice shot of Isaiah Jordan going in more just about gets the old-fashioned three-point play can't get it to drop Isaiah Jordan goes to the line he's got eight points tonight two for three from the free-throw line first one up this is this time and now here comes a line change for the air Academy cadets doing Biddle Bendrick and laughing come in and out quickly comes Beal Yocum self and ward there's Isaiah Jordan at the line got the second one so now it's a 12-point game for possessions day for possession game your math is correct once breaking that press thrown it away here come the Scorpions again a steal by Molina this time Jordan comes inside they're gonna get him for the offensive foul and the kid that's really needed that call boy they sure did Isaiah Jordan just helped out air Academy right there a nice job let's take a look here here's Niko let's see if he gets his feet set boy he does he was set there for a good second maybe two before Isaiah Jordan crashed into it and all I can say is if Barry Clark was upset at the end of the third quarter when his team still had a 19 point lead I'm thinking these blood pressure's a little bit rise even more boy and just it's jets the turnovers you've got to take care of the basketball and and they're not doing that now some of the credit has to go to Sand Creek they have turned up the defense there's a good look at their coach Rob Hawkins talking to his troops but they've turned up the defense the press and when you get behind by that many points the sense of urgency certainly goes through the roof maybe a little sensor to see by the bird right there I don't know yeah but Birds having some fun and Sand Creek having a little fun right now they're coming back on the cadence Barry Clark is laying into his team again here and Rob Hawkins saying hey gosh you're doing good you're forcing them into turnovers but maybe the kid that's getting a little lackadaisical with their passes they've thrown a couple right into the hands of the scorpions you just can't have that it's one thing when the team is playing really good defense and they knock the ball away but when you're just throwing it carelessly away it's not good when you think of with all those turnovers if Sand Creek doesn't come down and turn the ball over and get called for charging this would be a much closer game in the corner same creek with the trap Blount gets it to doing coach says go laughin up the head hat Biddle with him they'll slow it down get it bounce of Bendrick and move it around good ball movement by the cadets that's what Coach Clark wants to see now upfront lot almost lost it Javon Williams D and him up well to doing laughing with the spin move nice pass out lunch wide open three won't go but he gets his own rebound good hustle by niko Lunt takes it back inside gets hammered by Galvin Galvin can't believe it lots of frustration on the scorpion's team right now it really is it was great ball movement and then when you do that for air Academy you got to be able to finish and their Academy hasn't been able to good job here Nikola going in draws the foul and Nikola will go to the free-throw line 7 for 8 from the line tonight there's a good look at his line 17 points three rebounds and an assist run a great job from the free-throw line tonight he's gonna up his average 18 points we could hear a pin drop okay Ted Jim that's a good-looking shot too exactly what the cadets needed it's their first score in quite a while Javon Williams can't get it to go laughing easy rebound almost threw it away as Gowdy was there and yep it goes out of bounds off Biddle scorpion basketball and that ball was well behind middle he tried to make a play on it looked like he did but he just wasn't able to keep it in bounds maybe the kid that's making some of the mistakes they've made over the last six games this is a team that's obviously talented and we're at eight and three as we mentioned and now eight and nine so trying to turn things around here tonight shot up by barges in and out rebound Galvin not sure who they're gonna call that on if they call that on Bendrick he'll be out Rock Bendrick has fouled out of this basketball game to senior guard who averages 11 points he's got four tonight well in that last shot went up by vargas it's spun out and you could just see all the white jerseys for the K that's just standing around nobody's finding a man nobody's boxing out who goes in and gets the rebound Joe Molina gets it draws the foul Molina goes to the free-throw line and lots of big loss Brock Birendra Bendrick is out of the game for the KS so the jr.

that was at mesa ridge they think it's payback time tonight exactly i think we're going to see a much better game than we saw there two different styles of play as you could see by the points per game mesa ridge a team that likes to get up and down and score tca will try to slow things down the grizzlies 9-0 in the color springs metro league can the titans give them their first loss this season we'll find out in just a bit when we come back for the start of this one you're watching high school basketball on 20 tv welcome back inside the campus of the classical academy titans taking on the mesa ridge grizzlies and both teams starting lineups have been announced we'll let you know who they are for mesa ridge devon nelson tristan whittick devin ricketts dj king and zach ring and for tca's titans it'll be joshua frank moore micah lamberth jared belcher cade walker and johnny stevens and for tca so far this season dave it's been jared belcher pulling the weight most of it anyway it really has brian look at jared belcher senior guard averaging over 15 points per game we're gonna keep an eye on him tonight he is four points away from setting the school record for career points mesa ridge wins the tip devin nelson has it up top dj king will spread to the right and now he goes down low with devon ricketts taking the ball up top this is nelson being guarded up by lamberth up to the top zach ring zach rings 6-5 senior 10 seniors on this mesa ridge team trying to drive the ball nelson kicks it outside dj king can't get it to go tca tries to box out and they get the ball to bounce off of ring and out of bounds it'll be titan's ball the first time tonight as you mentioned brian look at 10 seniors on one side seven seniors for this tca team that has much improved over the last couple of seasons under their head coach kevin winger and mesa ridge will press tca had some issues with that in the first time around swing the ball on the side frank moore for three got it that's a good start for joshua frankmore they're gonna need all of they can get from him tonight that's a big shot out of the corner joshua frank moore averaging just five points per game hits the first bucket of this one now he is guarding devin nelson up top tca really packing it in defensively nelson again ignores the screen shot up won't go rebound stevens and tca doing exactly what they want they would love to slow this game down and keep a lead all night long if they can this is belcher inside cade walker the sophomore and frank moore up top to lambert lambert the other sophomore two sophomores on the court for this team how about that move right there by micah lambert going baseline well a great move and it started up at the top of the key he just took his left hand went all the way around saw just a little sliver of an opening gets inside and puts the titans up 5-0 nelson king inside ring they moved that ball around devon ricketts inside tried to get it to ring stolen away by tca now running the floor here's lambert he's going to put it up quickly and in slap of the backboard by ring doesn't matter it's 7-0 tca devin nelson going to slow it down now for mesa ridge calls out of play frank moore putting the pressure on nelson up top they'll move it ring for his size 6'5 really stays out on the wing a lot nelson looking to drive ring now goes down low they swing it this side up nice pass from king to ring that's got a nice ring to it too for the first two points for the grizzlies say that one all night king to ring we talked about zach ring at 6'5 being on the perimeter while he just worked his way down low found a little soft spot and gets the first basket for mesa ridge stevens in the corner trying to get it to lamberth off his hand and quickly into the hands of dj king and up forward to nelson got the layup and quickly just like that mesa ridge has two baskets in a row and that's what this mesa ridge team wants to do they they pressure you all over the all over the court they force turnovers they're good in transition that's how they got their last bucket tough mistake there by joshua frank morris he uh tried to handle the ball gets called for a double dribble devin nelson again we'll set it up he's a 6-2 senior averaging the most points for mesa rich 14.4 on the season let's swing it again back up top nelson frank moore cuts him off again joshua frank moore doing a good job stopping the penetration but they get it down low and a bucket another bucket for d.j king quickly up the court frank moore into belcher who has yet to score gets it over to stevens he'll take the shot got it nice touch by johnny stevens a nice touch by stevens but a great pass by jared belcher everybody expects him to take that shot he pulled up on the base baseline made a nice little pass to stevens king beats lambert kicks it outside nelson got it three-point basket ties this game up at nine these two teams are shooting lights out right now well and if max preps is to be believed dave mesa ridge shoots 71 percent as a team on the season that was a hard number to believe but i'll tell you what from what we've seen so far very believable they get good shots inside the paint and when they're open they make them into the game now jensen hall taking the place of micah lamberth hall another senior for this tca team 17 seniors on these two teams quickly up the court here comes hall he's going baseline in the corner belcher he'll take that shot all night long can't get it gets his own rebound nice pass inside stevens up two tries how about that johnny stevens four points now for stevens on the evening yeah padding the stats gets a basket and gets his third rebound of the game as well back quickly devin nelson inside ring ring looks for cutters comes outside instead to king king on the baseline we're gonna have a foul called this will be second foul of the game called the first on tca and it's gonna be on jensen hall and quickly to inbound the ball king nelson in the paint shot up got it i'll tell you what neither are these teams missing when we looked at the stats as well on max preps we said well there's not a lot of rebounds out there to be counted well this is why they don't miss any shots belcher up top ring comes way out on him this is wade walker cade walker excuse me nice drive by jensen hall just a nice little floater hall didn't start this game he came in replaced micah lamberth lamberth went out with four hall comes in and hits a nice little shot there on the baseline and a steal by cade walker as nuon made two good plays in a row for tca stevens the veteran gets it back to walker walker's going to take it down the lane can't get it to go rebound by tristan whittick inside and back comes mesa ridge down to devin nelson swinging to the corner king comes back up top to ricketts and the titans sit back playing that man-to-man defense they'll sag it a little bit king on the side goes baseline gets cut off by stevens they kick it out and around here's widdix first shot of the game won't go rebound give it to johnny stevens stevens does a good job in there oh nice crossover in front of zach ring moves it around stevens and company will take their time they've got frank moore out top and now the coach calls a different play they got belcher set up in the middle of the key here comes a cutting walker stevens comes backside belcher for three got it how about good offense there as jared belcher gets the three-point basket what a great looking play he was setting the pick right at the free-throw line then he drifts back to his left takes the skip pass and knocks it down his first bucket of the game can almost draw that one up on a telestrator perfect devin nelson up top again thought about it frank moore on him good poise by mesa ridge and there we go again devin nelson hits devin nelson with nine points already in this game well he averages 14.4 we told you but tca will take it nice slow pace into belcher belcher up and in ring in the basket they're not going to call it as long as that basket goes down five-point lead quickly back the other way ricketts up and in on that last basket that was hit by jared belcher he's got five on the night he just set the school record for career points he already holds the record for career three-pointers made but nice basket right there and a great career already for jared belcher and isn't it nice in high school we didn't stop the game hand them a ball let's just keep playing keep playing good on you to notice that i don't know jared belcher doesn't look to me like he notices that's a good thing too it really is devin nelson up top look at joshua frank couldn't get it ring gets it now they're going to call a foul i think on kate walker yep kade walker's first foul is just the second team foul pretty well played basketball game so far well it really is i mean not a whole lot of missed shots not a lot of turnovers good good active hands right there by tca they nearly forced the turnover by the grizzlies davion canard to inbound it gets it into ring ring being guarded up belcher just takes the ball from him how about that by the heady senior jared belcher 15 seconds left now in the first quarter jensen hall up top almost loses the basketball comes through he'll take it inside put it up and blocked out of bounds by zach ring with five seconds left so three-point tca lead you've got five seconds here dave yeah you got to set up a quick quick inbounds play but zach rings six five tough to get to the rim with him in there belcher nice fake steps back shot up won't go nice rebound inside he had to put it back up they got it to frank moore i don't think that'll count and that's the way the first quarter will end 18-15 tca with a three-point lead we'll come back for more action in high school basketball here on 20 td tca has a three-point lead 18-15 after one quarter it's been a good game dave it's been a great game watching some of the highlights that was johnny stevens hitting from the baseline off a great pass by jared belcher and mesa ridge right in this game a three-point game we're back to live action now tca with the basketball michael lamberth back in the game along with belcher walker and ethan boyles in the game now along with bryant kaus and the fouls called on devin nelson his first foul tca ball they get it inside nice drive won't go rebound zack ring they'll push it ahead davion canard gets it to nelson and mesa ridge will set up down three left here in the second quarter tca doing a good job defensively against the grizzlies this time they get into the ring he backs him down kick it back out top ricketts nice drive off the glass and this is a one point game well we thought tca would be the team that would slow this down they scored 18 points in that first quarter steal right there by ricketts gets it back excuse me dj king with the bucket give him the steal and the bucket and mesa ridge has now taken a one one-point lead that's that pressure that the grizzlies will put on you they're giving tca all kind of problems right now yep coach kevin wenger told us about it he wants a timeout let's keep it right here dave because coach wanger told us this is what happened when they played down at mesa ridge they ended up losing that game by 27 points but it was just a 10-point deficit going into the fourth quarter and that's when the grizzlies put on the press it was and the fourth quarter was all mesa ridge in that game the final in that game 79 52 tca here's a good look at that press the turnover quick transition right back the other way dj king gets the layup another big difference from that game johnny stevens got injured early in that tca game he hurt his ankle he is back playing in this game and the word that coach kevin wenger gave us about johnny stevens he's a game changer he is he's definitely a game changer and he's especially a game changer tonight because mesa ridge is without adonis wallace their second leading scorer at 12.6 a game he's out tonight with an ankle injury of his own so we'll see how big of a difference that makes micah lamberth up top to belcher in the corner here's open look blocked quickly look at the quick hops by devon ricketts he comes down lambert cuts him off baseline canard goes inside we're gonna have a foul called on the reach in against lambert that's gonna be his first johnny stevens comes back into the game and out comes kate walker and back into the game dj king who will take devin nelson's spot gets it inside riddick shot up and good ricketts gets another bucket you look at the shooting percentages mesa ridge is shooting 77 percent from the field tca shooting 50 50 is usually really good but when you're the other team is shooting 77 that is unbelievable tough to beat tough to beat what i see is mesa ridge doesn't take many contested shots they make sure they get open shots gets it back to belcher and now stevens nice fake good job taking this ball inside misses gets knocked out and a good offensive rebound by ethan boyle so send it out to beth belcher will set it back up ring on belcher way out top it's an interesting matchup out there lamberth here's a shot up by couts won't go no one wants that rebound but canard gets it right in his lap he'll bring it forward gets it to ricketts t.j king back outside won't go for ricketts lambert on the baseline trying to move it inside and another steal as tca getting a little careless with the basketball davion canard gets fouled and maybe a little bit of frustration there by ethan boyles who lost the ball and then ends up giving up the foul well that's one thing you can't do against this mesa ridge team they pressure you all over the floor once you get it into your offensive end and you get set up you got to take care of the basketball and take good shots and back-to-back turnovers down by tca frank moore comes back in for coutts and devin nelson will have a seat as dj king back in the game for mesa ridge nelson couldn't handle that one it's a rare turnover for mesa ridge so far tonight nope the official says we're staying here we got a foul against ethan boyles that's his second quick foul i think everybody thought that was going against mesa ridge even all the players started running down to the other way the referee had to pull him on back d.j king to inbound the ball sends it way up top to canard and there's a steal by johnny stevens good anticipation taking the ball from ring takes it in by himself can't get it but ring gets the rebound and we're gonna get a foul called on lamberth and that's gonna be a tough one because that's the second one on micah tonight well it really isn't just a tough sequence altogether i mean nice play by johnny stevens he doesn't get called for the foul as he gets the steal with the right hand goes all the way down misses the layup then the foul called on lamberth his second and he will have a seat on kevin wenger's bench jensen hall comes back in for tca so canard brings it up three-point mesa ridge lead five minutes now less than that left in the second quarter devin nelson shot up won't go rebound frank moore on the opposite side now nelson will bring it up against canard gets trapped over there with king and gets it away nice ball movement to frank moore in the lane shot up won't go can't get his own rebound kennard gets it quickly up to nelson nelson good job cutting him off by ethan boyles they get it back to canard shot up won't go mesa ridge starting to miss some some shots now jensen hall with the rebound kevin wenger tells his team to just control that basketball johnny stevens spot up won't go rebound by whittick and back comes mesa ridge boy both of these teams have cooled off they started out hot in the first quarter and they've still had good looks on each end but can't get a shot to fall devin nelson goes inside foul called on the floor basket will not count and again ethan boyles the man around the ball gets his third foul and ethan boyles with those three fouls he will come out of the game cade walker will come in to replace him that's tough with lamberth and boyles now in foul trouble might have to come back with lamberth he's got two fouls with four minutes left here in the half nelson misses the first first free throw of the game for mesa ridge get it outside frank moore shot up won't go rebound can't go frank moore hit that shot earlier but it was a little less contested than that one belcher gets the rebound against the foul and you could see how confident he was as soon as he caught that ball he put it up but jared belcher going up in between two grizzlies ends up drawing the foul on the play davion canard called for the foul just the third foul of this segment by mesa ridge frank moore up top now to haul all looks inside they don't want to get it to stevens try to get it into belcher and that one's stolen away by ricketts and quickly to devin nelson three-point mesa ridge lead both teams really cooled off as you mentioned canard up top got king inside against stevens nelson to whittick now when it cuts through nelson trying to do something with the basketball just taking their time get it to canard tca doing a good job defensively pass it back outside nelson shot up won't go nice rebound down low by walker and johnny stevens will bring it up gets it right back to cade nice catch down low shot up and good by joshua frank moore yeah nice job of getting it down quickly and breaking that press and just a couple of quick touches and frank moore goes up and gets the layup that's exactly what tca needed once you beat that press you're going to have someone open and they did a good job finding the open man card now to nelson nelson thinking about it bernard nelson being left kind of open up top to get it inside king he's just they just collapsed all over him and that leaves nelson wide open and he hits the three this time devin nelson his second three of the game he's got 12 points tonight and he was wide open but yeah like i said brian i mean that ball went inside there were five white jerseys around him all king had to do was get rid of it to anybody they were going to have an open shot and devin nelson knocked it down almost stolen here hall gets it across to belcher inside frank moore nice move inside off the glass and good joshua frank moore has already scored more than his season average he's got seven back-to-back buckets nice job by frank moore good looking he went high to get it up over the hands of ring canard knocked out of bounds by johnny stevens off of mesa ridge and that'll be tca ball 148 left here in the first half a couple of substitutions coming in bennett holmes will come into the game for tca he replaces jensen hall hall's got one foul so a lot of fouls in the guard position for tca but brand new to the game is ben holmes frank moore up top being guarded we'll see if holmes is ready for this pressure gets it inside walker walker tried to get it over to belcher it goes off his hand and out of bounds mesa ridge ball that pressure really does get to the titans and when you have guys in foul trouble who are used to it sometimes the other guys are going to turn the basketball over tough to come in off the bench cold and just facing guys that are in your face all over the all over the court nelson up top frank moore on him nelson drives kicks it out dj king shot up won't go rebound zach ring is there and he's got it up and in that was an impressive offensive rebound and bucket by the 6'5 senior for mesa ridge well it really was i mean went up just high pointed that basketball nice pass down low to belcher oh i thought it went off his hands and off of whitaking out of bounds they say it went straight off his hand and out of bounds they had a better viewpoint than i do he had a great view down there evan yeah well he just right down low belcher had it in his hands for a wide-open lay-up just couldn't handle it 26-22 mesa ridge now in the final minute of the half nelson will take the shot won't go ring again an offensive rebound kate walker doing his best and here he does stealing the basketball great job by frank moore to poke it away here comes walker to stevens shot up won't go belcher there for the for the put back and he's got it no nice job defensively by tca forcing that turnover getting it down they missed the layup but sticking with it to get the rebound shot up by whitic won't go good box out by kate walker and they're gonna call a foul on mesa ridge that's gonna be on devin ricketts for the push in the back speaking of the official about it right there is a good look at ricketts it's his first foul and tca gets the basketball you wonder if coach wenger wants him to take one shot here i would think he would yeah holmes up top working almost loses it gets it inside walker now back out frank moore he'll take the open three shot won't go rebound widdick in the corner and tca got to keep the pressure on try and take some more time off that clock five seconds now get it down to nelson nelson cuts inside runs into frank moore loses the basketball it's gonna be tca ball with 1.6 seconds left let's see what they can do not worth probably calling a timeout not much you can set up here just got to get a heave they get inside belcher shot up it'll count if it goes oh just off the front of the rim and that's the way the first half is going to end how about the shot by jared belcher there to send this one to halftime tca just two points behind mesa ridge 26-24 we'll be back with our halftime show here on 20 tv excellence comes in many forms including sound and precision and the discipline to get better every day academy district 20 is focused on excellence in the classroom and in the activities that give our students a well-rounded education it's where your child can march to the beat of their own drum and find their place to thrive make the right choice for your 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Mary's averaging about 15 points a game and Darren Whisman averages about 20 for discovery canyon so a couple of key players we'll keep our eyes on well I think the player to that we really need to watch the success Seth Clausen for the Thunder not only does the add a verge twelve and a half points a game he's one of the assist leaders on the team and he comes up with a couple steals a game he's a really good all-around player so we're gonna see some talent on the floor here tonight gonna be fun to watch it's three a st. Mary's for a discovery Canyon we'll come back with the tip off of this one from discovery candy campus right after this on twenty TV you welcome back inside Discovery Canyon High School Bryan German alongside Vince Greco we've got the starting lineups for you for the visiting st.

put back some pressure now for Pine Creek pinto beats it gets it around the outside Richmond shot up and in today a Richmond hits for two so Pine Creek starts again on offense here comes Brie bailey bringing it up get it to ogród knee Fairview relentless defense out front that one's knocked off and such as my foot as it comes toward us here over the broadcast booth and just tons of pressure out front old Rodney lost her dribble she had two players right on right on top of her not much she could do with it and luckily for Pine Creek it went off a Pinto Lake Rodney with a nice inbound ball there to Bree Bailey Thank You Kate and Bailey will go to the line this time for a one on one and that's the third on Ashley Panem and as we talked about Panem and Pinto in that combination pan I'm a first team all-conference player 18 a game last season she's got two points and three fouls in the first half of this one well pine creek needed something to help him out tonight that will definitely help but you got to make some free throws to Bailey's first free throw won't go Gutierrez battling with Pinto for the rebound and it'll go to Fairview and good hustle there Jordan Gutierrez a freshman playing in a lot of freshmen playing for this pine creek team they've got three freshmen and four sophomores on the varsity roster one of them right there was Gutierrez and we saw the JV game prior to this they had plenty more freshmen there as well so coach jube ik building up a team here at Pine Creek High School Valdez out front guarded by zon there's tough defense and bow this close-up all away and I'm gonna give credit to zon on that one absolutely I mean you love the wit the ball side defense right there I mean she was just all over soon she picked up the dribble zon went right at her put the hands up and forced the turnover zon gets a pic from Murdoch tried to get it to Gutierrez taken away back the other way comes is he wants him Monson running with a basketball up and in seen as you make a couple of nice layups tonight here comes on back for Pine Creek stolen away by Monson Munson's got Murdoch to beat she'll bring it up put it up and in is he Monson the 5-8 sophomore two quick baskets for Fairview giving him a 20-point lead zon it's gonna get fouled going to the basket and again one in one if Pine Creek needs to get back into this game they need to make some free throws yeah absolutely do they miss their last two front ends that foul right there is gonna go against Izzy Munson her second of this game Sydney's on another chance here to make some baskets hold that ball here comes a day a Richmond back into the game for Izzy Munson has two fouls shut up and goodbye Sydney's on because she took her time she earns that second free-throw three Orianna Martin excuse me Dave will come in for her if she makes this next one yep three points for zon it's been a good quarter for Pine Creek they've done a nice job they just haven't found a way to to score some field goals but they got to make these free throws second one up and good zon will have seats Martin comes in forty-nine point two seconds left behind Creek with the press Martin's up there as is Haley Murdock in towing company break it get it across nice knock away there by Elena Murdoch love her hands tonight it's a to Haley now the corners are Bree Bailey Bailey up can't get it to go Pine Creek there's a lid on that thing for Pine Creek tonight it's out of bounds it'll go to Fairview with 28 seconds well Bree Bailey's had some good looks tonight - she made a nice move down the baseline pulled up just outside the block lets it go and yeah just just can't get anything to go they've had some good shots tonight and there's a good look at Elena Murdoch yep as Pine Creek gets the basketball I can get it in to Gutierrez it went off of Gutierrez out of Bounce and it's Fairview ball we thought it was Fairview ball the first time didn't they they got another opportunity at it turned it over you want to take their time with it Pinto bring it across the time line konstantopoulou over to Richmond now in the corner to Valdes strolling away good job by Orianna Martin I believe they're gonna call that against Fairview Martin should be going to shoot two shots now they're in the double bonus great play by already on to Martin right there and again Pine Creek defense has been good they've been good on the ball that the first quarter they got off to a slow start they've been much better in this one and nice job by Martin she forces the turnover grabs the ball ends up drying the foul on the play goes against Tia Valdez her second tenth team foul for the Knights here's Martin Martin shot up won't go so quiet in here you could hear coach rod Beauchamp telling his player where to go on the courts Zahn comes back in for Haley Murdock and the second shot for Martin can't get it to go rebound Pinto who else Fairview with the basketball and Pinto is gonna take it herself all the way up and in no foul called you need you but can't believe it but that's the way this half will come to an end as the Fairview Knights have a 31 to 11 lead will come back here for some halftime festivities in just a moment on 20 TV you welcome back inside Pine Creek High School the Pine Creek Eagles behind 31 to 11 to Fairview at halftime Brian German alongside Dave Toller and Dave the score kind of misleading this Pine Creek has gotten lots of open looks haven't played too bad a defense it's just been Denali Pinto who's tearing him up yeah she has been fantastic in this game we'll get a look at it right there there's a three-pointer by Pinto 19 points and rebounds in the first half that's pretty good for a player and as a nice move yeah you know when you could hit the outside shot it opens it up for the drive and then off the inbounds pass another turnaround shot there for print open for Pine Creek it's been a few and far between for the for the baskets but a nice shot there by Orianna Martin and then Jordan Gutierrez got one from the outside as well and Pine Creek had some good looks there was a wide open look by Gutierrez the freshman on the baseline she knocked it down so as you can see as we're talking about that second quarter 14 to 9 that's not that's not bad it's just that they got off to such a bad start find Creek and Dave to get back into this game what do you see Pine Creek having to do well for one defensively keep playing the defense that they did in the second quarter don't turn the ball over did a much better job of taking care of the basketball in the second quarter and hopefully coming out in the second half and get some shots to fall so dead Ashley panem was also in foul trouble for Fairview she has three fouls she's their other big scorer she actually scored more points than denali-- Pinto last year but tonight it's been Denali Pinto we'll see if Jeanine Juba can company could come up with an answer stop Pinto and get back into this basketball game where we start the second half right here on 20 TV you welcome back inside Pine Creek High School we are ready to start the second half the Eagles down 22 the Fairview Knights and Pine Creek we'll start with the basketball Kate ogorodnik will inbound the basketball Sydney's on the Murdochs sisters and Bree Bailey in the game to start this half Pinto Panem Lampert's Richmond and Munson to start for Fairview and is another turnover for Pine Creek unfortunately too many today Yeah right away those K told Rodney and she went to receive that pass looks like her shoe just stuff she kind of stumbled a little bit and my turnover in first 10 seconds of the second half Ashley Panem didn't see much action in the first half of Fairview back in this game a top pinto good job jumping out on her by Bailey Panem now inside Richmond and she walked with the basketball got two steps in before she put that ball on the ground it'll be Pine Creek so two turnovers to start this second half and Zahn will bring it up gets the two old Rodney nice pick she gets picked up by Richmond down down to Bailey inside knocked away good hands by Kate Lambert I love the ball screen up on that person-to-person you got the press going up on top and set the ball screen you get freed up nice pass down to the corner before I got knocked out of bounds Murdoch with will inbound the ball tried to get it to her sister and Pinto steps in the way gets the basketball she'll bring it up quickly Richmond thought about the three brings it down nice pass outside that's a partially blocked I think by Oh Grod knee and here comes Hateley Murdock oh try to get it to her sister and it's stolen by Pinto now the ball is coming our way and Bree Bailey good hustle out of bounds I can't reach that Dave can you I'm trying I got it thanks okay Fairview basketball Munson inbound it goes inside Pinto great job defensively down there by Bree Bailey here comes Alana Murdock she'll lose it out of bounds and it'll be Fairview ball tough one there she had Oh Grod knee on the side just trying to figure out what to do go up or pass until imp and I'm trying to break this quick press by Pine Creek they get it to pinto she'll go baseline put it up another good job by Bree Bailey no foul called and inside rebound Munson gets the basket Beauchamp can't believe there was no foul call well a lot of talk about Panem and Pinto but is he Munson's a good basketball player eight points four rebounds tonight inside nice passing down low Shawn can't get it to go Rodney gets it up and in good job by kid oak Rodney to stay inside there's a five six senior you know she hasn't seen a lot of basketball for Pine Creek because they had such a stellar scene seniors the year before but she plays like an experienced player not a Panem on the left she'll shoot for three got it probably wants to get back to her 17.9 points per game got a little ways to go she's got five but she knocked down the three right there Cato Grod knee will bring it up against Pinto nice pick by Zahn show get the basketball back beautiful pass down low Bri Bailey nice offense by pine creek going unbelievable again it starts with the ball screen and a great look down low to hit Bailey panem gets a dipinto they'll push it forward here's Richmond all alone underneath was Lampert she finally gets a tour and she scores Kate Lampert when after a couple of possessions where each team turned the basketball over now each team comes down to get transition buckets tough fast they're knocked out of bounds by Panem and Pine Creek will keep it free Bailey will inbound gets it to zone up top she loses her footing now then Munson Haley months and shot up won't go try to get a rebound Panem comes down with it Panama some nice spin moves shows her handle does a good job keeping that basketball now she'll come into the lane nice pass and they're gonna call her for a walk took one too many hops sometimes you'll see basketball players pull it off the dribble and go with the big hop she took the little hop first then the big hop that's what led to that traveling call so a little hop in a big conference that's a walk zhan tried to get rid of it and she comes up to Izzy Munson instead Munson working on Murdoch back to Pinto back to Munson nice play can't get it to go inside pine creek trying to get that rebound they'll work it back around the panem she'll step back shoot a three air ball won't go excuse me it did drop backboard and we got a foul against Izzy Munson and here's another look at it there's a look at that shot right off the backboard good job Bailey gets in there on the Box out gets the rebound draws the foul on Munson and that is her third so Munson's got three and panem has three for Fairview now substitution faith Anderson will come back in she will come in for Kate Lambert so Panem and Munson will stay on the court with three fouls here just about halfway through quarter number three Oh Grod he brings it forward being guarded by Pinto she'll go all the way baseline with it bring it up inside blocked by Pinto and pinto gets the first house we can't believe it Wayne goes in among the among the trees a lot of tall players a lot of arms up good job with the what the head fake you can see Pinto there shaking her head well we'll take a look at it good move gets in and got her with the body when you block a shot from that far away away from the body she got all ball but gets called for the body missed her first free throw but I like what I see from Kate Oh Grod me so far tonight Dave she like I said she clays like she's like she's played for several years and I know last year averaging just 2.8 points a game didn't see a lot of time on a very deep experience pine creek team but she she's gonna do some good play in here this this year for Coach cubic pinto with a little push up let's see how they call this one I think they're gonna call that one on Murdock yep Elena Murdock gets the foul take a look at it right here yeah Murdock steps up and yeah when you when you initiate the contact defensively you're gonna get called maybe a little push there by my Pinto but the foul goes on Murdock she has to and toe with the ball back up top to Panem babe Anderson posting up right at the free-throw line and I'm just dribbles out front against Oh groggy Richmond down low Monson back to Richmond she'll take a shot from there won't go the rebound good job for Gutierrez Jordan Gutierrez and we'll grab me Gutierrez thinks about the three steps back gets it to Murdock Murdock will shoot the three off glass no good and back comes Fairview into own Panem up top Panem way downtown got it and I see how Ashlee Panem could score support absolutely I mean she's hit two threes in a row and neither one of even being close to the three-point line she that was about two feet beyond either one of even close to the rim either nothing but net because they like to say back into the game konstantopoulou for Fairview into the game for the first time Jordan Duffy for Pine Creek Jordan Duffy and Caroline xamarin into the game for Pine Creek tan him up top didn't L cos innopolis with a bad pass here comes Murdock Murdock has Gutierrez whither gets it over to Jordan but Jordan can't handle the pass finally brings it down try to get it back to Murdock it goes out of bounds maybe too many passes there yeah real really was I mean nice job by Murdock getting in being unselfish but she probably could just went up with the layup she made the pass may have surprised Gutierrez and she wasn't able to handle it concrete backs off defensively now and here comes Panem up the basketball court up top Kosta Napoles is fouled and the foul is on Gutierrez and in Bree Bailey comes back in as Munson comes over to inbound the basketball for Fairview look there Bree Bailey leading top returning sclera for this Pine Creek team Panama top working on Gutierrez Pinto gets by Bailey baseline and scores 43 16 and here comes old Rodney and Pine Creek Gutierrez well shoot the three can't get it to go goes out of bounds Fairview ball Pine Creek again backs off defensively until we'll bring it up this time pinto Panem and Munson make a heck of a team nice pass four months into Pinto left hand up and good boy what a great play and Ashley Panem just set that up perfectly a little little jab step outside went right to the bucket Oh Bree Bailey on the other end tries to go up has it blocked out of bounds casa na poloz did a great job defensively there yeah I really did and just getting a block shot that's the fourth block shot of this game for Fairview so inbounding the ball Oh Grod knee nice pass inside Gutierrez that time partially blocked like konstantopoulou SH and back the way this way comes Fairview Panem to Pinto now inside the Panem again she'll turn and shot up no good good job rebounding by faith Andersson inside and finally coming away with it is Caroline xamarin tried to get it away and is he months and stepped in knocked it out of bounds so do Pine Creek basketball Oh Grod knee inbounds to Bailey Fairview drops off partially defensively still some pressure up by the time line here comes Bailey forcing it trying to get it by Munson goes out of bounds and it'll be Fairview basketball and went right off a Bailey's me and she she beat the beat the first interview player got inside and just lost control the basketball off of her knee and out of bounds timeout Janine zubik will take a timeout as well Pine Creek down 45 16 124 left in the third well we'll stay right here never mind we will stay right well we'll take a break Pinto to the basket see in a minute 22 you welcome back to Pine Creek High School Fairview with a basketball bringing it forward that's Ashley Panem is he Munson she tried to get it back to Panem there's faith Anderson and if Fairview moves the basketball well good defensive pressure by Pine Creek right now Oh Grod me on Munson Fairview a little out of sorts from that defensive pressure Oh Grod me with the steal takes away from Munson she'll come in on Panem go up can't get it to go Gutierrez was there but Panem comes away with the basketball she's trapped Costin appleís over to richmond out of bounds pine creek good pressure defense from the Eagles yeah really is four turnovers in this quarter for Fairview and great pressure there by Pine Creek they they missed the layup but they battled back on defense they'll get the ball back k-dog Rodney will inbound this basketball Gutierrez up top good job by Izzy Munson deep Dee and her up now they'll work it inside up and in good job by George and Duffy the sophomore guard for Pine Creek great job by Jordan Duffy she spins to the right thing goes up with the left hand and gets it to fall her first basket of the game Munson shot up won't go good rebound inside by Pine Creek that's the Elena Murdock Murdock has her sister up front Oh Grod knee gets it instead goes up it's blocked out of bounds 14 points 7 seconds left for Pine Creek here in the third quarter line again like you said Brian look at Cato Rodney and she's just such a polished poised player nice little jump stop with a head fake if it inbounds knocked out of bounds by months and no it stays inbounds Gutierrez now with a held basketball they're gonna call a foul that foul is on faith Anderson of Fairview so just the third foul now for for Fairview I'm Creek will inbound the ball with ten seconds now Haley Murdock gets it back to a Grodd knee but Rodney with Richmond she's gonna know how much times on the clock five seconds Rodney tries to get it into the lane stolen away by Richmond Richmond will shoot it up well short and that'll be the way T we end the third quarter 45 18 we'll be back with quarter number four after this on twenty TV you back inside Pine Creek High School you could see the quarter scores there for you it really came down to that first quarter a tough quarter for Pine Creek Dave I just got off to it to a rough start and in that quarter Fairview they hit every shot they put up most pump Denali Pinto who's got 21 in this game so Fairview starts with the basketball here in the fourth quarter Richmond up top Oh Grod knee guarding her well if she can keep it up to two more seconds it'll be a turnover but they're gonna call a foul I believe on Kate Oh Grod knee good defense for Kate though that'll be her third yeah really was I mean she did a great job with her feet and she just got the hands in there it gets called for the hold Valdez tries to inbound good hands by Jordan Duffy knocking it right back out of Bounce official making sure she's three feet off the ball Valdez again gets it inside good hands dave told her that wasn't coming right in my face great job what do we get a replay of that foul this Tia Valdez again the third time and I'm getting scared now as we see the replay look at Dave toler's hand good job Dave now there's again tipped by Duffy and they'll get it into Panama Hannah up in No yes the shot counts Ashley panem what a great move with the left end going baseline takes off gets hit with the body pushed a little further into the basket gets the layup to fall and Ashley panem will go to the line for three for three point point through a three-point play yes what remain to be seen if Dave Toller saving my face makes the final highlight package 4818 Kato Gwaltney tried to turn gets his soul away by Richmond it's stolen right back by Kate she stayed with it good job by agrandi she gets it at the other end chance for a second three-point play the conventional way tonight I love the way Kato Gradney plays forces the turnover takes up right to the basket here it is coming right at you goes in draws the contact draws the foul gets the bucket she's got eight tonight trend right at Adam Drake doing a good job under the basket there with the video camera node Rodney hits it again it's a nine that is nine I believe he just said eight so panem coming down the lane easy layup up and good for Ashley Panama fine Creek comes back the other way Oh Grod me see if Pine Creek and maybe Jeanine juvik told her team let's win the fourth quarter up to Murdock Duffy Duffey inside to Murdock Yelena Murdock turns back outside Oh Grod me for three got it Cato gratin he's starting to heat up here in the fourth quarter she is on fire she's had a great half she's got eight in this half 11 for the game Pinchot and pan I'm up top Gutierrez with her eye on Panama Munson set to check back in for Fairview and will keep it out top now inside Lampert has that ball knocked away and it'll be Fairview basketball Munson comes back in Bree Bailey in for Pine Creek and out comes Jordan Duffy who in her short spell here in this game has done great playing some great defense knock three balls right in our face exactly and scored as well yes I guess I shouldn't be so impressed with her hitting us with a basketball Fairview pan I'm trying to get it in goes to Munson up top and now to Pinto Pinto him Panem a little handoff up top Gutierrez with some good defense now on Panama Munson in Fairview they're taking their time now inside Pinto hasn't scored in a while goes to it and Cato grandi will pick up her fourth foul she was trying to guard Pinto there yeah and tough to do that I mean Kay told Rodney at five six Pinto 511 and just gets the body right underneath you'll see right there Pinto can't get it to go down he'll go to the line for two into hasn't scored in a while she had 19 in the first half gets this one to go has three in the second half it was all Pinto in the first half it's been all Ashley pan time in the second half she's got 14 in the second half she was in foul trouble the whole first half she had three fouls and back comes Pine Creek with oak Rodney Abu Murdock Murdock stops shot up OH just off it's been that kind of a night for Elena Murdock just can't get it to go see the frustration on her face as Fairview gets the basketball and it's been that kind of night for Pine Creek right from the get-go we've talked about the whole broadcast they've had good looks and they just can't get anything to fall pintu now up top got a pan him thought about it Gutierrez right there with her hand in her face shot won't go Haley Murdock on the ground trying to get the basketball and rip it away from Lampard and we're gonna get a hell the ball called it'll be Pine Creek basketball good hustle by both I mean that ball hits the deck and you love to see the ball hits the deck everybody just goes down after it held ball situation goes to Pine Creek and this is Oak Rodney so Fairview backing off defensively Pinta will come up and pressure just beyond the time line get it to Gutierrez on the side nice turn shot up won't go rebound inside Bree Bailey gets it try to get it back to Gutierrez the ball is on the ground again we got another health ball this time again it'll be Fairview a good job by Bailey of hustling to get in there Jordon Gutierrez had a good look just skipped it right across the rim Bailey gets it dribbles it out and then just lost control of it and on that hail ball possession over to Fairview pinto bringing up on the Rodney now Monson with a catch at the free-throw line gets it back to Panama Schewel pull-up shot won't go rebound inside Munson comes down with it back up to try to get it to pinto ogród knee got it but pan and was there to knock it right back Ashley pan him up top now Bailey on Panem pinto sets a screen Panem shot got it Ashley Panem is an impressive basketball oh boy I mean she's got a handle she can go right she can go left she pulled up just inside the three and hits it moving to her left that's a tough shot now up top Munson with the steal on the ground with Bailey picked up by Pinto it's it over and they're gonna call timeout Fairview well the official thought she heard timeout and Beauchamp says I'll take it anyway timeout we'll be back we'll take a timeout as well 54:24 Fairview in the lead Moore on 20 TV after this you welcome back to Pine Creek High School we have figured out what happened one of the assistant coaches for Fairview said something that rhymed with time out the official heard it and thought that they were calling for a timeout we've spent the last 30 seconds trying to come up with that word we can't seem to find it yeah what rhymes with timeout if you want to text that to us let us know you're watching online give us a comment inside Pinto Pinto shot up can't get it to go Gutierrez can't get the rebound Haley Murdock e Lena Murdock cans and Elena Murdock brings it forward for Pine Creek look inside double dribbled not called she can't believe she got away with it she looks over to her bench in milena Murdock will inbound the ball gets it into a groggy thought about the three and Pine Creek will work it around Bree Bailey down inside the lane can't get it to go and Panem nice long baseball pass to Pinto up and in count it and she will go to the line for one more two players that have played a ton of basketball together Ashley Panama and Denali Pinto will get a good look at it right here it was the long outlet pass Pinto gets hit again she will go to the line she gets the bucket as well and back into the game comes Jordan Duffy for Haley Murdoch Ariana Martin set to come in as well she will come in for Elena Murdoch four minutes left in this one and Pinto at the line up and good for Pinto 28 tonight for Denali Pinto would not be surprised to see Fairview do some damage in Colorado high school basketball this year but those two actually three really really stellar players Pinto with the ball now speaking of Munson who has the ball right there back up top running in offense on creaking panem shot won't go rebound Munson back to Pinto thought about it she'll go baseline shot up got it Denali Pinto and back comes Pine Creek Pinchot comes up tries to get it passed Duffy does so shot up and good from Panem on the right side she hits a 362 24 now it goes out of bounds and told the clock will continue to run Richmond comes in and Panem will come out of the game Panem with 17 in this half she's got 20 for the game pintos got 3050 of their 62 from those two players and here comes Pinto who I assumed coach would take out if he could he's got he's only got eight players here tonight get it inside Pinto on AG Rodney can't get the bucket to go gets her own rebound Rodney battling in there and they're gonna call a held ball and it goes to white goes to Pine Creek Denali Pinto just patting those rebounding stats right there she went up missed that layup gets her own rebound she got 12 boards in this game Oh Grod he brings it forward gets it outside Duffy up top to Bailey now gutierrez open shot can't get it to go Martin with the rebound she'll bring it inside poked away from Richmond from behind she comes forward with Munson and can't get it Oh Grod knee with a steal Kate Oh Grod knee just battles out there throws it away Costin appleís back to Munson and now Fairview will work that ball around Pinto up top back to Richmond and now faith Anderson at the top foul called inside on faith Anderson another moving screen on Fairview and Panem checks back in along with Tia Valdes and it looks like Lampard will come in as well yep Sydney's on will come in for Pine Creek for K dog Rodney all applaud for her as she makes her way out or absolutely at a great night tonight especially in the second half 13 points couple of rebounds some assists great all-around night for Cato groggy Sidney's on up top guarded by Richmond try to get it inside Panem with the steal Ashley Panem's gonna back off take your time the clock continues to run now inside shot up and good for Kate Lampert it's now a 40 point basketball game is Pine Creek plays out the last 30 seconds get it to Gutierrez defense still hounding from Fairview that ball's gonna go out of bounds and we'll see if Fairview even tries to get a shot up here as the clock continues to roll as we come to the end of this one Ashley paint him well bring it forward she won't even cross the time line she has to she knows exactly when and she does so three two and that'll be the basketball game 6424 the final score as Fairview comes into Pine Creek High School and beats the pine creek a Eagles but Dave as you said and we've said all night long and maybe that fourth quarter was maybe the best quarter played by I think it was Brian it this Pine Creek team is gonna be just fine they they couldn't get shots to fall but they had good looks they handled the pressure from Fairview I thought very well with what the backcourt of of Rodney and Zahn they're gonna be just fine as the season goes along so that'll do it for us from here for Dave Toller and our entire twenty TV crew thanks for watching we hope you enjoyed our broadcast we'll see you next time on twenty TV you

Valentine peachy back nice job by before good dig by Horton keeps Pine Creek alive in this one peachy on the outside smoke has to back up and play want to Nelson to Horton that one's out this time not touched by the Lancers let's take a look at that previous play yeah yeah let's see here's here's the set here comes the attack there's the block that's up and Roy looked like it was touched awful close though makhmour can jump yeah hi and if anyone had a good look at it the official was right there that ball out again by Pine Creek '''l answers coming back nine to eight Elsner back to serve Gordon plays it nice job by Nelson the attack on two Lancers scramble get back to it Stoke with the hit Horton nice dig there Nelson two bumps serve to Wilson and that one's out again three unforced errors by Pine Creek and we're tied at nine yep that's how you get right back in it and we talked about a game of runs Elsner has got it going right now he's not going that Horton every time Nelson this time it was touched by a Liberty and Anna ruff gets a kill well those are so close these refs that are trying to look at these here's the there's the set here comes the kill yep right off the fingertips good call like Florrick right there in front for the Lancers peachy Florrick quick play they're now on the outside Gabby Wilson blocked by Florrick and peachy right there for the Lancers a nice job by flora Campeche they had the double block we'll see who gets I think Florrick might have got the solo she does nice play Carina Florrick gets the block back to serve Kennedy Garn hearts it's good look at her she does not look like someone who had back surgery something is crazy [Music] Nelson back serve been dealt darn hard back set to smith sid places gonna have to be at the net by wilson valentine and in-system liberty comes to stop great dig by Horton Nelson sit Elsner darn heart in the middle of the floor at block this time liberties there Valentine back to stole watt Liberty couldn't handle that one Bendel get the point 1110 Pine Creek yeah a nice job here by bindle you'll see here's the set here comes the attack by Liberty vandal just had it set up gets the block gets the point serve goes over to Pine Creek and it's Nelson with the serve would serve this time give it the ACE for Nelson of Pine Creek Chandler Nelson the junior for this team junior setter 16 aces coming in yep second of this match that was a great serve Valentine handles this one darn heart outside scope puts it down Lancers right here Dave all night long it's like to heavyweight fall right back and forth this is a good man it really is great pass there by Valentine playing the back row to start the whole thing darn art with the set Turkish with the serve Wilson gets it to go outside McDonald blocks and out Laura couldn't keep it in that's a point for Pine Creek and then Liberty had it set up Avery Smith was over there along with Florrick and they had the block set up well it just goes out of play in a substitution here for Pine Creek coming in Jacquelyn Cleary flurry back in Gabby Wilson will keep the serve 13:11 Valentine plays it Elsner back to Valentine and this time it's out Jordan Ballentine Liberty going to Valentine a lot in this match as you would expect them to the Florrick is held her own up front to this time back to Valentine quick play McDonald keeps it a lot Nelson on the over side to clear it Kennedy gone hard to Avery Smith Wow nice hit by Avery Smith the sophomore and a great play to Kennedy garden heart since Smith behind her watch the back set right here Smith comes in it's coming right at you they've been going to Valentine so much here on the near side they mix up the offense a little bit they get the single block on the other side and get point Nelson McDonald on a floor working out nice hit there by Mackie McDonald yeah it really was her third kill of this set and again the quick set goes right around the block and Eagles get the point and go up by three seniors playing well here on senior night Lauren Blount Mac McDonald and Juliette Bendel with the sir Smith Kennedy garner tried to get into the more great job getting it over by Curtis Cleary now gets it over off the block it down Pine Creek building lead 16 to 12 when Cleary just came into this game she gets the clear and a little miscommunication again by the Lancers they did a great job of keeping it alive but Cleary with the kill Randall nice serve that's darn Hart that's Valentine that's point Liberty Lancers now that'll get you healthy right away and that's what Liberty wants to do great pass right there Garn hearts a quick one right to the middle that's Jordan Valentine here it comes right at you again I don't know if we pay these videographers Valentine and not in Bendel and everybody hitting right at him McDonald with the serve nice job by Nelson to get it over the Lancers play MacDonald back to Valentine Jordan Valentine starting to heat up here for the Lancers that keep going there when you find something that works keep going to it boy and when Jordan Valentine when she takes those two steps she gets up cranks that arm back she's got some power Aaron McDonald there's a quick set inside the block by makhmour tough back set there by nelson mcdonald keeps it in play this time gabby wilson diving on the floor of the Lancers peachy plays it up Elsner plays it over tried to go to the back nice job by Gabby Wilson to keep it alive get a little bit of clearing and now the Lancers trying to set it up Valentine tough cross-court play couldn't keep it in play and Pine Creek gets that lead back to three both teams just scrambling around those long runs everybody gets a little out of position and that time on the tough angle Valentine can't get it to go in pine creek with the serve Caitlin CID somebody coach wanted me to do went right after MacDonald gets the point yeah teen 14 they saw something over there the coach bawling still worse off something and was pointing to her clipboard was pointing to the other side said put in a perfect spot who gets the point Mackenzie Coker gonna come into game for the first time today she comes in for Anna ruff cooker just a sophomore on this Pine Creek team CID goes at McDonald again peachie the back set it's knocked over by makhmour this time they'll set Coker in the middle and she gets it by the block of balance on anymore and gets a point on her first play in the game for the Eagles then you can see the depth of this pine creek team and a nice shot right there McKenzie Coker the sophomore just came into the game earlier we saw Jacqueline Cleary who just came into the game they set her right away she got a point so rotating a lot of different people in for this Eagles team as they go up by five in this third set timeout call by Marianas Esserman there's a look at the Lancers in the huddle they don't talk much during the huddle they tend to get back out on the court whereas Mollie stores keeps her team over here talks a little bit about what's going on the Eagles now with a five-point lead here you really don't want to squander this we've seen teams do it though in both sets so far tonight teams with a decent lead at this point in the set and they've given up too many points and let the other team back in Pine Creek really wants to not do that this time if Caitlyn said server yeah Caitlyn SIDS done a great job it seems like they're they're really picking on McDonald over on that far side we'll see if Caitlyn said tries to go there once again takes a quick look at what the coach is asking for and goes at McDonald the overpass and Coker gets her second point in their second play how about that you come right into the game two kills a good serve by Sid there's the overpass it there's McKenzie Coker getting the point sit again McDonald this time he plays it Valentine off the block pine creek keeps it alive and it's going to be a Lancer ball two hits and when you need a play go to Jordan Valentine there's a good look at her she has the servant you know Liberty was really struggling Sid had it rolling back there servant Valentine gets the opportunity she puts it away to stop the run she'll get to try and put some points together Nelson gets it back Valentine there peachie couldn't keep it up that's gonna be four hits on the Lancers and it's 21 15 and Pine Creek trying to keep that pressure on boy you know they just lost that serve Sid ran off a bunch of points and Liberty stopped a Valentine got the kill but Pine Creek takes it right back faith Horton will get the sir [Applause] peachie nice job makhmour good dig on the backside by Sid gets it to Horton Valentine plays it again peachy on the outside of Stoke this time Horton can't handle it and that's a big kill for the Liberty Lancers that really isn't it's been a while since some Airy Stokes got a good look at it that time they didn't get the block set up and you could see pine creek or as Liberty I should say moving the ball around they didn't get that double block set up real tight Stoke goes right between them nose no with the serve Sid plays it Nelson inside Coker Lancers come right back Stoke again Gaby Wilson able to collect that one they'll get it to sit on the back row attack Elsner peachy inside Florrick stepped right back at our Elsner that one's out 22:16 pine creek taking control here in set number three yeah nice job right in the middle again that was a McKenzie Coker she's coming out boy what a rotation she had she got two kills and a block in the short amount of time she was in there Gabby Wilson you just got a look at her she wasn't part of that block to Lauren Blount back to surf come back Smith handles it peachy the running set gets the stole coupe just plays it over Nelson inside Mendel blocked and in the Lancers keep it 22 17 well in this ball is just spinning right down the tape here comes the attack there's the block spinning and just Val in in time good job by Liberty to get that point double the nice points by simmer East Oak for the Lancers and Kennedy Garn Hart goes back to serve [Music] [Applause] played by horton easy set for Bendel block right there stole kid Florrick again trying to get the Lancers back in this set they've read that one perfectly I'll just watching them the whole time here they come right in your screen set it up had the double block and they get the point darn hard against Irving tough serve Sid gets down against it Gaddy Wilson into the net Liberty try to get there on the block and that's a point for Pine Creek of their two points away from taking set three Chandler Nelson back with the serve nice attack by Gabby Wilson on that last one Chandler Nelson off Valentine at Jordan Valentine's that's her first mistake tonight well it really is I mean she's played nearly perfect but what a great serve that wasn't a tough spot to handle that when you could see where Valentine was playing it at Nelson to Valentine again this time Jordan plays it back set for Stoke on the backside and nice set again by Kennedy Garn Hart yeah 5th kill just of this set alone for Stoke there's another look at it great set here it comes right at your Stoke putting it down Turkish with the serve out and that gives Pine Creek the win in set number 325 219 they lost set to one set one they're up two sets to one I just like to throw numbers out there and see if people are paying attention we'll be back with set number four on 20 TV you welcome back into Pine Creek High School where the Eagles have a two sets to one lead over the Liberty Lancers Brian German alongside Dave Toller and Dave if I had to say I expect something I really expect the Liberty Lancers to come back well that's the way this this whole match is gone back and forth Pine Creek got the first one Liberty got the second one pine creek of course got the third one we'll see what what happens in this one but boy we've had a good one here at Pine Creek tonight Chandler Nelson sends it over Smith on the outside still too high on that one there so they want the tip but they're not gonna get it I'm sure any one good hit Kareem abdul-jabbar because if that one I love the gamesmanship over there though white why not Nelson peachie inside and you got a kill for Sophie Lewis while Sophie Lewis didn't play at all in those first three sets but boy they set her up and she's got some height in front playing that middle blocker position she gets the kill peachie back to serve [Music] [Applause] Nelson Bendel off the block and into the net for liberty as I believe it was Sophie Lewis got something in her eye yeah we have a contact issue in there that we will see Kennedy Garn Hart coming back into the game who was staying in darn hearts back in Gabby Wilson to serve deep serve Smith handles it to Garn Hart on the outside scope with the kill just enough to get that one down to get the Lancers are tied at two-two well what great placement and Kennedy was smiling after this one she knows she didn't put it exactly where she wanted but Stoke comes up gets the hand on it puts it away once Nelson on the run McDonald some miscommunication again the Eagles can't get it over the Lancers will take it 3-2 and it all starts with the serve nice nice look there at some area Stokes she got the last point out three three and back into the game Kirkus Stoke will have a seat Blount comes out on the pine Creekside Bendel is back to serve over nice job by Sophie Lewis [Applause] the heart plays it Elsner over to smith out want the touch no touch accessor man up wanting it right away the officials shaking his head right away as well Mendel sends it over Valentine plays it and Pine Creek has jumped out to a two point lead has a good look at Juliet Bendel the team captain with the serve picks up the ace vandal this time tries to go the outside and it's out of bounds it's been like this every set err err err err err err err err hey wait it's 1919 by the way been tough there's a nice one Elzy replace that one she'll take that every time and the Lancers tied up at five it wasn't that last set that Keita Elsner had a great run she went off about five straight points and good spot right there maybe a little lucky gets the balance but Lancers will take it it's at the Blount ELLs who plays it darn heart right in the middle Jordan Valentine there's the nice play there's Kennedy garden heart but she had some options Caitlin look more went up for that Jordan Valentine she had everybody chasing that one Valentine picks up the kill Elsner Wilson Nelson McDonald can't handle it McDonald a miscommunication there she didn't think the set was coming to the outside wasn't ready for it Lancers now the two-point lead Elsner still serving [Music] one Ann Wilson almost played that one Garn heart Elsner outside Smith good job off the block and down Avery Smith and here come the Lancers up eight five then a nice little run here again it's Keita Elsner that gets everything going there's Avery Smith just nice little touch right off of the block there another nice serve Wilson there Nelson on the outside that was Shannon a good jig on the back rubber they're gonna call it two hits in the middle against the Lancers a nice little run there for liberty they picked up four points they end up going up by two and serve comes back to Pine Creek faith Fortin has the ball Heels known to fall far behind here Horton gets it Barnhart Valentine out close on that back line but it's out and Pine Creek gets the point yeah very close and those are two players that have played a lot together they've been a great combination tonight and just missed on that one Horton again dig by Kirkus bump sets to Smith nice dive by Wilson on the back row Horton plays it too rough now in the middle Valentine or they run that play two times now where they've got two hitters virtually next to each other and it's Valentine with the kill every time great look and why not she's got 15 kills in this game it's tough there and a rough for Pine Creek he has to decide who's gonna get this ball she's gone forward makhmour both times both times Valentine has gotten it with a clear Lane for a kill Smith out nine eight a good decision on the back line there's a great look at faith Horton number 11 and that was a tough one it was coming right about head high she had to duck not knowing exactly where she was but she ducks and makes a great decision and eagles get the point CID comes in for Gentry Shannon she will go back to sir nollie Stosh talking to the down official and CID will serve Smith peachy Valentine tries to go there back blunt takes it Nelson gets under it CID into the net Lancers will take it they're up ten eight they have tried that a lot tonight Pine Creek has upsetting sit coming off of the back row for that batgirl attack and it hasn't worked exactly well there's been a lot of those balls have gone right into the net Valentine serving deep serving out back-to-back possessions for liberty with a serve that's just missed out the back line CID and Horton do a little fist bump action there is Warren Blount it's ready to serve sends it back Smith tough hit right there ballantine nice push forward and the Lancers play it over middle hit there by Nelson Bendel at the net they wanted a hit there's a dig on the back row Elsner kept it alive this one's out and the Lancers get the point what a dig by Keita Elsner and she is excited as she should be watch this great play by Elsner no excuse me it was Stoke yep Stoke Elsner had the first one stole quit the second one what a point and that one goes out Lancers up to 11 9 Horton plays it Nelson on the outside of Wilson makhmour now inside peachy stole one plays it come to Wilson again on the outside blocked inside mine Creek keeping them alive Bendel Smith keeps it peachy on the outside of stalk this time it's down and in and Lancers have up their lead to three at 12 to 9 and timeout Mali Stowers and pine creek and if there's anyone whose timeouts have been working tonight coach doors he has had perfect timing with those at perfect timing and whatever she's saying has worked what a great kill by Stoke though on the outside the the senior getting the kill down that's her ninth kill of this match in the Lancers it was stole ku made that great diving save right there she she got the dig Elsner made the first dig and stole made a second dig and that's kept the Lancers have really gotten fired up here and they got that point they're up three that really was and those are the kind of plays that you know they may not always show up in the box score but those are the plays that can really just energize your team and you can build off of those kaitlyn makhmour is back to serve she's got in the last two points and we'll see if Liberty can keep this going [Music] [Applause] it's a good look at Caitlyn and more the sophomore for the Lancers I'm sure we'll be seeing plenty of her in the future for this Liberty ballclub she can jump out of the gym [Applause] [Music] playing extensive time at varsity and sophomore tough hit there sends it out 12 10 Pine Creek will get the serve back the old center comes in from makhmour there's again that timeout I mean McMorris served to four points and Mollie Stoller's calls the timeout they get the benefit of that look more misses and the Eagles get the ball Maki McDonald back in for Pine Creek and there's Bendel Smith there to collect Peachy outside stole off the block though keep it alive stole kids it back Smith fits it over tough play there Blount keeps it alive to Gaby Wilson and a beautiful hit by Gabby to get that point recognizing no defense back for liberty yeah you could just sense that I mean Liberty was just scrambling around and trying to keep the ball in play and Gabby Wilson had her feet under and gets the kill Smith the overpass vandals there but she's into the net give that point to Liberty when again vandal was right there I'm not sure she had to go in and come all the way over the top she did puts it down but she was into the net Liberty and the Lancers go up to 13 11 peachy back to serve Blount collects Nelson outside McDonald out and a point to Pine Creek as it went off the block good call by the officials and in comes Gentry Shannon again for Pine Creek peach you will have a seat as Garn Hart comes back in for liberty Gabby Wilson waits with the serve grief Smith get it over by us still nice hit bear and it's out off the block give the point - Sophie Lewis nice job by Sophie playing that one she didn't get in the first three games but she comes in here she's got a couple of kills and makes a nice play at the net stole tough served at the back row Shannon plays it Nelson good job there again by Sophie Lewis at the net this time again it pastor though as Gentry Shannon gets the point for Pine Creek cuts it to a one-point game again well Lewis and Smith were just just jumping back and forth trying to find their spot and they just couldn't get together on that block led to the Pine Creek point and the server Elsner darn hard running to get that one Valentine couldn't get under it and we are tied at 14 and it appears that the timeout by Mollie stores has worked again well of course we're tied right that's the way this whole match is gone it's been a good one - we had Bendel - Valentine gar Hart quick set Sophie gets the point 15:14 Lancers well the Kennedy garner hearts got such great touch on those quick sets here's a good look at it underneath it the quick set to the middle there's Sophie Lewis coming right at you and puts it down it more comes back in for Lewis Elsner with the serve and it's an ace for Keita Elsner she's done a great job serving tonight I mean she's run off a uh several runs of points for this liberty team and see if she can get another one going here back row Wilson takes it Nelson I'm gonna give her two hits on that one and the Lancers have built that lead again to three 1714 and back and forth we go Pine Creek was up we were tied at 14 and now Liberty's up three no Wilson plays it Nelson the back set to McDonald blocked comeback miscommunication there between blunts and Shannon neither of them hit the ball pine creek down for now here in set number four Lancers need to win to keep this thing alive Elton Wilson Nelson once Elsner darn hard to make more no call that Valentine inside and now again tough communication Evert Wilson hits it over for Pine Creek this time the back set to Smith good job by a breeze Smith a beautiful set by Kennedy garner terrific ball movement I mean we've been talking about that quick set to the middle and then garden heart goes back to the right side Avery Smith steps up gets the kill her eighth of this match and great job by Liberty of just moving that ball back and forth it opened up a lane for Avery Smith and the junior got the kill darn Hart doing a great job really keeping Pine Creek seagulls guessing on that one and there's what Coach sesor Minh talking to her team about and they'll keep the same ladies on the court Garn Hart doing a good job just serving it great job to Smith going to Valentine and don't forget I soon ER or later she's gonna hit me more with a big one in the middle as well absolutely I mean great distribution as she's moving that ball back and forth and how about Keita Al's in her back here with a nice run this was fourteen fourteen when Elsner took the ball back there it's now nineteen fourteen Liberty Mali stores in Pine Creek trying to get back in this one every time she's taking a timeout with a team down four or five they've made a move they've come back she's making the right moves she's telling them the right things let's see if the Lancers can't make it different this time and it starts with the serve let's get this one in it seems like every time coming out of a pine creek timeout Liberty seems to not be able to get the ball in play we'll see if al Zander can do so Ellsberg gets the call from sesor man this time she does get it in Nelson comes back to McDonald Oh tough play by Garner she was right in front of Curtis and she turns and apologizes and had no idea she was behind her and that's just all reaction I mean the ball is coming to you you don't know if anybody's back there or not you stuck the arm out to play it and ends up going out of play the serve goes over to the Eagles pine creek gets the point Elsner darn Hart downtown right in the corner just paints the corner with that one but again why wouldn't you keep going to that I mean just a terrific combination again these two have played a ton of volleyball together there's the quick set coming right down the middle for jordan valentine the senior smith back to serve pine creek nelson the long set over the shannon did a good job what a play what a set by Chandler Nelson to set up Gentry Shannon that ball traveled a long way it's coming right at you once again but Gentry Shannon just her third kill of this match great set all the way across Mike Byram and Marcus Rodriguez are getting hazard pay they're the men operating the cameras for 20 tv down down on the court Nelson in the middle good job by Coker once again she's come in and get some good relief for Juliet vandal and scoring some points but again the distribution by pine creek we just saw Nelson make the set all the way across to the outside here then that time she sets up the middle Sid Nelson Smith the overpass and Wilson gets the hit there 22:18 and look at that it was a five-point lead for the Lancers it is now cut to two unbelievable back and forth we go SIDS serve Elsner gets it PG sets up Valentine Horton was there to come back on the backside Kirkus - peachy - Valentine to block it out give the point to the Lancers 21:18 and the Lancers now will try and fill that lead back up and again it's Jordan Valentine with the kill and she will get to serve there's a good look at the senior one of five seniors on this Lancer team Jordan Valentine's got a bunch of kills tonight would those up at some point I'll do my best math but she's got a bunch tonight she's doing a great job Curtis comes out stoked back in Dave toller's math skills they're all worried fingers and toes Sid here's the back set over not and a block by Stokely just got it back into this game Stoke and look more with the double block here's a good look at it right there boy nice job by the Lancers to get the point Valentine now trying to build on that four-point lead get Liberty this fourth set nice job the ACE for the senior third ace of this match and puts it in a great spot and only here comes Liberty just two points away from taking this fourth set time low serve this time hits the net 2319 so Pine Creek will now try and run off some points to say back in this set it will be Lorne Blount back to sir Valentine place it up the peachy nice job but make more but she couldn't get it across nice set by peachy to makhmour not high enough to get it across the net it's a 3-point game now once it's a Smith peachy the bumps set to store fine Creek diving but they're keeping it a lot one over Elsner peachy stole one keeps it alive outside sector Wilson that's yours Dave Toller I got it 23:21 mine Creek back in here right oh yeah not right off the plane I skill right there and ball comes right over to it seems to the great catch made on the sidelines terrific so blunt now trying to get pine creek back to even see if they can't win this thing in for peachy Stoke like recast to play it at the net Sid Wilson over teach you to Stoke whoa 23:22 four hits for a Liberty timeout Marianas Esserman as she wants to talk to her team and the Lancers had a four point lead at 23-19 Pine Creek has cut it to one boy how quick it can go away we've seen twice on those sets and the last one on the far side with Stoke the ball just they either it's not high enough for the hit or not attacking it in the right spot but look more missed one on the near side Stoke missed one over on the far side it now the Lancers just clinging to that one-point lead all the momentum right now has shifted over to that team right there the Pine Creek Eagles and Molly still racemes to have that magic in the time now she's she's got her team she knows exactly what to say and it seems like they come out of those timeouts they're collected they're together they get their game going we'll see if Marianas Esserman will have the same magic here for Liberty the Liberty fans have started the PA RT y Cheers a classic here at district 20 and Lauren blunt will have to serve in the noise Valentine plays it PG right there makhmour goes to the outside has to be played by Sid Wilson keeps it alive Smith now peachy the core has to go and pine creek able to get it to listen on the outside hitch to the antenna and the Lancers I'll be in one point of sporting set number five and it'll be MIT more back to Surrey well in the crowd just loving it here they're getting into this game McMorris serve off the net Wilson plays it in the middle then will couldn't handle it and the Lancers take it 25:22 the final count in set number four we will go to set number five the captains will figure it out we'll talk tell you all about it let me come back here on 20 TV [Music] you [Music] you back inside pine creek high school Brian German alongside Dave told her we told you if you've been with us all night we've told you this was gonna be a great match it is a great match both teams have taken two sets the winds by Pine Creek 25 22 and 25 19 the wins by Liberty 25 23 and 25 22 but now in set number five as we do here in Colorado high school volleyball this won't be 2:15 if both teams get close you gotta win by two so we have to win 1513 or by two over there Smith peachie inside Sophie Lewis good play there by Elsner to keep it alive gets it to Stoke high outside she beats one and it's one nothing Lancers and this is a a different ballgame early in the fifth set day because there's less points to score really these these early points and if you can get a three to four point lead it's really big absolutely I mean you got to get a run going early we'll see if Liberty can Sammy peachy with it PG nice serve CID plays it the overpass set back by Smith sit again plays at this time McDonald comes to Valentine peachy in the senator Lewis is blocked right there by Wilson and Bendel and Pine Creek gets their first point is set five there's a good look at it Sophie Lewis goes up there's the double block they had it set up early bindle was on it Wilson was on it speaking of Wilson there's Gabby Wilson with it on the line and Gentry Shannon checks back in for Pine Creek Wilson gets it to Smith nice pass to gar huh get it on the outside store nice play to keep it in bounds Nelson to Bendel pushes it Elston to Smith nice dig on the backside by nelson they'll get it to mcdonald and now darn heart sets up stoke on the outside block scope how did she play that looked like she played it with her need a Nelson is Shannon nice job by Sophie Lewis negative called darn hard for being two hits on that one she's frustrated two to one I'm not sure exactly what happened over there it really looked like Stoke played that ball with her me let's take a look at it boy what a tough spot that ball was in there's the block she did hacky Elsa lays it over Nelson to Shannon that was blocked it out and a good job by Gentry Shannon the junior for Pine Creek yeah Shannon gets the kill on that they had the double block set up but goes out of play like the lines of him there thank you cheer the ball was in Elster back to Smith nice play Wilson is there to Nelson to McDonald on the outside Jordan Valentine has to go down can't get it and the length of the Eagles have a four to one lead time out Marianas Esserman I said two to three point leads big here in set number five oh it really is I mean they just get more magnified when you're playing a play in a shorter game like that you could see Liberty's rotation on that they had just moved a player up from the back row Jordan Valentine was back there all by herself the Eagles sense that put it in a good spot they jump ahead early in this one going again you look at the time outs and this Liberty comes right out they come over quick they're back out in in 25 seconds there's a good shot at Mollie Stowers and her Pine Creek team and they're gonna talk things over they're gonna take full advantage of this 60 second timeout yeah Liberty called it but Molly Stewart does a great job she needs to because she does a great job knowing exactly she knows this game really really well as we mentioned you played at the Air Force Academy for four years was a starter for three of them and she knows the game and knows how to read her players shoo-in they were laughing in the huddle over there and just having fun and I think she's like to teach that part of the game as well absolutely is a lot to be said for being loose in these tight situations Smith gets it darn heart back outside Smith who plays it nice play by Avery Smith the sophomore to put that one away a terrific play the block was set up Smith shot just a just a little pass over the top into that soft spot and that's that's what that's what Liberty needed coming out of that timeout and now they're down to Stoke with the serve one plays it Nelson the back set to them though they're gonna get it for two hits for three just like that mean it's a good time out for sesor Minh yep she called it had to just slow down the run slow down the momentum a little bit did so and they pick up two points and here's a good look at stole put the ball goes that back corner Wilson plays it McDonald gets it to Shannon Stoke back to Smith who called for block up front and Sophie Lewis can't play it John Hart went down five three Pine Creek Curtis will come back in for stole and how many times you see the planes that gets the point gets the ball that's their captain Juliet bindle Valentine to drown Hart back outside Valentine nice placement by the senior as Jordan saw the open spot no took a tick takes a little bit off that hit and just made it look easy yeah I just just looked up found the open spot went right over the top of the block good look at the senior Jordan Valentine Elsner with the serve Wilson Nelson McDonald out we're tied at five how many times I said we're tied tonight well it's it's been a bunching and again for liberty that's Keita Al's on her back there and she's the one that got him back into gate into the fourth set and she's back there now Wilson medicine Shannon Jordan Valentine is backing up couldn't play that one and pine creek gets it six to five going back and forth we go this entire match has been like that here's the the attack right off the fingertips of Avery Smith and Valentine just can't quite keep it alive Atkins and Savannah knock back into the game for Pine Creek as they have that one-point lead Atkins to serve serve into the net six six you know what's fun about this two-day visits to district 20 teams run Academy district 20 television nice to see both teams you know playing really well on the rivalry nice clean game absolutely I mean this is exactly what we thought we'd see tonight Smith goes back Shannon can't handle it Anna Liberty has the lead it's 7 to 6 here in set number 5 great serve by Avery Smith puts it in a nice spot we'll see if she can do that again little spin before the sir does so play by Shan walk right there I can Nick Moore and Valentine with the block and it's 8 6 Lancers boy how about this block that's a big-time kill right off the hands of the sophomore Kaitlyn makhmour who gets the block Smith doing a good job serving so far a dive right there give Smith the ACE and the Lancers have that all-important three point lead and three straight there for Avery Smith she's got two aces and moving the ball around nicely her first ace came way at the back line on the near side that time she drops it into the soft spot right in the middle faiths Horton comes in for Gabby Wilson I would not be surprised if Molly stores calls a timeout if the Lancers are able to get another one here Gentry Shannon can't play it but they will keep it alive Shannon nutzy Smith to peachy inside Valentine and Pine Creek still there what nice play over by not and that stops the run it makes it 9 to 7 you just see the emotion on both of these teams why both of these teams just go and add it and I thought Liberty thought they had the point great hustle by Pine Creek to chase that ball down dig it they played it over in the student section over there got it back over and they end up getting the point Kaitlyn CID to serve laid on the back row by Elsner peachy handles there I'm learning more jumped a little too early and it's nine eight well I just that miscommunication between the setter and the hitter and look more swung around the backside peachy put the set up and set it up to nobody Sid Smith too peachy on the outside the Valentine the block is there makhmour cleans it up peachy to ballantine again this time is short get and it's a quick pass over peachy again to Valentine this one is in rain hit by Jordan Valentine watch it again holy cow why wouldn't you keep going back there that Wells been pretty good to you all night and three straight times they went to Jordan Valentine finally the third time is a charm and she buries it speaking of charming tonight who's been really charmed his Mollie stores with their timeouts she's called the timeout just now low Lancers have a 10-8 lead this would be so big for liberty because we do mentioned at the start of the show this is for third place this is for third place rampart and Coronado are the higher ranked teams in this five Ava Division but the third place team is probably going to get a pretty good seed in the state tournament as well and this match is for that well it really is and you look at these two teams coming in Liberty has won four of the last five they got off to a little bit of a slow start this season they're playing great volleyball right now Pine Creek they've lost three in a row now they're three losses are the three very good teams rampart floor annatto as you just mentioned Bryant and Palmer in that mix so Pine Creek looking to end that three-game losing streak Liberty looking to extend theirs and you look at the history of this series it's been dominated by Pine Creek they've won 10 of the last 11 but right here in Scent number 5 you see the Lancers up by 2 Jordan balance I'm the senior what would love to get a win over Pine Creek in her senior year she goes deep to sit they come to naught Smith plays it Elsner over to stalk stalk is in soon Reece hope with another kill for the Lancers they take a three-point lead that's kill number 12 verse Tolkien boy what a great cross-court she did she found a the spot the block was in front of her she went around the block goes cross-court to get the point point number 11 for liberty Valentine does back row Blount plays it Atkins the quick-set a good job inside of the Lancers miscommunication right there SPG didn't know what to do and Coker gets the point for Pine Creek and it comes after Elsner made a great dig on the far side peachy just couldn't play it and back and forth we go blunt with the sir for Pine Creek to Kenzie Coco comes out and then go back in for Pine Creek Coker with a high set store plays the back line goes out and Pine Creek is cut at Oh on 1110 this was just 11 to 8 just about 10 seconds ago and seemed like it that's how quick the the momentum can change in this game want to serve Smith beachy nick moore block smith there to clean it up McMorris ends it the back row Syd is there Atkins goes to knock blocks makhmour and it's out and we are tied at 11 and the officials want to talk about it there's a good look at it there was not with the kill the double block was set up let's take another look at this they didn't go into the net yep they're gonna give the point who the Lancers say that hit I believe was into the net and they're given that point to the Lancers let's take a look at this the Lancers hit it yeah look like the Lancers hit the ball and maybe even got the net to the two team captains will go over for an explanation but Liberty will get the point and the ball 1210 makhmour to serve Atkins back outside the Wilson hits it in and Pine Creek gets a point 12:11 and I spot by Gabby Wilson a long set by Nelson it goes over the block and just underneath the diving arm with Jordan Valentine and it'll be Nelson to serve Chandler Nelson it's what / Elsner peachy in the middle of Sophie Lewis blocked right back at her in Pine Creek just had some big blocks tonight none bigger than that none bigger than that one right there by Juliet van Gogh and when you need a big play who are you gonna go to your senior team captain findell there's a good look at her with a huge block there Nelson to serve Valentine peachy on the outside stole into the net Lancers made a couple of unforced errors now and Pine Creek has a 1312 League timeout marianas Esserman and you know David he looked on that replay and looked to us like maybe the officials missed that play up gate the points of the Lancers they were up 1210 hats off to Pine Creek didn't get their heads down they didn't worry about it they didn't whine about it they just played volleyball and now they've got themselves at one point near 13th why exactly because it was lug it away yeah here's another look at that play that the attack was coming from not over on the far side it looks like here's Liberty they get the block they look like they may have been in the net the ball did go out of play they said Pine Creek was into the net gave the point to Liberty but yeah Brian you're exactly right even certainly a credit to Molly Stowers in this pint Creek team to to keep their head in the game keep their focus get the next three points to go up one Chandler Nelson Smith plays it Ichi has to go back Sophie Lewis plays it Pine Creek right back at you McDonald off the broken out and Pine Creek is one point away from winning this I unbelievable how about this long back sent by Nelson in just a little touch over the top by Maki McDonald and again on senior night that's Maki McDonald the senior that makes the play Chandler Nelson nice serve Elsner their double hit by Sophie Lewis and the Pine Creek fans stormed the court as they are going to take third place in the Colorado Springs Metro League the final 15 12 in set number five day this was everything we expected it certainly was Brian we thought this would be a great one from the from the very beginning of his back and forth the whole way and Liberty had a lead late in this fifth set but credit pine creek for coming back in winning the set and the match Pine Creek wins it 3-2 to the final scores 20 to 25 1925 and 12 in set number five for Dave Toller I'm Brian German we hope you enjoyed watching as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you we'll see you next time on 20 TV you

Mary's Academy we'll start with the ball as they won the toss I believe virile Logan is set to put the ball in play and we will wait for the officials whistle here believe the official adjusting some sort of equipment on his wrist before we get ready to go and now he's good flings whistle out checking with the goaltender's yeah we're good to go check in with us of course and here we go as the Wildcats try and push the ball up the field on the outside that's Reagan right Jackie moving inside good job by the defense of the Lancers to cut that off that's anteroom oh and you told me David I'll be calling anteroom Oh a lot today she does a good job defensively for the Lancers in the middle she really does Brian you will she she's listed as a forward midfielder and she will play all over the place she's she's typically a sinner mid and she is involved in the play offensively defensively particularly on the defensive end where they're at right now she's aggressive she jumps into play and you know she'll do what she can to get the ball moving north for this Lancer team I removed that ball for the Lancers try to get it'll go out of bounds it'll be Wildcats ball right there you Logan we'll start the play nice interception there by the Lancers I'm just playing that ball in from the sideline not a lot to to shoot at you could see all the white jerseys they were covering up the the blue they were in front that's a narooma with the ball right there is she tries to get it up across the midfield Wildcats cut her off coming back the other way Jasmine Beal will send it to the side almost cut off in a good job there by the Lancers on defense great job sealing that ball away by Mollie Mathison then the Wildcats game it right back click on the Wildcats moving in and there's a whistle and the Wildcats will go from there quick restart right there by the Wildcats trying to catch the Lancers off guard Dave what makes this sport so hard and if you're watching at home and you've never seen this before maybe you just tuned it is you could only play the ball with the front of the stick you can't play it with the back half the stick you have to turn and you cannot box out like they do in basketball were you where you can just maybe get in front of someone and get in the way between them and the ball because that's called obstruction you can't do that in this sport yeah can't can't do that and a few things it is field hockey but it is way different than ice hockey and a couple of the things our differences are if the ball touches your foot and if there's an advantage game by the other team there's a violation so that you can't touch your foot you can't play it with the backhand there's there's a few little nuances about the the field hockey game that are way different than the ice hockey variety yeah well you saw a photographer down there Rob Parrish he would have been in violation because absolutely yep hope his foots okay that ball is awful hard down there very Logan with a restart again Wildcats try and set something up can only score from inside the circle and Logan will try and find a teammate breaking inside there good job again defensively by plans there Lancers will try and move the ball up the field that's a football right there so you can that was Tina Baum Burke who had it and and that's a strategy as well if you have that defender in front of you if you play the ball off of their foot you get the ball you get to advance that yardage and the other team you see it again right here the Wildcats they have to back up five yards so that's another strategy you can just work your way up the field just playing balls off of that off of foots and chins and you know that's probably how I would have played it if you don't have a whole lot of skill just keep batting it forward plans will take it here move it forward to Mathison stolen away and a room oh right there we'll get the call that's one of those obstruction calls right there Brian is anteroom Oh was trying to come around the backside to plate and just a little box out maneuver and in field hockey you can't do that they'll call it but well the Wildcats take control and they have played the this whole half so far almost five minutes of it has been all in the Liberty end and they're really controlling the ball well which is something that their coach told us about Sarah Jacobs before the game so they wanted me Chris keep two passes short so you can complete them it's another call well and a lot of this half has been played down in the Liberty end but Liberty's done a good job of keeping it out to the perimeter they haven't had a whole lot of opportunities in the circle and offensively that's where you want to get it right there get in the circle maybe you get a violation get a corner out of it flicked out Darien Smith tries to play it for the Wildcats Matheson is there for the Lancers a nice sweeping move gets it to anteroom oh but back in there for the Wildcats and we've got another call and this is going to be a corner and that's what you want to do offensively is is get the ball in the circle and once you're in there like you said you have to if you're gonna scored that shot has to come from inside the circle so you have a chance to score but you can also get a violation that leads to this which is going to be a corner so you'll see st.

or having time to do homework or not knowing someone's cell phone number I've heard that phrase the struggle is real I once had a student tell me you don't understand how real the struggle is because you're you're not that young and you probably don't even text now last year I heard Mr Tim talk about his struggles but he's a lot younger than me so I want to tell you about when the struggle was real when I was in high school do you know back then if you wanted to change the channel on the TV you had to actually get up and change the dial on the TV [Applause] in my day high definition was getting the rabbit ears just right we didn't have 200 channels we had three and PBS which didn't count in those days the struggle was real and you're not going to believe this our parents made us walk or ride a bike to school the struggle was real I didn't have a PlayStation 4 with highdefinition Graphics realistic audio and vibrating wireless remote we had Monopoly I didn't have streaming music either we had eight track tapes and let me tell you it wasn't easy to find just the right color leisure suit to match your dates dress and to disco dance in platform shoes in my day the struggle was real to drive you had to learn how to use a clutch and stick shift and to ski you had to go up the mountain holding on for dear life to the Tea Bar and we didn't have a nice superintendent we went to school if there was 4 in 5 in 6 in 12 in of snow as a matter of fact my high school years we never got a snow day and I grew up went to school right in this city the struggle was real now luckily for that superintendent there were no emails back in the day he didn't get 50 plus emails every time I do or don't call a snow day and there was no find my friend's app trust me on this one that was tough especially if you were like me and your dad was a principal and your mom was a teacher the struggle was real now in all seriousness I think I know and understand many of your challenges you live in a complex interconnected world that never sleeps but I do want to share with you the challenges of a man I knew Mr Joseph Shimp Mr Shimp lived in Whitefield where I grew up it is a land of retired military four good friends of mine's dads were in the military two of those dads were immigrants two were africanamerican and their families were from poor areas in the rural South now lost in the history books is the importance of the military for folks like that now last January on a very cold Saturday morning I went to the funeral of Mr Shimp one of those true American Heroes he was of German descent and was born in Ukraine in the late 1930s about the time World War II broke out his family was well-to-do Farmers Russia told all Germans to leave or they'll be sent to the concentration camps in Siberia one of his uncles was found and sent there that is when his family decided to leave they quickly left the Ukraine on foot with one horse pulling the wagon with all their belongings they went to Poland for about a year the fighting was so Fierce there they decided to leave for Germany a bridge they crossed getting into Germany was blown up the next day they survived World War II and boarded a boat for the United States in 1952 they landed in New York City young Joseph didn't know the language he struggled in school and was too proud to ask for help he dropped out at the age of 16 he went to work in the steel factory Joseph then enlisted in the Air Force when old enough to do so he married a pretty lady from Texas he was sent to Vietnam during the war there and experienced a second round of War he rose to the rank of tech sergeant then retired in Whitefield where he raised four boys one of them Joe my good friend he was an honor to his country and to his family family now for Mr Shimp the struggle was real my hope my wish my prayer for each of you is that no matter the challenges you face small like mine or great like Mr shimps who endure death and destruction all around him during his childhood you will have the strength and confidence to meet the challenges you will encounter and not only survive but to thrive and know while you will face challenges face them with the resilience of those who came before us like Mr Joseph schimp on behalf of Academy District 20 and it's nearly 29,000 staff and students I wish upon all of you all the good fortune in the world God bless [Music] a l [Music] la [Music] la [Music] the [Music] a la [Music] you yeah [Music] te how about one more round of applause for both our choir and band [Music] Melissa Burke will you please stand for a moment how's this for a birthday party this all right Dr hatchel and members of The District 20 School Board is an honor to present to you the Liberty High School graduating class of 2017 and to certify to you that every graduate who who walks across the stage today and who has presented a diploma as they leave today has at minimum met the requirements established by Academy School District's 20's Board of Education Now ladies and gentlemen let me tell you a little something about this amazing class of 2017 they are a very tight-knit group and their friendships extend beyond the typical social there they kicked off the school year with an event called senior sunrise in which they arrived on the first day of school as a the sun was rising to welcome the school year as a class they then concluded the school year within the last week with a senior barbecue a senior Sunset some epic and appropriate pranks and a graduation walk to Prairie Hills Elementary School as they s said goodbye as a class to their High School career but before we as a staff say our goodbyes it is important for everyone in this Arena and around the world to know what a special class this is first this class is very bright as of last week the senior class has earned over $8 million in college scholarships we have two Air Force Academy appointments four rooc scholarships 19 AP Scholars one AP scholar With Honor One National Merit Hispanic scholar Six National Merit commended Scholars and one National Merit finalist over 80% of this class will be heading to a postsecondary institution in the fall and over onethird of this class is graduating with honors a group of these seniors got VIP tours of the candy Space Center in Florida as part of AP Physics where they told me that it was a life-changing experience our seniors worked hard this year and whether they earned those final credits last semester or last week they all put in Valiant efforts so they could sit before you today in athletics we have 12 National letter of intense SES who plan to play sports in college we have 13 teams who qualified for academic All State and most of our teams qualified for playoffs We Are The District 20 champions in boys Golf and softball and our head softball coach was selected as coach of the year we have numerous all league and All State players a number of senior rotary Champion nominees and two rotary Medallion winners our girls track team just last week won the Colorado Springs Metro League championships and we have a few of our seniors are representing Liberty track in the state meet this weekend members of our girls and boy swim teams and girls and boys track teams also broke school records this year this was quite this was quite an accomplishment but what really stands out about our athletes is how they give back to the community all teams are involved in community service projects ranging from cleaning parks and Community areas to mentoring and tutoring to partnering with Charities and Community groups to provide donations and assistance this is what truly defines student athlete our talented seniors were also amazing in the activity Realms as well first our senior class participated in a community service day last fall in which they donated over a thousand hours to help distribute meals plant trees and clean up parks around the city we once again had award-winning visual art students our German club competed in Colorado German day for the first time ever and took third place and our FBLA and deca students qualified for state and National competitions our student council helped lead a huge fundraising campaign for Care and Share and under the direction of the National Honor Society a number of groups raised nearly $7,000 for the make AWI Foundation to help send a local child to Paris our performing arts program was amazing again this year our theater Department won its fifth national award for the set construction of cats our Dance Program performed at the state dance conference our chamber singers performed at the Colorado music education conference our Wind Ensemble performed at the national music for all concert band Festival in Indianapolis we've had a number of stud students who were selected for All State Choir jazz band Orchestra and band and we were the Colorado band Master Association 4 a State marching band Champions setting a state record for the highest [Music] score you could say I'm a little proud of all of our students here at class of 2017 now you already know this and I'm so proud of our amazing seniors they've represented the last Lancer Nation with class and honor and they and the phenomenal staff are the reason Liberty High School is one of the best high schools not only in Colorado Springs but in Colorado now class of 2017 congratulations you've made it the hard work is now over and you can Coast right the answer is yes at least for the next hour as your principal I would like to share with you my final thoughts as you go about your lives as soon to be alumni of Liberty High School and Dr hatchel is right last year I did talk about the struggle being real and as I near 50 years old it is I'm contemplating between putting on my reading glasses or trying to read this from here I'm struggling so I've learned a lot of things in life some I've learned from my family some from Friends some some from colleagues and some from the School of Hard Knocks therefore I'd like to give you some tidbits I learned during my life I call it Mr T 17 for the class of 17 so let's begin number one always trust and believe in yourself give yourself credit for the great things you do and be forgiving of yourself in the areas that still need work number two in the end there is always a reason something did or did not go the way that you had planned you may not understand it at the time but as that is the power of reflection number three you're going to quickly find out how far $20 can go and how far it won't go number four practice humility it is one of the greatest attributes you can ever have number five life is lived in front of you not behind a screen so take the opportunities to put the phones down and close the lids on the computers so you can experience what you would otherwise Miss number six realistically you can really never give more than 100% to anything at any given time so make sure that that 100% that you give counts number seven and very important to me multitasking is a myth you will only end up losing things and forget why you walked into or out of a room number eight if at first you don't succeed welcome to what almost everyone experiences daily life is tough and even unfair it will be your grit and determination that will help you succeed number nine and this is really important to your generation please practice writing formally especially when seeking a job not addressing people by their name and title and using texting shortcuts in a letter or resume is the quickest way to be overlooked for a job and trust me I've shredded a number this year number 10 life is too short to be unhappy seek and commit to experiences that will bring you Joy and spend the time to truly embrace them number 11 you will quickly realize just how wise your parents really are trust their [Applause] judgment I still wish my daughter was listening to my speech today they were just like you once after all so they probably have already traveled the paths that you're about to walk number 12 take the high road never burn Bridges and practice forgiveness you never know where path with those you may have had a conflict will cross with that don't let anger or hatred Cloud your judgment number 13 place your trust in humanity and be someone that others can trust you do this by being on time following through with your commitments and honoring requests of others you also do this by being honest with people from the very beginning number 14 listen more than you speak that is why you were given two ears and one mouth you may actually earn some learn something just by listening now these next two may be the most important at all of all number 15 always do two loads of laundry one for colors and one for whites unless you enjoy wearing 50 shades of pink number 16 and this is directed at my parents I'm going to end the great debate once and for all there's only one type of ketchup and it is Hines now I would drop the mic right here but I still need it to do my final tidbit and number 17 for the last few years at graduation I have shared a quote from hipop artist Drake which I think sums up just about everything his quote States live without pretending love without depending listen without defending and speak without offending class of 2017 I am so proud of you and all that you have accomplished thus far in your lives on behalf of the entire staff of the Lancer Nation we wish you nothing but the best Mrs Johnson I proudly certify the graduates of 2017 and present them to you for your acceptance on behalf of the school board thank you it is wonderful to stand before you on this bright May Day to celebrate Liberty's class of 2017 a class born if you will from the Searing ashes of the black forest fire of 2013 and now gracefully Taking Flight on this classic Rocky Mountain spring day featuring rain snow and a few other wintry weather conditions but today's wet phenomenons seem appropriately symbolic to me of the love which so many have and continue to shower upon the young men and women about to triumphantly graduate from high school this afternoon Triumph of course is necessarily preceded by a contest of some sort and whether that challenge comes in a form as heartrendingly devastating as the Black forest fire or as intimidating as moving to a new community or as perplexing as knowing which path to follow I know each of you is well armed for Success how do I know this because as poet Ralph Waldo Emerson righteously proclaimed what lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you challenges are how we grow you know this so don't despair when they appear rather have faith in yourself and your ability to successfully overcome them just as another great American poet geminy Cricket memorably cred in the song When You Wish Upon a Star he sang fate is kind she brings to those who love the sweet fulfillment of their secret longing When A Star is Born they possess a gift or two one of them is this they have the power to make a wish come true you'll note that Jiminy prefaces the promise of a dream come true with the descriptor those who love this is where I throw in my perennial counsel to all graduates that it is in living the Golden Rule doing unto others as we would have them do unto us that the secret to true happiness resides so stride confidently into your future Lancers when you look at yourself in the mirror see the accomplished beautiful person that you are always have been and always will be and know that you are each absolutely truly loved thank you and therefore on behalf of the Board of Education of Academy School District 20 I accept with pride and pleasure the 2017 graduating class of Liberty High School Mr Tim thank you your faculty and your staff for an outstanding job Junior attendants let's graduate [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hello is it for [Music] yeah the first [Music] easy I'm going first [Music] Alysa an Adams Hillary yaboa [Applause] adinkra Pierce Holden erens Isaiah dasan [Music] Allen Bethany Lynn [Music] Anderson Caleb Joseph Anderson congratul Daniel David Anderson Carl Brett [Applause] Anderson Troy Michael Andrews Megan Andrea Aragon Anna Elizabeth [Applause] arning Ethan zann [Music] Audrey graduating with honors Charles Matthew azota II Taylor Michelle B Karina Campa Natalie Ruth barcelone graduating with high honors Tessa Elizabeth Barlo graduating with honors Cole Michael baringer Tyler Charles Barlo graduating with high honors Jordan Lee mlan [Applause] B graduating with honors Bryce Andrew bovich Alexa Ray bow Ashley Michelle beers Heidi toen Beer Madison Lee Ben Emma rain berren conratulations Kylie Nicole Barry graduating with high honors Adam Samir bazoo Justine Marie benibos [Applause] danillo Xavier Fisher graduating with honors Riley Elise Blackwood graduating with high honors Christina Brook [Applause] Bland William Allen Bachman graduating with high honors Katherine Susan Boland Madison rayac Binger kalista Nicole Boyd congratulations graduating with honors Laura May [Applause] [Music] Boyd Kenyan Xavier Boyd eight congratulations graduating with honors Kayla Jordan Braden Allan Joseph breed Cheyenne Jade [Applause] Bridges Devin James [Music] Brown graduating with high honors Robert Michael Brown Andrew Jack Buchanan congratulations graduating with high honors Eric Scott buo Michael Ryan Burke graduating with honors Ashley Lynn Busby Melissa May Burke congratulations Maya Teresa buos graduating with honors Corbin Michael Callahan Robin Ashley camera Alexandra Beth Cameron graduating with high honors Abigail J June [Applause] Carlson graduating with honors Luke Blanchard Carpenter David Aaron [Applause] Catchings graduating with honors Jenna Paige Christensen graduating with high honors Jack Emmanuel Clark graduating with honors Sydney an [Applause] [Music] Connor graduating with honors Jordan Elizabeth cordre 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graduating with high honors Madison Sky fantelli congratulations Tyler John [Applause] fiser graduating with honors pton James Fleming Alexis Marie Flores [Applause] [Music] Danielle Mary Frank congratulations graduating with honors Brianna Nicole [Music] Flores Christian Alejandro [Applause] frosto Tessa Renee Gan Elaine an garby [Music] graduating with honors Marcy Suzanne [Applause] Garner Jonathan Keith Gibson conratulations Jolie Michelle goldich graduating with high honors Lynette May golin graduating with high honors Elena Suzanne [Music] Graham graduating with honors McKenzie Joy [Music] Green John David grow May helani Rose Hegel Darien Matthew hago [Music] Nicole [Music] [Applause] HAPO Colton Lee Harper Faith Elizabeth Harrison Emma Camille Hartley Mark David Hawkins [Applause] Bianca Angel heeden Victoria Elizabeth hacker [Music] congratul Allison Christina Grace Helton graduating with honors Francine Elizabeth [Applause] Henderson Jordan Toby [Applause] Henderson Joshua 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salomia yurena Motel Ryan Michael [Music] [Applause] Morgan Kaye Marie Mullen mendua kamama micio NAA Len [Applause] [Music] Ned graduating with honors Eric Michael millo Deja Tiana Nicholson Aaliyah Karin neab Bauer Taylor Marie Shaw [Music] Novak graduating with honors Emily Rose Neer Houser Kiora Patricia odobi Hill graduating with honors Tatiana Gabrielle [Music] Obert graduating with high honors Garrett Andrew [Music] Olen Kaylee Shane [Music] [Applause] Oliver graduating graduating with high honors Taylor Renee AI Lauren Paige [Applause] op graduating with honors nathia carasco Pang ganaban Scott Anthony Thomas olette Joseph Gregory Perry [Applause] Nathan Ryan Parker Mario Perez Jr Cole Savon Pelt graduating with high honors Emy Emily Rose [Applause] [Music] failen Donovan Anthony Xavier [Applause] Perry Grant James price conr graduating with honors Emma Caroline Prat Jeremiah Spencer Darnell [Applause] puit Hannah marleene Quinn Alec Spencer ramboat graduating with high honors Allison Nicole Ransom graduating with high honors Ken rason conratulations graduating with honors Noah Thomas Ren Michael De EV Liam Cunningham Reed Aaron Elizabeth Riley graduating with honors Sarah Apprentice [Music] Ridge Grayson Duncan [Music] roach Savannah Lee tanil Roberts [Applause] Jacob Scott [Applause] Robertson Andrea K Robinson graduating with honors Marie Taylor Romero graduating with high honors Katherine Louise Roth [Music] Alexa Elizabeth [Applause] Royal Skyler Deanne Michelle mad rufy [Applause] RI Celia Milan [Music] Royal graduating with honors Marley k rugie Taran Noel rangi graduating with high honors Gerald Lawrence [Applause] rushing teamman heet sarra Matthew John [Music] safarat Rama sarmad [Music] Salah Adia Nana [Applause] samow Gabriel Francis Edward Santos Mark Gerald [Applause] shayley Kobe Michael scanland Spencer Andrew [Applause] shaying Brian James [Applause] Schmidt Isaac Jame shaper Brock Joseph skols graduating with high honors Callum Robert Schulz graduating with high honors Emily Grace [Music] Scott Emily Marie Scott graduating with honors Malcolm Alexander cyel Serena Ray Scott conat Hannah Joy shley Zachary James [Music] Shephard Nicholas Dany Sheriff Carissa Dez sard T day Haley Laura sisler Stephanie bernardet slitz graduating with high honors Cameron Casey Slade graduating with high honors Camille slokum congratul graduating with high honors Ella Tracy [Music] [Applause] small balen Yun Smith conratulations Cheyenne Elizabeth Smith graduating with high honors Isaiah Jordan Smith graduating with high honors Anna Lee Grace Sorenson graduating with high honors Keeley June Sparkman [Music] meline Nicole [Applause] Sparks Mitchell Thomas Spencer graduating with honors Alexis Nicole Stewart Ryan Allen Spencer [Applause] [Music] was it my turn Elias Devon Staley kaln Monae [Music] [Applause] [Music] Spivey ree Robert stingo [Music] [Applause] [Music] graduating with honors Travis Dean Stedman congratulations graduating 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James West jiren Alexander Wilburn [Music] congratul graduating with honors Nathan John Whiting [Applause] Wagner Emma Katherine Rose Wilkins Jaden Marie Wilkening Kayla Renee Williams Kolinski Benjamin Allen Williams [Applause] graduating with high honors Jordan Lee Wilson Bernice Kathleen Wilson araria Rose Marie [Applause] wolf graduating with honors Jason Matthew Winchell Meredith Ryan Yates thank you Wyatt Nathaniel [Applause] worst Cole Riley [Music] [Applause] Newman graduating with high honors Brianna Marie amsden [Applause] graduating with honors Taylor an [Music] Haynes graduating with high honors Isaac Joseph Perkins [Applause] graduating with high honors Katherine an [Applause] McDonald graduating with high honors Ryan Christopher Evans [Applause] how how about one more round of applause for the class of [Applause] 2017 ladies and gentlemen it is now my pleasure to introduce Liberty High School's valdi dictorian please welcome Ryan Evans [Applause] Ryan is a son of Ricky and may Ryan has obtained a 4.59 57 grade point average during his four years at Liberty he was involved in a lot of different activities during his high school career including knowledge Bowl friends of Rachel Spanish club Spanish National Honor Society book club National Honor Society math Olympiad calculus bowl and a member of The Varsity tennis team additionally Ryan is a member of the order of the crest outside of Liberty Ryan volunteers at his church plays video games like I do and is in the process of publishing a research paper not what I'm doing he will attend the Colorado School of Minds this fall to major in mechanical engineering he has career aspirations to work for NASA or SpaceX to build robots that will advance artificial intelligence Ryan would like to thank his mom dad sister teachers Mrs nosar Miss Mrs Briggs Mrs Scott and Miss eliso for helping him be successful Ryan in recognition of your Valiant efforts at Liberty High School I here hereby award you with this valdi Victorian medal ladies and gentlemen Ryan Evans [Applause] hello parents guests faculty Administration and graduating class of 2017 I would like to open my speech by sharing a book written after America's postmodernism movement the author Doug trenches in World War II as a Bor and he was a male clerk during the Korean War this story has been translated into more than 62 Lang languages and has sold more than 44 million copies with the help of my lovely assistant please L me your ears as I read to you The Very Hungry Caterpillar in the light of the Moon a little egg lay on a leaf one Sunday morning the warm sun came up and pop out of the egg came a very tiny Hungry Caterpillar he started looking for some food on Monday he ate through one apple but he was still hungry on Tuesday he ate through two pears but he was still hungry on Wednesday he ate through three plums but he was still hungry on Thursday he ate through four strawberries but he was still hungry on Friday on Friday he ate through five oranges but he was still hungry on Saturday he ate through one piece of chocolate cake one ice cream cone a pickle one slice of Swiss cheese one slice of salami one lollipop a piece of cherry pie one sausage one cupcake and a slice of watermelon that night he had a stomach ache the next day was Sunday again the caterpillar ate through one nice leaf and after that he felt much better now he wasn't hungry anymore and he wasn't a little caterpillar anymore he was a big fat caterpillar he built a small house called a cocoon around himself he stayed inside for more than 2 weeks then he nibbled a hole in the Cocoon pushed his way out and he became a beautiful butterfly and that could be the end of my speech but it's not I could analyze the story interpret how this caterp kill is a metaphor for us as we tackle adversity that eventually leads to our potential I bet a lot of the AP Lit students can help me out and I can compare The Very Hungry Caterpillar to ourselves but I won't what I really want to talk about is how the majority of my speech has been me reading a children's book am I unoriginal sort of I I uninspired kind of am I lazy maybe or did I struggle with coming up with an idea for this speech yes even though I read through online guides and studied the speeches of the greats I struggled with producing something creative this is the plate of all of us who are about to graduate we attend the same types of schools learn from the same textbooks and even have to experience standardized tests so how does this world expect us to come up with original ideas that stem from our education called Common Core but to all the haters out there who say we are basic I think we are anything but we had teachers who went beyond having us do worksheets from a textbook like Mr Roode who supported me when I had this crazy idea of publishing a research paper and Miss alicio who worked on math problems with me when I wasn't even her student we had friends and peers that were kind and inspiring like Camille slokum Courtney Letz and Emma Pi Day who also wanted me to give them shout outs we had faculty who we need to give recognition to for making Liberty a great learning environment we had clo and activities like knowledgeable and friends or Rachel that harbored our interests to refine our personalities and we had remarkable experiences that no other school can share like our Unforgettable memories from prom and winning the State title for marching band and of course we had opportunities that probably changed our future like getting the chance to go to Kennedy Space Center and SpaceX in Mr faan's AP Physics class whether our education was standard and our school was typical our experiences cannot be replicated graduates of Liberty High School's class of 2017 you aren't the middle children of History we aren't the soon to forget soon to be ignored we are the world's new hands new Minds new hearts and new people we are the big fat caterpillars who will soon become butterflies and if anyone out there has audacity to say that we are no different I guess we'll have to show them what we can really do thank you [Applause] okay teachers you may be released to the tunnels for the gauntlet [Applause] for those of you who do not know what our staff is doing we we run something called a gauntlet and this Gauntlet we started many years ago when these guys were freshmen on their very first day they they gathered out by the flag pole and they came into the gymnasium in between all of our teachers and our teachers applauded for them as they came in for the very first time at Liberty High School we continue we continue that tradition today they will be in the tunnels congratulating them and clapping for them as they end their careers at Liberty High School so Before you depart as graduates I want you to know that I left something in each of your graduation envelopes there's a piece of advice that I've been giving out to graduates for the past 25 years and is printed on a business card it was essentially the same piece of ad advice given to me when I graduated from college the bottom line is to live with no regrets and to make every moment count I also hope that my small token of appreciation will help you write your own future so we're going to do this right we're going to do this well are you guys ready with that Lancers please rise yes [Music] turn your tassel from right to left to signify your new status as graduates congratulations you are dismissed [Music] la [Music] n [Music] oh [Music]

or having to do homework or not knowing someone's cell phone number I've heard that phrase the struggle is real I once had a student tell me you don't understand how real the struggle is because you're not that young and you probably don't even text now let me tell you about when the struggle was real when I was in high school do you know back then if we wanted to change the channel in the TV you had to get up and actually change the dial to change the channel in my day high definition was getting the rabbit ears just right we didn't have two 200 channels we had three and PBS which didn't really count the struggle was real and you're not going to believe this our parents made us walk or ride our bikes to school I didn't have a PlayStation 4 with highdefinition Graphics realistic audio and vibrating wireless remote we had Monopoly I didn't have streaming music either we had eight track tapes and let me tell you it wasn't easy to find just the right color leisure suit to match your dates dress and a disco dance in platform shoes the struggle was real to drive you had to learn how to use a clutch and stick shift and to ski you had to go up the mountain holding on for dear life to a Tea Bar and we didn't have a nice superintendent we we went to school whether they were 4 in 5 in 6 in 14 in of snow as a matter of fact I never got a snow day my entire time in high school and I went to school right here in Colorado Springs the struggle was real now luckily that superintendent there was no emailing back then because unlike me he doesn't get 50 plus emails every time it snows that may have changed things just a little bit and there were no fine my friend apps parents kept track of us by calling their friends now trust me on this one that was rough especially if you were like me and your dad was a principal and your mom was a teacher the struggle was real now in all seriousness I think I know and understand many of your challenges you live in a complex interconnected world that never rests but I do want to share with you the challenges of a man I knew named Mr Joseph Shimp Mr Shimp lived in Whitefield where I grew up it is the land of retired military four good friends of mine's dads were in the military two of those dads were immigrants and two were African-American and their families were from poor areas in the rural South now lost in the history books is the importance of the military for folks like that last January on a very cold Saturday morning I went to the funeral for Mr Shimp on and he is one of those true American her Heroes he was of German descent and was born in the Ukraine in the late 1930s about that time World War Two Broke out his family was welltoo Farmers Russia told all Germans to leave or they would be sent to a concentration camp in Siberia one of his uncles was found and sent there that's when his family decided to leave they quickly left the Ukraine on foot with one horse pulling a wagon with all of their belongings they went to Poland for about a year the fighting was so Fierce there they decided to leave for Germany a bridge they crossed into Germany was blown up the next day they survived World War II and boarded a boat for the United States and landed in 1952 in New York City young Joseph didn't know the language he struggled in school and was too proud to ask for help he dropped out at the age of 16 he went to work in a steel factory Joseph listed enlisted in the Air Force when he was old enough to do so he married a pretty lady from Texas he was sent to Vietnam during the war there and experienced a second round of War he rose to the rank of tech sergeant then he retired in Whitefield where he raised four boys one of them Joe a good friend of mine and he was an honor to his country and his family now for Mr Shimp the struggle was real my hope my wish my prayer for each of you is no matter the challenges you face small like mine or great like Mr shimps who endure death and destruction all around him during his childhood you will have the strength and confidence to meet the challenges you will encounter to not only survive but to thrive and know while you will face challenges face them with the resilience of those that came before us like Mr Joseph Shimp on behalf of Academy District 20 and it's nearly 29,000 staff and students I wish upon each of you all the good fortune in the world God bless thank you so much Dr hatchel for your inspirational words at this time I would like to welcome to the stage Nathaniel Brittain Caitlyn concade and Kayla misseri for a special musical presentation for [Music] yeah sometimes I lay under the moon and than God I'm breathing and then I pray don't take me soon cuz I'm here for reason sometimes in my my tears I drown but I never let it get me down so when negativity surrounds I know somay this will all turn around because all my life I've been waiting for I've been praying for for the people to say that we don't want to fight no more and there'll be no more Wars and our children will play one day one day one day day one day one day one day one day it's not about win or lose we all lose when they feed on The Souls of the innocent blood pav keep on moving though the world is still raging well in this maze you can lose your way he it might drive you crazy but don't let it get in your way no way sometimes in my tears I drown I drown I'll never let it get me down so when negativity surrounds I know someday this will all turn around because all my life I've been waiting for I've been praying for for the people to say that we don't want to find no more and there'll be no more Wars and our children will play one day one day one day one day one day one day one day one day Som day the all will change people the same so stop with the violence down with the hey one day we'll all be free and proud to be under the same Sun sings of Freedom like sometimes in my tears I drown never let it get me done so when negativity surround I know somay this will all turn around because all my life I've been waiting for I've been pray for the people to say that we don't want to fight no more and there'll be no more Wars and our children will play one day one day one day one day one day one day one day one day one one day one day one day [Music] [Applause] outstanding job one more round of applause [Applause] please at er Academy High School we have a long tradition of academic excellence and so we choose one speaker to represent the sumacum loud graduates which are our highest ranking graduates and this year I am pleased to announce that that speaker is a representation of this class in general a tremendous athlete an outstanding scholar he gr he's graduating with a 4.8 GPA which is amazing and just an all-around outstanding young man so it is my sincere pleasure to introduce our sumacum loud speaker Andrew buer all right hey guys so before I begin I'd like to say thank you to uh everyone here to all uh teachers administrators and family members thank you we couldn't have made it without you and also I'd like to say graas and of course to Dr hatchel over here uh on behalf of the class of 2017 I apologize for all the insensitive tweets asking for snow days you you might be getting a few more today but really this day is all about us right can you believe that it has been 3 years and 9 months since all us freshmen walked into that Maze of a school for the first time that's 20% of our lives so far and I bet to some of you it has seemed like a whole lot more yet in 10 years it will have only been 133% of Our Lives by the time we're 40 less than 10 scien claim that we experience time relative to how long we've been alive a year is a long time when you've only been alive for one year when you're 90 a year is just a blip in your life story so does that mean that each passing moment is less important than the last in 70 years will high school mean next to nothing I don't think so all moments are not created equal I don't think we'll ever again witness state championships in basketball and soccer in the same year no less or a marching band Dynasty that I heard should have won again this year sorry all you Liberty fans we have had individual state champions and National qualifiers in a broad spectrum of disciplines we have had classes with top tier athletes extraordinary speakers math geniuses compassionate volunteers and exceptional artists we have forged friendships that thanks to social media will be with us forever forever I'll leave it up to you to decide whether or not that's a good thing these are the experiences we carry with us for a lifetime of course I can't Overlook the world-class education that has been provided to us I mean that's why we go to school well most of us whether you have liked it or not you have been prepared for whatever your next step is for many that means college for others that means the military or the workforce whatever your calling is I truly believe believe that Air Academy has given you the social and intellectual skills to thrive so back to my little theory on time when we're all old and hopefully happy High School will not have just been another 5% of Our Lives becoming more and more meaningless as time goes on no high school is constituted of many of life's most important moments and Air Academy has given us all we could ask for and then some now I'm not saying that we should all just give up because we we' experienced those most important years and I know many of us might be tempted to We Can't be complacent Air Academy has given us the skills to go out and make memories to make a difference so I would argue that each passing moment is actually just a little more important than the last our time is limited and we must have the courage to make the most of it so I know that many of you are anxious to get your diplomas and get out right I mean I mean I don't blame you I am too but if you would indulge me just for this last little piece I'd like to conclude by paraphrasing a story by Lauren isy which has changed my perspective on life once there was an old man walking along a beach recently there had been a big flood and thousands upon thousands of starfish had washed the shore one by one he picked them up and toss them back into the ocean saving their lives someone walked up to him and said old man there are too many starfish on this beach you can't possibly hope to make a difference bending over the old man put another starfish into the water and said I made a difference to that one don't be afraid to go out and make a difference make every moment more important than the last and like the starfish man never give up you can always change someone's life we all have the skills the passion the desire to make a difference I've seen it and everyone I've talked to in my time at Air Academy with you guys you all have made 20% of my life feel like much much more so thank you all not just for the amazing things you have already done but for the world changing ones you will undoubtedly do class of 2017 we did it yet I believe we're just getting started thank you outstanding job Andrew at this time I would like to present to the stage our award-winning choir out of the blue under the direction of Miss Paula Bach please welcome out of the [Applause] blue for [Music] you and I'll you all about it when I see you again we've come a long way from where we began again oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again when I see you [Music] again every I'm on my way new friends and new places to see with two SK ahead yes I'm on my way and there's Noh else that I'd rather be tell everybody I'm on my way and I'm loving every step I take the sun beaming down yes I'm on my way and I can't keep this smile off my face there's and like seeing each other again no matter what the distance between and the stories that we tell will make you smile oh it really lifs my heart so tell them all I'm on my way new friends and new places to and to sleep under the stars who could ask for more with the moon keeping watch over [Music] me no matter the distance between and the feeling of the winds in your face can lift your heart oh there's nowhere I'd rather be CU I'm on my way now well and Tru I'm on my way now I'm on my way I'm on on my way I'm on my way I'm on my I'm on my way now on my on my way I'm on my way I'm on on my way on my way I'm on my I'm on my way now on the way on my way on the way on my way on the way on my way on the way on my way on the way on my way tell everybody I'm on my way and I just can't wait to be there blue skies ahead yes I'm on my way with nothing but good times to share so tell everybody I'm on my way and I just can't wait to be home with the sun beaten down yes I'm on my my way with nothing but good times to show I'm on my [Music] way yes I'm on my way outstanding job our next speaker has become quite famous around the front office as he has been our um daily announcement voice for the past two years but a quick story about Mitchell last year he brought in a ginormous coffee mug that that he has dad had to play a joke on Mr walstrom who's a notorious coffee addict and he left it in the front office and Miss Esmond one of our front office secretaries took it and he was looking all over for it and nobody said where it was and all of a sudden these photos started to turn up with this coffee mug in various places throughout the building outside different locations around town and it drove him crazy and I don't think until now he knew who actually did that it was Miss Esmond Mitchell so he had a lot of fun with that but with no further Ado it is my great pleasure to for the last time um present to you the voice of the cadet Mr Mitchell Shaw [Applause] good morning class of 2017 distinguished guests family members and close friends a Academy High School and its faculty welcome you to CL Arena to celebrate the accomplishments and outstanding accolades of all the individuals sitting before us today is May 18th 2017 it is currently 42 degrees outside mostly cloudy a 100% chance of rain or snow 86% humidity and an 8 mph wind coming from the north all right Cadet it is that time of the day again however this time is a little different what I'm about to read to you are your very last daily announcements of your high school career today is the day that we as a graduating class have anticipated through hundreds of tweets thousands of Snapchats and the countdown of days with one of your senior year pictures on Instagram class of 2017 today we celebrate our triumphs that we have accomplished together such as winning both our homecoming and senior night football games this past year we also reflect on the various setbacks that have helped to strengthen our mindset and determination pushing us to further grow and become come closer together ladies and gentlemen this brings us to our first daily announcement life is full of challenges and adversity life is centered upon how you overcome failure everyone here today has failed at some point in their lives and we have absolutely no control over it the only control that you do have is measured by your resp response to those adversities we have all met various types of struggles headon fought through them and grown closer together as a result of our actions taken August 20th 2013 it was our first day of freshman year with the rest of the entire student body sophomores Juniors and the unmistakable sea of red tank tops that resembled horror power and complete Supremacy within the high school realm this was of course the intimidating senior class at this particular moment we did not know exactly who we were we were not exactly sure where everyone came from prior to this day or where they even grew up Brian Johnson from the movie The Breakfast Club said it best what we found out is that each one of us is a brain and an athlete and a basket case a princess and a criminal however as freshman of this established culture we quickly discovered that our marching band was decent okay they were really good and our mascot was a mythical baby bird that we would never truly understand the full meaning of in relation to our school we became a community comprised of individuals this brings us to our second daily announcement class of 2017 life is hard sometimes it will knock you down and test your ability to get back up but remember always push through the struggle and demand persistence from yourself the green curse September 30th 2015 and then once again October 19th 2016 the class of 2017 is defeated in the annual Powderpuff game during homecoming week the green curse these two nights carry much heartache for everyone sitting before me and some individuals here may even block out these daunting memories both nights both years we lost our Powderpuff Games first to seniors and then to juniors in our kadom which still consists of no actual Dome covering the stinking green curse while a defeat causes much sorrow and grief more importantly we Face both difficulty and hardship headon and we're were forced to find a way to be victorious it took time to recover but in the end every person got back up and promised each other that we would never lose a single event or activity to an opposing class again to this day we have done just that this brings us to our third daily announcement the class of 2017 has overcome adversity with great resilience and dedication we have continued to grow closer together over these past four years and have left a legacy of leadership within each of our extracurricular activities and clubs ladies and gentlemen look around you have all developed into high achieving leaders of character and your impact on Air Academy has been immeasurable as students of this particular generation we have seen a lot of changes amongst both our school and the world around us including three different academic schedules a loss of Academy time what is that about natural disasters within our city and Global catastrophes that shocked the nation we have failed and we have most certainly prevailed through some of the hardest times we faced over the course of our four years together we have remained strong but more importantly a Academy strong all right Cadence take out a pen or pencil and a piece of paper it is time for your very last ever riddle of the day I can be more powerful than your mind more evil than disease poor people have me the rich do everything they can to avoid me I can make you or break you the choice is yours what am I the answer to this riddle is adversity adversity is something that everyone experiences and struggles with throughout the course of their lives but it is often within this adversity that success is born and Triumph is ultimately achieved ladies and gentlemen this brings us to our fourth and final daily announcement no matter where your life takes you from here or the challenges that you will face throughout the remainder of your lifetime you will forever and always be a part of the cadet family of the class of 2017 congratulations to everyone sitting before me today it truly has been quite the journey ladies and gentlemen this concludes your very last daily announcements of your high school career thank you great job Mitchell about Monday night when the weather forecast started to come in the High School principles we all started texting each other what are we going to do if it's a huge snowstorm do you think Dr hatchel is going to postpone or or change graduation luckily the snowstorm wasn't terrible so Dr hatchel thank you for no snow delay today we're really excited to get this this thing going congratulations class of 2017 you made it your efforts and perseverance have paid off in this tremendous accomplishment as you celebrate it is important to recognize those who have helped you along the way your parents Guardians and family have spent countless hours driving you to school helping with homework attending your events your activities your games your concerts you wouldn't be here without their unwavering support So graduates please take a moment and give your parents Guardians and family members a sincere Round of [Applause] Applause you have also been supported by amazing teachers and staff members during your time in Academy District 20 from that first day of kindergarten when your teacher helped tie your shoes and teach you your ABCs to the amazing staff and faculty at Air Academy High School we have all been there for you outstanding teachers such as last year's teacher of the year Miss Heather Scott this year's teacher of the year Miss Chris Robson and the national forensic speech and debate teacher of the year Miss Renee modder outstanding faculty outstanding staff thank you all thank you to your teachers and your staff members for all you have done so graduates and families please give our faculty and staff a round of applause for the support and work they have done to help your students get to where they are today and finally I would like to say a sincere thank you to the military families and the military support we have Colonel Dunn thank you for this tremendous venue sincerely appreciate that high schools difficult enough in our military families have the added stress of relocations and deployments thank you all for your service to our country Air Academy High School thanks [Applause] you class of 2017 as we look back at your four years I stand in awe of your accomplishments in four years your class has helped win state championships in girls lacrosse boys soccer boys basketball girls cross country ban for three years color guard for three years robotics has made it to the World Championships are out of the blue choir won the regional championships and performed at National competitions our theater program wowed us with Productions of Pride and Prejudice and into the woods outstanding job in all of your endeavors you have also had individual state championships in cross country won by Ethan Powell and Maria metler congratulations to all of you for all of your [Applause] accomplishments you are outstanding athletes you are outstanding musicians you are outstanding artists but more importantly you are outstanding in your academic excellence your academic accomplishments are remarkable 89 out of your graduating class of 346 are graduating with a 4.0 or higher that is [Music] amazing you hear in other school districts and other schools something called grade inflation that is not the way it is when students come to Air Academy High School from out outside of our attendance area outside of the district they have to struggle to keep up so that 4.0 that grade point average that you earned you earned congratulations your academic achievements have been rewarded by you being admitted to the top colleges and universities around the nation I could go on and on about the places you're going but just to highlight a few we have two students Julie gobitz and Holly reaping going to MIT [Applause] amazing we have two other students Roman philson and Maria metler that aren't going quite as far as Massachusetts they're staying right here at usafa congratulations they don't have nearly the travel time as our other folks we have people going all over the country and they're going to do their best to represent Air Academy High School in the very best they can congratulations to you all and Dr Bears just yesterday told me that your class get this your class has been awarded 14, 5147 in scholarships that is amazing your parents really appreciate that I guarantee you not only have you excelled in academics activities and Athletics but you have proven to be citizens of Great Character and leadership as well I remember just a few weeks ago watching Taran winit at prom with students from her SSN program she made sure that her classmates had an outstanding time and were included in this great event that just shows the character of that young lady we had Julia gobitz and Tory Johnson volunteer their time to create a ballet program for underprivileged children in our community what a fantastic way to give back and to create Community with those children great job earlier this year one of our graduating seniors used the skills he learned in health class to save a woman's life who is in a car accident Justin kiakia showed immediate response determination perseverance to help save a woman's life great job Justin and one of the highlights for me in our staff this year was a presentation on our staff development Day by our very own cydney pellico on leadership and the importance that teachers have in the lives of their students and the impact they have great job Sydney [Applause] and just recently another highlight was watching our National Honor Society organize our make a wish week under the leadership of Ethan Powell Zoe Hendricks Jacob Riki biley Rock Taran winit and Taylor Johnson they raised over $6,500 for our wish kid so she can go to Paris for the trip of a lifetime outstanding job I could go on and on and on but graduation isn't just about recognizing your accomplishments it's about looking forward it's about being prepared to take those next steps in your life your class is full of smart talented compassionate leaders who are going to go on and do amazing things as you you take your first steps into adulthood I encourage you to continue to lead be the ones who cure cancer land a person on Mars lead our Armed Forces make beautiful music write poetry continue to be amazing continue to be a Cadet congratulations class of 2017 [Applause] class of 2017 please [Applause] rise Dr [Applause] hatchel Mrs Van Mater I certify that the graduating class of a Academy High School has satisfied All State and District requirements for graduation it is my sincere honor to present to you the graduating class of [Applause] 2017 on behalf of the Academy District 20 Board of Education I accept with pride and pleasure the academy the Air Academy High School graduating class of 2017 Mr Olen thank you your faculty and your staff for an outstanding job if you will be seated for just a moment thank you good morning class of 2017 I know the moment has finally arrived you're very excited you're graduating you know this is my last year on the board of education so in a way I'm graduating with you I'm sure you've learned a lot since kindergarten things like how to zip your jacket and stand in line the use of cliff notes to analyze literature and how to navigate traffic so you could leave campus for lunch and make it back in time for your next class like you I have also learned many important things in Academy 20 such as the board of education does not call snow days and how to yawn with my mouth closed however in addition to the important life skills you have acquired your educ education has also been about athletic artistic and academic Endeavors and by all accounts you are extremely successful at those things too we are proud of you and I have no doubt you will find new and greater paths to future success however as you prepare to enter a new world of opportunity and all it offers my advice for you is to avoid confusing success with significance you may wonder what I mean by that years before you were born back in the dark ages in 1993 Charles Barkley now a well-known NBA analyst was at the height of his career as a basketball star in an effort to demonstrate his singular dedication to the game Sir Charles proudly proclaimed in a Nike advertisement I am not a role model your parents and teachers and those of us of a certain age May Remember The Firestorm of criticism prompted by that statement and the vigorous debate it sparked about the moral obligations of athletes and celebrities unfortunately there are still many people today who believe they have no responsibility to be a role model unless they choose it but I believe they are wrong we are all role models of some sort none of us really has a choice in the matter so I ask as you prepare to leave here today not will you be a role model model but what kind of role model will you be no matter how successful you become will you choose to lead a life of significance some of you may be thinking if I'm not successful how can I be significant according to author and Speaker John Maxwell it is simpler than you think he said when you intentionally use your everyday life to bring about positive change in the lives of others you begin to live a life that matters in other words contrary to popular opinion you do not need a platform a microphone or a position with an impressive title to live a life of significance you do not need to be trending on social media or have a huge number of likes or retweets to make an impact you simply need to decide what kind of role model you want to be and live it I have recently been befriended by an amazing inspiring woman her name is Evelyn Evelyn lives in a log home in Black Forest on May 6th she celebrated her 99th birthday due to spinal degeneration she is essentially homebound spending most of her days in a comfortable chair you might think Evelyn is sitting in her home waiting for the day she takes her last breath but that couldn't be further from the truth she arises every day with purpose she looks forward to the future and is unfailingly Pleasant Evelyn is an author and to playright who was recently published at age 98 in a national magazine she is a trained nurse who spent years working raising her children and building her church through works of Charity Evelyn regularly educates herself with the help of her caretakers and the internet yes I said the internet she is knowledgeable and passionate about scientific advancements which could improve the lives of people in the future she does not have much money left but she continues to interact with and Inspire others Evelyn is neither rich nor famous but she is very influential in her community hundreds of friends and family honored her throughout her birthday weekend not because she is successful by the world standards but because she chose long ago to be a great Mo role model to live a life of significance through service and she has never stopped trying to make the world a better place at age 99 Evelyn is still leading still living a life of significance from her chair she remains an incredible role model for how to live life to its fullest when you leave here today what kind of life will you choose to live will you spread joy and warmth will you use your education to help others will you help those who haven't had the opportunities you've had will you choose to lead a life of significance whether your position is one of wealth or modest means whether life leaves you sitting or standing I ask you who will visit you on your 99th birthday in other words what kind of role model will you be congratulations Eric Academy High School class of 2017 I wish you many future successes but above all I wish you a life of true significance thank you at this time we'll prepare to start handing out [Music] [Applause] diplomas e e say that we're doing I go ahead and do it Matthew Tyson Dunn Ariel Gabrielle abler Miller Melanie Taylor [Music] BMA Dylan Darren ad [Applause] Abigail Gertrude bone Angelica Raven aliman Carlos miodrag boto kalista Marie amoruso thank you Charles Joseph [Applause] Bole Ashley Lis Anderson Quinn Aaron bracie Shannon Christine Andrew Joshua David [Applause] Bradford Joshua Tobias apar Ena diet [Applause] brass Dante Xavier aruri Eden Elizabeth brazzo Christopher Anthony armo Ash Ryan [Applause] Brewster Paco Alejandro Alis Nathan Olaf Brit Sierra honami ball Nathaniel Spencer Briton Emily Rose Binger Andrew Scott brusher Matthew Joseph almanzor Barella an Marie burn Sophia Maria barnhard Joselyn Tate burrow all right Emily Sarah beache Taylor Kira Elise Kama [Applause] valoria Giana Clarissa Alexis bent Holden Paul Copus Corbin Gage Berg Isaiah Edward Cordo Avery Jane cono Samuel John KGAN Nicholas Alberto caranza Cheyenne Nicole Crum Jack Ryan Carson Brian Phillip Kubo Marshall William casear Aaliyah Marcela Culver Lindsay opilia seya Katherine Allison [Applause] dalzelle Kyle George chassis Kaden Patricia dangond Nicholas Robert [Music] chappie Ashley Michelle Daniels Justin Robert kiakia Tristan James danar Nicholas Justin Robert tiaka Carol Noel deaf fente dufrain Nathan Michael Clark nicolino Ray Del Panton Spencer harrian close Dante Spencer delacro Shon odet Lila Anna compac Paris Maxine doing Harmon Louise Conrad Casey Lynn dicki Aaron Robert cook Elijah David Dixon Camden Hunter cook Aaron James [Applause] Donis Grace Anna fiser Graham Thomas [Applause] Doran Shan Connor Fitzy Lydia Grace Draper Daniel Anthony Flores Hunter dowy Ethan Andrew formanek Joshua Matthew duten Nikos morai founders [Applause] [Music] okay yuana Diana [Applause] dumitru Anastasia Marie Franks Caleb James Durham Mark George 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Chandler Paul [Applause] Osborne Jacob Michael [Applause] Riki Angela margorie Ostro I hope I don't cry Ethan James [Applause] Powell David Gregory [Applause] paa Catherine an Ray Harrison Scott param Morgan Lane [Applause] Ry Sydney Grace pellico and Elizabeth [Applause] [Music] Roberts Rachel Helen pillo [Applause] [Music] Elana Sharice Salter Matthew Dennis [Music] Parker Colin Andrew Sanders Allison Lauren Parks William Lyle Sanders [Applause] Emily Michelle [Applause] Patterson Natalie [Applause] sanis Zachary Thomas [Music] Paul Ryan William [Applause] sanis Isaiah Samuel [Music] Paxton Anna K [Applause] Sawyer Ryan Nathaniel Pendleton Ross Allen [Applause] schaer Jared Robert paragini [Applause] Jessica Faith schwank Trevor Preston [Music] perky Braden Eric [Music] [Applause] schweiter Katarina an [Applause] peruka Daniel Jordan schwanky [Applause] Jeffrey Patrick Richards Mitchell Douglas [Applause] Shaw Justin Thomas Richardson Daren Daniel seal Holly an reaping [Applause] Trenton mitsugi shimar David Michael renan Brendan Scott scholen Boger Bailey Elise Rock Marsha Elizabeth shanka [Applause] Nicole and Marie Rodriguez Rachel Lauren savinski Aubrey Marie [Music] romis Madison Nicole [Applause] seon Payton McKenna Rines [Music] [Applause] Abigail Betty Smith Jenny Jenny Lynn Rose Joelle Marie Robin Smith Aspen Audrey Renee Risa Skyler Daniel smoker [Applause] Joanna Ray spratty Isabella Danielle tro Jillian Angelique springmier Nicholas Brian unel Allison K Stanley [Music] Sydney Rebecca Valentine carsten Matias ston Lillian juel Valenzuela Ashley Elise steel Julia Renee valard Cheyenne Lana Styer James Frederick verendi Foley Brian [Applause] Stokes Aaron Christopher vido Ryan Michael stoltenberg Benjamin Michael vogen Olivia Taylor Storer [Applause] Huck Taylor volmar Jasmine Nicole story Cameron Valdez Brooke coren sski Megan Elise Wade Christopher Ryan tanel [Applause] Danielle Renee Waller Tanner Jacob Tasker Nicholas Neil Weber Hannah Grace tassler Eliana Diane Whitaker Jared Patterson Taylor Bryce Cameron white David Michael manuel tuso Zena Marie Gabrielle Williams Elijah Leah alen [Music] thery Leroy Dwayne Wilson III Ian Patrick Thomas Taran Joy [Applause] winit Tyler Brandon [Applause] Thomas Alexander Charles wood Audrey an Thompson Tyler Brian Woodward Nicole noo [Applause] Thompson Shelby Marie wz Sarah Nicole [Music] Thurman ke Anna Marie [Applause] timson Alexandra sah [Applause] [Music] toui Katie Renee Torres [Applause] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] down all right first I would like to give a huge thanks to all the staff and administration of Air Academy and District 20 for organizing such a wonderful event I would also like to make a huge thanks to the friends and family for being here and to the Air Force Academy for providing the CL Arena I've thought for countless days how I might end this sucker but let me start off by saying wow it's been a journey but honestly what a genuine experience talk talk a lot about high school and maybe not so much musical seniors of Air Academy welcome to the start of a new beginning a new life we spent to we spent time together growing up making friends daring one another and finding our own identity and it should be seen as time well spent some of the dares may have been incredibly stupid but other I think serve a more profound purpose we've dared each other to look beyond our comfort zones dared one another to do things we've always dreamt of doing and darare to make and dare to do what makes us happy but by the end of it all only you can accept a dare before we leave I'd like to dare each and every one of you dare to live Dare To Laugh dare to love and dare to work your butt off and if you remember anything from today remember this once a Cadet always a Cadet I would like to now invite the class of 2017 from Air Academy to join me for the Turning of the tassel please stand up [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you everybody for coming that concludes our celebration congratulations the graduates of the class of 2017 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] n [Music] a [Music] [Applause] h [Music] [Applause] [Music] a [Music] all [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music]