Denver Post Prep Sports

06/07/2026

A quick recap of Lea Gentry’s impressive resume: Star soccer player signed to Oregon State. All-state flag football player. A 4.98 GPA and an extensive list of community service.

That complete package is why the Vikings’ centerpiece is the winner of The Denver Post’s inaugural April Heinrichs Award for the top senior girls soccer player, scholar and citizen in Colorado.

06/02/2026

The inaugural April Heinrichs Award honors a Colorado senior girls soccer player who embodies excellence on the pitch, in the classroom and in her community. Here the the five finalists for the 2026 award, in alphabetical order.

The inaugural April Heinrichs Award honors a Colorado senior girls soccer player who embodies excellence on the pitch, in the classroom and in her community.

05/11/2026

The Denver Post will present the April Heinrichs Award to an extraordinary senior high school girls soccer player from Colorado who’s also a star in the classroom and the community.

This year’s award will be given out at the conclusion of the CHSAA season in a special ceremony.

Nominate your athlete here: https://www.denverpost.com/2026/03/01/april-heinrichs-award-nominations-2026/

05/04/2026

As a 5-foot-10, 160-pound freshman, he sat around 80 mph, which was solid considering Ethan Wachsmann only started playing competitive baseball in middle school. By the time he was a sophomore trying to figure out how to harness his stuff on varsity, he had grown to 6-2, 180, and was hitting 89 mph. As a junior, he jumped to 97 mph and was 6-4, 220. He went 8-1 with a 1.77 ERA, 80 strikeouts and a no-hitter while helping lead the Wolves back to the Class 5A Final Four.

The upwards trajectory continued this season, as Wachsmann currently stands at 6-5, 225. His fastball sits in the upper 90s and he’s hit as high as 102 in the bullpen. He complements that heat with a mid-80s cutter and changeup, as well as a curveball that’s in the mid-70s. He also threw his second career no-no, and hoards of MLB scouts have attended his every outing.

04/13/2026

Denver East girls hoops coach Celena Miller was named the 2026 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s High School Assistant Coach of the Year on March 26 at the NCAA Final Four in Phoenix.

And under her stage name Lady Los, Miller is one of the top R&B singers in Colorado. Her smooth, soulful voice earned her recognition by Westword.

Story: https://www.denverpost.com/2026/04/13/celena-miller-lady-los-denver-east-basketball/

03/29/2026

Meet the 2026 Ms. Colorado Basketball.

Story: https://www.denverpost.com/2026/03/29/brihanna-crittendon-2026-ms-colorado-basketball-riverdale-ridge/

03/29/2026

Meet the 2026 Mr. Colorado Basketball.

While laying in his bed one afternoon, an overweight Eric Fiedler daydreamed about a goal that seemed far out of reach.

03/15/2026

The goggles that have become such an integral part of Holy Family senior Enyiah Contreraz’s basketball identity were nowhere to be found for the first three quarters of the Class 4A championship game on Saturday at the Denver Coliseum.

The Tigers went on to win their eighth state title in girls basketball — beating Kent Denver 52-46 — and they did so without the usual contributions from the player they call the “glue” of the program.

The Tigers went on to win their eighth state title in girls basketball — beating Kent Denver 52-46 — and they did so without the usual contributions from the player they call the “glue” of th…

03/15/2026

Jacob David assumed control late in a 15-point effort against Ralston Valley, sealing a 68-58 win and an improbable run for No. 5 Rock Canyon to a boys 6A state championship at the Denver Coliseum.

Kent Grams tried to make the message stick, practice after practice, for months. He had a lanky 6-foot-5 junior guard, after all, with a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it step-back jumper and feathery…

02/20/2026

Of the 11 wrestlers on the boys team for Bennet, five are from the Jordan family: sophomore Mormon Jordan (144 pounds), junior Kenneth Jordan (165) and senior Ethan Jordan (150) all qualified for this weekend’s state tournament at Ball Arena, while two more Jordans (freshman Jacob Jordan and senior Daniel Jordan) are also on the team.

If John Faczak said no, Bennett wrestling might have gone extinct.