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Wrestlers Lose To Estes Park, But Score More Pins
by Peter Baumgartner
On Thursday, January 19, Lyons High School wrestling coach Chip Sullivan could only bring seven wrestlers to the dual meet against Estes Park. There are 14 weight classes, and Sullivan realized with so few competitors, a team win was not likely. None-the-less, the seven grapplers who showed were well prepared.
Lyons Holds Invitational Wrestling Tournament
by Peter Baumgartner
On Saturday, January 14, sixteen teams competed in the Invitational, showing off their strength and skill to determine who was the best in each of 14 weight classes. Broomfield, considered one of the best teams in the State, sent a full team of their junior varsity wrestlers and that was good enough to win the tournament held here at the Lyons High School. Placing second was Longmont’s varsity and third was the Windsor varsity.
Lyons Winds Up Winning Despite The WInd
With a constant wind of sixty to seventy miles per hour, and gusts hitting the mid-eighties reigning havoc on the field, and the high school maintenance crew having to bring in a generator because of downed power lines, the Lyons Lions took on their archrival the Akron Rams in a state quarter-final football game last Saturday afternoon (November 12) at John “Jet” Johnson Field. The Lions supplied their own power, as they defeated the Rams in the post season for the second year in a row.
Lyons Survives Scare Against Clear Creek
by Joseph Lekarczyk
Conventional wisdom said it would be a cakewalk for the highly touted Lyons Lions football team versus the Clear Creek Gold Diggers last Friday night. Lyons had already won their league title, and the team had secured home field advantage for this week’s play-off game (Saturday, November 5, at 1 p.m., versus Peyton). Added to the festivities, it was also “Senior Night,” at John “Jett” Johnson Field when senior football players, cheerleaders, and their parents were honored at half time. Unfortunately, someone forgot to send the memo to the Gold Diggers.
Lions Run Out of Magic
Head Coach John Nichols and his staff finally ran out of the magic thread, which they had been using to keep their battered and banged up football team going the past four weeks. The Lions headed east (way east) to take on the defending state champs, and number one ranked
Burlington Cougars on Saturday, November 19, in the state semi-final game. The Lions were down to twenty-eight players that could suit up for the game, while the Cougars had sixty-seven standing on their sideline. But that inequity did not
Lions Prey on Panthers; Await Rams
By Gary Gorman
It is November, which means one thing in Lyons! It’s time for the State football playoffs, and it all started last Saturday (November 5), when the Lyons Lions hosted the Peyton Panthers in the first round of play.
Strategy Pays Big Dividends – Lyons XC Boys Earn Silver
by Renée Haip
The Lyons cross-country teams steadily worked through the season gaining in speed, strength, and racing skills. On October 29, armed with ½” spikes, they showed up ready to test their mettle on a tough state course of brutal hills, uneven footing, and due to the recent snowstorm, a generous helping of mud.
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