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Articles from the January 26, 2017 edition


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  • Girls Swimming: Cougars test Silver Creek at the All City Meet

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Jan 26, 2017

    Even though it wasn’t a win, for head coach Sarah Stamp, her team’s razor-thin loss to rival Silver Creek at the All City Meet last weekend was still pretty special. “When I scored it out on paper, we were down 40 points,” admitted the coach. “To close that gap down to one point is a very impressive feat by the girls.” Not only did the Cougars win six of the meet’s 12 events, but they did so in upset fashion. “We weren’t slated to win more than two of the events,” Stamp said. “But we rallied and...

  • Girls: Short-handed Cougars fall to Thompson Valley & Centaurus

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Jan 26, 2017

    The Niwot girls basketball team has finally hit the wall. After losing several key veterans to injury, Coach Terri Ward is down to her last seven full-time varsity players, and the added minutes are taking their toll. After surprising everyone with two short-handed wins the week before, the Cougars were clearly feeling the strain in the second full week of conference play. On Jan. 17, Niwot fell to the Thompson Valley Eagles 52-43, after being blown-out 17-6 in the final quarter. “It’s just har...

  • Boys: Cougars post a pair of Northern League wins

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Jan 26, 2017

    Don’t look now, but the Niwot boys basketball team is on a bit of a roll. The Cougars notched two conference victories last week, including a 64-57 upset over the Thompson Valley Eagles, a team that has been on brink of a top-10 4A ranking all season. Two days later, Niwot breezed past the Centaurus Warriors 63-54. With the wins, the Cougars improved to 7-7 overall, and 3-2 in the Northern League. In their eight games since returning from the school break, they are 5-3 and averaging nearly 59 po...

  • Niwot wrestles to big win over Silver Creek as alums watch

    Bruce Warren, [email protected]|Jan 26, 2017

    The Niwot Cougars posted their most decisive win of the season Jan. 19, coming away with a 60-18 win over Silver Creek on the home mats. While several of the matches were forfeits, Niwot posted wins in four out of the six contested matches. “It was a solid win and we came out with a lot more passion than we have had up to this point,” Head Coach Bobby Matthews said. “I was very happy to have this performance in front of our alumni.” Matthews had invited all former Niwot wrestlers to the match,...

  • Let's wine about winter

    Jeremy Jaeger, [email protected]|Jan 26, 2017

    Tired of the snow and cold and short winter days? Well, it’s time to stop whining about it, and instead start wining about it. This February, take the opportunity to turn those wintertime frowns upside-down at “Let’s Wine About Winter in Niwot.” This will be the third edition of the local annual event, which has grown in popularity each year. “We’ve had horrible weather and it was a blast, we’ve had beautiful weather and it was a blast,” said co-organizer Anne Postle, who owns Osmosis Gallery at 290 2nd Ave. in downtown Niwot. The event’s fir...