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Long time Niwot resident Ann Hicks passed away in Longmont, CO on Tuesday, March 21. Ann was born to Herbert E. Warfel and Gladys Lucille (Talbot) Warfel on March 4, 1930, in Norman, Ok. Ann was raised in New England and graduated from high school at an American school in Manila, Philippines, in 1948. She then attended Western State College in Gunnison, CO earning her BS in Education with a minor in Art. Ann met the love of her life, Dick Hicks of Olathe, CO. They were married June 14, 1953....
Frederic Eugene (Gene) Dion, III, 70, passed away from natural causes on February 25th, 2017 at his home in Boulder, CO. Known as Good Time Montana Gene, he loved playing the jug, listening to blues music, and riding motorcycles. He was a proud founding member in good standing of Hell’s Tunas Motorcycle Club. He loved the outdoors. Before sustaining a hip injury he enjoying cross-country skiing, climbing and hiking. A voracious reader, Gene was a student of many subjects, a collector of W...
The Niwot Cougar baseball team snapped its four-game losing streak with a sweep of the Greeley Central Wildcats in a two-game home-and-home series last weekend. Freshman Cameron Hassert laid down a bases-loaded bunt in the bottom of the seventh inning to snatch a walk-off victory in the series opener at Niwot, and two days later the Cougar offense pounded the Wildcats for 11 hits in a 16-3 rout at Greeley. After going 0-4 to start the season, Niwot Head Coach Craig McBride was relieved to...
The only thing predictable about high school sports is their unpredictability, and nowhere was that more evident than in the performance of the Niwot girls soccer team last week. On Tuesday, the Cougars floundered on both offense and defense in their first ever loss to cross-town rival Skyline. Blown scoring chances and a flagging defense plagued the Cougars in both halves, allowing the upstart Falcons to come away with a 4-2 victory. It was a different story for the Cougars on Thursday. At...
The Niwot girls track and field team continued to dominate the local competition, picking up wins at the St. Vrain Re-1J District meet on March 23 and at the Broomfield Shootout on March 25. The boys also fared well at the District meet, finishing second out of nine teams, and placed 23rd at the Broomfield meet, in a 33-team field that included several Class 5A schools. It was another impressive week for junior Mary Gillett and her senior teammate Alexis Carroll. At the St. Vrain meet, held...
Daisha Agho, who has coached Berthoud volleyball for the past eight years, has been named the new Niwot High volleyball coach. Under Agho, Berthoud finished with a record of 21-6 last season, advancing to the state Class 4A tournament. There the Spartans beat Windsor before being eliminated by eventual state champion Lewis-Palmer. Berthoud finished 16-11 in 2015 following a 20-7 mark in 2014, and has made it to state in three of the last four years. Agho, who lives in Firestone with her husband...
The Niwot girls tennis team lost 5-2 in an away match to perennial power Cheyenne Mountain on Wednesday, March 22. It was the second straight loss on the road for the team after a home win over Colorado Academy to begin the season. At the top of the singles bracket, Taylor Thulson went down in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, her first defeat of the season. Rachel Drake at number three also fell in two sets, 6-4, 6-2. The Cougars’ lone singles victory on the day came in the number two spot, as Julia Pentz climbed out of an early hole to win in three s...
