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Cherry Creek wins 41st boys tennis title Bruins also capture two individual crowns By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Cherry Creek won only two individual championship matches Oct. 17 during the finals of the Class 5A State High School Tennis Championships at the Gates Tennis Center. Still, the Bruins ran off with the state championship, which marked Creek’s 41st boys title in 44 years, as well as its fourth in a row and 13th in the past 14 seasons. “We stayed strong throughout, and luckily the whole was greater than the sum of the parts,” said coach Art Quinn. “It was a great journey, a testament to the steadfastness of our team to just keep coming. “As always, as most teams go through the adversities of a season what you see
is not always what you get. Thanks to our competition for helping us be the best we can be.” Sophomore Mitch Johnson, a No. 2 doubles champion last season for the Bruins, won the No. 3 singles state title. Ben Murray and Spencer Buted were the No. 3 doubles champions. Creek’s Ryan James was the No. 1 singles runner-up, and Robby Hill was fourth at No. 2 singles. Cherry Creek garnered 35 points in singles competition and 37 in doubles, and finished with 75 points as the Bruins’ quality depth was enough to outdistance second-place Fairview, which had 51 points. Creek’s Jacob Bendalin and Erin Norwood were second in No. 1 doubles, and Andy Duggan and Andy Hsu were the No. 2 doubles runners-up. Sam Angell and Stone Heyman were third in No. 4 doubles Tennis continues on Page 13
Cherry Creek celebrates its fourth consecutive and 41st overall state boys tennis championship. Photo by Jeffery Tucker
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The 1942 Boeing Stearman PT 17 biplane is used as a teachertraining plane for Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. Photos by Alex DeWind
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Exploration of Flight Center takes wing Air and space museum opens flight ramp By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com A yellow 1942 Boeing Stearman biplane with an open cockpit flew over Centennial Airport — a rusted B-25H Barbie III was parked on the runway below. The parade of classic planes drew a crowd for the opening celebration of a new flight ramp. Visitors included World War II veterans, students and teachers from Wings Aerospace Academy, aerospace leaders of Colorado and community members. “Thank you to Centennial Airport for being the best place in the world for something like this,” said Greg Anderson, CEO and president of Wings over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. Wings Over the Rockies opened its flight ramp on Oct. 14, marking the start of its Exploration of Flight Center, a flight-based, education and technology center along 15 acres of Centennial Airport. The center will include a Spreading Wings Teacher Flight Program. One teacher from every school in Colorado’s Front Range will get the chance to fly a plane. “We will have many features dedicated to aviation and education,” Anderson said. The development is funded by the $21 million Wingspan Capital Campaign and has received $9 million in pledges to date, according to a press release from Wings Over the Rockies.
By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com Congested roads, bumper-to-bumper traffic and detours show south metro Denver’s growing transportation problem. That’s where the innovation team comes in. In 2014, the city of Centennial received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to create an innovation team — “i-team” for short. Its members include Scott Blumenreich, team manager; Daniel Hutton, project manager; Melanie Morgan, data analyst; and Bailey Little, team coordinator. The team’s focus is: “Embedding Innovation in government Traffic continues on Page 11
Among the crowd was Lucille Wise, a veteran who was enlisted in Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) from 1943-45 during World War II. “Our job was to replace males who were pilots so they could fight in combat,” she said. The development will begin its next construction phase in 2016 and will be completed in the following years, said Anderson. “This is an amazing milestone for us,” said Colleen Murray, director of advancement.
Arapahoe Road is part of the Monday morning commute for many drivers. Photo by Alex DeWind