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Roedel ends prep basketball career

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

PUEBLO -- Kobe Roedel’s last basketball game on behalf of Fort Lupton High School took him to the campus of Colorado State University-Pueblo just before the Fourth of July.

Roedel was among more than 40 players from across the state who participated in the Colorado High School Coaches Association all-state basketball games. All are seniors.

“The overall experience was a very fun time,” Roedel said. “I got to meet people from all over Colorado that share the same passion for basketball as me. I also got to see kids I grew up playing against and with at the games.”

Players from the smallest schools in the state to the biggest schools in the state were on the same team.

“We had two practices, which were basically just scrimmages with the other teams,” Roedel said. “We installed one out-of-bounds play, and that’s it. On offense, we just read and reacted.”

FLHS was 10-4 during a pandemic-shortened season, 5-1 in the Colorado League. The Bluedevils just missed out on a berth to the state 3A basketball playoffs. Roedel averaged fi ve points, three rebounds and three assists per game.

“It took a little bit to bond. But we all eventually did and got pretty close,” Roedel said. “It was a very competitive event -- full of a lot of talented players from all over.”

Roedel is planning to attend Colorado Mesa University.

“The experience taught me a lot about having to meet new people and fi nd ways to connect with them,” he said. “I’m not playing basketball at Mesa. I am just going to school and that this fi nished my high-school career.”

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PUEBLO -- Frederick’s Abby Awad participated in the Colorado High School Coaches Association’s all-state games in Pueblo just before the Fourth of July.

Awad is a senior. Teams were chosen without regard to school classifi cation.

All-state track

Frederick’s Alexander Carrillo, Ryan chacon, Garrett Colvin and Wyatt Schroth were named to the all-state track team in voting done by the Colorado High School Activities Association.

The Warriors won the 4-by400-meter state title last month in Lakewood.

Chacon also earned fall-state accolades for winning the 200-meter dash at state.

Jacobs Fore golf tournament

The city of Fort Lupton, Jacobs and the business community are co-sponsoring the 2021 Jacobs Fore Youth Benefi t Golf Tournament Friday, Aug. 20, at Coyote Creek Golf Course. The tourney raises money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Weld County and the Fort Lupton Recreation Center’s teen program. The event has raised more than $76,000 for youth and recreation programs.

The tournament is a four-person scramble. Early bird registration (it includes green fees, a cart and lunch) is $105 per player ($115 per player after July 16) and $405 per team ($430 per team after July 16). Sponsorships are available and include such benefi ts as tee-box advertising, team registration and hole interaction opportunities.

To register, visit golfgenius.com/ ggid/jfy2021. For more details, email JacobsForeYouth@jacobs. com.

Boys tennis

Prospective boys tennis players at Frederick High School need to email coach Mark Allen (allen_ mark@svvsd.org) to join an email list.

Registration is open. Visit https://stvrain.revtrack.net/HighSchools-1143/Frederick-HS/Athletic-Registration-1078/. Evidence of a physical and necessary paperwork has to be on fi le with the school byh the time practice begins Monday, Aug. 9.

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