Air Academy too strong for Golden Eagles

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

DENVER – e combination of too much Air Academy muscle inside, 23, second-chance points and 27 points from Corbin Garver was too much for Frederick’s Golden Eagles in the semi nals of the state 5A boys basketball tournament. e Kadets won the March 10 game at the Denver Coliseum 74-59.

Grant Featherstone wound up with 15 points. Max Howery tossed in 12, and Noah Hellem added 10. Luke Justice and Matias Aldana led the Golden Eagles with 17 points.

FHS started strong. e Golden Eagles had a 12-5 lead at one stage of the rst quarter. But Luke Justice tweaked an ankle injury -he sprained it during practice before the elite 8 round -- and things seemed to unravel from there. e Kadets outscored Frederick 23-14 in the second quarter to take over control of the game. “I couldn’t turn. I couldn’t