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• Hoehne wins 8-man title; 3 other Southern Colorado teams out in semifinals Play Video

  November 24, 2012 11:57 PM

  Hoehne High School won the 8-man football championship game 58-30 at Granada Saturday. The Hoehne Farmers finished their season a perfect 13-0. In the 4A football semifinals, number-one seed Pueblo West lost at five-seed Monarch 14-6. Cyclones star running back Derek Jackson ran for 194 yards and finished the... more »

• High school football player suffers stroke

  August 23, 2012 7:26 PM

  BRENHAM, Texas (AP) - A Central Texas high school football player is hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a stroke. Senior Brenham defensive back and receiver Justin Davis is recovering from surgeries to ease pressure from brain swelling. Brenham athletic director and football coach Glen West said Davis is in... more »

• Florence celebrates State Championship Play Video

  December 9, 2011 7:48 PM

  The town of Florence is celebrating today after their high school football team claimed the 2A State Championship. The team, the band and the cheerleaders all took a victory lap Friday afternoon down Main Street to celebrate their achievement. The Huskies beat Bayfield in a blizzard last Saturday by... more »

• Florence Huskies crowned 2A state champs Play Video

  December 3, 2011 5:10 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Tyler Faoro ran for 75 yards and four touchdowns as Florence beat Bayfield 34-0 in the Class 2A title game Saturday. Johnnie Krien ran for 122 yards and a score and quarterback Cody Nichols rushed for 61 yards for the Huskies (13-1), who won their fifth... more »

• Florence coach named "Broncos High School Coach of the Week"

  September 22, 2011 3:24 AM

  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - The Denver Broncos named Florence High School Head Coach Mark Buderus as their NFL High School Coach of the Week. Buderus led his No. 1-ranked Huskies of the Class 2A League to a come-from-behind victory over No. 3 Kent Denver last week. Trailing 20-6 when a 40-minute... more »

• Pueblo West wins Pigskin Classic

  September 9, 2011 3:06 AM

  Pueblo West's Kamron Clough returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown and the Cyclones never looked back in a 49-24 win over rival Pueblo County Thursday night at Pueblo's Dutch Clark Stadium in the 12th annual Pigskin Classic. Pueblo West quarterback Zac Drury scored on the quarterback draw to... more »

• Florence football team moves back to legacy field

  August 14, 2011 5:38 PM

  There is fresh paint on the stands, and the score board is all polished up. Palmer Field in Florence is ready for another season of high school football. But this field hasn't hosted a high school game in five seasons. Ordinarily, the team would play at the new Husky... more »

• Pine Creek advances to second round of 4A playoffs

  November 13, 2010 2:18 AM

  Pine Creek quarterback Kris Kentera scored on a beautiful 56 yard touchdown run to key the Eagles 35-21 win over Castle View in the opening round of the 4A state high school playoffs Friday night at District 20 Stadium in Colorado Springs. Pine Creek advances to the second round of... more »

• 52nd Cannon Game is Friday night in Pueblo

  October 14, 2010 1:33 AM

  It doesn't draw quite as many people as the Bell Game but the Cannon Game is close. Friday night a long-time Pueblo tradition enters its 52nd year when Pueblo East meets Pueblo South in high school football in what's known as the Cannon Game. 10,000 fans will pack Dutch... more »

• Bell Game is no ordinary game

  September 30, 2010 2:47 AM

  The Navy - Air Force game at Falcon Stadium on Saturday isn't the only big football rivalry being played in Southern Colorado this weekend. It may be Navy Week at Air Force but its "Bell Game Week" in Pueblo! (1-3) Central takes on (3-1) Centennial for the 110th time... more »

• Armour returns home to become Manitou football coach

  May 20, 2010 2:52 AM

  Justin Armour has come full circle. The former Manitou Springs high school star is returning home to become head coach of the Mustangs football team. Armour grew up in Manitou Springs and was a dominant athlete at the high school. He helped lead the Mustangs to a state championship... more »

• "I didn't know if I would walk again"

  November 19, 2009 6:37 PM

  Standing on the field at Sand Creek High School, Nathan Pittman recalls the dreams he had as freshmen joining the football team here six years ago. "Just to be an amazing football player," Pittman said. "Go to like 5 Super Bowls, get 5 Super Bowl rings." But those... more »

• Pine Creek football team wins playoff opener

  November 14, 2009 2:21 AM

  Tailback Josh Chance scored three touchdowns Friday night to lead unbeaten and third seeded Pine Creek to a 33-7 win over Durango in the opening round of the 4A state football playoffs at District 20 Stadium. Pine Creek advances to the second round to play the winner of Saturday's... more »

• Tickets on sale for Friday's Bell Game

  September 29, 2009 5:30 PM

  In Pueblo, tickets are on sale for Friday's Bell game--a fierce rivalry between the Central Wildcats and the Centennial Bulldogs. The teams will face-off for the 109th time in what's known as the oldest high school football rivalry west of the Mississippi. The teams compete for victory and the coveted... more »