HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING/DIVING
Thornton–Several members of the Glenwood Lady Demons Swim and Dive team will be competing today and tomorrow in the state 4A meet in Thornton.
WRESTLING
Gypsum–The Glenwood Demons are at Eagle Valley High School in Gypsum competing in a regional tournament. Wrestlers from Rifle, Coal Ridge and Grand Valley are grappling in Montrose at the 3A regionals. Several local boys are looking to advance to next week’s state tournament in Denver.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Edwards–The Glenwood Demons are in Edwards tonight to take on the Battle Mountain Huskies. The girls tip off at 6 and the boys follow up at 7:30. You can hear both games live on KMTS. In other high school hoops action, Grand Valley welcomes Gunnison to Parachute tonight. Basalt travels to Coal Ridge and Roaring Fork hosts the Aspen Skiers.
NBA
Denver–The Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets last night at the Pepsi Center, 109-101. It was the Nuggets’ fifth straight loss.
NHL
Denver–The Colorado Avalanche host the Carolina Hurricanes tonight. The puck drops at 7.
Elsewhere in sports…
MURRAY, Kentucky (AP) – There will be no undefeated team in
Division I basketball for a 36th consecutive season. Tennessee
State assured that last night by upsetting the only remaining team
with an unblemished record — No. 9 Murray State — 72-68. The
Racers fall to 23-1.
BOSTON (AP) – Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, Pau Gasol had 25
points and 14 rebounds and Andrew Bynum contributed 16 points and
17 boards as the L.A. Lakers beat Boston 88-87 in overtime. It
snaps Boston’s five-game winning streak.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Shane Doan scored a power-play goal at
3:05 of overtime and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Calgary Flames
2-1 to extend their winning streak to a season-high four games. The
victory moves Phoenix into the eighth and final playoff spot in the
NHL’s Western Conference race.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Dustin Johnson, Danny Lee and
Charlie Wi (wee) share a one-stroke lead at 9-under-par heading
into today’s second round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Tiger Woods is making his 2012 PGA Tour debut and is five shots off
the pace after 18 holes on California’s Monterey Peninsula.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – The U.S. Women’s Open champion is
the leader at the midpoint of the LPGA Tour’s season-opening
Women’s Australian Masters. So Yeon Ryu (soh yahn yoo) fired a
4-under 69 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over fellow South
Korean Hee Kyung Seo (soh), who charged up the leaderboard with a
tournament-best 66.
