Today's News

Another act of major violence inflicted upon the public, an act of terror meant to intimidate and strike fear into the hearts of everyone: The Boston Marathon attack is the latest such heinous act and surely won’t be the last. 

According to a New York Times report, acts of terror in the United States have declined since 1970. That is meant to be comforting, one supposes, balm to calm jittery nerves.

CONIFER — Connor Rankin was a bit concerned with the way his Conifer Lobos were scoring, at will sometimes, in their 18-1 wipeout of Clear Creek’s boys lacrosse program on April 24 at Lobo Field. 

“We’ve been in that situation where a team just kept running up the score. We know how it feels. We just worked on our plays and did what we have to do,” said Rankin, who scored six of Conifer’s 17 first-half goals in a game that was every bit as one-sided as the final score indicated. 

Four experienced backcountry snowboarders and a skier who died in an avalanche north of Loveland Pass on April 20 were buried four hours before a rescue was attempted, according to an investigation by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

Officials originally estimated that the avalanche happened at 1 p.m., and rescuers arrived at 2 p.m. However, the avalanche actually occurred about 10:30 a.m.

ELIZABETH — Clear Creek junior Javier Pena Estrada placed third in the 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 17.45 seconds on April 20 at the Kiowa Klassic, and he took eighth in the 100 in 12.10 seconds.

Estrada finished 1.38 seconds back of Peyton’s Mike Dillonaire in the 110 hurdles.