Boulder Valley School District announces 2013 National Merit Finalists.
Feb 16th
More than one million juniors in the nation took the qualifying exam, PSAT, in the fall of their junior year. Only 15,000 were selected to become National Merit Finalists. All National Merit Finalists have an opportunity to be awarded a scholarship of $2,500 and, depending upon the sponsoring corporation, finalists may receive up to a full scholarship. Additionally, many colleges and universities actively recruit National Merit Finalists for their schools by offering them additional scholarships.
The National Merit Finalists in BVSD this year are:
Boulder High School Bonnie T. Drake Kathleen G. Glynn Christian Benford Gregorich Kyra M. Neiman Amelia W. Waltman Alexandra Grace Wilson Joshua S. Young
Broomfield High School Carolyn Oliver
Centaurus High School Ruby Dickson Victoria Goodgion.
Fairview High School Emily B. Barnes Samuel C. Black Claire L. Chen Janet Chen Kevin D. Chen Vivian R. Chen Kyle H. Christensen Gabriel H. Dreiman Elizabeth J. Dresselhaus Jeannie Fu Nathaniel R. Gilbert Wyatt J. Goodin Nancy Kim Anya A. Kolesnikoff Owen Martin Sean L. Metzger Teague G. Morris Alex B. Newhouse Aniruddh Prakash Sarah A. Walters Abhisaar G. Yadav Henry H. Zhang
Monarch High School Cristiana Britt Sara Goldstein David Kim Christopher Pai Daniel Wright
New Vista High School Evan Blum Alexandra Luna
Peak to Peak Charter School Daniel H. Gu Amelia M. Hankla Monica Mishra Thomas Allen Peeples Andrew L. Ross
All Finalists will be considered for National Merit Scholarships to be offered in 2013.
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Buffs Storm Past Arizona 55-42
Feb 16th
Story by Caryn Maconi, CUBuffs.com
TUCSON, Ariz. – So far this season, the No. 21 Colorado women’s basketball team hasn’t been fazed by road competition. On Friday night at the McKale Center, the Buffaloes showed they can create their own energy wherever they go.
Led by sophomore forward Jen Reese’s 15 points, CU rolled to its fourth consecutive win, 55-42, over the Arizona Wildcats. It was the second meeting this season for the Pac-12 Conference opponents, as the Buffs also defeated the Wildcats 79-36 in Boulder in January.
CU improves to 19-5 overall and 8-5 in the conference. Arizona’s loss, meanwhile, was its eighth straight, dropping the Wildcats to 11-13, 3-10.
The Buffs outrebounded their opponents 40-35, grabbing 16 offensive rebounds compared to the Wildcats’ 9. Redshirt freshman forward Arielle Roberson’s picked up a game-high seven rebounds, while Reese and freshman forward Jamee Swan added six each.
In the game’s first five minutes, Arizona forced five turnovers but failed to capitalize offensively, allowing CU to stay even through the 12:42 mark (11-11). CU sophomore guard Jasmine Sborov then put together an “and-1” play which sparked a 14-0 Colorado run to put the Buffs up 25-13.
“We knew we had to take a run, and we just had to keep going,” Reese said. “Our defense goes into our offense, and after a while we got great shots, everyone was finding gaps in either zone or man – so we just kept knocking those down and playing defense.”
Sophomore guard Lexy Kresl’s trey with 4:33 remaining gave CU its largest lead of the first half at 30-15, but the Wildcats responded with an 8-0 run of their own to end the half down only seven (30-23).
Buffs coach Linda Lappe said that with a comfortable lead, her team lost some of its sense of urgency and started to allow the Wildcats uncontested shots.
“You want to make sure that when you have an opponent down, you keep a foot on the gas pedal and keep going,” Lappe said. “I thought there were times when we let up a little bit.”
But as the Buffs turned up the heat out of the locker room, the Wildcats went cold. CU went on a 10-0 run to start the second half, holding Arizona scoreless for more than six minutes.
Arizona senior guard Davellyn Whyte, the team’s leading scorer, put up her first three points of the game and Arizona’s first of the half at the 13:36 mark. While Whyte would score another three to bring the Wildcats to within nine, the gap would never get closer than that.
Colorado ended the game shooting just 37.3 percent from the field, but held Arizona to 32.6 percent. CU also scored 14 points off of turnovers compared to AU’s nine and got 30 points in the paint compared to AU’s 14.
Lappe said her team was prepared specifically to guard Whyte, a player who averages 16.4 points per game to rank fifth in the Pac-12.
“I thought it was a team defensive effort,” Lappe said. “We rotated a lot of different players on her, and I thought it was great to have somebody fresh on her. We know what she can do offensively.”
Junior guard Brittany Wilson opened guarding the standout, but senior guard Chucky Jeffery and junior center Rachel Hargis took turns on her as well.
“Whyte’s a great player,” Reese said. “Stopping her was big – I mean, they had other players kind of stepped up, but our defense won the game for us.”
CU committed 20 turnovers but also had 11 steals, marking the team’s fifth straight game with 10 or more steals.
Still, Lappe said that despite the strong defense, that 20-turnover total was inexcusable for a Top 25 team.
“I told our team we should never have 20 turnovers in February, and that has to become a part of our program’s culture,” Lappe said. “It hasn’t been in the past, we’ve been OK with it in the past, but this year needs to be different.”
CU seeks its fourth conference road win on Sunday at Arizona State (2 p.m. MST).
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Boulder President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 18, schedule
Feb 15th
The following offices/buildings will be closed:
All city administrative offices
All Boulder Public Library locations
West Senior Center
East Senior Center
Police Records/Property and Evidence/Code Enforcement/Animal Control
The following offices/buildings/programs will be open regular hours:
All recreation centers
Pottery Lab
Flatirons Golf Course
Boulder Reservoir
Parking:
All city lots, meters and garages will be free on Monday.
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