![The winter guard team makes fifth place at the state championship finals in the Denver Coliseum, March 30. The team performed to Barnes Country's “Glitter and Gold,” lead by coaches Margo Sanford, Blair Bickerton and Anna Orgren. In their class there were a total of nine groups participating, and the top five who made it to finals received a plaque. “[Walking onto the stage] is very nerve-wracking, but also very exciting as well. When you first start color guard there's a lot of anxiety and uncertainty when you first perform in front of an audience, but once you've done it for a while, it starts to become the best part of the season,” Ella West ‘25 said. “It's very fulfilling to see an audience react to something you've put your heart and soul into.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Both-socal-media-nd-website-main-1-1200x846.jpg)
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After a summer of lifts, practice and finally a scrimmage, it’s game time. The season has just begun.
Under the stadium lights at Echo Park Aug. 29 at 7 p.m., the Jags face the Chaparral Wolverines, after a face-off the previous year resulting in a victory 28-0 W.
The only difference is this time they’re away—no home-field advantage.
During this quarter, with a score of 20-0, touchdowns were scored by running back Noah Jadd ‘26 and wide receiver Kai Ingrassia ‘26 but not without the help of quarterback Evan Diebold ‘26.
Along with field goals being scored from Kicker Avery Vasquez ‘27.
“My highlight of the game was our team scoring the first touchdown because of all the excitement on the sideline and in the crowd,” Vasquez said.
The score at halftime was? 28-15, Jags still in the lead with more touchdowns scored from running back Mason Mills ‘26 and tight end Levi Shield ‘26.
“We definitely took a step in the right direction and set the tone for the season, but that game is over now our only focus is the next game,” Mills said.
Later on, with eight minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the score was 49-15– Jags remained in the lead.
“It was pretty awesome. It was our first game with the new head coach. I’m really glad we won. I mean, we killed them. It was really fun. Today we played a full game,” Long Snapper Brodie Lyle ‘26 said.
The final score of the game was 52-15. Jags win as the rain pours down and the first game of the season is over.
Next week, the Jags will face Fossil Ridge High School at Echo Park at 7 p.m.
“I think we should clean up our offense a little bit. Some of the [offense] line guys did really good, but you could definitely pick up on some of the blitzes and a bunch of other stuff on [offense]. But [defense] did good, though,” Right Guard Daniel Korniyenko ‘26 said.
