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WEEK OF FEBRUARY 13, 2025
VOLUME 66 | ISSUE 13
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From left, RJ Harrington, Charise Elser, Carson Harrington and Kyle Harrington celebrate with Carson at EHS’ National Signing Day.
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Four female EHS athletes will attend college next fall on lacrosse scholarships. They include, from PHOTOS BY JANE REUTER left, Ashley Cortez, Alivia Hunsche, Addison McEvers and Neva Mertsching.
AN INSPIRED ADVENTURE
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EHS celebrates 13 athletes during National Signing Day event BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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Parents, family and other loved ones move in to congratulate their athletes as the school’s National Signing Day ceremony ends.
Like most of the 13 Evergreen High School athletes honored during the Feb. 5 National Signing Day event, Addison McEvers demonstrated an aptitude for sports early in life. “At 2 years old, we put a ball in her hand and recognized she had an ability unlike most other kids,” said her father, Jon McEvers.
Addison McEvers has since proven that ability many times over. The EHS senior, who will attend North Carolina’s High Point University on a lacrosse scholarship, will letter in nine EHS sports this year, including softball, football, and basketball. She plans to earn a master’s in physical therapy. “I’m very excited to play lacrosse and do what I love,” she said. “I always just strive to do something new and help grow
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sports for women.” Addison McEvers is one of four EHS female and one male athletes who will attend college on lacrosse scholarships in the fall. Those honored on National Signing Day also include students with scholarships for diving, pole vaulting, golf and mountain biking. “About every other year, we have a really special class,” EHS athletic director Maddy Hornecker said. “This group rep-
resents a big variety of sports, and they’re all very involved in something else. A lot of them have academic awards and equal accolades in other sports.” Carson Harrington started his athletic track as a gymnast, but at 13, began having back pain. At a friend’s suggestion, he tried diving as an alternative. “It just worked,” said Harrington, a two-time state diving SEE SIGNING, P21
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