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Too much defense, too many turnovers end Warriors’ season BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

DENVER – Eagle Ridge Academy’s boys basketball team ran into a buzzsaw in the semifinals of the state 4A boys basketball tournament March 9. Holy Family used pressure defense, which forced turnovers and caused the Warriors to get out of rhythm early in the contest at the Denver Coliseum. The Tigers, the No. 17 seed in the tournament, won the game 65-41 and moved to the finals against No. 2 seed Resurrection Christian Saturday, March 9. Eric Quintana led the Tigers with 16 points. Jaxon Grable tossed in 15, Rocco Bridges had 13, and Gabe Tafoya chipped in with 11. Peyton Torres led the Warriors with 11 points. James “Kyren” Allen scored nine, and Cameron Seifert contributed eight. ERA committed 15 turnovers in the first half. Though the number came down in the second half, the Tigers were well in command by that point. “We just had too many turnovers,” Allen said. “We didn’t have enough Eagle Ridge’s James “Kyren” Allen finds teammate Christian Seifert during the class 4A

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A national manufacturer of the lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles and wearable battery packs will locate its gigawattscale manufacturing plant in Brighton, at 18875 E. Bromley Lane. The plans for the 775,000-squarefoot facility were announced by the

ufacturing more of them right here in Colorado. We are excited to welcome Amprius to Colorado, bringing over 300 new good-paying jobs, and joining Colorado’s innovative and collaborative business community,” Polis said in a written statement. Amprius, based in Fremont, California, began making silicon anodes for high-density lithium-ion batteries in 2008. The company holds more than 75 patents for the batter-

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ies, their parts and the manufacturing process. Those batteries are used for electric cars, trucks and electric drones, high-altitude gliders used for mapping called “pseudo-satellites” and electric air transportation vehicles. Customers included the U.S. Army, Airbus and BAE Systems. The plant will replace the Sears/ KMart Distribution facility just north of the Adams County building. That facility closed in 2021. It’s just west of U.S. 76 Brighton exit. “The selection of Colorado for our gigawatt factory marks an important

Batteries a big win for Brighton company and Colorado Governor Lithium-ion cell Jared Polis March 6. The company’s say the new plant should begin opmanufacturer plans eration in 2025. “We need more batteries to power 775,000 square-foot facility the future, and now we will be man-

Neighborhood speeds reduced to 25 miles-per-hour Councilors agreed to drop the speed limits on residential side streets from 30 to 25 miles per hour. “One thing I hear most from my constituents in Brighton is ‘Please do something about the speed of traffic in my residential neighborhood, and please slow down the people who are there,’“ Councilor Peter Padilla said. “So this is the effort to do that. This changes the default speed. Yes, there will always be people who break the laws but the likelihood of people breaking the law is not a reason to not put one in place.” Councilors voted 7-1 on second reading to make the change, bringing Brighton into compliance with an international traffic safety movement. Vision Zero is an international effort to reduce traffic deaths to zero that started in Sweden in the 1990s. It encourages local and state governments to prioritize road planning and policies that make road travel safer for all manners of traffic, from bicycles and pedestrians to cars. At the Feb. 7 meeting Christopher Montoya Brighton’s assistant director of public works, noted that only Brighton and Commerce City allow speed limits above 25 miles per hour in residential areas in the northern Front Range. Most, including Erie, Lafayette, Northglenn,

state semifinal basketball game at the Denver Coliseum March 9. Holy Family’s defender PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH is Grayden Harkness.

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Brighton approves residential speed limit