WEEK OF AUGUST 15, 2024
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Fall sports: Key takeaways from CHSAA Media Day in Denver
Elizabeth pays $150,000 to settle claim of excessive force Town denies liability in settlement agreement BY SCOTT GILBERT SGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
2024-25. Previously, there was a twoyear pilot program with Colorado high schools. But in April, Colorado became the 11th state to sanction the sport. It is the inaugural season for the sport in Colorado. Girls flag football becomes the 14th fall activity and 21st activity
A dispute that began two years ago when an Elizabeth man went to retrieve his runaway dog concluded recently with a $150,000 payout by the town to settle allegations of excessive force by police, with the town denying liability. A court transcript, police bodyworn camera video, a law-firm press release and a draft civil-rights complaint overlap to give this account of events: Elizabeth resident Sean Mack Page, who was 54 at the time of the initial incident, ran shirtless from his house on the morning of Sept. 20, 2022, as he rushed to retrieve one of his young Norwegian elkhounds, which had escaped from his yard.
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Reigning flag football state champions Arvada West spoke to the media first. The Wildcats enjoyed a perfect season capped with a PHOTO BY JOHN RENFROW trophy in 2023.
Flag football and more prep sports news from the metro area BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A day after boys golf teams official-
ly were allowed to practice, marking the start of the 2024 fall sports season, dozens of high school athletes from around the state descended on Empower Field in Denver for the Colorado High School Activities Association’s fall sports Media Day. Headlining fall sports this season is flag football, which will be introduced with two classifications in
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