Week of October 27, 2022
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VOLUME 156 | ISSUE 45
Orediggers strike gold!
Accessibility upgrades planned at Red Rocks Amphitheater plans more, better spots for those who are hearing impaired or have mobility issues BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Having a Blast-er The Orediggers sent their eight seniors out in style during the Oct. 23 game. Semelsberger’s goal hyped up the entire team, but especially his fellow senior forwards Azad Iliozer and Eric Boone.
Natalie Ostberg of Pine loves to attend concerts at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The 29-year-old loves all genres of music, according to her mom, Laurel, who figures Natalie has been to at least 100 concerts since 2002. She’s rocked out to Earth, Wind and Fire, Cyndi Lauper, Arlo Guthrie, Stevie Nicks and many more. Natalie, diagnosed with cerebral palsy, uses a wheelchair. The Ostbergs were at Red Rocks in Morrison on Oct. 18 to learn more about proposed changes to accessible seating at the amphitheater, hoping it would become accessible to even more people. Denver is planning to improve and expand wheelchair-accessible seating in the front row by removing the bench seating and improving the ramp access to the first row to provide more room for wheelchairs and those moving along the row. In addition, some seats in rows 2 and 3 will be earmarked for those with mobility issues such as people with walkers and canes, and other seats
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Mines senior forward Tristan Semelsberger bicycle-kicks the ball to score the team’s first goal during the Oct. 23 home game against Westminster. The Orediggers won the Senior Day game 4-0 thanks in part to first-half goals by Semelsberger and senior forward PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN Azad Iliozer.
Mines wins Senior Day game to six-peat conference title BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Tristan Semelsberger’s momentous Senior Day goal was five years and 10 minutes in the making. After nine scoreless minutes against Westminster, Colorado School of Mines’ corner kick bounced around until the Westminster goalie punched it up in the air.
Semelsberger moved underneath it, popped it up and bicycle-kicked it into the goal, causing the Orediggers on the field and in the stands to go crazy in celebration. “It was a special memory and a special goal for sure,” said Semelsberger, a graduate student and fiveyear Mines player. The Orediggers beat the Griffins 4-0 on Oct. 23, claiming their sixthstraight regular season conference title. Mines, which finished the regular season 12-4-2 overall and 9-1 in conference play, secures the No. 1 seed in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament. It plans to
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host a semifinal game at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 30. “It’s been a fantastic year,” senior goalkeeper Brian Doherty said. “… Lots of ups and downs. We started out slow … (but) we’ve been on fire lately. Hopefully, we’ll keep riding that until the tournament.”
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