Joomla! site syndication http://towerledger.com Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:44:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://towerledger.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://towerledger.com Joomla! site syndication http://towerledger.com/content/view/26/2/ BOULDER — University of Colorado Athletic Director Mike Bohn announced Friday that CU would exercise the option, specified in the contract signed by the University of Colorado and Colorado State University in 2006, of hosting the 2009 CU-CSU football game at Folsom Field in Boulder.“Today I notified CSU Athletic Director Paul Kowalczyk that we would exercise this option,” said Bohn. “We will continue a dialogue with our colleagues at CSU on the future of this great series beyond 2010, but it is very important that we host a sixth home game next year to live up to our commitment to our fans, and to remain consistent with the standards of our Big 12 Conference.”Were CU to play in Denver next year, it would mean the program would have only five home games in Folsom Field, plus the game versus CSU. The national standard for Bowl Championship Series (BCS) programs is becoming seven home games, Bohn said.“Forty-four of the 66 BCS schools are playing at least a seven-game home schedule this season,” Bohn said. “And four of those teams are playing eight home games, including Nebraska from our own conference.”Every team in the Big 12 Conference will play a minimum of six home games in 2008. Seven conference schools — Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A M and Texas Tech — will play seven home games; while CU, Iowa State, Missouri and Oklahoma all have six.Missouri also has two neutral site games, while Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas have one apiece. CU has been in negotiations with CSU over the past several weeks to extend the CU-CSU series in a way that would meet CU's minimum home game commitment while continuing a strong presence for the game in Denver beyond 2010. He said his intention is to complete that process by Oct. 1. Colorado State has the option to host the game in either Denver or Fort Collins in 2010. The contract stipulated that CU notify CSU of its desired location for the 2009 game prior to the playing of this year’s contest at Invesco Field.With the Colorado State game now set for Boulder as the 2009 opener on Sept. 5, CU’s home schedule is complete with Wyoming (Sept. 19), Kansas (Oct. 17), Missouri (Oct. 31), Texas A M (Nov. 7) and Nebraska (Nov. 27) also visiting Folsom Field. If the CSU game remained in Denver, the Buffaloes would have had just the one true home contest -- against Wyoming – the first six weeks of the season.Stapleton's Tower Ledger News - Latest Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:22:03 +0100 http://towerledger.com/content/view/25/2/ Read this doc on Scribd: April 2008 Stapleton's Tower Ledger (http://www.scribd.com/doc/2625931/April-2008-Stapletons-Tower-Ledger) News - Latest Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:11:11 +0100 http://towerledger.com/content/view/24/2/ BOULDER — The University of Colorado is sending three athletes to the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track Field Championships hosted by the University of Arkansas this Friday and Saturday, March 14-15 in Fayetteville, Ark. Junior Sara Vaughn will represent the women’s team in the mile while freshman Matt Tebo and junior Bradley Harkrader will race in the 5,000-meter run for the Buffs.All three are making their first trip to the indoor NCAA track meet. Vaughn advanced to the outdoor championship last year for the first time in the 1,500-meter run.Vaughn kicks off the competition for the Buffs on Friday with the preliminaries of the mile at 7:05 p.m. (CST). The finals are set for 6:25 p.m. on Saturday. Vaughn ranks 10th out of 16 competitors in the race. She set the school record of 4:40.02 last Saturday, March 8, at the Alex Wilson Invite. Vaughn broke a six-year old record of 4:40.35, which had been set by former Buff great Sara (Gorton) Slattery.Vaughn’s mark not only passed Slattery’s, but was just the second mark to better Mary Decker’s time of 4:41.21, which was set over 30 years ago on Feb. 19, 1978 in Lincoln, Neb.Tebo and Harkrader will be competing at 7:50 p.m. on Friday night. Tebo ran a time of 13:53.60 in his debut of the 5,000-meter run on March 8. It was the fastest debut in CU history and his time ranks third on the all-time freshman 5k list; he is second only to Dathan Ritzenhein. Tebo is the first true freshman since Ritzenhein to compete at indoor nationals for the Buffs in 2002.Harkrader was just behind Tebo last Saturday; finishing in a time of 13:54.53. Tebo ranks ninth and Harkrader is 10th on the entry list.All three Buffs are in the middle of the pack in their respective events.“I would definitely like to come away from the meet feeling that they competed well and I don’t necessarily think the stop watch is the best determinate of that,” head coach Mark Wetmore said. “This track that we are going to is a slightly different format than the track they ran on to get here and so I think a finish position, who they beat, is a better determinate of how they perform.“I think they would all like to be All-American, score points for the team and get as high on the podium as they can. I have the same aspirations for everybody.” 2008 NCAA Indoor Track Field Championship Randal Tyson Track Center, Fayetteville, Ark. Schedule Friday, March 14 7:05 p.m. (CST): Women’s Mile run prelims 7:50 p.m. (CST): Men’s 5,000-meter run finals Saturday, March 15 6:25 p.m. (CST): Women’s Mile run finalsStapleton's Tower Ledger News - Latest Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:35:10 +0100 http://towerledger.com/content/view/23/2/ Primrose School at Stapleton, Denver metro area’s most innovative and Nationally Accredited early learning school for children between the ages of 6 weeks and 12 years old will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’ 51st Birthday and National Read Across America Day Monday, March 3rd, from 9:00 am – 11:00 am. The students will enjoy a traditional green eggs and ham snack along with a birthday parade of Dr. Suess hats as the children sing Happy Birthday. The words of Dr. Seuss will be an important part of the National Read-Aloud from our special guest readers. Children will also be participating in Project 236 and will be making and sending Birthday cards to Dr. Seuss. News - Latest Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:22:34 +0100 http://towerledger.com/content/view/22/2/ On February 20, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Shannon Helmlinger, age 37 of Boulder, Colorado was seriously injured when walking eastbound on the north frontage road of Highway 14 in Larimer County. An unknown vehicle was westbound on the north frontage road of Highway 14 east of the intersection with Summit View Drive when it collided with Helmlinger. Helmlinger was thrown for an unknown distance and landed in the ditch, north of the frontage road. The vehicle fled the scene.Helmlinger was transported to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins with serious injuries and remains in the hospital on this date.Alcohol or drugs are being investigated as contributing factors.The crash remains under investigation.Anyone who may have witnessed this incident or has any information that will lead to the arrest of the driver that was involved is encouraged to contact the Colorado State Patrol at 303-239-4501.Stapleton's Tower Ledger News - Latest Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:00:00 +0100