Platte Canyon cross country team members senior Emma Dikken and freshman Ily Hardey competed in the 2A state high school cross country meet in Colorado Springs Oct. 17.

The Platte Canyon cross country team competed in the 2A Region 3 cross country meet at Rocky Ford Friday Oct. 9. 

It was not the season-opening result Platte Canyon Huskies football fans would have hoped for, as they saw their team drop a 41-0 decision to the visiting Strasburg Indians Oct. 10 in Bailey. 

Platte Canyon boys and girls cross country teams competed at the Lake County Panther cross country meet, Saturday, Sept. 5. The meet was held in Leadville.

Platte Canyon Cross Country team hosted the Husky Invitational Aug. 28 at the Rosalie property near Bailey.

The 2020 high school baseball season is underway.

A painful reality in high school sports is that the only teams finishing their seasons with victories are state champions.

The Platte Canyon Lady Huskies basketball team was ecstatic to host a Class 2A, District 4 playoff game Monday night against the Lady Sentinels of Golden View Academy.

PCHS swimmers took to the waters at the Tri-Peaks League Championship Feb. 8 at Fountain Valley High School in Colorado Springs.

Despite battling through a rebuilding season with an exceptionally young and inexperienced roster, the Platte Canyon Huskies boys basketball squad hung in and competed fiercely Feb. 4 during the early portions of a non-conference loss to the Colorado Springs High School Kodiaks, 59-30.

Unfortunately, there are no weight classifications in girls high school basketball, where Huskies are pitted against Kodiaks and thrown onto the hardwood to fend for themselves.

The Platte Canyon Lady Huskies basketball team continues its improbable march toward the top of the Frontier League standings with an overall record of 8-5, and a 5-2 record in league play.

The Platte Canyon High School swim team invited a group of perennial powerhouses to compete in the Husky Invitational Jan. 25 at the Marge Hudak Pool in Bailey.

The hits just keep on coming from the Platte Canyon Lady Huskies, as their remarkable turnaround season continued last week on the hardwood with a pair of conference victories over Bruce Randolph and KIPP Collegiate high schools.

Despite several stellar individual performances, the Platte Canyon Huskies basketball squad dropped a pair of games to opponents KIPP Collegiate and Bruce Randolph last week.

Both the Platte Canyon High School Huskies and Lady Huskies were in action Saturday, hosting the Arrupe Jesuit Generals and Lady Generals in Frontier League games.

The Platte Canyon High School speech team traveled to Limon in their first meet of the 2020 part of the season. There were nine schools at the meet.

Several individual performers demonstrated that they are peaking at the right time for PCHS swim coach Alicia Gumm, and the entire Lady Huskies swim squad competed especially well against solid competition Dec. 7 at the Woodland Park Invitational.

This just in: The Lady Huskies of Platte Canyon High School are suddenly a red-hot basketball team.

The fact that the Platte Canyon High School girl’s basketball team has already eclipsed their win total from last season makes for a good story.

Despite bitterly cold temperatures and howling winds, a large crowd poured into the South Park High School gymnasium Dec. 19 to witness the annual renewal of an old Park County basketball rivalry between the hometown Burros and the visiting Platte Canyon Huskies.

High school coaches don’t always measure their teams’ success strictly by wins and losses. Sometimes, especially when coaching young teams that are dominated by underclassmen, strong individual performances and rapid individual improvement provide the first signs that wins will soon follow.

First-year Platte Canyon High School girls basketball coach Reesha Curtis will be depending upon a core group of returning players this season to improve upon last year’s overall record of 1-18.

Last season, the Platte Canyon High School Huskies enjoyed the prolific production of senior Logan Blevins, who averaged 14 points and 16 rebounds per contest.

The season has come to an abrupt and brutish halt for the Platte Canyon High School football team.  

The Frontier League volleyball playoffs were recently held in two stages, with only the top four teams in the league participating in stage two.

Had the Clear Creek Golddiggers beaten the Manual Thunderbolts last Friday night, the Platte Canyon Huskies football team would have automatically been crowned the Class 1A Foothills League champions for the second consecutive year.

Once again, the Platte Canyon High School Cross Country team has established itself as a regional power and will prepare to defend its designation as one of the state’s best Oct. 26 at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs.

With senior running back Brandon Patterson out due to injury, it was running back by committee for the Platte Canyon Huskies Friday night in their Class 1A Foothills opener against the Clear Creek Golddiggers.