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Windsor track and field coach Lyndsey Lewis had to pull teeth to get Mikey Munn to run track his junior year. Saturday, he was crowned champion in all three sprints — the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes — in Class 4A. Perhaps none of it would ever have happened if Lewis’ kids hadn’t played youth basketball with Munn what seems like forever ago.

Hoosier Pass is closed in both directions until further notice after several Colorado law enforcement agencies pursued a wanted suspect in a car chase, which ended in a crash. On Saturday afternoon, the Park County Sheriff’s Office, the Fairplay Police Department and the Colorado State Patrol followed the “armed and dangerous” suspect wanted out of Teller County, according to an alert posted on Facebook. The chase occurred outside of Fairplay, with the suspect speeding north on Colorado 9 up the pass.

Emergency responders rescued a person who fell 60 feet off a cliff in Loveland on Saturday. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Hoosier Pass closed after police chase ends in car crash Crime and Public Safety | One dead, one in critical condition after car crash in Commerce City Crime and Public Safety | One wounded in early-morning shooting in Denver Crime and Public Safety | Aurora man charged in shooting death of Ma Kaing arrested in 2nd homicide Crime and Public Safety | 3rd suspect pleads guilty in Green Valley Ranch arson that killed 5, agrees to 60 years in prison The rope rescue by the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority started at 8:30 a.m.

By ERIC HE (Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luis Matos hit a three-run homer and had a career-high six RBIs to continue his hot streak, Matt Chapman went 4 for 4 and scored three runs and the San Francisco Giants used 18 hits to rout the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. The Giants have won three straight for the first time this season.

Sally Johnston, mother of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and co-owner of the Christiania Lodge at Vail, passed away May 17, with the mayor joining her for a final goodbye. The city leader announced his mom’s passing in a LinkedIn post on Saturday. “Yesterday we said the final good bye to my mom,” Johnston wrote.

The anti-war encampment on Denver’s Auraria Campus is now empty after pro-Palestine protests first began 23 days ago. Removal of the encampment by demonstrators started around 8 p.m. on Friday, with most of it gone by Saturday morning, said Auraria spokesperson Devra Ashby. “The encampment was dispersed in a relatively calm manner, except for blocking Speer and Auraria last night,” she added. The Auraria Campus announced the dispersal of the Tivoli Quad encampment on Saturday near 1 p.m., citing that cleanup starts today.