Winner Takes All: Grizzlies Qualify, Eliminate Suns

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making important decisions after 6 p.m. EDT today (3 p.m. to 11 p.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Aries into Taurus. Happy Birthday for Sunday, June 2, 2024: You are political, intense and resourceful. You have excellent problem-solving skills. You are quick-witted, resourceful and adaptable.

When I'm in the mood for some scorching hot guitar playing, I never go wrong putting on a Joe Bonamassa track. He was a child prodigy starting guitar at age 4 and opening for B. B. King at age 12. Considered a child prodigy on guitar, Bonamassa was finessing Stevie Ray Vaughan licks when he was 7.

Colorado’s 4th Congressional District special election debate at the Grizzly Rose on Saturday featured two political novices, a guy who doesn’t want to win and an empty chair set aside for the presumed favorite in the race. Republican Greg Lopez was a no-show at the debate, sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld and the Lincoln Club of Colorado, a decision libertarian candidate Hannah Goodman called a travesty. “I disapprove of taking your ball and going home when things don’t seem to be going your way,” she said to a crowd of 200 or so packed into the venerable country-western bar in Adams County, just over the Denver line.

LAKEWOOD – With tears and a trophy. That is how Marc Johnson ended his coaching career after 52 years at Cherry Creek High School. On a postcard-perfect Saturday at All-Star Park, the Bruins swept a doubleheader from Regis Jesuit, claiming Johnson’s ninth state championship. As right-hander Ryan Falke delivered the final strike on a high fastball, delirium ensued.

A man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing another man after an argument outside of an Aurora apartment complex last summer. Norenty Ropon, 23, pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge Tuesday, according to court records. He was arrested July 13 in connection with the stabbing of 33-year-old Haruna Bizabishaka Bonanee. Ropon will be sentenced Aug.

LAKEWOOD — The Bruins wrote Marc Johnson a Disney ending. Cherry Creek won its ninth title under the retiring all-time CHSAA wins leader, beating Regis Jesuit twice on Saturday to claim the Class 5A championship. The Bruins mercy-ruled the Raiders, 11-1, in Game 1 at All-Star Park, then edged Regis Jesuit 5-2 in Game 2 to clinch the crown. Cherry Creek’s Ryan Falke pitches during the second game of their double elimination 5A title game at All-Star Park in Lakewood on June 1, 2024.