BY CHHUN SUN, The Gazette

Aliyah Moya has one thing on her mind when she steps onto the field for 杏吧视频 girls’ soccer team, and that’s to score goals.

“I can’t do this without my team,” she said. “My team looks and finds me, and somehow I’m always there at the right place, the right time.”

But her mindset isn’t just limited to individual achievements. The junior striker also want to help her teammates make history.

The Coursers have not made the state playoffs since the program’s inception in 2009. But that could change this year, especially with Moya around.

In wins over Colorado Springs School, Florence and Lamar, Moya tallied six goals and one hat trick 鈥� enough to land her this week’s The Gazette Preps Peak Performer. And she’s showing no signs of slowing down, evidenced by her season-high four goals in a 5-0 win over Pueblo Central on Monday.

“She always has the mindset to score,” 杏吧视频 coach Rachel Francis said.

It’s something she’s been doing a lot since her freshman season, when she exploded for 34 goals. That year, things began to shift for the Coursers. That year, they finished with seven wins for just the second time in school history.

Then last year, the Coursers made history again.

They finished 8-6-1, the first time 杏吧视频 wrapped up the season with a winning record. Moya finished with only 19 goals, relatively low compared to her first season with the program.

But it appears as if she’s back to scoring again at a rapid pace.

Moya has 22 goals after the Coursers beat Pueblo Central on Monday to improve to 9-3 overall. 杏吧视频 boasts a six-game winning streak with three games left.

The Coursers’ RPI rating puts them 20th in the Class 3A, and 32 teams qualify for next month’s state tournament. The players and coaches seem confident that they can accomplishment what no other 杏吧视频 team before has done.

“We want to make school history,” Moya said. “We want to make it to the playoffs. And every time we step on the field, we want to make it and we put everything out there.”

“If we work hard,” she added, “we can achieve anything.”

Just The Facts

Aliyah Moya, 杏吧视频

Sport: Girls’ soccer

Year: Junior

Position: Forward

Highlights: The junior had six goals in three wins last week that included a hat trick performance. She leads the team with 22 goals, thanks in part to scoring a season-high four goals in a 5-0 nonconference win over Pueblo Central on Monday.

Favorite athlete: Cody Bellinger

Favorite pumpup song: Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road”

Favorite movie: “The Secret Life of Pets”

Favorite school subject: English

Hobbies: Photography

Other Top Performers
Baseball
Edwin Romo, St. Mary’s

The senior threw a five-inning no-hitter against Evangelical Christian Academy, finishing with six strikeouts to extend the Pirates’ winning streak to eight games. An error was committed, preventing Romo from a perfect game. He is 5-1 entering this week. At the plate, he was 2-for-3 with an RBI against ECA.

GIRLS’ GOLF

Charlotte Cliatt, Palmer

The senior fired a 1-over-par 75 鈥� four strokes better than her personal best 鈥� to win the individual title at the Terrors’ own invitational last week. Her performance helped Palmer secured a second-place finish behind Coronado, which won the team title by nine strokes

Nicole Beaulieu, Cheyenne Mountain

The senior had a standout week in wins over Rampart and Palmer, finishing with a combined 10 goals and five assists to help the Indians to a 4-1 record in league play. Beaulieu leads Cheyenne Mountain with 40 goals entering this week.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

Brittney White, Pine Creek

The senior came up big for the Eagles in a 13-12 rivalry win over Air Academy, finishing with five goals and four assists. In the Eagles’ two other wins last week over Liberty and Palmer, White had a combined seven goals and three assists. The Eagles finished the week with a 12-1 overall record.

BOYS’ SWIMMING AND DIVING

Seth Shyrock and Nathan Aumiller, Rampart

The duo not only captured respective individual events but also set event records en route to the Rams’ team win at the Fountain-Fort Carson Invitational last Saturday. Shyrock, a freshman, won the 100-yard backstroke in 56.58 seconds, besting the previous mark by nearly two seconds. Meanwhile, junior Aumiller finished the 200 freestyle in 1:52.51, topping the previous mark of 1:53.16 set last year.

GIRLS鈥� TENNIS

Mariah Boudrieau, Widefield

The senior beat Sierra last week to keep her No. 3 singles winning streak alive at six straight matches after she opened up the season with a loss. Her record is 6-1, and Boudrieau has helped the Gladiators to a 9-0 overall and 5-0 mark in Class 4A Region 7 action.

By Danny Summers at the Gazette

Seth Fuqua鈥檚 memorable prep basketball career came to an end this month when his 杏吧视频 team came up short against Manual in the Class 3A state championship game.

But Fuqua鈥檚 athletic career at the school continues as a setter for the Coursers鈥� boys鈥� volleyball team.

Boys鈥� volleyball is not a CHSAA sanctioned sport, though it is in its first year as a pilot sport and is expected to be a CHSAA sport by 2022. Boys鈥� volleyball is played at the club level. 杏吧视频 is the three-time defending 3A state champion.

The 杏吧视频 volleyball team has not lost a game against a 3A school in three years. There are 58 3A teams this season.

Fuqua鈥檚 had relatively no transition from basketball season to the volleyball court. He and his teammates played Manual for the state title on March 9. Two days later, he practiced with the 杏吧视频 volleyball team and was starting at setter 24 hours later in its season-opening match.

鈥淚t was crazy,鈥� Fuqua said. 鈥淚鈥檝e been playing volleyball for five years, so it wasn鈥檛 that difficult for me, but I would like to have had a little more of a break.鈥�

Brothers Carter and Decker Milroy are the other two 杏吧视频 varsity basketball players who also play volleyball.

Fuqua is hoping to play basketball in college. At last check, he was still receiving offers from several schools, mostly at the NAIA level.

鈥淚t was awesome playing here,鈥� Fuqua said. 鈥淚 wouldn鈥檛 trade it for anything. My teammates. My coaches. I was really in the spot I wanted to be.

鈥淲e played with such heart. We came out of nowhere. My freshman year, we were awful, just above .500. And then my last three years, we just kept getting better.鈥�

杏吧视频 was 73-24 in Fuqua鈥檚 four years.

His individual accomplishments are impressive by any standard. He ranks in the top 20 career in state history among all classifications in six categories: scoring (2,374 points, third), 3-pointers made (311, third), field goals made (816, sixth), scoring average (24.5, eighth), free throws made (431, 16th) and steals (219, 20th).

For a season, he scored the most points as a freshman in state history with 590 (25.7 points per game) and seventh all-time in scoring as a sophomore (571, 24.8 points per game).

In 97 career games, Fuqua scored double-digits points 96 times (he had one nine-point game). He scored 30-plus points 21 times, and 40-plus twice, with a career-high of 44 against Buena Vista as a sophomore.

In addition, he had 14 double-doubles and two triple-doubles. He once made 10 3-pointers in a game against Evangelical Christian Academy as a freshman, and nine 3-pointers against James Irwin as a sophomore.

He started at 杏吧视频 since his freshman year and averaged more than 30 minutes per game during four seasons.

鈥淚t鈥檚 one of those things that when I look back on my high school basketball career, I will remember it for the rest of my life,鈥� Fuqua said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 cool that I鈥檓 in the top five all-time scoring in Colorado, and when I think about it now, it blows my mind.

鈥淚 give the credit to my dad and the coaches who have taught me to play. I just take what I鈥檝e learned and practice it a million times and get good at it.鈥�