December 4

Congratulations to:
Beth Hinz, Colorado Coach of the Year
Zach Bolden, Player of the year,
Zach Bolden, Grant Simon, All Colorado-team
Honorable mention: Sharod Dadgar, Zach Grossnickle, Adam Schrieber

* Zach Bolden realizes everything is going to change for him next season. A junior at Denver East, Bolden helped the Angels capture the Class 5A soccer championship last month, scoring a team-best 26 goals along the way

By winning the title, Bolden helped East change its reputation as well. No longer will the Angels be considered a good team from a weak league. Now, East has to be included in the discussion of the state's elite programs

"It's really going to be interesting to see how teams come at us next year," said Bolden, the Rocky's All-Colorado player of the year. "Before, when teams outside our league played us, they kind of dismissed us because they didn't think the (Denver Prep League) was very good. Now that we proved what we can do, they're probably going to be gunning for us to try to see what they can do against the state champs."

Denver East's Beth Hinz is the All-Colorado coach of the year for the second time in her career.

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