GAME STORY: Denver East, Rudy Carey make Colorado history with Class 6A title win over Fossil Ridge by SeanKeeler copreps
At first, D’Aundre Samuels thought it was over. It was the same ankle. The right one. The one he’d injured three or four times already at East, including earlier this season.
Despite twisting that same ankle during an awkward landing that sent him writhing on the Denver Coliseum floor in pain midway through the third quarter, the senior guard poured in 25 points as East pulled away late from Fossil Ridge, 82-61, to notch the Class 6A boys’ basketball state crown. Saturday’s title was also coach Rudy Carey’s 10th, moving him into the No. 1 slot in that category, all-time, in the state boys basketball record book. The Denver hoops icon entered the weekend tied with Ron Vlasin of Merino for the most coaching titles in Colorado prep boys hoops history. Carey this past Dec.
But ironically, what could’ve been a turning point in the game — Samuels’ injury with 4:40 left in the third period — instead spurned the champs to kick things into another gear.
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