A roundup of Jeffco prep highlights from April with Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ Communication Specialist. This month’s edition features baseball action, including a pair of walk-off victories by Ralston Valley and Chatfield. Dakota Ridge boys lacrosse stayed undefeated on the season with a victory over Lakewood. Golden’s boys lacrosse program is back in contention in Class 4A and got a nice victory over Ralston Valley. Columbine girls soccer continued its control of the 5A Jeffco League

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Lamar is now the No. 1 team in the Class 3A baseball rankings.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.

These rankings will serve as the final polls of the regular season.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Baseball Polls

Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

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Four new teams joined the girls soccer rankings this week: Legacy, Pueblo Centennial, DSST: Stapleton, and Front Range Christian.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.

With the regular season ending this weekend, these will serve as the final rankings of the regular season.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Girls Soccer Polls

Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

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Cherry Creek (No. 1) and Colorado Academy (No. 2) continue to lead the girls lacrosse rankings.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.

With the regular season ending this weekend, these will serve as the final rankings of the regular season.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Girls Lacrosse Poll

Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

(Lance Wendt/LanceWendt.com)

Colorado Academy (in 5A) and Aspen (in 4A) have joined this week’s boys lacrosse rankings.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.

With the regular season ending this weekend, these will serve as the final rankings of the regular season.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Lacrosse Polls

Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

(Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

Amy Bahl has stepped down as the girls basketball coach at Evergreen.

Bahl and her husband, Michael, are expecting their third child in November.

“I just want to be with family and focus on that because I haven’t really ever taken any time off since having kids,” Bahl said on Monday.

Bahl led the Cougars to their second-straight Class 4A title last spring, and had been the coach for the past six seasons. Her teams were 122-37.

Evergreen was 13-12 in Bahl’s first season. In each of the past three seasons, the Cougars have won 24 games, including a 25-3 mark in 2016-17 for the program’s first championship, and 26-2 last season as they defended their title.

“It’s been great, especially the last three years,” Bahl said. “We’ve definitely built something, and it’s tough to step away from it, but I feel good about it, too.”

Bahl is a graduate of Rocky Mountain.

Bahl’s resignation was also reported by Evergreen Newspapers.

GOLDEN — Dakota Ridge scored 12 goals in the first half and maintain its lead the rest of the way to get a 18-7 win over Golden on Saturday.

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AURORA — Ethan Miller hit two home runs and Tanner O’Tremba went deep once as Class 5A No. 4 Cherry Creek beat Cherokee Trail 16-6 on Saturday.

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LITTLETON — Scoring was not an issue for No. 3 Columbine girls lacrosse on Saturday. The Rebels beat Chatifeld 21-10 to remain undefeated in league play.

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PARKER — Legend girls soccer beat Chaparral 3-0 in a rivalry game on Saturday.

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