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2021 CHSAA Girls Lacrosse State Championships (Colorado) Class 4A

The complete schedule for the Class 4A state baseball tournaments in Season D.

All games are June 18-26 at Runyon Complex and Rawlings Complex in Pueblo.

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2021 CHSAA State Baseball Championships Class 4A

Class 4A No. 2 Evergreen boys lacrosse wrapped up its regular season with a 16-1 win over Thompson Valley on Saturday.

In the finals girls soccer coaches poll of Season D, Broomfield, Evergreen, Kent Denver and Dawson finished at No. 1.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches, are the official polls of the Association. Theses rankings will be used as one criteria for postseason qualification and seeding.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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Voted upon by coaches around the state. Coaches looking to vote should email bcochi@chsaa.org.

In the final coaches poll of Season D, Cherry Creek and Cheyenne Mountain finished the season at No. 1.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches, are the official polls of the Association. This formula will be used as one of the criteria for postseason qualification and seeding.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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LAKEWOOD — Evergreen’s girls lacrosse team remained as hot as the artificial turf field at Trailblazer Stadium late Thursday afternoon.

The Cougars — No. 2 in the CHSAANow.com Class 4A girls lacrosse rankings — won their seventh straight game with a 13-8 victory over rival Green Mountain. Evergreen (7-2, 5-0 in 4A West League) also wrapped up the conference title with the league win over the No. 5 Rams (7-3, 3-2).

Evergreen junior Maddie Cortez (10) and senior Maddie Mancini (11) battle with Green Mountain sophomore Sophie Warren (0) for a loose ball Thursday at Trailblazer Stadium. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

“It’s really special. We’ve had a great season,” Evergreen coach Rachel Sanford said of the undefeated league record. “We’ve faced some top competition in our league, so we are happy with the success.”

Green Mountain could have created a three-way tie for the conference title with a win over Evergreen. The Rams held a 4-3 lead late in the first half, but Evergreen sophomore Averi Gardner scored with 55 seconds left before halftime to gain some momentum.

The Cougars preceded to score 5 unanswered goals to take a 8-4 lead in the first 10 minutes into the second half.

“It was a big goal of our’s today to have a strong second half. We have been flat the last couple of games,” Sanford said. “We had lot of people come up big and we did great on the draws.”

Evergreen sophomore Averi Gardner (12) races toward the front of the net that is guarded by Green Mountain sophomores Louisa Steinbock (13) and Gina Meyer (20) during the first half Thursday at Trailblazer Stadium. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

Senior Margo Miller, along with sophomores Bella Reece and Gardner combined for all 13 of Evergreen’s goals.

“It was huge,” Miller said after her 6-goal performance to lead the Cougars. “I’m a senior and I’ve never won league. I wouldn’t have wanted to do this with any other team. Everyone came together this year.”

Evergreen’s defense was solid in front of Evergreen senior goalie Lauren Spence. Green Mountain junior Shea Murphy led a comeback attempt for the Rams in the final 8 minutes. Murphy scored a team-high 5 goals to get Green Mountain as close as 10-7 with 3:31 left.

However, Miller and Gardner scored three straight goals in the final minutes to get the lead back to a comfortable margin.

“She (Miller) is a tremendous player and leader,” Sanford said. “She really puts the team on her back a lot, but we have a lot of other threats. It’s really a nice rounded offense.”

Evergreen sophomore Bella Reece (3) protects the ball while getting checked by Green Mountain junior Shea Murphy (19). (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

Evergreen has one more non-league game at Arapahoe on Tuesday, June 15, before the Cougars find out where they will be seeded for the 12-team state tournament. Evergreen should get a very high seed. The Cougars were No. 5 in the RPI standings before the victory against Green Mountain.

“We are looking forward to hosting,” Sanford said of the postseason. “It’s going to be fierce. We are looking forward to competing and playing our best.”

Evergreen’s boys lacrosse team also went undefeated winning the first league title in the program’s history this Spring 2021 season.

“The guys are having a great season too,” Miller said. “It would be pretty cool for both of us to go really far in the playoffs.”

Green Mountain could also make history if it earns the program’s first playoff bid. The Rams were No. 8 in RPI before the loss to Evergreen. First-round playoff games are scheduled for Thursday, June 17, after brackets are released Wednesday, June 16.

Green Mountain junior Shea Murphy, middle, tries to work past Evergreen’s Carly Poole (8), Maddie Cortez (10) and Margo Miller (7) during the first half Thursday. Murphy had five goals for the Rams, but it wasn’t enough as the Cougars took a 13-8 victory. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

LAKEWOOD — Winning the Class 4A girls soccer state championship isn’t going to be easy, but after Evergreen swept through the tough 4A Jeffco League this spring the task of taking state is clearly within reach.

“It’s really gratifying,” said Evergreen coach Peter Jeans on Wednesday night after the Cougars defeated Wheat Ridge 2-1 at Lakewood Memorial Field. “The girls really had to focus each game. You can’t let down in this league. There are a lot of very challenging teams and they beat them all. That is very hard to do.”

Wheat Ridge senior Emelia Probst (8) attempts to hold of Evergreen freshman Brooke Gimbel (2) during the first half Wednesday at Lakewood Memorial Field. Gimbel scored in the 17th minute to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

Evergreen — No. 1 in the CHSAANow.com 4A rankings — completed a 9-0 record in the deepest conference in 4A. The Cougars outscored their opponents 49-4 this season, that includes a forfeit victory over Alameda International.

“You hope it helps,” Jeans said of the conference gauntlet the Cougars went through that included 1-goals wins over Golden, D’Evelyn and Wheat Ridge. “The mental toughness and we’ve seen a lot of adversity.”

Evergreen dominated possession early against No. 9 Wheat Ridge (7-3, 6-3). The Cougars put in their first goal off a corner kick from senior Jocelin Zimmerer in the 17th minute. Freshman Brooke Gimbel was able to get her head on the corner kick from Zimmerer for the opening goal.

The Cougars extended the lead to 2-0 in the 49th minute with junior Elizabeth Rapp feathering a shot over Wheat Ridge junior goalie Ariel Martin.

“I just wanted to put on in,” Rapp said of her goal. “I saw the goalie was way off her line so I chipped it in.”

Wheat Ridge did make the final minutes interesting. A low hard shot from senior Jessica Brummett found the back of the net for her 12th goal of the season in the 77th minute to make it a 2-1 game.

However, Evergreen was able to hold on to the victory and end the hopes of the Farmers on making the postseason. Wheat Ridge dropped it last three conference games to Golden, D’Evelyn and Evergreen.

Wheat Ridge sophomore Sonja Probst, left, tries to get the ball from Evergreen senior Jocelin Zimmerer during the Class 4A Jeffco League game Wednesday at Lakewood Memorial Field. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

“I think that actually focused us more,” Rapp said of the Cougars having already wrapped up the conference title heading into the league finale against Wheat Ridge. “We want to go into the playoffs 10-0 to make a statement that we are here to win it all.”

Golden (8-1-1, 7-1-1) will grab the other automatic bid out of 4A Jeffco for the 16-team state tournament. The state pairing a scheduled to be released on Sunday, June 13. First-round game will be Wednesday, June 16.

Evergreen has come close to winning a state title over the past four seasons. The Cougars were 4A state runner-up in 2017 and 2019. League rival D’Evelyn edged Evergreen 1-0 four years ago at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Two years ago Cheyenne Mountain defeated the Cougars 2-1 in the title game.

“They know they did a lot right that year, but they also came up one goal short,” Jeans said of the 2019 state tournament run. “Obviously they are motivated for that not to happen again.”

The three top scorers — senior Myla Stewart, Catherine Rapp and Elizabeth Rapp — from the 2019 team are the three top goal scorers for the Cougars this year.

“I think that will be key,” Elizabeth Rapp said of the playoff experience from two years ago. “We have become so close as a team. We were really young as freshmen two years ago.”

Confidence is definitely high for the Cougars heading into the postseason.

“We relish being No. 1 because we deserve that,” Elizabeth Rapp said. “We want teams to know that they have to come out strong against us to take us out of the playoffs.”

Evergreen junior Elizabeth Rapp (11) uses some fancy footwork during the Cougars’ 2-1 victory over Wheat Ridge on Wednesday at Lakewood Memorial Field. The No. 1-ranked Cougars now head into the Class 4A state tournament that beings next week. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

Class 4A No. 1 Evergreen girls soccer finished its undefeated regular season with a 2-1 win over No. 9 Wheat Ridge.

Six runs in the last three innings lifted Class 4A No. 9 Evergreen baseball to an 8-3 win over D’Evelyn on Monday.

In the latest coaches poll voting, Ponderosa and Merino claimed the top spots in their respective classifications.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches, are the official polls of the Association.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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