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  • All-state boys swimming and diving teams for the 2018 season

    Boys girls swimming generic underwater
    (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

    The 2018 all-state boys swimming teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

    These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.

    Swimmers, divers and coaches of the year were voted upon by coaches at the state meet.

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    Class 5A

    Swimmers of the year: Danny Kovac, Fossil Ridge; Elijah Warren, Regis Jesuit

    Diver of the year: Octavio Lucero, Bear Creek

    Swim coach of the year: Colin Shaha, Greeley West

    Dive coach of the year: Alan Arata, Lewis-Palmer

    First Team
    Name Year School Event(s)
    Clayton Chaplin Freshman Highlands Ranch Diving
    Ty Coen Senior Regis Jesuit 200 medley relay, 100 backstroke, 400 free relay
    Brendan Eckerman Junior Cherry Creek 200 free relay, 100 free
    Matt Geraghty Senior Fossil Ridge 100 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay
    William Goodwin Junior Regis Jesuit 200 medley relay, 200 IM, 100 breaskstroke, 400 free relay
    Jackson Gurley Sophomore Regis Jesuit 200 medley relay
    Quinn Henninger Freshman Regis Jesuit Diving
    Joseph Jang Senior Cherry Creek 200 free relay
    Danny Kovac Senior Fossil Ridge 200 IM, 100 butterfly, 400 free relay
    Harrison Lierz Sophomore Broomfield 200 free, 500 free
    Octavio Lucero Senior Bear Creek Diving
    Joe Morris Senior Cherry Creek 200 free relay
    Gavin Olson Junior Columbine 100 backstroke
    Sam Roach Senior Cherry Creek 200 free relay
    Elliot Steinberg Senior Regis Jesuit 400 free relay
    Elijah Warren Senior Regis Jesuit 200 medley relay, 50 free, 100 breaskstroke, 400 free relay
    Second Team
    Name Year School Event(s)
    Aric Althouse Senior Lewis-Palmer Diving
    Lane Austin Senior Mountain Range 50 free
    Jack Berdahl Sophomore Arapahoe 200 medley relay
    Ben Brewer Junior Arapahoe 200 medley relay
    Isaiah Cheeks Senior Hinkley Diving
    Richard Dauksher Senior Fossil Ridge 500 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay
    Timothy Domashevich Senior Smoky Hill Diving
    Lucius Gao Junior Fort Collins 100 free
    Collin Hayes Senior Arapahoe 200 medley relay
    Jonah Holt Junior Fossil Ridge 200 free relay
    Caleb Ives Senior Arapahoe Diving
    Xander Johnson Senior Fossil Ridge 200 free relay
    Lukas Miller Sophomore Legacy 200 free
    Josh Rowe Senior Arapahoe 200 medley relay
    Jack Ryan Freshman Denver South Diving
    Blake Wilton Junior Ponderosa 100 butterfly
    Lars Worlund Senior Fossil Ridge 400 free relay

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    Class 4A

    Swimmer of the year: Kyle Leach, Cheyenne Mountain

    Diver of the year: Brendan Brynes, Discovery Canyon

    Swim coach of the year: Trevor Timmons, Windsor

    Dive coach of the year: Kathy Andries, Valor Christian

    First Team
    Name Year School Event(s)
    Brendan Byrnes Senior Discovery Canyon Diving
    William Chavez Sophomore Mullen 400 free relay, 200 free relay
    Kaleb Deleon-Fisher Junior Pueblo County 200 free relay
    Jacob Dorn Sophomore Pueblo County 200 free relay
    Jack Elbert Junior Air Academy Diving
    Ben Freeman Junior Mullen 400 free relay
    Gabe Grauvogel Junior Cheyenne Mountain 200 medley relay, 400 free relay
    Juwon Hong Junior Cheyenne Mountain 200 medley relay
    Blayze Jessen Senior Mullen 200 IM, 200 free relay, 400 free relay
    Ryan King Junior Montrose 500 free
    Kyle Leach Senior Cheyenne Mountain 200 medley relay, 50 free, 100 free, 400 free relay
    Christian Moden Senior Cheyenne Mountain 200 medley relay, 400 free relay
    Jack Moranetz   D’Evelyn 100 breaststroke, 200 free
    Ryan Peterson Junior Wheat Ridge 200 free
    John Plutt Freshman Pueblo County 100 butterfly, 200 free relay
    Nicholas Sherman Senior Pine Creek 200 IM, 100 backstroke
    Cameron Smooke Sophomore Mullen 400 free relay
    Cooper Welsh Senior Longmont Diving
    Treven Wertz Senior Pueblo County 200 free relay
    Second Team
    Name School Year Event(s)
    Griffin Ayotte Junior Air Academy 50 free, 100 free
    Rory Carroll Senior Golden Diving
    Ben Freeman Junior Mullen 200 free relay
    Lukas Gately Senior Thompson Valley 500 free
    James Greenup Junior Loveland Diving
    Ethan Hansbury Senior Windsor 200 medley relay
    Colby Horton Senior Windsor 200 medley relay
    Ashton Hubert Senior Silver Creek Diving
    Ryan Leach Junior Cheyenne Mountain 400 free relay
    Joshua-Ryan Lujan Junior Pine Creek 100 breaststroke
    Noah Maestas Freshman Mullen 200 free relay
    Riley Miller Junior Windsor 200 medley relay, 100 backstroke
    Tommy Rauchut Sophomore Discovery Canyon 100 butterfly
    Andrew Scoggin Freshman Windsor 200 medley relay
    Benjamin Willett Senior Silver Creek Diving
    Charles Williams Senior Thompson Valley Diving

  • Photos: Mountain Vista and Mountain Range advance to 5A baseball’s final day

    DENVER — Sam Ireland pitched a gem for Mountain Vista to beat Heritage, and Mountain Range topped Arapahoe to advance to the final day of the Class 5A baseball tournament.

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  • Mountain Vista baseball wins first state championship, beating Heritage in 5A

    Mountain Vista baseball
    (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

    DENVER — Turns out the loss to start the state tournament was only a momentary blip for Mountain Vista baseball.

    The Golden Eagles, considered a favorite for much of the season, beat Heritage 7-2 to win the Class 5A state championship on Sunday. The win was Mountain Vista’s fifth-straight following a loss to Arapahoe to open the tournament.

    “It was surprising, honestly. We’d never dealt with it before,” Liffrig said of that loss. “We knew what we had. We’d won 21 in a row, so five seemed like nothing with the guys that we had.”

    “We were hungry to come back and win it all,” said Mountain Vista junior Jon Zakhem. “We knew we had the team to do it.”

    It gave the school’s baseball program it’s first-ever state championship. The Golden Eagles also went to championship games in 2006 and 2009.

    “It means a lot for players now, past alumni, Vista baseball — anybody that put on the jersey — it means a lot,” said Mountain Vista coach Ron Quintana.

    Sunday’s game was set up as an epic pitching matchup, with two of the state’s best arms — Mountain Vista’s Jack Liffrig and Heritage’s Riley Egloff — facing off from the mound.

    But Mountain Vista’s offense erupted for six runs in the top of the fourth inning, including a two-run single from Drew Stahl.

    Mountain Vista Heritage 5A baseball championship
    Jack Liffrig. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

    Liffrig did the rest, turning in his second complete-game performance of the state tournament. Liffrig also picked up the win in a 2-1 win to eliminate Rocky Mountain in the second round.

    “I just treated it like a regular start, trying to keep the team in the ballgame, and just pitch my heart out,” Liffrig said. “I had to get 21 outs.”

    That Liffrig, who finishes the year 11-0 this season, was even able to pitch turned out to be a masterful move from Quintana.

    In order to reach the title game, Mountain Vista had to beat Heritage on Saturday — they did, 5-0 — and then play Mountain Range in what amounted to a semifinal game on Sunday morning.

    It meant Mountain Vista had to set an order for their three arms: Liffrig, co-ace Sam Ireland, and Ben Cole, a sophomore who hadn’t pitched in a varsity game all season until he threw a complete-game in a state tournament win over Pine Creek.

    Quintana listened to his players: They wanted Ireland, then Cole, then Liffrig.

    “We’d realized we had been to the Final 4 before, and it’s not cool anymore,” Liffrig said. “We decided that this was the best chance to get us a ring, and that’s what happened.”

    Ireland threw a complete game in the win over Heritage on Saturday, allowing just five hits in the shutout.

    Mountain Vista baseball
    (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

    Cole did the same in a 14-4 win over Mountain Range earlier Sunday. (He got great help from his lineup, including four RBIs from Grant Magill and three from Clay Burke. Both players homered.)

    “I just knew I had to throw strike and let them hit the ball,” Cole said. “I’ve got the best defense in the state behind me, and I can’t do all the work.”

    And then Liffrig turned in his own complete game to win the title.

    Check, check and check.

    “Sam and Liffrig, that’s what we expect,” Quintana said. “Ben Cole, can’t say enough about him. He came in and, honestly, saved us.”

    It put a bow on a season in which Mountain Vista was ranked No. 1 in both the coaches poll and the RPI standings for much of the year.

    “This group was a special group,” Quintana said. “We showed up to play, they loved to play the game, and they want to beat your butt.”

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  • Mountain Vista and Mountain Range will play for the right to face Heritage for the 5A baseball title

    Heritage Mountain Vista baseball
    Sam Ireland. (Marlee Smith/CHSAANow.com)

    DENVER — Sam Ireland badly wanted redemption, and, boy, did he ever get it on Saturday.

    Ireland, a Mountain Vista senior, threw a complete game as his Golden Eagles beat Heritage 5-0 in the Class 5A state baseball tournament. He allowed just five hits and one walk, striking out three, in notching the shutout.

    “That’s who Sam is,” said Mountain Vista coach Ron Quintana. “He had one bad outing, and everyone wanted to throw him away, and say not throw him. That’s who he’s been. To me, he’s the best player in the state.”

    Last week, Ireland allowed seven runs, seven hits and walked two over four innings during an 8-1 loss to Arapahoe to start the state tournament.

    “Last week, didn’t come out and have my best stuff, so today I was determined to do that,” Ireland said. “I really needed it.”

    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    Mountain Vista met as a team earlier this week, and the players decided they wanted Ireland to start against Heritage.

    “They came to me and said, ‘This is what we want. Let’s go,’” Quintana said. “These guys believe in each other. They believe in Sam; that’s what Sam does. He’s been that way for us at the plate and on the mound. He’s been our guy.”

    Ireland didn’t do it alone, though. His offense, led by John Zakhem, gave him exactly what he needed. Zakhem homered to left field in the fourth inning to break a scoreless tie.

    “That started it all,” Ireland said.

    Mountain Vista also scored three runs in the top of the sixth, and Zakhem added an RBI single in the seventh.

    The win means Mountain Vista (24-1) will advance to the final day of the 2018 season on Sunday. They will face Mountain Range, who themselves got a big 1-0 win over Arapahoe to advance on Saturday.

    That game is now effectively a semifinal matchup, and will be at 10 a.m. Sunday. The winner will play Heritage at 12:30 p.m. for the championship because the Eagles entered the weekend as the lone remaining unbeaten team.

    Mountain Vista ran through the regular season unbeaten at 19-0, and spent most of the year ranked No. 1 in both the coaches poll and the RPI. But the Golden Eagles felt written off following the loss to Arapahoe to start the state tournament.

    “You get a piece of humble pie, and then everybody says you’re not the favorite,” Quintana said. “There’s a few things with these guys that I like. They love playing the game of baseball. They love playing for each other, it’s a good group.”

    Said Ireland: “After going 19-0 and 21-0 through (regionals), and then we lose our first game, and people feel like, ‘Oh they’re not that good. It was a fluke.’ … We’re here to win it.”

    Mountain Range Arapahoe baseball
    (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

    Mountain Range, meanwhile, got a complete-game one-hit performance from Brayden Brooks, who struck out 10 batters in his team’s win over Arapahoe.

    “You have a guy like Brayden Brooks on the mound, and you’re pretty confident in what you can do,” said Mountain Range coach D.J. Yeager. “That kid’s an animal.”

    Said Brooks: “I wake up every morning, and I think I’m better than everyone. Some days I’m not, but today I just had it.”

    Demarques Ortega drove in the game’s only run with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth.

    “That’s a huge one,” Yeager said of Ortega’s RBI. “He just found a way.”

    Ortega also made a game-ending catch with a diving stop in center field in the bottom of the seventh.

    Heritage will play for a state title for the just the second time in program history. The Eagles went in 2004, falling to ThunderRidge.

    Heritage saved star pitcher Riley Egloff on Saturday, meaning he will be available to start Sunday’s championship game. Egloff is 7-0 this season with a 1.92 ERA, and shut out Mountain Range last week in a complete game performance where he struck out nine and only allowed four hits.

    Mountain Vista has never won a baseball championship, though the Golden Eagles advanced to the title game in 2006 and 2009. They still have plenty of arms left, including Jack Liffrig (10-0, 1.79 ERA), and sophomore Ben Cole, a JV callup who threw a complete game last week.

    Mountain Range has never reached a championship game in baseball. The Mustangs are likely to start Mike Polson in the 10 a.m. game. He is 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA this season, and threw a complete-game four-hitter in a win over Rock Canyon in the state tournament last week.

    Mountain Range Arapahoe baseball
    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

  • Heritage emerges as lone unbeaten in 5A baseball Final 4; Arapahoe, Mountain Vista and Mountain Range also advance

    Heritage Arapahoe baseball
    (Marlee Smith/CHSAANow.com)

    DENVER — For just the second time in school history, Heritage baseball is assured of playing for a state baseball championship.

    The Eagles beat Arapahoe 7-4 on Tuesday evening to cement itself as the lone unbeaten after the first weekend of play in the Class 5A state baseball tournament. It means that no matter what happens in Heritage’s next game, the Eagles will be playing for a state title on Sunday.

    “It feels that we’re really hitting our stride,” Heritage coach Tyler Munro said of his team, which started just two seniors on Tuesday. “When you’ve got a young team, you want to see that growth. If it’s a veteran team, you can come out the gates and just know what to do. It’s been great watching them.”

    Heritage advances to play Mountain Vista, which fought off elimination with two wins on Tuesday, on Saturday at 9 a.m.

    Mountain Range and Arapahoe will face off in the other game on Saturday, at noon, with the winner advancing to play Sunday at 10 a.m. As both teams have already lost in the double-elimination tournament, the loser will be eliminated.

    Should Mountain Vista beat Heritage on Saturday, the Golden Eagles would advance to play the winner of Mountain Range and Arapahoe. If Heritage wins, the winner of Mountain Range and Arapahoe would need to defeat Heritage twice to win the championship.

    In other words, Heritage is in the driver’s seat. But Munro, who is in his first-year at Heritage following a successful run at Rock Canyon that included a title in 2015, isn’t putting too much weight in that fact.

    “You know, I’ve won it coming from that (loser’s) bracket,” Munro said. “There’s a lot of baseball left, and four good teams are in the bracket.”

    On Tuesday, Heritage matched up with Arapahoe, its rival school. And Arapahoe came out swinging, building a 4-0 lead after the first inning that included a three-run home run from Ryan Nourse.

    Heritage was unfazed.

    Heritage Arapahoe baseball
    (Marlee Smith/CHSAANow.com)

    “We’ve had multiple games earlier in the season where we’ve gone down big early … and we came back to win,” said Heritage’s Eric McKnight, a junior. “So we’ve been in this situation before.”

    The Eagles plated five runs in the bottom of the second, including a two-run double from Conner Cummiskey, as well as an RBI single from McKnight that gave Heritage the lead for good at 5-4.

    “The first few pitches were breaking balls, I wasn’t really expecting them, and then he came back with a fastball up and out — the same pitch I struck out on the first inning,” McKnight said. “I was ready for it this time.”

    Of the early hole, Munro added: “I’m not worried in that situation. We’ve had 6-0 runs and we were behind Pine Creek yesterday 2-0.”

    In that game, of course, Heritage exploded for a 12-run inning and went on to win.

    Immediately after Heritage rallied, the game went into a 45-minute lightning delay. When they emerged, McKnight was given the ball on the mound. He took it from there, going five innings, and allowing just five hits and no runs.

    The only other time Heritage has played for a baseball title was 2004, when the Eagles lost to ThunderRidge.

    Despite the loss, Arapahoe had already earned its spot in the Final 4 via wins over previously unbeaten Mountain Vista as well as Cherokee Trail on Monday.

    Mountain Range punched its ticket to the Final 4 with wins over Rock Canyon (4-0) and Cherokee Trail (6-4) earlier Tuesday.

    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    The Mustangs got a complete game performance from Mike Polson in the win over Rock Canyon. He struck out six, and allowed just four hits. Angelo Domenico had two RBIs for Mountain Range.

    Against Cherokee Trail, Jacob Simmons led the way with three RBIs, including a two-out, two-RBI double that game Mountain Range the lead for good in the top of the sixth inning.

    Cherokee Trail had led the game 2-0 through three innings.

    “Everyone picked each other up, and just kept going,” Simmons said. “We knew this game wasn’t over.”

    Said Mountain Range coach D.J. Yeager: “This group of guys, they just love competing. It doesn’t matter what the score is. They’re just going to compete the entire time.”

    Mountain Range tied for the championship in the always tough Front Range League and hosted a regional for the second consecutive season. Now, the Mustangs have taken the next step.

    “Everyone doubted us,” Simmons said, “and now we made it.”

    Mountain Vista also rebounded from a loss on the first day of the tournament to earn its spot in the Final 4.

    The Golden Eagles started Tuesday with a 2-1 win over defending champion Rocky Mountain in which Jack Liffrig tossed a complete game. Liffrig allowed just three hits, one run, and struck out six batters.

    John Zakhem drove in what proved to be the winning run in the top of the seventh. Elisandro Aragon also homered in the win, his second of the tournament.

    Mountain Vista followed that win with a 5-4 victory over Pine Creek in which Ben Cole had a complete-game effort. Cole, a sophomore, hadn’t thrown a varsity inning all seasons — he threw 15 innings for the school’s junior varsity team this spring.

    Clay Burke added a two-run double as part of a four-run inning in the third in the win.

  • Photos: Day 2 of the 5A state baseball tournament

    DENVER — The second day of the Class 5A state baseball tournament was on Tuesday. Heritage, Arapahoe, Mountain Range and Mountain Vista advanced to the Final 4.

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  • Rivals Arapahoe and Heritage move on to face off in the 5A state baseball tourney

    Arapahoe Cherokee Trail baseball
    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    DENVER — They meet annually, but this one will be of a little extra importance.

    Arapahoe and Heritage, two rivals from Littleton Public Schools whose campuses are separated by 11 minutes, each went 2-0 on the first day of the Class 5A state baseball tournament.

    It means they will face off in the always-important late game during the second day of the bracket on Tuesday — with the winner emerging as the lone unbeaten remaining in the field of eight. Both teams are assured of playing next weekend.

    “That’s going to be a good one,” said Arapahoe senior Brandon Dryer. “Rivalry, Final 4, All-City? It doesn’t get better than that.”

    Arapahoe beat Mountain Vista 8-1, and then Cherokee Trail 9-1 in advancing. 

    Dryer and Jake Groth each homered in the first game for the Warriors, with Groth driving in two runs. Ryan Nourse also had two RBIs.

    Drew Hayes threw a gem, allowing just three hits in a complete-game effort. He struck out five, and walked just two. Hayes hadn’t pitched since April 23 as he recovered from a concussion — it was the type of performance a team gets when it succeeds in late May.

    “He’s the kind of kid that likes to get the ball in big games, so we were excited,” said Arapahoe coach Jim Dollaghan.

    In the second game, Garrett DeClure threw five innings in getting the win. He struck out seven, and allowed just four hits, three walks and one run. Spye Turnbeaugh followed that with two innings of one-hit pitching.

    Arapahoe Cherokee Trail baseball
    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    Dryer and Hunter Jackson each had two RBIs.

    In each win, Arapahoe got its bats going early.

    Against Mountain Vista, which entered the game 21-0 and was the top overall seed in regionals, Arapahoe built a 6-0 lead after three innings. In the win over Cherokee Trail, it was 8-0 after two.

    “It’s easy when you come out and swing like that, because it just relaxes you, without a doubt, and it gives your pitchers a little bit of, ‘Hey, it’s not all on me,’” Dollaghan said. “That’s the last phase of the game that we really haven’t put everything together, is just swinging the bat. We’ve had good pitching at times, we’ve had good defense at times, and we’ve had great hitting at times, but really to see all three coming together at the same time is pretty exciting.”

    Now 16-7, Arapahoe has its most wins since the 2008 season. They have also turned it around from a 1-3 start to the year, as well as a 1-3 skid in mid-April.

    “All of a sudden, our backs were against the wall,” Dollaghan said.

    So the team got to work, putting in extra time hitting against a pitching machine every day. It’s paid off.

    Another change?

    “I think the biggest thing is our attitude, and just all clicking together,” said DeClure.

    Added Dryer: “We’ve had a rough year, no one ever believed in us. We never got any top-10 votes. Coming into the (first) game (against Mountain Vista), I think the only people in the state of Colorado who believed were people from Arapahoe.

    “I was talking to a guy in the parking lot, and he said, ‘How did you guys do?’ and I said, ‘Well, we beat Mountain Vista.’ And his eyes lit up,” Dryer continued. “We just believe in ourselves. We know we’re a great team out here. We know we’re a contender for state.”

    To advance earlier in the day on Monday, Cherokee Trail rallied to beat Rocky Mountain with a walk-off hit from Colten Chase.

    Heritage played extremely well as it advanced in the winner’s bracket, beating Mountain Range 7-0 in the first round, and then Pine Creek 12-2 in the second round.

    Heritage Mountain Range baseball
    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    Riley Egloff starred in the win over Mountain Range, striking out nine in complete game performance. He allowed just four hits. Alex Champagne drove in two runs in the win for the Eagles.

    In the second game, Heritage trailed Pine Creek 2-0 through four innings before erupting for 12 runs in the top of the fifth. Champagne again drove in two runs, while Gunnar Kozlowitz had four RBIs.

    Lucas Quezada and Peter Chronowski combined on the mound for Heritage. Chronowski didn’t allow a hit in two innings.

    Pine Creek had advanced via a 3-2 win over Rock Canyon.

    It all sets up a big rivalry game on Tuesday at All-City. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.

    “That’s what high school sports are all about, is seeing the guys they’ve played with growing up, and their neighborhood buddies, and getting out there and battling,” Dollaghan said.

    Arapahoe has not beaten Heritage since 2014.

    “We’ve got to focus like it’s just another game — we can’t make it too big — but it’s definitely going to be a big atmosphere, a lot of people here, and it’s going to be loud,” Dryer said. “It’s going to be a fun game.”

    Arapahoe Cherokee Trail baseball
    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

  • Photos: Day 1 of the 5A state baseball tournament

    DENVER — Arapahoe and Heritage each went 2-0 on the first day of the Class 5A state baseball tournament.

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  • Mountain Range names coach for new boys lacrosse program

    Ethan LaHoda. (Courtesy of Adams 12)

    Adams 12 is starting a new boys lacrosse program at Mountain Range next spring, and the team has named Ethan LaHoda its first coach.

    Adams 12 district athletic director Kylie Russell made the announcement on Tuesday morning.

    “Coach LaHoda brings a wealth of experience and knowledge with him to the game of lacrosse,” Russell said. “He is excited to build a winning program in the district predicated on hard work, family, and inspiring players to be better people on and off the field.

    “Adams 12 Five Star Schools is excited about the return of lacrosse to our district and we look forward to coach LaHoda beginning his tenure with us,” Russell said.

    The program will be housed at Mountain Range.

    LaHoda was most recently the junior varsity head coach at Monarch, serving in that role for two years. Prior to that, he was the defensive coordinator at Thompson Valley.

    LaHoda played multiple sports at Monarch, and was named all-state in boys lacrosse in 2010. He played college lacrosse at Colorado State, where he was part of two MCLA national championship teams.

  • Photos: Polson helps No. 6 Mountain Range baseball beat Horizon

    THORNTON — No. 6 Mountain Range baseball used a six-strikeout, complete-game performance from Mike Polson to help defeat Horizon 5-4 on Tuesday.

    With the win, the Mustangs finish the regular season at 15-4.

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