He shook his catcher off in the bottom of the seventh inning, with the bases loaded, one strike away from winning a title.
Aspen won the school’s first boys lacrosse championship on Friday evening by virtue of a 17-12 victory over Valor Christian in the Class 4A title game.
On the eve of a fourth-straight championship appearance, the weight of the past could have been crushing.
The No. 1 singles final match at the girls’ 5A state tennis tournament had all the makings of a Hollywood script.
Freshman are supposed to bide their time. They need seasoning, both physical and mental, to compete against 18-year-olds.
This wasn’t just about capping off an undefeated season with the program’s first-ever state championship.
After visits to the Class 1A state tournament the previous two years with no hardware to show for it, the Idalia girls basketball team had a different outlook this time.
With a possible state championship slipping away, Akron’s Karli Christensen and Jordan Baer saved the day.
It had been 64 years since a Holly boys basketball team had won a state title.
Walking around with a piece of net around his neck, the smile on the face of Colorado Springs Christian senior Chris Hildenbrand could not have grown any bigger.