Softball

ARVADA — Arvada West became the first Class 5A softball team in the Colorado to reach five victories Tuesday.

DENVER — D’Evelyn sophomore Nava Basquez had a monster game at the plate and on the mound Monday in the Jaguars’ rollercoaster 11-10 victory over Mountain Vista.

With the first contest of the 2023 softball season in the books, check out CHSAA’s top-10 rankings heading into the second weekend of play.

LITTLETON — Chatfield junior Kendall Davros will always remember her first varsity home run.

LAKEWOOD — Lakewood softball got some much-needed late insurance runs in its season-opening 5-2 victory over Conifer on Tuesday at Ray Baker Field.

CHICAGO – In its 38th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Hailey Maestretti of Lutheran High School is the 2022-23 Gatorade Colorado Softball Player of the Year. Maestretti is the first Gatorade Colorado Softball Player of the Year to be chosen from Lutheran High School.  

The 2022 all-state softball teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

AURORA — Eaton may be the most perfectly imperfect team in all of Class 3A softball.

AURORA — If you need Lutheran junior pitcher Hailey Maestretti, she’ll be in the ice bath in the training room at school for the next few days.