Stellar pitching from Pine Creek’s Riley Cornelio and Justin Olsen paved the way for a 7-0 victory over Cherry Creek on Tuesday night.
Rocky Mountain is back to defend its state baseball title, but there’s a whole bunch of new Lobos roaming the field this season.
Mountain Vista (in 5A) and Lamar (3A) each moved up to the top spots in their respective baseball rankings this week.
A three-run inning put Mountain Vista ahead early and the Golden Eagles hung on late to get a 8-7 win over Cherry Creek on Friday.
Ralston Valley baseball gets 18-5 home victory over Mullen at Nate Jurney Field
It was much closer than Pueblo West would have liked, but the second-ranked Cyclones managed to hold onto a one-run lead to defeat Palmer Ridge 8-7 on Tuesday.
Baseball’s preseason rankings were unveiled on Monday, and Cherry Creek (5A), Valor Christian (4A), Eaton (3A), Paonia (2A) and Holly (1A) are the top-ranked teams in their respective classifications.
At Thursday’s Legislative Council meeting, the council voted to expand the number of 3A, 4A and 5A baseball games.
The equity committee strongly stated that if baseball’s games limit is increased, softball should be given the same opportunity.
The Legislative Council meets next month, and they’ll have their hands full with more than 40 items to vote on.