What should be an intense struggle for the Class 5A Jeffco League baseball championship title over the next few weeks revved up Thursday afternoon.
Spencer Mochal had a two-RBI triple, Faith Christian pitchers combined for 11 strikeouts and the No. 3 Eagles from 3A beat 2A No. 7 Lutheran in baseball on Thursday.
Sedgwick County’s Chase Dunker threw his second no-hitter of the season on Thursday, this one a perfect game against Holyoke in which he struck out 19 batters in a seven-inning game.
Photos: Horizon gets late run to edge Legacy in baseball
This was an old-fashioned pitchers’ duel. It ultimately came down to one inning — in effect, one pitch.
Seventh-ranked Mountain Vista upset No. 1 ThunderRidge in 5A baseball on Wednesday.
The Wild Card point standings for baseball on April 17.
Daniel Jurney was 1-for-2 with a triple and three RBIs, Jordan Holloway also tripled and had two RBIs and No. 6 Ralston Valley beat Smoky Hill 8-3 at Coors Field.
Fairview, ranked No. 4 in the most recent CHSAANow.com 5A baseball poll, beat Legacy 11-0 on Tuesday.
In mid-February, Chatfield sent out a release announcing the hire of baseball coach Brandon Stone. Stone was up against it. Chatfield’s first game was exactly 30 days away.