Kelley Francis scored goals like she does, the defense refused to even bend and the Aspen High School girls soccer team made easy work of visiting Englewood.
Scoring two goals in the first 15 minutes is a good way to erase any nerves that might exist during a postseason match.
Midfielder Keaton Miller scored the game-winning goal for No. 18 Standley Lake to help the Gators beat Durango 2-1 and advance to the second round.
This wasn’t the typical No. 2 seed versus No. 31 seed match up. But a first round victory is what the Pueblo Centennial girls soccer team wanted and they earned one at Dutch Clark Stadium.
No. 16 Rock Canyon beat No. 17 Legacy 4-2 in a shootout to advance to the second round of the Class 5A girls soccer tournament.
Highlands Ranch beat Monarch 10-5 in the first round of the Class 5A boys lacrosse tournament on Wednesday.
No. 14 Ralston Valley scores in final minute of regulation-time and puts in OT goal to defeat No. 19 Grand Junction in first-round of 5A girls soccer playoff action.
Grace McReynolds scored the game’s lone goal in the first half as Rampart girls soccer got a 1-0 win over Arvada West on Tuesday.
For the first 70 minutes of action, the No. 3 overall seed in the Class 5A girls soccer playoffs found itself flustered and frustrated.
Just shy of a year ago, the Aspen High School boys lacrosse team beat Evergreen, 10-5, in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs on the AHS turf.