SPORTS

SLIPPING AWAY

PITCHING CAN’T OVERCOME BRIGHTON

Prairie View’s Payten Wilson and Thompson Valley’s Macie Oberhammer want control of the ball during the teams’ non-conference game May 6 at PVHS. The Eagles used three goals from Marit Klagge to pick up a 6-3 win. Cienna Rush, Chloe Gray and

Brooklyn McKinney scored the goals for Prairie View. PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH

Mountain Range’s Michael Acierno fi res a pitch toward the plate against Brighton May 6. Acierno struck out 12 in his fi ve innings on the mound, but BHS won the game 6-5 in

eight innings. PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH

Ravens return to the fi eld with a win

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It seems reasonably certain that the Riverdale Ridge baseball team was happy to get back on a fi eld and play a game May 5, its fi rst in almost two years.

As for coach Ray Garza, he wasn’t sure what to expect.

“ I was a little worried to start. It ended up working for us,” Garza said. “We have a good core of kids that gel well together. A number of kids have done a lot of work in the time we’ve been away, whether it’s with baseball-related skills, their body. That was the biggest key. These kids had to do something on their own.”

Whether it was the offseason work or the preseason lineup of games so that Garza and his staff could fi nd the right players to fi ll the slots on the team, it worked out well for RRHS. The Ravens scored nine times in their last three turns at-bat and beat visiting Berthoud 9-5.

Dakota Pruitt had three hits, including a two-run single in the fi fth inning to tie the score. Elijah Lofton then added an RBI double to pad RRHS’ lead to 6-4. He fi nished with two hits and two RBIs.

“It was the jitters. We haven’t played in two years,” Pruitt said. “We were just getting those fi rst ABs out of the way, settling into our spot.

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Frederick’s Olivia Fauerbach stands at the ready-to-fi nish play on this hole as Alexis Yono of Riverdale Ridge golfer completes her e ort during the Windsor Girls Invitational Golf Tournament at the Lakes May 6. Fauerbach fi nished 13th after carding a 96. Yono fi nished with a 114, good for a tie for 36th place. PHOTO BY JIM SIEGLE

BASEBALL

We played the ball we know how to play.”

“Once we got the timing with the pitcher, we made contact, put the ball in play. They made mistakes,” Lofton said. “We played with the lead. Our timing was off, not seeing live pitching for a week or two. Once we got to it, we put the ball in play.”

RRHS had a tough time fi nding a solution to Berthoud’s starting pitcher, Matt Jorissen. He struck out six in 4 1/3 innings of starting pitching.

“Coach Garza did a great job of settling us down in the box,” Pruitt said. “The guys really took to that. We came out slow. But that pitcher was gone after we got a good talkingto from coach Garza.”

“I choked up on the bat, lessened my stride,” Lofton said. “I hit for contact.”

Mason Richard picked up the win. He gave up two hits over three innings. It was the Ravens’ fi rst game in almost two years. Lawson Dawes had a base hit and two RBIs for the Spartans. Jorissen added a couple of base hits.

“It’s more important to win the way we won. As a team playing together, good results happen,” Lofton said.

Pruitt said the win was more important.

“If you’re scrapping, a win is a win when it comes down to the scorebooks,” Pruitt said. “it’s a win. We’ll take a win. We’re looking to put more wins in the win column.”

“We didn’t play very well. But because of those (preseason) games, we were able to have some reps, some practice in order for us to do what we did today,” Garza said. “We’ve gained a couple of good players, and that’s been a plus. We’re hoping to continue to build talent. As we continue to win, we hope that brings in more talent.”

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Riverdale Ridge’s Dakota Pruitt follows through on a throw to fi rst base against Berthoud May 5.

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Girls soccer

The May 3 match between Eagle Ridge and Denver School of Science and Technology-Byers was postponed because of weather.

The Warriors blanked Strive Prep Smart Academy 7-0 on the Ocelots’ fi eld May 4. No stats were available for either team.

Riverdale Ridge High School

Girls soccer

Brighton beat Riverdale Ridge 3-2 in overtime May 6 in Brighton. Karly Lambert scored two of Brighton’s goals. Leah Day added the other tally. Goalkeeper Katie Powers made 11 saves in her 70 mnutes of play. Lu Freese fi nished the game in goal and didn’t make a save.

Ravens’ goalie Kylie Bach made 12 saves. Ella Cornelius and Molly Lancaster scored the goals for RRHS.

Girls golf

Riverdale Ridge took fi fth at the Windsor Girls Invitational May 6 at Pelican Lakes Golf Course.

The team medalist was Natalie Solis Franco, who carded a 112 and took 29th place. Alexis Yono was 32nd after fi ring a 114, and Abby Lechter fi nished 42nd. Her score was 124.

Baseball

Riverdale Ridge downed Thompson Valley 7-2 in Thornton May 6. Corey Lopez drove in three of the Ravens’ runs, while Marcus Espinosa drove in two. Dakota Pruitt had two of RRHS’ half-dozen hits.

Pitchers Ty Thompson and Easton McKenzie combined on a two-hitter. Thompson struck out six in fi ve innings, while McKenzie struck out fi ve in his two innings of work.

RRHS beat Niwot 13-1 May 8 in 4 1/2 innings in Thornton. Dakota Pruitt homered and drove in three. Mathias Talarico drove in three runs. Starting pitcher Grant Wroblewski struck out six in three innings.

Track and fi eld

Braylon Fenderson won the boys 100-meter dash at the R2 Invitational in Berthoud May 7. He turned in a time of 11.2 seconds. Fenderson also fi nished third in the 200- dash, where his time was 22.61.

Other results:

Girls shot put: 4. Brooke Franke, 31-3. 6. Emilie Russell, 28-3. Discus: 4. Franke, 89-11. 6. Baylee Bushlack, 89-1. Boys 200-meter dash: 2. Nabor Alvarez, 17.92. 300-meter hurdles: 3. Alvarez, 45.69. Pole vault: 4. Lucas Couron, 9 feet. Shot put: 8. Isaac

Bonner, 35-8 1/2.

The Ravens fi nished seventh in the boys team standings and 10th in the girls team standings.

RRHS was back at it May 8 at the Erie Tiger Invitational. Here’s a recap of the Ravens’ results:

Girls shot put: 1. Franke, 31-3. Discus: 1. Franke, 88-8.

Boys 800-meter run: 8. Alvarez, 56.7. 4-by-100- relay: 3. Couron, Alvarez, RJ Holiday, Fenderson, 44.95. Shot put: 7. Trevor Miller, 35-9 1/4. 8, Isaac Bonner, 35-8.

The girls team fi nished 11th, and the boys team was 13th.

Girls soccer

Brighton beat Riverdale Ridge 3-2 in overtime May 7 on Brighton’s pitch.

Karly Lambert scored two of Brighton’s goals. Leah Day added the other tally. Goalkeeper Katie Powers made 11 saves in her 70 mnutes of play. Lu Freese fi nished the game in goal and didn’t make a save.

Ravens’ goalie Kylie Bach made 12 saves. Ella Cornelius and Molly Lancaster scored the goals for RRHS.

Girls golf

Brighton’s Lina Chavarria was her team’s medalist at the Eastern Metro Athletic Conference north area meet May 7 at Bu alo Run Golf Course. She also fi nished second in the fi eld after carding a score of 115.

Ariyah Abeyta (third place with a score of 132) and Zia Gonzales (fourth place, 134) rounded out Brighton’s scoring contingent.

BHS fi nished second in the team standings, 33 shots in back of rival Prairie View High School.

Baseball

Brighton scored a run in the eighth inning and beat Mountain Range 6-5 in the seasonopener for both schools May 6. The game was in Brighton.

Mark Cusick, Jace Valdez and Jarrett Benedict got credit for the Mustangs’ RBIs. Each had one base hit, as did Caden Kalkhors and Michael Acierno. Acierno also was the starting pitcher for MRHS. He struck out 12 in fi ve innings.

Gavin Schmeh was the winning pitcher. He struck out four in two innings of relief.

BHS won its fi rst road game of the season, a 12-0 triumph over Loveland May 7. Eli Bowman drove in three runs. Schmeh had three hits. Brok Eddy and Anthony Treto drove in a pair of runs. Eddy was the starting pitcher. He lasted three innings and struck out four.

Prairie View High School

Cancellation

Prairie View’s May 3 game at Boulder was called o , as was the ThunderHawks’ weekend trip to Grand Junction because of quarantine issues.

The ThunderHawks’ May 20 lacrosse match at Clear Creek High School also was canceled.

Lacrosse

Lewis-Palmer downed Prairie View 19-4 in Brighton May 7. No stats were available.

Girls tennis

Prairie View blanked Northglenn 7-0 in Brighton May 4. The T-Hawks’ Faith Whittington (No. 1 singles), Lindsey Dalton (No. 2 singles), Faith Miller (No. 3 singles) and the No. 1 doubles team of Brianna Morgan and Taylor Pollock won their matches in straight sets.

PVHS also blanked Vista Peak 7-0 in Aurora May 6. Whittington, Faith Miller (Np. 2 singles), Dalton (No. 3 singles), and all four doubles teams (Morgan and Pollock, Lynzie Maestas and Sophie Williams, Abby Bernhardt and Emma Coates and Kelsey Anderson and Jayde Cummings) won their matches in straight sets.

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