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a 6-5 lead with 7:37 remaining in the rst half when the game went into a lightning delay.

It took nearly two hours for the lightning and driving rain to clear, but Mead made the most of its time in the locker room.

“With the postseason you never know how much time you have left,” Coleman said. “ is group loves each other so much. It was just bonus time for them to hang out with each other.”

Mead is in its rst year with a girls lacrosse program.

It was the second meeting this season between the Cougars and Mavericks. Mead took a 13-8 win two weeks ago on May 4. Hartman led the way for the Mavericks in the rst meeting with a game-high ve goals.

“We knew we would have to face (Evergreen) again,” Coleman said.

“I’m really good friends with Rachel

Sanford (Evergreen coach). She has been a part of my lacrosse journey and coached me. She is a phenomenal coach and it’s hard to beat a great team twice.” e championship game Friday will be a rematch from the seasonopener for both Castle View and Mead on March 9. e Sabercats edged the Mavericks 7-6.

It was the nal high school game for Evergreen seniors Averi Gardner and Bella Reece, who both will be heading to Boulder to play for the Bu aloes next season. Gardner and Reece were both key parts of the Cougars’ 2021 state championship team.

Evergreen won CHSAA’s rst-ever 4A girls lacrosse state title in 2021 dominating the rest of the eld with double-digit wins in all three state tournament victories.

Gardner nished with over 200 goals and 100 assists in three seasons. Reece missed the majority of games this season due to injury and gutted out playing during the postseason.

“Friday isn’t going to be easy, but we’ll be better prepared for it,” Coleman said of rebounding after falling behind early against Evergreen and going through the long delay.

(1) Castle View 10,

(5) Green Mountain 9

Castle View senior Evie Tanella set the Sabercats back to the Class 4A girls lacrosse championship game with a game-winning goal.

Tanella scored the eventual game-winning goal with 17 seconds to play in the rst state seminal. Top-seeded Castle View came away with a 10-9 victory over Green Mountain — 4A defending state champions.

“It was really stressful,” Tanella said about Green Mountain tying the game 9-9 with 61 seconds left in regulation-time. “On the next draw I just knew that had to be our ball. e draw is all that mattered to me.”

Tanella was able to win the draw against Green Mountain sophomore Avery Freedman. Tanella eventually got the ball back and ri ed a shot past Green Mountain senior goalie Gretchen Ho man with 17 seconds left to give Castle View a 10-9 lead.

Green Mountain (12-6 record) had one last chance to tie the game after getting control on the next face-o , but the Rams couldn’t get a shot on net before time expired.

“It’s hard to be back at the same eld you were at last year and we didn’t make it happen,” Castle View coach Samantha Silverman said about the semi nal loss to ompson Valley a year ago. “We held it together this year which was awesome. We’ve been working a lot of the situations we might see here. We were able to hang onto the ball

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