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“It was an adrenaline rush. It was crazy,” Richardson, who also scored the game’s rst goal, said of the sequence leading up to his gamewinner. “I saw the ball coming. I was like, ‘I’m going for it. I don’t care if I get knocked on my butt. I’m going to go for it.’ And it worked out. [D’Lallo and I] have been working together for a while, so it was pretty much instinct. It was really cool.” en, in the blink of an eye, the Huskies (8-4, 5-2 5A League #1) ripped o back-to-back-to-back goals — courtesy of Max Kroening, Ben Hasselback and Kai Mathews — to grab a 3-2 advantage. at all happened in just 1:06.

After Richardson’s rst-quarter goal, Katrana scored 13 seconds into the second period to extend Ponderosa’s (9-5, 1-3 4A Southern League) lead to 2-0.

Katrana’s catch-spin-and-shoot goal from the left side tied the score at 3 apiece right before both teams headed into the locker room for halftime. e third quarter was largely dominated by both teams’ defenses. Recording the lone goal in the period was Owen Colton, who scored from about 5 yards out after receiving a pass from Connor McAnally. at goal set up the back-and-forth fourth quarter. “ ey stuck with it,” Trietley said of his group. “It was a great win.”

Said Richardson of playing from behind most of the fourth quarter but ultimately nding a way to win: “I think we really came together as a team. We’re family. It was close, but we nished it.”

Douglas County goalie Carter Holvick, who entered the game boasting a Colorado-best 77% save percentage, saved 70% (14 of 20) of the shots thrown at him by the Mustangs. Ponderosa goalie Doran Trietley had an exceptional game as well, denying 81% (22 of 27) of the Huskies’ shots. Both teams will now await their postseason fates. e 5A and 4A state playo brackets are set to be released May 7.

“We still have a lot of things we can clean up to get a rst-round win in the playo s,” Trietley said, “and so we’re just hoping to build every day and keep getting better.”