Legend takes 12-2 win over Ralston Valley

Boys baseball team excels in pitching, hitting

BY JIM BENTON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Legend’s baseball team played its third game in three days against Ralston Valley on March 30.

With games bunched together, it can put stress on a high school pitching sta because of pitch limitation rules.

However, Legend got a solid pitching performance from Gavin Hasche and combined that with a 10-hit attack over ve innings to notch a 12-2 win over the Mustangs in a game that ended after ve innings because of the mercy rule.

e win improved Legend’s record to 5-2 and came after the Titans defeated Lakewood 14-3 on March 28 and an 11-7 setback to Cherry Creek on March 29.

“We knew we had three games in a row so we kind of spaced our pitching a little bit,” said Legend coach Scott Boyd.

“Our starters for three games threw very well. We hit the baseball against Ralston Valley. We have tough games coming up against Valor and Erie and our goal is to win every week. With this group of kids, we should be able to do that.”

Hasche, a senior who has committed to Boston College, allowed two runs, gave up ve hits and struck out six batters in his ve-inning outing.

“I felt good,” said Hasche. “I pitched pretty good but I made some mistakes. I was just locating my fastball and my slider was moving.” independence to solve issues with local thinking rather than falling back to outsiders and interference that failed our schools before? After all, shouldn’t we be electing local ofcials who have the leadership moxie to bring all kinds of people together?

Senior shortstop Nathan Hopkins, who made two dazzling elding plays early in the game, paced the Titans offense by going 3-for-3 with a solo home run and two runs batted in. He scored three runs.

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Douglas County has three County Commissioners who support the right to own an AR 15 assault/pistol/ ri e, or other weapon of war, over the lives of every school student in Douglas County. ey were elected by a majority of the residents of the county who have similar views. Other elected o cials do not even support the red ag law that would take these weapons of war out of the hands of mentally ill people.

I would like to invite a representative group of the afore mentioned AR15 supporters to join me in visiting three schools that are a short walk from my house. Students from these three schools pass my house every day. ese representatives would simply trade their AR 15s for the life of every student and teacher or keep their AR 15s and pick a name, who they view, has less value than an AR 15.

Roy Legg Highlands Ranch