South metro sports roundup

Valor, Heritage girls keep rocking soccer field

BY JIM BENTON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Girls soccer

Valor Christian and Heritage continue to play good soccer.

Valor (5-1-1), ranked fourth in the latest state poll, defeated Lakewood 5-1 on April 13 as all the goals in the match were scored in the second half. Addison Whitehouse tallied three goals for Valor.

Valor whipped Bear Creek 10-0 on April 14.

Sixth-ranked Heritage (7-0-0) edged Castle View 1-0 on April 10 with Charley Bell scoring the winning goal. e Eagles’ Kailin Gudewicz got the only goal as Heritage nipped Chat eld 1-0 on April 12.

No. 5 Mountain Vista (6-1-0) outlasted Grandview, 2-0, on April 10 with Riley MacDonald and Keira Woody scoring for the Golden Eagles, Arapahoe (6-2-1) edged Cherokee Trail, 2-1, on April 13 with Karli Holmes and Jordan Stead scoring for the No. 7 Warriors. Bella Lopez assisted on both goals.

Lutheran, ranked fourth in Class 4A, defeated Golden, 4-0, on April 15. Four di erent players scored for the Lions and keeper Bissett Bussey made four saves.

Boys volleyball e win left the Huskies unbeaten in the league with seven wins and a 12-1 overall record. Legend dropped to 5-1 and 16-3.

Douglas County, ranked fth in the state poll, swept No. 3 Legend 3-0 in a Continental League rst place showdown on April 14.

Second-ranked Valor Christian (14-2) outscored Mountain Vista 15-9 in the deciding fth set to pull out a 3-2 win on April 14. Gabe Repplinger had 21 kills for Valor in the match while Tucker Shearn contributed 46 assists.

Boys swimming

Cherry Creek (6-1), ranked second in the PrepSwimCo.com poll, defeated Fossil Ridge 399-190 in an April 15 dual meet. Creek’s Zachary Reese won the 100 backstroke in :52.82 and the 200 IM in 1:58.33.

Sixth-ranked Highlands Ranch (31) downed No. 7 Heritage 227-128 in a dual meet on April 11.

Sota Kawahata of Highlands Ranch won two events. He was rst in the 100 freestyle in :49.15 and won the 200 freestyle in 1:46.07. Heritage was second and Ponderosa fourth in the April 15 Smoky Hill Invitational. Littleton’s Connor Wherry won the diving with 436.70 points and Heritage’sJacob Maestas was rst in the 100 backstroke in :52.35.

Boys lacrosse

Top-ranked Cherry Creek (10-0) got past Denver East 17-10 on April 14 while Magnus Langtry scored six goals and had four assists to pace No. 2 Legend (8-0) to a 17-6 victory over Rock Canyon on April 11. ird-ranked Valor Christian (9-1) defeated No. 10 Castle View 17-3 on April 13. Rush LaSelle had four goals and ve points for Valor while Baden Brown nished with seven points with two goals and ve assists.

No. 5 Regis Jesuit handed a 10-7 defeat to No. 6 Mountain Vista (7-2) on April 11. No. 7 Arapahoe (3-5) lost 5-3 to Kent Denver on April 11.

Girls lacrosse

Second-ranked Valor Christian (72) went two overtimes before nally beating St. Ignatius College Preparatory 14-13 on April 14. Eliza Osburn had four goals and three assists for Valor.

No. 6 Cherry Creek (8-2) downed third-ranked underRidge 15-4 on April 14 as Ava Whitt led the way for the Bruins with six goals and an assist. Creek routed Arapahoe 20-2 on April 12.

Ninth-ranked Rock Canyon (8-0) defeated Air Academy 13-10 on April 13.