Prep baseball in thick of season

BY JIM BENTON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

e Heritage baseball team took an undefeated record into a pair of tough games during the week of April 10-15.

Coach Jordan Johnson’s Eagles were ranked fth in the CHSAANow.com state poll on April 10 and defeated Valor Christian 8-1 on April 12 as pitchers Case Kunz and Henry Hossfeld combined to limit the Eagles to one run and eight hits.

On April 15, Heritage played top-seeded Rocky Mountain in Fort Collins and lost 9-5 in a game between unbeaten teams. Will Shefte had two hits and two runs batted in for the Eagles (111).

In other baseball action, Mason Scott went 3-for-3 with a run batted in and scored twice as third-ranked Cherry Creek (8-4) downed Arapahoe 8-5 on April 11.

Nick Herrick was 3-for-3 and had two RBI in Creek’s 14-0 win over Mullen on April 13.

Sixth-ranked Mountain Vista (7-3) couldn’t push across the tying run in the sixth or seventh innings and dropped a 10-9 decision to Columbine on April 12. Carson Vitry had two hits for Vista.

Chaparral, ranked fourth in the Class 5A poll, edged Lutheran 6-5 on April 15. Brayden Munroe belted two home runs, scored twice and had three RBI for Chap (7-11). Drew McNear and Josh Miller each had two hits for Lutheran, the sixth-ranked team in the Class 4A state rankings.

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