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good team.” e Jaguars got the scoring party started early, sending 11 batters to the plate, scoring seven runs and knocking out starting pitcher Justin Dean — all in the rst inning.

Matthew Shipley’s two-run triple to the right-center eld gap on a 3-2 count spotted the Jaguars a quick 4-0 lead. Next up was Zach Perry, whose laser-beam triple o the left eld fence scored Shipley. David Brabb and Will Garduno also had RBI singles in the opening frame.

“Once we’re on, we’re hot and we stay hot,” Jaworsky said. “We don’t go cold.”

And stay hot the Jaguars did. ree more runs in the second inning — courtesy of Jaworsky’s rst big y and a two-run double smashed to left eld by Manaav

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

Boys volleyball

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

Second-ranked Valor Christian (14-2) outscored Mountain Vista 15-9 in the deciding fifth 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 ond 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 (3-1) downed No. 7 Heritage 227128 in a dual meet on April 11.

Sota Kawahata of Highlands Ranch won two events. He was first 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 first 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

17-3 on April 13. Rush LaSelle had four goals and five points for Valor while Baden Brown finished with seven points with two goals and five 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 can. en the games will take care of themselves,” Dyer said. “We won all ve of those innings today. at’s something we talk about.”

Second-ranked Valor Christian (7-2) went two overtimes before finally 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 ThunderRidge 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.

Rock Canyon won the Class 5A state title in 2015 but has had some lean years since, including 2018 (eighth-place nish in league) and 2017 and 2019 (seventh-place nish both seasons).

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)

Bhatt — stretched Rock Canyon’s lead to 10-0.

Jaworsky’s and Clause’s thirdinning home runs rounded out the scoring.

While the Jaguars’ (8-3) hitters were doing damage at the plate, their pitchers were shutting down the Wolves (6-5) on the mound.

Starting pitcher Austin Bowker

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 threw 41 pitchers — 28 of them going for strikes — and surrendered just two hits, one of which was an in eld single in the rst inning. Bowker also tallied four strikeouts.

Chase Goode and Eric Hagner also got some pitching work in and combined to give up only two hits.

“To keep it small, we want to win as many innings of every game as we had three RBI for Chap (7-1-1). e Lions (8-6-1) split a two-game series with No. 8 Lewis-Palmer.

Drew McNear and Josh Miller each had two hits for Lutheran, the sixthranked team in the Class 4A state rankings.

Lutheran lost 15-12 on April 11 but rebounded with an 11-6 win on

But Dyer feels this year’s group has a chance to make some noise in the 5A Continental League and perhaps even in the state tournament, primarily because seven starters from last year’s squad are back and nearly everyone on the roster has been playing together since before high school.

“We’ve got a good, experience group,” Dyer said. “ e kids have been playing together a long time — club ball, youth ball. ey’ve been around each other a long time.

“We still have a long way to go. We haven’t put together a complete game yet, but today was a good day.”

April 13. Josh Miller went 3-for-4 and scored three runs in the Lions’ win in the second game against Lewis-Palmer.

Two-time defending Class 4A state champion Ponderosa (6-5) defeated Denver East 16-4 on April 15 with Bryce Robinette going 4-for-4 with three RBI.

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