D’Evelyn girls hoops win 5A/4A Je co League title

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LITTLETON — D’Evelyn became the rst girls basketball team in the state to reach the 20-win mark this season on Feb. 8.

e Jaguars — No. 3 in the Class 4A CHSAANow.com rankings

— continued their perfect season with a 45-31 road victory against Dakota Ridge. Even more signi - cant, D’Evelyn (21-0, 11-0 in league) o cially clinched the 5A/4A Je co League title win the victory.

“ is means a lot,” D’Evelyn junior Peyton Marvel said after she dropped a game-high 25 points in the victory. “We talked about it at the beginning of the year that it was one of our big goals to win league. It’s only our fth league title in the program’s history. It’s awesome to be a part of it.” e Jaguars were a little surprised that they could take home the league plaque. D’Evelyn still had a conference game left Feb. 10 against Green Mountain (14-7, 8-3), but the Jaguars had a 1-game lead over Littleton (156, 9-2) with one league game left and D’Evelyn held the tiebreaker over the Lions.

“We honestly didn’t expected it,” Marvel said of Patrick Simpson — Executive Director of Athletics and

Activities for Je co Public Schools

— presenting the league plaque to the Jaguars following the victory.

“We thought we might get it on Friday, but it was awesome.”

It’s the rst girls basketball conference title for the Jaguars since D’Evelyn won four straight 4A Je co champions from 2012-2015.

“When you win a couple, then you