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Arvada West and Green Mountain high school’s girls soccer teams were unable to pull off first-round upsets during the Class 5A state tournament. No. 22-seeded A-West fell to No. 11 seed Ponderosa, 5-1, May 7 at Douglas County Stadium. No. 21-seeded Green Mountain was blanked, 4-0, by No. 12 seed Fort Collins on May 6.
Myers, Dalton pull double
Ralston Valley senior Clay Myers and Arvada West junior John Dalton were two-time winners Saturday, May 10, at the Jeffco League boys swimming championships. Myers took the 200- and 500-meter freestyle events. Dalton captured the 50 and 100 freestyle events. Arvada senior Andrew Zerwick, who competed for Wheat Ridge last season, won the 100 backstroke event for the Reds.
The 5A state finals will be Friday, May 16, at Edora Pool and Ice Center in Fort Collins. The 4A finals will be Saturday, May 17, at EPIC.
Mustangs come up short
Ralston Valley High School’s girls tennis team finished tied for 8th at the Class 4A state tournament Saturday, May 10, in Pueblo. The Mustangs failed to advance a team to the finals. Ralston Valley’s No. 2 doubles team of Casey Pettet and Kelsi Clemmer had the top finish for the Mustangs, finishing third. Ralston Valley’s No. 4 doubles team of Kristin Snyder and Emily Peterson placed fourth.
Silent auction
Arvada High School’s softball program is holding a silent auction to raise money to upgrade its facilities. For information and a list of all items up for auction go online at www.arvadahighschool.org.