Tiebreaker decides fates
Ralston Valley, Green Mountain, Pomona, Columbine and Chatfield will be the five Class 5A Jeffco teams advancing to the baseball playoffs. Ralston Valley won it first 5A Jeffco League title with an 8-1 conference mark. Defending conference champion Green Mountain finished 6-3 in league. Pomona, Columbine, Chatfield, Bear Creek and Dakota Ridge finished in a five-way tie for third place. The record of head-to-head games between the five teams eliminated Bear Creek and Dakota Ridge from making the playoffs. The eight 5A district tournament will be played Saturday, May 15. The brackets were scheduled to be released Wednesday, May 12, after press deadline.
State tennis on tap
D’Evelyn will bring a large contingent to the Class 4A girls state tennis tournament in Pueblo this week. The Jaguars, led by No. 1 singles player sophomore Erin Gebes, qualified everyone but their No. 2 singles player for the state tournament that begins Thursday, May 13.
Wheat Ridge qualified its No. 1 and No. 2 singles players in seniors Brittan Sutphin and Jessica Hurrell. Golden freshman Callie Morlock will be headed to state at No. 1 singles along with the Demons’ No. 2 doubles team of Jessica Klimer and Hannah Pierce.
For the 5A tournament scheduled for Gates Tennis Center in Denver, Ralston Valley qualified No. 1 and No. 3 singles players Stephanie Schwartz and Olivia Anselmo. The Mustangs’ No. 4 doubles team of Stephanie Pyne and Rachel Trujillo also qualified. Green Mountain’s No. 3 and No. 4 doubles teams of Nicole Kelly/Molly McKeon and Hillary Owens/Deanna Reesor will also make the trip down to Gates for the three-day tournament.
5A soccer moved up
With another spring storm heading toward Colorado, the Colorado High School Activities Association allowed teams in the Class 5A girls state soccer tournament to move up their games by a day. Green Mountain, Arvada West and Ralston Valley each made the 32-team field and played on the road in Fort Collins, Colorado Springs and Boulder, respectively, Tuesday, May 11, after press deadline.
If the Rams, Wildcats or Mustangs were able to score a first-round upset they would play in the round of 16 on Friday, May 14.
Clark named MVP
Lakewood High School graduate Molly Clark was named the MVP of the 2010 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Softball Tournament. Clark helped Metro State College win the tournament. She batted .409 with 14 RBI, 12 runs scored and five home runs in seven tournament games last week.
Wheat Ridge High School graduate Tara Mickelson had the game-winning home run in the championship game for Metro State.
Valerius honored
Golden High School graduate Luke Valerius was named to the 2010 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Baseball All-Tournament Team. Valerius, a junior at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, had a .357 batting average with 12 doubles and 31 RBI in his first season with the Lopers.
Brown headed to Virginia
Pomona High School senior Jeff Brown has accepted a basketball scholarship to Southern Virginia University, a NAIA school in Buena Vista, Virginia. Brown averaged nearly 17 points per game his senior season for the Panthers and was named to the Class 5A Jeffco League’s first team all-conference squad.
Wheat Ridge signers
Wheat Ridge High School honored 14 student-athletes last month during a breakfast who will continue their sports careers at the college level. Eric Shannon (football/baseball, Colorado School of Mines, Charlie Land (baseball, Colorado School of Mines), Reid Hukari (soccer, UCLA), Alex Merrill (soccer, Duke University), Patrick Armstrong (swimming, Asbury College), Kaitlyn Hack (swimming, New Mexico State University), Koltin Fatzinger (lacrosse, Chestnut Hill College), Austin Livingston (football, Colorado School of Mines), Giana Duncan (softball, Colorado School of Mines), Amanda Arias-Young (softball, Otero Junior College), Stephanie Routzon (softball, University of Louisiana @ Monroe), Scott Fauble (cross country/track, University of Portland), Rachel Romansky (volleyball, Fairfield University in Connecticut) and Kendra Austin (basketball, Bethany College) have all signed letters of intent.
Basketball camp
The Front Range Basketball Academy will conduct a basketball skills and competition camp with separate sessions for grades 2-5 (boys and girls) and grades 6-9 (boys and girls) from June 7-10 at D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School. Cost is $100. Instructors at the camp will include D’Evelyn’s boys and girls varsity coaches — Troy Pachner and Chris Olson — along with Englewood High School’s boys varsity coach Stu Howard and local high school and college players. For more information, call Pachner at 303-883-9532 or e-mail frontrangebasketball@gmail.com.
FCA sports camps
Faith Christian Academy in Arvada will hold a variety of sports camps (football, boys basketball, girls basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, soccer and cheer) in June this summer. All clinics will be run by Faith coaches and are open to students 1st to 8th grades (3rd to 6th grade for football). For more information, e-mail Micah Kirkwood at Micah.Kirkwood@fca-schools.org.
CCGS golf tournament
Colorado Coaches of Girls Sports will host the Ruby Miller Scholarship Scramble on Friday, June 4, at Lake Arbor Golf Course in Arvada. Entry fee is $95. The fundraiser raises money for scholarships for girls who are going into coaching. Entry deadline is May 21. For more information, go online at www.colocgs.com.
Marlins registration
Golden Marlins — youth swim program —begins its summer season Monday, May 17, and run until July 30. All practices are held at Splash in Golden. For more information, go online at goldenmarlins.org.
All-State Games
The schedule has been released for the 2010 All-State Games, featuring the top prep seniors from the past season. The softball game will be Wednesday, June 9, at the University of Northern Colorado’s softball field in Greeley. The wrestling, volleyball, boys and girls basketball games will begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 12, on UNC’s campus. The football game will cap off the events at 5 p.m. Saturday at Nottingham Field in Greeley.
Venus de Miles
The Venus de Miles — all women’s cycling race from Denver to Boulder — will take place Sunday, Aug. 29. For more information, go online at www.venusdemiles.com
Buffalo Bill tournament
A golf tournament at Fossil Trace Golf Club in Golden on Wednesday, July 21, will kick off Buffalo Bill Days this summer. For more information on the tournament and other events go online at www.buffalobilldays.com.
Volleyball camps
The Gold Medal Squared Volleyball Camp will be Aug. 2 to 5, at Oberon Middle School in Arvada. There will be a morning session for grades 4, 5 and 6, along with an afternoon session for 7th and 8th graders. Space is limited to 16 participants per session. Cost is $85.
For more information, call Arvada West varsity coach Debbie Pospisil at 303-982-0550 or e-mail her at dpospisi@jeffco.k12.co.us.
Reeves Sports Foundation
Arvada West High School graduate Danny Vais — a standout basketball and baseball player — has created The Eddie Reeves Sports Foundation after the recent passing of the former A-West teacher and basketball coach. The foundation’s first event will be the inaugural Eddie Reeves Sports Foundation Golf Tournament on Sunday, June 6, at West Woods Golf Club in Arvada. Fee is $100 per golfer for the 8 a.m. shotgun start. Registration deadline is Thursday, May 20. The foundation is also looking for hole sponsors from local businesses. The tournament will benefit the foundation’s scholarship fund. The foundation will handout a scholarship to the top boy and girl student-athlete from A-West, Pomona, Standley Lake and Ralston Valley high schools. For more information and to register, call Vais at 720-289-7922 or e-mail him at dannyvais20@hotmail.com. The foundation’s website is www.ersportsfoundation.com.
CSM football camp
The Colorado School of Mines football staff will conduct a youth football camp Tuesday through Thursday, June 22-24, at Brooks Field on the CSM campus in Golden. Boys entering grades 2-8 are eligible. Cost is $140 per camper. Registration deadline is Tuesday, June 1. For more information call 303-273-3159 or go online at www.csmorediggers.com.