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Absolutely a perfect start to league play for Golden baseball

GOLDEN — The quest for a 5-peat officially started Tuesday on Golden High School’s baseball field.

The Demons are attempting to win the program’s fifth consecutive Class 4A/3A Jeffco League title. Senior pitcher Sawyer Brinkman got Golden off on the right foot in the conference opener Tuesday throwing a perfect game in a 10-0 (5-inning) victory against Standley Lake.

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Race for Jeffco girls golf league medalists heating up

GOLDEN — Ralston Valley junior Addison Hines is in position to capture the girls golf Class 5A Jeffco League individual medalist title.

Hines is atop the leaderboard with a 35.13 9-hole scoring average through the first four of six Jeffco League tournaments. The junior shot a 1-under-par, 70 Monday at The Club at Rolling Hills in Golden to keep the overall medalist lead with two conference tournaments remaining.

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Ralston Valley wins wild ending on the soccer pitch at NAAC

ARVADA — Four goals in the final 10 minutes was unexpected Monday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.

“That was insane,” Ralston Valley coach Kamee Morwood said of the final 10 minutes of the Class 5A Jeffco League game between Arvada-area rivals Ralston Valley and Arvada West. “That’s soccer. You can never stop. You can never anticipate the ending to any game.” 

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Bear Creek baseball corrals Ralston Valley on the diamond

ARVADA — Bear Creek held on to get its biggest victory of the baseball season so far on Saturday at Ralston Valley High School’s Nate Jurney Field.

The Bears ended their 3-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over Ralston Valley. Senior Jamin Patterson picked up the victory on the mound and junior Brandon Adams-Anders got the save recording the final two outs to prevent the Mustangs from completing a late-inning comeback attempt.

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Arvada West baseball strikes first as 5A Jeffco League play begins

LITTLETON — Arvada West sophomore Cooper Vais was about as effective and efficient as a starting pitcher can be on opening day of Class 5A Jeffco League play. 

Vais tossed five shutout innings, allowing just two hits while striking out 13 batters  Thursday at Chatfield Senior High School. A-West cruised to a 9-2 victory over the Chargers in the conference opener.

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Green Mountain girls soccer drives home key win over Dakota Ridge

LAKEWOOD — Green Mountain senior Alyssa Hamilton is making a strong case to be the Class 4A/3A Jeffco League girls soccer MVP this season.

Hamilton — signed to play at the University of Idaho — added to her already impressive resume with a pair of second-half goals Tuesday night at Lakewood Memorial Field. It was all Green Mountain needed in a 2-0 victory against Dakota Ridge. 

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Extra-inning work pays off for Arvada West baseball

ARVADA — You got a little bit of everything when Cherokee Trail and Arvada West squared off on the baseball diamond Tuesday.

A little pregame hailstorm, both starting pitchers having no-hitters through four innings, Cherokee Trail scoring three runs with no hits in the top of the fourth inning, along with A-West scoring on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning to end the near 3-hour marathon.

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Ralston Valley girls soccer stampedes to 5-0 start

ARVADA — Ralston Valley’s girls soccer team has been able to adjust to the early graduation of Raleigh Greason.

Greason graduated a semester early from Ralston Valley High School so she could get a jump-start on her college career at Texas Tech University. Greason had a historic junior season in 2024 with 36 goals and 10 assists during the Mustangs run to the Class 5A state semifinals. 

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Dakota Ridge boys lacrosse remains undefeated after rally versus Lakewood

LAKEWOOD — Staying undefeated wasn’t as easy as Dakota Ridge’s boys lacrosse team thought it was going to be Friday night at Trailblazer Stadium.

The Eagles (5-0 record) trailed Lakewood 12-11 in the non-league, all-Jeffco match-up with 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Dakota Ridge used a 4-0 run in the final minutes to hold off the young Tigers.

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Jeffco Senior High School Game wraps up girls hoops season

LAKEWOOD — Arvada West senior Avery Harrison wasted no time shaking off the rust on the basketball court Tuesday night.

Despite her high school season ending nearly three weeks ago in a Sweet 16 playoff loss, Harrison poured in eight points in the first quarter of the 2025 Jeffco High School Senior girls basketball game at the Gold Crown Field House. 

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Green Mountain rams into 5A boys basketball Final 4

DENVER — Green Mountain’s boys basketball team is heading to the Final 4 for the first time in over 30 years.

It could have been called the ‘Cinderella Great 8 Game’ between No. 25-seeded Sand Creek and No. 16-seeded Green Mountain, the Rams overcame a huge early deficit to grind out a 43-40 victory in the Class 5A state quarterfinal game Friday, March 7, at the Denver Coliseum.

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Green Mountain girls basketball knocks out two-time defending 5A state champs

DENVER — Green Mountain put an end to Roosevelt’s recent domination of the Class 5A girls basketball state tournament Friday morning.

The Rams took a wire-to-wire 46-42 win over the 2-time defending state champions in the first of eight Great 8 state quarterfinal games Friday, March 7, at the Denver Coliseum. 

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Dakota Ridge boys basketball returning to Great 8

LITTLETON — For the third straight season Dakota Ridge’s boys basketball program is heading to the Denver Coliseum.

The No. 3-seeded Eagles defeated No. 14 Palmer 72-51 on Tuesday night at Dakota Ridge High School to advance to the quarterfinals of the Class 5A state tournament. Two-time 5A/4A Jeffco League MVP — Dakota Ridge senior Ethan Berninger — led the way with a team-high 24 points.

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Green Mountain girls lockdown spot in 5A girls basketball Sweet 16

LAKEWOOD — Defense is going to determine how far Green Mountain advances in the Class 5A girls basketball state tournament.

“If we are trying to win the whole thing and be one of those elite teams you have to defend at an elite level,” Green Mountain coach Matteo Busnardo said after the Rams’ 66-24 round of 32 home victory over Sierra on Saturday night. “Defense wins you championships. Defense wins you games. That is what we are going to keep following.”

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A-West girls basketball completes sweep of rival Ralston Valley

ARVADA — For the first time in over a decade Arvada West’s girls basketball team has hit the 20-win mark, but the Wildcats aren’t done yet.

“It feels amazing, but we still have work to do,” A-West senior Sara Walker said after the Wildcats’ regular-season finale win Saturday night. “Our goal is to get to the Coliseum (state quarterfinals). These next two (playoff) games are going to be big.”

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Late run gives Arvada West girls basketball win over Columbine

ARVADA — Arvada West used an 8-0 run in the final 2 minutes Tuesday night to edge Columbine in Class 6A Jeffco League girls basketball action.

Columbine junior Jordyn Washington’s 3-point play the hard way with 2:28 left in the fourth quarter tied things up at 33-33. However, the Wildcats scored the final eight points to claim a 41-33 victory.

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Dakota Ridge boys hoops lockdown defensively at Green Mountain

LAKEWOOD — Dakota Ridge’s student section broke out in chats of ‘MVP, MVP …’ on Monday night at Green Mountain High School.

While the Eagles do have last year’s Class 5A/4A Jeffco League MVP in senior Ethan Berninger, it was Nathan Esau who was defintely the Eagles’ MVP in the huge conference game. Esau scored a game-high 29 points as Dakota Ridge took a 56-46 road victory against Green Mountain.

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Green Mountain boys basketball breaks off big league win

LAKEWOOD — It’s safe to say that Simon Lunsford is showing no ill effects after suffering a broken right fibula, torn ligaments and a displaced right ankle on Nov. 22. 

The Green Mountain senior and 3-sport athlete (football, basketball and baseball) had the injury in the state quarterfinal football game playing quarterback for the Rams just over two months ago.

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History made on the wrestling mats in Jeffco

LITTLETON — History was made on the wrestling mats Thursday night.

The first girls wrestling Jeffco League Championship Tournament to determine the league champion was held at Columbine High School. Nine Jeffco teams — Arvada West, Chatfield, Columbine, Conifer, Evergreen, Jefferson, Littleton, Pomona and Standley Lake — competed with a total of 74 wrestlers filling the 14 different weight classes.

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Braketa brothers lift Ralston Valley boys hoops over Valor

ARVADA — The defending Class 6A state champion nor the descending polar vortex could cool off the white hot Ralston Valley boys basketball team.

The Mustangs (12-0 record, 3-0 in 6A Jeffco) never trailed Valor Christian (9-4, 2-1) on Jan. 17 at Ralston Valley High School. Ralston Valley’s 65-58 victory kept the Mustangs on pace with Rangeview (12-0) as the lone two remaining undefeated teams in 6A.

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Kindness Classic keeps the legacy of Mackenzie Forrest alive

LAKEWOOD — It’s coming up on nine years since Mackenzie Forrest finished up her prep basketball career at Lakewood High School.

Forrest was a standout guard for the Tigers’ girls basketball team from 2012 to 2016. She still remains the all-time leading scorer with 1,420 points. Forrest tragically died after a car accident in March 2016, a few months before she would have graduated from Lakewood High School.

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The high school student activity pass is $65 and allows free admission to any regular season Jeffco athletics contest. Students without the activity pass will be charged the general admission price. The activity pass cannot be used for admission to dances, plays, concerts, tournaments and postseason events. The pass can save families money if their student regularly attends football, volleyball, gymnastics, soccer, basketball, hockey, wrestling and lacrosse contests.

Students can pay for an activity pass in Infinite Campus in the student fee payment section. They can also pay in person through their school’s financial secretary. Once purchased, the pass is added to the student ID issued at the beginning of the school year.

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Patrick Simpson, Executive Director of Athletics and Activities
Email:
patrick.simpson@jeffco.k12.co.us

Dawn Roberts, Assistant to the Executive Director
Phone:
303-982-6634
Email: dawn.roberts@jeffco.k12.co.us

Dennis Pleuss, Sports Information Director and Scheduler
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303-982-6672
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