Jeffco sports roundup: June 4, 2015

Baseball

Green Mountain 4, Lewis-Palmer 0 – Green Mountain became the first repeat Class 4A baseball state champion since Niwot in 2004-05 as the Rams shut out Lewis-Palmer at Metro State on May 27 to take the trophy. Talon Schaller went 3-for-3 at the plate and played the hero as he had a two-out, RBI double to plate the first run of the game in the bottom of the first and then smacked a two-out, RBI triple to put the Rams up 3-0 in the third inning. Cole Shetterly had an RBI double before Schaller’s triple in the third inning for Green Mountain, and the Rams scored the fourth run on a double play in the fourth inning. Josh Ramirez, the reigning Class 4A Player of the Year, took the win on the mound with a complete game, five-hit shutout.

Green Mountain 2, D’Evelyn 1 – D’Evelyn’s season ended in heartbreaking fashion as league rival Green Mountain defeated the Jaguars on a game-winning passed ball in the bottom of the seventh inning in the semifinals of the Class 4A state baseball championship on May 26. D’Evelyn defeated Green Mountain in the regular season, a 3-1 win on the road on April 30. D’Evelyn put together a 22-3 season this year, with two of three losses coming in the state tournament, and finished as league runner-up behind Wheat Ridge after winning 11 games last season.

Girls Tennis

Class 5A All-State – Adrien Horowitz, Haley Weidemann – Ralston Valley

Class 4A All-State – Cammy Lee, Trinity Payne – D’Evelyn

Girls Golf

Class 5A State Championship – Ralston Valley (T -5th), Arvada West (16th ), Pomona, Lakewood – Ralston Valley’s Ashlyn Kirschner finished round one at just 1-over par after a round of 73 to finish in a tie for third at the rain-shortened Class 5A state championship to help her Mustangs team to a tie for fifth in the team standings. Riley McKibbon finished the only playable round with a 12-over 84. Arvada West came in 16th in the team standing as Ali Peper finished in a tie for 16th after a round of 81 and Miranda Schiffbauer finished tied for 70th in the field of 85 golfers. Pomona’s individual competitor, Zarena Brown, finished just outside the top-10 in a tie for 11th following a 5-over round of 77. Lakewood’s Emma Hesse finished her lone round in a tie for 67th-place in the tournament.

Class 4A State Championship – D’Evelyn (5th), Golden, Wheat Ridge, Standley Lake – D’Evelyn finished fifth at the two-day 2015 Class 4A state golf championships as Golden, Wheat Ridge and Standley Lake each sent individual golfers to compete in the 84-competitor field. Emilee Strausburg was D’Evelyn’s low golfer over the two days after opening with a round of 85 and coming back on day two to card a 79 to finish in 10th-place at 20-over par. Golden’s Megan Vernons finished tied for 18th after rounds of 89 and 82 to finish 27-over. Leah Donnelly of Wheat Ridge had a tough day two as she carded a first round of 86 and a second round of 96 to drop to a tie for 36th-place. Standley Lake’s Courtney Kauffman rebounded from a tough day one, round of 113, to knock 13 strokes off her first round score on day two and card a 100 to finish in a tie for 73rd place.

Class 5A All-State – Ashlyn Kirschner – Ralston Valley

Class 4A All-State – Emilee Strausburg – D’Evelyn

Boys Swimming

Class 5A All-State – Keegan Foulke – Pomona

Class 4A All-State – Daniel Graber – D’Evelyn

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