Class 3A Softball State Tournament Recap
By Tayler Garcia
Last week we crowned a new State Champion in 3A Softball. Read below to see who the weekend went for the final 16 teams.
In the first round of the state tournament, D’Evelyn started the state tournament as the number 1 seed and facing Valley who was the 16 seed. D’Evelyn was able to get the first win 15-0 and ended the game in three innings. Brush who came into the tournament as the number 2 seed took on the 15 seed The Academy. Brush was able to get the win over The Academy 10-3. Lyons came in as the number 3 seed and took on the number 14 seed Rocky Ford and beat them in the first round 13-1. University came into the tournament as the 4th seed and played th 13th seed La Junta and was able to get the win 3-1. Strasburg was the 5th seed and played the 12 seed The Classical Academy. TCA was able to pull the upset and beat Strasburg 8-1. Berthoud was able to get into the tournament as the 6th seed and played the 11 seed Delta, getting the win 12-0. The 7th seed was Elizabeth who faced the 10 seed Wellington. Wellington was able to get the win 4-1. Forge Chriastian was able to get the win as the 8 seed over the 9 seed Lamar 6-5.
In the quarterfinals round, D’Evelyn took on Forge Christian and was able to beat them 6-2, University took on The Classical Academy and was beat by the Titans 3-6. Lyons faced Berthoud and took the win 3-2 whole Brush was able to get the win over Wellington 8-5.
In the Semifinal round D’Evelyn took on TCA. D’Evelyn was able to get 3 hits in the first inning, 5 in the second, 1 in the third and 7 in the fourth while TCA for 4 runs in the fourth. The Jaguars won 16-4 to advance to the championship game.
The other semi-final game was between Brush and Lyons. The score remained 0-0 after 3 innings, in the fourth inning, Lyons scored 3 runs, followed by 5 runs in the fifth and 6 runs in the sixth to Brush’s 2 runs in the sixth. Lyons won 14-2 to advance to the state championship game.
In the championship game, D’Evelyn came in as the number one seed with a 25-3 overall record, a 14-0 league record and 1st in the Jeffco league. Lyons came in as the number 3 seed with a 21-6 overall record, a 4-5 league record, and 3rd in the Patriot Peaks league.
In the first inning Lyons went up on D’Evelyn 1-0. The score remained 1-0 until the fifth inning when Lyons scored an additional 6 runs to make the score 7-0. In the sixth Lyons score 1 run but D’Evelyn was not done yet and scored 3 runs. In the final inning of the game, Lyons scored an additional 2 runs to take their first ever 3A Softball State Title 10-3. Top Performers in the State Championship game were Ava Vasquez with 3 hits from Lyons, Claudia Harris with 4 hits from D’Evelyn. Lyons had a .375 batting average while D’Evelyn had a .344 batting average. The Lions had a .429 on base percentage while the Jaguars had a .382.
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