Prep notebook: Battle Mountain girls lacrosse closing in on perfect regular season
The Huskies (12-0) defeated Roaring Fork 18-12 on Monday and wrap up the regular season at Steamboat Springs and Eagle Valley on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
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The Battle Mountain girls lacrosse team improved to 12-0 on the year with an 18-12 road win over Roaring Fork on Tuesday. The No. 2 Huskies jumped out to a 10-6 first-half lead against the No. 10 Rams.
Kate Kovacik led all scorers with four goals. Molly Kessenich, Izzy Adochio and Murphy Werner each added three apiece and Werner also tallied three assists. Roxy Surridge made four saves in the victory.
Battle Mountain is one of just two undefeated 4A girls lacrosse teams 鈥� along with No. 1 Mead (13-0) 鈥� in Colorado. The Huskies finish the regular season with games at Steamboat Springs on Friday and Eagle Valley on Saturday. The Huskies defeated the Sailors 16-9 on April 4 and took down the Devils 15-0 on March 13.
Battle Mountain defeated Glenwood Springs 8-4 in boys lacrosse action on Monday to improve to 12-1 on the season.
Jack Kovacik scored three goals and tallied an assist to lead the Huskies. Carter Shonk, Thomas Dekanich, Garrett Ast, Keelan Losa and Jack Pryor also scored goals for Battle Mountain, which is ranked fourth in the most recent 4A CHSAA Selection and Seeding Index. They face No. 3 Steamboat Springs in Edwards on Friday at 5:30 p.m.
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The game could decide the fate of the 4A Western Slope as both the Sailors and the Huskies have 9-1 league records. Battle Mountain defeated Steamboat Springs 9-8 on the road on April 5. Steamboat Springs’ only other loss this season came against No. 2 Cheyenne Mountain on April 2.
The Sailors defeated Eagle Valley 13-5 in Gypsum on Wednesday. The Devils (4-10) close out the season at home against Montrose on Friday.
- Erie (10-3)
- Cheyenne Mountain (11-1)
- Steamboat Springs (11-2)
- Battle Mountain (12-1)
- Telluride (11-0)
- Air Academy (8-3)
- Northfield (10-3)
- Dakota Ridge (8-5)
- Vail Mountain School (8-4)
- Evergreen (6-6)
Battle Mountain and Summit baseball game suspended after two innings
Wednesday’s league baseball game between Battle Mountain and Summit was suspended after two innings of play due to rain. Battle Mountain athletic director Gentry Nixon said the game will resume where it left off on May 7 and will be followed by a second varsity game as well.
Playing in rain to start Wednesday’s game, the Tigers (5-8 overall, 0-4 league) jumped out to a 1-0 first-inning lead after Sam Eldredge doubled to center field, driving in Matty Misch. Battle Mountain (3-9 overall, 2-4 league) had an opportunity to even things up in the second. The Huskies had men on second and third with one out, but Grady Devins popped out to left field and Shaeffer Dodds grounded out down the first base line to end the inning.
