Today's Sports

Long hours.

Bumps and bruises.

Drilling the same exercises over and over until they become second nature.

LAKEWOOD – Had Evergreen erected a plate glass window in front of its goal April 17, Conifer’s Colleen Canty would have run through it.

Had there been barbed wire coiled nearby, the sophomore striker would have hopped over it.

CONIFER — Break your opponent, then break bread together.

That, in a nutshell, describes the scene one would view if attending a high school Rugby game.

The Cougars didn’t expect to go through the baseball season undefeated, but they certainly would have liked to have stayed perfect at least through the weekend.

Evergreen rallied late but ended up on the short end of a 5-4 decision to D’Evelyn on April 5 in a Class 4A Jefferson County League game at Evergreen High School.