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BOULDER — Ragan Wickham wouldn’t take the credit for her pitching. As the Evergreen senior said, it’s not on her as much as it’s the defense that is backing her up. But, rest assured, the hard-throwing right-hander had just as much to do with the Lady Cougars’ success at the Boulder CreekSide Classic as the defense behind her did.
Wickham allowed just three runs over 19 innings, including two on five hits in the Aug. 31 finals. Three first-inning runs in the round-robin finals held up in Evergreen’s 3-2 victory over 5A Boulder.

Jeffco Open Space wants its new master plan to do more than just collect dust.

The plan, which gets an overhaul every five years, will include a set of benchmarks to help the Open Space Division see if it’s meeting stated goals. Previous master plans have lacked goals and objectives that could be measured, said Jeffco Parks and Open Space Director Tom Hoby.

 EVERGREEN – Both Dakota Ridge and Evergreen have new coaches in 2013. That, however, is where the similarities ended, at least on Aug. 22.

One team – Evergreen – was coming off a commanding victory over Thornton in its opener. The other – Dakota Ridge – just squeezed out a win over Legend. But, in this one, it was Dakota Ridge from the start.

EVERGREEN COUGARS
Head coach: Andrea Wood
Assistant coaches: Liz Hudd, Laurie Eddy, Emily Kemp
Classification: 4A Jeffco
2012 record: 9-16 overall, 4-4 league
2012 recap: In coach Katie Ryan’s final year, EHS beat rival Conifer, which finished third in the league, and went 1-2 in regional play, losing 3-1 to Thompson Valley in a playoff. Senior Leandra Dobson (second on the team in digs) and freshman Andrea Eddy (fourth in kills and digs) were first-team All-Jeffco picks.