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  • Cougars benefit from CHS&...

    CONIFER -- Ethan Murphy swung his bat, and what could have been a snowball sailed through the fog in the seventh inning and landed on the other side of the fence in center field.

    You had to be a little jealous of Murphy. Not only did the Evergreen junior catcher punctuate the Cougars’ 17-7 victory May 6 over the rival Lobos, but he also got to run around the bases and stay warm.

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  • Looking forward to International...

    This coming Saturday, May 8, is International Migratory Bird Day, which will be celebrated locally at the Evergreen Nature Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

    International Migratory Bird Day is a celebration of one of the most spectacular events in the world, the annual migration of birds. The day officially takes place on the second Saturday in May every year in most of the United States. However, it is celebrated at different times in different places due to the variation in migration.

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  • Make boxes to stop birds from...

    Today has been a cold, damp, miserable day. After a week of unusually warm April weather, it was a blow to have a big low pressure area move in that brought together cold arctic air from the north and warm, wet Gulf Coast air from the south right over Colorado.

    This is typical of April in Colorado. If anything can be called typical of our spring weather, it is the pendulum swing, back and forth, from cold to hot without warning.

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  • Lobos no match for Evergreen

    CONIFER — The Evergreen Cougars had a beating to dish out April 29.

    The Conifer Lobos knew it was going to take something special to avoid it.

    Having lost their all-conference goalie to an injury in practice, the Lobos were even more ripe for the taking in the annual boys lacrosse rivalry. The Cougars, who played an aggressive game of strong checking, nifty passing and good shot selection, were happy to deliver a 14-1 victory that ceased being close midway through the second quarter.

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  • Cougars take No. 1 Farmers the...

    WHEAT RIDGE — Sometimes, teams call losses “moral victories” because they really don’t have much else to say. These are often the same people that want to give everyone a gold star for trying, then guzzle down milk and cookies while grinning like the Cheshire Cat.

    Other times, such as Evergreen’s 7-2 loss to top-ranked Wheat Ridge, a moral victory is exactly what happened.

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  • Spinzig-led Evergreen seals...

    GOLDEN — The only thing moving with any consistent speed May 3 at Rolling Hills County Club was the insufferable wind.

    It roared, it tip-toed, it wicked every drop of moisture from the greens and made it like putting on pool tables at the 16th annual Ashley Forey Invitational tournament, which doubles as the last Jefferson County League meet of the regular season.

    All that bluster turned out beautiful for the Evergreen Cougars, who, behind Christina Spinzig, wrapped up their third consecutive league title.

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  • Cougars roll Lobos

    The Evergreen Cougars seem to get a rush from living dangerously.

    They play to win, no doubt, but they seem to get a little something extra in the tank after a team scores or almost scores on them.

    “We’re really good at refocusing and finding the counterattack,” Evergreen senior forward Anya Kaufmann said. “We tend to not get down on ourselves. If there’s a good opportunity, we just pick ourselves up and say, ‘OK, now we got to score because that was too close.’”

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  • Robins have made their way back...

    As I was coming home from a late trip to the library and grocery store, it was almost dark as I came up the hill when an American robin flew across the road right in front of me. I braked and he landed in a ponderosa pine in the yard, the same tree that a pair of robins has nested in for the past several years.

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  • Farmers start fast, finish...

    LAKEWOOD — Evergreen goalie Matt Hoff got to play the role of Audie Murphy outside Holtzwihr, France.

    The Cougars were under siege for 48 minutes April 26, yet Hoff fought the Wheat Ridge Farmers valiantly despite odd-man rushes, point-blank shots and swarming opponents.

    “Matt is one of the best goalies in the state and he did play well today,” Evergreen coach Toby Plank said at Trailblazer Stadium after the Cougars were defeated 10-1 by perennial power Wheat Ridge.

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  • Rally comes Jess in time

    ENGLEWOOD ee" Cody Jess doesn’t think of himself as hitting at the bottom of the Evergreen batting order.

    The reality, however, is that the No. 9 hitter propped up an Evergreen lineup April 14 that was in danger of falling over on itself at Harry Wise Field.

    Jess, a sophomore center fielder, was 4-for-4 at the plate and delivered a one-out, game-tying single in the top of the seventh inning and would score later as the Cougars rallied for a 10-8 Class 4A Jefferson County League victory over the Englewood Pirates.

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