BASEBALL

Class 5A District 8 (at Vista Ridge H.S.)

Cherokee Trail 8, ThunderRidge 1

Score by innings (r-h-e):

ThunderRidge  010 000 0 — 1    9  2

Cherokee Trail  107 000 x — 8  10  0

WP — Cherokee Trail: Conner Nantkes (7 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K); Cherokee Trail hitting: Travis Lynch, 1-2, HR, 3 RBI, run; Matt Meraz 2-3, 2B, 3B, RBI, run; Conner Nantkes 2-4, 2 RBI; Eric Cox 2-3, 2B, 2 runs

Championship game: Pine Creek 1, Cherokee Trail 0

(Pine Creek advances to 5A Championship Series)

Score by innings (r-h-e):

Cher. Trail  000 000 0 — 0  3  0

Pine Creek  001  000 x —  1  4  1

LP — Cherokee Trail: Jerome Bohannon (6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K); Cherokee Trail hitting: Conner Nantkes 1-3, 2B; Matt Meraz 1-3; Nick Perez 1-3

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Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor and photographer with Sentinel Colorado. A Denver East High School and University of Colorado alum. He came to the Sentinel in 2001 and since then has received a number...