DENVER | Four teams remain in the chase for the Class 5A state baseball championship and Grandview is glad to be one of them.
The Wolves survived the first weekend of the double-elimination 5A baseball championship series for the first time in school history, winning two of their first three games May 17-18 to advance.
Fourth-seeded Grandview (19-4) squares off with No. 1 Rocky Mountain (20-3) — a team it defeated 9-2 last weekend — in an elimination game at noon Friday at All-City Field.
The winner survives again until Saturday, where it will play the victor of Friday’s 2:30 p.m. contest between sixth-seeded ThunderRidge — the tournament’s only 3-0 team — and No. 5 Cherry Creek at noon Saturday.
Senior first baseman Rory Stewart led Grandview’s offensive attack on the opening weekend, as he homered twice and drove in six runs in three games, while senior center fielder Reece Weber had four extra-base hits and scored five runs in that span.
Weber and senior Spencer Johnson earned wins on the mound in the opening two games, with junior Tanner Thomas closing out both wins.
No. 2 Chaparral, No. 3 Legend, No. 7 Mountain Vista and No. 8 Chatfield were eliminated from the tournament on the first weekend.
Reach Sports Editor Courtney Oakes at sports@aurorasentinel.com or 303-750-7555
2013 CLASS 5A BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
FRIDAY, MAY 24
Game 12: No. 5 Cherry Creek (21-3) vs. No. 6 ThunderRidge (19-5), 2:30 p.m., All-City Field
Game 13: No. 1 Rocky Mountain (20-3) vs. No. 4 Grandview (19-4), noon, All-City Field
SATURDAY, MAY 25
Game 14: Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13, noon, All-City Field
Game 15 (if necessary): Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 14 (if only one loss), 12:30 p.m., All-City Field
SATURDAY, MAY 18
Game 7: No. 5 Cherry Creek 12, No. 8 Chatfield 2
Game 8: No. 3 Legend 1, No. 2 Chaparral 0 (8 inn.)
Game 9: No. 5 Cherry Creek 9, No. 7 Mountain Vista 7
Game 10: No. 1 Rocky Mountain 5, No. 3 Legend 4
Game 11: No. 6 ThunderRidge 12, NO. 4 GRANDVIEW 6
FRIDAY, MAY 17
Game 1: No. 1 Rocky Mountain 2, No. 8 Chatfield 0
Game 2: No. 4 GRANDVIEW 7, No. 5 Cherry Creek 4
Game 3: No. 6 ThunderRidge 7, No. 3 Legend 5
Game 4: No. 7 Mountain Vista 9, No. 2 Chaparral 7
Game 5: NO. 4 GRANDVIEW 9, No. 1 Rocky Mountain 2
Game 6: No. 6 ThunderRidge 16, No. 7 Mountain Vista 3 (5 inn.)
