DENVER | With two win over quality teams on the opening day of the Class 5A baseball championship series, Grandview earned a spot in the final four for the first time in school history.
The fourth-seeded Wolves took care of No. 5 Cherry Creek — their Centennial League rival — 7-4 in their opener Friday afternoon at All-City Field, and followed it up with a 9-2 rout of top-seeded Rocky Mountain.
The two victories assured coach Dean Adams’ team of advancing to the second weekend of the double-elimination championship series, when the eight-team field is pared down to four.
Grandview can put itself in pole position in the tournament with a victory Saturday against the other 2-0 team from the first day, sixth-seeded ThunderRidge. The Wolves and Grizzlies are slated to play at 3 p.m. at All-City Field.
Reece Weber had a big day for Grandview on Friday, as he pitched 6 1/3 innings in the victory over Cherry Creek and hit a two-run home run in the first inning against Rocky Mountain and scored three times.
Weber and Rory Stewart hit back-to-back home runs for only the second time all season and Josh Huntley added a three-run shot off the glove of Rocky Mountain centerfielder Spencer Ibarra.
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Class 5A Championship Series (At All-City Field)
No. 4 Grandview 7, No. 5 Cherry Creek 4
Score by innings (r-h-e):
Cherry Creek 000 000 4 — 4 7 1
Grandview 032 002 x — 7 9 0
WP — Grandview: Reece Weber. Save — Grandview: Tanner Thomas.
No. 4 Grandview 9, No. 1 Rocky Mountain 2
Score by innings (r-h-e):
Rocky Mtn. 000 002 0 — 2 8 2
Grandview 310 203 x — 9 9 1
WP — Grandview: Spencer Johnson (5 IP, 6 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 4 K’s, 2 walks)
