High School Baseball
Sept. 4, 2011
Cougars Take Third in Slammers Tourney
Evergreen parlayed strong pitching, solid defense and just enough hitting into a third-place finish last weekend in the Slammers Wood Bat Tourney.
After opening with two wins (see below) on Saturday, the Cougars played to a 1-1 tie in nine innings against the Diamond Club on Sunday. Starter Lute Moss and reliever Jake Englehart combined to shut down DC, combining for nine strikeouts.
Evergreen got its bats going on Sunday afternoon with a 14-4 win over Slammers Blue. Riley Krane and Sean Imes hit RBI triples in support of winning pitcher Seth Purkey.
The Cougars advanced to Monday’s semi-final, where they once again met DC – and once again locked up in a pitcher’s duel. DC scored two runs in the first and Evergreen pulled to within 2-1 in the fourth on Krane’s RBI single, but DC broke it open with a 5-run seventh to notch a 7-1 win. Mike Imes and James Maroney each went 2 for 2 with a double apiece for Evergreen.
EXTRA BASES: Cougars finished tourney with a 3-1-1 record...Fall season opens with a double-header at home on Saturday. All Fall varsity games will be double-headers played at EHS, game times are 9 am and 11 am each week…Bob and Norma Jones were at the game!
High School Football
O’Neill’s three touchdowns lead Evergreen, 46-13
Before the ink had even dried on the hand stamps of paying customers, Quinn O'Neill had already scored three touchdowns to ignite Evergreen High School's 46-13 blowout of Arvada at Trailblazer Stadium on Friday night.
The teams had been playing for 4 minutes and 59 seconds, the time it takes most spectators to find their seats. In that time, O’Neil had touched the ball three times and his line read as follows: One kickoff return, one interception, one reception, three touchdowns,187 total yards.
O’Neill struck early, often and seemingly at will, beginning with the game-opening kickoff that he returned for a 90-yard TD. Just three plays later, Arvada dropped back to pass – and hit O’Neill. Now at linebacker, O’Neill took the interception in from 46 yards out for the score.
Evergreen was leading 13-0 with 10:53 left in the opening quarter -- and had yet to run a play from scrimmage. When they finally did run that first play – after Tyler Woolsey got them the ball with the first of his two interceptions – the Cougars gave Arvada another dose of O’Neill.
This time with the help of quarterback Noah Ansley, O’Neill hauled in a pass to complete a 51-yard scoring play.
EXTRA POINTS: The Cougars would lead 40-7 at the half after a Lane Hamilton TD catch (25 yards from Ansley), Christian Padgett’s 37-yard run, and Jared Thaut’s 1-yard run. Jake Hutcherson closed out the scoring for EHS with a 5-yard run in the fourth….Evergreen’s offense was led by the line play of Keenan Prouty, Gage Wright, Wes Mitchell, George Lamirato and Jim Reynolds. On defense, Hamilton (sack), Jared Thaut, and Padgett were solid, with Josh Karnath and Jacob Brooks applying pressure on Arvada’s passing game all night.
Evergreen pounds Alameda, 48-7
Evergreen exploded for 35 points in the second quarter and ran its record to 3-0 with a 48-7 pounding of Alameda at Trailblazer Stadium, Lakewood.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Cougars broke it open and then some in the second, with four different players – Quinn O’Neill twice – taking it into the end zone.
O’Neill got it started with an 8-yard run, followed by quarterback Noah Ansley’s 13-yard sprint. Lane Hamilton then grabbed a 9-yard touchdown pass from Ansley before O’Neill fielded a punt and took it 73 yards to the house.
A Jim Reynolds TD completed the second-quarter outburst and with Keenan Prouty tacking on PAT kicks after each score, the Cougars were cruising with a 35-0 halftime lead.
Trey Tosetti took it in from 6-yards out in the third and John Cassell added a 7-yard scoring run in the fourth to close it for Evergreen.
Evergreen downs Classical Academy, 24-14
Evergreen High School took its winning ways on the road last week, traveling to Colorado Springs to score a 24-14 triumph over Classical Academy.
EXTRA POINTS: The Cougars, now 2-0, are back in action on Friday, September 9, when they take on Arvada at the Cougars' home away from home, Trailblazer Stadium. Game time is 4 pm. Trailblazer Stadium is conveniently located at 6th Avenue and South Kipling in Lakewood.
High School Baseball
Cougars Open Slammers Tourney With a Sweep
More efficient than impressive, the Cougars opened the Fall season with two wins on Saturday.
In the opener, the Cougars beat Slammers Gray, 8-4. Evergreen starter Mike Imes was never threatened by the Slammers lineup and the Cougars did just enough hitting to get the job done.
The Cougars had an easier time in the nitecap, rolling past Slammers Blue, 12-4. Sean Imes got the call on the hill and was just too much for the Blues to handle. At the plate, the Cougars did a better job of putting the bat on the ball and were helped out by a number of Blues errors.
EXTRA BASES: On the day, the Cougars had two runners picked off of first and two runners thrown out at the plate...Riley Krane solid in his return to the field after a three-year hiatus...Steven Tullberg strong in relief in both games...EHS soccer star Brian Grieve, rarely seen in public, was at the game.
High School Football
Cougars open season with 17-7 victory
The Evergreen Cougars celebrate after their season-opening win over Moffat.
Noah Ansley connected on touchdown passes of 63 and nine yards and Keenan Prouty booted a 28-yard field goal as the Evergreen Cougars opened the season with a 17-7 victory over visiting Moffat County.
The Bulldogs struck first, scoring a TD in the first quarter, before Ansley and the Cougars tied it in the second. Rolling right, Ansley threaded the needle, firing a strike between the arms of Moffat linebacker Pat Thompson and into the hands of running back Christian Padgett.
Padget, who would later add a 49-yard run from scrimmage, caught the pass and simply outsprinted the defense to the end zone, doing the heavy lifting on a scoring play that would cover 63 yards.
The Cougars took their first lead of the season in third quarter on a play that had disaster written all over it. Ansley handled a poor snap at the Cougars nine, ran into, then out of a pack of defenders and while scrambling right, somehow found running back Quinn O’Neill in the corner of the end zone.
O’Neill was running out of real estate along the right sideline, but did a nice job to stay in bounds and haul in the pass for the score to put Evergreen ahead, 14-7.
With the Cougars defense shutting down the Bulldogs, Evergreen would increase its lead late in the fourth quarter. Padgett again came up big, this time turning the corner on a running play around the right side and racing 49 yards down the sideline before being knocked out of bounds at the 10.
The Cougars couldn’t punch it in from there, but Prouty came on to kick a 28-yard field goal for 17-7 Evergreen lead.
EXTRA POINTS: O'Neill tough all night in shaking off some vicious hits...Prouty also good on two PAT kicks. Cougars back in action Thursday, Sept. 1 when they travel to Classical Academy. Classical beat the Cougars 28-21 last season. Evergreen now on the road for five straight games before returning home to host Jefferson on Oct. 6 in a 7 pm start at EHS.
The 2011 Schedule
Aug. 26: Evergreen 17, Moffat 7
Sept. 1: Evergreen 24, Classical Academy 17
Sept. 9: Evergreen 48, Alameda 6
Sept. 16: Evergreen 46, Arvada 13
Sept. 23: Evergreen 23, Elizabeth 11
Sept. 30: Summit 13, Evergreen 12
Oct. 6: vs. Jefferson (@EHS) 7 pm
Oct. 14: at Englewood 7 pm
Oct. 28: vs Ridge View ** 7 pm
Nov. 4: vs. Conifer 6 pm
* At Trailblazer Stadium (6th and Kipling, Lakewood)
** Homecoming Game