Bobby Fernandez

Dayspring Christian ends season with tight loss in 2A tournament in Pueblo If ever there were one win that felt like it should count as two, University had such a win Saturday at Butch Butler Field.

University will move on to the finals at 10 a.m. Saturday when it will meet either Eaton (23-4), No. 6 D'Evelyn (20-8) or No. 4 The Classical Academy (20-7).

He brought home $15,000 for his first-place finish. Barnes earned $8,000. Tom Daugherty (Riverview, Florida), who was third, claimed $6,000.

By beating Eaton, the Jaguars improved to 22-8 and punched their ticket to a Saturday morning title-game encounter with top-seeded University 26-2 at Butch Butler Field in Greeley.

“We wanted to go out with the gold this year. … It was a big priority,” Joel Ramirez said. “We knew we should have had it last year, but we kind of fell short. So, we definitely wanted it this year. … It feels…

On the heels of one of the biggest events of the athletic year — the Class 1A-5A boys and girls track championships a few weeks ago — numerous local athletes earned honors.

Northridge squad will join league featuring many first-year programs this fall High level varsity sports are certainly nothing new for Briann Huffman and Sophia Carbajal.

Some big-time local names earned some big-time recognition within those teams. Most notably, University senior Damian Alvarez was named the Class 3A Player of the Year.

“We want to ride that wave,” team owner Luis Gutierrez said. “We want to be a family-oriented event so that you can come out and enjoy, hang out and see what Greeley is all about; build a community.”

“It’s all about finding that balance between everybody’s needs,” Golightly said. “We live, breathe, smell, touch and feel the dirt all the time, to be honest. … I think the term ‘addiction’…