


The regular season has come to an end for girls soccer and lacrosse, and 13 soccer teams from the BoCoPreps coverage area made their cases for playoffs, just as four boys lacrosse teams and three girls lacrosse teams will play on.
5A girls soccer and 4A lacrosse began Tuesday, while soccer for all other classifications and 5A lacrosse will begin Wednesday and Thursday.
For girls soccer, Mead takes the lead for 4A with the No. 6 seed, while 3A No. 4 Prospect Ridge Academy and 2A No. 12 Dawson will be the chief representatives from the smaller classifications. Fairview’s girls will be the only lacrosse team from the BoCo area in the 5A tournament, and they enjoyed the No. 4 seed for their competition. Fairview boys lacrosse, likewise, earned the top local seed at No. 7.
A look at the matchups for local soccer teams (for full capsules for all BoCo teams, visit bocopreps.com):
Girls soccer
4A No. 6 Mead vs. No. 27 Thomas Jefferson, Wednesday
The Mavericks have been rolling this year with a 12-2 record and only suffered those setbacks to 5A No. 13 Legacy and 5A No. 17 Fairview. They haven’t been afraid to show off their flashy offense, averaging 3.9 goals per game and even defeating Northridge with a 12-2 thumping last month. Senior Katy Adler (21 goals) and junior Madelyn Wright (14) have been scoring machines. The Spartans, meanwhile, only score 2.5 goals on average.
4A No. 25 Skyline at No. 8 Dakota Ridge, Wednesday
The 6-8-1 Falcons had a rough start to their spring but saw it all come together with five straight victories to end their regular-season slate. They’ve relied mostly on their defense this year, netting just 1.7 goals per game, but enjoyed a major boost from junior forward Aniah Dothard and her 15 scores. The Eagles, meanwhile, come in at 12-3 and averaging 4.3 goals.
3A No. 15 Longmont vs. No. 18 St. Mary’s Academy, Thursday
The Trojans put their best cleats forward with a 10-4-1 record and ended their slate with three wins and a tie. Sophomore midfielder Claire Sebring was money on offense with 18 scores, as the full team brought home 3.3 goals a game. The Wildcats won just five of 15 games but got hotter at the end of the regular season. They netted just 1.8 goals on average.
3A No. 25 Holy Family at No. 8 Alamosa, Thursday
The 5-10 Tigers will make the long, long drive down to Alamosa this week and will take their 0.9 goals per game — with two each from junior middy Paige Brown and junior forward Samantha Gryzmala — with them. The Mean Moose, on the other hand, come in at 10-1-2 and are enjoying 4.5 scores on average.
2A No. 12 Dawson vs. No. 21 James Irwin, Wednesday
The 9-4-1 Mustangs suffered three of their setbacks toward the end of the season to teams in the top nine seeds, and they housed a scoring juggernaut with senior forward Kahoe Bihag (27 goals). They averaged 4.6 goals, while the 8-6 Jaguars managed to sink 5.4 scores per game.
5A boys lacrosse
No. 22 Erie at No. 11 Cherokee Trail, Wednesday
The Tigers lost a lot of talent from last year’s state championship team and played a tough schedule that yielded a 6-9 result. Senior attacker Tyler Chivukula (23 goals) and senior middy Cooper Riley (20) made up for a good chunk of an offense that averaged 7.3 goals. The Cougars, by comparison, netted 10.7 per game.