Lyons Masterful in Defeat at State Softball Tourney; Broomfield and Holy Family Advance

Lyons masterful in defeat at state softball tourney; Broomfield and Holy Family advance

AURORA — You may not have known it by the tears falling from her face on the way out of Aurora Sports Park, but junior pitcher Gretta Wynja and her Lyons softball team put on a masterful display on the first day of the sport’s state tournament. On Friday, the Lions, ranked 10th in the 3A classification, routed No. 7 Strasburg 16-0. A round later, they put three-time defending champ and No. 2 seed Eaton on the ropes in an oh-so-close, oh-so-heart…

State softball Day 1 roundup: University, Eaton, Windsor advance to semis

Three-time defending Class 3A softball champion Eaton is right back where it is accustomed to being. The route to get to that point, though, may have been a little less customary for the dominant Reds. Second-seeded Eaton survived a scare in the second round of the state tournament Friday at the Aurora Sports Park, narrowly defeating No. 10 Lyons 4-3 to keep its season and its pursuit of a fourth consecutive championship alive. The Reds actually…