Colorado Mines will begin a nationwide search for a softball coach after Annie Van Wetzinga resigned Thursday to become coach at Upper Iowa.
Van Wetzinga led Mines to a 101-64 mark during her three years and directed the Orediggers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009.
CGA team moves up to tie for eighth.
The Colorado Golf Association moved up two spots to finish in a tie for eighth at the Junior Americas Cup in Albuquerque, recording a 7-over-par 646 total, 28 shots behind the winner, Southern California. John Ahern of Bear Creek Golf Course had a final-round 69 to finish 14th at 1-under 212.
• The CWGA team finished in ninth place at the Girls Junior Americas Cup in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Lindsay McGetrick of Highlands Ranch finished in a tie for 11th at 5-over 221.
• The CGA team finished tied for 12th at the Pacific Coast Amateur at Eugene Country Club in Oregon, but the individual competition has one round left. Greg Condon of Monte Vista is in 19th place at 5-over 218.
• Patricia Lee of Lone Tree finished tied for third at the AJGA Lockton Kansas City Junior in Mission Hills, Kan., with an 8-over 218.
Former CU standout signs.
Recently graduated University of Colorado basketball player Dwight Thorne II signed a professional contract to play with BG Karlsruhe in Germany.
Colorado Rush wins title in Sweden.
It took the Colorado Rush girls under-14 team awhile to find some competition in the prestigious Gothia Cup in Sweden, but the Rush finally got it in the championship match.
Playing “up” in the U-15 category, the Rush girls outscored opponents 47-0 in nine games preceding the final. Their finals foe, Boo FF of Sweden, had a 35-1 edge in its preceding games. The Rush girls won 3-2 on Saturday with Brittney Stark scoring a hat trick.
“That was just awesome,” said Stark, who will be a freshman at Broomfield High School this fall. “There’s nothing better than helping your team reach its goal.”
The Gothia Cup is billed as a World Youth Cup. More than 1,500 teams from 71 nations competed in six girls age categories and eight for boys. The win is considered one of the program’s greatest achievements.
“It was amazing,” Stark said. “I could just tell that our team, all our hard work had paid off. It was just unbelievable.” John Meyer, The Denver Post
