Once-beaten Cherry Creek and Broomfield reached the final four of the Class 5A state baseball tournament Monday, winning afternoon games to remain alive in the double-elimination competition that will resume Friday.
Rocky Mountain and Mountain Vista, both 2-0, were playing late Monday afternoon at All-City Field in the winner’s bracket game to determine which team still would be undefeated and in the driver’s seat as the tournament schedule takes the three-day break.
Cherry Creek advanced by beating Legend 13-12 in eight innings at All-City Field. Tanner O’Tremba’s two-run homer in the top of the sixth pulled the Bruins into a 10-10 tie and then Cherry Creek added three runs in the eighth, with Jed Malashock breaking the tie with an RBI single and Brennen Dorighi driving in two more with a one-out single past a drawn-in infield.
In the morning game at All-City, Legend eliminated Dakota Ridge 5-3.
At Metro State in the afternoon game, Broomfield beat Rock Canyon 5-2 to move on to the final four, and that came after Rock Canyon defeated Legacy 7-4.
