Softball MONARCH 15, THORNTON 0

Score by innings: Thornton 000 000 0 -- 0 2 3 Monarch 620 700 0 -- 15 8 0 Workman and Enriquez; Lowe and Dunn. W -- Lowe. L -- Workman.

Monarch hitting -- Muehl 1-1, Hicks 0-1, M. Child 1-2, Meska 0-2, Davenport 3-3, Lowe 1-3, Wagnon 0-3, Dunn 0-1, Jones 2-3. 2B -- Davenport, Mikka.

Highlights -- Monarch finished its season with a three-game winning streak as senior Chrissy Lowe had five strikeouts. Joni Davenport went 3-for-3 with an RBI to help the Coyotes (6-13).

MONARCH 8, MOUNTAIN RANGE 6

Score by innings: Mountain Range 002 040 0 -- 6 10 2 Monarch 000 134 X -- 8 8 0 Baca, Orrino and Booz; Lowe and Dunn. W --Lowe. L -- Baca.

Monarch hitting -- Child 0-4; M. Child 2-2; Meska 0-3; Davenport 0-3; Lowe1-4; Wagnon 0-4; Dunn 2-3; Jones 2-3; Gardner 1-1. HR -- Dunn, Jones

Highlights -- Mikka Jones hit a three-run homer, Chrissy Lowe had seven strikeouts and Anna Dunn hit a solo home run to help the Coyotes (3-10) beat Mountain Range.

Funke`s no-hitter lifts FHS

Camera staff report Posted: 09/16/2009 12:11:31 AM MDT

LOUISVILLE -- Isabella Funke threw a no-hitter and struck out 11, and Daria Caraway had the game-winning RBI on a sacrifice bunt in the sixth inning to give Faiview a 1-0 win over Monarch on Tuesday.

It was a pitcher`s duel between Monarch and Fairview as Coyotes` pitcher Chrissy Lowe also had 11 strikeouts and held the Knights to three hits. But the Coyotes could not give Lowe any run support. Fairview (6-4) plays Thursday at home against Boulder at 4:15 p.m. Monarch (2-8) will play at Legacy on Thursday at 4:15 p.m.

Fairview 1, Monarch 0 Score by innings: Fairview 000 001 0 -- 1 3 5 Monarch 000 000 X -- 0 0 6 Funke and Schreiner; Lowe and Dunn. W -- Funke. L -- Dunn.

Fairview hitting -- Brennan 0-4; Todacheene 1-2; Trevarton 1-3; Christison 0-2; Flanagan 0-3; Hodgson 0-3; Morgenthal 1-3; Schreiner 0-3; Modisett 0-3; Caraway 0-0.

Monarch hitting -- Gardner 0-3; Child 0-2; Davenport 0-3; Jones 0-2; Dunn 0-2; Lowe 0-3; Hicks 0-2; H. Child 0-1; Meska 0-; Wagnon 0-2.

Monarch softball drops opener
Big innings lead to 9-2 loss to Pomona By Lindsey LarsonColorado Hometown Newspapers 

The Monarch softball team kicked off the 2009 season on Thursday, Aug. 27, with a 9-2 loss to Pomona High School. According to coach Rich Mott, the Coyotes fell victim to their old pattern of giving up big innings. In the third inning, Monarch gave up four runs and in the sixth the Panthers scored three times. The Coyotes struggled in the field, accumilating three errors.

“When you make mistakes, they can come back to bite you,” Mott said. “I think (this season) we will be stressing consistency.”

Pitcher Chrissy Lowe stayed on the mound for six innings, striking out eight batters and walking two.

Monarch did notch a home run courtesy of catcher Anna Dunn who hit one out over the right field fence with no one on in the fifth inning. But, Mott said, elsewhere in the lineup the bats just didn’t seem to make the cut for the Coyotes.

Next up, Monarch will face Stanley Lake on Wednesday, Sept. 2, before beginning the Boulder County Invitational tournament on Friday, Sept. 4. “We’re going to get six games in this week,” Mott said. “That should help season our young ball club.”

Monarch

Coach: Rich Mott (2nd year).

Last year: 7-12.

Returning starters: Anna Dunn (Sr., C), Chrissy Lowe (Sr., P), Mikka Jones (So., 1B), Katie Hicks (Jr., 2B), Jessica Gardner (Jr., OF), Joni Davenport (So., OF).

Others to watch: Kaitlyn Meska (So., IF/P).

Key games: FAIRVIEW (Sept. 15), at Legacy (Sept. 17), BOULDER (Oct. 3).

Outlook: Consistency will be key for the Coyotes if they hope to qualify for districts, and MHS will count on Lowe and Jones to lead the way.

P -- MARIAH BLEDSOE, So., Erie: Sharing innings in a two-person rotation, posted a 13-1 record and sub-1.00 earned run average to help boost the Tigers to their second 3A state title in a row.

P -- AMY CHRISTOPHER, Sr., Holy Family: Helped carry Holy Family to the 3A state championship game with a 19-1 record, 1.12 ERA and 132 strikeouts.

C -- KATIE FULLER, Jr., Boulder: Led Boulder with .435 batting average and nine extra base hits and was rock-solid behind the plate.

1B -- BRITTANY MAUL, So., Erie: Hit .429 with five homers and 30 RBIs to aid in Erie's attack.

2B -- LARA MATHEWSON, Sr., Holy Family: See related story.

3B -- KATIE HILL, Sr., Broomfield: Hit .435 to help a talented Broomfield squad to a fourth-place finish in the tough Northern League.

SS -- ASHLIE ORTEGA, Sr., Erie: Future Missouri Tiger put up gaudy numbers: .576 batting average, .773 OBP, six doubles, nine triples, two homers, 39 runs.

OF -- DAIVA JARASIUS, So., Holy Family: A bit of a jack-of-all-trades, hit .431 with 23 runs, 31 RBIs and six homers.

OF -- SAM KELLER, So., Longmont: Led Trojans with .438 average and had nine stolen bases and 16 runs.

OF -- CHANTEL TREVARTON, So., Boulder: Tied Fuller with .435 average and also logged five outfield assists while roaming center for the Panthers.

U -- KRISTINE HOYT, Sr., Silver Creek: Powered the Raptors to their best season in program history with a 1.38 ERA on the mound and a .359 average at the plate.

DH -- HALEY BOLYARD, Sr., Peak to Peak: Batted .517 with 44 RBIs, four doubles, four triples and nine homers for the Pumas.

Second team

P -- Kali Haas, Jr., Niwot

P -- Jessie Heerdt, Jr., Boulder

C -- Caitlin Connelly, Sr., Holy Family

1B -- Brandi Landwehr, Jr., Silver Creek

2B -- Jordan Ruiz, Jr., Erie

3B -- Jessica Hamlin, Jr., Niwot

SS -- Shanda Thompson, So., Monarch

OF -- Natalie Chambers, Sr., Longmont

OF -- Joni Davenport, Fr., Monarch

OF -- Kalie Walters, Sr., Broomfield

U -- Tracie Kithcart, Sr., Fairview

DH -- Jess Taylor, Sr., Skyline

Honorable mention

Chelsea Adams, Sr., Centaurus; Rachel Aubry, Jr., Silver Creek; Jill Benson, Jr., Centaurus; Molly Crouse, Sr., Peak to Peak; Courtney Derus, Jr., Broomfield; Jessica Eatmon, So. Broomfield; Sasha Fong, So., Erie; Izzi Funke, So., Fairview; Chelsea Hammans, Sr., Lyons; Natalie Larkowski, Sr., Boulder; Chrissy Lowe, Jr., Monarch; Lauren Murphy-Payne, Erie; Mary Petersen, Sr., Holy Family; Elizabeth Roob, Jr., Peak to Peak; Jaicy Sutak, So., Lyons; Rachel Wild, Jr., Holy Family.

Lowe edges Lejune-Stodieck in pitching duel

By Tom Dixon For the Camera
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Lowe's no-hitter lifts Coyotes

Camera staff report, Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Monarch

Coach: Rich Mott (1st year).

Last year: 9-10

Returning starters: Shanda Thompson (So.), Jessica Gardner (So., CF), Anna Dunn (Jr., C), Melanie Pinto (Sr., 1B), Alicia Ray (Sr., 3B).

Others to watch: Nicki Kreutzman (So., 2B), Mikka Jones (Fr., 1B)

Key game: LEGACY (Sept. 11).

Outlook: Monarch will rely on its defense to win games. Mott said his young players have looked good and aggressive throughout the preseason. Monarch will likely surprise a few teams this season, Mott said.

New coach, new hope
Rich Mott wants to breathe life into Coyote softball

By Lindsey Larson
Colorado Hometown Newspapers

The Coyote girls softball team won’t have anything to worry about — they’re in good hands.  Stepping in to coach Monarch for the 2008 season is Rich Mott, a veteran of many different softball programs from all around Colorado.

“I’ve been coaching for many years,” he said. “I’ve coached softball since my daughter was 7 or 8 — and she’s 20 now.”  Mott was the president of the West Jeff girl’s softball association for five years and coached many competitive league teams, including the Colorado Trouble. He also started the Colorado Lightning in 2000. “We won a national championship at 16A (with the Lightning),” Mott said. “And we placed third in the state (in 2000).”

His daughter, Jennifer, is now a senior-to-be at CU; though, she doesn’t play anymore. “We still go out and knock the ball around,” Mott said.

He has one very simple reason for wanting to take the reins at MHS — Mott’s stagnant state was getting to him. “I missed being active (in coaching) and saw that there was an opportunity to do it,” he said. So, he checked the CHSAA Web site and found the announcement for an opening in Coyote Country.  “I looked at how they did last year — they had 9 wins, so they were below .500,” Mott said. “And I talked to the girls on the team at a parent association meeting a couple weeks back.”

Now that he has an idea of what his new team is capable of, Mott said he believes he can help Monarch re-establish itself as a softball powerhouse. “I know that they have an opportunity to have a really great ball club,” Mott said.

What is the biggest plus that Mott will bring to the program? “Fire in the belly,” he said. “I hate to lose, and hopefully I can instill that in the girls and help them get competitive.”

He said he hopes for this to be a long-term stay at Monarch. “I would hate to think this wouldn’t last at least five to seven years,” Mott said. During those years, Mott said he hopes to bring the Coyotes to that pinnacle of all high school sports, the state playoffs. “I would love to have as many (state championships) as we can get before the end,” he said. “And it relies mostly on the arms.”

Mott said he is still searching for a junior varsity, C-team and assistant varsity coach for the 2008 fall season. Interested individuals can contact Monarch athletic director Mark Sibley at mark.sibley@bvsd.org.

Monarch summer softball camps —

Aug. 4 — Third- through fifth-grade girls camp
Aug. 5-8 — Sixth- through eighth-grade girls camp in the morning, high school girls camp in the afternoon
Aug. 11 — Daily double practices begin (high school)

Trio Aims to Revive Softball 

by Joshua Lindenstein

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Rich Mott, Mike Lujan and Rod Beauchamp make up a trio of coaches hired this summer to try to revive once-proud area softball programs in the fall.

Mott takes over as the third new coach in four seasons at Monarch, and Lujan does the same at Centaurus. Beauchamp, meanwhile, adds softball to his current duties as head girls basketball coach at Fairview.

All three programs have histories of success. But all three have fallen on tough times over the last three seasons.

Mott, 56, takes over for Rick Parks, who guided Monarch to a 9-11 mark last fall. The Coyote job is the first high school gig for Mott, who coached club ball in the summer for a dozen years.

But after sitting out the past couple of years after his daughter graduated from high school, Mott was ready to get back in the dugout.

"I missed doing it every day," the Evergreen real estate developer said. "I missed coaching the girls. I loved the game. I had a chance, I interviewed for it, and I guess they liked me."

Lujan, 35, takes over at Centaurus after serving the past three years as an assistant for Troy Schmid and Julie Bulfer.

He said he applied for the job when both Schmid and Bulfer were hired and was happy to get the nod this time around.

Lujan, a 1992 Centaurus grad, has coached in the Lady Warriors summer feeder program for several years now and said he's wanted the Centaurus job for a while.

"I guess you could say I had a lot of interest in coming back to coach," Lujan said.

Beauchamp, meanwhile, takes over for Dave Kreutzman at Fairview.

Beauchamp was an assistant baseball coach at Arvada for two years in the 1990s, but this marks his first experience of any kind as a softball coach.

Still, Beauchamp's basketball teams have proven he knows how to produce winners, and his winning ways should be a good shot in the arm for a Knights program that won just 11 games the last three years.

"I always thought if I would coach another sport that this is the one I'd like to do," Beauchamp said. "There was a need. I think there's a lot of excitement. I think there's a good core group coming back and I think they're excited to get to the next level and improve."