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Steamboat Springs — Steamboat Springs High School baseball players Elliot Girard, Lars Johnson and Alex Wood helped the Moffat County, Steamboat Springs and Delta team beat the Palisade, Rifle, Glenwood Springs and Eagle Valley team, 6-1, in the fifth annual Western Slope League All-Star Classic at Copper Field in Rifle on Tuesday.

The game pitted all-league selections from the regular season against one another.

Girard, Steamboat's only senior in the game, went 1-for-3 with an RBI double. Wood went 1-for-3 and scored a run, while Johnson went 0-for-3.

Wood also combined with Moffat County's Seth Lanier, Josh Satterwhite and Chris Winder and Delta's Preston Boyd to three-hit the Palisade, Rifle, Glenwood Springs and Eagle Valley team.

Wood threw a scoreless fourth inning, striking out one and walking one.

Four members of the Steamboat Springs girls tennis team and a Steamboat swimmer highlighted The Denver Post's All-State team.

Molly Weiss was named to the first-team at No. 3 singles on the Class 4A team. Weiss won a state championship at No. 3 singles earlier this month.

Shelby Reed was named honorable mention at No. 2 singles, as was the No. 1 doubles team of Sara Bearss and Kylee Swiggart.

Steamboat junior Cole Worsley, who swam for Moffat County, was named to the first-team Class 4A All-State swimming team. Worsley won the 100-yard butterfly and finished second in the 50-meter freestyle to Silver Creek's Nick Koerner, the Post's 4A Swimmer of the Year.

Lacrosse players

named All-Conference

Seven Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse players were named to the Foothills All-Conference team.

Scot Forney, Alex Palaniuk, Cam Niswander and Gus Worden were named honorable mention, and Jasper Gantick, Kevin Bertrand and Bryce Peters were named to the second team.

The team also earned the Colorado High School Activities Association academic champions award. The team had a combined 3.28 grade point average.

Local boys tennis

players perform well

Although the start to the Steamboat Springs boys tennis team's season still is more than two months away, many members are getting a head start.

Sophomore Jeff Lambart won a 16-and-under singles tournament in Fort Collins last weekend, beating freshman Mirko Erspamer.

Erspamer and eighth-grader Max Roder won the doubles title, while Zac Valicenti, despite not placing, played well throughout.

On the girls side, Christi Valicenti won a singles title in Fort Collins.

"I'm just really proud of these young players. They're out there playing and competing well," coach Don Toy said. "That's how you get better."

Eighth-grader Jamey Swiggart finished second in singles at the 14-and-under Intermountain Championships in Salt Lake City during the Memorial Day weekend. Swiggart lost, 7-6, 7-4, 6-2, in the finals.

He also finished runner-up in the doubles.