BROOMFIELD, Colo. -
How does a team recover from losing a hurler with a 90-mph fastball and a future spot at the University of Nebraska?
What about when the No. 2 starter and closer go down, too?
Ask the members of the Legacy baseball team, who scrapped their way to an 11-7 regular season record and a spot in the 5A district tournament.
The Lightning managed that despite injuries that depleted a pitching staff that was supposed to be the team's strength this season.
"We've had guys fill in who aren't used to filling in and we've held our own," said Luke Bublitz, the team's injured would-be ace. "We've won games with duct tape."
Bublitz's lower back injury cost Legacy a pitcher who had 70 strikeouts and a 2.35 ERA as a junior. No. 2 starter Taylor Huyett was lost to a broken ankle suffered early in the season, and lower back problems cost closer Shorne Stevens most of the season.
The loss of the team's stars challenged its juniors and underclassmen.
"When you've faced adversity, it shows what kind of character a team has," first-year coach Ty Giordano said
Into the void stepped players like junior Kevin Walter, whose low ERA and work at the plate helped Legacy grind its way into the postseason.
The team lost 2-0 to Regis in the first round of the district tournament.
If the season was bittersweet, it was still an improvement over last year, when Legacy was forced to forfeit its district title. That cost the school its first-ever spot in the 5A state championship tournament.
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