AURORA | The Cherokee Trail softball team’s reign continues atop the Centennial League, but not without getting past a difficult test Thursday afternoon.

The Cougars played host to a determined Eaglecrest team — one they had defeated by 10 runs earlier in the season — in the Centennial League Challenge final and had the breaks go their way in a 1-0 victory that secured a third straight league title.

Junior Sydney Cobb struck out 15 in a complete game effort and outdueled Raptors’ freshman Haisley Elliott as coach Caley Mitchell’s team prevailed in a matchup of teams that sat Nos. 3 and 4 in the Colorado High School Activities Association’s Class 5A Seeding Index with the postseason ahead.

“Winning a championship in anything is hard, whether it be league, state or whatever, a lot of thi

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