Baseball Recap: Berthoud Takes a Loss

By Team Reports May 16, 2026, 12:04pm

Baseball Recap: Berthoud Spartans vs. Montezuma-Cortez Panthers

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Berthoud can now relate to. They lost 14-4 to the Montezuma-Cortez Panthers on Saturday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Spartans have suffered since April 11th.

Gavin Kirk

Runs

05/04/26 @ Mountain View3
04/06/26 vs Northridge3
04/02/26 vs Brush3
05/16/26 @ Montezuma-Cortez2
04/04/26 @ Northridge2
+ 8 more games

Gavin Kirk was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. He has become a key player for Berthoud: the team is 5-2 when he posts at least two runs, but 4-13 otherwise.

This is the second loss in a row for Berthoud and nudges their season record down to 9-15. As for Montezuma-Cortez, the win was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 19-5.

As of now, neither Berthoud nor the Panthers have any future games scheduled.

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