On Saturday Walt Weiss, who won a World Series ring with the Oakland A's, watched his son,
Brodie Weiss, help
Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.) win the Class 5A state title with a 15-10 victory over Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.). Brody hit a double during a decisive seven-run sixth inning. Walt also is an assistant coach at Regis.
On the same day, Barry Helton, who owns a Super Bowl ring with the San Francisco 49ers, watched his son, junior
Brett Helton, spark No. 23-seeded
Cheyenne Mountain (Colorado Springs, Colo.) to the Class 4A crown.
Helton was the winning pitcher and drove in six runs during a 13-7 semifinal victory over Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) to set up the title game victory, 12-0, over Wheat Ridge (Colo.).
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East Ridge (Woodbury, Minn.) blanked Woodbury (Minn.), 6-0, as senior
Mitch Luebbe pitched a one-hitter with 15 strikeouts.
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Paul Voelker fanned 16 in eight innings to lead
Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.) to a 3-2 victory over St. Louis Park (Minn.).
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Turlock (Calif.) poured across 16 runs against five pitchers in the third inning of a 23-2 rout of Merced (Calif.). Twenty-one batters went to the plate during the 40-minute inning.
BASKETBALL: Hunter to play for his father (see next page)
