Wheat Ridge ousts Niwot from soccer playoffs

It was a disappointing end to the season, but Niwot head soccer coach Stephen Dimit was in no way disappointed in his team’s performance against No. 2 seed Wheat Ridge in the second round of the Class 4A state tournament.

“Everybody played really hard,” he said following the Cougars 3-0 loss to the Farmers last Saturday. “We didn’t connect as much as we could have, but it wasn’t for lack of effort...