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Published October 21, 2026 10:55pm

LAKEWOOD • Vista Ridge enjoyed this hunt. But the feast isn’t complete for the Wolves.

The No. 3-seeded Wolves upset the second-seeded and previously unbeaten Mountain View 28-14 in the Class 4A semifinals at Jeffco Stadium to clinch a spot in the title game.

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This will mark Vista Ridge’s first trip to the flag football championship and occurs just one year removed from the Wolves posting a 7-8 overall record.

“It feels amazing,” freshman Addison DeGennaro said. “We’ve been working our butts off this whole week, and it feels good to take the victory home.”

Vista Ridge (16-2) held Mountain View (17-1) to its third-lowest score of the season. The Lions, the 2024 state champions and 2025 runners-up, averaged 41 points per contest before the semifinals.

DeGennaro, pronounced like Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, got into a groove on defense against the Lions and flustered quarterback Lexi Dettloff all night.…