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Photos: Ramirez leads Niwot soccer past Skyview in state first round

NIWOT — Mark Ramirez scored two goals as the 5th-seeded Niwot Cougars beat the 28th-seeded Skyview Wolverines 4-1 on Wednesday in the first round of the Class 4A boys soccer state tournament.

The Cougars got their first goal from Terin Tadewald on a blatant hand-ball by a Skyview defender that kept the ball out of the net on a corner kick. Ramirez scored the next two goals, and Justin Barkow added one in the second half.

Jose Martinez scored Skyline’s lone goal.

Niwot moves on to the second round where they’ll face the winner of Centaurus and Standley Lake.