Niwot's playoff hopes end in Golden

The Niwot boys soccer team found themselves on the wrong side of a quick start and some fortuitous bounces against Golden on Nov. 5, and the resulting 3-0 loss brought an unhappy end to the Cougars' playoff run that started so optimistically just three days before.

"We just needed to weather that first storm," head coach Steve Dimit said afterwards. "We've been doing a pretty good job of that all...