Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DENVER — Greatness is hard to come by for girls basketball in Colorado, and year after year, Mead has proven itself among the most elite in Class 5A. The Mavericks’ season, it seems, is always destined to end at the Denver Coliseum. Such was the case during their 50-40 Great 8 loss to No. 2 Green Mountain on Saturday morning. A few months ago, a spot there seemed a distant possibility. Following a December trip to Idaho, the Mavericks suffered three big losses. Senior Elena Gomez, coming off of an ankle injury, had to get stitches in her head. Senior Maddy Wright tore her ACL. Sophomore Hayden Berglund had a bone bruise on her ankle. “Man, it...
