Losing the morning game to Arvada West junior ace Cooper Vais, whose snap dragon slider produced 10 strikeouts in a 3-2 muzzling, could have siphoned confidence.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
Still, data and intellectual property are siphoned off to rich countries, echoing centuries-old dynamics of colonial extraction.
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