Category: Ball Fever

Entering Week 6 of the hoops season, we remain wide open in classes 4A and 5A boys.

League play is beginning and a few transfers becoming eligible to keep an eye on. The two spots of consistency were easily our CHSAANow.com top-ranked squads Regis Jesuit in 5A and Longmont 4A. Can they remain undefeated? Let’s catch the action.

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Week in review

Monday, Jan. 12:

• Denver North is quietly 10-4 after their 20-point victory over Alameda. Congrats to the Vikings on the success!
• A lot of conversation lately about Brian Carey’s early season scoring and shots for No. 10 Denver East. We have preached for a while that as the season continues and this Angels squad starts to find its identity he will have many more nights like this “stat-stuffin” 26 point, 3 rebound, 5 assist, 3 steal at Chatfield in the 71-58 road win. Colorado Academy transfer Jack Buckmelter played his first game with the Angels and his immediate contribution: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists. Jordan Willis added 13 points, 9 rebounds as well. Yeah, with this balance the defending champs will be March trouble for someone.
• Pomona got the 7 point win over Arvada in part to a 17-11 third quarter. Oscar Morales was “on fire” in the loss scoring 33 points on 9-11 shooting, 4-7 from 3-point land!
• Matt Mathewes was on-point with the action photos from Monday’s 5A top 10 match up between No. 7 Montbello hosting No. 8 Mountain Vista. Ray Beresford and Brady Subart were “stat-stuffin” for the Eagles in the tough loss. Malik Hart stole the show with 34 points for the Warriors in the exciting overtime win and the Fever crew was there to catch the key CJ Whittington play that sealed it:
• The “double double” machine Dee Henderson continues his work for Thornton with 15 point, 12 rebound effort in Thornton’s win over Gateway.
• Ladarius Thomas was “the man” for Aurora Central this night scoring 23 points in the Trojan’s 2 point win over Bear Creek.
• Adams City started 20-6 in first quarter vs. Englewood and never looked back in 78-46 thrashing. Stephen Lippincott 22 and Orlando Ruiz 21 points in the win.
• Josh McNair continues to look like that 4A player of the year candidate with huge 25 point, 14 rebound double-double in Thomas Jefferson’s 51-43 win over Westminster.

Tuesday, Jan. 13:

• The Fever crew made it out to No. 1 Regis hosting No. 7 Montbello on this night. The Warriors looked tired from the previous night’s overtime tangle with Mountain Vista but held their ground in the first half training 30-24. The Raiders transition and “3-point barrage” took over the second half. Regis hit 13 three pointers as a team and “stat-stuffer” of the week nominee, Bryan Staerkel made 5 threes for 21 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists in the lopsided 80-47 win. Here are photos from the game.
• 4A No. 7 Holy Family won by 19 at Skyline and Chris Helbig scored 19 along with Luke Golter’s 15 in the win.
• Highlands Ranch won this “city vs. suburbs” match when Aurora Central traveled south 50-39. Ryley Stewart led three Falcons in double figures with 14 points, 7 assists in the win. Elijah Coleman with another point effort for the Trojans in the loss.
• Fort Collins remained unbeaten in Front Range league play with 49-42 win over streaking Boulder. A balanced team contribution from all with Triston Von Nieada leading with 9 points, 7 rebounds.
• 5A No. 2 ThunderRidge traveled to Pine Creek and it was never close in the dominant 69-33 win.
• Legacy held on for the 63-61 win over rising Northglenn. Dalton Royer’s huge night of 25 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assist was big for the Lightning.
• Pueblo West getting 23 top 10 votes in our poll and David Arrieta’s 17 point, 2 rebound, 3 assist night helped get the road win at rival Pueblo West 74-51.
• Thompson Valley is undefeated in league play and earned a 54-48 win over Mountain View and Jake Hornick busted out with 27 points.
• Tim Wyatt led four Raiders in double figuring scoring with 16 and Tarren Storey-Way’s “double-double” of 15 points, 10 rebounds helped Rangeview get back to it’s winning ways at George Washington winning by 8.
• Doherty got a key win in C.S. Metro 5A play, 70-65 over Rampart, led by Brevin Brimble’s 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks. Donovan Oldham (18 points, 12 rebounds) and Jackson Ehrlin (12 points, 11 rebounds) both had “double-doubles” in the loss.
• Oh boy! This soph continues to pop up on the radar weekly and Kolton Peterson’s 40 point, 4 assist, 3 rebound, 1 steal night also included this game-winning 3-pointer for Lakewood at Hinkley:
• Widefield getting some top-10 votes but Mesa Ridge held on for the two point win Caleb Stewart’s 21 point, 11 rebound double-double was a huge part of the win.
• Owen Riley had a big 25 point night out west as Battle Mountain logged a 58-50 win over Summit. Zach Johnson with 14 point, 10 rebound double-double in the loss.

Wednesday, Jan. 14:

• Air Academy got extremely defensive in this 4A top-10 match and Dan Morhmann was all over the impressive effort for the No. 8 Kadets. Check Caden Colson’s photos here.
• Cherokee Trail undefeated in early Continental league play with win over Grandview and David Thornton’s 29 points, 9 rebounds was big time. Andrew Joiner led the Wolves with 24 in the loss.
• 4A No. 2 Golden held off D’Evelyn’s upset bid and Dennis Pleuss caught the action.
• Dakota Ridge, 5A’s No. 3 squad, quietly “trucking along” undefeated and earned a tough 50-45 win at Columbine. Keaton Matthies 24 points in the loss for the Rebels.
• Versatile Jonathon Scott’s 21 points helped Lewis Palmer log the 14 point home win over Falcon.
• Cherry Creek got the win over Mullen in Centennial play and Jack Eberhard snapped the shots. Nate Davis with a huge 29 point, 11 rebound double-double in loss.
• Arvada West was “feelin it” with 6 players scoring double figures in their 90-71 win over Pomona led by Thomas Neff’s 21 point, 10 rebound double-double.
• Jose Arenas (23 points) continues his hot scoring streak as Lincoln won easily over Thornton.
• Check out Mike Robinson over at Bruce Randolph with a “monster” 22 point, 18 rebound double-double in the North Vikings win over Bruce Randolph.

Thursday, Jan. 15:

• Brevin Brimble with another 21-point effort and Dalven Brushier got a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double but it wasn’t enough to get the win vs. Fountain-Fort Carson who used a 22-16 fourth quarter to seal it.
• Justinnian Jessup’s big night kept 4A No. 1 Longmont undefeated and Kai Casey logged the photo report.
• The Chap “senior duo” of Jake Holtzman and Chris Moody both with 20-plus points again in the Wolverines road win at Liberty.
• Chudier Byle made his presence felt for Denver South as he chimed in with a 27-point, 11-rebound double-double in Denver South’s road win at Mesa Ridge. Chuck Gavin added an 11-point, 14-rebound double-double of his own!
• Brady Subart with the hot-hand for Mountain Vista vs Fairview and Matt Mathewes reported.
• Rangeview took a few tough losses recently and they “took it all out!” on their league foe Aurora Central in a 86-60 win in the Trojan’s backyard. Kris Hollins had 16 points in the win and Elijah Reed added 8 points, 13 rebounds.
• Get used to hearing that name Justinnian Jessup who scored 23 points for 4A’s No. 1 Longmont vs Mountain View.

Friday, Jan. 16:

• 5A No. 4 Eaglecrest continues to impress as they won by 21 points over Cherry Creek in Centennial League play. Jack Eberhard is a man “about town.”
• Ponderosa a 4A Continental league team can’t be forgotten as they surprised Highlands Ranch in their gym with a 3-point win, led by Steve Aiken’s 20 points.
• Legend Titans were on a roll but tough Continental League play has begun and Brady Subart’s hot hand cooled the Titans, as Matt Mathewes reports.
• Our state’s No. 1 squad Regis shot a rare 4-18 from 3-point land but still found a way to win by 16 over Castle View.
• Everyone contributed for Overland as they poured it on Arapahoe led by Alijah Haliburton’s 15 points.
• 4A No. 5 Holy Family got 25 points from Chris Helbig in 9-point win over Mead. Pam Wagner was on site for the top-10 matchup.
• 5A No. 2 ThunderRidge handed rival Heritage its first league loss in the 54-44 win.
• KJ Sapp kicked in 13 points, 5 assists for Cherokee Trail as they finished the week 4-0 in league play after the win over Mullen.
• Westminster got its second win of season despite Fairview’s Chris Arehart’s 29 points.
• D’Evelyn looking good of late and Christian Denton’s 12 points led four scorers in double figures in 17-point win over Standley Lake.
• Dakota Ridge finishes week undefeated with 70-62 win over rival Chatfield.
• Solid 8-point home win for Northglenn over visiting Lincoln who had been on a nice roll of late.
• Extreme team balance for Prairie View in 53-51 win over Brighton. Three players score 9 points each.
• Windsor now 9-3 after 20 point win over rival Berthoud led by Noah Baldwin’s 17 points, 9 rebounds.
• 4A No. 4 Sand Creek 5-0 in league play after 11-point win over Falcon.
• Valor Christian defense strong from beginning to end in lopsided win at Evergreen, led by Khameron Davis’ 17 points.
• Thompson Valley 4-0 in league play. Looking forward to next week’s match up with Longmont after 67-63 overtime win vs Niwot.
• Vista Peak got 20 points from Isaiah Young in 10 point win over Elizabeth. Sets up a big game for them vs 5A Rangeview.
• The Pinnacle’s Josh Brown had a monster dunk in a win over The Pinnacle. Watch it here.

Saturday, Jan. 17:

• The game of the night was at Fossil Ridge as unbeaten No. 1 Regis came north. The SaberCats came out strong with a 21-8 first quarter advantage but Regis flipped that in a 23-8 third quarter going on to win by four. Bryan Staerkel scored 18. Here are photos from the game.
• Ryley Stewart being his steady self for Highlands Ranch as they got a win at Grandview by 5 and Stewart scored 22.
• Tim Wyatt with a solid 19 points as Rangeview won an Aurora battle over 4A Vista Peak by 22. Elijah Reed with 10-point, 11-rebound double-double.
• Despite Matthew Cameron’s 20 points Sand Creek was able to pull off the 3-point win at Palmer Ridge to stay undefeated in league.
• In an anticipated DPL battle the seniors did not let us down as Chuck Gavin collected a 18-point, 18-rebound double-double for Denver South and Josh McNair piled up 20 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists for Thomas Jefferson. However, the man of the day was Thomas Jefferson sophomore Ravel Moody who blew up for 34 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists. But it wasn’t enough to stop the Rebels from the 5-point road win.
• Wow: hands down, the duo of the week was Chap’s Chris Moody (22 points) and Jake Holtzman (26 points) as they did it again in the Wolverine’s 15 point win at George Washington.
• Donovan Oldham “stat-stuffin” for Rampart in win over Palmer: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks.
• In the words (or tweet) of Andrew Romero, “who had us at 12-2?”! Mountain Range won big over Ralston Valley and Romero dropped 28 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals.
• Justinian Jessup was again huge for 4A No. 1 Longmont as a tough 5A Montbello played a visit. Jessup finished with 21 points, 4 assists, 6 steals as Longmont came out strong and held off the Warriors.

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A Look Ahead:

Monday, Jan. 19:

• Hungry for action on Martin Luther King Day Jr. Holiday? Bear Creek at Gateway is the only big school match on the slate.

Tuesday, Jan. 20:

• All eyes will be on the East Angels as they travel to No. 1 Regis Raiders on this night. Some have hyped this game as Angel’s Brian Carey vs the “team ball” of Regis. Don’t be fooled! These are both great teams, well coached, and should be a classic!
• Highlands Ranch at Chaparral in two senior led teams.
• Heritage at Rock Canyon will be a good one of teams vying to rise in Continental play.
• Fossil Ridge at Mountain Range is the big game in Front Range.
• Down south? Check out Liberty at Fountain-Fort Carson.
• Two teams that will be trouble in March: Montbello visits Northglenn.
• Mountain Vista’s Continental visit to 4A Ponderosa should not be taken lightly!
• Holy Family at Erie.
• Palmer Ridge at Vista Ridge.
• Sierra at Harrison.
• Big time Northern Conference action as No. 1 Longmont heads to Thompson Valley where both are undefeated in league play.

Wednesday, Jan. 21:

• Two undefeated Centennial League squads get it on in Cherokee Trail at Eaglecrest.
• Overland at Cherry Creek never fails for excitement and will have an impact in league standings as well.
• Prairie View at Montbello in a nice non league match!
• A hot sophomore, Kolton Peterson, will lead Lakewood into unbeaten Dakota Ridge.
• Sand Creek at Cheyenne Mountain looks like the top option down south!
• Valor Christian can’t take Conifer lightly as they come to Highlands Ranch.
• Throw records out the window in Evergreen and 4A No. 1 Longmont.

Thursday, Jan. 22:

• A bit of a light night but Denver East at JFK.
• Mesa Ridge at Harrison.

Friday, Jan. 23:

• The Trailblazer house will be packed as Cherokee Trail comes to visit Overland.
• Two Continental League tilts that deserve attention in No. 1 Regis at Legend and Chaparral visiting Rock Canyon. Like senior leadership? Catch one of these two games!
• Take your pick of Front Range match ups where teams will continue to “toughen each other up."
• Chatfield and Columbine rivalry action!
• Sharp shooting all around in Arvada West at Lakewood.
• There’s a new contender in 5A East Metro: Get out and watch Rangeview and Northglenn tangle!
• How sweet is it that we are treated to this re-match so soon: Denver South hosts Thomas Jefferson in a possible “instant classic!”
• Air Academy at Lewis Palmer.
• Wheat Ridge at Golden.
• Pueblo County at Pueblo West.
• Greeley Central gets their shot to host 4A No. 1 Longmont!

Saturday, Jan. 24:

• We like the 4A vs. 5A non conference action in Pueblo South at Cherry Creek!
• Ahhh yes, the suburb battle of Highlands Ranch at ThunderRidge.
• Green Mountain at Ponderosa.
• Broomfield at Holy Family.
• Mead at Silver Creek.
• “Thunder Dome Saturday”: Throw records out the window. There’s no stage to prove you “have game” in Colorado than the Saturday afternoon on the “east side” as Montbello and GW get it on!

Enjoy the hoops folks as our non conference action starts to wind down and the league battles heat up!!

Welcome back and Happy “Hoops” Year prep fans! The first month of the season left us wanting more and the first week of 2015 certainly didn’t disappoint.

Teams are shaking off the early rust and beginning to find their identity. Let’s get the second half of the season going with last week’s big performances.

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Week in review

Saturday, Jan. 3:

• It wouldn’t be right if we didn’t start this week off with a performance which may stand as the best comes season’s end as Denver East point guard Brian Carey was “stat-stuffin” in a major way vs 5A No. 2 ThunderRidge with 44 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals in the Angels 63-59 Thunderdome victory. The Angels took their lumps as Carey was out with an injured ankle but he reminded us that with a cast of new Angels figuring things out the defending champs will not go down easy to anyone!
• Friday night Fort Collins crossed the border to take on Cheyenne East (Wyoming) and Triston Von Neda’s 14 points, 6 rebounds wasn’t enough to pull off the victory on the road.
• Palmer used a 26-point fourth quarter to come back on Vista Ridge and win by 10. Hunter Maldonado dropped 21 for Vista Ridge in the loss.
• Heritage blew Green Mountain away behind Tom Skufca’s 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists 72-37. Jack Peck added 19 points.
• Pueblo West cruised over Canon City and sophomore David Simental looking good with 23 points, 6 assists, 2 steals.
• Our No. 1-ranked 5A team Regis Raiders showed absolutely zero rust coming out of the winter break sending Grandview to 5-3 with a lop-sided 88-41 thrashing at home. In true Regis fashion Marc Reininger led three double-figure scores with 14 and 12 Raiders hit the scoring column in this one. Check out Jack Eberhard’s action shots here.
• Boulder continued their nice start advancing to 6-2 with a 77-54 win over Chatfield. The Boulder High Athletics twitter handle had Garrett Turner finishing with 23 points and Jack Boyle 19.
• Kyle Leahy’s 14 point, 9 rebound, 4 assist night helped Erie even up at 4-4 with a 43-32 win over Fort Lupton.
• George Washington posted a solid 18 point victory over visiting Arapahoe on Saturday. These are two young teams with very few seniors that continue grow confidence. Ryan King led with 15 points in the loss for the Warriors.
• 5A No. 8 Cherry Creek suffered itsfirst loss just before break in tourney play and bounced back with an impressive road win at Rangeview 70-62. The Bruins outscored the Raiders 17-8 in the first quarter on the road — tough to do! Jalen Davis led Rangeview with 16 points. Jack Eberhard with the cool shots here.
• Sierra was not playing around as they took down 4A No. 7 Pueblo Central by 17 on the road. Ke’Andre Lewis led four in double-figures with 15 points, 8 assists.
• Rock Canyon is quietly at 9-3 after a road victory at Smoky Hill 68-53. Mitch Lombard with 15 and Isaac Hirch’s 14, 8 rebounds led the way.
• Wheat Ridge now 6-1 behind Damina Padilla’s 18 points in huge win over Denver West.

Monday, Jan. 5:

• Lots of drama on and off the floor in Dakota Ridge at Highlands Ranch Monday night. Dakota Ridge’s 17-8 fourth quarter advantage helped them stay undefeated along with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. Ryley Stewart stays the picture of consistency for H-Ranch scoring 25 points including 6-9 from behind the arc in the loss.
• The Fever crew made it out to an intriguing 4A/5A match where 4A No. 6 Sand Creek visited 5A No. 7 Montbello. Senior Garrett Bingham had the stroke early and D’Shawn Schwartz is a strong lefty soph, but that smooth guard from the Warriors Malik Hart, again rose to the top scoring 31 points and dishing out 5 assists in the Bellos 71-66 win.
• Wow: Lincoln started the 1st and 3rd quarters extremely hot leading to their 76-58 win over visiting Doherty behind senior Jose Arena’s 33 point, 4 rebound huge night. Fellow senior Michael Sparks also added 21 for the Lancers.
• Alonzo Ramirez caught fire for Prairie View scoring 26 points with 5 three-pointers and 6 assists in their tight 1-point victory over Pomona. Fellow senior guard Luke Schwindaman added 12 points in the win.
• Stephen Lippincott scored 25 for Adams City as they held on for the 1 point win over Denver West.
• Falcon pulled off the upset of 4A No. 3 Pueblo South as Shaun LiVecchi’s 14 point, 9 rebound effort led four players in double figures.

Tuesday, Jan. 6:

• Andrew Romero came into 2015 with his hand still hot logging a 20 point, 10 rebound double-double as Mountain Range edged Northglenn by two. Pam Wagner with the photo report.
• Lincoln is forming quite a “duo” themselves in Michael Sparks (33) and Jose Arenas (28) who combined for 61 points in the Lancers blow out of Westminster. Coach Valdez, no surprise, has Lincoln improving game to game.
• Tuesday night the Fever crew headed over to George Washington for our first look at No. 1 Regis Raiders. The young Patriots, with four freshman/sophomore varsity contributors, gave Regis all they could handle for 3.5 quarters but the Raiders defensive intensity and leadership took over. After being down 4 at halftime Regis seized a 25-12 advantage in the 3rd quarter and never looked back. Jack Eberhard was in the house for photos.
• Quentin Guitierrez’s 21 points and Jeremiah Pruitt’s 20 points, 9 rebounds helped Pine Creek get the 65-59 win over Fountain Fort Carson.
• Jontrell Herman used a perfect 10-10 from the free throw line to earn 28 points on the night in Castle View’s road win over Hinkley.
• Austin Hartman scored 23 and Jackson Engles flirted with the “triple-double” (16 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists) as Silver Creek pulled away from Roosevelt by 18.
• Our Fever “pal in Parker” Kevin Keyser was at the Wolverines shop for a highly anticipated match up between Chaparral and visiting Overland. Big De’Ron Davis led three Trailblazers in double figures as our coaches poll No. 4 took down No. 3 in an impressive road win for Overland.
• Our “Fever fav” Grant Witherspoon doing his thing for D’Evelyn with 27 points as they get the big win over 4A foe Thomas Jefferson. Josh McNair with 24 points, 7 rebounds in the loss. Two of 4A’s best going at it there!
• The anticipation of this one didn’t last long as Pueblo Central jumped out to a 23-4 first quarter advantage and Michael Ranson scored 23 in a lopsided win over Kent Denver.
• 4A No. 1 Longmont “doubled-up” Centarus 70-35 as Justinian Jessup led with 16 points. Clint Sigg added 14 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals.

Wednesday, Jan. 7:

• Overland got conference play off to a win with a balanced effort 64-50 over Mullen. Austin Conway’s 23 points, 7 assists led the way for Trailblazers while Mullen athletic wing Nate Davis had a monster double-double of 30 points, 15 rebounds in the loss.
• Dennis Pleuss was all over the 4A top 10 matchup of Golden and Conifer.
• Blend Advili’s 25 points along with Colby Ross’ 22 helped Eaglecrest beat Smoky Hill 86-64 on the road.
• Matt Mathewes was on point with the action as the Neff brothers were “stat-stuffin” leading the way in Arvada West’s rivalry win over Ralston Valley.
• Jack Eberhard has you on the spot photos for Cherokee Trail’s league-opening win over rival Cherry Creek in overtime. Jaizec Lottie led 3 Cougars in double figuring scoring with 11 points.
• Jared Burr helped Grandview earn that first Centennial win with 22 points in the 10 point win at Arapahoe. Andrew Joiner added 17 points.
• Another rivalry Match up north as Jacob Montour’s 24 and Jonah Radebaugh’s 26 points was too much for Thornton on this night.
• Big win for Prairie View, who is quietly at 7-3, with Luke Schwindaman and Alonzo Ramirez both scoring 14 points in victory over Fariview.

Thursday, Jan. 8:

• Coach Valdez has the Lancers playing strong ball despite not having some strong transfers hitting the court as many hoped. Lincoln held court 64-59 over visiting Broomfield.
• The Fever crew had to catch Denver East visiting Chaparral where Brian Carey’s unbelievable 46 point night was overshadowed by the Wolverines senior duo of Jake Holtzman and Chris Moody. Our main man, Ryan Casey, has you covered if you missed it.
• Palmer jumped out 17-6 over Liberty and Antonio Handford’s 18 points, 6 rebounds helped seal the win.
• Tyler Converse was “stat-stuffin” again with 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals in Legacy’s win over Westminster.
• Grand Junction traveled west to Jordan and DJ Wells 17 points led three in double figures but wasn’t enough to get the road win.
• Matt Mathewes has the photos and run down of Mountain Vista Brady Subart’s late game heroics in an exciting finish over Fossil Ridge.
• This sophomore David Semental keeps popping up on the radar and his 27 points, 3 steals, 4 assist helped Pueblo West beat Montrose by 13.
• Sierra wasn’t messing around as they jumped out to a 26-3 start and Tevion Thompson’s 22 points helped stop Mesa Ridge.

Friday, Jan. 9:

• Friday’s top game was a top 10 match featuring Overland’s visit to Eaglecrest and Kevin Keyser got up close and personal! Check out Brock Laue’s coverage of the Raptors taking advantage of De’Ron Davis’s absence.
• David Thornton scored 22 points and a new name to the Fever crew, Isiah Gilbert added 19 as Cherokee Trail logged their 2nd league win over Smoky Hill. Watch out for sophomore Shae Wyatt who scored 27 for the Buffaloes in the loss.
• 5A’s No. 1 squad was flexing their perimeter muscle as they knocked down 14 three point shots on the road at Rangeview in a convincing 78-53 win. Jack Eberhard was on site.
• Nice city vs. the suburbs match up as Highlands Ranch traveled to 4A Thomas Jefferson. Josh McNair and Pat Sullivan did not let their perspective squads down! Sullivan hit an amazing 7 of 11 three-pointers leading to 31 points, but McNair’s “stat-stuffer” of the week performance of 27 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, and 1 steal helped the Spartans secure the 4-point home win.
• Dennis Pleuss covered Dakota Ridge remaining undefeated and holding off a feisty Arvada West.
• Arapahoe held off a late Mullen run to get Coach Jansen’s first Centennial win behind Kyle Lukasiewicz 18 points led the way.
• Castle View defended their home court despite Thornton’s Dee Henderson’s 17 point, 10 rebound double-double.
• 4A No. 6 Sand Creek got it done over No. 3 Air Academy and Dan Morhmann was all over it.
• Mountain Vista 10-2 at the halfway point and continue to look ready for the tough continental league as Ray Beresford and Brady Subart both in double figures in the win over Fountain Fort Carson.
• Despite big man Tristan Von Neda’s 10 point, 10 rebound double-double Rock Canyon won a slug fest 47-43 led by Tyler Garcia’s 11 points.
• We mentioned to R-E-L-AX on the early criticism of Legend hoops and they are now on a seven-game win streak. They traveled to George Washington and got the 14-point win on Friday.
• Donovan Oldham scored 14 points and Rampart finished the fourth quarter 25-8 to shut down Montrose.
• This young soph Kolton Peterson continues to light it up and his “stat-stuffin” 33 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists led to Lakewood’s 9-point win over Pomona.
• Another “stat-stuffin” nominee as Elijah Coleman scored 25 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block but it wasn’t enough to stop 5A No. 2 ThunderRidge ‘s size from getting the road win.
• The rosters are different but always fun when we can get a 4A title game rematch! This time big Chuck Gavin made his presence felt for Denver South with 9 points, 12 rebounds and point guard Devante Loggins rare double-double of 10 points, 11 assists helped the Rebels secure the 20-point victory over Pueblo East.
• Serious balance as JT Sheperd led five Lewis Palmer players in double figure scoring with 14 points as they earned the 5-point win over Vista Ridge. Hunter Maldonado scored a big 25 in the loss.
• Grant Witherspoon’s 18 and Cameron Brown’s 13 points helped D’Evelyn to a 6-point win over Wheat Ridge.
• 4A No. 7 Pueblo Central back to its winning ways with Michael Ranson and Kobi Betts again scoring big time in the win over visiting Ponderosa. Ranson 11-11 from the free throw line!
• 4A No. 1 Longmont made it a perfect 9-0 with a 7-point win over at Northridge.
• Terae Johnson scored 17 as Coach Childress’ Vista Peak squad quietly trucks along at 7-3 after the win over visiting Fort Morgan.

Saturday, Jan. 10:

• Had to do a “double-take” at this score, but Heritage poured it on Mullen 70-36 and quietly moved to 8-3 overall. Eric Lawson led 3 players in double figures with 18 points for the Eagles.
• We had a top 5 matchup in 4A between Air Academy and Pueblo South and Caden Colson was snapping the action.
• Boulder held on for the 57-51 win over sliding Rangeview Saturday. Brutal recent schedule for the Raiders, Panthers improving!
• David Simental scored 17 points and Pueblo West got a strong road win at Rampart69-65. Donovan Oldham with 14 point, 11 rebound in the loss.
• Doherty earned an overtime win vs. Liberty and Emin Cecanjanin’s 15 points, 7 rebounds led the way.
• Ray Chen was out South for a highly anticipated top-10 4A match where Golden visited Valor Christian. Cole Greff and Ryan Thistlewood both in double figures!
• Windsor, now 6-3, traveled to Rock Springs and got the 7-point win and Landon Schmidt’s 16 points, 5 rebounds were big.
• Holy Family, now in 4A, has started 7-2 and Chris Helbig’s 17 points along with Luke Golter’s 23 points were a part of the tight 45-43 win over Machebeuf. Sam Donnellon with 15 points and Kyler Hensel’s 12 led Machebeuf.
• Niwot and Silver Creek both 7-3 after as Niwot finished the second half strong for the 11-point victory.
• Greeley West pulled away from Greeley Central and Cordell Gillingham’s 18 points led the way in this rivalry game.

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Weekly preview:

Monday, Jan. 12:

• Mountain Vista at Montbello in a battle of thriving 5A squads
• Thomas Jefferson travels to 5A Westminster
• Manual at Denver West in DPL play

Tuesday, Jan. 13:

• Boulder at Fort Collins
• Monarch at Fossil Ridge
• Northglenn at Legacy in a better battle than folks may think!
• Montbello at No. 1 Regis in a possible game of the week!
• Rangeview at George Washington — both need a win!
• ThunderRidge at Pine Creek
• Rampart at Doherty down south
• 5A/4A in Heritage at Denver South
• Conference action in Pueblo West at Pueblo East
• Niwot looks to test No. 1 Longmont

Wednesday, Jan. 14:

• Take your pick of the Centennial league battles. They look “favorite over underdog,” but will there be an upset?
• Air Academy at Palmer Ridge down south
• Falcon at Lewis Palmer as well!
• D’Evelyn at Golden

Thursday, Jan. 15:

• Fairview at Mountain Vista
• Chaparral at Liberty
• Denver South travels south to Mesa Ridge

Friday, Jan. 16:

• Eaglecrest at Cherry Creek will be a packed house “game of the night” in Centennial
• Legend at Mountain Vista shaping up as game of the week in tough Continental
• Loveland at Boulder, but don’t sleep on Legacy/Fossil Ridge in Front Range action
• Dakota Ridge at Chatfield in conference action
• Lincoln at Northglenn will go down to the wire!
• Falcon at Sand Creek
• Vista Peak at Elizabeth

Saturday, Jan. 17:

• Highlands Ranch at Grandview
• Oh my goodness! The SaberCat gym will be rocking when No. 1 Regis travels up north to Fossil Ridge.
• Chaparral at George Washington in a battle of senior leadership vs. young Patriots
• Vista Peak at Rangeview
• Denver South at Thomas Jefferson in a DPL battle of 4A contenders!
• Sand Creek at Palmer Ridge
• 5A Montbello at 4A No. 1 Longmont to finish off the week!

Awesome match ups to catch folks! Get to a gym near you and enjoy.

Welcome back hoops fans. Quite a loaded week of big school action as we close out 2014. Some teams continue to roll and others who stumbled early made strong statements of “R-E-L-A-X — it’s still early!”

Lets get to the action that stood out this week.

Week in review

Monday, Dec. 15:

• Orlando Ruiz did all he could scoring 26 points for Adams City but it wasn’t enough as visiting Arvada squeaks out the 1-point win 57-56.
• George Washington was not a friendly visitor as they invaded Aurora beating Gateway 92-68 after a 32-10 first quarter explosion!
• Justin Lee with 17 points, 5 rebounds as Niwot pulled away from Skyline 63-39.
• Our No. 2-ranked 5A squad Thunderridge got the week started defensively and Dennis Pleuss was on hand.
• Vedin Kozic led three in double figures with 17 as Wheatridge handled Frederick 65-37.
• Dan Moorhman took in Coach J’on St. Clair getting another shot at Denver South but this time with Rampart.
• Denver North used a 23-19 fourth quarter advantage to pull out the 71-64 win over Englewood.
• Luke Golter checking in with the first double-double of the week as his 23 point, 12 rebound effort helped Holy Family get the win at Silver Creek. Chris Helbig added 16 in the win.

Tuesday, Dec. 16:

• Andrew Romero III continued his hot shooting for Mountain Range and Pam Wagner was there for the photo shots.
• Smoky Hill was without their senior leader Dalontae Kelly and Rangeview took full advantage winning 70-61 in this Aurora battle. Tyrei Randle was "fillin’ it up" for the Raiders with 25 points including three deep balls from behind the arc. Jalen Davis added 13 points, 2 assists in the win.
• Coming in at No. 2 in last week’s 4A poll was a hot Golden squad and Dennis Pleuss got their win over Fort Collins before they hit the tourney road. Ryan Blodget’s 10 point, 12 rebound double-double helped Golden to the 10-point win.
• No surprise to hear the name "Neff" when talking Arvada West hoops but this time it was younger brother Luke who led with 24 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists in the win at Castle View. Caedon Davis put up 21 points in the loss.
• Suburban bragging rights on the line as Highlands Ranch and Valor Christian tangled out south. Pat Sullivan stole the show here with 25 points for the Falcons. Sid Turnbull-Frazier had 21 for the Eagles in the tough two point loss.
• Cameron McMurry was the "big man on campus" after hitting a game winner for Erie vs. . Fort Morgan and our Kai Casey was there for the action.
• The Prairie View backcourt of Alonzo Ramirez and Luke Schwindaman score 17 points each as the Wolves get the 64-61 win over Douglas County.
• Donovan Oldham’s 17 points, 4 rebounds helped Rampart pull away from Cororado 78-55.
• Legend is one of those squads saying, "RELAX" and Monroe Porter’s 17 helped them earn the 63-59 win over Doherty.
• Andrew Joiner’s hot hand put up 22 points for Grandview as they pulled off the tight one point win at Lakewood.
• Western State commit Brady Subart was "stat stuffin" 22 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal as Mountain Vista earned the 3 point road win at Chatfield.
• Jonah Radebaugh and Jacob Montour combined for 55 of Northglenn’s 74 points in the win over Broomfield.
• No surprise to the Fever crew at all that seniors Sergio Garcia, Josh McNair, and Jalen Rose scored in double figures for Thomas Jefferson when challenged by 5A Cherokee Trail, but it wasn’t enough as Jaizec Lottie and Ronnie Barfield both scored 10 in the Cougars balanced two point win.
• Pueblo Central, up to No. 3 in last week’s 4A poll, rode their back court duo of Kobi Betts and Michael Ranson, who both scored in the 20’s, to a 75-65 win over Mesa Ridge.
• Keeping it down south, Pueblo South’s Bryson Smith’s 20 points led three in double figures scoring in the win over Liberty.

Wednesday, Dec. 17:

• The Fever crew got out to one of our favorite gyms on Wednesday for Aurora Central at Montbello. This game was the battle of the zone defenses early as both squads tried to probe and figure things out offensively. Low scoring the whole way until Montbello got defensive in the fourth quarter and used their size/length on that end to create easy offense. The Warriors outscored the Trojans 21-7 in the fourth behind Malik Hart’s 18 points. Bouncy guard Ladarius Thomas led all scorers with 24 in the loss.
• Elijah Martinez led all scorers with 19 points in Westmintster’s 66-60 victory over Standley Lake. Eric Turner had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists in the loss.
• Rock Canyon got their Vegas road trip off to an awesome start as senior guard Tyler Garcia scored 30 points with 3 assists and 5 steals. Freshman Alert:  Sam Masten certainly wasn’t afraid of the road or tourney action as he added 19 points, 4 rebounds in the 82-72 win over Mars.
• Fossil Ridge signed up for a "big boy" bracket in their Vegas tourney and Ryan Quaid put in a MONSTER 23 point, 22 rebound double-double in their opening loss to Durango 56-54.
• Last week’s 5A No. 5 squad Eaglecrest also went west for Vegas action and opened with a 76-63 win over Desert Pines.
• The Trailblazer duo came ready to play as De’Ron Davis’ double-double of 18 points, 11 rebounds along with Austin Conway’s 16 points, 7 assists led to the 10-point win over Bountiful in Las Vegas.
• Windsor earned a 24-point victory over Brighton as Viktor Kaiser and Michael Scheid both scored 13 points each.
• Silver Creek used a 20-5 second quarter and Austin Hartman’s 13 point, 11 rebound double-double to get the road win at Evergreen.
• Widefield’s beginning to earn top 10 votes and got a 76-68 win over Adams City where Brandon Branch’s 18 point, 13 rebound double-double along with Adriernne Hampton’s 16 point, 11 rebound effort got it done!
• Our 4A No. 1-ranked squad continues its undefeated roll in a big way 64-31 over Poudre as Kevin Mitchell’s 17 points led three in double figures. Check out Longmont "D’ing Up!" in a 21-2 second quarter.
• Vista Peak won big over Niwot 74-58 and Noah Butler’s 21 points, 5 assists led the way here.

Thursday, Dec. 18:

• Dakota Ridge remains quietly undefeated with a 60-47 win over Grandview. Andrew Joiner with another 20 point effort for the Wolves in the loss.
• The Cherry Creek annual tourney got started and Jack Eberhard was on hand for Cherry Creek vs. Pine Creek.
• Pueblo South with a nice 13 point win over 5A Horizon.
• It was a low scoring affair between two squads off to strong starts in Monarch and Northglenn. Matt Mathewes was on hand as the Coyotes advanced to 8-1.
• Cordell Gillingham powered Greeley West with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists in 12-point win over Mountain View.
• Fairvew won a lopsided affair over Thornton and Kamran Shahbaz’s 29 points was huge!
• Abraham Lincoln used a big 21-9 fourth quarter to take the city vs. suburbs match against Highlands Ranch.  Keith Coleman Jr. with 19 points in the loss for the Falcons. 
• Matt Mathewes with some more awesome shots as Mountain Range rolled over Prairie View in tourney play.
• Rangeview received 20 votes in last week’s 5A poll and they will likely break in as senior Jalen Davis is starting to assert himself with high flying dunks and overall game. Davis’s 23 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists led to a huge 15 point win over Aurora rival Cherokee Trail for the Raiders.
• That cool Converse name keeps catching the Fever eye and this time he scored 18 for Legacy in the win over DougCo.
• National power Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas flexed its muscles on Overland in a 72-59 loss for the TrailBlazers. De’Ron Davis and Austin Conway both with 12 points.
• Dan Morhman highlights Colorado Spring Christian’s explosive third quarter that led 3A’s No. 1 ranked squad to the win over Mesa Ridge.
• Tyler Garcia strikes again with 27 points, 4 rebounds in Rock Canyon’s 74-56 win over Eastlake in tourney play. Mitch Lombard added 15 along Sam Masten’s 14, 6 rebounds in the win.
• Northridge quietly 5-1 and used a huge fourth quarter comeback to beat Pueblo West 64-59.
• MItchell gave Pueblo East a scare but they hold on for the one point win where Jacob Disalvo led 5 in double figures with 16.
• Out west, Owen Riley’s 24 point, 12 rebound double-double led Battle Mountain over Eagle Valley.
• Palisade ended Lutheran’s undefeated early run with a 67-65 win in a close one!

Friday, Dec. 19:

• Mullen hosting their own tournament and get the 14-point win over Castle View.
• Our Pam Wagner was on hand as Holy Family’s Chris Helbig had 18 in the win over D’Evelyn.
• Coach Wood has the Mountain Vista boys "runnin’ the floor" again as they put up 88 points in win over Lakewood. Brady Subart with 30 huge points and Ray Beresford 25 … quite the duo!
• Montbello was not a nice host as they ran up 95 points with 13 players getting in the score box led by Malik Hart’s 21 points, 9 assists vs. Pueblo Centennial.
• Had to get over to the Creek tourney to see with my own eyes if Fever’s beloved Dan Snyder was truly on the bench with Coach Brookhart for the Bruins. Wow, that is quite a coaching tandem for the Centennial League to deal with. The Bruins took down Abraham Lincoln in tourney play on this night.
• George Washington took their young squad on the road to Arvada West but came up just short 46-43.
• Mesa Ridge and Doherty in a high scoring 84-80 affair and Pryce Adams 24-point, 10-rebound double-double along with Dalen Jackson’s huge 29 point effort got it done despite Dalven Brushier and Kayden Washington scoring 20 points each in the loss.
• Boulder came to the city and handed Aurora Central a 15 point loss behind Landon Talieaferro’s 17 points.
• Fossil Ridge finished up their trip with a 67-64 win over Jordan and Zacc Drovdal had 20 points.
• Overland continues to challenge the best of the best and Prestenwood Christian beat the Trailblazers by 15 despite Reggie Gibson and De’Ron Davis both putting up 14 each.
• Mitchell and Vista Ridge had a nice overtime battle where Noah Beatty’s 27 points wasn’t enough as Vista loses by 3.
• Air Academy, now 6-1, had five players in double figures led by Paul Ambuul’s 22 in blowout of Coronado.
• Big man Chuck Gavin with 17 point, 15 rebound double-double as Denver South beat Garden City by 16 points. Devante Loggins again with the rare double-double of 10 points with 13 assists.
• Golden suffered first loss on their tourney road to Pine Crest 54-39.
• Eaglecrest continues to get battle-tested as they went down to Orem in Las Vegas 53-46.
• Valor Christian made a huge 4A statement in a highly anticipated matchup with Pueblo Central. Kobi Betts and Michael Ranson didn’t disappoint scoring over 20 points each again, but the standout on this night was Khameron Davis, who hit 5-three pointers en route to 27 points.

Saturday, Dec. 20:

• Dakota Ridge looking to move up a notch in the 5A top 10 as they went into Arapahoe and remain undefeated at 8-0 with the 70-56 win. "Lefty" Devante Jones was impressive and all over the court for Dakota Ridge in the win. Arapahoe finished 5-3 before the break. They have a couple injuries and only two seniors on their roster so they should be ready for league play.
• Monarch will certainly be knocking on the top 10 door after capturing the Prairie View tournament and Matt Mathewes captured the action.
• Mullen hosted their tourney and brought home the title beating Sand Creek 79-72. Mullen goes into the break 6-2 after the solid tourney showing.
• Matt Matthewes also took in Legacy’s win over Loveland.
• There’s that "RELAX" theme again as Legend handed Cherry Creek their first loss in the title game of the Creek tourney 43-40. The Titans were led by Danny Garrick’s 19 points and it seems they are beginning to reach that potential we’ve heard of.
• Chaparral going into the break 6-1 after the 55-49 win over Fairfax.
• Riley Stewart’s 24 points helped Highlands Ranch go into break at 5-5 after they finished tourney play with a 9-point win over Fountain Fort Carson.
• Nice win for Coach Boykins’ squad behind Cetta’s 17 over Broomfield.
• Fossil Ridge finished up travel with a nice 1-point win over Desert Pines and come home 6-3.
• Boulder continues its strong early play with the 60-59 overtime win over Cherokee Trail.
• Well "hello there" Troy Green! Montbello’s senior wing scored 30 points, 7 rebounds as the Warriors enter break 8-1 after win over Hinkley 81-64. His running mate Malik Hart added 20 points, 8 assists.
• Denver East is missing Brian Carey in a major way while he’s out with ankle injury and the Angels drop to 3-6 after 61-57 loss to Foothill in Vegas.
• The "utility knife" Blend Advili with 21 points, 7 rebounds in Eaglecrest Vegas blowout of Durango.
• Matt Matthewes was still snapping the action shots for Northglenn’s win over Prairie View.
• "Oh My!" Big De’Ron Davis left his mark in Vegas with a 34 point, 9 rebound effort in Overland’s win over West Linn by 4. The Trailblazers return with a 4-4 mark.
• Big man Tristan Von Nieda captured a 21 point, 9 rebound night as Fort Collins won in overtime at Ponderosa.
• braham Lincoln 6-4 after impressive 16-point win over DPL rival Thomas Jefferson in final game of  Cherry Creek tournament.
• Pueblo South showed no mercy to defending champ Pueblo East in the 31 point win vs these rivals.
• Our No. 1 4A squad finished up 6-0 with the 67-39 win over Windsor to close out our coverage for Week 3!

The early tournament play and non conference fun has proven again that things are wide open and that it’s also much too early to count some teams out.

Enjoy the holidays and can’t wait to get back to the hoops!

Welcome back hoops fans! Week 2 of the season brought some excellent in and out-of-state tournament action along with fun non conference battles.

The out-of-state action included our new No. 1 ranked squad Regis Raiders staying undefeated in trip to Arizona.

Let’s get to the action!

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Week in review

• A low scoring 16 point half for the home Mullen Mustangs spelled doom as Mountain Range’s Ben Egan poured in 21 points in the 64-50 road victory. James Potter’s 19 along with Andrew Romero’s 17 added the balance!
• Didn’t take long for the first “oh my!” of week two to roll in as sophomore Kolton Peterson caught fire for 38 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 assists, but that wasn’t enough to stop Heritage behind Jack Peck’s 24 points, 5 assists. The Eagles protect home court 81-71.
• Former league rivals Wheat Ridge and Alameda hooked up Monday. Dennis Pleuss was all over it.
• Fairview was “feeling it” from three-point range and Kai Casey’s photo report took it all in.
• Greeley West cooled off a hot Aurora Central 61-54 in tourney play. Preston Marion with the huge double-double of 17 points, 15 rebounds along with Connor Thompson’s 15 points did the trick. Elijah Coleman led with 22 points, 8 rebounds in the loss for the Trojans.
• Boulder walked in the Patriots house and took down the young GW squad 64-47 behind Landon Taliaferro’s 22 points and Garrett Turner’s 20 points, 6 assists.
• Denver South was without their senior point guard Devante Loggins in a previous loss last week but he returned in a giving mood dishing out 15 assists in the Rebels 61-44 win over Broomfield. Loggins added 7 steals which we’re sure led to some of those assists. Fellow senior Turner Dumas Peterson led scoring with 13 points.
• Denver North squeaked out a solid one point road victory 70-69 at Arvada Monday night. Belmin Salihovic put in 18 points in the home loss.
• Monarch continues its strong early play as they record the 9 point 52-43 win over Sierra.

• Palmer used a 40-point first half to blow away Douglas County 78-54 and Will Ross led four Terror’s in double figure scoring with 19.
• Rock Canyon locked D’Evelyn up defensively only allowing 34 points as Tyler Garcia scored 17 with 3 steals.
• The 5A leading scorer, Thomas Neff, continues his hot start with 33 points in Arvada West’s 61-46 win over Legacy.
• Fossil Ridge took care of Highlands Ranch and big man Ryan Quaid collected a 19 point, 10 rebound double-double in the 71-53 win. Riley Stewart had 19 for the Falcons in the loss.
• Holy Family used a 14-4 first quarter start to beat Poudre 63-42 behind Chris Helbig’s 20 points.
• Two teams quietly off to nice starts tangled Tuesday in Grandview and Montbello. The Warriors won this one 58-51 behind Malik Hart’s 21 points. Andrew Joiner led the Wolves again with 17.
• Doherty had some serious balance on display as they kept Castle View winless with five players scoring in double figures led by Emin Cecunjanin’s 14 point, 11 rebound double-double. Jontrell Herman scored 16 in the loss.
• Senior Dee Henderson continues his double-double ways for Thornton with 22 points, 14 rebounds but Pomona got the two point win 51-49.
• Tim Visser was in the house as Cherokee Trail ended Denver East’s in-state win streak. The Angels’ Brian Carey scored 37 on a bad ankle but C Trail’s overall balance proved too much.
• Rangeview’s senior Tarren Storey-Way had the hot hand this night as the Raiders pulled away from Rocky Mountain 74-49 with Storey-Way dropping 22 points. Benji Williams with 19 in the loss.
• Jack Eberhard covered the action shots as Smoky Hill traveled to ThunderRidge.
• Pueblo Central is ranked No. 7 in this weeks 4A poll and their backcourt duo of Kobi Betts and Michael Ranson can flat out fill it up! They both scored 28 in this win over Falcon.
• Dennis Pleuss on top of the two-point thriller between Legend and Dakota Ridge.
• Ridgeview Academy notched a big win for their guys over Manual 70-61 and C Torres was absolutely on fire scoring 38.
• Dan Morhmann covered Jonathon Scott stepping up big to help Lewis-Palmer hand Pueblo East their first loss in a long while

• Our guy Jack Eberhard took in the Pepsi Center environment as Cherry Creek handed a short-handed Denver East their second straight loss.
• Chaparral has weapons and Chase Coon dropped 23 points in the Wolverines 88-66 win over Chatfield. Check out our Fever buddy Jake Holtzman’s big time double-double of 18 points, 15 rebounds.
• Donovan Oldham logged a double-double for Rampart of 20 points, 11 rebounds in their win over Castle View. Jontrell Hermann giving his all and “stat-stuffin” 21 points, 6 rebounds, 7 steals, and 4 assists!
• Colorado Springs Christian, our No. 1 3A squad, flexed some small school muscle beating Pine Creek 48-44.
• A little more 3A muscle flexing? A hot Mead squad took down Prairie View 75-52 with Blake Goodwin putting up a 26 point, 11 rebound double-double.
• The Farmers are showing some scoring balance early in the season as Vedin Kozic’s 20 points led four in double figures as Wheat Ridge thumped Gateway 76-48.
• Check out Erie with two players getting double-doubles in Kyle Leahy’s 29 point, 11 rebound effort along side Cameron McCurry’s 15 points, 16 rebounds. Fourteen point win over Standley Lake.
• A good one down South as Falcon outlasted Mesa Ridge 61-59. Shawn LiVecchi’s 23 points got it done.
• Tons of talented youth on the floor in George Washington at Valor Chrisitan. Jalen Sanders with a 19 point, 15 rebound huge double-double. And how about Dylan McCaffrey transitioning from football to hoops with a nice 13 point, 11 rebound double-double as well. Looks like Coach DeGray has more weapons to work with!

• Overland dropped to No. 4 in our 5A poll this week but the Trailblazers started their Utah road trip with an impressive 76-65 win over Wasatch Academy who traditionally has several D-I players on their prep school roster. Big man De’Ron Davis with a 23 point, 10 rebound double-double.
• Montbello is starting to open eyes and Dennis Pleuss was on hand as they took down Ralston Valley in tournament play.
• Senior Dalontae Kelly stole the show with 21 points, 6 assists in the Aurora showdown between Hinkley and Smoky Hill. Buffaloes win by 19.
• Danny Garrick joined this week’s double-double crew leading Legend over Horizon with 25 points, 12 rebounds. Mateo Romos with 20 points in the loss.
• Rock Canyon turned it on in overtime outscoring Arvada West 15-9 in the extra period. Mitch Lombard 22 and Tyler Garcia 18 points in this one.
• After back-to-back Colorado losses Denver East got a 52-41 win as they hit the tournament road in Utah versus Jordon.
• Andrew Romero continuing his hot streak in Mountain Range’s twelve point win over Grand Junction scoring 26 points.
• Dakota Ridge, ranked No. 8 last week, stayed undefeated with 75-65 win over Doherty. Check out nice sophomore Brevin Brimble who scored 22 points, including five three pointers for the Spartans in the loss.
• Our state’s No. 1 ranked Regis Raiders made easy work 78-38 of Westwood as they hit the tourney road in Arizona. Hard working Kip Boryla led with 15 points.
• Northglenn is playing some strong early ball as well. Good 72-60 win over Lakewood.
• Mountain Vista is knocking on the door of 5A’s top 10 and they put the score keeper to work putting up 95 points in landslide win over JFK. Brady Subart with 22 points.
• Fossil Ridge headed south to Lewis-Palmer and Ryan Quaid’s monster 25 point, 13 rebound double-double got the win 71-63.
• Air Academy No. 8 in last week’s 4A poll came back for the 58-52 win at Evergreen behind Paul Ambuul’s 16 points.
• “Oh my” performance of the night by Michael Ranson who put up 38 points in Pueblo Central’s solid win over Vista Peak.
• Another big scoring performance as Grandview’s Cooper Murphy poured in 32 points along with Jared Burr’s 14 in the fifteen point win at Mountain View.
• Sam Boone’s 18 points helped Ponderosa finish the week 4-2 with a 61-57 win at Fort Morgan.

Friday, Dec. 12:

• A big one Friday as Chaparral visited Eaglecrest and Chris Moody stepped up big in Chap’s 68-64 road win scoring 22 points and pulling 9 rebounds. DU commit Jake Holtzman added 15 point, 11 rebound double-double in the road win.
• Regis rolled again in Arizona. This time 58-31 over Higley and Kip Boryla along with Taylor Kallsen double figures scoring.
• Props to Air Academy for battling 5A Mountain Vista but the Eagle earned the six point win with 5 players in double figures.
• Cherokee Trail’s David Thornton with 18 points, 8 rebounds as the Cougars took down Highlands Ranch 58-48.
• Can’t wait for the stats to come rolling in on this up and coming Northglenn squad. They continue the strong start with 54-47 win over Legend.
• Grandview wins over Legacy to go 4-1 early on behind Andrew Joiner’s 22 points. Tyler Converse with 21 in the loss.
• Denver South put up 80 points beating Greeley West by 13. Point guard Devante Loggins with an 18 point, 13 assists “ridiculous” double-double for the Rebels.
• Monarch capped a hot start at 7-1 with 50-47 win over Fairview.
• To add some serious credence to Overland’s win over Wasatch Academy, the prep school took down Denver East 72-43 in a lopsided contest.
• This Warrior squad will be jumping into the 5A top 10 next week as Montbello beat Rock Canyon 65-60 in the Ralston Valley tourney finale. Montbello’s point guard Frankie Penn led with 15 and Mitch Lombard threw in 26 in the loss.
• Nice win for Columbine over Valor Christian 59-45 to advance to 4-1.
• Overland’s big two stepped up in the 67-55 win over Timpview in Utah. De’Ron Davis with 22 point, 10 rebound double-double went nicely with Wyoming commit Austin Conway’s 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists.
• Senior Jalen Davis with 17 points in Rangeview’s eleven point win over Holy Family.
• Sand Creek moves to 3-1 as they get the 21 point victory over Mitchell.
• The Fever crew has heard nothing but good things about young sophomore David Simental who scored 21 in Pueblo West’s 71-55 win over Montrose.
• 5A No. 7 ranked Aurora Central now 7-1 after Ladarius Thomas puts up 22 points in win over Sierra. Junior guard Elijah Coleman with 15 points, 6 steals.
• Erie battled Centaurus to a 60-59 win behind Andrew Campbell’s 18 points. Steven Lopez dropped 5 three’s and 27 points in the loss.

Saturday, Dec. 13:

• Arapahoe gets season started 4-2 after the Warriors 61-41 win over Westminster. Ryan King with 14 points in the win.
• Legend got back on the winning side with 56-49 win over Smoky Hill. Titan transfer from Regis, Jared Small joined the party with 19 points for Legend.
• Dakota Ridge looking to solidify it’s spot in 5A top 10 finishing week 6-0 as Tyler McFarland scored 17 in win over Castleview.
• Denver East bounced back with a 47-36 win over Orem, UT.
• Matt Gosselin scored 17 as Liberty took down Lewis-Palmer 54-46.
• Two power-house programs as Overland faced Loan Peak Utah in out of state action. De’Ron tracked another double-double and Austin Conway scored 21 but it wasn’t enough as Lone Peak won 75-71. Junior guard Reggie Gibson added 10 points, 6 assists.
• Two teams folks may not have thought would start 5-1 battled as Mountain Range took down Northglenn behind Andrew Romero’s 27 points, 9 rebounds.
• Kobi Betts and Michael Ranson combine for 48 points as Pueblo Central beat Ponderosa Saturday.
• Jalen Davis led the way for the Raiders as Rangeview brought home the Fort Collins tourney title and our guy Brock Laue was up north.
• Mead moves to 3-1 after Kyle Leahy’s 27 points helped get the win over Erie.
• Doherty and Sand Creek tangled down south with Dalven Brushier’s 21 points helping the Spartans bring home the win.
• Ray Beresford’s 19 and Brady Subart’s 13 helped Mountain Vista top Evergreen despite Austin Fritt’s 33 point output.
• Josh McNair finding his groove for 4A No. 3 Thomas Jefferson scoring 24 points in win over Centaurus. Had the honor to follow this young man McNair in Chicago and Las Vegas tournaments this summer. He’s a better young man than he is “two sport stud” for the Spartans. Guard Henry Cooper with 10 points, 2 assists, 2 steals on the night.

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A Look Ahead:

• Columbine at ThunderRidge
• Denver South travels to Rampart
• Holy Family at Silver Creek

Tuesday, Dec. 16:

• Rangeview at Smoky Hill in Aurora action
• Valor Christian at Highlands Ranch for bragging rights out south
• Monarch at Loveland. Legend at Doherty
• Mountain Vista at Chatfield
• Cherokee Trail at Thomas Jefferson
• Fort Collins at Golden
• Falcon at Sierra

Wednesday, Dec. 17:

• Aurora Central at Montbello could be a top 10 battle
• Eaglecrest on road in tourney play vs. Desert Pines
• Overland continues travel vs. Bountiful
• Erie at Niwot

Thursday, Dec. 18:

• Dakota Ridge at Grandview
• Pine Creek at Cherry Creek
• Pueblo South at Horizon
• Highlands Ranch coming to the city vs. Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Jefferson vs. Fountain-Fort Carson
• Serious Aurora battle in Cherokee Trail at Rangeview
• Cheyenne Mountain at Ponderosa
• Grand Junction at Sand Creek
• Colorado Academy vs. Harrison in big vs. small school
• Mitchell at Pueblo East

Friday, Dec. 19:

• Pueblo Centennial vs. Montbello
• Columbine at Doherty
• George Washington at Arvada West
• Boulder at Aurora Central
• Garden City at Denver South
• Coronado at Air Academy
• Pine Crest vs. Golden
• Pueblo Central at Valor in a 4A “biggie.”

Saturday, Dec. 20:

• Dakota Ridge at Arapahoe
• Cherokee Trail at Boulder
• Denver East tangles with Silverado on the road
• Lakewood at Rampart
• Columbine at Standley Lake
• Fort Collins at Ponderosa
• Windsor at Longmont

Plenty of action to see! Enjoy the hoops.