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  • 5A baseball state tournament bracket

    The complete schedule for the Class 5A state baseball tournaments in Season D.

    June 18-19 games are at Cherry Creek High School and Eaglecrest High School. June 24-25 games are at Keli MacGregor Field at All-Star Park in Lakewood.

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    2021 CHSAA State Baseball Championships Class 5A

  • Day 2 tee times for the 5A, 4A and 3A girls golf state championships

    Tee times for the second day of girls golf’s state championships in Season D are below.

    The tournaments for all classifications run June 20-21. Class 5A will be held at City Park in Denver, Class 4A will be at Commonground in Aurora, and Class 3A is at Elmwood in Pueblo.

    Live scores and updates can be found at iWanamaker.com.

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    Class 5A

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    Class 4A

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    Class 3A

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  • Boys volleyball rankings: The final coaches poll of Season D

    In the final coaches poll of Season D, Douglas County finished in the No. 1 spot.

    The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.

    Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Boys Volleyball Poll

    Voted upon by coaches around the state. Coaches looking to vote should email bcochi@chsaa.org.

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Douglas County (5) 14-0 46 1
    2 Legend (1) 12-2 40 2
    3 Valor Christian 12-2 28 3
    4 James Irwin 13-1 24 5
    5 Bear Creek 13-1 22 5
    6 Eaglecrest 11-3 20 6
    7 Cherry Creek 9-5 15 7
    8 Cherokee Trail 7-7 7 8
    Others receiving votes:
    Stargate School 7, Colorado Springs Christian 4, Regis Jesuit 2, Grandview 1
    Dropped out
    None

  • 5A boys volleyball regional tournament brackets

    A complete schedule for the Class 5A regional volleyball tournaments in the Season D.

    All games will be played June 18-19.

    These games determine who advances to the state bracket. Each region qualifies one team to the Final 8. The top seed in each region is hosting, and is responsible for site selection.

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    Region 1

    2021 CHSAA State Boys Volleyball Regionals (Colorado)

  • Photos: Fossil Ridge boys swimming gets the win at city invite

    Fossil Ridge boys swimming racked up several gold medals en route to scoring 549 points at the Fort Collins city meet.

  • Girls soccer rankings: The final coaches poll of Season D

    In the finals girls soccer coaches poll of Season D, Broomfield, Evergreen, Kent Denver and Dawson finished at No. 1.

    The rankings, voted upon by coaches, are the official polls of the Association. Theses rankings will be used as one criteria for postseason qualification and seeding.

    Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Girls Soccer Poll

    Voted upon by coaches around the state. Coaches looking to vote should email bcochi@chsaa.org.

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Broomfield (15) 9-0-1 278 1
    2 Cherry Creek 9-1 253 2
    3 Valor Christian (4) 9-0-1 241 3
    4 Rock Canyon (7) 9-1 224 6
    5 Pine Creek (1) 10-0 141 7
    6 Arapahoe 8-2 138 4
    7 Regis Jesuit 7-1-2 128 5
    8 Rocky Mountain 8-1-1 123 9
    9 Mountain Vista 8-2 116 –
    10 Fairview 8-2 71 8
    11 Columbine 6-2-1 68 10
    12 ThunderRidge 7-2 66 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Legacy 64, Brighton 51, Grandview 40, Denver East 27, Prairie View 27, Fruita Monument 20, Silver Creek 18, Boulder 5, Chatfield 2, Cherokee Trail 2, Rangeview 2, Legend 1
    Dropped out
    Grandview (11), Legacy (12)
    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Evergreen (11) 10-0 235 1
    2 Northridge (6) 10-0 206 4
    3 Windsor (3) 10-0 197 2
    4 The Classical Academy (1) 8-0-2 164 12
    5 Pueblo Centennial (1) 10-0 131 7
    6 Air Academy 8-2 116 3
    7 Thompson Valley 9-1 109 5
    8 Durango 9-0-1 108 8
    9 Steamboat Springs 9-1 83 10
    10 Golden 8-1-1 72 –
    11 Canon City 9-1 66 6
    12 Holy Family 7-2 55 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Denver North 33, D’Evelyn 30, Niwot 27, Wheat Ridge 23, Woodland Park 19, Palmer Ridge 17, Cheyenne Mountain 10, Battle Mountain 5, Pueblo West 5, Falcon 3, Northfield 2
    Dropped out
    Wheat Ridge (9), D’Evelyn (11)
    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Kent Denver (9) 8-0-2 209 2
    2 Jefferson Academy (3) 8-1-1 188 1
    3 Manitou Springs (3) 10-0 168 6
    4 Vail Mountain (4) 10-0 161 4
    5 Lutheran (1) 8-2 134 8
    6 Liberty Common 8-0 128 5
    7 The Academy 9-0 120 7
    8 Colorado Springs Christian 9-1 119 8
    9 Colorado Academy 7-2-1 106 3
    10 Eagle Ridge Academy 9-0-1 74 –
    11 Prospect Ridge Academy 7-3 42 11
    12 Middle Park 8-2 31 9
    Others receiving votes:
    Salida 27, DSST: Byers 25, Frontier Academy 13, Aspen 6, DSST: Green Valley Ranch 5, Basalt 2, Peak to Peak 1, KIPP Denver Collegiate 1, 11, 2
    Dropped out
    DSST: Byers (10)
    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Dawson School (6) 9-1 94 1
    2 Telluride (2) 10-0 89 2
    3 Denver Christian 9-1 80 3
    4 Crested Butte 8-2 70 4
    5 Buena Vista 7-2 59 6
    5 Front Range Christian 8-2 59 5
    7 Rye 7-2 48 8
    8 Vail Christian 5-2 28 8
    9 Colorado Rocky Mountain 3-2 17 10
    10 Clear Creek 5-4-1 16 7
    10 Colorado Springs School 5-3-1 16 –
    12 Thomas MacLaren School 6-4 13 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Ridgway 12, Loveland Classical 12, Flatirons Academy 7, Belleview Christian 3, Grand Valley 1
    Dropped out
    Loveland Classical (11), Flatirons Academy (12)

  • Boys lacrosse rankings: The final coaches poll of Season D

    In the final coaches poll of Season D, Cherry Creek and Cheyenne Mountain finished the season at No. 1.

    The rankings, voted upon by coaches, are the official polls of the Association. This formula will be used as one of the criteria for postseason qualification and seeding.

    Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Boys Lacrosse Polls

    Coaches looking to vote should email bcochi@chsaa.org.

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Cherry Creek (15) 10-0 229 3
    2 Valor Christian (2) 9-1 207 2
    3 Mountain Vista (3) 7-2 178 1
    4 Colorado Academy 9-1 176 5
    5 Fairview 9-1 169 6
    6 Regis Jesuit 8-2 163 4
    7 Arapahoe 5-5 97 7
    8 Denver East 6-4 89 6
    9 Kent Denver 5-5 60 8
    9 Monarch 8-2 60 11
    11 Rock Canyon 6-4 53 10
    12 Lewis-Palmer 10-0 29 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Grandview 24, Mullen 15, Ralston Valley 8, Fruita Monument 3
    Dropped out
    Grandview (12)
    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Cheyenne Mountain (18) 9-1 259 1
    2 Evergreen 9-1 235 2
    3 Ponderosa (4) 10-0 200 4
    4 Erie 8-2 176 3
    5 Golden 7-3 147 5
    6 Windsor 7-3 124 6
    7 Telluride 9-1 111 8
    8 Denver South 6-4 101 12
    9 Vail Mountain 8-2 97 7
    10 Eagle Valley 8-2 82 9
    11 Lutheran 7-3 66 11
    12 Green Mountain 6-4 49 10
    Others receiving votes:
    Air Academy 25, Steamboat Springs 19, Littleton 8, Conifer 7, Northfield 5, Thompson Valley 3, Glenwood Springs 2
    Dropped out
    None

  • 5A girls tennis: Cherry Creek holds narrow lead after Day 1

    (Brad Cochi/CHSAANow.com)

    It seems like forever since the last girls tennis state tournament took place in Colorado, but a pair of perennial contenders have picked up right where they left off in Class 5A with a slew of new faces in this year’s field.

    Cherry Creek, which has won 21 of the last 22 team titles, and Fairview – the only other 5A team to claim a trophy over that span – began to separate themselves once again on Day 1 of the state tournament at Gates Tennis Center on Friday. When play resumes with semifinals on Saturday, Cherry Creek will be in the lead with 21 team points and Fairview will open the final day just two points behind the Bruins.

    “It’s so exciting because it’s been two years,” Fairview head coach Susan Stensrud said. “For us, that means that a large bulk of my team has been been here before. The vibe is that we’re just thrilled and excited to be here and to come back tomorrow.”

    At No. 1 singles, defending 2019 champion Valerie Negin of Smoky Hill is still alive in her bid to defend the title she won two years ago when she debuted at the state tournament as a sophomore. In Saturday’s penultimate round, Negin will face defending No. 2 singles champion Alexis Bernthal. Either Boulder’s Lily Chitamber or Cherry Creek’s Jaque Pearsall, who will meet in the opposing semifinal, awaits the winner.

    In total, the Cherry Creek Bruins advanced their players to the semifinals at all seven roster spots. Fairview players are still alive in six brackets. The Ralston Valley Mustangs, who finished Day 1 at third in the team scoring, advanced players to three semifinals.

    “This season for us has been magical,” Ralston Valley head coach Kim Greason said. “With two years off, more than half of my squad has never had varsity-level competition. A lot of them are new, but we won league and our girls really gelled. Although they may not have the years of experience under their belt like some of these other teams, they’ve got that team spirit and that cohesiveness that a lot of the time pulls them through matches because they know they’re playing for each other.”

    Semifinals for this year’s single-elimination tournament will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Poudre, Fort Collins, Heritage, Fossil Ridge, Chatfield and Denver East will also have players competing championships when they do.

    “We’re looking forward to tough matches at every spot,” Cherry Creek head coach Chris Jacob said. “We’re expecting a challenge right from the beginning of the day. I’m happy with how the girls played today and we’ve prepared as well as we could in a short amount of time, but we know there are lots of good teams out there so we know we’ll have tough matches at every position.”

    (Brad Cochi/CHSAANow.com)

  • 4A girls tennis: Mullen and Cheyenne Mountain set for championship clash

    (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

    PUEBLO — It wouldn’t be a true state tennis tournament at Pueblo City Park if it wasn’t setup for a thrilling final day. That will be the case once again as Cheyenne Mountain, Mullen and Niwot will battle it out for the state title as each school has at least four of seven positions into Saturday’s Class 4A girls tennis semifinals. Mullen leads the team race with 16 points while Cheyenne Mountain has 15.

    Cheyenne Mountain fell in No. 2 Singles as Windsor’s Schrader beat Brooke Ballenger and the No. 2 Doubles team of Emma Delich and Katie Delich lost to Mullen’s Tierney Scanlan and Izzy Desjardins in what was maybe the pivotal match of the day. Marin Smith fell in the first round of the No. 3 Singles bracket for Mullen and Brooklyn Hanley and Parker Durand lost to Grand Junction’s Natalie Hanks and Kylie Hanks.

    Each team will rest up and do what they need to be ready for Saturday’s semifinals.

    “We’re having team dinner and pool night,” Mullen’s Lauren Manwiller said. “We’re getting to bed early but our whole team is going to be here tomorrow to support everyone and we’re all going to be watching each other’s matches and cheering each other on.”

    (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

    The No. 1 Singles bracket is proving to be a key race for the team title. Manwiller dropped just five total games in two rounds to advance to the semifinals and Cheyenne Mountain freshman Maya Michalski looked strong herself as she rolled into the semis with wins over Longmont’s Lauren Pavot and Grand Junction’s Emma Aubert.

    For a freshman playing in the top position, Michalski showed no signs of showing any nerves on a stage where her team has a tendency to contend for a championship every year.

    “I was worried for a few matches,” she said. “But I just powered through.”

    Both teams have their own pockets of inexperience as Michalski is in just her freshman year at the school and Mullen only has four players on the roster with previous varsity experience. Part of it is because of youth and part is because last year’s state tournament wasn’t contested because of COVID-19.

    “It helps because No. 1 has the most points,” Michalski said. “The fact that I’m still in it and doing well makes me happy for the team.”

    There are five teams bunched close to the top with Kent Denver, Niwot and Palmer Ridge all within five points of the lead and the state tournament itself is a representation of how much parity there is across the classification.

    “This is exciting and I’m pretty darn sure this is how it was going to be,” Cheyenne Mountain coach Dave Adams said. “From looking at the participants and the MaxPreps scores, I thought there were five or six teams that could win it. It’s really close.

    Semifinals begin at Pueblo City Park at 9 a.m. on Saturday with championships tentatively scheduled for 11 a.m.

  • 3A girls tennis: D’Evelyn, Colorado Academy finish Day 1 atop team standings

    (Jon E. Yunt)

    COLORADO SPRINGS – We’ve all heard the saying before, that it is impossible to win a state championship on Day 1, but you can certainly lose it.

    On Friday at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs in the first two rounds of the Class 3A state tournament, both of the team tournament favorites upheld their end of the winning bargain. Both D’Evelyn and Colorado Academy went a perfect 14-0 on the first day and sit atop the team leaderboard with 21 points in the modified scoring system that has been implemented this season.
    “So far so good. Day one is always survive and take one match at a time,” said D’Evelyn coach Woody Oliver, whose team finished second in 2019. “This is always the toughest challenge of the season as far as the pressure is concerned and the best things we could do today was take a deep breath and relax, then work your way through the match as best you can.”
    Not many of the Jaguars players needed to catch their breath though. They were on and off the courts relatively quickly on Friday, surrendering just 25 games in the 12 matches between No. 2 singles and No. 4 doubles.
    The lone exception was at No. 1 singles, where junior Grace Li breezed through her opening round match and then had to work hard for a 7-5, 7-5 victory in the quarterfinals over Aspen senior Macy Hopkinson. Li will play St. Mary’s Ellie Hartman in the semifinals tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.
    A lot of them are just happy to be playing considering what happened last year and basically all the stuff they have been through the last two years,” Oliver said. “They are all very hungry and very excited to be here and the message tomorrow is that we have been talking about for a long time now, you have the opportunity you wanted and now is the time to get it done.”
    D’Evelyn and Colorado Academy on the opposite side of the bracket at six of the positions and will only meet up once in the semifinals at No. 2 doubles.
    “You get to the semifinals at state and everybody is good,” Oliver said. “It’s less about who is on the other side and more about taking care of your own business and playing your best when it matters most.”
    As good as D’Evelyn was, Colorado Academy was equally as impressive. The Mustangs dropped just one set in advancing everyone to the semifinals. Mustangs sophomore Anna Jordaan was spectacular in moving into the No. 1 singles semis. She dropped just two games in the opening match and then beat The Vanguard’s Jordyn Van Manen 6-0, 6-0 in the quarters.
    But as nice as the individual title would be for Jordaan, whose sister Caroline was a state golf champion at CA, she has her sights set on the team title as well.
    “I didn’t really go in thinking about outcomes, I was just focused on one match at a time and one game at a time,” she said. “But for me, it isn’t so much about winning the individual title, it’s about the team title. The team is doing well and that’s great.”
    After D’Evelyn and CA, Dawson sits in third place with 13 points and four spots in the semifinals. Holy Family is currently in fourth with 10 points and has three spots in the semifinals.