LAKEWOOD — No. 8 Lakewood girls basketball beat Dakota Ridge on Wednesday night, 61-42.
Category: Girls Basketball
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Photo gallery: Top-ranked Broomfield girls basketball beats Arapahoe
BROOMFIELD — No. 1-ranked Broomfield girls basketball improved to 13-0 after beating the visiting Arapahoe Warriors 67-43.
Five Broomfield players scored in double figures: Callie Kaiser (13), Bri Wilber (11), Nicole Lehrer (10), Brenna Chase (18) and Stacie Hull (11).
Arapahoe’s leading scorer was Paige Husa with 13 points along with 11 rebounds.
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Ralston Valley returns to 5A girls basketball ranking at No. 10
Ralston Valley is back in the 5A girls basketball ranking this week. (Dennis Pleuss) Following a one-week absence, Ralston Valley has returned to the CHSAANow.com girls basketball poll. The Mustangs are No. 10 in 5A.
Regis Jesuit extended its firm hold on the top spot in that ranking, and continued to be followed by No. 2 Highlands Ranch, No. 3 Fossil Ridge and No. 4 Grandview. Castle View moved up two places this week to round out the top 5.
Rock Canyon is sixth this week, and is followed by Cherry Creek and Lakewood. ThunderRidge is No. 9.
The other No. 1s also stayed put. Those are Bloomfield (4A), Holy Family (3A), Yuma (2A) and Caliche (1A).
The 3A ranking added Olathe at No. 10, while 2A added Sangre de Cristo, also at No. 10. 1A, too, has a new team at No. 10 this week: Gilpin County.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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CHSAANow.com Girls Basketball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Regis Jesuit (18) 10-2 189 1 3-0 2 Highlands Ranch (1) 12-1 172 2 2-0 3 Fossil Ridge 12-0 137 3 2-0 4 Grandview 11-2 127 4 2-0 5 Castle View 10-3 82 7 1-1 6 Rock Canyon 8-3 75 8 2-0 7 Cherry Creek 12-1 69 9 2-0 8 Lakewood 13-1 62 6 2-1 9 ThunderRidge 8-4 47 5 1-1 10 Ralston Valley 10-3 23 – 2-0 Others receiving votes: Mountain Vista 19, Horizon 18, Denver East 12, Pine Creek 7, Grand Junction 4, Arapahoe 1, Rampart 1. Dropped out Pine Creek (10). Class 4A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Broomfield (13) 12-0 139 1 2-0 2 Mesa Ridge (1) 12-0 123 2 2-0 3 Pueblo South 13-1 116 3 3-0 4 Elizabeth 11-1 82 4 2-0 5 Pueblo West 10-2 63 5 2-0 6 Valor Christian 12-3 59 7 3-0 7 Glenwood Springs 11-0 51 8 2-0 8 Sand Creek 9-3 49 6 2-0 9 D’Evelyn 9-3 40 9 2-0 10 Palmer Ridge 9-2 17 10 2-0 Others receiving votes: Green Mountain 12, Pueblo East 9, Longmont 6, Silver Creek 3, Mullen 1. Dropped out None. Class 3A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Holy Family (11) 11-1 136 1 2-0 2 Pagosa Springs (3) 10-0 128 2 2-0 3 Lamar 11-0 110 3 2-0 4 Sterling 8-2 81 5 1-1 5 Peak to Peak 9-2 71 8 3-0 6 Centauri 8-3 43 4 0-2 7 Strasburg 9-2 39 7 2-1 8 The Classical Academy 8-1 29 10 2-1 9 Eaton 7-4 19 6 0-2 10 Olathe 8-2 17 – 2-0 Others receiving votes: Manitou Springs 14, Trinidad 13, Valley 12, St. Mary’s 10, Bishop Machebeuf 9, Brush 9, Jefferson Academy 9, Cedaredge 8, Platte Valley 6, Alamosa 5, Coal Ridge 2. Dropped out Coal Ridge (9). Class 2A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Yuma (8) 9-0 123 1 3-0 2 Lutheran (4) 8-1 120 2 1-1 3 Peyton 10-1 99 3 2-0 4 Akron 7-1 85 4 2-0 5 Liberty Common (1) 11-0 58 5 2-0 6 Meeker 9-1 50 8 3-0 7 Simla 10-0 49 9 3-0 8 Hoehne 8-1 45 7 2-0 9 Paonia 8-3 32 6 2-0 10 Sangre de Cristo 7-3 30 – 2-0 Others receiving votes: Hayden 7, The Vanguard 7, Heritage Christian 6, Rye 4, Del Norte 1. Dropped out Heritage Christian (10). Class 1A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Caliche (8) 9-0 89 1 2-0 2 Norwood (1) 8-0 81 2 1-0 3 Eads 9-1 65 4 2-0 4 Idalia 9-0 62 3 2-0 5 Kit Carson 7-2 46 5 1-0 6 Prairie 8-2 37 6 1-1 7 Dove Creek 9-1 33 7 2-0 8 Cheraw 6-2 24 8 1-1 9 McClave 6-3 12 9 1-0 10 Gilpin County 7-3 10 – 1-1 Others receiving votes: Hi-Plains 7, Holly 6, South Baca 6, Walsh 5, Briggsdale 4, Centennial 2, Genoa-Hugo 2, Belleview Christian 1, La Veta 1, Liberty 1, Liberty/Stratton 1. Dropped out Hi-Plains (10). -
Top-10 girls basketball schedule for week of Jan. 20
A complete schedule and scoreboard for girls basketball’s top-10 teams this week.
Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A
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Class 5A 1 Regis Jesuit 13-2 Mon: W 52-38 vs. Hoover (Ohio) Tues: W 80-24 at Littleton Fri: W 82-27 at Chaparral 2 Highlands Ranch 14-1 Tues: W 84-24 vs. Douglas County Fri: W 79-29 at Heritage 3 Fossil Ridge 15-0 Tues: W 70-59 vs. Fairview Thurs: W 61-52 at Legacy Fri: W 62-51 vs. Horizon 4 Grandview 13-2 Wed: W 76-33 vs. Overland Fri: W 53-34 vs. Arapahoe 5 Castle View 12-3 Tues: W 60-34 vs. Chaparral Fri: W 88-47 at Ponderosa 6 Rock Canyon 8-4 Tues: L 56-58 at Mountain Vista 7 Cherry Creek 14-1 Wed: W 47-30 at Smoky Hill Fri: W 54-45 at Overland 8 Lakewood 15-1 Wed: W 61-42 vs. Dakota Ridge Fri: W 71-46 vs. Arvada West 9 ThunderRidge 10-4 Tues: W 76-23 at Ponderosa Fri: W 50-31 vs. Legend 10 Ralston Valley 12-3 Thurs: W 54-27 vs. Arvada West Fri: W 62-40 vs. Chatfield Class 4A 1 Broomfield 15-0 Mon: W 67-43 vs. Arapahoe Tues: W 77-25 at Greeley Central Fri: W 96-19 vs. Centaurus 2 Mesa Ridge 14-0 Tues: W 75-20 vs. Woodland Park Wed: W 46-28 at Canon City 3 Pueblo South 14-1 Fri: W 73-15 vs. Pueblo Central 4 Elizabeth 14-1 Tues: W 73-23 vs. Skyview Fri: W 57-32 vs. Fort Lupton Sat: W 64-21 at Roosevelt 5 Pueblo West 12-3 Tues: L 48-63 vs. (6) Valor Christian Fri: W 60-51 at Pueblo County Sat: W 35-23 at Air Academy 6 Valor Christian 14-3 Tues: W 63-48 at (5) Pueblo West Sat: W 77-34 vs. Ponderosa 7 Glenwood Springs 13-0 Thurs: W 60-27 at Summit Fri: W 51-39 at Eagle Valley Sat: vs. Steamboat Springs 8 Sand Creek 11-3 Tues: W 44-25 vs. Discovery Canyon Fri: W 71-50 at Falcon 9 D’Evelyn 11-3 Tues: W 63-43 at Wheat Ridge Fri: W 80-17 at Arvada 10 Palmer Ridge 13-2 Tues: W 63-34 vs. Vista Ridge Thurs: W 59-21 at Scott (Kan.) Fri: W 52-36 at Hugoton (Kan.) Sat: W 41-34 at Colby (Kan.) Class 3A 1 Holy Family 13-1 Wed: W 59-28 at St. Mary’s Academy Fri: W 70-42 vs. (5) Peak to Peak 2 Pagosa Springs 12-0 Tues: W 56-31 vs. Ignacio Fri: W 50-25 vs. Bayfield 3 Lamar 13-0 Fri: W 76-43 vs. St. Mary’s Sat: W 78-9 vs. Dolores Huerta 4 Sterling 11-2 Tues: W 55-41 vs. Highland Fri: W 54-47 at Frontier Academy Sat: W 51-39 vs. Weld Central 5 Peak to Peak 10-3 Wed: W 75-29 at Colorado Academy Fri: L 42-70 at (1) Holy Family 6 Centauri 10-3 Fri: W 49-39 vs. Monte Vista Sat: W 67-50 vs. Dolores 7 Strasburg 11-2 Tues: W 62-44 vs. Frontier Academy Fri: W 60-39 at Estes Park 8 The Classical Academy 9-2 Tues: W 47-36 at Manitou Springs Fri: L 26-35 vs. Salida 9 Eaton 9-4 Tues: W 39-33 at Valley Fri: W 63-23 vs. University 10 Olathe 10-2 Fri: W 70-19 at Basalt Sat: W 54-46 vs. Cedaredge Class 2A 1 Yuma 11-1 Tues: W 66-45 vs. Holyoke Fri: W 63-15 vs. Merino Sat: L 49-57 at (4) Akron 2 Lutheran 10-1 Wed: W 49-46 at Jefferson Academy Fri: W 60-53 at Bishop Machebeuf 3 Peyton 12-1 Wed: W 75-31 at (7) Simla Thurs: W 82-33 vs. Kiowa 4 Akron 9-1 Fri: W 82-32 at Haxtun Sat: W 57-49 vs. (1) Yuma 5 Liberty Common 12-0 Sat: W 59-43 vs. Front Range Christian 6 Meeker 11-1 Tues: W 69-34 vs. Battle Mountain Sat: W 58-43 at Plateau Valley 7 Simla 10-1 Wed: L 31-75 vs. (3) Peyton 8 Hoehne 10-1 Tues: W 85-25 vs. John Mall Sat: W 39-35 vs. Rye 9 Paonia 10-3 Fri: W 72-39 vs. West Grand Sat: W 74-13 vs. North Park 10 Sangre de Cristo 9-3 Fri: W 42-24 vs. Sargent Sat: W 61-12 at Antonito Class 1A 1 Caliche 11-0 Fri: W 70-50 at Fleming Sat: W 49-42 vs. Briggsdale 2 Norwood 9-1 Fri: W 68-20 at Telluride Sat: L 34-35 at (7) Dove Creek 3 Eads 11-1 Fri: W 63-27 vs. Cheyenne Wells Sat: W 71-33 at Granada 4 Idalia 11-0 Fri: W 60-44 vs. Lone Star Sat: W 51-48 vs. Otis 5 Kit Carson 9-2 Fri: W 50-33 at (9) McClave Sat: W 51-38 vs. Holly 6 Prairie 9-3 Fri: L 34-41 at Briggsdale Sat: W 48-38 vs. Fleming 7 Dove Creek 10-1 Sat: W 35-34 vs. (2) Norwood 8 Cheraw 8-2 Fri: W 54-28 at Wiley Sat: W 68-19 vs. Edison 9 McClave 7-5 Tues: W 75-9 at Manzanola Fri: L 33-50 vs. (5) Kit Carson Sat: L 33-36 at Springfield 10 Gilpin County 10-3 Tues: W 38-24 at Denver Waldorf Fri: W 57-23 at Community Christian Sat: W 41-29 vs. Vail Christian -
Photo gallery: Schell leads Longmont girls basketball past Erie
ERIE — Longmont girls basketball beat Erie 57-42 is the first game of a double-header on Saturday.
Longmont’s Kathryn Schell went for 18, scoring five 3-pointers while Sydney Wetterstrom also scored 18.
Erie’s Serena Gudino scored 14 points in the loss.
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Patterson leads Pueblo South girls basketball in win over Pueblo County
Pueblo South coach Shannan Lane. (Tracy Renck) PUEBLO — Some girls high school basketball players do not have games like this their entire careers.
Shannon Patterson of Pueblo South is having nights like this on a regular basis.
The senior poured in 26 points powering the defending Class 4A state champion Colts to a convincing 76-30 win over Pueblo County in the South-Central League opener for both teams Tueday night at the Hornets’ Nest.
“Coming in people were saying we were not the same team we were last year,” said Patterson, who also had six 3-pointers. “We just wanted to prove them wrong and show them that we could be better than last year’s team and not to doubt us.”
South (11-1), which is ranked No. 3 in the latest CHSAANow.com poll, won its seventh game in row. Pueblo County (9-5) was no match for the Colts, who made 14 of 20 3-point attempts.
“I wasn’t surprised with how well South played, I just thought we could play with them and obviously I was wrong,” Pueblo County coach Mark Villegas said. “We missed some shots early and they hit a couple of big 3s and it just snowballed from there.”
Kendra Jesik and Patterson each had five points giving the Colts a quick 10-3 lead just over one minute into the game.
The Colts kept pushing the tempo and then with 4:44 left in the first half Patterson put on a clinic.
Pueblo South’s Shannon Patterson. (Tracy Renck) The 5-foot-6 Patterson scored her team’s final 12 points of the second quarter, the final six on back-to-back treys. Patterson had 21 first-half points and the Colts were up 37-15 at intermission.
“I think she is the best player in 4A,” Villegas said of Patterson. “She provides ball pressure and she takes your best offensive player out of the game and she scores at will right now.”
Patterson, who came into the game averaging 23.4 points a game, drew praise from South coach Shannan Lane. Patterson has signed to play for Colorado State University-Pueblo next year.
“Shannon’s been solid,” Lane said. “She has stepped up her game from last year and she has had to. Everybody knows we are trying to fill those points we lost from Mikala (Gordon). We didn’t know where we were going to get those points and Kendra has picked it up a bunch. I really didn’t know if Shannon, who was scoring 16 points a game last year, could average almost 10 more points a game this season and she has. She’s playing at a different level. Her speed, her quickness and she’s just one heck of an all-around player.”
Gordon, a 5-foot-9 post player, averaged 17 points a game last season and was the Colts’ floor leader. Gordon is now playing for Colorado Christian University.
As good as Patterson and Jesik have been, they don’t work alone. Guard Jaylan Duran is scoring 12.3 points a game and 6-foot post player Sissy Hall is at 6.6 points. The juniors had nine points each against Pueblo County.
“The key for us is just to play as a family and trust each other,” Hall said. “If we do that, I’m confident we can make another run at winning state again.”
Duran had a game-high 19 points on the strength of five 3-pointers in the Colts’ 66-42 victory over D’Evelyn in the Class 4A state championship game at the Events Center at the University of Colorado last March.
South has won five girls basketball state championships in school history in 1979, 1992, ’93, ’94 and last year.
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Pine Creek added to 5A girls basketball rankings
Highlands Ranch (5A) and Sand Creek (4A) are both ranked in their respective polls. (Mark Adams) Pine Creek is the lone newcomer to this week’s CHSAANow.com girls basketball poll in 5A. The Eagles (11-0) are No. 10 this week.
Regis Jesuit remained atop the poll, and continued to be followed by Highlands Ranch. Fossil Ridge moved up one place to No. 3, Grandview is No. 4 and ThunderRidge rounds out the top 5.
The 4A poll added Glenwood Springs (No. 8), 3A added The Classical Academy (No. 10), 2A added Heritage Christian (No. 10) and 1A added Hi-Plains (No. 10).
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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CHSAANow.com Girls Basketball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Regis Jesuit (15) 7-2 159 1 1-1 2 Highlands Ranch (1) 10-1 139 2 2-0 3 Fossil Ridge 10-0 115 4 2-0 4 Grandview 9-2 97 5 2-1 5 ThunderRidge 7-3 91 3 0-0 6 Lakewood 11-0 88 6 2-0 7 Castle View 9-2 51 8 2-1 8 Rock Canyon 6-3 39 7 1-1 9 Cherry Creek 10-1 35 9 3-0 10 Pine Creek 11-0 27 – 3-0 Others receiving votes: Grand Junction 16, Ralston Valley 10, Mountain Vista 4, Rampart 4, Dakota Ridge 2, Denver East 2, Monarch 1. Dropped out Ralston Valley (10). Class 4A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Broomfield (16) 10-0 169 1 2-0 2 Mesa Ridge (1) 10-0 147 3 3-0 3 Pueblo South 10-1 143 2 3-0 4 Elizabeth 9-1 98 5 2-0 5 Pueblo West 8-2 76 6 1-0 6 Sand Creek 7-3 67 9 2-1 7 Valor Christian 9-3 58 4 2-0 8 Glenwood Springs 9-0 57 – 3-0 9 D’Evelyn 7-3 41 8 2-0 10 Palmer Ridge 7-2 25 7 1-1 Others receiving votes: Longmont 17, Green Mountain 11, Silver Creek 10, Pueblo East 7, Pueblo County 6, Palisade 2, Thompson Valley 2. Dropped out Silver Creek (10). Class 3A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Holy Family (11) 9-1 144 1 1-0 2 Pagosa Springs (4) 8-0 138 2 1-0 3 Lamar 9-0 118 3 3-0 4 Centauri 8-1 90 4 1-1 5 Sterling 7-1 82 6 1-0 6 Eaton 7-2 67 7 2-0 7 Strasburg 7-1 35 9 0-1 8 Peak to Peak 6-2 31 8 1-0 9 Coal Ridge 7-1 29 10 2-0 10 The Classical Academy 6-0 25 – 2-0 Others receiving votes: Platte Valley 18, Jefferson Academy 11, Brush 9, Olathe 7, Bishop Machebeuf 6, St. Mary’s 6, Salida 5, Manitou Springs 3, Valley 1. Dropped out Bishop Machebeuf (5). Class 2A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Yuma (5) 6-0 85 1 2-0 2 Lutheran (3) 7-0 82 3 2-0 3 Peyton 8-1 76 2 2-0 4 Akron (1) 5-1 69 4 1-0 5 Liberty Common (1) 9-0 60 5 2-0 6 Paonia 6-3 38 8 1-1 7 Hoehne 6-1 32 7 2-0 8 Meeker 6-1 28 9 3-0 9 Simla 7-0 24 6 2-0 10 Heritage Christian 7-1 18 – 2-1 Others receiving votes: The Vanguard 10, Sangre de Cristo 6, Wray 5, Del Norte 4, Limon 4, Soroco 3, Holyoke 2, Springfield 2, Hotchkiss 1, Sanford 1. Dropped out Sangre de Cristo (10). Class 1A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Caliche (7) 7-0 79 1 2-0 2 Norwood (1) 7-0 72 2 2-0 3 Idalia 7-0 66 3 2-0 4 Eads 7-1 62 4 2-0 5 Kit Carson 6-2 52 5 2-0 6 Prairie 7-1 39 6 1-1 7 Dove Creek (1) 7-1 33 9 1-1 8 Cheraw 5-1 24 8 0-1 9 McClave 5-3 21 7 0-2 10 Hi-Plains 4-2 8 – 1-0 Others receiving votes: Belleview Christian 6, Gilpin County 6, Centennial 5, Liberty/Stratton 4, Walsh 4, Holly 3, Liberty 3, Peetz 3, South Baca 3, Genoa-Hugo 1, Kim 1. Dropped out Liberty/Stratton (10). -
Top-10 girls basketball schedule for week of Jan. 13
A complete schedule and scoreboard for girls basketball’s top-10 teams this week.
Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A
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Class 5A 1 Regis Jesuit 10-2 Wed: W 78-46 vs. (7) Castle View Fri: W 75-25 at Hathaway Brown (Ohio) Sat: W 78-56 at Princeton (Ohio) 2 Highlands Ranch 12-1 Tues: W 69-27 at Doherty Fri: W 56-35 vs. Chaparral 3 Fossil Ridge 12-0 Tues: W 50-38 vs. Fort Collins Fri: W 59-39 vs. Loveland 4 Grandview 11-2 Wed: W 65-47 at Cherokee Trail Fri: W 54-30 at Smoky Hill 5 ThunderRidge 8-4 Wed: L 45-50 vs. Denver East Fri: W 63-30 at Douglas County 6 Lakewood 13-1 Mon: L 46-55 vs. (7) Castle View Wed: W 66-51 at Bear Creek Sat: W 77-35 vs. Standley Lake 7 Castle View 10-3 Mon: W 55-46 at (6) Lakewood Wed: L 46-78 at (1) Regis Jesuit 8 Rock Canyon 8-3 Mon: W 102-39 at Thomas Jefferson Fri: W 76-40 at Ponderosa 9 Cherry Creek 12-1 Wed: W 53-38 at Mullen Fri: W 60-43 vs. Cherokee Trail 10 Pine Creek 12-1 Thurs: L 51-65 at (4A 7) Valor Christian Sat: W 46-45 at Palmer Class 4A 1 Broomfield 12-0 Tues: W 73-46 vs. Longmont Fri: W 77-35 at Thompson Valley 2 Mesa Ridge 12-0 Tues: W 66-23 at Widefield Fri: W 72-30 at Coronado 3 Pueblo South 13-1 Tues: W 76-30 at Pueblo County Fri: W 47-35 vs. Canon City Sat: W 49-45 at Rampart 4 Elizabeth 11-1 Fri: W 55-34 vs. Weld Central Sat: W 82-33 vs. Fort Morgan 5 Pueblo West 10-2 Tues: W 55-53 vs. Pueblo East Fri: W 76-28 at Pueblo Central 6 Sand Creek 9-3 Tues: W 65-41 at Cheyenne Mountain Fri: W 51-41 vs. Air Academy 7 Valor Christian 12-3 Tues: W 54-40 vs. Palmer Thurs: W 65-51 vs. (5A 10) Pine Creek Sat: W 67-32 at Heritage 8 Glenwood Springs 11-0 Tues: W 61-41 at Grand Junction Central Fri: W 45-37 vs. Palisade 9 D’Evelyn 9-3 Tues: W 70-20 vs. Alameda Fri: W 68-40 at Evergreen 10 Palmer Ridge 9-2 Tues: W 36-30 vs. Air Academy Thurs: W 51-37 at Discovery Canyon Class 3A 1 Holy Family 11-1 Wed: W 56-40 vs. (2A 2) Lutheran Fri: W 53-36 at Faith Christian 2 Pagosa Springs 10-0 Thurs: W 46-29 vs. Sargent Sat: W 46-24 vs. (4) Centauri 3 Lamar 11-0 Fri: W 67-22 vs. Pueblo Cetennial Sat: W 38-26 at Trinidad 4 Centauri 8-3 Fri: L 43-49 vs. Alamosa Sat: L 24-46 at (2) Pagosa Springs 5 Sterling 8-2 Tues: L 54-60 at (2A 1) Yuma Fri: W 36-28 at (6) Eaton 6 Eaton 7-4 Tues: L 48-58 at (7) Strasburg Fri: L 28-36 vs. (5) Sterling 7 Strasburg 9-2 Tues: W 58-48 vs. (6) Eaton Fri: L 26-42 at Brush Sat: W 55-30 vs. Vista PEAK 8 Peak to Peak 9-2 Wed: W 56-41 vs. St. Mary’s Acadeny Fri: W 60-29 vs. Jefferson Academy Sat: W 60-36 vs. (10) The Classical Academy 9 Coal Ridge 7-3 Tues: L 38-40 vs. Grand Valley Fri: L 38-45 at Cedaredge 10 The Classical Academy 8-1 Mon: W 42-28 vs. Colorado Springs Christian Thurs: W 46-25 vs. Florence Sat: L 36-60 at (8) Peak to Peak Class 2A 1 Yuma 9-0 Tues: W 60-54 vs. (3A 5) Sterling Fri: W 54-38 at Sedgwick County Sat: W 74-32 vs. Dayspring Christian 2 Lutheran 8-1 Wed: L 40-56 at (3A 1) Holy Family Fri: W 67-31 at Kent Denver 3 Peyton 10-1 Fri: W 56-32 at Evangelical Christian Sat: W 89-6 vs. Miami-Yoder 4 Akron 7-1 Fri: W 72-29 vs. Wiggins Sat: W 72-29 at Merino 5 Liberty Common 11-0 Tues: W 80-18 at Nederland Thurs: W 68-19 at Denver Christian 6 Paonia 8-3 Fri: W 48-33 vs. Soroco Sat: W 64-25 at Hayden 7 Hoehne 8-1 Fri: W 52-27 at Las Animas Sat: W 58-21 vs. Crowley County 8 Meeker 9-1 Tues: W 61-16 vs. Rangely Fri: W 70-32 at West Grand Sat: W 64-43 vs. North Park 9 Simla 10-0 Tues: W 54-35 at Kiowa Fri: W 66-22 vs. Miami-Yoder Sat: W 42-27 at Calhan 10 Heritage Christian 9-1 Tues: W 45-25 at Front Range Christian Fri: W 55-30 vs. Union Colony Prep Class 1A 1 Caliche 9-0 Tues: W 51-42 vs. (6) Prairie Fri: W 72-59 vs. Wray 2 Norwood 8-0 Fri: W 44-29 at Ridgway 3 Idalia 9-0 Fri: W 47-40 at (10) Hi-Plains Sat: W 58-41 vs. Cheynne Wells 4 Eads 9-1 Fri: W 53-27 vs. Deer Trail Sat: W 53-42 vs. (10) Hi-Plains 5 Kit Carson 7-2 Fri: W 40-28 at Granada Sat: at Flagler 6 Prairie 8-2 Tues: L 42-51 vs. (1) Caliche Fri: W 64-41 at Pawnee 7 Dove Creek 9-1 Fri: W 57-18 vs. Telluride Sat: W 47-36 at Ignacio 8 Cheraw 6-2 Fri: W 48-29 at Cheynne Wells Sat: L 40-48 at Holly 9 McClave 6-3 Thurs: W 45-33 vs. Kim 10 Hi-Plains 4-4 Fri: L 40-47 vs. (3) Idalia Sat: L 42-53 at (4) Eads -
Photo gallery: Highlands Ranch tops Sand Creek in battle of ranked girls hoops teams
HIGHLANDS RANCH — Highlands Ranch girls basketball, ranked No. 2 in 5A, topped 4A No. 9 Sand Creek 68-34 on Saturday evening.
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D’Evelyn girls hoops extends league streak to 31 wins after edging Golden
D’Evelyn senior Rachel Olson (15) looks for an open teammate while being guarded by Golden junior Alex Ambrozic (22) on Friday night at D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School. The Jaguars extended their 4A Jeffco League winning streak to 31 games with a 34-27 victory. (Dennis Pleuss) DENVER — It’s 31 and counting for D’Evelyn’s girls basketball team.
To say D’Evelyn has dominated the Class 4A Jeffco League in recent years is an understatement. The Jaguars extended their conference-winning streak to 31 games Friday night with a 34-27 home victory against rival Golden (5-6, 1-1 in league).
“We’ve talked about having a target on our back,” D’Evelyn coach Chris Olson said. “We are a lot of other teams’ measuring stick.”
The last league loss for D’Evelyn came to Wheat Ridge nearly three years ago on Jan. 21, 2011. Mallory Seemann was a freshman playing varsity for the Jaguars three years ago and still remembers the loss to the Farmers.
“We know we are going to get every team’s best,” said Seemann, who had seven points in the defensive struggle Friday night against Golden. “Hopefully we can keep it up and keep winning.”
The Jaguars — 4A state runner-up the previous two years — ended the 2010-11 season with a five-game league-winning streak. D’Evelyn racked up conference marks of 10-0 and 14-0 the last two seasons.
Despite losing standout Laura Tyree to graduation, D’Evelyn (7-3) is ranked No. 8 in the CHSAANow.com 4A girls basketball poll this week and are off to a 2-0 league record.
D’Evelyn senior Mallory Seemann, left, drives toward the basket as Golden senior Haley Blodgett closes in Friday night. (Dennis Pleuss) Tyree was a key component in D’Evelyn’s success and hasn’t missed a beat at the Division II level. The true freshman is averaging 11.5 points and 3.2 assists per game for Colorado School of Mines.
It was a struggle at times against Golden in the first game of a girls/boys varsity doubleheader Friday. The Demons jumped out to any early 11-4 lead early in the first quarter.
A slight change in D’Evelyn’s full-court pressure defense allowed the Jaguars to go on a 9-0 run to take a 13-11 lead late in the second quarter. Senior Emily Garnier scored on three layups off turnovers during D’Evelyn’s run and senior Rachel Olson hit a 3-pointer for the Jaguars.
“One thing I’ve learned this year is you have to make those little adjustments,” Coach Olson said. “Everyone is really prepping for us. We’ve really worked on a couple of different (defensive) zones. We might not score in the 60s and make 10 3-pointers. We’ll rely on our defense.”
It was a tough shooting night for the Jaguars. D’Evelyn’s leading scorer, senior Malia Shappell, was held scoreless in the first half. Shappell rebounded with a pair of 3-pointers in the third quarter and was 4-for-4 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to finish with a team-high 10 points.
Golden pulled within a point midway through the fourth quarter, but could never manage to take the lead.
“We were right there,” Golden’s first-year coach Shea Scarlett said. “We missed some layups and had our chances. We can play with (D’Evelyn) and we know it. We’ll see them again.”
Golden’s 6-foot-3 senior Haley Blodgett, who has signed to play at Montana State University, was held in check scoring four points. Senior Jessica King led the way for the Demons with 10 points.
“I’m thinking big picture,” Scarlett said. “We just have to get better each game. I’d much rather win a bunch of games in March then this one.”
Golden hits the road for a conference game at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at Conifer.
D’Evelyn attempts to keep its league-winning streak alive with a home game at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 against Alameda.
D’Evelyn senior Emily Garnier goes up for a layup in the second quarter Friday night against Golden. Garnier scored six points, all off turnovers, during a key 9-0 run for the Jaguars. (Dennis Pleuss)