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  • Girls basketball rankings: Centauri new No. 1 in 3A; 13 new teams hop into the polls

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    This week’s girls basketball rankings saw Centauri move up to No. 1 in Class 3A, as well as 13 new teams join the polls across five classifications.

    The rankings, voted upon by coaches, are the official polls of the Association. They are a factor in the postseason. During the regular season, the poll will release each Monday.

    Complete rankings are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Girls Basketball Polls

    Voted upon by coaches around the state.

    First-place votes are in parentheses.

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

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Grandview (16) 2-0 329 1 2-0
    2 Valor Christian (6) 2-0 322 2 2-0
    3 Highlands Ranch 1-1 256 3 1-1
    4 Regis Jesuit 2-0 229 6 2-0
    5 Arapahoe 2-0 195 13 2-0
    6 Chaparral 2-0 183 8 2-0
    7 Fossil Ridge 2-0 164 8 2-0
    8 Ralston Valley 1-1 153 4 1-1
    9 Rangeview 2-0 118 11 2-0
    10 Cherry Creek 0-2 112 5 0-2
    11 Fruita Monument 3-0 97 – 3-0
    12 Vista PEAK 2-0 95 12 2-0
    13 ThunderRidge 2-0 73 – 2-0
    14 Doherty 1-1 56 – 1-1
    15 Broomfield 0-2 42 7 0-2
    Others receiving votes:
    Mountain Vista 37, Chatfield 37, Westminster 36, Denver South 33, Lakewood 31, Eaglecrest 24, Arvada West 19, Cherokee Trail 17, Columbine 16, Ponderosa 13, Pine Creek 12, Fort Collins 10, Monarch 9, Denver East 8, Loveland 8, Pueblo West 7, Fountain-Fort Carson 5, Dakota Ridge 5, Fairview 4, Liberty 2, Palmer 1, Horizon 1
    Dropped out
    Denver East (10), Lakewood (14), Fountain-Fort Carson (15)
    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Mullen (17) 1-1 275 1 1-1
    2 Green Mountain (3) 2-0 274 3 2-0
    3 George Washington (2) 3-0 243 7 3-0
    4 Holy Family (1) 1-1 242 2 1-1
    5 Windsor 2-0 205 – 2-0
    6 Erie 1-1 197 4 1-1
    7 Falcon (1) 2-0 178 8 2-0
    8 Thompson Valley 2-0 137 15 2-0
    9 Severance 1-1 122 8 1-1
    10 Berthoud 1-1 106 5 1-1
    11 The Classical Academy 2-0 98 – 2-0
    12 Grand Junction Central 2-0 94 – 2-0
    13 Sierra 1-0 88 10 1-0
    14 Durango 3-1 78 11 3-1
    15 Roosevelt (1) 2-0 71 – 2-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Palmer Ridge 63, Sand Creek 56, Mead 50, Lewis-Palmer 46, Canon City 45, Widefield 42, D’Evelyn 34, Evergreen 33, Montrose 27, Northridge 22, Coronado 22, Thomas Jefferson 20, Pueblo Centennial 16, Palisade 15, Battle Mountain 12, Glenwood Springs 12, Cheyenne Mountain 11, Northfield 10, Longmont 9, Discovery Canyon 9, Riverdale Ridge 8, Centaurus 7, Denver North 6, Wheat Ridge 5, Mesa Ridge 4, Greeley West 2, Eagle Valley 1, Littleton 1, Weld Central 1, Mountain View 1, Conifer 1, Steamboat Springs 1
    Dropped out
    Sand Creek (6), Evergreen (12), Canon City (13), Mead (14)
    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Centauri (8) 2-0 284 2 2-0
    2 Lutheran (8) 2-0 278 4 2-0
    3 University (1) 1-1 256 1 1-1
    4 The Vanguard School (2) 1-0 238 5 1-0
    5 The Academy 0-0 206 3 0-0
    6 Eaton (2) 2-0 198 10 2-0
    7 Delta 1-0 182 6 1-0
    8 Pagosa Springs 2-0 148 8 2-0
    9 St. Mary’s 1-0 147 8 1-0
    10 Platte Valley 2-1 141 7 2-1
    11 Manitou Springs 0-1 87 11 0-1
    12 Brush 1-1 70 12 1-1
    13 Moffat County 1-0 56 15 1-0
    14 Grand Valley 2-0 42 – 2-0
    15 Alamosa 1-2 32 13 1-2
    Others receiving votes:
    Faith Christian 31, Arrupe Jesuit 29, Prospect Ridge 26, Jefferson Academy 23, Lamar 23, Coal Ridge 23, Colorado Academy 19, St. Mary’s Academy 19, Valley 18, Sterling 17, Kent Denver 16, Machebeuf 15, Bennett 14, Bruce Randolph 13, Resurrection Christian 11, The Pinnacle 11, Buena Vista 11, Basalt 10, Middle Park 8, Arvada 7, DSST: Montview 6, Colorado Springs Christian 6, La Junta 6, Frontier Academy 5, Jefferson 5, KIPP Collegiate 4, Peak to Peak 4, Bayfield 4, SkyView Academy 4, Fort Lupton 3, DSST: Byers 2, Salida 1, Manual 1
    Dropped out
    St. Mary’s Academy (14)
    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Rye (10) 2-0 247 1 2-0
    2 Sanford (3) 3-0 229 3 3-0
    3 Holyoke 3-0 210 4 3-0
    4 Limon (1) 2-0 181 2 2-0
    5 Wray 2-0 174 5 2-0
    6 Cedaredge (3) 2-0 161 10 2-0
    7 Rocky Ford 1-0 141 6 1-0
    8 Ignacio 0-1 96 7 0-1
    9 Soroco 2-0 92 14 2-0
    10 Del Norte (1) 2-1 75 8 2-1
    11 Heritage Christian 1-0 72 12 1-0
    12 Sedgwick County 2-0 69 – 2-0
    13 Peyton 0-1 51 15 0-1
    14 Yuma 0-2 48 11 0-2
    15 Lotus School for Excellence 3-0 37 – 3-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Meeker 36, Paonia 31, Burlington 23, Rangely 22, Olathe 21, Front Range Christian 16, Hayden 15, Swink 12, Byers 12, Colorado Springs School 10, Holly 10, Denver Christian 9, Crested Butte 9, West Grand 8, Fowler 7, Lake County 7, Addenbrooke Classical 6, Wiggins 4, Dawson 4, Dayspring Christian 4, Thomas MacLaren 3, Center 2, Lyons 2, Hoehne 2, Akron 1, Crowley County 1
    Dropped out
    Meeker (8), Holly (13)
    Class 1A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Briggsdale (17) 2-0 297 1 2-0
    2 Kit Carson (1) 2-0 221 6 2-0
    3 Sangre de Cristo 1-0 216 3 1-0
    4 McClave 2-0 212 5 2-0
    5 Simla 2-0 191 8 2-0
    6 Fleming 1-1 178 2 1-1
    7 Flatirons Academy 2-0 164 10 2-0
    8 Haxtun 2-0 153 – 2-0
    9 Cotopaxi 2-0 126 8 2-0
    10 Shining Mountain 2-0 118 12 2-0
    11 Kim/Branson 2-0 104 – 2-0
    12 South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] 0-1 78 4 0-1
    13 Elbert (1) 1-0 62 15 1-0
    14 Centennial (2) 2-0 49 – 2-0
    15 Lone Star 0-1 43 7 0-1
    Others receiving votes:
    Dove Creek 41, Eads 39, Longmont Christian 32, North Park 23, Kiowa 23, Sierra Grande 20, Wiley 15, Merino 15, Springfield 14, Moffat 12, Peetz 11, Idalia 10, Cheraw 10, Genoa-Hugo 10, Caprock Academy 9, Belleview Christian 6, Aguilar 5, Miami-Yoder 5, De Beque 4, Granada 3, Liberty/Stratton 1
    Dropped out
    Springfield (11), Genoa-Hugo (13), Merino (14)

  • Photos: No. 2 Valor Christian girls basketball top No. 3 Highlands Ranch

    Haley Huard scored a team-high 20 points as Class 5A No. 2 Valor Christian girls basketball beat No. 2 Highlands Ranch 65-52.

  • Photos: No. 10 Flatirons Academy girls basketball upsets No. 7 Lone Star

    A quick lead turned into a big win for Class 1A No. 10 Flatirons Academy girls basketball. The Bison beat No. 7 Lone Star 67-40.

  • No. 4 Ralston Valley girls hoops get bounce-back win over Legacy

    ARVADA — Saya Sabus, Sydney Bevington and Brooklyn Seymour had RalstonValley’s girls basketball team on pace to reach 100 points Friday night.

    The trio were all in double-figures through the first half, leading the Mustangs to a 47-15 halftime lead over Legacy. Ralston Valley — No. 4 in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A girls basketball preseason rankings — eventually slowed down offensively to cruise to a 62-30 victory.

    “At practice a big emphasis was ball movement,” said Bevington, who led the Mustangs with 19 points and 10 rebounds. “We worked way better tonight.”

    Ralston Valley senior McKenna Nichols spots up from 3-point range during the Mustangs’ 62-30 victory Friday night against Legacy. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    While the Mustangs (1-1 record) didn’t shoot particularly well — only 33 percent from the field and 2-for-17 from 3-point range — Ralston Valley dominated the boards with 42 rebounds that resulted in a lot of easy buckets in the paint.

    “We played more like a team tonight,” said Seymour, who scored all of her 12 points in the first half before the Mustangs took their foot off the gas. “It was much better than our first game of the season. That gave we were just getting the rust off.”

    Ralston Valley suffered a 72-61 season-opening loss to Windsor on Monday night.

    The Mustangs turned it up defensively limiting the Lightning (0-2) to single-digit points in every quarter.

    “We like to think we are a lot quicker so we try to apply as much pressure as we can,” Seymour said of the Mustangs’ defense that grabbed 17 steals on the night. “I think if we speed up the game that will help us in the long run.”

    Ralston Valley senior Sydney Bevington (33) pulls up for a jumper over Legacy junior Katie Paredes on Friday night. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    The long run will seem pretty short with the shortened 14-game regular season. The Mustangs do have an advantage with an experience senior core that has played together a lot over the years.

    “Our team dynamic has always been good,” Bevington said of the experienced group. “Figuring out and navigating this season. We haven’t had a lot of practice, but we are figuring it out. Tonight felt really good.”

    Longtime Ralston Valley coach Jeff Gomer sounded like a veteran coach after the game.

    “We’ve got a lot of room for improvement,” Gomer said.

    There isn’t nearly as much time as there is during a regular season to tune things to get ready for conference play. Figuring out and developing a bench rotation is something Gomer hasn’t been able to do with only a week of practices and two games under the Mustangs’ belt.

    Ralston Valley opens 5A Jeffco League play on Monday, Feb. 1, on the road against No. 14 Lakewood (1-1). The Mustangs stay on the road to face No. 2 Valor Christian on Wednesday next week.

    “My whole mindset is to get better fast and be ready for playoffs,” said Gomer, who added avoiding any kind of COVID-19 quarantine is key too. “You can’t have something happen where you miss five or six games and then you miss the playoffs. That could happen.”

    Ralston Valley senior Brooklyn Seymour (14) drives through a trio of Legacy players on her way to a basket in the first half Friday night. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

  • Photos: No. 1 Grandview girls basketball downs Cherokee Trail

    A fast start powered Class 5A Mo. 1 Grandview to its second win of the year. The Wolves beat Cherokee Trail 73-37.

  • Photos: Denver South girls basketball tops Rock Canyon

    Tay Williams led the way with 20 points as Denver South girls basketball grabbed a 53-45 win over Rock Canyon on Thursday.

  • Photos: Pine Creek girls basketball rolls in win over No. 6 Sand Creek

    Pine Creek girls basketball jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in a 71-40 win over Class 4A No. 6 Pine Creek.

  • Lakewood girls hoops shakes off the rust against Wheat Ridge

    LAKEWOOD — It took a half, but Lakewood’s girls basketball team found what it needed to get the victory Wednesday night over old rival Wheat Ridge.

    The Tigers and Farmers were actually tied 12-12 midway through the second quarter at Lakewood High School before the Tigers were able to pull away in the second half. Lakewood ended up winning 56-21 in the season opener for both squads.

    Lakewood junior Logan Watson, right, puts defensive pressure on Wheat Ridge senior Angelina Quezada in the season opener for both teams Wednesday night at Lakewood High School. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    “People talk about ugly games. Tonight, ugly was pretty good,” Lakewood coach Chris Poisson said. “We couldn’t throw it in the ocean to start. With this team we are either going to score a lot or none.”

    Lakewood had issues hitting shots in the first half. The Tigers made just six field goals in the opening 16 minutes. Junior Briana Robles was a big reason why Lakewood was able to hold a 18-12 lead at halftime.

    Robles came off the bench to score nine points in the first half to pace the Tigers.

    “She (Robles) is an energy player,” Poisson said.

    The rest of the Tigers started to find their range after halftime. Junior Juliette Fillion finished with a game-high 13 points. Lakewood made seven 3-pointers in the second half to outscore Wheat Ridge 38-9 after halftime.

    Lakewood junior Juliette Fillion swings a pass into the corner during the Tigers’ 35-point victory Wednesday. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    “It was just a drive to win,” Fillion said of the difference between the first and second half. “We needed to make our shots. Our energy got a lot better.”

    Lakewood graduated its two big outside shooting threats — Nadia Trevizo-Medina and Aaliyah Sabala — from last season. Trevizo-Medina and Sabala combined for nearly 100 made 3-pointers last season.

    Finding scorers to step into those shoes is something that Poisson is concerned about heading into a big match-up at the end of the week.

    Lakewood will have a tough challenge at home on Friday night against one of the favorites to challenge for the 4A state title. Green Mountain — No. 3 in the CHSAANow.com 4A girls basketball preseason rankings and a 4A state semifinalist last season — squares off against the Tigers.

    “Right now I’m just worried about how we are going to score against Green Mountain,” Poisson said. “If we shoot like we did in the first half we are going to be in trouble. If we shoot like we did in the second half it could be a heck of a game.”

    The Tigers — No. 14 in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A girls basketball preseason poll — finished third in 5A Jeffco last year behind No. 2 Valor Christian and No. 4 Ralston Valley. The conference should be tough against with the Eagles and Mustangs the favorites to lead the pack in 5A Jeffco again.

    “We haven’t had much time to work on our stuff,” Fillion said of the shortened COVID-19 season. “It has been nerve-racking, but I think we’re handling it pretty well.”

    Wheat Ridge will attempt to rebound under new head coach Cindy Wirth after a rough run in 4A Jeffco League play last season. The Farmers went 1-11 in conference play last year.

    Wheat Ridge sophomore Sydney McCullum, middle, finds herself trapped by Lakewood senior Jade Atencio (5) and junior Briana Robles (10) during the first half Wednesday night. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

  • Photos: No. 13 Arapahoe girls basketball drops No. 5 Cherry Creek in season opener

    Class 5A No. 13 Arapahoe girls basketball made a season-opening statement by getting a 61-52 win over No. 5 Cherry Creek.

  • Photos: Mountain Vista girls basketball tops Douglas County

    Grace Roscoe scored a team-high 10 points to lead Mountain Vista girls basketball to a 47-23 win over Douglas County.