CHSAA commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green sits down with former assistant commissioner Sharon Wilch to chat about the anniversary of Title IX and the impact it has had on their lives.

Jeffco Preps With Pleuss is a monthly roundup of Jeffco prep highlights hosted by Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ sports information director. The Season C sports wrapped up with Ralston Valley, Columbine and Chatfield girls volleyball squads all advancing to the Class 5A state tournament held at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. D’Evelyn’s girls soccer team got off to a good start in the deep Class 4A Jeffco League with a victory over Standley Lake at Lakewood Memorial Field. Golden’s girls lacrosse, along with Columbine and Green Mountain boys lacrosse team pulled off victories at Trailblazer Stadium as the extended Spring 2021 season got underway. Golden baseball coach Jackie McBroom grabbed his 100th career coaching victory and Chatfield baseball showed why the Chargers are a favorite to contend for the 5A state title later this June.

On May 15, 2021, the Far Northeast football team beat Boulder in the Season C state championship game at CSU-Pueblo’s Thunderbowl to capture the program’s first title. Filmmaker David Parfitt captured the action.

A complete recording of the May, 2021, CHSAA Legislative Council Meeting.

Jeffco Preps With Pleuss is a monthly roundup of Jeffco prep highlights hosted by Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ sports information director. The Season C sports were in full swing during the month of April. Standley Lake and Lakewood boys’ soccer teams combined to end a 57-year drought between the two programs when it came to winning a league title. Ralston Valley and Evergreen girls’ volleyball programs also celebrated winning conference championships. The gymnastics season came to an end with some stellar individual performances by Jeffco gymnasts.

Jeffco Preps With Pleuss is a monthly roundup of Jeffco prep highlights hosted by Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ sports information director. The Season B sports wrapped up in March. The highlight of the winter season in Jeffco was without question girls and boys wrestling. Chatfield and Pomona were dominate in the first CHSAA sanctioned girls wrestling state tournament. The Chargers won the team title and the Panthers grabbed a pair of individual titles. On the boys side, Pomona captured yet another Class 5A state team championship. Pomona, Chatfield and Columbine all grabbed individual state titles to finish off the wrestling season. Evergreen’s girls swim team won its third straight Class 3A state team championship. Green Mountain’s girls basketball team made another Class 4A state semifinal appearance.

While the venue was different this year for the 2021 state wrestling championships, Jeffco wrestling teams from Columbine, Chatfield and Pomona came home from Pueblo with a load of first-place medals along with the Class 5A boys wrestling team title. Columbine seniors Jack Forbes (195 pounds) and Zach Schraeder (285 pounds) both repeated as state champions. Chatfield senior Jacob Badger (182 pounds) finished off a perfect 23-0 record by winning his first state title.
Pomona needed to rally in the place matches to overcome Ponderosa for the Class 5A team title. The Panthers claimed its third straight team title, fifth in six years and eight team title since 2000. Pomona had four individual state champions with sophomore Jakob Romero (120 pounds), junior Elijah Olguin (126 pounds), junior Daniel Cardenas (145 pounds) and senior Franklin Cruz (220 pounds). Cruz claimed his third state championship title. Cardenas also won his third and has a chance to join the elite 4-time state championship club next year. Cardenas would actually be the first Pomona wrestler to become a 4-time state champion.
Jefferson had three state placers in the Class 3A state tournament. Juniors Daniel Soto (113 pounds) and Angelo Lozado (126 pound) both took fourth place. Senior Alberto Zelaya battled his way to a third-place finish at 170 points.
Video by Jeffco Public Schools multimedia specialist Jack Maher.

Jeffco Preps With Pleuss is a monthly roundup of Jeffco prep highlights hosted by Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ sports information director. There was plenty of boys and girls basketball action in February with Season B sports in full swing. We have boys highlights from Chatfield vs. Columbine, Green Mountain vs. Golden and D’Evelyn vs. Evergreen. Green Mountain girls basketball team improved its 4A Jeffco League winning streak to 28 conference victories over the past three seasons winning back-to-back league titles. Boys wrestling got going and we have highlights of duals involving Columbine, Lakewood, Chatfield, Pomona and Jefferson. Girls wrestling teams from Chatfield and Pomona are two of the best in the state in the first year of the being a CHSAA-sanctioned sport.

Regis Jesuit hockey picked up a 6-3 win over Cherry Creek on Saturday.

We took to Instagram last week to ask students to send us any questions they had for our commissioner, Rhonda Blanford-Green. And those students sure delivered.

We fielded nearly 300 questions on that Instagram post and through our direct messages. We did our best to identify common questions, and ones that would be able to hit on multiple topics. As a result, we ended up with 20 questions, and we sat down with Blanford-Green to ask those questions.

The result is a conversation that spanned more than 40 minutes, and a wide range of topics.

Questions answered in the video:

• “Delayed and cancelled are two different things, right? Doesn’t the CDPHE dictate if CHSAA delays sports?”
• “When did CHSAA get word from the CDPHE that the season was going to be delayed?”
• “What are variances from the state?”
• “Why were the remaining seasons delayed, especially Season D?”
• “Why was football allowed to finish its season, and these sports got delayed?”
• “The letter from CDPHE mentioned indoor sports. How does that impact skiing?”
• “Is there a possibility our season could be cancelled?”
• “Does the CHSAA staff think that Season B will be the hardest to deal since many of the sports are going to be indoor and close contact?”
• “Why is the delay being announced so early?”
• “Why can there be club sports, and places around us can play indoor sports, but we can’t play a normal season?”
• “Will counties in level red cause indoor sports to postpone until the level decreases?”
• When will specifics on sports season be released?
• “Why can college and professional athletes play without masks and we can’t even play at all?”
• “How does it work if we graduate in May and track ends June 26?”
• “If there is a vaccine developed, will there be fans allowed?”
• “If schools don’t return to in-person learning, will sports be able to resume?”
• “Why do the seasons overlap?”
• “Why aren’t different sports getting looked at based on levels of risk?”
• “Can you play two sports in the same season?”
• “Why are you doing what you’re doing?”
• “Has the waiver idea been put into any consideration?”
• “What are your thoughts about the whole situation?”