After failing to beat La Junta twice last year, Kent Denver needed this one. And with a late field goal, the top-ranked team in the Class 2A CHSAANow.com football poll got it.
The Sun Devils came away with a 10-7 win over the Tigers to somewhat avenge last year’s defeats, the latter of which came in the 2A state title game.
“Anytime you lose the state championship game you have a bad taste in your mouth,” Kent Denver coach Scott Yates said. “All our kids and coaches wanted to try and erase it.”
The win is the 319th for Yates, who remains tied with West Grand’s Chris Brown for the most in state history.
The Tigers (3-1 overall) jumped out to a 7-0 lead before the end of the first quarter.
But the lead wouldn’t hold.
Kent Denver (4-0) was able to tie the game before halftime and the two teams came out unwilling to give each other any more points.
Still locked in a 7-7 tie, it was Kent Denver who would get the edge as Quinn Voboril kicked a late field goal which proved to be the game winner.
“We had to stop them in order to get the ball with enough time to go down the field. That created a little momentum for us,” Yates said. “It gives you an uplift and said let’s do something with it. We marched the ball down the field pretty well.”
The Sun Devils open league play next week when they hit the road and travel to Elizabeth. The Tigers also begin league play next week, hosting TCA.
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8-man: (8) Hoehne 44, (2) Daypsring Christian 37
Hoehne built a 22-8 lead at halftime, but Dayspring Christian did everything possible to make up ground in the second half. But 22 points in the third quarter alone wasn’t going to cut it.
The Farmers were able to put up 22 more points in the second half and finish off the upset over 8-man’s second-ranked team.
Senior Jacob Yates had 202 yards and two touchdowns for Hoehne. Kyle Rowe also rushed for two scores, and Riley Hudson added one.
Christian Still, a freshman, tossed three touchdown passes for Dayspring Christian — all of them to senior Jimmy Fargo.
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5A: (5) Regis Jesuit 24, (9) Highlands Ranch 0
It took Regis Jesuit almost a full 24 minutes of game time to find the end zone. But after scoring just once in the first half, the Raiders turned up the heat in the second.
They added two touchdowns and field goal to get a big win over a top-10 opponent.
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1A: (3) Strasburg 14, (4) Limon 12
Strasburg handed Limon its first loss of the season on Saturday.
The Indians scored touchdown a in each the first and fourth quarters and that was all that was needed to move to 3-1 on the season.
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8-man: (9) Merino 14, (10) McClave 8
Merino remained undefeated on the year with a 14-8 win over McClave. It’s the first loss for the Cardinals, who broke into the 8-man rankings last week.
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No. 3 Cheyenne Wells beat No. 5 Kit Carson in a top-10 game in 6-man, 14-12.
Monarch is now 4-0 following a 14-10 win over Brighton in 4A.
Blayden Fletcher rushed for five touchdowns and 227 yards in North Park’s 47-42 win over Briggsdale. He also had 11 tackles and a sack on defense.
Noah Roper’s great season continues: He had 276 yards and three touchdowns as Erie beat Centaurus 38-13 in 3A. Erie is 4-0.
5A No. 10 Fairview rolled over Prairie View 68-0. Sophomore quarterback Aiden Atkinson threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns. Mariano Kemp, Brian Moreno and Jake Sheerin each rushed for two scores. Sheerin also had a receiving touchdown.
Calvin Pope rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown as Denver East beat Hinkley 50-19 for its first win this season.
Gilpin County improved to 3-1 following a 54-0 win over Belleview Christian.
Thane Duzenack threw a touchdown pass for Mitchell and the Marauders beat Ridge View Academy 22-6 to win their first game this season.
Golden beat Far Northeast 17-14. David O’Connell threw two touchdown passes. Jack Walters recovered two fumbles.
James LaCerte had two touchdowns and 182 yards rushing for Cheyenne Mountain in its 30-7 win over Lincoln.
DJ King threw three touchdowns and had 199 yards passing as Mesa Ridge beat George Washington 49-22. Ju-Wan Edgerton added two rushing scores.
Grant Baker returned an interception 47 yards for a touchdown, and then held up as Colorado Springs Christian beat Valley 7-0.
Keys threw a passing touchdown and rushed for another for the Mavericks. Evan Hansen, Jake Wachter and Nathan Mackey also had rushing touchdowns. Dom Esters caught the touchdown from Keys.
Longmont quarterback Oakley Dehning rushed for a touchdown.
This was just the second-ever meeting between the two schools which are just 15 minutes apart. Mead won last season, 49-35, during its march to the semifinals.
Bayfield senior Hunter Killough had a game-sealing interception in the game’s final moments, according to the Durango Herald.
“I wanted it bad,” he told the paper after the game. “Since last year, I had been stewing on this game. It’s good to get that victory.”
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5A No. 8 Mullen went out-of-state to play Bothell (Wash.), and had a big rally and a chance to win late, but fell 31-28. Bothell reached Washington’s 4A quarterfinals last season.
In 1A, No. 2 Meeker got a top-10 win over No. 8 Monte Vista, 30-7. “Our defense did a good job of flying around the football tonight,” coach Shane Phelan told the Scoreboard Show. The Cowboys are 4-0.
Skyview knocked off No. 10 Thomas Jefferson 27-16 in 3A. The Wolverines have started 4-0, their best start since 2011.
Harrison beat Glenwood Springs 36-22, and is now 4-0 in 3A. “This is just another step forward for us,” coach Al Melo told the Scoreboard Show. “It was a good win for our kids tonight, and I’m really proud of them.
Check out Widefield, which is 4-0 in 4A following a 42-0 win over Palmer. The Gladiators haven’t started 4-0 since 2010. TJ Davis rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns on Friday. He also threw two touchdown passes.
5A No. 3 Eaglecrest is now 4-0 after beating Cherokee Trail 28-14.
Berthoud upset 3A No. 5 Fort Morgan, 22-10.
Grand Valley and Aspen had lightning delay their game, which the Skiers ultimately won 30-26. Aspen, which won a combined four games the past two seasons, is 4-0 for the first time since 2010.
Sierra Grande beat Cheraw 61-6 in 6-man action, including this touchdown. The Panthers are now 4-0, something they haven’t done since 2005.
6-man No. 1 Stratton/Liberty cruised to a 68-8 win over Idalia. Tyson Lichty completed four passes — all four went for touchdowns. Jacob McCormick rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns.
Levi Mair had four total touchdowns in Arvada’s 30-6 win over The Pinnacle.
Jaion Colbert rushed for 185 yards and two touchdowns as Overland beat Rangeview 42-20.
Zac Hanenberg had two rushing touchdowns as Canon City beat Pueblo East 29-16. The Tigers are now 4-0, matching their win total from each of the past two seasons.
Peyton beat Ellicott 41-0 in 1A. Gunner Saarela rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns.
Trevor Reuss threw for 241 yards in 2A Basalt’s 41-33 win over 3A Battle Mountain.
Garrett Anderson rushed for 157 yards and a score as Lewis-Palmer topped Pueblo County 20-10 in a 3A matchup.
5A Ralston Valley also went out-of-state, and beat East Bakersfield (Calif.) 35-14.
Strasburg softball made a statement on Friday with an 11-1 win over Brush.
The top-ranked squad in Class 3A got all kinds of offensive production with two RBIs apiece from Dakota Stotyn, Emily Johnson and Haley Stone.
Stotyn homered as part of a 2-for-3 day in the win over the second-ranked Beetdiggers.
Alexis Rayburn did the rest in the circle. The junior pitcher allowed just two hits and one run in five innings. She struck out eight and walked just two.
Rayburn was also 2-for-3 with an RBI at the plate.
Strasburg is now 10-3 this season. Brush is now 11-2, and entered the game riding a six-game winning streak.
Grand Junction Central had jumped out to a 12-0 lead in the first quarter, but Jacob Burns returned a kickoff 89 yards for a score to make it 12-7 at the end of that frame, according to the Daily Sentinel.
Braeden Graham’s 2-yard rushing touchdown gave Fruita Monument lead at 14-12 just prior to the half.
Early in the fourth quarter, Grand Junction Central retook the lead on the second of two rushing scores from Joey Estep.
Ultimately, Brown’s interception with six minutes left proved to be the difference.
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4A No. 6 Loveland cruised to 4-0 with a 41-7 win over Fort Collins.
3A No. 1 Holy Family looked as strong as ever, beating Thompson Valley 49-2.
4A No. 4 Windsor jumped out to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter, and went on to beat a tough Greeley West squad 17-7. The Wizards are now 3-1.
Alec Lewis threw two touchdowns as Legacy topped Horizon 16-7 to move to 3-1.
Brittney Mackey went 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs to help Class 3A No. 8-ranked La Junta get a 14-13 upset win over No. 4 Rocky Ford.
The Tigers (7-6 overall, 5-2 District 2) went into the top of the third trailing 4-1. But that’s when their offense changed the entire flow of the game. La Junta plated six runners in the inning, grabbing the lead from the Meloneers (10-5, 6-2).
The Tigers added four runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth. Hailey Vaughn did her part, going 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles and a home run.
Heading into the bottom of the fifth, the Meloneers found themselves down 14-8. They were able to get five runs in to cut the lead to one. But senior Lexi Smith settled down on the mound and La Junta was able to prevent any further damage.
La Junta hopes to keep momentum rolling when it hosts St. Mary’s on Saturday morning.
Rocky Ford will take a little over a week off and then travel to James Irwin for a double-header on Sept. 30.
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4A: (8) Holy Family 8, (3) Erie 6
Erin Caviness and Haley Almeida each drove in a pair of runs as Holy Family grabbed a big top-10 upset win over Erie.
Holy Family grabbed a 5-0 lead early, but gave up six runs in two innings putting Erie ahead 6-5.
Holy Family rebounded with a two-run fifth inning and added one in the bottom of the sixth to put the game out of reach for Erie.
Caviness threw a complete game, striking out seven and giving up just one earned run.
Top-ranked Kit Carson volleyball swept No. 7 Wiley to move to 10-0 this season.
The Wildcats got the sweep from a balanced attack as Tess Hornung had 13 kills, while Haley Johnson had 21 digs.
Reyna Isenbart and Micayla Isenbart each recorded 14 assists.
“There were long rallies and they did a great job on defense,” Kit Carson coach Penny Isenbart said. “We just had to keep hitting and hitting. They hit back at us so our passing wasn’t that great and they took us out of our system. We had to learn how to deal with it.”
Elsewhere, 2A No. 6 Swink topped No. 10 Fowler, and 4A No. 1 Lewis-Palmer swept No. 5 Valor Christian.
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Sixth-ranked Mountain Vista softball scored five runs in the first inning to cruise to an 8-1 league win against ThunderRidge on Wednesday.
The Golden Eagles added three more runs in the third inning for extra insurance. ThunderRidge got on the board with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning.
Annalisa Ingui went four-for-four and had three runs-batted-in.
Erin Kerby allowed just three hits and no earned runs in the circle for Mountain Vista.
Vista (12-2) is now 5-0 in Continental League games and sits in first place in league standings.
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From the first set of No. 1 Castle View volleyball’s win over No. 3 Mountain Vista, the teams were exchanging blows.
A 28-26 set went Mountain Vista’s way in the first set, but Castle View rallied to win two straight sets, 25-15 and 25-18. The Golden Eagles wouldn’t go down easy as they forced a fifth set with a 25-18 win.
In the deciding set, Castle View took a 15-11 advantage and the match win.
Castle View had four players with at least 10 kills. Kate Menz lead with 17, while Holly Schmidt followed with 14. Ashley Echols had 13 kills and Genna Ryan-Piasecki had 10.
Lauren Lowry had 50 assists, and Leanne Lowry had 37 digs.
