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Month: September 2013

  • Flooding won’t affect postseason qualification for softball, volleyball or boys soccer

    Teams unable to reschedule games postponed due to the recent flooding will not be penalized when it comes to postseason seeding.

    Volleyball, softball and boys soccer all use MaxPreps’ ranking system in determining qualifiers for playoffs and state tournaments. The ranking systems are derived from a formula, and the inability to reschedule games will not affect the rankings.

    “The MaxPreps rankings system doesn’t arbitrarily award points for simply playing and winning or losing an additional game,” said Gerry Valerio, MaxPreps’ State Association Manager for Colorado. “The system takes the total body of work for each team to determine the rankings, regardless of the number of games played.  So, for those volleyball, softball and soccer teams who aren’t able to reschedule all their games, their rankings won’t be negatively impacted by it.”

    Similarly, football’s Wild Card points formula is adjusting for any cancelled games.

    However, athletes must attend regional qualifiers for any sport which has them — such as tennis, cross country or gymnastics — in order to qualify for their respective state championships.

  • Coronado new No. 1 team in 4A boys cross country ranking

    Coronado has taken over as is the new No. 1 team in the Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com boys cross country rankings for 4A.

    Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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    Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com Boys Polls

    Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM PTS PVS
    1 Mountain Vista (11) 110 1
    2 Cherry Creek 95 2
    3 Arapahoe 87 4
    4 Boulder 69 3
    5 Monarch 61 5
    6 Heritage 57 8
    7 Fort Collins 45 6
    8 Rock Canyon 29 10
    9 Pomona 22 7
    10 Thornton 8 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Fossil Ridge 7, Doherty 6, Dakota Ridge 3, Chaparral 2, Smoky Hill 2, ThunderRidge 2.

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM PTS PVS
    1 Coronado (6) 104 2
    2 Pueblo West (4) 100 1
    3 Durango 76 4
    4 The Classical Academy (1) 67 3
    5 Air Academy 61 5
    6 Cheyenne Mountain 60 6
    7 Palmer Ridge 39 8
    8 Thompson Valley 33 9
    9 Niwot 27 7
    10 Broomfield 26 10
    Others receiving votes:
    Battle Mountain 5, Centaurus 3, Evergreen 2, Ponderosa 2, Mountain View 1.

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM PTS PVS
    1 Lamar (11) 110 1
    2 Peak to Peak 97 2
    3 Frontier Academy 80 3
    4 Alamosa 63 7
    5 Salida 62 4
    6 Holy Family 57 5
    7 Estes Park 56 6
    8 Faith Christian 24 8
    9 Buena Vista 21 10
    10 St. Mary’s 13 9
    Others receiving votes:
    Brush 12, Sterling 5, Florence 3, Colorado Academy 1, Kent Denver 1.

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM PTS PVS
    1 Lyons (9) 90 1
    2 Crested Butte 71 2
    3 Vanguard 68 3
    4 Rocky Ford 61 4
    5 Custer County 40 8
    6 Hotchkiss 36 5
    7 Mancos 30 6
    8 Wiggins 22 –
    9 Telluride 21 9
    10 Rye 20 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Peyton 13, Liberty Commons 12, Heritage Christian 8, SkyView Academy 3.

  • Thompson Valley now atop 4A girls cross country ranking

    Despite having one fewer first-place vote, Thompson Valley has supplanted The Classical Academy atop the Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com girls cross country rankings in 4A.

    Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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    Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com Boys Polls

    Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM PTS PVS
    1 Monarch (9) 98 1
    2 Cherry Creek 95 3
    3 Fort Collins (1) 94 2
    4 Pine Creek 77 4
    5 ThunderRidge 63 5
    6 Fairview 48 6
    7 Rock Canyon 34 7
    8 Mountain Vista 31 9
    9 Legacy 22 –
    10 Grandview 14 8
    Others receiving votes:
    Greeley West 10, Fossil Ridge 7, Arapahoe 5, Regis Jesuit 5, Heritage 2.

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM PTS PVS
    1 Thompson Valley (5) 104 2
    2 The Classical Academy (6) 103 1
    3 Niwot 81 4
    4 Battle Mountain 65 6
    5 Coronado 60 3
    6 Cheyenne Mountain 48 8
    7 Air Academy 38 7
    8 Durango 37 5
    9 Palmer Ridge 24 –
    10 Evergreen 13 10
    Others receiving votes:
    Broomfield 11, Wheat Ridge 9, Mountain View 6, Summit 5, Discovery Canyon 1, Golden 1.

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM PTS PVS
    1 Salida (10) 100 1
    2 Holy Family 87 2
    3 Colorado Academy 76 3
    4 Kent Denver 75 4
    5 Estes Park 50 5
    6 Peak to Peak 40 7
    7 Alamosa 32 9
    8 Frontier Academy 30 6
    9 Moffat County 29 8
    10 Bayfield 13 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Buena Vista 8, Pagosa Springs 7, Platte Valley 5.

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM PTS PVS
    1 Hotchkiss (9) 90 1
    2 Vanguard (1) 85 3
    3 Paonia 72 4
    4 Lyons 69 2
    5 Denver Christian 61 7
    6 Shining Mountain 40 5
    7 Resurrection Christian 37 9
    8 Nederland 28 6
    9 Sargent 28 8
    10 Heritage Christian 10 –
    Others receiving votes:
    SkyView Academy 9, Custer County 8, Rocky Ford 5, Liberty Common 3, Mancos 3, Sedgwick County 3.

  • Live scores: 4A boys golf Metro regional at Indian Peaks

    Live scores from the 4A boys golf Metro regional qualifier held at Indian Peaks.

    Find a mobile-friendly scoreboard here.

  • Live scores: 4A boys golf Western regional at Gypsum Creek

    Live scores from the 4A boys golf Western regional qualifier held at Gypsum Creek.

    Find a mobile-friendly scoreboard here.

  • Live scores: 3A boys golf Western regional at Gypsum Creek

    Live scores from the 3A boys golf Western regional qualifier held at Gypsum Creek.

    Find a mobile-friendly scoreboard here.

  • Live scores: 3A boys golf Southern regional at Hollydot

    Live scores from the 3A boys golf Southern regional qualifier held at Hollydot.

    Find a mobile-friendly scoreboard here.

  • Valor Football vs. Heritage Eagles

    Even with a rain storm and cold weather, a large crowd showed up to the game to support our Valor Eagles against Heritage High School. Within the first two minutes of the game, Christian McCaffrey scored a touchdown putting us ahead by 7 points. On Valor’s second possession, Marcus Wilson scored his first touchdown of the night on a long pass play making it 14 to 0. On the very next Valor possession, Christian had a long run ending in a touchdown. Heritage came back to score a touchdown leaving the score at 21 to 7 at the end of the first quarter. Half way through the second quarter Marcus scored again on a 79 yard touchdown pass, putting Valor up 28 to 7.

    Not long after, Marcus scored his third touchdown of the night right before halftime.  In the third quarter, Trey Hanley had a 50 yard touchdown reception and Stone Watson had another to make the score 49 to 7 in favor of Valor.  Dylan McCaffrey scored the Eagles final touchdown of the night to make the score 56 to 7.  With a tough loss last week, the players worked hard and came out with focus for the night. Junior defensive tackle Turner Henington talked about their motivation and keys to coming away with a win. “The pace never let down,” continuing on he explained “we ran full speed the entire time and never dropped the tempo.” Despite the harsh conditions outside, the football team came out fighting. Working together and never giving up, they showed their strength and dedication to the game. Hopefully this means the start of another winning streak!

     

     

  • 5A state golf in search of new site due to flooding

    (Tom Robinson/CHSAANow.com)
    (Tom Robinson/CHSAANow.com)

    Flooding at CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora has CHSAA in search of a new host for the Class 5A state golf tournament, according to assistant commissioner Tom Robinson.

    “We have to move it,” Robinson said, noting the standing water all over the course.

    Three options are being considered to host the 5A tournament: Raccoon Creek in Littleton, site of Monday’s 5A Western regional; Murphy Creek in Aurora, site of Wednesday’s 5A Central regional; or Saddle Rock in Aurora, which has hosted a championship in the past.

    The new site will be determined on Wednesday.

    “That will give everybody notice and plenty of time” to play the course, Robinson said.

    Robinson said it doesn’t make a difference that regionals had already been played at Raccoon Creek and Murphy Creek.

    “They will have already played the regional (course) before they played the regional, so teams would have been there a number of times,” Robinson said. “They’ll also have time between now and the time we announce it to get to either one of those courses.”

    The 5A tournament is scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 1.

    Qualifiers from this week’s regional tournaments will participate in the 3A, 4A and 5A tournaments.

  • Photo gallery: Douglas County upsets No. 3 Cherry Creek in football

    Douglas County got six sacks from junior lineman Bartlett Tomatea, and a touchdown each from quarterback Ruel Rope and running back Trey Smith as the Huskies took down No. 3 Cherry Creek 23-10 on Monday night.