Green Mountain’s Lindsey Hendon set the state record with her 40th career shutout on Tuesday. (Carl Auer, MaxPreps)

Green Mountain goalkeeper Lindsey Hendon has made 221 saves in her career. She carries a 0.631 goals-against average, and has 55 wins for the Rams. But most impressive is what happened Tuesday.

Hendon.

Hendon, a senior, set the Colorado record with her 40th career shutout during a 10-0 win over Colorado Springs Christian on Tuesday.

CHSAA does not maintain soccer records, but the National Soccer Coaches Association of America has extensive data. According to that record book, Hendon broke the mark of 39 career shutouts set by Overland’s Lisa Griffin after the 1988-89 season.

Ten of Hendon’s 40 shutouts have come this season. She notched 11 as a junior, 10 as a sophomore and nine as a freshman.

Hendon, an Iowa State recruit, is now 55-6-6 in net.

Green Mountain is 12-1-1 this season in Class 4A.

Cherry Creek boys lacrosse in driver’s seat

Cherry Creek boys lacrosse had probably its biggest win of the season on Tuesday night — and what a time to have it.

The second-ranked Bruins beat No. 1 Regis Jesuit 10-7 and are now 10-0 against in-state competition.

Cherry Creek has finished runner-up each of the last two seasons. Should they beat Kent Denver in the Friday’s season finale, it seems very likely that the Bruins end up as the No. 1 seed of the Class 5A field. In that scenario, I think Regis — 12-1 against in-state teams — would still wind up as the No. 2 seed.

Other high seeds should include Mountain Vista, Kent Denver and Colorado Academy.

Boykins talks new Douglas County job

New Douglas County boys basketball coach Earl Boykins, the former Denver Nugget, is a weekly guest on 104.3 The Fan. Tuesday, he talked about his new job.

“I’ve always wanted to teach young people basketball,” he said. “That’s always been a desire of mine and something I wanted to do. That’s why I started Boykins Basketball Academy. While doing the Academy, I decided I should take it to the next level, and the next level would be high school.

“It’s been a process that I’m enjoying and I look forward to the next basketball season.”

Douglas County went 3-20 last season, and actually hasn’t had a winning season since 2007-08. That’s also the last time the Huskies made the state tournament. Over the past six seasons, the Huskies are 29-110.

“I believe in Earl, I’ve seen him coach in person,” said Alfred Williams, co-host on 104.3. “I believe the guy’s going to be a great coach. Can’t wait to see it all come together.”

Arapahoe girls soccer turns it around

(Ray Chen/ArrayPhoto.com)

Arapahoe’s girls soccer team finished the regular season 11-3-1 and won the Centennial League by virtue of a win over Cherry Creek on April 15.

It was quite a one-season turnaround for the Warriors, who went 3-11-0 a year ago and lost seven of their final eight games.

Though, these guys didn’t exactly come out of nowhere. Arapahoe was 14-3-0 in 2012, and made the 5A title game in 2010.

Short stuff

• In an abrupt change, Dan Snyder will not become Grandview’s new boys basketball coach. The longtime Arapahoe coach decided instead “to step away from high school coaching for awhile,” according to the Aurora Sentinel.
• Prairie View baseball senior Caleb Dameron now has 22 steals this season with three games yet to play. That is believed to be a big-school state record.
• Sedgwick County’s Chase Dunker threw his third no-hitter of the season on Saturday. This time, he struck out 16. Earlier this season, Dunker struck out 19 of the 21 batters he faced while tossing a perfect game.
• County Line remained unranked in the final 2A baseball poll of the regular season, but the Rivals — it’s a co-op between Wiley and McClave — are now 13-3, including a double-header sweep of then-No. 1 Swink on Saturday.
• Grand Junction boys basketball coach Dutch Johnson resigned to become an assistant at Colorado Mesa next season, according to this tweet.
• Longmont volleyball coach Holli Stetson has resigned, according to BoCoPreps.com, following a difficult season during which she endured the death of her father and had a variety of health issues.
• Spring championship season around the corner, and most of the events will be carried on the NFHS Network. The Network recently released an official app — download it here.
• Ponderosa’s booster club tweeted out new jerseys the team will wear next season under first-year coach Jaron Cohen. Here’s away, and home.
• Brandon Bailey, a 2013 graduate of Broomfield, was named the West Coast Conference’s baseball player of the week on Monday. He pitched a complete-game win over Saint Mary’s last Saturday, allowing just one earned run on eight hits. He also struck out a career-high seven batters. Bailey, who didn’t pitch his senior season because of an arm injury, is now 4-5 with a 3.24 ERA for the Bulldogs as a freshman.
• Greeley West is looking for boys and girls basketball coaches. Apply here.

Columbine senior Anthony SanFilippo (2) puts a shot on Monarch goalie Connor Johnson (30) in the first quarter Monday night. (Dennis Pleuss)

LAKEWOOD — It took a little extra time for Columbine boys lacrosse to complete its third straight undefeated season in conference play.

Senior Anthony SanFilippo scored his fifth goal of the game for the Rebels (11-4, 7-0 in Front Range League) on Monday night midway through the second overtime period off an assist from senior Reid Harris. Columbine, ranked No. 8 in this week’s CHSAANow.com 5A boys’ lacrosse poll, escaped Trailblazer Stadium with an 11-10 victory against Monarch.

“It was definitely a little longer than we wanted. We put ourselves in that position,” SanFilippo said. “We ended up getting down to business and getting it done.”

Columbine senior Anthony SanFilippo (2) tracks down Monarch sophomore Derek Coleman during the first half Monday at Trailblazer Stadium. SanFilippo led the Rebels with five goals and an assist in Columbine’s 11-10 victory. (Dennis Pleuss)

The Rebels appeared to be well in control when sophomore Nick Stasch scored off an assist from SanFilippo. The goal gave Columbine an 8-4 lead with 9:43 remaining in the fourth quarter. However, the Coyotes (8-5, 3-4) stormed back with five unanswered goals in the span of just more than seven minutes to take a 9-8 lead.

Monarch grabbed its first lead of the game when junior Phil Bubernak’s long shot beat Columbine goalie Hayden Melvin with 2:18 left in regulation time.

“We thought we could win it. We started clicking as a team,” said Bubernak, who finished with three goals and an assist to lead the Coyotes. “We have a ton of one-goal losses where we came out too slow and then we get back into it in the fourth quarter.”

Columbine answered back seconds later when a goal from SanFilippo off an assist from junior Landon Kramer. Bubernak responded right back with a goal with 1:38 left to give Monarch a 10-9 advantage.

“Monarch got on a run and we couldn’t stop them,” SanFilippo said.

The Rebels needed a goal from Kramer with just 11.3 second left to force overtime.

After a scoreless first overtime period, Columbine senior Reid Harris rushed into the Coyotes’ defensive zone. Harris found SanFilippo who was able to take his time and work a shot from pointblank range past Monarch goalie Connor Johnson.

Columbine junior Cole VonFeldt (7) congratulates junior Landon Kramer (3) after a first-quarter goal Monday at Trailblazer Stadium. The Rebels needed double-overtime to take an 11-10 victory over Monarch. (Dennis Pleuss)

Columbine had already wrapped the league title going into Monday’s game.

“It’s definitely great to have three undefeated season in conference,” SanFilippo said. “It’s great to own your conference, but we really want to get out there and show what we can do in the playoffs.”

The Rebels were the No. 2 seed going into last year’s state tournament, but were upset by No. 7 seed and eventual state champion Arapahoe in the quarterfinals.

While Columbine’s regular season in complete, Monarch has home games against Chatfield (Thursday) and Cherokee Trail (Saturday). The Coyotes must win both to have any hope of making the postseason.

“We just have to sit, wait and see,” Bubernak said. “We’ll just have to go win our last two games and hopefully other things play out that we get in.”

CHSAA will release the bracket for the 5A boys lacrosse state tournament May 5. First-round games in 5A will be completed by May 8.

Monarch sophomore Chad Kreuzer (9) looks for a way around Columbine’s (from left to right) Jacen White, Hayden Melvin and Landon Kramer during the second quarter Monday night. (Dennis Pleuss)

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The Niwot High School Choir had an opportunity thousands dream of hope to realize as adults.

Niwot’s choir took part in a one-night-only concert version of the musical The Titanic on Broadway in February. The concert, held at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, returned to the stage seventeen years after Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s Tony-award winning musical debuted. Students from Niwot were invited to participate in the celebration of the musical after being selected by Manhattan Concert Productions upon submission of an audio recording of their music.

“They invite students from across the country,” Kim Watkins, Niwot’s Vocal Music Director, said of the event. “The chorus was comprised of a little over 200 students from across the country at various (high) schools. We had 26 students from Niwot participate and I opened it up to anyone in an auditioned choir. They could choose to pick the trip or not, and if they were in a non-auditioned choir they had to audition for me for the opportunity to attend. Then we prepared them in advance.

“The Broadway stars and the guy that conducted them on Broadway and a lot of the original Broadway cast came out and played the leading roles,” Watkins added. “The kids got to participate in the chorus, got to have a lot of rehearsal time with the principle characters and watched them in action. There was a cast party and they got to talk to them and take photos and ask questions. It was a really cool experience.”

Joe Castinado, a junior at Niwot, won the coveted role of the Bell Boy. He was the only person in a named role that had never been on Broadway before.

“It was such an incredible opportunity,” Watkins said of her students’ participation in the musical. “These high school students essentially got to be on Broadway for a night. They had the opportunity to assemble with this Tony award winning cast and to perform under a conductor who has this huge reputation and has conducted all these major Broadway shows.

“It was just such an amazing experience for the students to be exposed to the conductor and to all of the Broadway stars. I came away from it thinking it was one of the most incredible things I’ve been a part of and I think a lot of the students would say that it was the best experience of their life.”

The Niwot choir is one of 12 outstanding high school groups selected to attend the CHSAA Vocal Music Gala, a special concert held on Friday, May 2.

Niwot will be performing songs unrelated to The Titanic. Watkins said there are lots of legalities involved when it comes to performing musicals at the Gala and, for CHSAA Festivals, classical music is encouraged.

“We’re going to perform our festival literature,” Watkins said of Friday’s concert. “We’re singing four pieces and they have nothing do with Titanic. We will be performing the literature we sang for the judges at the CHSAA Large Group Northern that just happened a couple of weeks ago.”

The Gala will showcase choirs from the following high schools: Lutheran, Castle View, Air Academy, Montezuma-Cortez, Palmer Ridge, Mitchell, D’Evelyn, Harrison, Loveland, Discovery Canyon, Niwot and Lewis-Palmer.

The concert will be held at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and senior citizens. Seating at the Newman Center is limited, so it is highly encouraged to buy tickets in advance (303-871-7720) or show up early at the ticket box office.

ARVADA — Connor Roth, Tyler Carlson and Jacob Knipp each homered as Ralston Valley baseball beat Lakewood 11-2 on Monday.

Daniel Jurney was also 1-for-4 with three RBIs, while Jordan Holloway threw six innings for the win. Holloway allowed four hits and two earedn runs, while striking out nine against four walks.

Regis Jesuit is No. 1 in this week’s 5A baseball ranking. (Matt Mathewes/MVPSportsPics.com)

For the second consecutive week, there’s a new team atop CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A baseball ranking. This time, Regis Jesuit has ascended to the top.

The Raiders, now 14-3, went 3-0 last week — including a 7-5 win over then-No. 6 ThunderRidge. They are now 9-0 in the always tough Continental League, and are riding an 11-game winning streak.

Fairview actually received the same amount of first-place votes (six) that Regis Jesuit did, but remained at No. 2 with 125 overall points to the Raiders’ 137. The Knights are now 16-1 — 13-0 against in-state teams.

Columbine stayed at No. 3 after going 2-1 last week. Included was a 12-6 win over Chatfield, which at the time was ranked No. 1. But the Rebels also dropped a game to Arvada West, which had an amazing week with wins over the Nos. 1, 3 and 8 teams.

Arvada West jumped into the rankings at No. 6, just behind No. 5 Chatfield and No. 4 Mountain Vista.

ThunderRidge dropped to No. 7, Rocky Mountain is No. 8 and Chaparral is No. 9. Cherry Creek rejoined the poll at No. 10.

There are also new teams atop the 3A and 2A polls. In 3A, Eaton received nine of the 10 first-place votes to overtake Holy Family, which dropped to No. 2. In 2A, Resurrection Christian got five of the seven first-place votes and took over for Swink, which also fell to No. 2.

Windsor retained its spot atop the 4A ranking, and Stratton held firm atop 1A.

The 4A poll added Pueblo East at No. 9, and also saw Lewis-Palmer move from No. 5 to No. 3, and Evergreen go from No. 7 to No. 4.

3A added Bayfield (No. 8), while 2A added Limon (No. 9) and Lyons (No. 10).

With the regular season ending Tuesday, these rankings will serve as the final poll of the regular season.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Baseball 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.

Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A

Denver East is No. 5 in this week’s girls lacrosse poll. (Tim Visser/TimVisserPhotography.com)

Denver East has joined the top five of this week’s CHSAANow.com girls lacrosse ranking.

The Angels went 2-0 last week, including a 16-13 win over then-No. 5 Cherry Creek. They are now 12-2, and ranked No. 5.

Centaurus continued its stay atop the poll, and continued to be followed by No. 2 Chatfield, No. 3 Air Academy and No. 4 Arapahoe.

With the regular season ending on Saturday, this will serve as the final poll of the regular season.

The complete poll is below.

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CHSAANow.com Girls Lacrosse Poll

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.

Rock Canyon is No. 9 in this week’s 5A boys lacrosse poll. (Mark Adams)

Rock Canyon has rejoined CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A boys lacrosse poll.

The Jaguars are No. 9 this week after extending their winning streak to five games.

Elsewhere, Regis Jesuit remained at No. 1 — and is actually a unanimous pick this week. The Raiders are now 15-0.

Wheat Ridge is also a unanimous No. 1 pick in 4A. Air Academy was the lone newcomer to that ranking, joining at No. 10.

These rankings will serve as the final of the regular season with the schedule ending on Saturday and the postseason beginning next week.

Complete rankings for both classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Lacrosse 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.

Go to: 5A | 4A

Jefferson Academy had one of the bigger jumps of the week, moving up to No. 3 in Class 3A. (Pam Wagner)

With the playoffs just around the corner, girls soccer seems to have a pretty clear picture. For now, anyway.

Not only did none of the No. 1 teams change this week, none of the three classes added a new team in this week’s CHSAANow.com rankings.

There were jumps here and there — Jefferson Academy went from No. 6 to No. 3 in 3A; Palmer Ridge from No. 10 to No. 8 in 4A — but most of the movement amounted to tinkering.

The No. 1 teams this week are Pine Creek (5A), Cheyenne Mountain (4A) and Colorado Academy (3A).

With the regular season ending on Friday, these will serve as the final rankings.

Complete polls for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Girls Soccer 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.

Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION
NOTICE OF POSITION OPENING

POSITION

• Administrative Assistant – Colorado High School Activities Association
• Job Purpose – To provide administrative support to Bethany Brookens, Assistant Commissioner.

MAJOR DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assume receptionist duties, greet public, answer phones, route calls, manage mailings, and work with a team of individuals. 
• Assist with and learn to have a highly proficient understanding of the Association’s sanctioned sports and activities.
• Facilitate event registration and assist with event execution.
• Produce minutes from various CHSAA Committee meetings. 
• Help organize and coordinate multiple meetings and conferences throughout the year. 
• Troubleshoot computer and IT issues within the office.
• Produce and edit personnel documents and policy handbooks.
• Responsible for assisting all the administrators and administrative assistants, as needed.
• Maintain appropriate and confidential interpersonal relationships with employees, peers, parents, and school representatives.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team.
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office Software (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proficient with computers and willingness to learn different computer databases.
• Proficient in social media marketing and promotions.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with diverse populations.
• Demonstrated self-motivator; strong organization is a must.
• Ability to multi-task, work well under pressure, and have innovative ideas.  
• Ability to represent the Association in a professional and enthusiastic manner.
• Passionate about high school sports and activities. 

SALARY

• Commensurate with qualifications 

BENEFITS

• Public Employees Retirement Association; Medical, Dental and Vision Plans; Sick Leave; Vacation; Life Insurance Survivor Benefit.

APPLICATION

• (No application form) Forward a cover letter, a current resume, a list of three to five references (no letters, but include title, address and phone numbers). Include current salary of present position.

SUBMIT TO: 

Bud Ozzello, Assistant Commissioner   (303) 344-5050
bozzello@chsaa.org
CHSAA
14855 E. 2nd Avenue
Aurora, CO  80011

TIMELINE, APPLICATION PROCESS

Opening announced: April 28, 2014
Deadline for receipt of applications: May 16, 2014
Conclude initial screening of applicants: May 23, 2014
Conclude interview of applicants: June 2, 2014
Announce selection of Administrative Assistant: June 6, 2014