The final week of hoops before winter break has left us all begging for more and eagerly awaiting league play when we return in 2016.

Let’s check out the non-conference, tournament, and out-of-state action that even the December snow, couldn’t slow. And not to be overshadowed by this week’s snow and stellar action on our Colorado courts, the Overland Trailblazers just “blazed a trail” through Las Vegas that will squarely place them in the national rankings.

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Week in review

Monday, Dec. 14:

• Arvada West needed a duo to step up and they got just that in Dallas Walton’s 22-point, 9-rebound effort alongside Will Wittman’s 22-point, 12-rebound double-double in win over Castle View.
• Monarch has won some close ones early this year and does again with 59-56 win over Loveland.
• Started slow with a 16-10 first quarter but did the action ever pick up as Douglas County outlasted Prairie View 83-77 with CJ Jetta clocking a 20-point, 12-rebound double-double. Check out Matt Mathewes’ full report.
• Denver South coming into form and earned a nice 73-70 win over 5A Rampart with an impressive six players in double figure scoring led by senior Chudier Bile’s 16 points, 9 rebounds.
• The GW Patriots had four players in double figures with Jon’il Fugett and Daylen Kountz both hitting for 23 as they were rude visitors to Gateway in winning 86-52.
• A lil Ball Fever “dig” into the stats here as we all know the sad news of Chris Helbig missing this season due to injury but how about “FRESHMAN ALERT”: 6-foot-3 Kyle Helbig with 15 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals in Holy Family’s 12-point win over Silver Creek.
• Wheat Ridge’s Travis Cohan and Nashon Thomas score 18 to lift them over Frederick.

Tuesday, Dec. 15:

• Mother Nature 1, CHSAA Hoops 0 on this day folks!

Wednesday, Dec. 16:

• The Fever Crew made it over to Aurora Central hosting the Montbello (FNE) Warriors in a match of teams hoping to crack the top-10 and continue strong play. Senior point guard Sekou Cisse sealed the deal for the Warriors scoring all points down the stretch, 16 points, 11 rebounds overall for Cisse while the Trojans went totally cold in their gym late in the game.
• Smoky Hill visiting Rangeview in a weather make-up was the battle of Buffalo youth vs. seasoned vets or the Raiders and Rangeview’s Tyrei Randall’s 22 points along side fellow senior Elijah Reed’s 25-point, 10-rebound double-double was plenty for the No. 3 Raiders to pull away.
• Really like CJ Jennings from down south at Sierra and his 25-point, 4-rebound, 2-assist, 2-steal night led to a big win over Falcon.
• 4A Thomas Jefferson came out strong in first half at Cherokee Trail leading early but Jaizec Lottie and David Thornton turned it on second half scoring 27 and 20 points respectively leading to an 18-point romp.
• Doherty walked into the Legend gym full of confidence and balance … both showed brightly. Check out Matt Daniels’ photo report here.
• Score keeper was busy as Mountain Range and Prairie View battled to a 92-86 final. Check out Tyler Smith’s “monsta” double-double of 25 points, 17 rebounds in the win for Mountain Range while Trey Marble scored 31 in the loss.
• The state’s No. 1-squad started the Las Vegas “Tarkanian Classic” tournament on a team beating nationally renowned Cal Poly by 19 points in Vegas!
• No. 2 ThunderRidge flexed their muscles bullying Columbine 74-31 on the road with nine players scoring led by Stetson-bound Clay Verk’s 16.
• The score keeper needs to keep the coffee close by and stay alert when Michael Ranson is in the house. “Dirty Mike” struck again this time dropping 45 points as Pueblo Central scored 107 vs Mesa Ridge. Bring your track shoes!
• Keep an eye on the Bison from Vista Peak! Another strong road win 77-56 at Niwot with Te’Rae Johnson scoring 19.
• That Arapahoe balance was on display this night as four Warriors were in double figures led by Kyle Lukasiewicz 19 in the rivalry 18-point beating of Heritage.

Thursday, Dec. 17:

• Chatfield, new to the CHSAANow top-10, kept their streak going with a 1-point overtime win over Palmer. Dan Morhmann has the action shots.
• Well “Aloha” Denver East! The Angels started their Hawaii road trip with 68-44 win over Foothill Nevada. Seniors led as Daytone Jennings scored 16 alongside Deron Harrell’s 15 points.
• Unofficially we have our buddy sharp-shooter Kolton Peterson scoring 43 points as Lakewood gets a signature win over Mountain Vista.
• Had to do a lil Ball Fever “dig” on Mead as they are getting votes for our 4A top-10 and take a look at Walker Korrell putting up 28 points as they take down Pueblo East 73-44.
• No. 3 Ranked Rangeview marched into Cherry Creek and came away with the last second win on Ellijah Blake’s game winning bucket. Matt Minton took the action in.
• We marked this game as Eaglecrest’s first “test” on the road at a hot Boulder squads home but Colbey Ross’ 21 points helped the Raptors lead from beginning to end and win by 16.
• Castle View will face a TOUGH schedule in the Continental league and earned a solid win in non league over a good Grand Junction squad 77-73.
• Dakota Ridge was surging but a surprising Grandview Wolves squad halted that taking them down 77-67.

Friday, Dec. 18:

• Mike Ranson strikes another 40-plus game for Pueblo Central but even that wasn’t enough to take down the balance of No. 2 Valor and Dan Morhmann was on the scene. Find photos here.
• Some northern bragging rights on the line as Legacy and Broomfield tangle. Eagles down by five at halftime battled back to win by two with Nate Lehnerz scoring 14.
• Boulder has tackled a tough non-league scheduled and that continued as they got back on track with nine-point home win over Aurora Central led by Luke Wilson’s 13 points.
• Douglas County has been playing good ball but Monarch couldn’t tell as they beat them by 30 Friday night.
• No. 8 Rock Canyon is another of our teams “rep’n the 303” out of state in Las Vegas as well and Isaac Hirsch’s 20 points got them off to a solid start with 2-point win over Godby.
• The Sabercats are on the road as well and Braxton Bertolette is on fire this time scoring 22 points in Fossil Ridge’s Las Vegas win over Coral Academy.
• Let’s continue our look at tournament travelers with Overland beating perennial Utah tough Bingham by nine points in Las Vegas.
• Speaking of travel efforts, how about Denver East’s 29-8 fourth quarter advantage to get another win in Hawaii over Provo UT 65-46! Deron Harrell led with 17 points and junior guard Joe Abiakam was “stat-stuffin” 11 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals.
• ThunderRidge making it look easy as well on their road trip winning 74-44 over Tolleson with Wyoming commit Austin Mueller putting in 18 points.
• No. 3 Pueblo South continues to take no prisoners as they ring up a 90-52 win over Mitchell.
• Is there a squad with more balance than Doherty’s five players consistently scoring double digits? This night, Kayden Washington couldn’t miss scoring 23 as the Spartans won 94-75 over Mesa Ridge.
• 4A No. 1 Longmont and Justinian Jessup’s 21 kept their train rolling with a 24-point win over Poudre.

Saturday, Dec. 19

• We’ve talked about Regis’ Geoff Kelly coming into his own and his 26 points vs. George Washington did nothing to detract from that belief. Jack Eberhard was in the house Saturday night.
• The Mullen Mustangs didn’t have a single player score in double figures but didn’t need it to win the title game of their annual tournament beating a solid 4A Sand Creek team by 10.
• Denver East’s Hawaii run came to an end vs. a strong Moreau Catholic squad. The Angels battled until the end getting the lead down to two points in the final minute before senior Daytone Jennings (16-point, 21-rebound “monsta” double-double) fouled out on a tough call late in the game. Moreau went on to win by 6.
• Looks like Devante Jones is back in the lineup for Dakota Ridge and it will make a difference as he made his presence felt with 28 points, eight rebounds in win over Arapahoe.
• This time it was Troy Brady’s turn to lead No. 2 ThunderRidge in their traveling tourney with 17 points in their easy 40-point win over Browne.
• These FNE (Montbello) Warriors have been finding their way behind senior leader Sekou Cisse who followed up the double-double at Aurora Central with a 16-point, 9-rebound effort as the Warriors ran away from Hinkley.
• Well, this is something the Fever Crew has simply NEVER typed before: 16-of-21 from 3-point land part of Braxton Bertolette’s 48 points for Fossil Ridge in Las Vegas. Turn him loose Coach Johannsen … turn him loose! That’s the kinda “green light” Ball Fever likes to see!
• Some sweet double-double efforts this week and in the battle of Highlands Ranch Valor’s Jalen Sanders had 21 points, 14 rebounds as the Eagles beat H-Ranch by 20. And by the way, Dylan McCaffrey can do a little more than play quarterback as he joined our hoops fun scoring 17 points of his own!
• Mead has been flirting with our 4A top-10 and they played No. 3 Pueblo South tough but South won it 66-61 … need those stats!
• The Fever Crew likes to call 4A No. 1 Longmont “quietly trucking along” and that’s exactly what they continued to do with 51-32 win over Windsor.
• Only right we end this week with our state’s No. 1 squad making a huge statement on the national stage taking down Bishop Gorman with a last-second bucket by big De’Ron Davis to seal the Trail Blazers undefeated run in the Tarkanian Classic Platinum Division. Big De’Ron will consistently do his thing vs. the nation’s best as he has proven but the addition of Jervae Robinson returning to the roster and “scoring in bunches” in Vegas led to him bringing home the MVP of the Platinum Division. This run will have Overland knocking on the door of national rankings which is awesome for CO Hoops! Can’t remember a national run vs. top national comp like this. Congrats Coach Fisher and crew!

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A look ahead to this week’s top games

The Cherry Creek Tournament dominates the action this week!

Monday, Dec. 21:

• Pine Creek at Highlands Ranch get Creek tourney started.
• Legend is in jeopardy of falling out of 5A top-10 and have to tangle with a feisty 4A Thomas Jefferson.
• Doherty at Regis as the Spartans seek to take down another Aurora top squad.
• Fountain-Fort Carson and Lincoln in more Cherry Creek tourney action. ThunderRidge and Denver East continue out of state action.

Tuesday, Dec. 22:

• Lincoln at Cherry Creek…they will beat each other up!
• Fountain-Fort Carson at Highlands Ranch.
• Pine Creek at Legend in more Cherry Creek play.
• Eaglecrest takes their show into Chaparral in the evening.
• Littleton at Gateway.

Wednesday, Dec. 23:

• Pine Creek at Cherry Creek.
• Lincoln vs Legend in Creek tourney.
• Fountain-Fort Carson and Thomas Jefferson at Creek.

After Wednesday, the winter break kicks into effect until Jan. 2.

What a week of hoops folks! The snow couldn’t stop the in-state play and our young men’s performances out-of-state have college coaches and national writers paying attention to what’s going on in the 303 and 719 … as well they should!

THORNTON — Fairview (Class 5A) and Valor Christian (4A) won girls swimming’s 2015 Coaches Invite on Saturday.

The Knights racked up 366 points, well ahead of second-place Regis Jesuit (233). Valor Christian’s 288 points out-paced runner-up Evergreen (114 points).

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AURORA — Geoffrey Kelly had 26 points as Regis Jesuit boys basketball beat George Washington 66-58 on Saturday.

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MONUMENT — Valor Christian hockey beat Castle View 4-3 on Saturday and has now matched its win total from all of last season.

The Eagles, now 3-1-0 under new coach George Gwozdecky, went 3-14-0 last season.

On Saturday, Michael Fricke and Michael Brown each had a goal and an assist for the Eagles.

Spenser Carothers had a hat trick for Castle View, a first-year program.

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COLORADO SPRINGS — Coronado jumped out to a 3-0 lead and then held on for a 3-2 win over Pine Creek in hockey on Friday.

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CENTENNIAL — Jacob Harding had two goals as Cherry Creek hockey jumped out to a 4-0 lead en route to a 5-1 win over Aspen on Friday.

Daniel Taggart added a goal and two assists for the fourth-ranked Bruins. Scout Stalcup made eight saves.

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PUEBLO – The Valor Christian Eagles are off to a 6-0 start after coming away with an 80-75 win over Pueblo Central Friday night.

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PUEBLO — If there is one word that can describe Valor Christian’s 80-75 win over Pueblo Central, “emotional” would have to be it.

The Eagles and Wildcats scrapped and battled for almost 32 hard minutes before an offensive foul on Mike Ranson resulted in frustration setting in for the Wildcats, allowing the Eagles (6-0 overall) to leave Pueblo with the win. But it didn’t come easy as Ranson continued to put up insane scoring numbers.

On his home floor, Ranson knew that he would have to shine if the Wildcats (5-5) were going to have a chance to take down the state’s second-ranked team. He shot the ball early and often and despite his team being down most of the quarter, he was able to even the score at 22-22 after the first quarter.

“I felt like we hung in there pretty well,” Ranson said. “They were beasts on the boards and I felt like we hung with them.”

Ranson scored 10 of his game-high 44 points in the first eight minutes. And the trend would continue.

It was clear that if Valor was going to come away with a big win on the road, they would have to weather Hurricane Ranson.

“We knew he was going to hit some shots,” Valor guard Jeremy Randle said. “We knew we couldn’t let him make four or five shots in a row to get the momentum of the crowd.”

But it wasn’t a shot that would really get Ranson going. He got tangled up with Valor forward Dylan McCaffrey for a rebound and both players fell to the floor. An extra shove from Ranson earned him a technical foul, but that’s when the scoring came alive.

“He’s a football player first, he goes after the ball,” Wildcats coach Brad Ranson said. “You have to reward him for that. That’s maybe a hard foul, not a technical.”

At the end of the first half, not a single Eagle had scored in double figures but they were balanced enough that being down 43-41 at the break wasn’t too big a concern. The Eagles came out in the second with a 7-0 run to take a 48-43 lead.

But once again, Ranson put the Wildcats on his shoulders. He scored another 11 points to keep the game close going into the fourth quarter.

With just over three minutes remaining, the Eagles had built a 74-67 lead thanks in part to a couple of big baskets from Randle, who finished with 14 points.

Overall, the Eagles had six players in double figures with Jalen Sanders leading the charge with 17.

The Wildcats were able to take advantage of an 8-3 run to cut the Valor lead to 77-75 with 15 seconds remaining. Pueblo Central had the ball. There was no doubt that Ranson would get the ball in his hands.

He made a move to the right side of the court, but a slight extension of his arm prompted an offensive foul call. Rangoon’s shot went down, but it wouldn’t count.

Mayhem ensued and a Central coach was ejected, giving the Eagles four free throws, the ball and the win.

“We were playing with so much emotion and it was fun,” Brad Ranson said. “It was unfortunate that it had to come to (an offensive foul call), because that was no push. That was a step-back three in his eye.”

Nonetheless, the Wildcats showed that even without Kobi Betts, who was lost for the year to a torn ACL, they are still capable of playing at a high level.

“Kobi was a huge loss and you can’t replace a guy like that,” Mike Ranson said. “But we’re going to keep fighting.”

GREENWOOD VILLAGE — Rangeview, ranked No. 3 in Class 5A, held off a tough Cherry Creek squad in a 65-63 boys basketball win on Thursday.

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The 2015 all-state football teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues and then a vote of coaches.

Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A | 8-man | 6-man

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Class 5A

Player of the year: Dylan McCaffrey, Valor Christian

Coach of the year: Jay Madden, Pomona

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Hayden Blubaugh	Grandview	Junior	RB
Max Borghi	Pomona	Sophomore	RB/CB
Robert Congel	Cherry Creek	Senior	OL
Javier Craft	Cherry Creek	Senior	CB/WR/FS
Noah Elliss	Valor Christian	Junior	OL/DL
Ace Escobedo	Regis Jesuit	Senior	DT/NG
JT Gentry	Columbine	Senior	OT/DE
Mikey Griebel	Columbine	Junior	RB/CB
Alijah Halliburton	Overland	Senior	S
David Imola	Cherry Creek	Senior	DT/OT
Todd Jones	Boulder	Senior	RB/SS
Carlo Kemp	Fairview	Senior	LB/RB
Jarred Kendziorski	Valor Christian	Senior	K/P
Elijah Leyva	Pomona	Senior	MLB/TE
Jake Lowry	Columbine	Senior	QB
Matt Lynch	Legacy	Senior	QB
Santino Marchiol	Cherry Creek	Junior	LB/FB
Dominic Marquez	Pomona	Senior	DT/OG
Dylan McCaffrey	Valor Christian	Junior	QB
Jake Moretti	Pomona	Junior	OL
Dillon Reinkensmeyer	Valor Christian	Senior	OL/DL
Ashton Torres	Cherokee Trail	Senior	OT/OG
Jonathan Van diest	Cherry Creek	Junior	DE/LB
Ben Waters	Valor Christian	Senior	WR/DB

Second Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
TeQuan Baker	Doherty	Senior	RB/CB
Maurice Barley	Chatfield	Senior	DE/DT
Dawson Cranmer	Chaparral	Senior	DE/LB
Ford Edwards	Chaparral	Senior	K
Zach Gomez	Arvada West	Senior	DE
Cameron Gonzales	Pomona	Junior	RB/LB
Raymond Haas	Arapahoe	Senior	FS/WR
Jake L’heureux	Boulder	Senior	WR/CB
Marcus McElroy Jr	Mullen	Junior	RB
Pete Mitchell	Arapahoe	Senior	QB
John Monnahan	Ralston Valley	Senior	OC/DT
Hassani Moore	Denver East	Senior	WR
Luke Morrone	Arapahoe	Senior	MLB/DE
Robert Moss	Grandview	Junior	OG/NG
Dillon Pace	Westminster	Senior	RB/FS
Tim Pless	Heritage	Senior	WR/CB
Joe Richart	Grandview	Senior	NG
Gerardo Rodriguez	Westminster	Senior	OG/DT
DeAndre Shorts	Grandview	Senior	MLB
Braden Smith	Lakewood	Senior	CB/RB
Matthew Steele	Doherty	Senior	OC/OT
Jack Stoll	Regis Jesuit	Senior	TE
Tommy Wakefield	Fairview	Junior	WR
Matt Yockey	Mountain Vista	Senior	NG

Honorable mention: Mitchel Anderson, Mountain Vista, Senior, K; Broden Baker, Legend, Senior, OG/OT; Isiahia Banks, Mullen, Junior, FS/WR; Derek Coleman, Legacy, Senior, TE/DL; Trevor Elser, Monarch, Junior, K/P; Elijah Larry, Horizon, Senior, DL/FB; Nolan Laufenberg, Castle View, Junior, OT/DT; Dalton Lawrence, Rock Canyon, Senior, OG/LS/DL; Ashton Mansur, Columbine, Junior, OT; George Marpaung, Rangeview, Senior, OG/DT; Ryan Marquez, Pomona, Sophomore, QB/CB; Brandon Micale, Pomona, Junior, DT; Cedric Moreno, Grandview, Senior, DE; Matt Peppercorn, Regis Jesuit, Senior, OT/OG; Drew Petit, Brighton, Senior, DT/DE; Logan Richards, Rocky Mountain, Senior, OT/OG; Kyle Rush, Ralston Valley, Senior, RB; Koby Soden, Fairview, Sophomore, OL; Dalton Thorpe, Heritage, Senior, TE/DE/P; Clayton Voytilla, Fruita Monument, Senior, OOT/DT; Darian Williams, Eaglecrest, Senior, WR.

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Class 4A

Player of the year: JoJo Domann, Pine Creek

Coach of the year: Chris Jones, Windsor

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Conlan Berger	Longmont	Senior	RB/WR
Bryce Devries	Pine Creek	Senior	OL
JoJo Domann	Pine Creek	Senior	SS/WR
Charles Dunkelman	Loveland	Senior	RB/MLB
Ayden Eberhardt	Loveland	Senior	QB
Storm Fox	Windsor	Junior	DE/DT
Jake Grimm	Ponderosa	Senior	OL/DL
Nolan Lanckriet	Windsor	Senior	OG/OC/ILB
Marcus Lindsay	Denver South	Junior	RB/MLB
Jeremy Lujan	Dakota Ridge	Senior	RB/KR
Lawrence Mayberry	Durango	Senior	RB/SS
Isiah Pannunzio	Pueblo South	Senior	TE/DE
Brad Peeples	Windsor	Junior	QB/WB
Louie Quinones	Vista Ridge	Senior	RB
Teriek Roberts	Denver South	Senior	OT/DL
Cooper Rothe	Longmont	Senior	CB/K
Isaiah Sanders	Palmer Ridge	Senior	QB/FS
Sean Schumacher	Longmont	Senior	OC
Conner Stewart	Vista Ridge	Senior	OT/DE
Zach Swartwout	Loveland	Junior	DE
Corte Tapia	Windsor	Junior	ILB/DE/TE
Elway Tubbs	Vista Ridge	Senior	QB
Jack Wibbels	Pine Creek	Senior	DE/LB

Second Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Marquis Arrington	Coronado	Senior	RB/CB/SS
Lucas Baken	Durango	Senior	WR
Sam Bostak	Fort Collins	Senior	DL/RB
Matt Brady	Ponderosa	Senior	TE/DL
Matt Caesar	Dakota Ridge	Senior	OL
Tayler Clifton	Pine Creek	Senior	DL
Keegan Cryder	Dakota Ridge	Junior	OT/DE
Zack Culter	Wheat Ridge	Senior	OG/DL
Justin Curtis	Thompson Valley	Senior	OG/DE
Xavier Dreiling	Wheat Ridge	Senior	MLB/DE
Logan Goodner	Longmont	Senior	MLB/RB
Dremond Griffin	Denver South	Junior	ATH/DB
Brannan Hafer	Pine Creek	Senior	OL
Adrian King	George Washington	Senior	TE/MLB
Zach Moser	Windsor	Junior	WB/WR
Kacin Nowlin	Pine Creek	Senior	LB/LS
Micheal Retland	Aurora Central	Senior	TB/DE
Donovan Roker	Greeley West	Junior	OC/DE
Landon Schmidt	Windsor	Senior	FS/WB/KR
Matt Seal	Wheat Ridge	Senior	K
AJ Sena	Pueblo Centennial	Senior	QB/CB
Kahseem Stevenson	Denver South	Junior	DT/OL/LB
Nicco Young	Wheat Ridge	Senior	QB/CB

Honorable mention: Zac Alwais, Palmer Ridge, Senior, OG/NG; Fransicos Aranda, Aurora Central, Junior, RB/LB; Michael Benz, Pueblo South, Senior; Mike Berg, Thompson Valley, Junior, LB/RB; Wyatt Bishop, Montrose, Senior, OL/LB; Adam Burtschi, Rampart, Junior, OG/DT; Jon Curti, Palmer, Senior, QB/LB; Ben Freeman, Fort Collins, Senior, OG/DE; Efren Hernandez, Greeley Central, Senior, RB/DB; Laitham Johnson, Durango, Senior, OT/DE; Anthony Kasper, Silver Creek, Senior, RB/DB; Dennis Landry, Mountain View, Senior, QB; Hunter Meade, Widefield, Junior, OT; Ty Murphy, Falcon, Senior, QB; Carter Ortiz, Pueblo West, Senior, FB/MLB; Ben Quinones, Standley Lake, Senior, OL/DL; George Silvanic, Palmer Ridge, Senior, DE/OT/K; Ryan Strabala, Coronado, Senior, MLB/OT; Eli Sullivan, Longmont, Senior, WR/RB; Zach Thatcher, Pueblo Centennial, Senior, OG/OT.

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Class 3A

Player of the year: Daniel Martin, Pueblo East

Coach of the year: Lee Meisner, Pueblo East

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Alonso Archuleta	Roosevelt	Senior	OT/NG
Beau Beattie	Discovery Canyon	Senior	OC/DT
Luke Bethany	The Classical Academy	Senior	DT/OG
Joe Brendemihl	Roosevelt	Senior	OG
Owen Burke	D’Evelyn	Senior	QB
Matt Call	Discovery Canyon	Senior	QB/ILB
Stephen Davignon	Delta	Senior	OG/DE
Charlie Davis	D’Evelyn	Senior	WR/DB
Bruno DeRose	Pueblo East	Senior	MLB/FB
Gerardo Diaz	Pueblo East	Senior	DL/OL
James Doyle	D’Evelyn	Senior	MLB/OL
Joey Fox	Evergreen	Senior	DT/OG/LB
Chris Helbig	Holy Family	Senior	QB/CB
Tate Kembel	Fort Morgan	Junior
Ty Leyba	Rifle	Senior	RB/SS
Isaac Maestas	Palisade	Junior	RB/LB
Alex Mai	Fort Morgan	Senior	NG
Daniel Martin	Pueblo East	Senior	QB/CB/P
Toby McBride	Fort Morgan	Senior	FB/DE
Nick Pavlik	Lewis-Palmer	Senior	SB/CB
Jonny Ponce	Delta	Senior	RB/FS
Davis Price	Evergreen	Senior	K/P
Ricardo Young	Lutheran	Senior	OL/DL

Second Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Tyler Baack	Evergreen	Senior	OT/DE
Jacob Barker	Conifer	Senior	OL/DL
Tyler Bosshardt	Rifle	Senior	SB/CB
Josh Cusworth	Pueblo County	Senior	DT/OT
Will Domier	Holy Family	Senior	DE/FB
Franny Gonzalez	Fort Morgan	Senior	K
Jayce Hall	The Classical Academy	Senior	RB/FS/ATH
Dylan Holt	Vista Peak Prep	Junior	WR/CB
C.J Jacquet	Mead	Senior	OG
Trey McBride	Fort Morgan	Sophomore
Alex Miller	The Classical Academy	Senior	FS/WB
Carlos Ortega	Roosevelt	Senior	RB
Daniel Pangelinan	Harrison	Senior	OL/DL
Joey Paradiso	Pueblo County	Senior	SB/QB
Cole Petrovics	Evergreen	Senior	MLB/FB
Beau Priegnitz	Evergreen	Senior	DE/OL/SS
PD Riddle	Palisade	Junior	QB/LB
Jacob Robles	Pueblo East	Senior	DL/OL
Frank Rosales	Fort Morgan	Senior	MLB
Jack Roy	Discovery Canyon	Junior	OC/ILB
Livan Santander	Delta	Junior	OL/DL
Matt Sorenson	Palisade	Senior	QB/LB/WR
Andrew Vigil	Centaurus	Senior	WR/CB

Honorable mention: Seth Ausman, Evergreen, Senior, WR/SS/CB; Donavaughn Baucom, Thomas Jefferson, Junior, ILB; Tristan Brown, Delta, Junior, RB/LB; Deyvon Butler, Skyview, Sophomore, RB; Beau Byers, Delta, Junior, WR/CB; Anders Carlson, The Classical Academy, Junior, K/P; Colton Cline, Elizabeth, Senior, RB/LB; Jake Dack, Lutheran, Junior, OL/DL; Jamie Gray, Berthoud, Senior, OL/ILB; James Hardy, Evergreen, Senior, RB/PR/KR; Alonzo Lopez, Northridge, Junior, RB/LB; Christian Majszak, Roosevelt, Senior, MLB/LB; Ryan Oliver, Lewis-Palmer, Junior, OG/DT; Kyle Peterson, The Classical Academy, Senior, OOT/ILB; Mike Ranson, Pueblo Central, Senior, QB/WR; Dylan Reifeis, Evergreen, Senior, QB; Orlondo Rivera, Roosevelt, Senior, WR/FS; Kole Roberts, Delta, Junior, QB/FS; Devin Schmidt, Roosevelt, Senior, DL/OL; Patrick Vasquez, Fort Lupton, Senior, QB/SS; Daulton Wilkinson, Weld Central, Junior, OL/DL.

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Class 2A

Player of the year: Kelton McCoy, Bayfield

Coach of the year: Gary Heide, Bayfield

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Zane Alsdorf	Bennett	Senior	RB/DT
Cole Bryant	La Junta	Senior	QB
Jake Busmente	Sterling	Senior	TE/MLB
Trai (Larry) Crook	The Academy	Senior	K/P
Kyle Florian	Platte Valley	Senior	OT
Taed Heydinger	Bayfield	Senior	WR/CB
Matt Hoffman	Platte Valley	Senior	WB/SS
Parker Joens	Platte Valley	Senior	OT/DE/TE
Kyle Killough	Bayfield	Senior	OT/MLB
Tanner Kramer	Eaton	Senior	OC/MLB
Rusty Lohr	Eaton	Senior	FB/LB
Noah Loutherback	Bayfield	Senior	OT/DE
Mitchell Martin	Strasburg	Senior	QB/LB
Kelton McCoy	Bayfield	Senior	QB/ILB
Will McKissick	Kent Denver	Senior	RB/MLB
Zane Phelps	Bayfield	Senior	RB/SS
Austin Reitzenstein	Platte Valley	Senior	OL/DL
Carl Schmidt	Kent Denver	Senior	DT/OT
Tanner Schwindt	Platte Valley	Senior	QB
Clay Shaver	Brush	Senior	ATH/LB
Zach Spears	The Academy	Senior	OL/DL
William Wallace	Strasburg	Junior	OT/DT
Matt Wells	Kent Denver	Senior	OT/DT

Second Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Cade Becker	Bennett	Junior	DE/FB
AJ DeBerard	The Pinnacle	Senior	OT/LB
Marco Garcia	Alamosa	Senior	RB/FS/QB
Parker Gilliland	Platte Valley	Senior	CB/WR
Juan Gomez	Valley	Senior	RB/DT/NG
Anthony Ibarra	Platte Valley	Senior	OL/DL
Colton Ingram	Eaton	Senior	FB/LB
Arnoldo Maltos-Garcia	Brush	Senior	QB/S/CB
Brody McGhehey	Bayfield	Senior	RB/CB
Michael Mitchek	Sterling	Senior	MLB/QB
Tynan Muehlemeyer	Faith Christian	Senior	OT/DT
Trevor Olsen	Faith Christian	Senior	RB/CB
Rafael Pasillas	The Pinnacle	Senior	WR/CB
Stelios Peroulis	Moffat County	Senior	OG/NG
Jesse Rodriquez	Bennett	Sophomore	QB/RB/CB
Isaiah Sanchez	The Academy	Junior	WR/DB/ATH
Justin Schatz	Kent Denver	Senior	WR/CB
Grant Spofford	Kent Denver	Senior	WR/DE/K
Brady Springer	Moffat County	Senior	OG/DT
Dillon Vanhoutan	Florence	Senior	MLB/OT
Tristan Volk	Brush	Senior	OG/DE
Sam Westbrook	Bayfield	Junior	C/NG
Luke Wilson	Kent Denver	Senior	MLB/FB

Honorable mention: Eric Allen, St. Mary’s, Senior, OG/DL; Dax Bender, La Junta, Junior; Wyatt Buhr, La Junta, Sophomore; Conrado Dolores, Roaring Fork, Senior, OL/LB; Reid Hall, Brush, Senior, TE/DE; Chase Keep, Battle Mountain, Senior, WR/DB/K; Joe Martinez, La Junta, Junior; Daniel Martinez, Sheridan, Senior, WR/FS; Ruben Moya, Alameda, Senior, MLB/RB; Tristan Niskanen, Aspen, Senior, TE/DE; Randy Woodward, Brush, Senior, OT/DE; Zeke Zuhlke, Bennett, Senior, MLB/OG.

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Class 1A

Player of the year: Keegan Wentz, Buena Vista

Coach of the year: Matt Flavin, Buena Vista

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Bryce Buhr	Crowley County	Senior	RB/ATH/DB
Cody Coleman	Buena Vista	Senior	OG/DT
Willy Darling	Paonia	Senior	DT/OL
Sabyn Diamond	Buena Vista	Senior	OG/DT
Cooper Eggleston	Buena Vista	Senior	RB/FS
Justin Engesser	Colorado Springs Christian	Junior	QB/DB
Luke Fick	Resurrection Christian	Senior	WR/FS/ATH
Michael Gump	Crowley County	Senior	OT
Trenton Hendricks	Limon	Senior	OL/DL
Jayden Hilferty	Limon	Senior	OL/DL
Jeramiah Hillman	Paonia	Senior
Nathan Howell	Resurrection Christian	Senior	OL/DL
Tyler Illgen	Meeker	Junior	OL/DL/OG
Braden Kappel	Limon	Junior	WR/DB
Warren Minerich	Paonia	Senior	OT/DT/OG
Kaeson Risner	Wiggins	Senior	QB
Matt Schmitt	Resurrection Christian	Senior	OL/LB
Jarod Seery	Ellicott	Senior	WR/DB
TJ Shelton	Meeker	Senior	RB/FS
Trevor Smith	Paonia	Junior	MLB/TE
Michael Stevenson	Resurrection Christian	Junior	K/QB/DB
Taylor Walters	Paonia	Senior	QB/LB/RB
Keegan Wentz	Buena Vista	Senior	QB/ILB
Trey Zupancic	Rye	Senior	RB/SS

Second Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Evan Anderson	Resurrection Christian	Senior	RB/DB
Kevin Bailey	Rye	Junior	QB/LB
Jack Baroni	Buena Vista	Junior	OG/MLB
Keenan Barr	Buena Vista	Senior	FB/MLB
Eryk Bauer	Crowley County	Senior	WR/DE
John-Mark Boucher	Colorado Springs Christian	Senior	OL/DL
Jacob Chrestensen	Salida	Senior	RB/LB/P
Jett County	Burlington	Junior	WR
Matthew Davidson	Ellicott	Junior	QB/DB
Austin Dinis	Wiggins	Senior	WR
Keith Dunagan	Crowley County	Junior	NG
Jake Dunn	Colorado Springs Christian	Senior	WR/DB
Ethan Fritchman	Cedaredge	Senior	OL/DE
Dakota Howe	Ellicott	Senior	OL/DL
Justis Marshall	Burlington	Junior	RB
Jason Murphy	John Mall	Junior	OG/DT
Allan Ochoa	Monte Vista	Senior	NG/OG
Connor Peterson	Platte Canyon	Junior	DT
Devon Pontine	Meeker	Senior	WR/LB
Dagan Rienks	Paonia	Junior	TE/S/QB
Morgan Tooley-Prater	Rye	Senior	DT/OG
Michael Valdez	Monte Vista	Senior	QB/RB/MLB
Josh Yates	Buena Vista	Senior	WR/LB

Honorable mention: Caleb Barnes, Crowley County, Senior, OL; Nic Bauman, Cornerstone Christian Academy, Senior, OL/DL; Cass Chisholm, Front Range Christian, Senior, K; Keshaun Duran, Monte Vista, Junior, QB/FS/P; Benjamin Freer, Colorado Springs Christian, Senior, OL/DL; John Hecker, Resurrection Christian, Senior, WR/DL; Rian James, Highland, Senior, TE/WR/DE; Wade Katzdorn, Hotchkiss, Junior, RB/MLB/LB; Wyatt Lee, Peyton, Senior, MLB/RB; Cyrus Malek-Madani, Paonia, Sophomore, MLB; Brendan Mayden, Holyoke, Junior, OL/ILB; Hayden McGinnis, Buena Vista, Sophomore, OL/DL; Taylor Mussard, Platte Canyon, Senior; David Nance, Wiggins, Junior, OG; Isaac Tadla, Platte Canyon, Junior, MLB/OG.

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8-man

Player of the year: Trey Walter, Sedgwick County

Coach of the year: Chris Michel, Sedgwick County

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Brandon Anderson	Sedgwick County	Senior
Levi Basler	Akron	Junior	RB/S
Austin Couch	Akron	Senior	RB/CB
Kordell Gueck	Haxtun	Senior	QB/CB
Rafe Hutches	Springfield	Senior	RB
Tre Jensen	Granada	Senior	RB/DB
Cole McKinley	Sedgwick County	Senior
Chad Mikelson	Sedgwick County	Junior
Bridger Reese	Akron	Junior	RB/DL
Seth Schneider	Sedgwick County	Senior
Mitch Sides	Dayspring Christian	Senior	OL/DL
Brock Stortenbecker	Sedgwick County	Senior
Trey Walter	Sedgwick County	Senior
Tyler Woodhams	Sedgwick County	Senior
Wyatt Workman	Haxtun	Senior	TE/DE
Joey Younkerman	Sargent	Senior	ATH

Second Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Trenton Armintrout	Norwood	Junior	QB/OC
Gavin Bicknell	Dayspring Christian	Senior	RB/LB
Cordell Curtis	Sargent	Senior	ATH
Caden Eastin	Wiley	Senior
Dillon Fisher	Springfield	Senior	QB
Jacob Gabriel	Kiowa	Senior	QB/LB
Spencer Gatlin	Dove Creek	Senior	G/NG
Jason George	Simla	Senior	WR/TE/DE
Justin Hacsi	Sargent	Junior	ATH
Tyler Hottinger	Akron	Senior	TE/DE
Damian Nieblas	Norwood	Senior	DL/OL/K
Hunter Robins	Hoehne	Junior	RB/DE/TE
Drew Schendel	Merino	Senior	OL/DL
Bruce Taylor	Caliche	Senior
Matt Thieman	Simla	Senior	OC/DE
Caleb Urwiller	Dayspring Christian	Junior	RB/LB

Honorable mention: Andy Borunda, Springfield, Senior, OG; TJ Daughenbaugh, Kiowa, Senior, WR/DE; Jacob Elsberry, Hoehne, Senior, WR/DB; Jake Garnas, Sedgwick County, Senior; Darrion Gibbs, Akron, Senior, RB/CB; Brandon Hazlitt, Hoehne, Senior, WR/DB; Kyle Kreutzer, Hoehne, Junior, TE/DE; Dustin Poss, Akron, Junior, OL/DE; Cade Rober, Sedgwick County, Junior; Devyn Rummel, Norwood, Junior, RB; Jesse Waller, Hoehne, Junior, OL/DL; Tanner Watson, Akron, Senior, RB/CB.

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6-man

Player of the year: Dylan Dixon, Eads

Coach of the year: Dustin Uhland, Eads

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Dylan Dixon	Eads	Senior	RB/S
Luke Duggan	Pawnee	Senior	DB/RB
Caine Farmer	Kit Carson	Senior	RB/DE
Wyatt Kolman	Arickaree/Woodlin	Senior
Ben Lambrecht	Fleming	Senior	DE/TE/FB
Reagan Lane	Eads	Senior	FB/LB
Trent Leoffler	Arickaree/Woodlin	Senior
Trenton Mitchek	Eads	Senior	TE/LB/DE
Jordan Nelson	Peetz	Senior
Logan Vach	Briggsdale	Senior	RB/LB
Alex Vandenbark	Fleming	Junior	FB/MLB
Darian Wagner	Arickaree/Woodlin	Junior

Second Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Tristen Cesko	Flagler	Senior
Jaxon Crawford	Kit Carson	Junior	TE/DB
Justin Duran	Cheraw	Senior	LB/QB
Tristan Headrick	Cheraw	Senior	LB/OL
Cody Hurtado	Genoa-Hugo/Karval	Senior	LB/RB
Jaxon King	Fleming	Junior	QB/LB
Brandon Kohl	Cotopaxi	Senior
Cody Simpson	Aguilar	Senior	RB/S/FS
Marco Solis	Kit Carson	Senior	TE/LB
Joesph Stahley	Fleming	Senior	RB/S
Julian Trujillo	Primero	Senior	RB/ILB
Fred Turner	Eads	Junior	OC/NG
Trevor Warren	La Veta	Junior

Honorable mention: Chase Clements, Miami-Yoder, Junior, RB/LB/OG; Cody Dalton, Hanover, Senior, FB/S/PR; Cole Dunkin, South Park, Senior; Chase Flynn, Stratton/Liberty, Junior, OL/DL/K; Conagher Jones, Arickaree/Woodlin, Senior; Zack Rueb, Briggsdale, Senior, QB/S; Brandon Stewart, Mountain Valley, Junior, TB/LB/QB.