Estes Park has turned to Tom Creech to take over its football program, announcing his hire on Tuesday.

Creech has 17 years of coaching experience, most recently as an assistant at Platte Valley. He has also been an assistant at Loveland.

“I am excited and proud to be a Bobcat and want to take this team to the next level,” Creech said via email on Tuesday. “I hope to get the youth, middle school, student body and community excited and deliver an awesome Friday night experience to go along with the bugling elk his fall! I have a great staff in place and we are ready to get to work this spring and summer.”

Creech takes over for Brian Lund, who was 13-21 in four seasons. Lund took over a program that was 0-10 in 2011, and turned it around to 6-3 in 2012.

Estes Park went 2-7 last season while playing in Class 1A.

The Bobcats will return a number of contributors in 2016, notably quarterback Jordan Duemig, but did graduate a lot on the defensive side of the ball.

Follow all of the offseason coaching movement in our tracker.

The 2015-16 all-state skiing teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created based upon results at the state meet. Skiers of the year were selected based upon the number of team points they produced during the meet.

Skimeister is a season-long event conducted by the Colorado High School Ski League which honors the top skier in both disciplines.

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Evergreen’s Mallorie Miller is the girls Alpine skier of the year. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

Alpine skier of the year: Mallorie Miller, Evergreen

Nordic skier of the year: Ruthie Boyd, Summit

Skimeister: Hayley Frischolz, Battle Mountain

Coach of the year: Travis Moore, Aspen

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Boys

Quintin Cooks is the boys Alpine skier of the year, as well as the Skimeister. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

Alpine skiers of the year: Quintin Cook, Battle Mountain

Nordic skier of the year: Graham Houtsma, Aspen

Skimeister: Quinton Cook, Battle Mountain

Coach of the year: Simon Marsh, Battle Mountain

It’s still early in the 2016 baseball season, but there has already been some shakeup in the Class 1A CHSAANow.com baseball rankings.

Eads takes over the top spot in the state after a 1-0 start to their season. Former No. 1 Dove Creek, who has stumbled out of the gate fell to No. 2.

Cotopaxi and Manzanola played their way into the still young rankings, coming in at No. 6 and No. 9 respectively.

Nothing has changed at the top of the 5A rankings as Regis Jesuit and Cherry Creek remain the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in those rankings.

Ralston Valley joined the 5A baseball poll at No. 8 this week. (Matt Mathewes/MVPSportsPics.com)

Columbine is one of two newcomers in the poll as they land at No. 8 with Ralston Valley, the other newcomer, joining at No. 9.

The top of the 4A rankings has the same story as the 5A poll. D’Evelyn and Lewis-Palmer remain the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the class, with both teams undefeated on the year.

Though, the 4A rankings did see more turnover this week than any other class as Silver Creek (No. 7), Denver North (No. 8) and Air Academy (No. 9) all broke their way into this week’s poll.

And it was 3A who saw the least turnover of the week. Eaton still holds the No. 1 spot, but nine of last week’s 10 ranked teams all stayed in the poll this week, although a few did jump up or down in ranking.

Buena Vista is the lone newcomer in the poll, coming in at No. 10.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. During the regular season, they are released each Monday.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

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Windsor is making noise in the CHSAANow.com Class 4A boys lacrosse rankings.

The Wizards started the year near the bottom of the poll at No. 9, but a 3-0 start has them coming in at No. 2 this week. The Dawson School is still the No. 1 team in 4A.

Battle Mountain and Golden played their way into the top 10 this week with the Huskies coming in at No. 7 and the Demons rounding out the rankings at No. 10.

Arapahoe boys lacrosse is No. 3 in the 5A poll this week. (Tim Visser/TimVisserPhotography.com)

Defending 5A state champion Cherry Creek is still going strong. The Bruins held on to the top spot in the 5A poll.

They are followed by Mountain Vista at No. 2 and Arapahoe at No. 3. The Golden Eagles snagged two first-place votes this week and the Warriors earned one vote as the top team in the state.

Mullen (No. 6), Palmer (No. 8) and Highlands Ranch (No. 10) are all new to this week’s 5A rankings.

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Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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ThunderRidge girls lacrosse is ranked No. 6 this week. (Matt Daniels/MattDanPhoto.com)

ThunderRidge stormed into the girls lacrosse rankings this week.

The Grizzlies, unranked in the preseason, jumped into the CHSAANow poll at No. 6 on Monday. They are 2-0 in the early part of the season, with wins over Chatfield and then-No. 8 Columbine.

Elsewhere, Colorado Academy stayed atop the ranking at No. 1. Mullen jumped Cherry Creek for the second spot, and Denver East moved from No. 7 to No. 4.

Kent Denver rounds out the top five.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. During the regular season, they are released each Monday.

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The Classical Academy made a significant jump this week in the CHSAANow.com Class 4A girls soccer rankings.

The Titans, who sat at No. 6 last week, jumped five spots to assume the the top spot of the 4A poll.

Another Colorado Springs area team in Air Academy also jumped several spots, going from No. 10 in the preseason to No. 6 this week.

Mullen breaks into the rankings for the first time this season, landing at No. 10.

Grandview remains No. 1 in 5A girls soccer. (Tim Visser/TimVisserPhotography.com)

Grandview maintains the top spot in the 5A, as they barely fend off Broomfield, which firmly holds on to the No. 2 spot in the poll.

A 3-0-0 start for Monarch has gotten the attention of the voters as the Coyotes come in at No. 4 this week, up from No. 10 in the preseason rankings.

Fossil Ridge and Arapahoe are the newcomers in 5A this week, coming in at No. 9 and No. 10 respectively.

Colorado Academy took six of 11 first place votes to hang on to the top spot in 3A this week.

Liberty Common made the biggest jump in 3A, surging four spots up from their No. 10 preseason ranking to land at No. 6 this week.

Salida is the only new team to the 3A rankings as the Spartans come in at No. 10 thanks a 4-0-0 start to the season.

Vail Mountain maintained their spot atop the 1A rankings. There were no newcomers to the 1A poll.

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Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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THORNTON — Complete results from boys swimming and diving’s 2016 Dick Rush Coaches Invite are below.

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Mark Bowers was 33-16 in his two years as the Sand Creek boys basketball coach. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

After a disappointing 15-9 season that ended with a first round exit in the Class 4A boys basketball tournament, the Sand Creek Scorpions are in search of a new basketball coach.

CHSAANow.com has learned that Mark Bowers has been informed that the school intends to have the basketball program move on without him.

“It is time to take our boys basketball program to the next level,” athletic director Jared Felice said via text message. “We are grateful for Coach Bowers’ service to Sand Creek High School athletics.”

Coming into the 2015-16 season, there were high hopes for the Scorpions. They came in at No. 6 in the CHSAANow.com preseason rankings and many believed they would contend with Lewis-Palmer for the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference title.

The talent on the court, which included standouts D’Shawn Schwartz and Jordan Phillips, only helped to bolster those expectations.

After a couple of losses to 5A opponents, it appeared that Sand Creek was having difficulty on the defensive end of the floor.

A 93-54 loss to the Rangers on Jan. 6 showed just how outmatched the Scorpions were at that point of the season. They were able to bounce back and win their final six games of the season, avenging earlier losses to both Palmer Ridge and Vista Ridge in the process.

But the 54-52 overtime loss to the Jaguars ended a season that had been filled with such promise.

In his two years at Sand Creek, Bowers went 33-16. Felice said he hopes to name a new coach by May 1 at the latest.

Following the resignation of Mike Brookhart, Cherry Creek announced the hiring of Kent Derringer as the new boys basketball coach. (Matt Mathewes/MVPSportsPics.com)

Cherry Creek didn’t have to look far to find its successor to Mike Brookhart.

The Bruins hired Kent Dertinger, the former junior varsity coach, as the new head coach of the boys basketball team.

The hire was first reported by the Union Street Journal and has been confirmed by CHSAANow.com.

As well as coaching basketball at Cherry Creek, Dertinger is also a math teacher at the school. He is also a graduate from Cherry Creek.

“We think Kent has the right makeup to put our program where it needs to be,” athletic director Jason Wilkins said. “The kids all rave about him as a teacher and as a coach. He’s going to put in the time and he’s going to put in the effort.”

The Bruins went 16-10 in Brookhart’s final season and advanced to the Class 5A Great 8 where they were beaten by Chatfield. He had been the Bruins’ head coach since 2002.

Wilkins noted that in his time as athletic director at Cherry Creek, he received more coaching applications for this boys basketball coaching search than he has for any other coaching position available at the school.

LITTLETON — No. 5 Columbine boys lacrosse beat No. 9 Grandview 10-8 in a top-10 Class 5A matchup on Saturday.

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