A complete schedule for the Class 3A regional softball tournaments. All games are Oct. 15, unless noted.
These tournaments are in a double-elimination format. The winners of games four and five in each region will qualify for the state tournament.
Regional hosts are indicated by an asterisk (*).
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With the regular season hitting the home stretch, the top teams in the CHSAANow.com football rankings are all digging their heels in.
In fact, amongst all seven classes, there are a total of two new teams to break into the top 10 polls.
Mesa Ridge (Class 4A) and Hi-Plains (6-man) are the only teams that make an appearance in this week’s rankings as newcomers.
In 5A, Pomona still hangs on to the No. 1 spot after beating Rock Canyon 44-14 on Friday night.
Cherry Creek is starting to climb back up the poll, jumping two spots from last week to land at No. 8.
Denver South is still the No. 1 team in 4A with Chatfield hanging on to the No. 2 spot.
Broomfield climbs to two spots to No. 4 thanks to a big win over Loveland.
Mesa Ridge breaks into the 4A poll at No. 10.
With Discovery Canyon still on top, the entire 3A poll went unchanged from a week ago.
La Junta erased any doubt about whether it should be the No. 1 team in 2A with a dominant 40-0 win over Manitou Springs on Friday night.
The Mustangs dropped to No. 9 following the loss.
Resurrection Christian climbed a spot to No. 2 and Delta made the biggest jump on the week, gaining two spots to land at No. 6.
Strasburg remains the No. 1 team in 1A with Paonia hanging on to the No. 2 spot.
Cedaredge gained the most ground with a three-spot jump to come in at No. 6 this week.
By a one-point margin, Sargent is still the top team in 8-man. Sedgwick County comes in at No. 2 with an equal number of first-place votes as the Farmers.
Akron jumped two spots to land at No. 4 while Hoehne (No. 6) and Pikes Peak Christian (No. 9) each moved up one spot from the last set of rankings.
Fleming keeps a firm hold on 6-man’s No. 1 spot with Kit Carson and Stratton/Liberty coming in at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.
Newcomer Hi-Plains joins the 6-man poll at No. 9.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Complete rankings are below.
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Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Pomona (13) | 5-1 | 153 | 1 | W |
| 2 | Mullen (2) | 4-2 | 132 | 2 | W |
| 3 | Columbine | 5-1 | 119 | 4 | W |
| 4 | Eaglecrest (1) | 6-0 | 110 | 3 | W |
| 5 | Grandview | 5-1 | 91 | 5 | W |
| 6 | Regis Jesuit | 5-1 | 82 | 7 | W |
| 7 | Valor Christian | 3-3 | 72 | 8 | W |
| 8 | Cherry Creek | 3-3 | 35 | 10 | W |
| 9 | Fairview | 5-1 | 27 | 6 | L |
| 10 | Doherty | 5-1 | 25 | 9 | W |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Chaparral 14, Highlands Ranch 14, Fossil Ridge 3, Mountain Vista 2, Legacy 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Denver South (12) | 6-0 | 138 | 1 | W |
| 2 | Chatfield (2) | 5-1 | 113 | 2 | W |
| 3 | Pine Creek | 4-2 | 107 | 4 | W |
| 4 | Broomfield | 5-1 | 100 | 6 | W |
| 5 | Ponderosa | 5-1 | 77 | 5 | W |
| 6 | Heritage | 4-2 | 55 | 7 | W |
| 7 | Windsor | 4-2 | 51 | 8 | W |
| 8 | Loveland | 5-1 | 48 | 3 | L |
| 9 | Pueblo West | 4-2 | 47 | 9 | W |
| 10 | Mesa Ridge | 4-2 | 22 | – | W |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Pueblo South 9, Monarch 6, Cheyenne Mountain 1, Rampart 1, Skyline 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Skyline (10). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Discovery Canyon (8) | 6-0 | 113 | 1 | W |
| 2 | Fort Morgan (4) | 6-0 | 103 | 2 | W |
| 3 | Lewis-Palmer | 6-0 | 91 | 3 | W |
| 4 | Pueblo East | 5-1 | 86 | 4 | W |
| 5 | Silver Creek | 6-0 | 68 | 5 | W |
| 6 | Palisade | 5-1 | 52 | 6 | W |
| 7 | Longmont | 4-2 | 38 | 7 | W |
| 8 | Mead | 4-2 | 33 | 8 | W |
| 9 | Erie | 5-1 | 26 | 9 | W |
| 10 | Holy Family | 4-2 | 25 | 10 | W |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Rifle 16, Conifer 6, Evergreen 2, Skyview 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Class 2A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | La Junta (14) | 6-0 | 140 | 1 | W |
| 2 | Resurrection Christian | 6-0 | 114 | 3 | W |
| 3 | The Classical Academy | 5-1 | 106 | 2 | W |
| 4 | D’Evelyn | 5-1 | 73 | 5 | W |
| 5 | Kent Denver | 4-1 | 72 | 6 | Bye |
| 6 | Delta | 4-2 | 66 | 8 | W |
| 7 | Weld Central | 6-0 | 63 | 7 | W |
| 8 | Bayfield | 4-2 | 55 | 9 | W |
| 9 | Manitou Springs | 5-1 | 43 | 4 | L |
| 10 | Sterling | 3-3 | 22 | 10 | W |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Bishop Machbeuf 5, Basalt 3, Platte Valley 3, Alamosa 2, Eaton 1, University 1, Valley 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Class 1A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Strasburg (12) | 6-0 | 147 | 1 | W |
| 2 | Paonia (1) | 6-0 | 131 | 2 | W |
| 3 | Platte Canyon (2) | 6-0 | 108 | 4 | W |
| 4 | Meeker | 6-0 | 104 | 5 | W |
| 5 | Bennett | 5-1 | 103 | 3 | W |
| 6 | Cedaredge | 5-1 | 62 | 9 | W |
| 7 | Peyton | 6-0 | 53 | 7 | W |
| 8 | Burlington | 4-2 | 37 | 10 | W |
| 9 | Crowley County | 4-1 | 32 | 8 | W |
| 10 | Limon | 4-2 | 19 | 6 | L |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Center 13, Highland 5, Clear Creek 4, Buena Vista 2, Holyoke 2, Rye 2, Rocky Ford 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
| 8-man | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Sargent (5) | 6-0 | 101 | 1 | W |
| 2 | Sedgwick County (5) | 5-1 | 100 | 2 | W |
| 3 | Dayspring Christian (1) | 6-0 | 83 | 3 | W |
| 4 | Akron | 4-2 | 67 | 6 | W |
| 5 | Norwood | 5-1 | 57 | 5 | W |
| 6 | Hoehne | 4-2 | 55 | 7 | W |
| 7 | Merino | 5-1 | 46 | 4 | L |
| 8 | Haxtun | 4-2 | 28 | 8 | L |
| 9 | Pikes Peak Christian | 5-1 | 24 | 10 | W |
| 10 | Soroco | 5-1 | 14 | 9 | W |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| West Grand 12, Granada 10, Justice 4, McClave 2, Wiley 2, Holly 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
| 6-man | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Fleming (7) | 6-0 | 105 | 1 | W |
| 2 | Kit Carson (1) | 6-0 | 98 | 2 | W |
| 3 | Stratton/Liberty (2) | 6-0 | 87 | 3 | W |
| 4 | Cotopaxi (1) | 6-0 | 55 | 5 | W |
| 5 | Cheyenne Wells | 4-2 | 54 | 4 | L |
| 6 | Peetz | 5-1 | 47 | 6 | W |
| 7 | Eads | 5-1 | 44 | 8 | W |
| 8 | La Veta | 4-1 | 33 | 9 | W |
| 9 | Hi-Plains | 4-2 | 27 | – | W |
| 10 | Genoa-Hugo | 3-2 | 23 | 10 | Bye |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| North Park 17, Arickaree/Woodlin 5, Pawnee 5, Sierra Grande 5. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Arickaree/Woodlin (7). | |||||
With the postseason on the horizon, the top five teams in the CHSAANow.com field hockey rankings all held their position from last week.
Kent Denver still sits at No. 1, receiving five of seven first place votes.
Cherry Creek did not play a game last week and as a result, remained at No. 2.
With a win over Arapahoe and a tie with Colorado Academy, Palmer Ridge held firm at No. 3 and received the two remaining first-place votes.
Colorado Academy bounced back from its tie with the Bears to beat Golden and stay at No. 4.
Denver East notched a 1-1 tie with Mountain Vista and sat at No. 5 a result.
The ranking, voted upon by coaches, is the official poll of the Association. Rankings are released each Monday during the season.
A complete ranking is below.
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Voted upon by coaches around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. This ranking has no bearing on postseason seeding.
| Field hockey | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Kent Denver (5) | 8-0-2 | 28 | 1 | 1-0-0 |
| 2 | Cherry Creek | 8-1-1 | 25 | 2 | 0-0-0 |
| 3 | Palmer Ridge (2) | 7-1-1 | 24 | 3 | 1-0-1 |
| 4 | Colorado Academy | 9-1-1 | 20 | 4 | 1-0-1 |
| 5 | Denver East | 8-1-2 | 8 | 5 | 0-0-1 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
It’s not going to be easy to knock Eaton off its perch as the top team in the Class 3A CHSAANow.com volleyball rankings, but University is certainly making moves with those hopes.
The Bulldogs jumped to No. 2 in the rankings this week and are one of only four teams to even take a set from the Reds.
Bayfield also jumped up in this week’s poll, coming in at No. 7 which is two spots better than their previous ranking.
No new teams broke into the 3A poll this week.
Rock Canyon remains the No. 1 team in the 5A poll, but Arapahoe is certainly gaining attention as the Warriors jump to No. 3 this week. They were sitting at No. 6 a week ago, but going 2-0 – including a win over Cherry Creek – certainly helped in their leap.
Fairview is the lone addition to the 5A rankings, landing at No. 10.
A still undefeated Lewis-Palmer team hangs on to the No. 1 spot in 4A with a unanimous vote.
Cheyenne Mountain and Valor Christian also held on to their positions at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.
Pueblo West has continued to play well and jumped two spots to land at No. 4.
Thomas Jefferson (No. 9) and D’Evelyn (No. 10) are the two new teams in the 4A poll.
Paonia is still the No. 1 team in 1A with Dayspring Christian still sitting firm at No. 2.
There is a new No. 3 team, however, as the Colorado Springs School jumped two spots from last week’s rankings.
There are two new teams in the 2A poll this week as Fowler breaks in at No. 9 and John Mall comes in at No. 10.
Like all other classes, the No. 1 spot in 1A went unchanged as Fleming still sits on top of the poll.
La Veta jumped to No. 3 this week after improving to 16-0 on the season.
Otis (No. 9) and Prairie (No. 10) are the two new teams in the 1A poll.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Rock Canyon (9) | 14-1 | 99 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Fossil Ridge (1) | 13-1 | 78 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Arapahoe | 13-2 | 71 | 6 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Chatfield | 12-2 | 61 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Mountain Vista | 11-2 | 57 | 4 | 2-1 |
| 6 | Denver East | 9-3 | 48 | 3 | 1-1 |
| 7 | Highlands Ranch | 11-3 | 38 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 8 | Chaparral | 10-5 | 31 | 10 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Cherry Creek | 11-4 | 19 | 7 | 0-2 |
| 10 | Fairview | 10-4 | 9 | – | 1-1 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Ralston Valley 7, Coronado 5, Fort Collins 5, Castle View 4, Fruita Monument 4, Grandview 4, Lakewood 4, Loveland 4, Legend 2, Rampart 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Ralston Valley (9). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Lewis-Palmer (12) | 15-0 | 120 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Cheyenne Mountain | 10-4 | 98 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Valor Christian | 10-3 | 88 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Pueblo West | 12-2 | 67 | 6 | 3-0 |
| 5 | Holy Family | 13-4 | 66 | 4 | 1-1 |
| 6 | Niwot | 11-3 | 58 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Silver Creek | 13-2 | 48 | 5 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Eagle Valley | 12-2 | 32 | 8 | 1-0 |
| 9 | Thomas Jefferson | 11-2 | 20 | – | 1-0 |
| 10 | D’Evelyn | 12-0 | 18 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Berthoud 17, Montrose 14, Mead 8, Ponderosa 4, Roosevelt 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Berthoud (9), Mead (10). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Eaton (12) | 15-1 | 120 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | University | 11-5 | 87 | 4 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Colorado Springs Christian | 14-4 | 75 | 2 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Sterling | 16-4 | 64 | 3 | 5-1 |
| 5 | Valley | 13-4 | 59 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 6 | Resurrection Christian | 11-3 | 51 | 6 | 1-0 |
| 7 | Bayfield | 10-3 | 40 | 9 | 1-0 |
| 8 | Salida | 14-1 | 30 | 7 | 3-0 |
| 9 | Middle Park | 13-1 | 25 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 10 | Delta | 11-3 | 24 | 10 | 1-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Pagosa Springs 23, Coal Ridge 16, Prospect Ridge Academy 11, Rye 11, Bennett 10, Alamosa 5, Faith Christian 3, St. Mary’s 3, The Vanguard 3, Grand Valley 1, Lutheran 1, Platte Valley 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Class 2A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Paonia (7) | 13-1 | 112 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Dayspring Christian (5) | 14-0 | 110 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Colorado Springs School | 13-2 | 73 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Lyons | 12-3 | 68 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Hoehne | 13-2 | 67 | 6 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Yuma | 12-3 | 65 | 4 | 1-0 |
| 7 | Simla | 10-4 | 59 | 7 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Ridgway | 13-1 | 42 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 9 | Fowler | 12-4 | 20 | – | 2-0 |
| 10 | John Mall | 12-3 | 12 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Sargent 12, Denver Christian 8, Telluride 8, Ignacio 5, Rangely 4, Union Colony 4, Highland 2, West Grand 2, Akron 1, Byers 1, Custer County 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| West Grand (9), Denver Christian (10). | |||||
| Class 1A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Fleming (5) | 14-1 | 85 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Kit Carson (1) | 16-0 | 79 | 2 | 4-0 |
| 3 | La Veta (2) | 16-0 | 73 | 5 | 4-0 |
| 4 | Flagler | 15-2 | 56 | 3 | 4-1 |
| 5 | Weldon Valley | 12-3 | 47 | 6 | 1-0 |
| 6 | Nucla | 11-1 | 30 | 7 | 1-0 |
| 7 | McClave | 12-2 | 27 | 4 | 3-1 |
| 8 | Heritage Christian | 10-4 | 25 | 9 | 1-0 |
| 9 | Otis | 11-4 | 16 | – | 1-0 |
| 10 | Prairie (1) | 10-4 | 15 | – | 4-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Kiowa 14, Holly 6, Sierra Grande 6, Springfield 6, Cotopaxi 5, Genoa Hugo/Karval 3, Briggsdale 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Holly (8), Sierra Grande (10). | |||||
Boys soccer in Class 4A has been competitive across the board all season. This week is just another indication of that as The Classical Academy takes over the No. 1 in the poll, knocking Cheyenne Mountain down to No. 2.
The Indians played to a tie with Palmer Ridge last week.
Lewis-Palmer climbs to No. 3 thanks a 2-1 win over Air Academy last Thursday night.
Silver Creek is the only new team in the 4A poll, coming in at No. 10.
Boulder received every first-place vote this week to remain the unquestioned top team in the 5A rankings. Denver East still sits at No. 2. Both teams remain unbeaten on the year.
At No. 9 Arvada West is the only team to break into the 5A poll this week.
Kent Denver is still the No. 1 team in 3A, but KIPP surged up the rankings to come in as the new No. 2 team.
Salida lands at No. 10 and is the only new team in the 3A poll.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Complete rankings for each class are below.
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Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Boulder (10) | 11-0-0 | 100 | 1 | 1-0-0 |
| 2 | Denver East | 11-0-0 | 86 | 2 | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Broomfield | 10-1-0 | 77 | 4 | 1-0-0 |
| 4 | Legacy | 9-1-0 | 64 | 5 | 1-0-0 |
| 5 | Cherry Creek | 8-4-0 | 59 | 3 | 1-3-0 |
| 6 | Fairview | 8-3-0 | 54 | 7 | 1-0-0 |
| 7 | Mountain Vista | 8-3-2 | 45 | 6 | 1-0-1 |
| 8 | Grandview | 9-1-2 | 30 | 9 | 2-0-0 |
| 9 | Arvada West | 10-3-0 | 13 | – | 2-0-0 |
| 10 | Fort Collins | 6-3-2 | 12 | 10 | 1-1-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Pine Creek 3, Ralston Valley 3, Arapahoe 2, Lincoln 1, Rock Canyon 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Arapahoe (8). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | The Classical Academy (4) | 9-2-0 | 92 | 3 | 3-0-0 |
| 2 | Cheyenne Mountain (4) | 10-1-1 | 89 | 1 | 1-0-1 |
| 3 | Lewis-Palmer | 10-2-0 | 66 | 5 | 2-0-0 |
| 4 | Air Academy (1) | 10-2-0 | 63 | 2 | 1-1-0 |
| 5 | Mullen | 9-2-0 | 59 | 4 | 1-0-0 |
| 6 | Denver West | 7-1-1 | 54 | 6 | 1-0-0 |
| 7 | Durango | 10-1-0 | 30 | 8 | 2-0-0 |
| 8 | D’Evelyn | 9-4-0 | 22 | 7 | 1-1-0 |
| 9 | Ponderosa (1) | 10-3-0 | 22 | 10 | 2-0-0 |
| 10 | Silver Creek | 9-2-1 | 17 | – | 1-0-1 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Palmer Ridge 9, Skyline 6, Battle Mountain 5, Niwot 5, Greeley Central 4, Sand Creek 3, Evergreen 2, Littleton 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Greeley Central (9). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Kent Denver (9) | 11-0-1 | 92 | 1 | 1-0-0 |
| 2 | KIPP | 9-2-1 | 71 | 4 | 2-0-0 |
| 3 | Vail Mountain | 7-2-0 | 62 | 3 | 1-1-0 |
| 4 | Jefferson Academy | 11-1-0 | 58 | 2 | 2-0-0 |
| 5 | Colorado Springs Christian | 9-2-0 | 44 | 6 | 2-0-0 |
| 6 | Coal Ridge (1) | 10-1-0 | 39 | 5 | 2-0-0 |
| 7 | Peak to Peak | 7-3-1 | 25 | 7 | 1-0-0 |
| 8 | Basalt | 8-3-0 | 22 | 9 | 2-1-0 |
| 9 | Colorado Academy | 8-4-1 | 21 | 8 | 2-1-0 |
| 10 | Salida | 8-3-0 | 10 | – | 3-0-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Englewood 9, Denver Christian 8, Pinnacle 8, Skyview Academy 8, Moffat County 7, Denver Academy 6, Faith Christian 6, DSST-Green Valley Ranch 5, Bruce Randolph 4, Crested Butte 4, DSST-Stapleton 4, Valley 4, Fountain Valley 3, Manitou Springs 3, William Smith 3, Delta 2, Sterling 2, Frontier Academy 1, The Academy 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Bruce Randolph (10). | |||||
AURORA — Strasburg, Erie and Broomfield are the No. 1 seeds in the regional softball brackets, which were released on Monday morning.
All three teams held the top spot in their respective class in the final RPI standings of the regular season.
The full brackets are available here:
Broomfield is 17-2-0 this season. The Eagles will host No. 32 Denver East, No. 16 Legacy and No. 17 Castle View in Region 1.
Also hosting in 5A are Grand Junction Central, Cherokee Trail, Douglas County, Eaglecrest, Legend, Arvada West and Loveland.
Defending champion Mountain Range is the No. 26 seed.
Erie is the lone remaining unbeaten team in any of the three classes at 19-0-0, and they are the No. 1 seed in 4A. They will host No. 32 Montrose, No. 16 Golden and No. 17 Berthoud in Region 1.
Other hosts in 4A include Mullen, Valor Christian, Pueblo West, Wheat Ridge, Mountain View, Silver Creek and Conifer.
Valor Christian is the defending champion.
In 3A, Strasburg sits in prime position as it tries to defend its title. The team will host No. 16 Meeker and No. 17 Limon in its Region 1.
Other hosts include Rocky Ford, Eaton, Brush, Lamar, The Academy, Basalt and Burlington. Valley also received a high seed, but isn’t hosting.
The 3A field expanded to 24 teams this season, the most its ever had.
GOLDEN — Golden announced Monday that it has hired Greg Bolding as its new head girls basketball coach.
Bolding is a former assistant at Mullen and is the co-founder and coach for the Colorado Premier Basketball Club.
“We are lucky to have Coach Bolding coming to Golden and hopefully push our girls to the next level,” said J.C. Summers, Golden’s athletic director.
The Demons had a 17-7 record last year, which included a fourth-place finish in the deep Class 4A Jeffco League which features two-time state champion Valor Christian and last year’s state runner-up Evergreen.
Golden returns several returning key players, including Sydney Prey who led the Demons in scoring with 15.1 points per game as a junior.
Bolding replaces Shea Scarlett, who coached at Golden for three seasons and racked up a 37-36 record. According to Summers, Scarlett stepped down because of his full-time job duties.
AURORA — The draws for this weekend’s state tournaments in boys tennis were released on Monday afternoon.
Find them here:
In all, 96 players qualified in singles positions, and 128 qualified as part of a doubles team.
The 5A tournament is set to be held at Gates Tennis Center in Denver, and 4A is slated for Pueblo City Park.
Play in both tournaments begins on Thursday and runs through Saturday.
All matches begin at 9 a.m. each of the three days, with the first two rounds being played on Thursday. Semifinals are Friday morning, with playback rounds immediately following. Championship matches are scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday.
CHSAANow will have complete coverage of both tournaments on all three days, including live results from all matches.
DENVER — Denver South, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A football, beat Fruita Monument 49-42 on Saturday.
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Stratton/Liberty pulled off one of the biggest comebacks of the 2016 football season on Friday night.
The Knighted Eagles trailed Cheyenne Wells 41-8 at one point in the second quarter, but scored the game’s final 41 points to rally and get a huge top-5 win in 6-man, 49-41.
“A win like this could carry a team a long way,” Stratton/Liberty coach Toby Kechter told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show. “It’s just the belief that they can do anything. They stay together as a team, don’t doubt each other or get mad at each other.”
The Knighted Eagles scored just before halftime to cut it to 41-16, and then really came out firing in the third quarter.
“They had the momentum the whole first half, and we got it back and our guys started believing and it just snowballed after that,” Kechter said. “There wasn’t no stopping us.”
The game, Kechter said, was a “tail of two halves. I mean, we couldn’t do anything right the first half, and they couldn’t do nothing wrong. Then it switched the other way in the second half.”
Stratton/Liberty tied the game up at 41 with a safety in the fourth quarter. It then held Cheyenne Wells and got the ball back.
“We were just going to try and kick a field goal to win, but we snuck her in on a fullback dive, and we got the win,” Kechter said. “It was pretty exciting.”
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Josh Tellez scored the go-ahead touchdown in the final minute of the game to help the Eagles avoid an upset.
Pueblo East led 10-0 at halftime, and pushed it to 17-0 with 6:56 to play in the third quarter.
Durango then went on a tear and rallied to take the 20-17 lead by scoring 20 unanswered points. Its last score came with 3:02 to play, but then Pueblo East had a clutch drive to go take the lead and secure the win.
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The Coyotes handed the Falcons their first loss of the season after jumping out to a 17-0 halftime lead.
Skyline did cut it to 17-7 early in the third quarter, but Monarch responded to go back up by 17 points.
“We had quite a few offensive snaps,” Monarch coach Phil Bravo told the Scoreboard Show. “When we know we can do that, we’re going to keep someone’s offense frustrated and off the field.”
Monarch moved to 3-3 with the win, while Skyline is now 5-1.
“We’ve been talking about it all week long, about … playing a team that just doesn’t know how to lose. They really haven’t,” Bravo said. “At 5-0, I mean, they just don’t understand what that loss column is all about. And a team that doesn’t know how to lose refuses to lose.
“All in all, we played really well against a good football team,” Bravo said.
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Regis Jesuit scored the game’s final 29 points en route to a 36-9 win over Legacy.
The seventh-ranked Raiders, now 5-1, had a monster second half to come back to beat the Lightning, who dropped to 4-2.
Legacy had leads of 3-0 and 9-7 in the first half, with the second lead holding up at halftime.
But Regis Jesuit came out firing in the second half, including an early TD which game the Raiders a 15-9 lead, as well as a long interception return that pushed it to 22-9.
With the win, Regis moved to 1-0 in the new Mt. Antero Conference.
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The Patriots ran out to a hot start, and never really looked back in an upset performance that made a few dents in the record book.
Hi-Plains/Flagler led 48-16 after the first quarter. The 48 points were the fourth-most in a single quarter, and the 64 combined points were the second-most in a quarter by two teams.
At halftime, it was 64-16. The 64 points were tied for the sixth-most in a half by one team.
In the end, the Patriots cruised to the 82-16 win.
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