Eaglecrest’s Colbey Ross was named Colorado’s boys basketball player of the year by Gatorade on Monday morning.
It is the second straight year that Ross has won the award.
A senior, he averaged 18.4 points, 5.0 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game in helping the Raptors win the Class 5A championship.
“Colbey plays hard and has a high basketball IQ,” Cherokee Trail coach Morgan Gregory said in a statement. “He understands the flow of the game and when he needs to be aggressive for his team, along with knowing when to get others involved.”
Broomfield 15, Grandview 15, Boulder 9, Mullen 8, Highlands Ranch 7, Columbine 5, Eaglecrest 5, Legacy 3, Pine Creek 3, Bear Creek 2, Coronado 2, Chaparral 1, Denver East 1.
Dropped out:
Mullen (4), Grandview (8), Pine Creek (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Valor Christian (10)
2-0
100
1
2-0
2
Mountain View
3-0
70
2
3-0
3
Pueblo West
4-1
51
3
4-1
4
Longmont
2-0
43
5
2-0
5
Air Academy
2-0
41
9
2-0
6
Canon City
3-0
35
7
3-0
7
Windsor
0-0
32
4
0-0
8
Evergreen
4-0
30
–
4-0
9
Denver North
4-0
25
10
4-0
10
Silver Creek
3-2
20
6
3-2
Others receiving votes:
Northridge 18, Fort Morgan 16, Palmer Ridge 11, Pueblo South 11, Mead 10, Wheat Ridge 9, Green Mountain 8, Thompson Valley 6, Cheyenne Mountain 4, Erie 3, Pueblo Central 3, D’Evelyn 2, Golden 1, Ponderosa 1.
Dropped out:
Erie (8).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Faith Christian (6)
0-0
82
2
0-0
2
Lamar (1)
4-1
73
3
4-1
3
University (2)
0-1
72
1
0-1
4
La Junta (1)
1-0
64
4
1-0
5
Manitou Springs
1-0
58
7
1-0
6
Valley
3-1
49
5
3-1
7
Colorado Academy (1)
3-0
44
–
3-0
8
Eaton
1-1
36
6
1-1
9
Peak to Peak
3-1
29
–
3-1
10
Delta
2-2
23
8
2-2
Others receiving votes:
Weld Central 14, Resurrection Christian 13, Sterling 12, Alamosa 11, Kent Denver 10, Bayfield 9, Gunnison 9, Manual 9, Lutheran 8, Cedaredge 7, Aspen 5, Centauri 5, Brush 4, Buena Vista 4, Montezuma-Cortez 3, Olathe 2, Pagosa Springs 2, St. Mary’s 2, Monte Vista 1.
Dropped out:
St. Mary’s (9), Bayfield (10).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Paonia (7)
2-0
88
1
2-0
2
Front Range Christian
4-0
59
–
4-0
3
Dawson (1)
2-2
56
2
2-2
4
Rocky Ford
2-1
49
7
2-1
5
Sedgwick County (1)
0-1
46
4
0-1
6
Dayspring Christian
0-2
39
3
0-2
7
Hotchkiss
1-1
36
5
1-1
8
Peyton
3-0
29
–
3-0
9
Haxtun
2-0
27
–
2-0
10
Limon
2-2
26
6
2-2
Others receiving votes:
County Line 10, Dolores Huerta 10, Calhan 9, Sargent 9, Yuma 9, Del Norte 8, Sanford 8, Holyoke 7, Akron 4, Burlington 4, Center 4, Crowley County 4, Denver Christian 3, Lyons 3, Custer County 2, Clear Creek 1.
Dropped out:
Akron (8), County Line (9), Sargent (10).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Holly (7)
2-1
74
1
2-1
2
Eads
0-0
60
2
0-0
3
Nucla (1)
1-3
55
4
1-3
4
Fleming
0-0
53
3
0-0
5
Cheyenne Wells
0-0
43
6
0-0
6
Granada
0-0
41
5
0-0
7
Manzanola
0-0
26
9
0-0
8
Stratton/Liberty
1-1
20
10
1-1
9
Sierra Grande
0-0
14
–
0-0
10
Dove Creek
0-5
10
7
0-5
Others receiving votes:
Antonito 8, Cotopaxi 8, Primero 7, Rocky Mountain Lutheran 6, Kiowa 4, Longmont Christian 3, Peetz 3, Cornerstone Christian 2, Pikes Peak Christian 2, Community Christian 1.
When the dust settled on the first set of girls soccer rankings since the preseason, much had changed.
Ultimately, it was Columbine that emerged as the new No. 1 team in a transformed Class 5A poll that added three new teams, and also all kinds of tumult following an early two weeks where just about everyone was beat by someone else.
The Rebels, off to a 3-1-0 start, received just one first-place vote out of the 10 in the classification, but rose to the top with 84 overall points, ahead of new No. 2 Broomfield (four first-place votes, 73 points).
Mountain Vista dropped one spot to No. 3, Cherokee Trail jumped from No. 10 to No. 4, and Cherry Creek — unranked in the preseason — rounds out the top five.
Rocky Mountain was the lone team to hold its spot at No. 6, Regis Jesuit is up to No. 7, and newcomers Legacy (No. 8) and Ralston Valley (No. 9) joined the fray. Grandview, the preseason No. 1 which is off to an 0-2-0 start, fell to No. 10.
Each of the three No. 1 teams in the other classes held firm. Those are Valor Christian (4A), Kent Denver (3A) and Dawson (2A).
The 3A poll added No. 8 Manitou Springs and No. 10 SkyView Academy, but there were no new teams in 4A or 2A.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.
New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
LAKEWOOD — Third-ranked Kent Denver girls lacrosse took to the road Saturday morning and edged No. 6 Columbine 11-10.
Back-and-forth all game long between the Rebels and the Sun Devils, senior Emily Munro found the back of the net to lift the Sun Devils over the Rebels.
The biggest margin between the two teams all game was two goals. Karlie Hadden had a goal for Columbine to tie it up and that set up the golden opportunity for Munro to win it.
“It felt really good, we had a strong team win all together,” said Kent Denver’s Madi Wifall, who scored five goals. “We are really mentally strong overall, we lean on each other and when someone is down, we pick each other up.”
“We need to work together and work hard towards our overall goal which is a state championship,” Wifall continued. “We are going to go our to California and work even harder now.”
Columbine will look to bounce back from this tough loss as they face No. 4 Denver East and No. 2 Cherry Creek next week.
Kent Denver has spring break this week, and the Sun Devils travel to California to get some work in and prepare for the rest of the season.
