Month: September 2017

  • Boys soccer roundup: No. 2 Fort Collins gets late goal against No. 4 Fairview

    No. 2 Fort Collins soccer got a goal in minute 63 of it’s contest against No. 4 Fairview.

    Anthony Priest scored the winner, assisted by Alec Fronapfel to give Fort Collins a 1-0 win.

    Just three days removed from a win over then-No. 3 Broomfield and a first-place hold on the Front Range League, the Knights sit in second after the loss. 

    Fort Collins has outscored its opponents 31-1 in five games.

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    Broomfield beats Fossil Ridge with big offensive effort

    No. 7 Broomfield rebounded from its loss against Fairview in a big way.

    The Eagles scored two goals in the first half, then added two more in the second to beat Fossil Ridge 4-2.

    Broomfield got on the board right away in the ninth minute, but Fossil Ridge responded with a goal in the 11th minute.

    And again, Broomfield put in a goal in the 16th minute.

    In the second half, Broomfield extended its lead to 4-1 before Fossil Ridge made it 4-2.

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    No. 5 Colorado Academy blanks No. 10 Faith Christian

    No. 5 Colorado Academy soccer scored three second-half goals in a shutout against No. 10 Faith Christian.

    Larson Baker had two goals for the Mustangs.

  • No. 1 Kent Denver field hockey edges No. 5 Denver East

    Kent Denver wants to make sure it stays atop the CHSAANow.com field hockey rankings.

    The Sun Devils took to the field on Tuesday against No. 5 Denver East and came away with a 3-1 overtime win.

    The win improves Kent Denver’s record to 6-1-1 overall. Denver East falls to 6-3.

    Junior Maddie Darre scored the lone goal of the game for the Angels. They couldn’t get another one in the net for the rest of regulation or in overtime.

    Both teams will be back in action on Monday. The Sun Devils travel to Grandview and Denver East hosts Arapahoe at All-City Stadium.

  • Top-10 football schedule and scoreboard for 2017’s Week 5 games

    A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Week 5 of the 2017 season.

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    Class 5A
    1 Valor Christian 5-0
    Friday: W 26-14 vs. (5) Cherry Creek
    2 Eaglecrest 5-0
    Thursday: W 42-7 at Bear Creek
    3 Pomona 3-2
    Friday: L 28-40 at Rockhurst
    4 Regis Jesuit 4-1
    Friday: W 40-14 vs. Mountain Vista
    5 Cherry Creek 3-2
    Friday: L 14-26 at (1) Valor Christian
    6 Mullen 2-3
    Off this week.
    7 Fairview 5-0
    Thursday: W 27-16 vs. Arapahoe
    8 Columbine 4-1
    Thursday: W 48-28 at Denver East
    9 Grandview 3-2
    Thursday: W 40-13 vs. Cherokee Trail
    10 Lakewood 5-0
    Thursday: W 45-0 vs. Fossil Ridge
    Class 4A
    1 Pine Creek 4-1
    Friday: L 14-17 vs. Ralston Valley
    2 Ponderosa 5-0
    Friday: W 43-0 vs. Pueblo Centennial
    3 Chatfield 4-1
    Friday: W 38-6 vs. Widefield
    4 Windsor 4-1
    Friday: W 42-7 vs. Grand Junction
    5 Loveland 5-0
    Friday: W 42-7 vs. Mountain View
    6 Pueblo West 5-0
    Friday: W 49-7 vs. Coronado
    7 Fruita Monument 5-0
    Off this week.
    8 Monarch 5-0
    Thursday: W 24-14 vs. Broomfield
    9 Pueblo South 4-1
    Friday: W 34-19 at Pueblo East
    10 Skyline 5-0
    Friday: W 57-3 vs. Niwot
    Class 3A
    1 Holy Family 4-1
    Thursday: L 3-39 at Longmont
    2 Mead 5-0
    Friday: W 51-14 at Fort Morgan
    3 Palmer Ridge 5-0
    Friday: W 43-0 vs. (10) Canon City
    4 Berthoud 5-0
    Friday: W 49-0 at Thompson Valley
    5 Erie 5-0
    Friday: W 18-10 vs. (6) Silver Creek
    6 Silver Creek 3-2
    Friday: L 10-18 at (5) Erie
    7 Roosevelt 4-1
    Friday: W 33-7 vs. Lewis-Palmer
    8 Skyview 5-0
    Friday: W 48-21 at Lincoln
    9 Harrison 5-0
    Friday: W 58-7 at Woodland Park
    10 Canon City 4-1
    Friday: L 0-43 at (3) Palmer Ridge
    Class 2A
    1 Kent Denver 5-0
    Friday: W 35-0 at Elizabeth
    2 Bayfield 5-0
    Friday: W 40-0 at Gunnison
    3 The Classical Academy 4-1
    Friday: L 11-21 at (5) La Junta
    4 Platte Valley 5-0
    Friday: W 54-13 at Fort Lupton
    5 La Junta 4-1
    Friday: W 21-11 vs. (3) The Classical Academy
    6 Sterling 4-1
    Friday: W 34-6 vs. Brush
    7 Faith Christian 4-1
    Thursday: W 46-8 at Jefferson
    8 Alamosa 4-1
    Friday: W 38-0 vs. Montezuma-Cortez
    9 Salida 5-0
    Friday: W 21-10 at Florence
    10 Basalt 4-1
    Saturday: W 48-0 at Steamboat Springs
    Class 1A
    1 Bennett 5-0
    Friday: W 76-36 vs. (10) Clear Creek
    2 Meeker 5-0
    Friday: W 36-7 vs. Hotchkiss
    3 Strasburg 4-1
    Friday: W 42-0 vs. Highland
    4 Centauri 5-0
    Off this week.
    5 Limon 4-1
    Friday: W 13-0 at Wray
    6 Paonia 4-1
    Friday: W 49-8 vs. Cedaredge
    7 Platte Canyon 4-0
    Saturday: W 43-22 vs. Vail Christian
    8 Peyton 4-1
    Friday: W 48-7 at Rye
    9 Crowley County 5-1
    Saturday: W 40-8 vs. Rocky Ford
    10 Clear Creek 4-1
    Friday: L 36-76 at (1) Bennett
    8-man
    1 Sedgwick County 5-0
    Friday: W 48-24 at Akron
    2 Holly 4-0
    Friday: W 40-6 vs. Wiley
    3 Haxtun 5-0
    Friday: W 29-21 at (8) Dayspring Christian Academy
    4 West Grand 5-0
    Friday: W 50-0 vs. Hayden
    5 Hoehne 4-1
    Friday: W 54-16 vs. Kiowa
    6 Merino 5-0
    Friday: W 14-6 vs. Caliche
    7 Fowler 5-0
    Saturday: W 52-0 at Custer County
    8 Dayspring Christian Academy 3-2
    Friday: L 21-29 vs. (3) Haxtun
    9 Sargent 2-3
    Saturday: W 58-0 at Sangre de Cristo
    10 McClave 4-1
    Friday: W 60-0 vs. Las Animas
    6-man
    1 Peetz 4-0
    Saturday: W 49-8 vs. Briggsdale
    2 Stratton/Liberty 5-0
    Friday: W 61-8 vs. Arickaree/Woodlin
    3 Cheyenne Wells 5-0
    Friday: W 40-8 at Idalia
    4 Otis 5-0
    Friday: W 54-8 at Deer Trail
    5 Prairie 5-0
    Saturday: W 63-0 vs. Primero
    6 Kit Carson 4-1
    Saturday: W 38-14 at Flagler
    7 North Park 3-1
    Off this week.
    8 Cotopaxi 4-1
    Friday: L 38-71 at La Veta
    9 Fleming 2-3
    Friday: W 64-0 vs. Weldon Valley
    10 Sierra Grande 5-0
    Friday: W 72-31 at Antonito
  • Broncos high school football coach of the week: Roosevelt’s Lane Wasinger

    (Photo: Ian Zahn)

    Lane Wasinger grew up the son of a prominent coach, and has absorbed everything he can.

    Wasinger, in his first year as the head coach at Roosevelt, is the son of longtime football coach Manny Wasinger, who has won two state titles and more than 200 games in a 34-year coaching career that includes stops at Alamosa, Adams State University, and Monte Vista.

    “I kind of always wanted to be like him,” Lane Wasinger said. “I wanted to be a coach.”

    This past spring, he got his first chance to be a head coach when Roosevelt picked him to lead its football program.

    The Roughriders, who play in Class 3A, are off to a 3-1 start this season, including close wins over ranked opponents Longmont and Silver Creek the past two weeks. In Week 4, Roosevelt actually beat Silver Creek on the final play of the game.

    This week, it’s Roosevelt that’s ranked. The Roughriders are No. 7 in 3A.

    And this week, Lane Wasinger is the Denver Broncos high school football coach of the week.

    It’s another way Lane has emulated his dad: Manny Wasinger, a member of the Colorado High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame, was actually named the Broncos’ coach of the year in 2002 when he was at Alamosa, and was also a Broncos coach of the week in 2014 while at his current job at Monte Vista.

    Like his dad, Lane Wasinger hopes to be in the coaching business for a long while.

    “I’m at Roosevelt now until hopefully forever,” he said.

    The Broncos coach of the week is selected in partnership with the Broncos, CHSCA, and the InSideOut Coaching Initative, which seeks to transform the current win-at-all-costs sports culture. Find a complete list of winners on this page.

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    Lane Wasinger bio

    Years as head coach: 1 (3-1 overall)

    Years at Roosevelt: 1 (3-1)

    Previous stops: Western State University Assistant coach (2009-10); Arvada West assistant (2010); Fort Collins assistant (2011-15); Arvada West assistant (2016); Roosevelt head coach (2017-present).

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    (Photo: Ian Zahn)

    Question: Why did you decide to become a coach?

    Wasinger: It starts from the way I was raised. My dad is and was a high school head football coach, so I was raised around the game. It was in my blood. It’s what I knew. I watch him impact young people from an early age and saw his success from a very close perspective.

    I think the competitive bloodlines that I have, I kind of always wanted to be like him. I wanted to be a coach. I loved the game of football, and it was a way for me to stay connected to a game that I am passionate about and kind of molded me to the person I am today.

    Q: Is there a reason that you coach the way you do?

    Wasinger: I think I’m a product of all the coaches I’ve been around throughout my life, including my dad.

    When I was at Arvada West, a guy I really look up to as a coach and as a role model is Casey Coons. He was a longtime head coach there for a while, and he’s still there helping out. He’s a lot of the reason I wanted to go back last year. He’s just someone that I look up to a lot, just from a leadership perspective and the way he interacts with people and kids.

    I’ve seen a lot of coaching styles, so I think I’m a product of all of them put together. Everywhere I’ve been, I just kind of have taken things that I like and don’t like and just kind of put them into my own philosophies and my own ways of coaching. That’s just kind of who I am now.

    I think a lot of people think I’m a lot like my dad. I mean, I talk like him and I probably act like him on the sidelines.

    I see what has the most impact on kids. I see what works with them and what doesn’t work with them. I’ve seen coaches do things really effectively with kids and really reach kids, and I see the light bulb turn on. And I’ve seen coaches try different methods where kids are channeling them out and it’s not working.

    Being a bystander for so long has really helped me become the coach that I am and wanted to be.

    (Photo: Ian Zahn)

    Q: So what would you say it’s like to be coached by you?

    Wasinger: I would imagine I’m somebody who is real with kids. I can speak their language, I can connect with them on a level that might be different than someone who isn’t really understanding of their culture or of the times these days. I think being a younger coach helps reach kids, and establish some relationships with them that maybe aren’t all that common around the world today.

    I think at the end of the day, kids know that I have high expectations of them, that I’m there for a bigger purpose than rather just coaching the game of football.

    I enjoy interacting with them, I enjoy being a leader and kind of modeling that you can do all kinds of things in life and be successful, no matter what it is, and I chose football. I chose coaching, I chose teaching. I decided that that’s what I wanted to do and I was going to be great at it.

    That’s what I’m going for, and kids understand that you’re all going to have different likes and interests, and all you need to do is go about something with passion and with a full heart and go after it and you can be successful.

    Q: What was last week like for you and for your guys? Obviously, it was a huge win.

    Wasinger: Yeah, it was a huge win. We’ve had two weeks in a row now where we’ve had some pretty big wins for our football program. It’s been really good for our confidence and just helping us come in everyday and still working towards our ultimate goal of winning a championship.

    It says that we can compete with anybody, we can play with anybody, and it kind of put us on the map a little bit. It helped the kids buy into what’s going on at Roosevelt now that we can find ways to win even when things aren’t working.

    We have the resources, the coaches, the talent on our team, and the character on our team to never give up and find a way to win a football game even when things aren’t looking too good, or we make a mistake. We’re resilient and we’re fighters. If you can do that, you’re going to be successful.

    (Photo: Ian Zahn)

    One of the things we talk about is that successful people never quit, and we haven’t done that this year. Never have we just laid down and quit. For 15-, 16-, 17-year-old kids, that speaks volumes to their character and to their maturity.

    Last week against Silver Creek, it was a chance for us to out and play a team that had a lot of hype, and is a well-coached team. I think they’ve only lost two games since they’ve been down in 3A for the last couple of years. We knew that we were going to be in for a game, but we had no doubts in our mind that we were going to be able to compete. We knew that we were going to be able to compete with them.

    By the end, we’re still waiting for our entire team to play our best football. We haven’t done that yet. We have seen spurts of it, we’ve seen glimpses here and there of what our potential is as a football team.

    Towards the end of the game, we just found a way to win, and it was a fun one. It was a big win for the program and a big win for our kids.

    Q: Had you been part of something like that, winning a game on the last play of the game?

    Wasinger: I don’t know if I have. I’ve seen it happen. I’ve seen my dad win games like that before. Thinking back to my time as a player, I don’t know if we ever won a game on the last play of the game. I remember losing a game as a player on one of the last plays of the game, and that was pretty disheartening.

    But winning in that fashion, as a coach and being a part of it, was extremely exciting. Someone told me I’m going to need a pacemaker if this keeps up.

  • Krueger: We need input from coaches into football’s upcoming alignment

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    (Tim Visser/timvisserphotography.com)

    EDITOR’S NOTE: Mike Krueger is the chair of the CHSAA football committee. He penned the following letter to football coaches this week.

    As you know, the 2017 football season will bring us to the close of a two-year cycle in Colorado high school football. We wanted to update you as we look forward to the 2018-20 cycle and beyond.

    As we work toward, plan, and create a vision for high school football in our State, the CHSAA football committee remains ardently dedicated to continuing the shared decision making model that has helped us shape the landscape for high school football. We started initial discussions this past summer with stakeholders around the state from each of our classifications.

    Obviously the input and wisdom from our coaches is a vital and much-needed part of this important process.  Each league and region around our state has identified individuals whose main responsibility is to relay information and provide insight from each of our stakeholders and communities.

    These classification representatives from around the state meet with each other and discuss many issues, including the structure of how leagues are formed and created. These groups are led by members of the CHSAA football committee. This provides an opportunity for the committee to hear directly from each of our schools and programs.

    As mentioned, input from the membership is desperately needed and desired. We therefore want to encourage football coaches to talk with their athletic directors and the representative from your league and/or community and provide input into the structure and design of our leagues and playoff formats.

    The dedicated individuals that serve on our football committee spend countless hours gathering input and ideas, talking to coaches and communities, and facilitating discussions that help promote the sport of football for all athletes, coaches, schools and communities across our vast state.

    Coaches, please take the time to talk with your athletic director and your representatives so that your voice is heard in these important dialogues. Thank you so much for everything you do each and every day for our student-athletes and your schools.

  • Standley Lake boys soccer grabs 4th straight win

    Standley Lake’s leading scorers Weston Short (3) and Tate Minch celebrate a goal Monday at NAAC. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    ARVADA — Standley Lake’s boys soccer team is on an upward trend at just the right time.

    The Gators (5-3-1 record, 1-0 in league) have reeled off four straight victories just as they head into the heart of the Class 4A Jeffco League schedule. Standley Lake’s latest victory came Monday night with a 3-1 win against Holy Family at the North Area Athletic Complex in Arvada.

    Standley Lake coach Mike Day admitted his squad, which got off to a rough 1-3-1 start to the season, has had to deal with some internal issues.

    “We’ve been talking all-season long about being a Gator family. I think that is what really turned it around,” Day said. “The kids are starting to believe, sell out and buy into the program.”

    Standley Lake got first-half goals by senior Weston Short and junior Tate Minch on a cold and wet night at NAAC.

    Holy Family’s Tanner Baird (21) fends off Standley Lake’s Weston Short. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    Short’s header goal in the 21st minute came off a great centering pass from Minch. Junior Erik Macias-Gutirrez did the hard work on Minch’s goal. Macias-Gutirrez dodged through a handful of Holy Family defenders before passing to Minch who fired a shot past Holy Family goalie Ryan Berry.

    Minch scored the lone goal in the second half to seal the 3-1 victory. Day commented that Minch is his own harshest critic.

    “He (Minch) thinks he is terrible every single week. I love the humility because I think that is why he is performing on the field,” Day said of Minch. “He has the desire to get better each and every time he is on the field. That is the attitude that makes champions.”

    Minch has seven goals on the season, which ties him with Short for the team’s leading goal scorer.

    “I am hard on myself a lot, but I feel like I should be proud of myself of what I did out here tonight,” Minch said of his 2-goal and 1-assist night.

    Holy Family cut the Gators’ lead to 2-1 at halftime with a late goal by senior Matthew Fountaine. The Tigers’ senior captain was able to deflect the ball passed from junior Darin Chavers just between the near post and Standley Lake goalie Kevin Ruzicka in the 38th minute.

    The dynamics of the second half changed with Holy Family junior Jakob Hulquest was issued a red card right at the end of the first half. The Tigers had to play the entire second half a man-down.

    “The thing with a red card is as soon as it happens that team is down a man, but they going to come out a lot more angry,” Minch said. “We had to keep the intensity up.”

    Standley Lake’s Jesse White (9) defends Holy Family’s Jimmy Sines (12). (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    Ruzicka was able to make a few saves, including a key diving save in the 57th minute on Holy Family senior Lorenzo Centeno. The Gators finally pushed the lead to a 2-goal advantage in the 76th minute with a rebound goal by Minch.

    “We just weren’t playing as a team and was a little disconnected,” Minch said. “The last four games we have been working on bounding as a team and playing as a unit. It has yielded results.”

    Standley Lake got off to a strong conference start with a 7-2 win over Wheat Ridge in their league opener last week. Standley Lake hopes to carryover its current momentum on the road against Valor Christian on Wednesday night.

    “We definitely won’t take Valor easy,” Short said. “It’s another league game and our objective is to win league this year.”

    Standley Lake is 1-1-1 against Valor in conference game over the past three years.

    “Without a doubt, I’d be lying if I said one of our goals wasn’t to win league this year,” Day said. “For some reason Valor always gives us problems. That is who we have on Wednesday and that is our focus. I’m not worried about Littleton yet.”

    The Gators will have time to prepare for perhaps their biggest league test of the season back at NAAC on Monday, Oct. 2, next week. Standley Lake squares off against Littleton (8-0-1, 1-0). The Lions moved up to No. 6 in the CHSAANow.com 4A rankings that were released Monday.

    Holy Family (3-5) has been trending in the other direction. After a 3-game winning streak, the Tigers have dropped four straight. Holy Family begins its 4A Tri-Valley League play with a road test against Roosevelt (6-2) at 6 p.m. Wednesday night.

    Standley Lake’s Tate Minch (7) and Alex Trinidad (10) attempts to block the shot attempt of Holy Family’s Cody Chavers (9) on Monday at NAAC. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
  • Football rankings: 3A adds five new teams; Lakewood, Skyline also among newcomers

    (Chris Kemm/Skyview HS)

    There was all kinds of shakeup in this week’s football rankings.

    The Class 3A poll added five new teams: No. 4 Berthoud, No. 7 Roosevelt, No. 8 Skyview, No. 9 Harrison and No. 10 Canon City.

    Lakewood (5A), Skyline (4A), Crowley County (1A), Clear Creek (1A), Sargent (8-man) and Sierra Grande (6-man) are also new this week in their respective classifications.

    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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    CHSAANow.com Football Polls

    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 Valor Christian (14) 4-0 140 1 W
    2 Eaglecrest 4-0 118 3 W
    3 Pomona 3-1 115 2 L
    4 Regis Jesuit 3-1 82 5 W
    5 Cherry Creek 3-1 75 7 W
    6 Mullen 2-3 50 8 L
    7 Fairview 4-0 48 10 W
    8 Columbine 3-1 33 4 L
    9 Grandview 2-2 31 6 L
    10 Lakewood 4-0 21 W
    Others receiving votes:
    Highlands Ranch 20, Doherty 19, ThunderRidge 10, Legacy 8.
    Dropped out
    Highlands Ranch (9).
    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Pine Creek (15) 4-0 177 1 W
    2 Ponderosa (1) 4-0 151 2 W
    3 Chatfield (2) 3-1 123 3 W
    4 Windsor 3-1 106 4 W
    5 Loveland 4-0 97 6 W
    6 Pueblo West 4-0 88 7 W
    7 Fruita Monument 5-0 87 5 W
    8 Monarch 4-0 66 8 W
    9 Pueblo South 3-1 44 9 W
    10 Skyline 4-0 12 W
    Others receiving votes:
    Widefield 9, Broomfield 7, Vista Ridge 6, Standley Lake 5, Cheyenne Mountain 4, Rampart 4, Montrose 3, Greeley West 1.
    Dropped out
    Broomfield (10).
    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Holy Family (5) 4-0 104 1 W
    2 Mead (5) 4-0 97 2 W
    3 Palmer Ridge (1) 4-0 78 4 W
    4 Berthoud 4-0 57 W
    5 Erie 4-0 50 6 W
    6 Silver Creek 3-1 48 3 L
    7 Roosevelt 3-1 45 W
    8 Skyview 4-0 38 W
    9 Harrison 4-0 33 W
    10 Canon City 4-0 19 W
    Others receiving votes:
    Palisade 9, Evergreen 8, Fort Morgan 6, Frederick 5, Discovery Canyon 4, Durango 2, Denver North 1, Thomas Jefferson 1.
    Dropped out
    Fort Morgan (5), Discovery Canyon (7), Durango (8), Longmont (9), Thomas Jefferson (10).
    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Kent Denver (10) 4-0 142 1 W
    2 Bayfield (5) 4-0 132 2 W
    3 The Classical Academy 4-0 115 3 W
    4 Platte Valley 4-0 101 5 W
    5 La Junta 3-1 98 4 L
    6 Sterling 3-1 63 6 W
    7 Faith Christian 3-1 48 7 W
    8 Alamosa 3-1 30 8 Bye
    9 Salida 4-0 24 9 Bye
    10 Basalt 3-1 21 10 W
    Others receiving votes:
    Aspen 11, Bishop Machbeuf 9, Valley 9, Coal Ridge 7, Eaton 6, D’Evelyn 4, Elizabeth 3, Delta 2.
    Dropped out
    None.
    Class 1A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Bennett (10) 4-0 118 1 W
    2 Meeker (2) 4-0 108 2 W
    3 Strasburg 3-1 93 3 W
    4 Centauri 5-0 69 5 W
    5 Limon 3-1 65 4 L
    6 Paonia 3-1 54 6 W
    7 Platte Canyon 3-0 52 7 Bye
    8 Peyton 3-1 19 10 W
    9 Crowley County 4-1 17 W
    10 Clear Creek 4-0 16 W
    Others receiving votes:
    Burlington 15, Cornerstone Christian Academy 8, Buena Vista 7, Cedaredge 7, Rocky Ford 4, Grand Valley 3, Colorado Springs Christian 2, Monte Vista 2, Hotchkiss 1.
    Dropped out
    Monte Vista (8), Wray (9).
    8-man
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Sedgwick County (12) 4-0 120 1 W
    2 Holly 3-0 100 3 Bye
    3 Haxtun 4-0 77 6 W
    4 West Grand 4-0 70 5 W
    5 Hoehne 3-1 62 8 W
    6 Merino 4-0 51 9 W
    7 Fowler 4-0 49 7 W
    8 Dayspring Christian Academy 3-1 48 2 L
    9 Sargent 1-3 20 W
    10 McClave 3-1 18 10 L
    Others receiving votes:
    Norwood 14, Gilpin County 11, Soroco 9, Mancos 7, Akron 3, Caliche 1.
    Dropped out
    Norwood (4).
    6-man
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Peetz (7) 3-0 112 2 Bye
    2 Stratton/Liberty (4) 4-0 108 1 W
    3 Cheyenne Wells (1) 4-0 98 3 W
    4 Otis 4-0 77 4 W
    5 Prairie 4-0 64 6 W
    6 Kit Carson 3-1 62 5 L
    7 North Park 3-1 41 7 W
    8 Cotopaxi 4-0 37 9 W
    9 Fleming 1-3 18 8 L
    10 Sierra Grande 4-0 15 W
    Others receiving votes:
    Genoa-Hugo 14, La Veta 10, Arickaree/Woodlin 3, Weldon Valley 1.
    Dropped out
    La Veta (10).
  • Volleyball rankings: Wiggins, Dolores, Bennett, Evergreen and Rocky Mountain join the polls

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    Wiggins (in Class 2A), Dolores (2A), Bennett (3A), Evergreen (4A) and Rocky Mountain (5A) have each joined their respective volleyball rankings this week.

    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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    CHSAANow.com Volleyball Polls

    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 Castle View (9) 10-1 99 1 2-0
    2 Mountain Vista 8-2 85 3 0-1
    3 Rock Canyon 8-3 59 4 1-1
    4 Chatfield 9-2 49 6 5-0
    5 Fossil Ridge (1) 7-3 48 2 1-1
    6 Highlands Ranch 10-1 47 5 2-0
    7 Rocky Mountain (1) 10-1 45 1-1
    8 Fort Collins 7-1 42 7 2-0
    9 Fruita Monument 10-1 36 9 2-0
    10 Cherry Creek 9-2 31 8 2-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Chaparral 21, Coronado 13, Denver East 11, Eaglecrest 6, Legacy 5, Dakota Ridge 3, Legend 2, Regis Jesuit 2, Pine Creek 1.
    Dropped out
    Chaparral (10).
    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Lewis-Palmer (10) 11-0 109 1 3-0
    2 Niwot 9-1 83 4 2-0
    3 Valor Christian 6-3 78 5 2-1
    4 Pueblo West (1) 7-1 71 3 2-0
    5 Holy Family 11-2 60 2 2-0
    6 Palmer Ridge 10-1 48 9 1-0
    7 Longmont 9-2 33 8 1-1
    8 Thomas Jefferson 8-3 30 7 0-1
    9 D’Evelyn 9-0 19 10 5-0
    10 Evergreen 7-3 18 2-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Durango 14, Ponderosa 9, Windsor 9, Silver Creek 6, Eagle Valley 4, Cheyenne Mountain 3, Mountain View 3, Glenwood Springs 2, Mullen 2, Palisade 2, Pueblo County 2.
    Dropped out
    Cheyenne Mountain (6).
    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Eaton (13) 10-1 130 1 2-1
    2 University 9-2 103 2 2-0
    3 Resurrection Christian 10-2 96 3 2-0
    4 Lutheran (1) 10-2 60 7 1-0
    5 Faith Christian 7-3 58 4 1-1
    6 Lamar 11-1 56 8 2-0
    7 Bayfield 7-3 54 6 1-1
    8 Valley 8-4 40 5 1-1
    9 Bishop Machebeuf 10-2 35 10 2-1
    10 Bennett 9-1 27 1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Middle Park 21, Coal Ridge 18, Centauri 11, Platte Valley 9, The Academy 8, Sterling 7, Colorado Springs Christian 6, Frontier Academy 6, Aspen 5, Colorado Academy 5, Pagosa Springs 5, Weld Central 5, Jefferson Academy 4, The Vanguard 4, Manitou Springs 1.
    Dropped out
    Middle Park (9).
    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Yuma (7) 8-1 88 1 2-0
    2 Lyons 9-4 55 2 1-2
    3 Dayspring Christian 9-1 53 3 4-0
    4 Simla 10-2 47 5 4-0
    5 Swink 7-1 45 6 1-0
    6 Paonia (2) 8-1 42 4 1-0
    7 Denver Christian 9-1 37 7 2-0
    8 Dolores 8-1 30 2-0
    9 Hoehne 8-3 28 8 4-1
    10 Wiggins 12-1 21 5-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Meeker 10, Dawson School 7, Fowler 6, Ignacio 6, John Mall 6, Union Colony 6, Rocky Ford 5, Wray 2, Telluride 1.
    Dropped out
    Meeker (9), Fowler (10).
    Class 1A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Kit Carson (7) 11-0 95 1 3-0
    2 Fleming (1) 10-1 78 2 1-0
    3 Holly (2) 9-1 76 4 0-0
    4 McClave 8-1 65 5 4-1
    5 La Veta 9-0 61 3 1-0
    6 Otis 8-3 48 6 0-2
    7 Flagler/Hi-Plains 6-2 38 9 4-0
    8 Briggsdale 10-2 30 8 3-0
    9 Wiley 7-2 22 7 0-1
    10 Belleview Christian 9-0 10 10 1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Eads 8, Cheyenne Wells 6, Kim/Branson 4, Pikes Peak Christian 4, Weldon Valley 4, Dove Creek 1.
    Dropped out
    None.
  • Softball rankings: Golden, Meeker and Faith Christian join the polls

    (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    Golden (4A), Meeker (3A) and Faith Christian (3A) have all joined this week’s softball rankings.

    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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    CHSAANow.com Softball Polls

    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 Eaglecrest (7) 14-1-0 96 1 3-0-0
    2 Arvada West 11-3-0 76 5 2-0-0
    3 Brighton (2) 14-1-0 71 3 2-0-0
    4 Legacy (1) 11-2-0 64 4 3-0-0
    5 Fossil Ridge 13-2-0 58 2 2-1-0
    6 Mountain Vista 13-2-0 45 6 3-0-0
    7 Legend 9-6-0 32 8 3-0-0
    8 Columbine 10-5-0 30 7 2-1-0
    9 Prairie View 13-2-0 26 10 2-1-0
    10 ThunderRidge 10-4-0 10 9 1-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Broomfield 8, Grand Junction Central 8, Pomona 7, Hinkley 6, Dakota Ridge 5, Rock Canyon 3, Douglas County 2, Mountain Range 2, Cherokee Trail 1.
    Dropped out
    None.
    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Valor Christian (10) 14-0-0 107 1 3-0-0
    2 Holy Family 11-2-0 72 8 2-0-0
    3 Erie 10-5-0 59 3 1-1-0
    4 Thomas Jefferson 14-1-0 56 9 4-0-0
    5 Mountain View 12-1-1 49 4 3-0-0
    6 Golden (1) 11-3-0 47 1-1-0
    7 Pueblo West 9-3-0 44 5 2-1-0
    8 Discovery Canyon 11-3-1 37 10 3-0-0
    9 Pueblo South 11-2-0 35 2 1-2-0
    10 Mullen 7-6-0 31 7 0-2-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Silver Creek 28, Conifer 12, Pueblo Central 8, Air Academy 7, Frederick 7, Rifle 5, Cheyenne Mountain 1.
    Dropped out
    Silver Creek (6).
    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Strasburg (5) 10-3-0 91 1 3-0-0
    2 Eaton (2) 12-2-0 89 3 3-0-0
    3 Brush (3) 12-2-0 87 2 3-1-0
    4 Rocky Ford 10-5-0 58 4 0-2-0
    5 University 10-3-0 55 5 1-1-0
    6 Meeker 12-3-0 44 3-0-0
    7 Lamar 10-5-0 41 6 2-0-0
    8 Weld Central 11-4-0 20 7 2-1-0
    9 Faith Christian 7-6-0 14 2-0-0
    10 Limon 11-3-0 12 10 2-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Delta 10, Basalt 9, Valley 8, Cedaredge 5, La Junta 4, Sterling 2, St. Mary’s 1.
    Dropped out
    La Junta (8), Basalt (9).
  • Boys soccer rankings: Five new teams enter this week’s polls

    Five new teams across the three classifications joined this week’s boys soccer rankings.

    Included: Grand Junction (5A), Far Northeast (5A), Denver North (4A), Eagle Ridge Academy (3A) and Faith Christian (3A).

    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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    CHSAANow.com Boys Soccer Polls

    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 Denver East (10) 8-0-0 100 1 1-0-0
    2 Fort Collins 6-0-1 72 4 2-0-0
    3 Boulder 6-1-1 71 2 1-0-0
    4 Fairview 7-1-0 61 5 2-0-0
    5 Grandview 5-1-0 56 7 1-0-0
    6 Fossil Ridge 5-0-1 41 6 1-0-0
    7 Broomfield 6-2-0 37 3 1-1-0
    8 Grand Junction 9-1-0 27 3-0-0
    9 FNE Warriors 6-1-1 26 2-0-0
    10 Hinkley 7-1-0 25 9 3-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Arapahoe 12, Monarch 9, Regis Jesuit 9, Legacy 4.
    Dropped out
    Monarch (8), Cherry Creek (10).
    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Air Academy (8) 8-0-0 70 1 2-0-0
    2 Niwot 7-0-1 61 2 1-0-0
    3 Silver Creek 7-0-1 49 7 3-0-0
    4 The Classical Academy 5-1-0 40 3 1-0-0
    5 Sand Creek 8-0-0 30 6 2-0-0
    6 Littleton 8-0-1 26 8 1-0-0
    7 Windsor 8-0-0 26 4 1-0-0
    8 Montrose 6-2-1 24 10 1-0-1
    9 Durango 7-1-1 21 5 1-0-1
    10 Denver North 7-1-0 18 2-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Cheyenne Mountain 7, Kennedy 7, Golden 6.
    Dropped out
    Cheyenne Mountain (9).
    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Jefferson Academy (7) 8-0-1 97 1 3-0-0
    2 Kent Denver (2) 6-0-1 88 2 1-0-0
    3 Liberty Common (1) 7-0-0 60 9 3-0-0
    4 Colorado Springs Christian 4-2-0 52 3 1-0-0
    5 Colorado Academy 5-2-0 40 4 1-0-0
    6 DSST-Stapleton 7-1-0 38 6 2-0-0
    7 St. Mary’s 6-2-0 27 8 1-1-0
    8 The Academy 6-0-2 26 5 1-0-0
    9 Eagle Ridge Academy 8-0-0 20 1-0-0
    10 Faith Christian 3-3-2 16 0-2-0
    Others receiving votes:
    KIPP Denver Collegiate 14, Manitou Springs 13, Delta 12, Aurora West 9, Manual 9, Frontier Academy 7, The Pinnacle 7, DSST-Green Valley Ranch 6, Peak to Peak 5, Arrupe Jesuit 4.
    Dropped out
    KIPP Denver Collegiate (7), The Pinnacle (10).