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Month: November 2017

  • Eaglecrest and Loveland join Rocky Mountain as fall #BackMyTeam finalists

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    AURORA — Eaglecrest and Loveland have been named the two additional finalists for the #BackMyTeam sportsmanship contest during the fall season.

    They join Rocky Mountain, which won the first fall period of the contest, as a finalist. #BackMyTeam seeks to promote positive sportsmanship and school spirit around the state.

    The three finalists will be up for final vote, which will run from Nov. 21-28. The voting will be conducted on CHSAANow.com as well as on Twitter, with the winner announced that week, and honored on Dec. 2 during the Class 4A and 5A football championships at Mile High. More information about the final vote will post next week.

    Eaglecrest won fall’s second period, putting together an amazing 13 entries into the contest. Included:

    Likewise, it was Loveland’s volume of entries — 13 in all — as well as the diversity of sports they were supporting that helped the school win the third fall period. Included in Loveland’s entries:

    https://twitter.com/LovelandStuco/status/923709063908573184

  • Softball committee considers but ultimately passes on format change for its postseason

    State softball Aurora Sports Park generic
    (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

    AURORA — The softball committee on Thursday heard a proposal that sought to change the format for the sport’s regional and state tournaments. Ultimately, they opted to not vote on it, asking for more feedback from schools.

    The proposal, presented by Vista Ridge athletic director Sam Baldwin, sought to change the regional tournaments to single-elimination, and the state tournaments to double-elimination. Currently, regionals are double-elimination, while state is a single-elimination format. Baldwin’s proposal was specific to 4A and 5A, but there was a similar proposal for 3A that largely mirrored the 4A/5A proposal.

    While discussing the topic, committee members expressed concern that the proposal would have cut state qualifiers from 16 to eight teams, and that not every softball school had seen it.

    “When you show up to a the state tournament and there are all these teams playing, it’s a great feel,” said Pomona athletic director Mike Santarelli, a committee member.

    Added Dave Craddock, another committee member who is the athletic director at Pueblo Central: “Some of our coaches kind of liked the double-elimination idea, but they absolutely did not like cutting (the field) to eight.”

    Michelle Woodard, the coach and athletic director at Strasburg, echoed that sentiment. “Two years ago, we went to 16 teams (from 12 in 3A) because we wanted more participation at the state tournament,” she said.

    Committee members were also hesitant about getting right of double-elimination at the regional round, because they felt it ensured the best teams advanced to the state tournaments.

    “If you go to single-elimination, you may have a situation where a 32 (seed) knocks off a 1, and then there’s no chance to battle back, and you’re not having the best teams at the state tournament,” said Eaglecrest coach Yvette Hendrian.

    Notably this past season, 5A champion Legend and 4A champion Mountain View lost their first games at regionals but came back to win titles.

    The proposal is likely to return to the softball committee in the future for more consideration after schools are surveyed and feedback is incorporated into the format. Because most postseason format changes are typically only approved before the start of the two-year cycle, it means that softball will likely stay with its current format through at least the 2018-20 cycle.

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    Notables

    • The topic of pitch-counts was raised in the committee. While no proposal is imminent, one may not be far off. “This is on the horizon,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Bud Ozzello, who oversees softball. “They’re starting to gather data” on the national level, he added.
    • New district and league alignment was recommended. That will be included as part of the sport’s report presented to the Legislative Council in January.

  • Aurora Public Schools’ Mike Krueger to receive NFHS citation

    (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

    INDIANAPOLIS — The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) will award NFHS Citations to eight high school athletic directors December 11 in Phoenix, Arizona, during luncheon festivities at the 48th annual National Athletic Directors Conference sponsored jointly by the NFHS and the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA).

    NFHS Citations are presented annually to outstanding athletic directors in recognition of contributions to interscholastic athletics at the local, state and national levels. State associations nominate athletic directors for NFHS Citations, and the NFHS Board of Directors approves recipients.

    Among the honorees is Mike Krueger, the district athletic director of Aurora Public Schools.

    Also being honored are Marc Haught, CMAA, executive director, Kansas Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association; Wendy Malich, CAA, district athletic director, Franklin Pierce School District, Tacoma, Washington; Jon Payne, CMAA, assistant principal/director of athletics, Reading (Ohio) High School; Colin Roy, CAA, athletic director, Hall-Dale High School, Farmingdale, Maine; Jamie Sheetz, CMAA, athletic director, Park City (Utah) High School; Jeffrey Sitz, CMAA, director of athletics, Lutheran High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Myles Wilson, CAA, district athletic administrator for athletic facilities and operations, Spartanburg (South Carolina) School District.

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    Michael Krueger, CMAA

    Aurora, Colorado

    In just 11 years as an athletic administrator, Michael Krueger, CMAA, has become one of the most respected in the state of Colorado as the district athletic director of Aurora Public Schools.

    Krueger recently finished a two-year term as the Colorado Athletic Directors Association (CADA) president after serving two years as vice-president and another two as CADA secretary. Overall, he has served on the CADA Executive Board since 2009. He presented at every CADA Annual Conference from 2009 to 2014 and currently is a Leadership Training instructor.

    Krueger is equally involved with the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA), having been a voting member of its Legislative Council since 2006. He also currently serves as chair on the CHSAA Football Committee and is a member of the CHSAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee and the Reclassification Committee.

    Krueger’s service extends to the NIAAA as a member of the national teaching faculty for Leadership Training Course 710, for which he has been an instructor at four National Conferences. He has represented the state of Colorado three times in the NIAAA Delegate Assembly and has been a workshop presenter three times. In 2012-13, Krueger earned the NIAAA State Award of Merit.

    Locally, Krueger was president of the Western Slope League from 2010 to 2014, and works as the Aurora Public School’s Unified Sports Program director.

    In 2015-16, Krueger was honored by CADA with the Kurby Lyle Service Award and in 2011-12 was named the CADA Athletic Director of the Year. Krueger, who is an associate professor at Metro State University in Denver, recently was named to the Board of Directors for Colorado Special Olympics.

  • Milk drives Widefield cross country teams to state

    (Courtesy of Widefield HS)

    For over a decade, Widefield High School Cross-Country Team has enjoyed chocolate milk after the hardest workouts of the week – a favorite beverage of the athletes that has even become a major recruiting tool for the team.

    In fact, head coach Erik Nelson has seen the cross-country team go from “nearly extinct” to a team that finished second at state in 2016.

    “Kids who are on the fence about whether they want to run cross-country will be swayed by members of the team telling them they would get chocolate milk,” says Nelson.

    Nelson, a Widefield High School graduate himself, and cross-country coach at the school for over 13 years, recognizes the value of quality nutrition, specifically white and chocolate milk – and he’s on the right track. Emerging research in adult athletes has demonstrated that one serving of milk post-exercise may help reduce muscle damage and improve muscle recovery – which in turn, may help the body perform better during its next workout. In fact, research shows that drinking milk after a workout can be as effective as some sports drinks in helping the body refuel, recover and rehydrate after exercise. And the new research on high school athletes is just as compelling.

    “Our team has very few injury issues. I believe there are many reasons for this, but I do not think it would be an exaggeration to say our use of chocolate milk as a recovery drink has contributed to our health and success,” says Nelson.

    The athletes get milk three to four days a week after the toughest workouts and races. “The kids look forward to hard workout days because they know that at the end they have cold chocolate milk waiting for them,” states Nelson, acknowledging that the milk not only benefits athletic performance, but also comradery. “Handing out and drinking the milk is definitely a social/team-building time each day.  It gives us an extra reason to spend time together as a team and grow closer to one another.”

    Both boys and girls qualified for State by finishing third at the Regional meet. The boys finished 12th at State with the top boy finishing eighth overall. The girls team finished 19th at State. Western Dairy Association and Colorado dairy farm families applaud coach Nelson and the Widefield Cross-Country team on another great season!

    Interested in learning more? Athletes can train harder and perform better with proper nutrition. Visit WesternDairyAssociation.org to read more about milk as an exercise recovery beverage and learn how to eat for peak athletic performance. 

  • All-state girls cross country teams for the 2017 season

    The 2017 all-state girls cross country teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

    These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.

    The athletes who won championships at their classification were named runner of the year.

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    Class 2A

    Runner of the year: Helen Cross, Nederland
    Coach of the year: Kory Skattum, Nederland

    First Team
    Name Year School
    Helen Cross Sophomore Nederland
    Sarah Davidson Senior Nederland
    Lucca Fulkerson Freshman Dawson
    Soleil Gaylord Senior Telluride
    Maria O’Neal Senior Crested Butte
    Chloe Veilleux Junior Soroco
    Second Team
    Name Year School
    Katie Fankhouser Sophomore Lyons
    Sydney Petersen Senior Crested Butte
    Emma Schaefer Senior Shining Mountain
    Katya Schwietermann Sophomore Paonia
    Linnea Sherman Freshman Colorado Rocky Mountain
    Kylee Udovich Junior Lyons

    Honorable mention: Ashlyn Alvey, Freshman, Rocky Ford; Caitlyn Anderson, Sophomore, Highland; Cecilia Davies, Freshman, Clear Creek; Kate Griffin, Sophomore, The Colorado Springs School; Emilee Haefeli, Senior, Del Norte; Brooke Hillman, Senior, Paonia; Bria Johnson, Sophomore, The Vanguard School; Abby Leuchten, Junior, Shining Mountain; Grace Manning, Freshman, Mancos; Samantha O’Brien, Senior, Clear Creek; Sarah Roberts, Sophomore, Lyons; Tawnee Roberts, Freshman, Paonia; Madeline Watts, Senior, Lyons.

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    Class 3A

    Runner of the year: Quinn McConnell, Peak to Peak
    Coach of the year: Kim McConnell, Peak to Peak

    First Team
    Name Year School
    Tiana Bradfield Junior Peak to Peak
    Maggi Congdon Sophomore Steamboat Springs
    Hannah Ellis Senior Frontier Academy
    Quinn McConnell Junior Peak to Peak
    Anna Shults Junior Peak to Peak
    Alyssa Wells Freshman Holy Family
    Second Team
    Name Year School
    Winter Boese Junior Steamboat Springs
    McKenzie Elliott Senior Classical Academy
    Rachel Ingram Junior Colorado Springs Christian
    Ashten Loeks Junior Elizabeth
    Hannah McReavy Senior St Mary’s
    Kaylee Thompson Junior Classical Academy

    Honorable mention: Allison Beasley, Freshman, Peak to Peak; Ruby Brown, Sophomore, Salida; Katie Flaherty, Junior, Classical Academy; Payton Grove, Senior, SkyView Academy; Taylor Haerbig, Freshman, D’Evelyn; Alaina Jones, Junior, Elizabeth; Kylie Kravig, Freshman, University; Dasha Kutnetsova, Senior, Steamboat Springs; Lilly Lavier, Sophomore, Alamosa; Laura Romero, Freshman, Denver North; Taylor Santangelo, Senior, Holy Family; Kylie Simshauser, Freshman, Florence; Sarah Wagler, Senior, Rifle.

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    Class 4A

    Runner of the year: Elizabeth Constien, Battle Mountain
    Coach of the year: Rob Parish, Battle Mountain

    First Team
    Name Year School
    Elizabeth Constien Senior Battle Mountain
    Paige Embaugh Junior Air Academy
    Morgan Hykes Junior Windsor
    Addi Iken Senior Littleton
    Tatum Miller Sophomore Air Academy
    Isabella Prosceno Freshman Palmer Ridge
    Second Team
    Name Year School
    Joslin Blair Sophomore Eagle Valley
    Tiya Chamberlin Junior Wheat Ridge
    Riley Geldean Sophomore Centaurus
    Lizzy Harding Junior Battle Mountain
    Madi Kenyon Junior Roosevelt
    Taylor Whitfield Freshman Valor Christian

    Honorable mention: Kyndel Anderson, Sophomore, Windsor; Madeleine Burns, Sophomore, Durango; Maren Busath, Freshman, Palmer Ridge; Cami Fischmann, Sophomore, Silver Creek; Mary Fox, Junior, Golden; Kiara Hamlin, Sophomore, Durango; Naomi Harding, Junior, Battle Mountain; Katie Hooten, Sophomore, Centaurus; Kasey Klocek, Sophomore, Green Mountain; Kenadi Krueger, Sophomore, Thompson Valley; Alex Raichart, Senior, Battle Mountain; Liberty Ricca, Junior, Discovery Canyon; Maggie Smith, Junior, Niwot.

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    Class 5A

    Runner of the year: Jenna Fitzsimmons, Mountain Vista
    Coach of the year: Eric Selle, Mountain Vista

    First Team
    Name Year School
    Claudia Burgess Senior Boulder
    Stephanie Carrasco Senior Thornton
    Caroline Eck Junior Mountain Vista
    Jenna Fitzsimmons Sophomore Mountain Vista
    Ivy Gonzales Senior Broomfield
    Sarah O’Sullivan Sophomore Mountain Vista
    Second Team
    Name Year School
    Isalina Colsman Sophomore Regis Jesuit
    Lina Corrales Senior Douglas County
    Caitlin McConnell Junior Cherokee Trail
    Kaitlyn Mercer Junior Grandview
    Kyla Ramsey Senior Rampart
    Julia Schlepp Junior Rocky Mountain

    Honorable mention: Carley Bennett, Junior, Lakewood; Isabella Bowland, Senior, Fairview; Katie Doucette, Senior, Arvada West; Liz Hogan, Senior, Monarch; Hope James, Sophomore, Rock Canyon; Lynzie Kutsner, Junior, Rampart; Callin Naddy, Senior, Rocky Mountain; Shannon Osoba, Junior, Rock Canyon; Claire Pauley, Senior, Arvada West; Madison Reed, Sophomore, Mountain Vista; Michelle Renner, Senior, Dakota Ridge; Ellie Schweiker, Sophomore, Ralston Valley; Sydney Swanker, Sophomore, Broomfield.

  • All-state boys cross country teams for the 2017 season

    The 2017 all-state boys cross country teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

    These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.

    The athletes who won championships at their classification were named runner of the year.

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    Class 2A

    Runner of the year: Benjamin Kelley, Soroco
    Coach of the year: Mark Roberts, Lyons

    First Team
    Name Year School
    Seth Bruxvoort Junior Heritage Christian Academy
    Cody Danley Senior Rocky Ford
    Jaden Evans Junior Telluride
    Benjamin Kelley Senior Soroco
    Isaac Roberts Sophomore Lyons
    Patrick Scoggins Senior Rangley
    Second Team
    Name Year School
    Mason Howard Sophomore Peyton
    Simon Kearns Senior Mancos
    Nick Lovato Senior The Vanguard School
    Max Saliman Junior Shining Mountain Waldorf
    Field Soosloff Senior Lyons
    Micah Zeller Freshman Custer County

    Honorable mention: Isaiah Bowsher, Senior, Heritage Christian Academy; Josiah Bowsher, Senior, Heritage Christian Academy; Keaton Case, Junior, Heritage Christian Academy; Wesley Davies, Junior, Clear Creek; Phillip Hufman, Junior, Dolores; Colton Jonjak-Plahn, Junior, Lyons; Jake McKie, Senior, Mancos; Landon Milbrath, Senior, Lyons; Ethan Reschke, Senior, Sargent; Sam Rodriguez, Senior, Hotchkiss; Andre Stablein, Sophomore, Front Range Christian; Simon Stone, Sophomore, Lyons; Will Swenson, Junior, Colorado Rocky Mountain.

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    Class 3A

    Runner of the year: Mason Norman, Classical Academy
    Coach of the year: Alan Versaw, The Classical Academy

    First Team
    Name Year School
    Levi Chambers Senior Frontier Academy
    Blake Davis Senior Lamar
    David Fine Junior Elizabeth
    Kyle McCabe Senior Holy Family
    Mason Norman Sophomore Classical Academy
    Tyler Scholl Junior SkyView Academy
    Second Team
    Name Year School
    Jaden Davis Sophomore Frontier Academy
    Lucas Jordan Senior D’Evelyn
    Andrew King Senior Platte Valley
    Wyatt Lehr Senior Lamar
    Ryan Moen Senior Classical Academy
    Colton Stice Junior Gunnison

    Honorable mention: Macklin Brockmeyer, Junior, Faith Christian; Ryan Butler, Senior, SkyView Academy; Elijah DeLaCerda, Junior, Alamosa; Jacob Doman, Senior, Liberty Commons; Christian Fagerlin, Senior, Resurrection Christian; James Jessep, Freshman, Stargate High School; Canaan Lamberth, Senior, Classical Academy; William Ledden, Sophomore, Peak to Peak; Campbell McDonough, Senior, Faith Christian; Jimmy Scavuzzo, Senior, SkyView Academy.

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    Class 4A

    Runner of the year: Cole Sprout, Valor Christian
    Coach of the year: Rob Collins, Palmer Ridge

    First Team
    Name Year School
    Cal Banta Junior Air Academy
    Brock Dykema Senior Silver Creek
    James Lee Senior Silver Creek
    Ryan Matson Senior Palmer Ridge
    Drew Seidel Senior Wheat Ridge
    Cole Sprout Sophomore Valor Christian
    Second Team
    Name Year School
    Thomas Chaston Senior Cheyenne Mountain
    Simon Kelati Junior Greeley Central
    Cole Munoz Senior Widefield
    John O’Malley Senior Centaurus
    Dillon Powell Junior Air Academy
    Ares Reading Junior Niwot

    Honorable mention: Noah Bodewes, Junior, Durango; Cooper Brown, Junior, Centaurus; Eliott Cassidy, Senior, Silver Creek; Aidan Fitzgerald, Junior, Durango; Evan Graff, Junior, Montrose; Maxwell Herebic, Senior, Palmer Ridge; Alex Hooten, Senior, Centaurus; Justin McDaniel, Senior, Mead; Kieran Nay, Senior, Palmer Ridge; Torey Puckett, Junior, Centaurus; Dylan Schubert, Sophomore, Thompson Valley; Logan Simington, Senior, Silver Creek; Jonathan Woolf, Senior, Palmer Ridge.

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    Class 5A

    Runner of the year: Charlie Perry, Monarch
    Coach of the year: Jonathan Dalby, Mountain Vista

    First Team
    Name Year School
    Mason Brown Senior Eaglecrest
    Carter Dillon Senior Mountain Vista
    Charlie Perry Senior Monarch
    Harrison Scudamore Freshman Denver East
    Chris Theodore Senior Rock Canyon
    Austin Vancil Junior Dakota Ridge
    Second Team
    Name Year School
    Easton Allred Sophomore Rock Canyon
    Will Dixon Senior Monarch
    Connor McCabe Senior Rampart
    Michael Mooney Senior Broomfield
    Connor Ohlson Sophomore Dakota Ridge
    Shayan Zarrin Senior Mountain Vista

    Honorable mention: Jacob Dewey, Senior, Rampart; Chase Dornbusch, Senior, Lakewood; Caden Foster, Senior, Mountain Vista; Blake Hubert, Senior, Fossil Ridge; Drew Johnson, Senior, Chatfield; Yonatan Kefle, Junior, Denver South; Parker Mackay, Senior, Mountain Vista; Hayden Martinez, Junior, Doherty; Jack O’Sullivan, Sophomore, Mountain Vista; Ethan Rouse, Junior, Mountain Vista; Isaac Russo, Senior, Monarch; Jack Shore, Senior, Fort Collins; Afeworki Zeru, Senior, Rampart.

  • Volleyball committee recommends new bracket format for state tournament

    Valor Christian Lewis-Palmer volleyball
    (Ray Chen/ArrayPhoto.com)

    AURORA — The state volleyball tournaments could look very different in the near future.

    The sport’s committee on Tuesday unanimously voted to recommend a bracket format starting next season. Their recommendation will move forward to the Legislative Council for a vote at their next meeting in January.

    “We are really excited to be moving in this direction,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Bethany Brookens, who oversees volleyball. “We think that it is the best way forward for our sport.”

    The bracket proposal, if passed by the Legislative Council, would move volleyball away from its current pool play setup and put all five classifications into a modified double-elimination format. Each class would continue to qualify 12 teams to the state tournament, though it would need to move to a three-day format.

    The bracket would keep many of the popular aspects of the current format — teams would still be guaranteed at least two matches over two days; the championship matches would all start at the same time — while getting rid of some of the negatives, according to proponents.

    No longer would there be so-called “meaningless” matches, which can happen in the current format with a pool winner already decided. No longer would tiebreakers be required to determine winners of pools where teams all finish 1-1.

    Those tiebreakers can often push the state schedule back. This season, for example, the state finals were scheduled to start at 7 p.m. They didn’t start until 8:40 p.m. because three pools required tiebreakers.

    Additionally, the tiebreakers can cause some teams to play an extraordinary amount of sets in one day with limited amount of rest.

    “It just evens it all out,” said Eaglecrest coach Tanya Bond, who presented the proposal to the committee. “Everyone is going to have the same experience on Saturday. And hopefully it will be a more meaningful experience, because the fans won’t be wondering what’s going on, what time the matches are going to be starting, and if they matter.”

    “This eliminates what the committee found to be the two biggest cons: the tiebreakers and the meaningless matches,” Bond added.

    Lewis-Palmer Valor Christian volleyball
    (Dustin Price/DustinPricePhotography.com)

    Officially, the format is known as the Olympic Crossover Bracket. An example of the bracket is listed below.

    It was an idea forwarded by a subcommittee that was specifically tasked with looking at the state tournament format in volleyball. That subcommittee met in February, and has solicited feedback ever since.

    An overwhelming majority of leagues indicated their support to the subcommittee, and many also communicated their support to the volleyball committee members prior to Tuesday’s vote.

    Under the proposed format, the top four seeds in each classification receive a first-round bye, with seeds Nos. 5-12 facing off in the first matches. Teams that win those matches advance to face those top-four seeds, while the teams that lose move to the contender’s bracket where they still have the chance to advance to the semifinals.

    Teams in the winner’s bracket move to the contender’s bracket if they lose prior to the semifinals. Once the semifinals are set, the bracket becomes a single-elimination tournament.

    There was discussion about looking at a state tournament that is double-elimination all the way through, but that would make scheduling difficult, and also negate the increased rest between matches that the Olympic Crossover provides.

    Additionally, there was discussion about a simple single-elimination tournament, but the subcommittee received feedback that teams didn’t want to stray too far from the current state tournament experience.

    “Over and over and over, the volleyball community has said ‘We want that volleyball experience,’” Bond said. “If you go single (elimination), that eliminates that experience for a number of kids, and if you go true double, it becomes unmanageable.”

    “This was a balance between the current model, and getting rid of a number of cons, but also keeping some of the pros,” Bond added.

    When it came time to vote, the committee was unanimous in its approval.

    “It’s time to do it,” said Rock Canyon athletic director Tom Brieske, a committee member.

    If approved, the 2018 state volleyball tournaments would be held Nov. 8-10.

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    Notables

    • There was a lot of discussion around whether 1A and 2A should move away from districts, and more closely mirror what 3A-5A do for regionals. Ultimately, one proposal to move 2A to the 3A-5A format wasn’t voted on, but the committee recommended that more work be done on it and be brought back next year.
    • The new district alignments for 1A and 2A were approved. Those will be published with the volleyball committee report in advance of the Legislative Council meeting.
    • An example Olympic Crossover bracket is below.

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    Example Olympic Crossover bracket

    https://old.chsaanow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/new-proposed-bracket.pdf

     

  • Coin flips: Future home sites for playoff football games on Nov. 23-25

    The following information shows the designated home team for potential playoff football matchups to be completed by Saturday, Nov. 25. The formula for determining the home team is shown on page 50 of the football bulletin.

    Sites are determined each week at the CHSAA office, one-and-a-half weeks prior to the next round. When possible, this will be live-streamed.
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    Explanation

    How the home sites are determined.

    • For 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A: The team with the fewest playoff home games will host. If equal, the higher seed will host.
    • For 2A: The team with the fewest playoff home games will host. If equal, the higher seed will host. Exception: If playoff home games are equal, and the opponents are from the same conference, the school with the higher conference standing in the regular season shall be the host.
    • For 8-man and 6-man: The team with the fewest playoff home games will host. If equal, a coin flip determines the home team.
    • In 3A, the higher seed will host the championship game regardless of the number of home games.

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    Future home sites

    Key: Home games – Fewest home playoff games; Higher seed – The highest seeded team; Mileage – One-way mileage.

    8-man (Championship)
    Potential Matchup Home Games Coin Flip Home Team Mileage
    Sedgwick County Soroco    X Soroco 321
    Sedgwick County West Grand X   Sedgwick County 283
    Holly Soroco X   Soroco 389
    Holly West Grand   X Holly 340
    Class 1A (Championship)
    Potential Matchup Home Games Higher Seed Home Team Mileage
    Bennett Centauri   X Bennett 272
    Bennett Limon X   Limon 59
    Strasburg Centauri   X Centauri 276
    Strasburg Limon X   Limon 52
    Class 2A (Championship)
    Potential Matchup Home Games Higher Seed Home Team Mileage
    Eaton Bayfield   X Bayfield 384
    Eaton Resurrection Christian   X Eaton 24
    La Junta Bayfield   X Bayfield 278
    La Junta Resurrection Christian   X La Junta 225
    Class 3A (Semifinals)
    Potential Matchup Home Games Higher Seed Home Team Mileage
    Mead Durango X   Durango 368
    Mead Erie X   Erie 16
    Longmont Durango   X Longmont 369
    Longmont Erie   X Erie 15
    Roosevelt Rifle X   Rifle 227
    Roosevelt Palmer Ridge X   Palmer Ridge 94
    Palisade Rifle   X Palisade 51
    Palisade Palmer Ridge   X Palmer Ridge 278
    Class 4A (Semifinals)
    Potential Matchup Home Games Higher Seed Home Team Mileage
    Pine Creek Pueblo West   X Pine Creek 61
    Pine Creek Chatfield X   Chatfield 62
    Rampart Pueblo West X   Rampart 58
    Rampart Chatfield   X Chatfield 63
    Vista Ridge Loveland   X Loveland 120
    Vista Ridge Broomfield   X Vista Ridge 84
    Pueblo South Loveland   X Pueblo South 170
    Pueblo South Broomfield   X Pueblo South 134
    Class 5A (Semifinals)
    Potential Matchup Home Games Higher Seed Home Team Mileage
    Valor Christian Pomona   X Valor Christian 37
    Valor Christian Fairview X   Fairview 43
    Grandview Pomona X   Grandview 33
    Grandview Fairview   X Fairview 46
    Columbine Cherry Creek X   Cherry Creek 13
    Columbine Eaglecrest   X Eaglecrest 30
    Regis Jesuit Cherry Creek   X Regis Jesuit 9
    Regis Jesuit Eaglecrest X   Regis Jesuit 6

  • Cross country committee again recommends a new scoring format for 2A state meet

    cross country generic
    (Cannon Casey/CHSAANow.com)

    AURORA — The cross country committee voted on Monday to recommend a proposal where the Class 2A state meet scores four runners in the team race.

    Currently, teams at the 2A meet run six athletes, with three of them counting toward the team points. The proposal would be to run six and score four.

    It is the second-straight year the committee has forwarded this specific proposal. Last year, the recommendation was voted down at a Legislative Council meeting.

    The recommendation will again head to Legislative Council for a vote at its next meeting, set for January.

    “This has been a push from some 2A schools for the last few years,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Jenn Roberts-Uhlig. “It’s definitely divided among 2A schools on what’s best moving forward.”

    Those behind the proposal plan to communicate with other leagues and Legislative Council members prior to the vote.

    Additionally, the committee voted to recommend a second proposal which would allow a fifth team to qualify from each 2A regional. This would bring 2A up to 20 teams at the state meet, in line with the 20 that currently go in 3A, 4A and 5A.

    “I think pulling the fifth team into 2A makes them more balanced with 3A, 4A and 5A,” Roberts-Uhlig said.

  • Photos: State volleyball champions crowned at the Denver Coliseum

    DENVER — Kit Carson, Lyons, Eaton, Lewis-Palmer and Castle View emerged as the 2017 state volleyball champions.

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