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Dare we say, TOO MUCH action to keep up with in our 5A/4A big-school early rounds?

Our CHSAANow staff couldn’t get everywhere so our Ball Fever Crew took a look at some of the games not covered in the early rounds. Here’s your early playoff recap and preview of the Sweet 16!

Let’s get to it.

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The Look Back

Round 1

• Steamboat Springs got the 4A winning started behind 21 points from Mac Rinicker and held Skyline to single digit scoring in three separate quarters!
• Speaking of DEFENSE, Mead held Littleton to single digit scoring in two quarters leading to an 8-point win. Derek Edwards led three in double digit scoring with 15.
• Centaurus, with Owen Koonce averaging 16 per game, pull off the win over Elizabeth by 3!
• Mark Struder’s 16 points lifts Conifer over Pueblo County.
• Luke O’Brien is a future CO star for Columbine and was “stat-stuffin” 28 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals in the win over Castle View.
• Jackson Hayslip scored 21 for Greeley Central who raced away from Battle Mountian.
• Mike Polson scored a “30-piece” for Mountain Range who held off Fountain Fort Carson by 4.
• Fruita Monument is on a mission to prove they belong in the 5A mix and Trey Morrill and Darren Davison combined for 30 points in blow out of Prairie View.
• Vista Peak started strong at home 20-8 over Standley Lake and held on for an 8-point round one win.
• Young soph Darius Hornbuckle scored 13 for Thomas Jefferson but only scored 16 second half points as a team and that wasn’t enough vs. visiting Erie who stormed back winning by 4.
• A Warrior will always battle to the end and Arapahoe forced Rangeview to overtime on the road but the Raiders exploded for 15 OT points to advance!
• If you like the “3-ball” you would have loved Bear Creek hitting 23 of them and running up 90 points on Lincoln…on the road! Manuel Perez dropped 33 points and hit TEN of those 3’balls!
• CJ Schmanski led FIVE Coyotes in double figure scoring in the tight 70-67 win on the road at Legend.
• Montbello (FNE) got the home win by 22 points and Malik Fofana may have had the dunk of the year with this WINDMILL

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• Everyone contributed in Cherry Creek’s 29-point victory over Horizon. The Bruins are Centennial Tough…don’t look past them.

Round 2

• Our Fever Crew was intrigued to check out this Fruita Monument squad from the western slope we rarely get to see. It was WELL WORTH the drive to Broomfield where the host Eagles battled back from down 8 with less than two minutes left to send the game to overtime but “tough as nails” 5’9 Blake Anderson nailed this three pointer with .5 left to give Fruita the win. Reilly Flinn scored 27 as well…this is a balanced and tough squad!

• Slow start for the host Buffaloes finding themselves down 20-9 in the first quarter to Fairview but they stormed back with a vengeance winning by 27!
• Windsor flexed their tough 4A muscle shutting out Steamboat Springs in the 4th quarter winning 46-31.
• Dawson Carper and Xavier Johnson combined for 28 points sending our beloved “Bellos” FNE home 64-40.
• Bryce Matthews scored 18 and soph point guard Kobe Sanders was “stat-stuffin” 12 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 steals for Chap!
• Top 4A seed Pueblo South dismantled Conifer by more than 30 showing they are serious about this Coliseum return!
• OK, Mr. Kountz! Daylen enters the playoffs with a 32 point performance for East in 12 point win over Dakota Ridge.
• Palmer Ridge had just enough to advance past Holy Family.
• The Grizzlies have many who can step up and on this day it was senior Justin McCaw’s 23 points which help T-Ridge pull away from Greeley West easily.
• Columbine hung tough early but Rock Canyon pulled away heading to the Sweet 16 with a 29-point drubbing of Columbine.
• Whoa! Connor Staib with a huge 32 points for Mountain Vista in the win over Chatfield and the Eagles will need that next round vs. Chap!
• D’evelyn with the “thrilling” 1-point win over Mead.
• Longmont continues hot streak with 30-point win over Cheyenne Mountain.
• Tucson Redding with 19 for Overland vs. familiar foe Mullen in the Trailblazer win.
• Grandview beats C-Trail behind Dayne Prim’s 25
• Centennial squads are battle tested come tourney time and Eaglecrest showed that to Rangeview in 13-point win.
• George Washington continues the winning streak and cooled off Bear Creek in 76-54 home win.
• Jamil and Elijah “backcourt” combine for 28 for Regis
• Silver Creek put an end to Erie’s run by 10.
• Junior star Joel Scott continues to make a claim for 4A Player of the Year scoring 33 points in Lewis-Palmer’s home win over Sierra
• Big man Alijah Bates scored 12 points, pulled down 5 rebounds and had an impressive 8 assists for Doherty who took down Poudre by 12.
• Reece Warren poured in 21 points for Falcon in win over Fort Morgan.
• Football stud Dimitri Stanley controlled the game for Cherry Creek and scored 20 points as the Bruins went into Highlands Ranch for the light upset.

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The Look Ahead: Sweet 16 Preview

5A Sweet 16

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Chuck Williams Region:

• Rock Canyon earned a tough road win at Eaglecrest by 6 back on Dec. 5. This is a much more mature Raptors squad this time around but the game is in the comfy Jags Den this time! Advantage RC!
• Two more teams in for a rematch as Regis won round one back on Dec. 1 at home vs. Overland. As we have documented this is a very different and “confident” Trailblazers squad this time around. This will come down to the wire, again.

Richard Tate Region:

• ThunderRidge absolutely rolled Greeley West and Fruita Monument had a tough overtime battle at Broomfield. Who does that benefit? After seeing Fruita Monument for first time they are balanced inside and out and actually similar to T-Ridge. A star will make the difference in this one!
• We can’t really call Cherry Creek beating Highlands Ranch an “upset” but the Bruins were impressive in controlling the game most of the way. Won’t be quite as easy as the Bruins head to Doherty and a team playing with extreme confidence and possibly peeking at the right time. Do the Bruins have an inside answer to match Doherty?

Chauncey Billups Region:

• Familiar foes, again. Mountain Vista let Chaparral jump out to a 24-6 first quarter lead in their house in round one. They will have no chance if they let Chap get off to that type of hot start at home. Don’t see Chap not advancing here, but Staib did just score 32!
• Another rematch? Yep! Grandview beat Rampart in their house by 9 in mid-December. We know Grandview is a more well oiled machine at this point and it’s yet to be seen if we can say the same about Rampart. And this time it’s in the Wolves’ den!

Maceo Broadnax Region:

• We were here this time a year ago. We felt like the Sweet 16 was a little too soon for two teams with the athletes of Smoky Hill and East to be playing. Well, forget that, it’s just time to get it on. There will be above-the-rim play, star players, seniors giving it their all … the best Sweet 16 match we have!
• Can George and East be in for a “city showdown” at the Coliseum? Well, obviously there’s a lot of work to be done before that but our Fever Crew feels it is just too tall of a task for Liberty to keep GW from getting there.

4A Sweet 16

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Larry Brunson Region:

• Strong win for Montrose over Centaurus but top seed Pueblo South is a whole other story and they are on a mission!
• We LOVE a “rubber match” and Evergreen/Valor have split games so far by a total margin of 9 points…this will be an epic trilogy.

Mark Randall Region:

• Another? Another “rubber match”? Lewis-Palmer and Palmer Ridge have also split games this year but this one is for all the marbles, and it’s a rivalry matchup.
• Silver Creek and Widefield both 20-4 and averaging 68 points per game. Very similar! Do the stars Trent Dykema and Tre Pierre make the difference?

Guy Gibbs Region:

• Ponderosa has their Continental League vs. top 5A squads to lean on but now face hot, senior led Golden and 4A Player of Year Candidate Adam Thistlewood.
• This is a Ball Fever “upset alert.” Watch for Devin Nelson and Mesa Ridge in this one. Pueblo West has the experience but have struggled in the biggest games this year.

Ron Vlasin Region:

• Not many teams as hot as Longmont and Luke Johnson at this point of the season. Windsor is tough and also stakes the claim of “blue collar.” If you like a slug fest, this is your spot!
• Falcon has the big names in Reece Warren and Brendan LaRose but D’Evelyn is battled-tested through league play and finding ways to stay alive … something will have to give.

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Undoubtedly, the best time of year! And there’s nothing like the Great 8 at the Coliseum but we have some awesome Sweet 16 action before that arrives.

Get out and enjoy, folks!

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Seth Fuqua doesn’t remember not being able to dribble a basketball. According to his parents, he started doing it at 13-months-old.

Fast forward to 2018 and it appears to have paid off, not just for him, but for the Vanguard Coursers. After a nail-biting win over Manitou Springs on Friday and an easier win over Colorado Springs Christian on Saturday, Vanguard won the Class 3A Tri-Peaks district tournament.

The Coursers finished the season with a 20-2 overall record. They ran the table in league play. Fuqua is leading them to the best season in school history.

Fuqua has played a major role in the team’s success, averaging 25 points per game this season. His junior year has been the fruition of work and skill development that goes back to be before his earliest memories.

“My dad started me really young with a lot of ball-handling,” Fuqua said. “The first season I played, I was three-years-old and I played on a little five- and six-year-old (YMCA) team. That’s what got me started loving the game.”

His father Brent also has a love of the game that runs deep. An ordained minister, Brent is the founder and director of a program called Hoops of Hope. According to the program’s website, Brent has a MAT from the University of North Carolina, a school that plays a high of level of collegiate basketball from time to time.

It was being around this program that Seth’s love of the game really progressed.

“That was a lot of fun for me,” Seth said. “We’d travel around the country and have basketball camps and I was one of the campers. All day, every day for pretty much the whole summer, I ‘d be working on a bunch of skills. Dribbling, shooting, passing and that’s where my foundation came from.”

When watching smaller schools play the game, it’s not uncommon that one player can truly make a difference between a team being good and a team reaching greatness.

In each of his three years at Vanguard, Seth has helped the team stay above .500. This year is by far the most successful year in the program’s history. Watching Seth get better and watching the team get better has been a welcome sight for coach Joe Wetters.

“Our offense is geared towards him making things happen and making plays,” Wetters said.

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But this is far from a one-man show. At the conclusion of the 2016-17 season, Wetters knew his team had the ability to improve and be more competitive. The players knew it too. They worked all offseason to make sure that it was the unit as a whole that was playing championship-level ball.

“We bonded this like like no other year before,” Fuqua said. “We trust each other with the ball. We’ve been working hard every day. I genuinely love these guys. They’re my brothers. That bond is what brought us together and why we’re having the success that we are.”

The Coursers were on the ropes in their district semifinal game against Manitou Springs. Down one with less than a minute left, they needed a shot to fall and while everyone would naturally look to Fuqua, it was Dominque Clifford that knocked it down, keep the Coursers alive in the tournament.

They topped CSCS the next night, completing the journey that Wetters has been navigating for eight years.

“I don’t know if surreal is the right word,” Wetters said. “It’s something that we’ve dreamed about for a while, being able to see our name at the top of the list.”

Fuqua believes this team has the ability to do more. He thinks they can make a run at state. That task will begin on Friday when the Coursers host DSST: Green Valley Ranch in the first round of the 3A state tournament.

HIGHLANDS RANCH — The only thing missing for Mountain Vista senior Connor Staib on Saturday afternoon was a cape.

With the No. 14-seeded Golden Eagles trailing by 16 points — 26-10 — midway through the second quarter in the Class 5A boys basketball second-round game, Staib took it upon himself to make sure No. 45 Chatfield wasn’t going to clip Mountain Vista’s postseason run short.

“I knew we had to get some scoring going,” Staib said after his 32-point performance after being shutout in the first quarter. “I just tried to get my shot open and get my teammates open.”

Chatfield junior Christian Holmes (13) takes the ball up on Mountain Vista’s Garrett Sweeney. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

Mountain Vista (15-9 record) eventually pulled away late to get a 78-68 victory. Staib poured in 13 points in the second quarter, 11 points in the third quarter and capped off his monster game with eight points in the final quarter.

“We knew he (Staib) was going to get his points,” said Chatfield junior Christian Holmes, who led the Chargers with 21 points, including five 3-pointers. “We weren’t going to stop him completely, but he got a little more than what we wanted him to.”

The Golden Eagles advance face No. 3 Chaparral in the Sweet 16 on Wednesday, Feb. 28.

“We knew Chatfield would come out and play hard,” Staib said. “We just have to come out and match their intensity. I did take awhile for us to get going, but we survived.”

Mountain Vista didn’t take its first lead of the game until senior Garrett Sweeney buried a 3-pointer with 4:10 left in the third quarter to put the Golden Eagles up 47-46. Sweeney finished with 10 points and junior Simon May pitched in 15 points for Mountain Vista.

“We thought we had it in us to beat them,” said Chatfield coach Stephen Schimpeler, who coach the Chargers to a 12-13 record this season. “The better team won. Our injuries and depth got to us. We had to go to some young players who weren’t quite ready for this.”

Chatfield’s Liam Mann (40) powers it up against Mountain Vista’s Aaron Albrechtsen. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

Schimpeler added that he was impressed with how some of his youngsters, including junior varsity players who were forced into action Saturday, stepped up on the big stage and played well at times. The loss of 6-foot-3 junior Conner Vernon for the season in early February due to an ankle injury dramatically hurt the Chargers’ depth.

Seniors Isaiah Reed used his speed to slash his way to 15 points. Senior Liam Mann had a solid game inside the paint with 15 points too.

“We definitely don’t go down without a fight,” Holmes said. “That is what you can count on when you play Chatfield.”

It wasn’t the regular season Chatfield, two-time defending 5A Jeffco League champs, had envisioned. The Chargers squeaked into the 48-team 5A state tournament field as the No. 45 seed after a below .500 record and 7-7 finish in conference play. Chatfield tied for fifth in the league and ended the regular season with three straight losses.

The 2017-18 season didn’t look anything like the Chargers’ previous two campaigns where Chatfield had back-to-back 14-0 records in 5A Jeffco to cruise to consecutive league titles.

Mountain Vista senior Connor Staib (21) poured in 32 points against Chatfield. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

However, Chatfield took advantage when it sneaked into the postseason. The Chargers managed the biggest upset of the open round ousting No. 19 Vista Ridge on the Wolves’ home court Feb. 21.

“I thought we finished well. I’m proud of them for that,” Schimpeler said.

Mountain Vista didn’t come into Saturday’s game with a ton of momentum.

The Golden Eagles had lost 3-of-4 games entering postseason play after a first-round bye. Top-10 seeded Regis Jesuit, ThunderRidge and Highlands Ranch all defeated Mountain Vista in the closing weeks of the regular season to push the Golden Eagles into a tie for sixth in the deep and talented Continental League.

“This was a pretty good test for us,” Staib said. “We’ll be a little more prepared for the next game. We are looking forward to getting an upset in the next round.”

Mountain Vista’s Simon May (2) drives on Chatfield’s Isaiah Reed on Saturday afternoon. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

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COLORADO SPRINGS – Liberty boys basketball is headed to the Class 5A Sweet 16.

The Lancers, seeded No. 12, beat No. 44 Monarch 57-52 on Saturday afternoon at Liberty High School.

“We knew that Monarch was coming off a five-game winning streak against some good teams and didn’t have anything to lose and would battle,” said Liberty coach Ivan Chambers. “Fortunately, our guys were prepared and came out on top.”

The game consisted of a constant back-and-forth battle between these two teams. Monarch opened with a 3-pointer, but Liberty responded with an 11-0 run that made it 11-3.

The next two quarters were the same narrative, and Liberty hung onto the lead by only four points going into the final quarter.

That quarter started with a 3-pointer from Monarch’s Tylor Trihn and was followed by another 3-pointer from CJ Shamanski that gave Monarch the lead.

“We have been here before and have had to play from behind,” Chambers said of losing the lead. “But these guys are very smart when it comes to basketball and they know what to do in that situation and they were able to come out and take care of business.”

And the Liberty Lancers did just that.

With only four minutes left, Liberty drove the ball down the court and Moz Doria tossed the ball into the hoop to give the Lancers the lead again. After that, big rebounds and free throws sealed the win for Liberty.

Doria, a senior forward, led the Lancers with an impressive 20 points and was in the middle of every play. Sean Bohuslavsky added a nice 15 points and Kyle Bohuslavsky also provided 11 points.

“We knew this was going to be a hard game because Monarch has a really good team,” Doria said. “But this team is more like a family and we’ve known each other since we were in fifth grade, so that really helps us to come together and be successful like we were today.”

Monarch stayed in the fight till the very last few minutes of the game but couldn’t quite catch Liberty.

The Coyotes were led by Shamanski, who put up 17 points, and he was accompanied by 10 points from Keegan Johnson. Monarch finishes the season with a 13-12 record.

Liberty will play at No. 5 George Washington in the Sweet 16 on Feb. 28. The Patriots beat No. 37 Bear Creek 76-54 on Saturday.

“This is a fun group of guys and when we can play together as a team we can be pretty dangerous,” Chambers said.

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MONTROSE — Montrose boys basketball started the season 1-4. The team is now 18-6, and headed to the Class 4A Sweet 16.

Montrose, seeded No. 16, beat No. 48 Centaurus 47-43 in the second round of the 4A tournament on Saturday. The win earns them a date with No. 1 Pueblo South next Wednesday.

Kade Terrell led Montrose with 17 points. Connor Imus and Kyle Stevenson each had 12.

“I am just proud of my guys,” Montrose coach Ryan Voenhringer said. “We started 1-4 and we are now 18-6. The guys have bought into the system and play team basketball on both ends. Grinded out another ‘W’ today against a very good and well coached Centaurus team.

“Great play on offense tonight from Kade Terrell, Connor Imus and Kyle Stevenson’s. I thought it was by far Kyle’s best game of the season. Played extremely well on both ends. Great win for our guys. So proud of them.”

The game was close throughout. Montrose led 8-7, 22-17 and 32-23 going into the fourth quarter.

With 3:53 left in the game, Centarus pulled within two at 35-33. They then started to foul Montrose. Sean Alex, Imus and Terrell made key free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

“Defense and free throws were the key,” Imus said. “I was a little nervous at the free-throw line at in the game.”

“We made some runs,” Terrell said. “Made some free throws and played our game down the stretch.”

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PUEBLO WEST — When Pueblo West has been successful in the postseason as of late, a key reason has been its ability to make free throws in the fourth quarter.

If that method isn’t broken, the Cyclones see no reason to fix it. They connected on 11 free throws in the final eight minutes to beat Discovery Canyon 72-63 in the second round of the Class 4A boys state basketball tournament.

“This is our senior year,” Nieyeme Smyer-Williams said. “We want to do whatever we can to win.”

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The Thunder embraced the opportunity to travel to the Pueblo area once again and come away with a win over a former state champion. They did just that on Wednesday when stunned many with a 75-49 win over Pueblo East.

So as far as the challenge of taking on West was concerned, Paul Campbell’s boys were more than up to the task.

“Their coach told me that they haven’t had a full squad all year until they had beaten East,” Pueblo South coach Bobby Tyler said. “You can tell that’s a pretty good playoff team. If anybody is going to try and convince me that they were No. 33 or whatever they are, I’ll call you a liar because that’s a pretty good ball club.”

In reality, the Thunder sat at No. 38 and jumped out an early 7-0 lead, putting the Cyclones back on their heels to start the game. But West eventually settled down and it was Billy Bloesser and Pierre Taylor who led the scoring charge in the first, putting the Cyclones up 15-13.

They extended the lead slightly before halftime, but slow second half starts have been an issue for West at times this year.

“We said in the huddle that we can’t come out slow,” Smyer-Williams said. “We just had to play defense, take care of the ball and just do what we do.”

And they did just that. Smyer-Williams hit a 3-pointer and Jacob Wilkinson scored from the block on the next possession to grab the early momentum. Wilkinson added two more field goals, including one from 3-point range to give the Cyclones a 51-39 lead after three quarters.

The Thunder continued to battle back, though. Daryn Whisman did everything in his power to pull his team even, scoring 10 of his team-high 17 points in the fourth quarter. A dunk and a 3-pointer from Caleb Blackburn helped Discovery Canyon inch closer and closer.

But every time, the Cyclones found an answer.

“(There were) a couple of key turnovers late in the fourth quarter,” Discovery Canyon coach Paul Campbell said. “We missed some shots at that point. I have to take my hats off to Pueblo West.”

The Cyclones did what they needed to in the fourth quarter.

Especially knocking down their free throws. Smyer-Williams hit on three of four, pushing his game-high point total to 23. Taylor hit five of seven. He finished with 19. If the Cyclones are able to control the pace of the game and do what they’ve done in the past – hit free throws in the fourth quarter – they’ll have a shot at their second 4A title in three years.

The next step will be to take on Mesa Ridge, who traveled to Glenwood Springs and came away with an upset win.

The Grizzlies will travel to Pueblo West on Wednesday.

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DENVER — D’Evelyn never trailed on its home court Saturday night in the second round of the Class 4A boys basketball state tournament.

However, the No. 13-seeded Jaguars had to hold their breath to see if a last-second 3-pointer by Mead junior Jax Wilke would send the game into overtime. Wilke’s shot hit the front of the rim and bounced away. Senior Derek Edwards tipped the ball in at the buzzer for the No. 20 Mavericks, but it wasn’t enough as D’Evelyn held on for a 57-56 victory.

“Mead played a great game and fought hard,” said D’Evelyn senior Charles Dinegar after the win put the Jaguars back into the Sweet 16. “We executed when it matter most.”

D’Evelyn’s Charles Dinegar, left, said it’s “awesome” to have four 4A Jeffco teams back in the Sweet 16. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

Dinegar could have completely iced the game with 10 seconds to play. However, the Jaguars’ leading scoring made 1-of-2 free throws that gave Mead (15-10 record) one last shot to send the game into overtime.

The Mavericks defeated D’Evelyn 54-48 earlier in the year in a non-league game at Mead.

“We had to do everything a little bit better,” D’Evelyn coach Dan Zinn said of adjustments the second time around against Mead. “Tonight we did.”

Dinegar finished with 16 points, but it was senior Cole Clifton who really did the damage in the scoring column. The slashing guard poured in a game-high 23 points despite turning an ankle on a baseline jumper midway through the third quarter.

“It hurt, but our trainer Toni (Sampson) taped it up,” Clifton said. “I laced my shoes up tighter and got back out there.”

Dinegar and Clifton combined for all dozen of the Jaguars’ points in the final quarter.

D’Evelyn junior Dan Brady (5) pitched in 13 points against Mead. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

“Having Charles and Cole … they are invaluable,” Zinn said. “Not only their experience, but their abilities, physicality and mental toughness. I think we’ll go as far as those two can take us. Everyone else is going to have to help out.”

D’Evelyn did get help from juniors Dan Brady and Conor Sampson. Brady had a strong shooting night with three 3-pointers on his way to 13 points. Sampson came off the bench with a breakaway layup in the first quarter and buried a key 3-pointer late in the third.

The victory gives D’Evelyn (13-11) a Sweet 16 date on the road against No. 4 Falcon. The Falcons (19-5) took care of their second-round opponent Fort Morgan 61-49 on Saturday night.

“I think with our record people think will overlook us,” Dinegar said. “We had the toughest strength of schedule in the (4A) state. To me when it comes to playoffs everyone is equal. It doesn’t matter the seed or record.”

The Jaguars might have finished fourth in 4A Jeffco, but the three teams — Golden, Evergreen and Valor Christian — ahead of D’Evelyn all grabbed top-10 seeds for the state tournament and all won Saturday night.

“All four of us are in the Sweet 16 in back-to-back years,” Dinegar said of Golden, Evergreen, Valor and D’Evelyn. “That’s awesome.”

The young Mavericks took third in the 4A Tri-Valley this season and be sure coach Darin Reese will have Mead back in the playoffs next year.

D’Evelyn senior Cole Clifton and the Jaguars will attempt to upset No. 4 Falcon in the Sweet 16 on Wednesday, Feb. 28. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

SUPERIOR — The defending state champions are still in the mix. No. 2 Monarch beat Kent Denver 6-1 to return to the state hockey semifinals.

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AURORA — Dayne Prim scored 25 points as No. 6 Grandview rolled to a 72-41 win over No. 27 Cherokee Trail in the Class 5A boys basketball tournament.

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Boys basketball’s 2018 state tournament bracket in Class 3A.

2018 CHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournaments Class 3A