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

2018 CHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournaments Class 3A

Classes 2A and 1A are playing their district boys basketball tournaments this week.

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Bracket notes:

• Mancos and Sargent were switched to avoid a district matchup.
• Rocky Ford and Akron were switched to avoid district matchup.
• Telluirde, Denver Christian and Union Colony were moved for geographical considerations.

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Classes 2A and 1A are playing their district girls basketball tournaments this week.

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Bracket notes:

• Dayspring Christian and Colorado Springs School were switched to avoid a district matchup.
• Lyons and Paonia were switched to avoid a district matchup.
• Dolores and Sargent were switched to avoid a district matchup, and for geographical considerations.
• Norwood and Las Animas were switched for geographical considerations.

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(Dustin Price/dustinpricephotography.com)

The Class 3A state basketball brackets were released on Sunday, with Kent Denver (girls) and Sterling (boys) earning the top seeds.

Find the full brackets here:

• Boys
• Girls

Both 3A tournaments will narrow their fields to eight teams after next weekend. Once they do, they will move to the University of Denver for their Great 8 and beyond on March 8-10.

Kent Denver, which enters at 19-3-0, finished as No. 1 in the final 3A girls RPI standings of the season. The Sun Devils won the Metro League district tournament over the weekend.

Other high seeds in 3A girls include No. 2 Pagosa Springs, No. 3 St. Mary’s, No. 4 Colorado Springs Christian, No. 5 Centauri, No. 6 Cedaredge, No. 7 Sterling and No. 8 Moffat County. Those teams will each host four teams in their quadrant this coming Friday and Saturday.

Lamar, the defending champion, is seeded No. 10 and will play at Sterling’s quadrant.

On the boys side, Sterling (22-0) is No. 1. The Tigers are defending champions, and finished atop the final 3A boys RPI standings.

Also hosting quadrants in 3A boys are No. 2 Alamosa, No. 3 Coal Ridge, No. 4 Platte Valley, No. 5 Vanguard, No. 6 Faith Christian, No. 7 Bayfield and No. 8 DSST-Stapleton.

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2A and 1A set for regionals

Regional brackets for 2A and 1A are also out Sunday. The 1A brackets will be published as they are sent to the CHSAA office. Find them here:

• 2A & 1A boys
• 2A & 1A girls

Those district brackets will also narrow to eight teams for a state tournament field, which will be announced next Sunday. The 2A tournaments are at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, with 1A at Northern Colorado. Both tourneys will play their title games at Budweisier Events Center.

Like 3A, those brackets will play their Great 8 and beyond on March 8-10.

AURORA — Jamil Safieddine and Elijah Martinez each scored 14 to help No. 9 Regis Jesuit beat No. 24 Douglas County 61-52 to advance to the Class 5A boys Sweet 16.

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FORT COLLINS — Tyler Johnson had a hat trick as No. 13 Chaparral beat No. 5 Steamboat Springs 8-5 to advance to the Frozen Four in its inaugural season.

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MONUMENT — Second-seeded Lewis-Palmer boys basketball beat No. 34 Sierra 75-62 in the second round of the Class 4A boys basketball state tournament on Saturday.

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MONUMENT — No. 15 Palmer Ridge boys basketball beat No. 18 Holy Family 52-48 to earn a trip to the Class 4A Sweet 16.

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PARKER — Bryce Matthews had 18 points as No. 3 Chaparral boys basketball beat No. 30 Mountain Range in the second round of the Class 5A boys basketball state tournament.

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LEADVILLE — Aspen increased its trophy haul on Friday, capturing both the boys and girls state skiing titles.

The Skiers won the boys event with 661.5 points, and their girls team won with 650.5 points.

Vail Mountain was the boys runner-up with 572 points, and Battle Mountain finished second in the girls competition with 581 points.

Aspen’s all-around performance in each event proved to be the difference during the two-day championships held at Ski Cooper.

Both the boys and the girls team either had the most points, or the second-most points in all four events — the Giant Slalom and Nordic Classic on Thursday; and the Slalom and Nordic Skate on Friday. Speaking to their team depth, Aspen had just one individual champion: Chelsea Moore in the Classic on Thursday.

It is the first time the Skiers have won both team titles since 2012. For each program, it is their eighth championship — the second-most of any boys team, and third-most of any girls team.

Individually, Vail Mountain Cameron Wolfe swept the Nordic events. He won the boys Skate on Friday with a time of 14:16. Aspen’s Everett Olson was second (14:51), a feat he duplicated from the Classic event. Summit had a trio of boys finish third through fifth: Quintin Weinberger, Peter Haynes, and Oliver Trowbridge.

Aspen’s boys placed three among the top seven finishers in the Skate, including Olson, Jacob Barsness and Noah Wheeless.

Colorado Rocky Mountain’s Kate Oldham won the girls Skate with a time of 16:28. Oldham had placed second in the Classic a day earlier.

Tai-Lee Smith of Summit and Aspen’s Moore tied for second in the girls race at 16:46, while Vail Mountain’s Molly Blakslee (17:20) was fourth, and Winter Boese (17:44) of Steamboat Springs placed fifth.

Aspen’s Lizzy Barness and Jordan Miner also finished among the top 11 for the Skiers.

The day started with the Slalom, and it was Vail Mountain’s Michael Resnick who took the title for the boys, finishing with a two-run time of 1:08.33. Resnick was second in the Giant Slalom on Thursday; he had also placed second in the GS last year, and was third in the Slalom a year ago.

Luke Bailey, Thursday’s GS champion from Platte Canyon, finished second in the boys Slalom (1:10.23), and Aspen freshman Noah Forman was third (1:11.53). Aspen also had Reed Beidlemann place fourth, and Alex Illic finish 11th.

Nederland’s Emily Creek won the girls Slalom with a time of 1:11.65. Creek was 24th in the Giant Slalom.

Steamboat Springs senior Amber Eliott placed second in 1:12.89, and Aspen’s Devan McSwain was third in 1:13.80. McSwain placed third in the GS.

Durango sophomore Madeline Robbins was fourth in the Slalom. It is the school’s highest finish in an individual event since the Demons brought their skiing program back last season.

Edie Sherlock (eighth) and Levyn Thomas (14th) also placed highly for Aspen’s girls in the Slalom.

Next year’s state skiing championships will be hosted by Durango at Purgatory Resort. The 2020 championships are scheduled for Vail, and 2021 will be hosted by Middle Park at Winter Park.

(Bethany Brookens/CHSAANow.com)