Boys basketball’s 2018 state tournament bracket in Class 4A.
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2018 CHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournaments
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Seeding notes: All league champions are to be seeded in the top 32 teams. In 4A, Kennedy (37) and Conifer (41) move to 31 and 32 respectively, pushing those behind them down.
Bracket notes: Littleton and Skyline exchanged places to avoid first round conference match-ups per seeding rules.
Girls basketball’s 2018 state tournament bracket in Class 5A.
2018 CHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournaments
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Seeding notes: Poudre and Cherokee Trail exchanged positions to avoid first round league match-ups.
The 2018 state tournament bracket for ice hockey.
Fruita Monument and Pueblo West grabbed the No. 1 overall seeds in the Class 5A and 4A girls basketball brackets, which were released on Sunday.
Find the full brackets here:
Fruita Monument (21-2) leads the way in 5A follow its No. 1 finish in the final RPI standings of the regular season. Also seeded highly in 5A include No. 2 Lakewood, No. 3 Horizon, No. 4 Grandview, No. 5 Highlands Ranch, No. 6 Regis Jesuit, No. 7 Ralston Valley and No. 8 Fossil Ridge.
Grandview is the defending 5A girls champion.
Pueblo West (22-1) is No. 1 in 4A, having finish atop the final RPI, and is followed by No. 2 Holy Family, No. 3 Air Academy, No. 4 Windsor, No. 5 Valor Christian, No. 6 Evergreen, No. 7 D’Evelyn and No. 8 Mesa Ridge.
Evergreen won the title last season.
Both tournaments begin play on Tuesday, with seeds Nos. 32-48 playing in the first round.
Round 2 games take place on Friday, with the Sweet 16 set for Feb. 27. The Great 8 is March 2, the Final 4 will be March 8, and championship games are set for March 10.
The Great 8 (5A only), Final 4 and championship games will be played at the Denver Coliseum.
Girls basketball’s 2018 state tournament bracket in Class 4A.
2018 CHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournaments
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Seeding notes: Erie and Canon City exchanged positions to avoid first round league match-ups. Conifer and Harrison exchanged positions to avoid first round match-ups. Sand Creek and Durango exchanged positions to avoid first round match-ups.
AURORA — Rock Canyon and Pueblo South grabbed No. 1 overall seeds on Sunday when the Class 5A and 4A boys basketball brackets were unveiled.
Find the full brackets here:
Rock Canyon (21-2) leads the 5A field, having finished atop the final RPI standings of the regular season. Other high seeds in 5A include No. 2 ThunderRidge, No. 3 Chaparral, No. 4 Denver East, No. 5 George Washington, No. 6 Grandview, No. 7 Doherty and No. 8 Overland.
Defending champion Eaglecrest is seeded No. 16.
In 4A, Pueblo South (21-2) also was No. 1 in the final RPI standings. No. 2 Lewis-Palmer, No. 3 Golden, No. 4 Falcon, No. 5 Longmont, No. 6 Pueblo West, No. 7 Silver Creek and No. 8 Evergreen are also high 4A seeds.
Defending champion Valor Christian is seeded ninth.
Both tournaments begin play on Wednesday, with seeds Nos. 32-48 playing in the first round.
Round 2 games take place on Saturday, with the Sweet 16 set for Feb. 28. The Great 8 is March 3, the Final 4 will be March 8, and championship games are set for March 10.
The Great 8 (5A only), Final 4 and championship games will be played at the Denver Coliseum.
AURORA — Unbeaten Regis Jesuit is the top seed in hockey’s state tournament bracket, which was released on Sunday morning.
Find the full state hockey bracket here.
The Raiders (19-0-0) finished as the No. 1 team in the final RPI standings of the regular season.
Other top seeds in hockey’s bracket include No. 2 Monarch, the defending champion, as well as No. 3 Valor Christian, No. 4 Fort Collins, No. 5 Steamboat Springs, No. 6 Heritage, No. 7 Cherry Creek and No. 8 Resurrection Christian.
Hockey’s playoffs begin on Tuesday at home site. Second-round games are Friday, with quarterfinals on Saturday.
The Frozen Four will be held at the Pepsi Center, with semifinals on March 1, and the championship set for March 6.
DENVER — A little bit of wrestling history could be made Saturday night at Pepsi Center.
On a night where Poudre senior Jacob Greenwood makes his bid to become the 21st individual to claim four state championships, he has plenty of company looking to add their names to the record book as well during the state wrestling tournament. Seven wrestlers across Class 5A and 4A will pursue their third state title, joining a bigger — but still exclusive — club.
Three seniors and four juniors get their opportunity Saturday night after the Parade of Champions, which gets going at 6:30 p.m.
“It’s really fun graduating with all these guys,” Lakewood’s Gabe Dinette said of his fellow seniors. “(Josiah) Rider, (Jacob) Greenwood, and (Pomona junior) Theorius (Robison) is going for his third. I grew up with all of them so we’re all good buddies, and it should be fun for all of us to represent our schools and go for that third title.”
Dinette, Grand Junction’s Josiah Rider and Castle View’s Malik Heinselman are appearing in the 5A championship finals for the last time.
Dinette posted a 14-2 major decision at 160 pounds and draws Rocky Mountain’s Josh Betts in the title match.
“I’m feeling good,” Dinette said. “Don’t take anything for granted — always got to get better and keep pushing it, and put on a show (Saturday).”
Heinselman scored a 17-2 technical fall at 120 pounds and will meet Pomona’s Justin Pacheco. Rider’s 11-2 major decision victory at 152 sends him up against Adams City’s Gavin Deaguero.
For the four juniors, there could be even more history to be made. The previous time multiple wrestlers captured a fourth consecutive title was in 2002. There has never been three four-time champions in the same year, let alone four.
Pueblo County’s Brendon Garcia has had a front row seat each of his first two years to watching someone win four in a row. Last year it was his teammate, Hunter Willits, who accomplished the feat.
“I just kind of wanted to be in the same spot,” Garcia said. “Seeing that was pretty cool, how he went for four. I want to be there.”
Garcia defeated Discovery Canyon’s Jett Strickenberger by a 4-1 decision at 106 pounds in a match that he admits wasn’t that great on his part. But it still sends him into Saturday’s title match against Pueblo Central’s Jacob Gonazales.
“Now I’ve just got to make weight (Saturday) morning,” Garcia said. “It’s just a long wait tomorrow until the finals.”
Robison scored an 18-9 major decision at 132 pounds in 5A and will go up against Poudre’s Job Greenwood for the title. Ponderosa’s Cohlton Schultz has been dominant in his first year at heavyweight, pinning his way into the title match against Poudre’s Weston Mayer.
In 4A, Greeley Central’s Andrew Alirez is also pursuing his third championship. The junior won by a 21-5 technical fall at 145 pounds and matches up with Canon City’s Zac Hanenberg on Saturday night.
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Grand Junction holds a narrow lead over Pomona as the two teams fight for the 5A team championship.
The Tigers ended Friday with 128.5 points. Pomona, the two-time defending champion, has 125 points. The Panthers lost a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct during the semifinals.
Poudre is currently third with 106.5 points, Adams City (84) is fourth, and Castle View (82.5) is fifth.
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Pueblo East has a pretty sizable lead for the 4A team title heading into the final day of competition.
The Eagles ended Friday with 150 points. Pueblo County, their rival and two-time defending champions, sit in second with 127. Windsor (118 points) is third.
Mesa Ridge is currently fourth with 62.5 points. Greeley Central (56.5) is fifth.
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DENVER — The 2018 state wrestling tournament continued on Friday with quarterfinal and semifinal rounds in all classes.
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DENVER — Poudre senior Jacob Greenwood is one step away from joining wrestling elite in Colorado.
Greenwood, already a three-time state wrestling champion, advanced to the Class 5A 145-pound final on Friday night. It means he will wrestle for a shot to win a fourth state title on Saturday. Only 20 wrestlers in CHSAA history have ever done that before.
To advance to the final, Greenwood beat Rocky Mountain’s Tate Martinez with a 17-6 major decision in the semifinals.
He will face Grand Junction senior Dylan Martinez, the No. 2 seed in the bracket, for the championship on Saturday night.
Greenwood won the 126-pound championship as a freshman, 132 pounds as a sophomore, and 138 pounds last season as a junior.
There has never been a four-time champion wrestling from the Fort Collins area.
Each of the past four state tournaments has featured a four-time champion.