A total of 12 current Colorado high school basketball players will participate in the first-ever NCAA College Basketball Academy, which is set for next week.
The developmental boys basketball academy was created by the NCAA as a result of recommendations from the Commission on College Basketball. It is “designed to give prospective student-athletes a sample of the college basketball experience,” according to the NCAA.
Colorado players will head to the West regional of the Academy, held at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. There are two sessions, July 22-25 and July 25-28.
The CHSAA office was not involved in the selection of players for this event.
INDIANAPOLIS — As the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) heads into the next 100 years of leading high school sports and other activity programs nationwide, it will be doing so with a new logo.
The new logo was unveiled to the membership earlier this month at the close of the NFHS Centennial Celebration. The NFHS and its 51-member state high school associations celebrated the organization’s accomplishments at the 100th Annual Meeting at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis.
The organization will continue to be branded as the NFHS in the new logo, and the N and F are connected as has been the case since 1979; however, the entire acronym is together on one line as opposed to the previous logo with the NF and HS on separate lines. While red and blue will continue to be the predominant colors, the new logo mixes white with red and blue to suggest a flag waving in the wind. The direction of the flag is pointing upward to symbolize forward-thinking and advancement.
The new design maintains a resemblance to the shield that has been a part of the NFHS logo since 1997; however, the logo is flared at the top, and the bottom of the logo does not have definitive borders, which suggests the organization has moved past its first 100 years and is expanding its reach as the national leadership organization for high school sports and performing arts programs in the United States.
While the organization’s logo from 1952 had four stars to signify the four charter members of the NFHS, the four stripes within the new logo represent the four homes of the organization in the first 100 years.
“We wanted to retain NFHS as the central component of the new logo because the organization’s national presence has continued to spiral upward in the 22 years since the NFHS acronym was adopted,” said Dr. Karissa Niehoff, NFHS executive director. “However, as we celebrated our first 100 years, we felt it was important to establish a new look that would signify our ever-increasing role as the national leader in high school sports and performing arts programs.”
Counting the Centennial logo that was used during the 2018-19 school year, the new logo will be 10th used by the organization since the first one was adopted in the 1930s. The new logo was created by Section 127, an Indianapolis-based design company.
The NFHS was started in 1920 and had offices in Chicago until 1971, when it moved to Elgin, Illinois. The organization moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1979, and then to Indianapolis in 2000, where it remains today.
If talent heading into 2019 is being judged on where volleyball players sat on the state stat leaders list, there are high-quality players returning this season.
The 2018 season saw players at all classifications put up impressive numbers throughout the year and in the case of some categories, overall leaders will be right back on the floor when things get rolling this fall.
Ahead is a look at some of the players that are looking at putting up solid stats once again when the 2019 Colorado volleyball begins next month.
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Kills
Silver Creek senior Caitlin Volkmann was a wrecking machine last year. She finished the season with the most kills in the state, recording 552 through the course of the season. She was one of just two players in Colorado to record more than 500 kills in 2018. The other was Fleming’s Whitney Chintala who cleared that mark as a freshman and should be one of the premier hitters in the state.
Eaglecrest’s Audrey Black led all Class 5A hitters with 442 kills and will be back for the Raptors this season. Lutheran’s Payton Brgoch led all 3A returners with 434 and Lyons’ Taylor Maguire had 481 to top all players returning at 2A.
Aces
The ability to score a point without the other team returning a serve can be vital to a team’s success. Pikes Peak Christian’s Kyler Sweat returns in 2019 having dished out 87 aces last year to lead players coming back this season. Dawson’s Angelina Sala was just five behind sweat with 82 aces to top the 2A field and she’ll be back as a junior.
Fossil Ridge’s Rachel Lambrecht recorded 73 aces, topping returning 5A players. In her first year of varsity volleyball, Lincoln’s Evelyn Montalvo-Lopez was tied for third in all of 4A with 70 aces. She’s hoping she can top the field in 2019 as just a sophomore.
The same can be said for DSST: College View’s Jandel Bracamontes. Her 80 aces were tied with Eagle Ridge Academy’s Emma Cable for second in all of 3A. Both players will be back and trying to strike off the serve for their teams.
Blocks
Ellicott’s Dalton Henderson was a nightmare for hitters trying to attack the net. The now-sophomore ranked second in the entire state with 159 blocks last year topping the list of players coming back this season.
She edged Horizon’s Lauren Strain who led all 5A returners with 157. If Grandview’s Addison O’Grady and Chaparral’s Julianna Dalton are factored in, 5A sees its top three blockers returning in 2019.
Alameda’s Felicity Trujillo Maldonado tops the returning 4A players with 112. Woodland Park’s Sarah Garner was right behind her with 111.
Soroco’s Tyla Johnson led 2A returners with 142 and La Veta’s Desi Ortivez led all of 1A 123 and will return as a senior.
Digs
Holy Family’s Peyton Frank doesn’t top the list of returning players with the most digs, she led the entire state in the category last year.
Merino’s Faith Trenkle tops the field of returning 1A players with 642 and Fleming’s Whitney Chintala was also right there at 639. Both players joined Frank as three of the top four leaders across the state last year.
Rampart’s Grace Wilkinson is the 5A player coming back with the most kills (497) this fall while Sterling’s Jade Feather (571) holds that honor in 3A.
Highland’s Alyssa Winter led all 2A players with 552 digs last year and will be back as a senior in 2019.
The total number of student participating in high school activities in Colorado hit an all-time high in 2018-19, and total trends continued on an upward trajectory.
The total participants and athletic participants are both the most in the history of the association, which has been tracking participation data each year since 1988-89. The activity participants are the most since the 2003-04 school year.
“We’re very happy to see that the opportunities for students continues to grow in Colorado,” said CHSAA commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green. “Colorado schools provide diverse and broad-based activities and athletics for students of all interests.”
The method through which the data was gathered this past school year was done so at the individual student level on CHSAA’s digital registration platform, as opposed to the overall school level, which makes for more complete information.
“We are excited to now be using the CHSAA Digital Platform as the source of the data,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Bethany Brookens, who oversees the participation survey. “It has lifted a huge burden off of our schools, and the information collected is now even more accurate than it has been in the past.”
This year, a total of 82.53% of the total membership enrollment participated in high school activities in one form or another. That includes 59.35% in sports, and 23.18% in activities. This marks the 21st consecutive year that sports participation has been above 54% of the total membership enrollment, and eighth of the past nine that it has surpassed 58%.
CHSAA’s largest activity is music, with 41,499 participants. Football is the second-largest with 16,888 participants, the sport’s highest figure since 2012-13, and is followed by boys basketball (11,723), girls volleyball (11,672), boys track (10,243), and girls basketball (9,045).
Boys basketball saw the largest increase in terms of percentage, growing 27% from 2017-18 to 2018-19. Girls basketball had the second-biggest growth, jumping up 24%.
Girls volleyball showed the third-fastest growth (23%) and hockey and spirit (both 13%) were fourth.
Overall, 14 sports and two activities showed growth from the previous season.
INDIANAPOLIS — Mark Beckman, executive director of the Montana High School Association (MHSA), is the new president of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) for 2019-20. Beckman, the 60th president of the NFHS, began his one-year term July 3 following the NFHS Summer Meeting in Indianapolis.
Kerwin Urhahn, executive director of the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA), was elected by the NFHS Board of Directors to the position of president-elect for the upcoming year.
In addition, the following individuals were approved by the NFHS National Council for four-year terms on the NFHS Board of Directors: Mike Burnham, executive director, Maine Principals’ Association, Section 1; Sally Marquez, executive director, New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA), Section 6; and Dr. Kim Wilbanks, superintendent, Jonesboro (Arkansas) Public Schools, at large, Sections 2 and 6.
Beckman was named executive director of the MHSA in 2004 after seven years as MHSA assistant director and many years as a high school administrator, instructor, coach and official.
Beckman’s association with educational administration dates to 1983, when he served as chairman of the Butte (Montana) School Board for 2½ years. He was a basketball official and a member of the Montana Officials Association for several years, and he coached boys and girls basketball at Butte Central High School and Anaconda (Montana) High School. He also coached Babe Ruth and American Legion baseball in Butte and Anaconda.
Following his coaching and officiating tenures, Beckman was a member of several MHSA standing and ad-hoc committees, and he was athletic director at Butte Central. Prior to joining the MHSA office, Beckman was a teacher and activities director at Anaconda High School.
Beckman was chair of the Programs Subcommittee for the 2011-2016 Strategic Planning Committee and recently completed terms on the NFHS Network Board of Directors and the NFHS Appeal Board.
Urhahn joined the MSHSAA as executive director in 2006 after serving as superintendent of schools in Portageville, Missouri.
Prior to joining the MSHSAA, Urhahn taught all levels of high school mathematics and coached volleyball, basketball, baseball and golf at Bloomfield High School from 1991 to 1997, and he assumed the role of athletic director in 1994. Urhahn was named principal in 1997 and served three years before becoming the superintendent of the Portageville School District in 2000.
A member of numerous professional organizations, Urhahn is a representative on the Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA) State Accountability Committee, and he also serves on the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education MSIP Performance Committee. From 1998 to 2001, he served on the MSHSAA Southeast Investigative Committee. Nationally, Urhahn previously chaired the NFHS Technology Committee.
Urhahn, who served on the MSHSAA Board of Directors prior to joining the staff, earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Southeast Missouri State University, an educational specialist designation from St. Louis University and a doctorate from St. Louis University.
Burnham succeeded Dick Durost as MPA executive director earlier this month after serving as assistant executive director of the governing organization for high school sports in Maine since 2008. During his 11 years as MPA assistant executive director, Burnham worked with committees that governed competition in field hockey, golf, football, cheerleading, indoor track, boys and girls ice hockey, Unified basketball, outdoor track, lacrosse and baseball.
In addition to his work with the various sports, Burnham has been the liaison to the MPA’s Sports Medicine Committee, Media Advisory Committee, Officials Advisory Committee, Eligibility Committee, Technology Committee and Hall of Excellence Screening Committee.
Nationally, Burnham is currently a member of the NFHS Ice Hockey Rules Committee and previously served on the NFHS Citizenship and Equity Committee and the NFHS Summer Meeting Advisory Committee.
Burnham, who earned his bachelor’s degree from Thomas College in Waterville, Maine, and his master’s from the University of Southern Maine, was a teacher, assistant principal/athletic director and principal at Monmouth (Maine) Academy for 22 years before joining the MPA staff in 2008.
Marquez has served as executive director of the New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) since September 2012. She began her career at the NMAA in 2004 as associate director and was promoted to assistant executive director in July 2011.
Prior to joining the NMAA, Marquez held a variety of positions in the Rio Rancho Public District in New Mexico for six years, including teacher, dean of students, assistant principal and director of personnel. Marquez held a variety of teaching and coaching positions in New Mexico, Texas and Virginia for 14 years before joining the Rio Rancho district.
A graduate of Albuquerque (New Mexico) Manzano High School, Marquez earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico and her master’s degree from Virginia Tech University.
Nationally, Marquez is one of only three females who are serving as directors of a state high school association, including Rhonda Blanford-Green of the Colorado High School Activities Association and Que Tucker of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association.
Wilbanks, who is in her 35th year in secondary education and 13th year as superintendent of the Jonesboro Public Schools (JPS) in Arkansas, has provided the vision and guidance to allow JPS to develop and implement the magnet school concept at the elementary school level.
In addition, Wilbanks led the push for Jonesboro High School (JHS) to gain charter school status in 2013-14. As a result, JHS implemented three academic academies focusing on 1) Sciences, Math, Technology; 2) Engineering, Business, Media; and 3) Health and Human Services. She also led the district in implementing Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) at every JPS campus during the past several years.
Under Wilbanks’ leadership, the district has completed major construction projects, including the addition of a new Center for the Performing Arts, renovation of the Don Riggs Hurricane gymnasium and improvements to several schools. She also led the passage of a recent millage enabling the district to continue to expand and meet the needs of its students.
In 2014, Wilbanks was chosen Arkansas Superintendent of the Year by the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators (AAEA). She is a previous president of the AAEA and served on the AAEA State Legislative Committee for four years.
As the start of the fall season inches closer, it’s fun to take a look at what the 2019-20 school year has in store on the athletic fields.
The 2018 boys soccer season gave fans plenty of memorable moments that were capped off with championship runs by Arapahoe, Air Academy, Kent Denver and Crested Butte. But past champions aren’t the only things to rehash as the start of official practices looms.
There were players statewide who put up impressive numbers through the course of the season. A lot of those players are returning and giving fans a good reason to keep an eye on what plays out on the soccer field this fall.
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Overall points:
Sand Creek’s Jayden Austin blew away the field in total points last year, but the Scorpions lost those staggering numbers to graduation. Across the state, it will be Battle Mountain senior Danny Barajas who returns in 2019 with the most points from last year.
Barajas scored 68 total points thanks to a combination of 24 goals and 20 assists. Right behind both from an all-classification standpoint, as well as a Class 4A standpoint is Gatorade player of the year Thad Dewing out of Air Academy, who totaled 62 points.
Last year’s 5A leader in points comes back as Rangeview’s Rashid Seidu-Aroza totaled 60 points.
Delta’s Martin Corral led 3A with 61 points and will be back for the Panthers this fall. Heritage Christian junior Nagi Williams returns as the 2A leader in points. The top three points leaders from 2A last year all graduated this past spring.
Goals:
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It’s no surprise to see many of the same names on the points list fall into the category of returning goal scorers. Corral leads all returning players across the state after he scored 28 goals in 2018.
Seidu-Aroza leads the crop of 5A returners with 27 goals to his name last year. He was matched in 4A by Dewing.
Ridgway’s Robert Beserra and Heritage Christian’s Williams each scored 22 goals last year to return as the leading scorers in the 2A field.
Assists:
Just as important as those scoring goals are those finding the goal scorers. Union Colony Prep junior Isaac Perez finished last year with 21 helpers to rank second in the state in all classes. With two years still play, it’s safe to assume that he’ll continue to place the ball where his forwards can bury it in the back of the net.
Boulder senior Sam Phillips assisted on 14 goals. It was tied for third in 5A, but those sitting either with him or above him on that leaderboard will not return in 2019. The Panthers advanced to the 5A semifinals last year so having Phillips back is crucial to any state championship hopes.
Part of the reason Barajas is returning to the pitch with the most points in the state is his ability to find scorers on top of putting the ball in the net on his own. His 20 assists mark the most by a returning 4A player this fall.
Salida’s Quinn Bosanko matched Barajas’ 20 assists last year. It was good enough to lead all 3A players and he’ll be back for the Spartans this fall.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Opinions in this Mailbag do not reflect an official viewpoint of CHSAA.
In this installment of the CHSAANow.com Mailbag, we tackle questions about esports, football alignment, rugby, intentional walks in softball, and more.
I recently heard that you guys are planning to add esports. I’m not sure if that’s a good idea or not. What’s it all about? And are you really going to say it’s a sport?
— Mike, Highlands Ranch
Alright, let’s dive right in.
The term “esports” has been around for decades now, and likely originated right around the time the Korean e-Sports Association was founded in the early 2000s, according to this article. It’s just a name, so don’t get too caught up in semantics.
As we begin the first pilot season this fall, CHSAA is treating esports as a competitive activity. We aren’t classifying it as a sport.
More than 22,000 high school-aged kids participate in esports currently in Colorado alone. That’s incredible! For context, that’s more kids than participated in any sport CHSAA currently sanctions, and is second only to music of every activity.
The main aim with esports is to bring a kid that isn’t currently involved in their high school community into that community. They’re doing this at home already, so let’s have them do this in a social setting with their peers at their schools.
Esports is co-ed, it’s accessible, and it’s inclusive of a wide range of students. That’s a perfect fit with CHSAA’s mission.
Esports is also a team-oriented competition, and participants will need to meet the same eligibility requirements as traditional athletes.
This video is a great look into the world of esports at the high school level:
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When is esports going to start? Is there more information about it?
— Cayden, Brighton
The first season will begin this coming October, and we will be sending out more detailed information (here on CHSAANow!) in the weeks to come as it firms up.
We will also be having two presentations for school personnel, at the upcoming Colorado High School Coaches Association convention, and then our All-School Summit for athletic directors. That will help disseminate information to their schools and communities.
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Can you explain what goes into creating the football leagues? Who is involved? Any insight would be helpful. Thanks!
— Josh, Pueblo
This time around, during the creation of the 2020 & 2021 alignment, it was about an 18-month process. I honestly lost count of the number of meetings that were held, but it was dozens, and the overwhelming majority of them were in-person, sit-down, hours-long meetings.
The process included a wide range of people, notably CHSAA assistant commissioner Bud Ozzello, who retired this summer, football committee chair Chris Noll, CHSAA commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green, incoming CHSAA assistant commissioner Adam Bright, and the members of the football committee, which includes two members representing each classification. There were also meetings which included district athletic directors and league presidents.
Each football committee member spent hours upon hours receiving feedback and talking through alignment proposals with athletic directors and coaches from the classifications that they represented.
In creating the alignment, the following criteria was used:
Enrollment numbers
Competitive balance within each conference
Geography
Risk minimization
Success/non-success
School participation percentage
Regular season/postseason implications
Ultimately, this alignment was given a vote of approval by the Board of Directors at their June meeting.
The process was thorough, to say the least.
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Why did CHSAA dictate to the 5A Metro 10 teams that are now broken up into two leagues in the new alignment that they could only play one cross-over game? They are not dictating to the other leagues who they can play in non-conference.
Are they trying to force those teams to play bigger schools to get those schools a “cupcake” game, and if so then does CHSAA understand the safety and risk factor if some of those schools are forced to play the big schools?
If they are then does CHSAA actually care about student safety, as they claim? Makes no sense, and is asking for player safety to be jeopardized. I bet I won’t even get an answer as CHSAA and really no one at CHSAA actually looks at their decisions and how they really affect the smaller 5A schools. Here is hoping to get an answer to these questions.
— Todd, Firestone
As mentioned above, one of the main criteria used in the creation of the 2020 and 2021 football alignment was risk minimization. It was at the forefront of each of one those dozens of meetings, which included a massive amount of discussion specific to the Metro 10 League, and a similar league in 4A.
The great thing with the new alignment is that this group of rebuilding schools in 5A has expanded from 10 teams to 12, allowing more programs in similar circumstances to play one another during league play.
Additionally, one of the lessons we learned from the 2018 football season, and specifically the Metro 10 League, is that when they only play one non-conference game, their RPI is artificially inflated because they are in an ecosystem of their own. That created issues not only in seeding, but also within the communities of the schools involved in the Metro 10.
So as a result, the committee made the decision that four of their 10 games should be against teams outside of these two conferences. They are not forced to play other 5A schools, and can opt to add schools from other classifications to their schedules, if they choose to.
This move will also allow some of the other programs in 5A who may also be struggling, especially against traditional powers, to open up additional opportunities for scheduling.
In no way was this move made to “force those teams to play bigger schools to get those schools a ‘cupcake’ game.” The CHSAA office does not schedule for individual teams. Regular season schedules are created by schools.
I would say that CHSAA — as an office, as a football committee, and as a membership — does understand the issues at play as it pertains to 5A football. And you can look at the basic fact that these leagues exist as proof of that.
As someone who attended each of those meetings on football alignment over the past two years, I can assure you that the CHSAA office and membership does care an awful lot, and does take serious consideration in every decision being made, no matter who it impacts.
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With the rugby union and rugby league being two of most fastest growing sports in America … when will we see the sport being sanctioned by CHSAA and or a partnership with Rugby Colorado?
— Eli, Denver
They certainly have the opportunity to seek a pilot opportunity through our Board of Directors. The sanctioning process has recently been revamped, and we just saw three sports successfully gain sanctioned status last April: Unified bowling, boys volleyball and girls wrestling. And, as mentioned above, esports is currently in the piloting process.
That being said, before the process was revamped, girls rugby did make a push for sanctioning in recent years, but no league wanted to sponsor a vote for sanctioning. As a result, their quest ended there.
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Why does CHSAA allow the automatic walk in softball, in other words waiving the batter down to first base without having to pitch to them? This has the affect of eliminating the best hitters from not only a team, but some of the best hitters in the state from participating in a big part of the game.
A lot can happen with four pitches so at least make the defense pitch to each batter, and if they want to pitch four balls, then great.
— Rich, Loveland
This is a national rule and it was made to bring fast-pitch softball in line with slow-pitch softball rules in April 2018, “to keep up with current trends of the sports and maximize the flow of the game.”
What do you guys do in the summer? No sports, right? So do you just have BBQs every day, or what?
— Ruth, Colorado Springs
That’s correct. (To the “no sports” question, not to the everyday barbecues.) Our season ended with the state baseball championships in early June. But there is still plenty to be done.
Our staff and Board of Directors were also in Indianapolis for the NFHS Summer Meeting, where that organization celebrated its 100th year. (They also unveiled a new logo.) We attended various workshops and roundtables at that meeting, which also offers a great opportunity for networking and sharing ideas. Rhonda, our commissioner, ran a panel on inclusion and diversity within leadership.
The annual Student Leadership Camp is in early July each year, and our new assistant commissioner Justin Saylor is there leading it along with curriculum director Rashaan Davis. (Our whole administrative staff made visits to the camp this week to take part, as well.)
The summer months are also great for working on projects, and planning ahead. I use it to tackle major projects. In the past, I’ve completed a redesign of this website in the summer.
Of course, the summer is a great time for the staff to take some much-needed time off to recharge.
And, yes, we have had one staff barbecue over lunch this summer.
It’s always fun to look back to a previous season and remember what was. But every once in a while there is just as much fun when looking forward at how a season might be shaping up.
Like many sports going into the 2019-20 school year, there are a number of returning softball players that had banner years last fall. Once play begins in August, these girls will look to build on what they did in 2018.
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Batting average:
Cordelia Hanger, a senior from The Academy, proved to a nightmare for opposing pitchers in 2018. She had 66 at-bats last year and finished with an admirable .848 average. That was good enough to make her the state batting champion regardless of classification.
Westminster’s Kori Rhoads led all Class 5A hitters with a .640 average and Brooklyn Horn hit .700 to lead 4A. Of her 49 hits on the year, 24 of them went for extra bases.
Home runs:
Sterling’s Rylyn Nelson and Loveland’s Laurin Krings had plenty of trips around the bases last year. They both hit 15 home runs in 2018, the most of any player coming back in 2019.
Silver Creek’s Jetta Nannen led all players with 17 bombs, but graduated this spring.
The Middleton sisters, Mackenzie and Makayla, hit 11 and 10 home runs, respectively and head into the season as the 4A players with the most long balls from last year.
RBIs:
Eaton junior Jennifer Jarnigan drove in 65 runs a year ago which marks the most RBI’s among all returning players.
Conifer senior Josey Nichols hit 50 last year to top returning 4A players while Krings leads all 5A players with 48.
Runs scored:
The 3A class is returning players who scored runs in bunches. Eaton’s Remington Ross (61), University’s Kyra McFarland (54) and Delaney Wieneke (51) all come back this fall and are the top three returning runs scorers regardless of classification.
Fossil Ridge’s Jayden Mercado tops the 5A returners with 48 and Holy Family’s Anna Martinez leads all returning 4A players with 46.
Earned run average:
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It’s no surprise that when it comes to pitching stats, Krings is at or near the top of most lists. Her 0.65 ERA in 2018 was the best in the state and she’s in line to put up similar numbers this fall.
Pueblo East senior Nasya Madrid-Lafebre leads 4A returning pitchers with a 1.62 ERA and Delta’s Hailee Ruble tops 3A at 1.32.
Strikeouts:
Krings also led the state in strikeouts as she fanned 392 hitters last year.
Cheyenne Mountain senior Katelyn Ralston was second overall in 4A last year, totaling 197 and leads all returning pitchers in 4A.
Peak to Peak junior Jamie Rader is hoping to build on her solid 2018 season where she struck out 139 opposing hitters. That edged Sterling’s Kiersten Bohler by six strikeouts, and Rader did it while throwing 31 fewer innings.
The 55th annual CHSAA Student Leadership Camp is underway in Fort Collins this week, on the campus of Colorado State University.
The camp, which features more than 400 attendees, seeks to equip students and advisers with leadership skills they can take back to their schools.
The camp seeks to give its attendees skills they can use throughout the school year, and touches on topics like diversity, self-evaluation, team-building, technology and how to build leadership programs. The campers also share ideas and best practices on things like school dances, pep rallies, school spirit, and more.
This week, the CHSAA administrative staff will visit the camp and meet with the student representatives who have been elected by their peers to provide leadership across the state. These representatives will serve on a variety of CHSAA committees, and volunteer at state championship events, among other duties.
CHSAA assistant commissioner Justin Saylor is the camp’s coordinator and director, and Rashaan Davis, the adviser at Eaglecrest High School, is the curriculum director.
This year’s Fall Conference for student leadership will be held at Manitou Springs High School.
We’re gathering questions for a mailbag this week. Have a question about the upcoming season, or anything else under CHSAA’s purview? Shoot it our way using this form.
