Seven new teams joined this week’s football rankings: Conifer (3A), Eaton (2A), The Classical Academy (2A), Wray (1A), Hotchkiss (1A), Dove Creek (8-man) and Briggsdale (6-man).
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Fruita Monument 24, Brighton 22, Ponderosa 19, Golden 12, Wheat Ridge 9, Greeley West 8, Grand Junction 4, Mesa Ridge 2, Monarch 2, Silver Creek 2, Air Academy 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Palmer Ridge (15)
4-1
193
1
L
2
Mead (6)
5-0
183
2
W
3
Pueblo South
4-1
175
3
W
4
Discovery Canyon
4-1
115
4
Bye
5
Green Mountain
4-1
101
5
W
6
Frederick
5-0
88
6
W
7
Lutheran
4-1
72
8
W
8
Conifer
5-0
52
–
W
9
Durango
3-2
49
10
Bye
10
Palisade
2-3
25
7
L
Others receiving votes:
Harrison 24, Erie 23, Holy Family 17, Pueblo Central 16, Thomas Jefferson 14, Northridge 12, Roosevelt 10, Fort Morgan 9, Niwot 9, Pueblo East 8, Battle Mountain 6, Skyview 4, Eagle Valley 1, Evergreen 1.
Dropped out
Erie (9).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Rifle (13)
5-0
200
1
W
2
Delta (4)
4-0
180
2
Bye
3
Platte Valley (1)
4-1
152
3
W
4
Sterling (1)
4-1
150
4
W
5
Resurrection Christian (2)
4-1
137
5
W
6
Faith Christian (1)
4-1
114
6
W
7
Basalt
5-0
96
7
W
8
La Junta
4-1
55
8
W
9
Eaton
3-2
38
–
W
10
The Classical Academy
3-2
22
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Elizabeth 21, Alamosa 9, Moffat County 9, Englewood 8, Lamar 8, Bayfield 7, University 3, Aspen 1.
Dropped out
Lamar (9), Alamosa (10).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Strasburg (20)
5-0
218
1
W
2
Limon
4-1
188
2
W
3
Holyoke (2)
5-0
156
3
W
4
Florence
5-0
151
4
W
5
Centauri
4-1
111
5
Bye
6
Meeker
4-1
102
7
W
7
Colorado Springs Christian
4-1
101
6
W
8
Wray
4-1
42
–
W
9
Highland
3-2
40
10
W
10
Hotchkiss
4-1
36
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Buena Vista 15, Flatirons Academy 15, Rye 15, Peyton 9, Burlington 8.
Dropped out
Burlington (8), Rye (9).
8-man
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Sedgwick County (12)
6-0
138
1
W
2
Fowler (2)
5-0
113
2
W
3
Mancos
5-0
108
3
W
4
Dayspring Christian Academy
5-0
107
4
W
5
Merino
4-1
66
6
W
6
Caliche
4-1
63
5
W
7
Sanford
5-0
54
7
W
8
Vail Christian
5-0
39
8
W
9
Pikes Peak Christian
3-1
26
9
W
10
Dove Creek
5-1
11
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Soroco 10, Rangely 9, West Grand 9, Sargent 6, Hoehne 5, McClave 5, Holly 1.
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Cherokee Trail (7)
12-1
104
2
1-0
2
Legend (4)
12-2
98
3
2-0
3
Chaparral
12-2
85
4
2-0
4
Rampart
12-1
83
1
4-1
5
Broomfield
12-0
60
5
2-0
6
Valor Christian
10-1
49
6
2-0
7
Fort Collins
10-2
40
7
2-0
8
Grandview
9-4
27
8
1-0
9
Eaglecrest
10-4
15
–
1-0
10
Fairview
9-2
10
10
0-1
Others receiving votes:
Chatfield 9, Windsor 8, Cherry Creek 7, Mountain Vista 7, Pine Creek 2, Ralston Valley 1.
Dropped out
Cherry Creek (9).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Pueblo County (8)
11-1
107
2
2-0
2
Discovery Canyon (1)
10-3
91
1
0-2
3
Lewis-Palmer (2)
7-5
80
5
2-0
4
Pueblo West (1)
10-3
77
4
2-0
5
Palmer Ridge (1)
9-4
71
7
2-0
6
Coronado
8-5
49
9
2-0
7
Mead
7-3
47
3
0-1
8
Erie
9-4
46
8
1-0
9
Woodland Park
10-1
44
6
5-0
10
Montrose
10-3
36
10
1-0
Others receiving votes:
Battle Mountain 13, Mullen 12, Thomas Jefferson 12, Silver Creek 11, Cheyenne Mountain 10, Longmont 3, Air Academy 2, Evergreen 2, Glenwood Springs 1, Skyview 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Lutheran (7)
8-0
87
1
2-0
2
Sterling
12-0
70
2
2-0
3
Alamosa
16-2
67
3
4-1
4
Colorado Springs Christian (1)
14-1
62
5
5-1
5
Eaton
10-3
57
4
2-1
6
Cedaredge
11-0
41
6
2-0
7
Faith Christian
9-2
31
7
2-0
8
Platte Valley
8-3
20
8
2-0
9
Eagle Ridge Academy
10-2
16
10
1-0
10
University
8-4
14
–
1-0
Others receiving votes:
Lamar 13, SkyView Academy 12, Englewood 11, Coal Ridge 10, Fort Lupton 10, Brush 8, Riverdale Ridge 6, The Pinnacle 5, Bayfield 3, Bennett 3, Strasburg 2, DSST: College View 1, Valley 1.
Dropped out
Bayfield (9).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Denver Christian (9)
13-0
90
1
2-0
2
Union Colony Prep
11-1
72
3
2-0
3
Wiggins
12-3
71
4
0-1
4
Fowler
11-2
55
5
3-2
5
Limon
8-5
48
2
1-2
6
Meeker
11-2
46
7
2-0
7
West Grand
13-2
28
6
2-0
8
Simla
11-3
22
8
2-0
9
Rye
9-3
14
–
1-0
10
Telluride
14-2
12
–
3-0
Others receiving votes:
Sedgwick County 10, Dolores 9, Ignacio 8, Dawson School 4, Swink 4, Highland 2.
Dropped out
Sedgwick County (9), Ignacio (10).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
La Veta (7)
12-0
97
1
2-0
2
Kit Carson (1)
11-1
96
2
2-0
3
Merino (2)
12-1
82
3
3-0
4
Briggsdale
11-2
71
6
2-0
5
Fleming
11-1
65
5
1-0
6
Prairie (1)
9-2
63
4
0-1
7
Genoa-Hugo/Karval
10-1
58
7
2-0
8
Otis
9-4
27
8
2-1
9
Stratton/Liberty
9-3
10
9
1-1
10
Dove Creek
11-1
9
10
2-0
Others receiving votes:
Sangre de Cristo 8, Springfield 7, Mile High Academy 4, Flagler/Hi-Plains 3, Weldon Valley 3, Kim/Branson 1.
Fossil Ridge has joined this week’s 5A softball rankings at No. 9.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Rock Canyon (9)
20-1-0
107
1
4-0-0
2
Loveland (1)
20-1-0
88
3
3-0-0
3
Columbine
20-2-0
86
2
3-0-0
4
Broomfield (1)
18-3-0
63
5
2-0-0
5
Grand Junction Central
18-2-0
57
6
3-0-0
6
Rocky Mountain
18-3-0
49
7
3-0-0
7
Chatfield
19-3-0
48
4
2-1-0
8
Smoky Hill
18-3-0
23
10
3-0-0
9
Fossil Ridge
16-5-0
20
–
2-0-0
10
Castle View
16-5-0
15
8
2-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Brighton 13, Legacy 13, Arapahoe 10, Hinkley 9, Cherokee Trail 3, Douglas County 1.
Dawson School has moved up to No. 1 in this week’s Class 2A boys soccer rankings.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Rampart (7)
10-0-0
91
1
1-0-0
2
Boulder (1)
6-2-0
88
2
0-0-0
3
Broomfield (1)
8-1-0
82
4
1-0-0
4
Legacy
8-1-0
79
3
1-0-0
5
Fairview (1)
6-2-0
64
6
0-0-0
6
Cherry Creek (1)
7-2-2
58
9
1-0-0
7
Arvada West
10-2-0
40
7
2-0-0
8
Grandview
6-2-2
36
5
0-1-0
9
Regis Jesuit
6-1-2
24
8
1-0-1
10
Valor Christian
8-1-1
14
–
1-0-1
Others receiving votes:
Castle View 7, Fossil Ridge 5, Gateway 5, Ralston Valley 4, Denver East 3, Pine Creek 2, Smoky Hill 2, Aurora Central 1.
Dropped out
Fossil Ridge (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Battle Mountain (7)
8-0-1
103
1
0-0-0
2
Golden (2)
9-1-1
94
2
1-0-0
3
Air Academy (2)
7-3-0
75
9
2-0-0
4
Skyview
8-0-1
69
6
2-0-0
5
Silver Creek
7-1-2
67
5
3-0-0
6
Alameda
10-1-0
52
3
2-1-0
7
Regis Groff
8-2-0
33
10
2-0-0
8
Discovery Canyon
8-2-0
32
7
1-1-0
9
Loveland
9-1-0
29
4
1-1-0
10
Glenwood Springs
7-1-2
15
8
1-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Pueblo West 9, Denver North 5, Holy Family 5, Mullen 3, Pueblo Centennial 3, Pueblo East 3, The Classical Academy 3, Palmer Ridge 2, Ponderosa 2, Standley Lake 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (5)
11-0-0
86
1
2-0-0
2
Salida (4)
8-0-1
75
2
0-0-1
3
Atlas Preparatory School
8-0-1
67
4
1-0-1
4
Roaring Fork
6-1-1
53
5
1-0-0
5
Delta
7-3-0
40
3
0-1-0
6
Faith Christian
6-2-1
37
7
1-0-0
7
Aurora West College Prep Academy
9-1-0
35
6
2-0-0
8
Colorado Academy
7-2-0
27
8
2-0-0
9
Liberty Common
5-1-1
22
9
2-0-1
10
Arrupe Jesuit
7-2-0
14
–
0-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Lutheran 12, Middle Park 11, KIPP Denver Collegiate 5, The Academy 5, Vail Mountain 3, Jefferson Academy 2, Lamar 1.
Dropped out
Lutheran (10).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Dawson School (2)
7-2-1
28
4
1-0-0
2
Crested Butte (4)
8-3-1
24
2
0-1-0
3
Campion Academy (1)
7-0-0
13
–
2-0-0
4
Colorado Rocky Mountain
4-2-1
12
–
1-0-0
5
Ridgway
6-0-3
8
5
1-0-1
Others receiving votes:
Denver Christian 7, Fountain Valley 6, Heritage Christian 5, Lotus School For Excellence 1, Telluride 1.
In anticipation of snow on Thursday, and cold temperates on Friday, site directors have been authorized to change the dates, if needed.
Most regionals are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, but a snowstorm is expected to bring more than 2 inches of snow to the Denver metro area on Thursday, as well as a high of 30 degrees.
Snow is also expected in the northern part of the state on Thursday, with highs in the upper 20s. The southern part of the state may also get snow on Thursday, and the forecast is calling for a high in the low 40s. Grand Junction is not expected to get snow on Thursday, but the high is expected to be 45 degrees.
Friday’s forecast calls for a high in the 40s in most of the state, and 50 in Grand Junction.
As a result of this expected weather, play on Tuesday is an option, as well as on Sunday. Regionals must be completed prior to Monday’s seeding meeting.
It is up to each site director to determine how to finish regionals, and the dates of play.
The state tennis tournaments are next week, running Thursday through Friday.
At the end of Day 1, an unusual 10 players from eight different schools sat within three strokes of the lead, which currently belongs to Fossil Ridge’s Gavin Hagstrom. Three of those players are two strokes back, and four are right on Hagstrom’s trail just one stroke behind the Sabercats senior.
On a tough course where putting is everything, Tuesday’s final round could be defined by more leaderboard shuffling than any other state tournament in recent memory.
“I feel like I played pretty solid,” Hagstrom said. “You can never really wish for a bigger lead so I’m just happy to be the leader right now because it’s still really close and there’s a lot more golf to play.”
Hagstrom, who spent last school year at the Junior Players Golf Academy, finished with an even-par 70 on Monday. His low score of the day kept the Fossil Ridge Sabercats in contention to repeat as team champions, four strokes behind Front Range League rival Fairview entering Day 2.
(Brad Cochi/For CHSAANow.com)
With a pack of contenders seeking the individual title, Fairview’s Ryder Heuston, who placed seventh in 2018, and Brett Reamon both sit in a tie for second place with matching 1-over 71’s. Also included in the one-stroke chase group are Arapahoe’s Will Kates and Highlands Ranch’s Tarek Salem, who was sixth last season.
“I was nervous for the first few holes but once the nerves went away I just started playing a normal round of golf,” Salem said. “The greens are really tough out here so it’s a putting contest. That’s what it comes down to. It’s nowhere near done. There’s a ton of people still in it and the last few greens are really difficult so tomorrow should be really interesting.”
At two strokes back, Fossil Ridge’s Owen Cornmesser led for much of the day and was as low as 2-under before picking up four strokes on his final three holes. Tied with Cornmesser are Fairview’s Will Chadwick and Lakewood’s Ryan Liao, who placed fourth in 2018.
“This course is tough,” Heuston said. “I hit 15 greens, which is right around my average, but I struggled on the greens a little bit. I can’t really say I hit any bad shots today so hopefully a few more putts go in tomorrow.”
MONTROSE — There’s no place like home. That was certainly the case for Micah Stangebye and the rest of the Montrose boys golf team after the first day of the Class 4A boys state golf tournament.
Stangebye, the winner of last year’s state tournament, didn’t card a bogey on his day and shot a 4-under-par 67 to take a three-stroke lead over Discovery Canyon’s Kaden Ford and Northfield’s Hunter Swanson.
Stangebye’s steady approach had him even after six holes before he found his first birdie on the 170-yard par 3 seventh.
He ramped things up after making the turn, making back to back birdies on 10 and 11 to move to 3-under.
“I was hitting the ball really well, hitting the down the middle and then I’d hit the greens and it just came down to either making the putt,” Stangebye said. On the back nine I made a couple of more birdies.”
Stangebye’s round set the tone for Montrose, but he got help from fellow senior Ryan Lords who shot a 73. That’s good enough to sit at a tie for fifth place individually but overall it was a big boost in the team race.
Montrose finished the day just 4-over as a team and will have a chance on Tuesday to claim a third consecutive team title. It helps that they’ll have a chance to do it the The Bridges, which serves as the team’s home course.
“The kids played really well today. Knowing the course is an advantage for us,” coach Dave Woodruff said. “I think tomorrow, especially for our seniors, let’s just play like we did today and stay relaxed and both seniors just went out and just played phenomenal golf. I’m really happy for them.”
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
Pueblo West sits in second place in the team race at 18-over. Freshman Noah Wagner and junior Toby Salinas each shot 76 to put the Cyclones in a position to go home with some hardware. But like Montrose and its bid for another championship play, West will have to see similar – preferably better – numbers on Tuesday.
Ford made the turn at 1-over before making consecutive birdies at 14 and 15. He made par on the last three holes to finish a round of 70.
Swanson, however, took a bit of a different route to his 70. He was sitting at 2-under heading into his 18th hole but finished on a bogey. He had eagled the hole in his Sunday practice round so it was a little discouraging, but overall wasn’t upset with his day.
“I’m pretty happy with my round,” Swanson said. “I made a couple bad decisions that led to a few bogeys but can’t be mad with it. And it was a nice little 1-under round for the first round.”
He’ll have some work to do if he’s going to catch Stangebye. The Montrose senior has course knowledge on his side and a good mental approach to his game. That was evident on the par-5 10th when facing a downhill, right to left putt for eagle.
His goal wasn’t necessarily to make it, but rather to get it close enough for an easy birdie, which he did. It was that hole that started his accumulation of red numbers on the back nine.
“On that putt speed was the most important thing,” Stangebye said. “You can’t blow it by or leave it well short. I had a pretty good putt that just rolled four or five feet past the hole and then made it coming back.”
That same approach will go a long way in his winning a state title on Tuesday. But it can’t just be mental. He has to execute the shots as well, which is something he has shown time and time again that he is more than capable of doing.
Tee times for the first day of boys golf’s state championships in 2019 are below.
The tournaments for all classifications run Oct. 7-8. The Class 5A at Pine Hurst Country Club (Denver), 4A at The Bridges (Montrose), 3A at Eisenhower (Air Force Academy).
