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Month: September 2020

  • Softball rankings: Wheat Ridge moves up to No. 1 in 4A

    (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    Wheat Ridge has moved up to No. 1 in this week’s Class 4A softball rankings.

    The polls, voted upon by head coaches around the state, will serve as part of the seeding criteria in softball this season. Polls are released each Monday during the regular season.

    Complete rankings for each class are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Softball Polls

    Voted upon by coaches around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings will factor into postseason seeding. More information is available here.

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Rock Canyon (10) 9-1-0 159 1
    2 Broomfield (4) 12-0-0 148 4
    3 Fossil Ridge 10-2-0 137 2
    4 Lakewood (3) 10-1-0 118 3
    5 Chatfield 10-3-0 86 6
    6 Smoky Hill 9-0-0 83 5
    7 Legend (1) 7-2-0 65 7
    8 Cherokee Trail 7-2-0 53 10
    9 Legacy (1) 8-3-0 49 8
    10 Grand Junction Central 7-3-0 47 9
    Others receiving votes:
    Douglas County 29, Castle View 22, Rocky Mountain 22, Columbine 13, Ralston Valley 10, Valor Christian 8, Horizon 7, Brighton 6, Hinkley 6, ThunderRidge 5, Fountain-Fort Carson 4, Rampart 4, Denver East 3, Fort Collins 3, Pomona 3, Arapahoe 2, Arvada West 2, Chaparral 2, Eaglecrest 2, Cherry Creek 1, Prairie View 1.
    Dropped out
    None.
    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Wheat Ridge (7) 10-1-0 145 2
    2 Mead (7) 12-0-0 144 1
    3 D’Evelyn (3) 12-0-0 123 4
    4 Holy Family 8-2-0 113 3
    5 Silver Creek 7-4-0 64 5
    6 Conifer 10-1-0 54 8
    7 Riverdale Ridge 11-1-0 52 7
    8 Erie 8-3-0 44 6
    9 Frederick 9-3-0 42 9
    10 Roosevelt 10-2-0 27 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Pueblo South 21, Pueblo West 21, Pueblo Central 14, Windsor 11, Bear Creek 10, Mullen 8, Air Academy 6, Coronado 6, Falcon 5, Discovery Canyon 4, Pueblo Centennial 4, Northfield 4, Golden 3, Mesa Ridge 3, Palisade 2, Ponderosa 2, Durango 1, Niwot 1, Pueblo County 1.
    Dropped out
    Ponderosa (10).
    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Eaton (7) 10-1-0 129 1
    2 University (5) 8-2-0 114 2
    3 Rocky Ford 9-0-0 92 3
    4 Lyons 6-2-0 75 4
    5 Lutheran (1) 9-1-0 73 7
    6 Limon 8-2-0 44 6
    7 Strasburg 5-5-0 41 5
    8 Sterling 6-4-0 35 10
    9 Burlington 5-3-0 31 –
    10 La Junta 6-4-0 29 8
    Others receiving votes:
    Fort Lupton 27, Brush 26, Basalt 15, Montezuma-Cortez 15, Delta 10, The Academy 4, Cedaredge 3, Weld Central 3, Holyoke 2, Gunnison 1, Lamar 1.
    Dropped out
    Brush (9).

  • Brackets for the 2020 5A boys tennis state tournament

    Draws for the 2020 Class 5A boys tennis state tournament, held Sept. 25-26 in Denver at Gates Tennis Center, are below.

    Should weather intervene, check CHSAANow for contingency plans.

    These results will be updated throughout the tournament.

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    2020 Class 5A boys tennis state tournament

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    Time Schedule

    Day 1 (16 Courts)

    • 9:00 am – 1 Singles (8), 2 Singles (8)
    • 10:15 am – 3 singles (8), 1 Doubles (8)
    • 11:30 am – 2 Doubles (8), 3 Doubles (8)
    • 12:45 pm – 4 Doubles (8), 1 Singles (4), 2 singles (4)
    • 2:00 pm – 3 Singles (4), 1 Doubles (4), 2 Doubles (4), 3 Doubles (4)
    • 3:15 pm – 4 Doubles (4)

    Day 2 (14 Courts)

    • 9:00 am – All Semifinals (14)
    • 11:30 am – All Finals (7)

  • Brackets for the 2020 4A boys tennis state tournament

    Draws for the 2020 Class 4A boys tennis state tournament, held Sept. 25-26 in Pueblo, are below.

    Should weather intervene, check CHSAANow for contingency plans.

    These results will be updated throughout the tournament.

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    2020 Class 4A boys tennis state tournament

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    Time Schedule

    Day 1 (17 Courts)

    • 9:00 am – 1 Singles (8), 2 Singles (8), 3 Singles (1)
    • 10:15 am – 3 Singles (7), 1 Doubles (8), 2 Doubles (2)
    • 11:30 am – 2 Doubles (6), 3 Doubles (8), 4 Doubles (3)
    • 12:45 pm – 4 Doubles (5), 1 Singles (4), 2 singles (4), 3 Singles (4)
    • 2:00 pm – 1 Doubles (4), 2 Doubles (4), 3 Doubles (4), 4 Doubles (4)

    Day 2 (14 Courts)

    • 9:00 am – All Semifinals (14)
    • 11:30 am – All Finals (7)

  • Boys golf: Falcon’s Reese Knox ditches the putter as he dives into red numbers

    (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

    PUEBLO WEST — As Falcon’s Reese Knox walked off the ninth green at Desert Hawk golf course, he looked to his dad and complained about his putting.

    So on the back nine, he decided to hole shots out rather than putt them. In a two-hole span he hit one fairway, one green in regulation and just a single putt while shaving three strokes of his score. By the time he got to the clubhouse he had carded a 3-under-par 69 to claim the Class 4A Region 1 title.

    A big piece of that round came as he chipped in for eagle at the par-5 12th and holed out from a greenside bunker on 13. That stretched helped him fall back to around even where Coronado’s Noah Keller lingered most of the day.

    “On the front I was lipping (putts) out a bit,” Knox said. “By the time I got to the back I just decided I was going to play golf and not worry about the score. I started playing and just fell into the moment. I started chipping in and getting some lucky breaks.”

    His approach shot from the rough on No. 2 landed inches from the hole for his first birdie of the day, but his ensuing tee shot was out of bounds resulting in a double-bogey. He bogeyed No. 4 before making a birdie on the par-3 fifth and eventually made the turn at 1-over. He played the first six holes on the back at 4-under with a par and a bogey before coasting to three pars in the final three holes.

    Pueblo West held off Falcon by three strokes to claim the team regional championship. The Cyclones got solid performances from Toby Sailnas and Noah Wagner at last year’s 4A tournament at the Bridges. They’ll head to the Country Club of Colorado looking to make another run at a state title and coach Dan Sanchez thinks the experience from last year is key.

    “In all high school sports, if you’ve been in those pressure situations and you’ve felt the struggle, to me that’s what it’s all about,” Sanchez said.

    It was announced last week that the 4A state tournament was moving to the Country Club of Colorado but for several players from all around the state, there is a feeling of excitement when it comes to qualifying for the tournament and getting a chance to play a new venue with new players to compete with.

    “Today was fun, I had never really met these guys,” Durango junior Levi Tichi said. “I had played (Eisenhower) once or twice, it was my freshman year regional course. I was happy to hear about the change to the Country Club of Colorado because I’ve been struggling with putting all year.”

    Not that the greens at CC of C are a cakewalk, but Eisenhower has proven to be one of the toughest putting courses in all of the front range. Regardless of the venue, the qualifiers from the Desert Hawk regional will get back to work on Tuesday with an eye on competing at state.

    (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

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    Regionals elsewhere:

    St. Mary’s claims team title at 3A Region 2

    With two players finishing in the top three, St. Mary’s came away with a regional team title at Murphy Creek. Kent Denver’s Jeffrey Zhou shot 73 to claim medalist honors.

    Sterling and Eaton send teams to Dos Rios

    Sterling and Eaton each grabbed a pair of top 10 finishers at 3A Region 3 at Boomerang Golf Links. The Tigers won the team title as senior Trey Kuntz finished second overall with a 73. Strasburg’s Jacob Gilbert won the individual title.

    Ford tames Country Club of Colorado

    Discovery Canyon’s Kaden Ford was laughing the last time he played the Country Club of Colorado, calling it the “worst ball-striking day of my life.”

    The result was much better at regionals. Ford claimed the individual championship at the Country Club of Colorado. Cheyenne Mountain won the team title as Ponderosa took second.

    Rock Canyon’s team finishes under par at Raccoon Creek

    Nick Fallin led the way with a 65 as Rock Canyon grabbed the individual and team regional titles at Raccoon Creek. Overall, five players shot under par at the tournament.

    Ralston Valley’s Gage Messingham led Ralston Valley with a 67 and the Mustangs finished second to get their team to state.

    Fossil Ridge edges Pine Creek at Hyland Hills

    Lengend’s Ryan Parker claimed the 5A Northern regional title at Hyland Hills with a 71. Pine Creek’s Wesley Erling matched him, but ultimately finished second.

    Fossil Ridge claimed the team title by beating out Pine Creek by just two strokes.

  • Photos: Auten helps Thornton softball beat Aurora Central

    Lilly Auten allowed just two hits as Thornton softball beat Aurora Central 11-1 on Saturday.

  • Field hockey schools come to a consensus, decide to play the sport in Season C

    Field hockey generic
    (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

    Following a series of meetings over multiple days this week, the 15 schools that play field hockey came to a consensus decision on Friday that the sport would play in Season C next spring. The opportunity to have a collective start, a competitive season, and a celebratory culminating event outweighed any benefit that would have come from being split into two seasons.

    The administrators from the field hockey schools met because the door was opened for the sport to be played this fall as part of Season A, if schools elected to. The schools held hours of serious discussions weighing the opportunities each season would present. Though some schools wanted to play in Season A, the group ultimately decided together that playing in Season C is field hockey’s best opportunity for these student-athletes and the sport.

    The primary reason is deciding to play as one.

    “We met for two days, for more than four hours, as a group,” said Justin Saylor, the CHSAA assistant commissioner in charge of field hockey. “At the end of the day, all 15 field hockey programs felt that it was best for the sport of field hockey to move forward and play in Season C to remain together as a collective.”

    Season C is set to begin practice on March 1, 2021.

  • Photos: Littleton and Evergreen claim Bear Creek cross country wins

    The Littleton boys and Evergreen girls claimed team victories at the Bear Creek Invite cross country meet on Friday.

  • Photos: Cross country runners battle at Wiggins Invite

    The boys and girls cross country seasons continued as teams battled at the Wiggins Invite on Friday.

  • Photos: Rocky Mountain softball outlasts Loveland

    Holding on to a one-run lead, Rocky Mountain softball scored nine runs in its final two innings to beat Loveland 11-1.

  • Photos: Boys tennis qualifiers come out of 5A Region 2

    The Class 5A boys tennis state bracket started taking shape as qualifiers played their way in at the Region 2 matches at Cherry Creek.