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Month: November 2020

  • Class 3A football state playoff bracket

    Football’s 2020 state playoff bracket for Class 3A.

    2020 Colorado state football playoffs

  • Class 2A football state playoff bracket

    Football’s 2020 state playoff bracket for Class 2A.

    2020 Colorado state football playoffs

  • Class 1A football state playoff bracket

    Football’s 2020 state playoff bracket for Class 1A.

    2020 Colorado state football playoffs

  • 8-man football state playoff bracket

    Football’s 2020 state playoff bracket for 8-man.

    2020 Colorado state football playoffs

  • Final football coaches poll released prior to playoff seeding

    Golden Dakota Ridge football
    (Lance Wendt/wendt5280.com)

    The final football coaches poll of the 2020 fall season is here.

    The rankings, voted upon by coaches, are the official polls of the Association. This poll factors into postseason seeding.

    Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Football 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 LW
    1 Cherry Creek (18) 6-0 189 1 W
    2 Valor Christian (1) 5-0 169 2 Bye
    3 Pomona 6-0 149 3 W
    4 Legend 6-0 119 6 W
    5 Fairview 6-0 88 7 W
    6 Eaglecrest 4-1 83 4 L
    7 Columbine 4-1 76 5 L
    8 Regis Jesuit 5-1 67 8 W
    9 Cherokee Trail 4-2 53 9 W
    10 Ralston Valley 4-2 29 10 W
    Others receiving votes:
    Grandview 15, Legacy 5, Castle View 3.
    Dropped out
    None.
    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Dakota Ridge (13) 6-0 171 1 W
    2 Ponderosa 6-0 142 3 W
    3 Palmer Ridge (4) 4-0 138 2 Bye
    4 Loveland (1) 6-0 126 5 W
    5 Broomfield 5-0 110 4 Bye
    6 Fountain-Fort Carson 5-1 75 8 W
    7 Skyline 5-1 56 6 L
    8 Brighton 5-1 44 – W
    9 Pine Creek 2-2 43 7 L
    10 Montrose 4-2 37 10 W
    Others receiving votes:
    Windsor 16, Fruita Monument 12, Rampart 11, Vista Ridge 5, Longmont 1.
    Dropped out
    Windsor (9).
    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Roosevelt (7) 5-0 122 1 W
    2 Holy Family (3) 6-0 118 2 W
    3 Durango (3) 5-0 108 3 W
    4 Pueblo South 4-0 96 5 W
    5 Mead (1) 5-1 93 4 W
    6 Lutheran 4-1 70 6 Bye
    7 Fort Morgan 4-1 42 8 W
    8 Palisade 4-2 34 9 W
    9 Evergreen 4-2 33 – W
    10 Canon City 3-2 19 10 L
    Others receiving votes:
    Conifer 16, Discovery Canyon 8, Pueblo County 7, Pueblo East 4.
    Dropped out
    Conifer (7).
    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Resurrection Christian (10) 5-0 136 1 Bye
    2 Sterling (3) 5-0 125 2 Bye
    3 Pagosa Springs (1) 5-0 106 3 Bye
    4 Platte Valley 5-1 97 5 W
    5 Lamar 5-1 70 6 W
    6 Eaton 4-2 69 4 L
    7 Delta 4-1 63 8 Bye
    8 Moffat County 4-1 55 7 W
    9 University 3-2 29 9 W
    10 Valley 3-3 8 10 L
    Others receiving votes:
    D’Evelyn 4, La Junta 4, Severance 2, Berthoud 1, Englewood 1.
    Dropped out
    None.
    Class 1A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Limon (12) 4-0 144 1 Bye
    2 Strasburg (1) 6-0 122 2 W
    3 Florence 5-0 105 3 W
    T4 Centauri (1) 6-0 91 4 W
    T4 Hotchkiss (1) 6-0 91 6 W
    T4 Wray 5-1 91 5 W
    7 Meeker 5-1 65 7 W
    8 Holyoke 5-1 53 8 W
    9 Colorado Springs Christian 3-1 31 9 Bye
    10 Highland 4-2 19 10 W
    Others receiving votes:
    Peyton 5, Yuma 5, Monte Vista 2, Gunnison 1.
    Dropped out
    None.
    8-man
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Sedgwick County (19) 6-0 190 1 W
    2 Fowler 6-0 155 2 W
    3 Sanford 5-0 150 3 Bye
    4 Rangely 6-0 110 4 W
    5 Merino 5-1 103 5 W
    6 Dove Creek 4-1 83 6 Bye
    T7 Crowley County 3-1 59 7 Bye
    T7 Simla 5-1 59 9 W
    9 Mancos 3-1 53 8 Bye
    10 Swink 5-1 47 10 W
    Others receiving votes:
    Holly 18, Elbert 6, Dayspring Christian Academy 3, Gilpin County 3, Pikes Peak Christian 3, Vail Christian 2, Calhan 1.
    Dropped out
    None.
    6-man
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Fleming (12) 5-0 165 1 W
    2 Stratton/Liberty (4) 4-0 152 2 Bye
    3 Cheyenne Wells (1) 5-0 136 3 Bye
    4 Granada 5-1 122 4 L
    5 Prairie 5-1 96 5 W
    6 Eads 3-2 75 7 Bye
    7 Briggsdale 3-1 66 8 W
    8 Kit Carson 3-1 30 – W
    9 Genoa-Hugo 4-2 27 – W
    10 Cheraw 4-2 26 6 L
    Others receiving votes:
    Sierra Grande 12, North Park 11, Mountain Valley 5, Hi-Plains 3, Idalia 3, Manzanola 3, Branson/Kim 2, Peetz 1.
    Dropped out
    North Park (9), Mountain Valley (10).

  • Football’s playoff brackets are out in all seven classifications

    Cherry Creek Arapahoe football
    (Theodore Stark/tstark.com)

    The state football playoffs have been released.

    Brackets for all seven classifications are now posted. Find them here:

    Eight teams make each postseason bracket this season, which was modified due to COVID-19. All seven classes will feature first-round and semifinal games at homes sites, and every championship game will be played at CSU Pueblo as part of Championship Weekend.

    The brackets were determined, and seeded, by the CHSAA Seeding Index, which combines the CHSAA RPI, CHSAANow coaches poll, MaxPreps Rankings, and Packard Ratings.

    Top overall seeds in each bracket are: Cherry Creek (5A), Palmer Ridge (4A), Roosevelt (3A), Resurrection Christian (2A), Limon (1A), Sedgwick County (8-man) and Fleming (6-man).

    If a team has to quarantine after the bracket is released, the team will forfeit their game, and will not be replaced on the bracket.

  • Football roundup: Fountain-Fort Carson takes rematch vs. Rampart

    (@FFCHSAthletics/Twitter)

    A week after losing to Rampart, Fountain-Fort Carson got revenge with a 33-17 win on Friday night.

    The eighth-ranked Trojans took a 13-10 lead just before halftime, then pushed the lead to 19-10 in the third quarter.

    Rampart cut it to 19-17 midway through the third, but Fountain-Fort Carson responded to go up 26-17 on a touchdown pass from Tavian Tuli to Joshua Williams, and then scored again in the fourth quarter after to make it 33-17.

    FFC finishes the regular season at 5-1, while Rampart is now 4-2.

    The two teams matched up for a second-straight week due to COVID causing quarantines for their originally-scheduled opponents.

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    3A/4A: (5) Pueblo South 35, Vista Ridge 28

    In another matchup that spawned out of COVID quarantines, South held off Vista Ridge’s last-minute drive to secure the win.

    The Colts’ defense, which gave up 21 points (Vista Ridge had a return score), was the difference.

    “Our kids are just absolutely resilient and tough,” Pueblo South coach Ryan Goddard told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show. “Everything we expect out of them everything we desire out of them, that’s what they were tonight.

    “It just came down to our kids made a coupe of plays, put a little pressure on the quarterback,” Goddard said. “Our secondary played lights out, our linebackers played well, and our defensive line hung in there and tried to get after a really good quarterback.”

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    3A: (3) Durango 27, (10) Canon City 13

    Playing without two top players due to quarantines, Durango held off a very good Canon City team to finish the regular season 5-0.

    “Every week has been a struggle,” Durango coach David Vogt told the Scoreboard Show. “You never know what’s going to happen week-to-week. … For our kids to rally, it just shows the kind of kids we have here.”

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    1A: (6) Hotchkiss 49, Cedaredge 7

    Hotchkiss won as Mordecai White had three touchdowns and 141 yards on nine carries.

    The Bulldogs are 6-0.

    “We’ve been building toward this,” Hotchkiss coach Curtis Hintz told the Scoreboard Show. “Last year, we were kind of there knocking on the door. … Kids left hungry. They’ve done a good job in the weight room. And, of course, with the year that it’s been with COVID, they’ve done a good job of controlling what they can control. It’s paid off during the regular season, and we’re looking forward to seeing how the bracket unfolds.”

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    Notables

    Dakota Ridge Chatfield football
    More photos from the game. (David Harvey/ImageProPhotography.com)
    • 4A No. 1 Dakota Ridge finished the regular season with a 51-0 win over Chatfield. The Eagles are now 6-0. “I’ve been at Dakota Ridge for 25 years — it’s probably the best team we’ve ever had,” coach Ron Woitalewicz told the Scoreboard Show. His team is in contention for the top seed in the 4A playoffs — which are expected to be deep. “This is probably as deep as I’ve seen 4A in a long time, in terms of the quality of teams out there,” Woitalewicz added. A photo gallery is available here.
    • In 6-man, No. 1 Fleming beat No. 4 Granada 49-44.
    • Simla, No. 9 in 8-man, beat Dolores Huerta 40-0. Coletin Mazerall rushed for 238 yards and four touchdowns.
    • 5A No. 7 Fairview topped Castle View 49-36 in a back-and-forth game. Quarterback Liam O’Brien threw for 382 yards and five scores. Grant Page had a heck of a game at receiver: 13 catches, 224 yards, four touchdowns.

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    More coverage

    More photos from the game. (Brent Murphy/BrentMurphyPhoto.com)

  • Photos: 3A No. 2 Holy Family beats Pueblo Centennial to stay unbeaten

    Holy Family football beat Pueblo Centennial 45-0 to move to 6-0 this season.

  • No. 3 Pomona football wins 5A Jeffco title by edging No. 5 Columbine

    Pomona sophomore Ian Frye (79) celebrates a fumble recovery during the first quarter that ended a Columbine drive deep in Pomona territory. More photos from the game. (Lance Wendt/Wendt5280.com)

    LAKEWOOD — Two huge scoring plays and a gritty defense is what it took for Pomona to claim the Class 5A Jeffco League title Friday night at Jeffco Stadium.

    Pomona — No. 3 in the CHSAANow.com 5A football rankings — grabbed a 14-11 victory over No. 5 Columbine to finish off an undefeated 6-0 regular season for the Panthers.

    Columbine senior Carson Goodwin (5) runs with the ball during the Class 5A Jeffco League finale against Pomona at Jeffco Stadium. (Lance Wendt/CHSAANow.com)

    The two Pomona touchdowns were courtesy of senior Jack Pospisil and junior Dominick Nichols. Pospisil opened the scoring up on the second play from scrimmage. The quarterback weaved his way for a 77-yard touchdown run to put the Panthers up 7-0 less than a minute into the regular-season finale for both teams.

    Columbine (4-1, 3-1 in 5A Jeffco) responded with a 20-yard field goal by senior Adam Tasei on the first play of the second quarter to cut the Panthers’ lead to 7-3.

    Nichols put the Panthers up 14-3 midway through the third quarter with a 60-yard punt return for a touchdown.

    Pomona did turn the ball over three times to help keep Columbine in the game. The Rebels capitalized on the Panthers’ third turnover of the game to get within a score. Junior Seth Cromwell had a big 41-yard run to get Columbine down to Pomona’s 6-yard line.

    Columbine junior quarterback Brock Zanetell scored on a 1-yard plunge and also ran in a 2-point conversion with 4:01 left to cut Pomona’s lead to 14-11. It was the only touchdown drive for Columbine as Pomona’s defense was able to slowdown the Rebels’ rushing attack for the majority of the night.

    Pomona junior Chase Muller (9) helped the Panthers run out the clock with a handful of key runs late in Pomona’s 14-11 victory over Columbine on Friday night at Jeffco Stadium. More photos from the game. (Lance Wendt/Wendt5280.com)

    The Panthers came up with just the offensive drive it needed clinging to a 3-point lead. Pomona junior Chase Muller had six straight carries on the ground that totaled 36 yards to drive across midfield. On third down-and-12, Pospisil faked a handoff to Muller and preceded to run 23 yards around the right side to ice the game. The senior quarterback took a knee to run out the clock.

    The Panthers and Rebels now wait to see how the seeding for the 8-team 5A state tournament shakes out. CHSAA is scheduled to release the playoff brackets Sunday.

    Pomona was No. 4 and Columbine held the No. 7 spot in the CHSAA seeding index through Week 5.

    The Rebels had a prime opportunity to take the lead before halftime, but a fumble on a quarterback to running back handoff on Pomona’s 10-yard line was recovered by Pomona sophomore Ian Frye to end the drive. The Panthers ran out the remainder of the time in the second quarter to head into halftime with a 7-3 lead.

    Columbine also turned over the ball while inside Pomona’s 30-yard-line early in the fourth quarter. A bad pitch was recovered by Pomona junior Steven Gartman to end the solid drive by the Rebels.

    It’s the second straight victory for Pomona over Columbine during this history powerhouse rivalry.

    Pomona defeated Columbine 34-33 in a thriller last season. The Panthers held off the Rebels’ fourth-quarter rally to hand back-to-back 1-point losses during conference play last season. The Rebels also lost to Ralston Valley — 24-23 — in the regular season before making their playoff run all the way to the 5A state championship game.

    Columbine junior Seth Cromwell had the Rebels’ longest run from scrimmage with a 41-yard run in the fourth quarter that set up Columbine lone touchdown Friday night at Jeffco Stadium. More photos from the game. (Lance Wendt/Wendt5280.com)

  • Photos: No. 3 Pomona holds off No. 5 Columbine in top-10 5A matchup

    No. 3 Pomona football held off No. 5 Columbine in a top-10 5A matchup, 14-11.