Photos: Strong second half powers Boulder girls basketball over Mountain Range
Boulder girls basketball stretched out its lead in the second half to get a 44-33 win over Mountain Range on Friday.
Archive for February, 2021
Photos: No. 2 Fort Collins hockey shuts out No. 3 Ralston Valley
Sam Simon turned away 17 shots as Class 5A No. 2 Fort Collins hockey beat No. 3 Ralston Valley 3-0 on Friday.
Photos: No. 1 Grandview girls basketball cruises to win over Eaglecrest
Class 5A No. 1 Grandview girls basketball rolled to a 74-32 win over Centennial League rival Eaglecrest on Friday.
Photos: No. 8 Mountain Vista hockey scores often in win over Castle View
Class 5A No. 8 Mountain Vista hockey scored often and got a big 9-3 win over Castle View on Friday.
Photos: Cherry Creek and Heritage tie in top-10 5A hockey game
No. 7 Cherry Creek and No. 10 Heritage hockey played to a tie in a top-10 matchup in Class 5A.
Photos: Cronk leads No. 1 Belleview Christian boys basketball over Flatirons Academy
John Cronk’s 26 points powered Class 1A No. 1 Belleview Christian boys basketball to a 75-55 win over Flatirons Academy.
Girls wrestling rankings: Fort Lupton joins at No. 9
Below are this week’s girls wrestling rankings from On The Mat.
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On The Mat Wrestling Rankings
Tim Yount of On The Mat provides weekly wrestling rankings for teams and individuals in all weight classes. To see individual rankings, you can subscribe to On The Mat’s full rankings.
To subscribe via PayPal, choose your subscription option on this page click on the corresponding PayPal button. To subscribe by mail or fax and pay by personal check, click here for a printable subscription form. Email Tim Yount at tim@onthematrankings.com with questions.
To purchase individual weeks of the rankings (as opposed to the entire season), you will need to use the printable subscription form and pay by check. The season ranking subscriptions are offered at a discounted rate.
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| Girls Wrestling | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | LW |
| 1 | Chatfield | 1 |
| 2 | Pomona | 4 |
| 3 | Denver East | 3 |
| 4 | Legacy | 6 |
| 5 | Doherty | 2 |
| 6 | Loveland | 5 |
| 7 | Olathe | 8 |
| 8 | Douglas County | 9 |
| 9 | Fort Lupton | – |
| 10 | Mesa Ridge | 10 |
| Dropped out | ||
| Riverdale Ridge | ||
Boys wrestling rankings: Four newcomers jump in
(Kevin Keyser/KeyserImages.com)
Below are this week’s boys wrestling rankings from On The Mat.
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On The Mat Wrestling Rankings
Tim Yount of On The Mat provides weekly wrestling rankings for teams and individuals in all weight classes. To see individual rankings, you can subscribe to On The Mat’s full rankings.
To subscribe via PayPal, choose your subscription option on this page click on the corresponding PayPal button. To subscribe by mail or fax and pay by personal check, click here for a printable subscription form. Email Tim Yount at tim@onthematrankings.com with questions.
To purchase individual weeks of the rankings (as opposed to the entire season), you will need to use the printable subscription form and pay by check. The season ranking subscriptions are offered at a discounted rate.
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| Class 2A | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | LW |
| 1 | Wray | 1 |
| 2 | Centauri | 3 |
| 3 | Buena Vista | 4 |
| 4 | Cedaredge | 2 |
| 5 | John Mall | 9 |
| 6 | Rocky Ford | 7 |
| 7 | Meeker | 6 |
| 8 | Crowley County | 8 |
| 9 | Lyons | 5 |
| 10 | Dolores Huerta | – |
| Dropped out | ||
| Yuma | ||
| Class 3A | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | LW |
| 1 | Pagosa Springs | 1 |
| 2 | Valley | 4 |
| 3 | Eaton | 2 |
| 4 | Weld Central | 3 |
| 5 | Bennett | 5 |
| 6 | Jefferson | 7 |
| 7 | Platte Valley | 6 |
| 8 | Sterling | 9 |
| 9 | Alamosa | 8 |
| 10 | Lamar | – |
| Dropped out | ||
| Moffat County | ||
| Class 4A | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | LW |
| 1 | Pueblo County | 1 |
| 2 | Pueblo East | 2 |
| 3 | Cheyenne Mountain | 3 |
| 4 | Windsor | 5 |
| 5 | Loveland | 6 |
| 6 | Thompson Valley | 4 |
| 7 | Mesa Ridge | 9 |
| 8 | Falcon | 7 |
| 9 | Coronado | – |
| 10 | Roosevelt | 8 |
| Dropped out | ||
| Pueblo West | ||
| Class 5A | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | LW |
| 1 | Pomona | 1 |
| 2 | Ponderosa | 2 |
| 3 | Monarch | 4 |
| 4 | Douglas County | 5 |
| 5 | Brighton | 3 |
| 6 | Pine Creek | 6 |
| 7 | Poudre | 10 |
| 8 | Columbine | 7 |
| 9 | Adams City | 9 |
| 10 | Chaparral | – |
| Dropped out | ||
| Denver East | ||
Unexpected loss forced No. 3 Battle Mountain hockey to regain focus
(Thomas Green)
In some ways, Battle Mountain’s loss to Steamboat Springs on Feb. 19 was a blessing in disguise. According to coach Derek Byron, the Huskies weren’t exactly playing the high-level hockey that he had seen early in the season.
When the Sailors came away with a 4-2 win, it forced his players to take a long look at themselves and decide what kind of team they wanted to be the rest the season. They decided they want to finish the year as the No. 1 team in the state, the same way the coaches tagged them as the top team heading into the season.
“Up until the point of that loss, we had been on a slow decline,” coach Derek Byron said. “We were complacent, staying No. 1 but not really playing like a No. 1 team, in my opinion. We lost and that next day we started playing the way we’re supposed to play.”
A big part of that is the aggressive nature of the way the Class 4A No. 3 Huskies play the game. They place a huge emphasis on puck control in order to create as many scoring chances as possible. It’s paying off as forward Kyle Parliament is among the state leaders in total points and power play goals.
If the Huskies find themselves with a man advantage, happy to pounce on every opportunity he gets to put the puck in the net.
“Our power play just gives us a lot of great (scoring) opportunities,” Parliament said. “We’re able to set up nicely and take advantage when they’re a man down.”
(Thomas Green)
It helps that in front of their own net is a brick wall of a goalie in Logan Gremmer. He’s posting a save rate of 92 percent and faces more than 25 shots per game. And he savors every opportunity to turn the puck away.
Like a true net minder, he took the loss to Steamboat very personally, feeling he could have done more to help his team.
“It was tough,” he said. “We all kind of felt defeated. Our next game against Aspen turned us around. We knew what we needed to do to get the win.”
In that 7-1 win over Aspen, Gremmer turned away all 14 shots he faced before getting pulled as the Huskies held a comfortable lead. He’ll be a huge piece of what the Huskies hope will be a championship run over the course of the next three weeks.
“Logan’s a top goalie in Colorado,” Byron said. “He’s very good. He’s kept us in games when we aren’t playing well this year and he’s shown up to every game and been ready to go. He’s a lights out goaltender.”
Battle Mountain currently sits one point behind Crested Butte in the 4A Mountain League. They have some business against Aspen and Summit the next few days, but will end their regular season with a three-game series against Crested Butte.
That series will be crucial as the league champion is guaranteed a playoff spot. There is one at-large spot available, but the Huskies don’t want to leave anything to chance. They have to play their final games as if they are the best team in the state and they know that over the course of the next week, they’re going to get everyone’s best shot.
“Teams are gunning for us,” Gremmer said. “They’ve all wanted to take our No. 1 spot from us.”
(Thomas Green)
Video: Jeffco Preps With Pleuss (March)
Jeffco Preps With Pleuss is a monthly roundup of Jeffco prep highlights hosted by Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ sports information director. There was plenty of boys and girls basketball action in February with Season B sports in full swing. We have boys highlights from Chatfield vs. Columbine, Green Mountain vs. Golden and D’Evelyn vs. Evergreen. Green Mountain girls basketball team improved its 4A Jeffco League winning streak to 28 conference victories over the past three seasons winning back-to-back league titles. Boys wrestling got going and we have highlights of duals involving Columbine, Lakewood, Chatfield, Pomona and Jefferson. Girls wrestling teams from Chatfield and Pomona are two of the best in the state in the first year of the being a CHSAA-sanctioned sport.