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Below are this preseason wrestling rankings from On The Mat. Note that these have been updated due to an error which accidentally posted the final rankings of the 2018-19 season.
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Runner of the year: Cole Sprout, Valor Christian Coach of the year: Mark Stenbeck, Dakota Ridge
First Team
Name
Year
School
Gus McIntyre
Senior
Palmer
Ben Morrin
Senior
Dakota Ridge
Cole Nash
Senior
Chatfield
Connor Ohlson
Senior
Dakota Ridge
Cole Sprout
Senior
Valor Christian
Jacob White
Junior
Dakota Ridge
Parker Wolfe
Junior
Cherry Creek
Second Team
Name
Year
School
Wes Beckham
Senior
Rock Canyon
Derek Fearon
Senior
Rock Canyon
Cory Kennedy
Senior
Heritage
Caleb Mann
Junior
Liberty
Jack O’Sullivan
Senior
Mountain Vista
Scott Prieve
Junior
Palmer
Yasin Sado
Senior
Gateway
Honorable mention: Michael Beck, Junior, Heritage; Grant Bradley, Junior, Overland; Ben Conlin, Junior, Rampart; Kevin Conlon, Senior, Fort Collins; Will Daley, Senior, Denver East; Wiley Feiger, Senior, Fairview; James Gregory, Senior, Fort Collins; Lukas Haug, Junior, Boulder; Davis Helmerich, Senior, Mountain Vista; Parker Lee, Senior, Legacy; Ryan Montera, Junior, Legacy; Ben Piegat, Senior, Dakota Ridge; Edward Rush, Junior, Castle View; Luke Sundberg, Senior, Valor Christian; James Thomas, Junior, Broomfield; Harrison Witt, Junior, Mountain Vista.
The 2019 all-state softball teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
These team were created following a process where the coaches voted upon a list of nominees. Players who were named first-team all-league are eligible for the all-state ballot.
Coaches also voted specifically for player and coach of the year.
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Class 5A
(Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
Player of the year: Korbe Otis, Columbine Coach of the year: Jim Santaniello, Columbine
AURORA — Shawn Marsh and Corey Heinz likely told their teams the same thing, but from two different perspectives prior to Friday’s Class 5A football playoff opener.
Anything can happen.
That came to fruition quicker than most people thought. Eaglecrest scored on two of their first three offensive plays and held off a gritty second-half performance from Legacy running back Dakota Key to get a 34-31 win and advance to the second round of the state tournament.
“They have a really good coaching staff,” Marsh said of the Lightning. “They really do. And they have 13 sophomores out there. Coach (Heinz) does a really good job with a young team.”
Marsh just needed to be a little bit better with his veterans. Things got going quick for the Raptors (8-3 overall) as David Creal broke for a 56-yard touchdown run on his first carry of the game and the second overall play for Eaglecrest.
The Lightning (3-8) answered thanks to a muffed punt, setting up a drive deep in Eaglecrest territory. Key got into the end zone from four yards out and Legacy had a 7-6 lead thanks to Eaglecrest’s missed extra point on its touchdown.
But on the very next offensive play for the Raptors, Langston Williams made the first of several big plays on the night. He caught an 80-yard touchdown pass, showing off a little bit of that speed that won him the 400-meter dash at last spring’s state track meet.
He knew he had to draw on that level of a performance in a playoff football atmosphere, especially against a Legacy team that Eaglecrest had narrowly beaten earlier in the year.
“That was a tough battle,” Williams said. “We’ve been practicing hard this week. We’ve had some bumps in the road but we battled through. We didn’t come out like we expected but we fought.”
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
Williams added an interception to his performance in the second quarter which helped the Raptors increase their lead to 10 points at halftime, but to start the second half it was the Lightning scoring in a flash. It took less than a minute for Legacy to march down the field thanks to Key ripping off big run after big run.
Adarius Edwards eventually scored on a sneak play to cut the lead to three. Eaglecrest quarterback Max Marsh was intercepted by Michael McCarty and that turnover led to Key’s second rushing touchdown of the game.
“Anytime you make a team change what they normally do, you think you have a good chance,” Heinz said. “We made them change and they kind of got out of character for them for a minute and we’ve kind of had them on the ropes and we felt pretty good about it.”
Key’s touchdown gave the Lightning a 31-27 lead, but it didn’t hold up as Creal found the end zone with 1:14 left in the third to go up 34-31.
Legacy had a chance to get the tying points on the board but Henry Walter’s 50-yard field goal attempt was just off the mark. With one last effort, Edwards took to the air, but was picked off again by Williams to wrap up the win for Legacy.
“Football is an up and down game,” Max Marsh said. “You go through the hills and valleys and so we started high but we just couldn’t get things clicking and they could towards the end. But we finished and I’m proud of my team.”
The Raptors will face rival Grandview next week. Grandview edged Eaglecrest by three points earlier in the season.
The four classifications of boys soccer released their state tournament brackets on Monday.
Seeded No. 1 overall in each bracket are: Colorado Rocky Mountain (2A), Salida (3A), Battle Mountain (4A), and Legacy (5A). The schools all finished No. 1 in the final RPI standings of the regular season, which is the primary seeding criteria.
The brackets are also available on the CHSAANow app.
With a snowstorm rolling in on Sunday, and continuing to snow through Tuesday, along with very cold temperatures, the first-round dates have been pushed back. The first rounds will now begin on:
2A: Nov. 2
3A: Nov. 1
4A: Nov. 2
5A: Nov. 1
Additionally, the 2A quarterfinals has been moved from Nov. 2 to Nov. 6.
All other originally-scheduled dates remain the same. The second round is set for Nov. 5 (3A and 4A) and Nov. 6 (5A). Quarterfinals are Nov. 6 (2A), and Nov. 9 (3A/4A/5A).
Semifinals will be held on:
2A: Nov. 9, Englewood HS
3A: Nov. 13, All-City Stadium, Denver
4A: Nov. 13, Legacy Stadium, Aurora
5A: Nov. 13, Echo Park, Parker
All championship games will be held at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The 5A championships is Nov. 15, a Friday, at 6 p.m. The 2A (1:30 p.m.), 3A (11 a.m.) and 4A (4 p.m.) games will be held on Nov. 16.
No. 1 University 12, No. 16 Lamar 2. Kyra McFarland and Tayler Frank hit home runs for the Bulldogs.
No. 8 Limon 8, No. 9 Lyons 7. Limon walked it off with an extra-inning win in the eighth.
No. 4 Strasburg 14, No. 13 Fort Lupton 2. Strasburg broke up a game that was 3-2 in the fourth to advance. Jodie Archuleta hit a three-run homer in the win.
No. 5 Riverdale Ridge 7, No. 12 The Academy 2. Sienna Mullin homered as Riverdale Ridge won a state tournament game for the first time in school history.
No. 3 Brush 11, No. 14 Cedaredge 1. Brush jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the second inning en route to the win.
No. 6 Eaton 8, No. 11 Rocky Ford 2. Jennifer Jarnagin homered and Alexis Schmitt allowed just one earned run in the win.
No. 2 Basalt 13, No. 15 La Junta 12. In a wild game, Basalt scored eight runs in the the first inning, then La Junta came storming back to go ahead 12-11 in the top of the sixth. Basalt tied the game in the bottom of the sixth, and won it in the seventh.
No. 7 Sterling 10, No. 10 Montezuma Cortez 5. Sterling rallied from down 2-1 through three innings to go ahead 6-3 after four, and pushed its lead to 9-4 after five in the win.
In quarterfinal games:
No. 1 University 12, No. 8 Limon 3. Andi Padilla and Kyra McFarland each homered for the Bulldogs, who led 9-3 after five innings.
No. 4 Strasburg 6, No. 5 Riverdale Ridge 5. Strasburg used a two-run home run to take a 4-3 lead, then held on for the 6-5 win over the Ravens.
No. 3 Brush 12, No. 6 Eaton 2. Allie Christensen homered, and Brooke Rule drove in four runs for the Beetdiggers.
No. 7 Sterling 10, No. 2 Basalt 0. Emi Reeves homered, and the Tigers scored four runs in both the fourth and sixth innings.
Semifinals (10 a.m. Saturday, Complex A):
No. 1 University vs. No. 4 Strasburg
No. 3 Brush vs. No. 7 Sterling
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Class 4A
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
In first round games:
No. 1 Golden 4, No. 16 Evergreen 3. Marla Goodspeed and Molly Hord each had two RBIs in the extra-inning win.
No. 8 Roosevelt 9, No. 9 Pueblo County 1. Marin Lovern hit a three-run home run to help the Roughriders advance.
No. 4 Wheat Ridge 15, No. 13 Rifle 4. Izzie Quezada and Cassandra Uhl both went deep for the Farmers.
No. 5 Silver Creek 1, No. 12 Coronado 0. Ashley Gaccetta hit a walk-off home run to lift the Raptors.
No. 14 Erie 18, No. 3 Pueblo South 14. In a marathon game with a number of twists and turns, Jen Williams drove in five runs.
No. 11 D’Evelyn 16, No. 6 Mead 1. Kylee Ornstein and Aubrey Garabeck each homered in the big win.
No. 2 Holy Family 19, No. 15 Mesa Ridge 0. Holy Family plated 13 runs in the first inning as the Tigers rolled.
No. 10 Pueblo Central 7, No. 7 Elizabeth 5. Thalia Amaro hit a three-run home run to help Central advance.
In quarterfinal games:
No. 1 Golden 14, No. 8 Roosevelt 5. Kayla Middleton went 3-for-4 with four RBI’s and she scored four runs for the Demons.
No. 5 Silver Creek 9, No. 4 Wheat Ridge 4. Down 1-0 in the second, Silver Creek tied the game, then went ahead with three runs in the third. The Raptors added four more in the fourth and another in the sixth.
No. 14 Erie 10, No. 11 D’Evelyn 4. Lauren Russel’s home run to start the third inning gave the Tigers some breathing room. They held on despite a late rally attempt from the Jags.
No. 2 Holy Family 5, No. 10 Pueblo Central 3. Annika Manzanares homered and drove in two runs for the Tigers.
No. 16 Ralston Valley 6, No. 1 Rock Canyon 3. In a game that was the talk of the morning, Sydney Wilken hit a three-run home run to tie the game in the top of the fourth, and then Ralston Valley went ahead for good with a double from Ashley West later in the inning. Photos from the game are available here.
No. 9 Loveland 7, No. 8 Brighton 1. Loveland went ahead 3-0 after the first inning, tacked on two more on a home from Allison Westbrook, and secured a spot in the quarters.
No. 4 Broomfield 13, No. 13 Legend 5. Broomfield raced out to a 5-0 lead in the first, held on as Legend cut it to 5-4, and then went back up 8-4 after four in the win.
No. 5 Fossil Ridge 9, No. 12 Lakewood 5. Katelyn Hays went deep and drove in two runs for the Sabercats.
No. 3 Rocky Mountain 5, No. 14 Ralston Valley 4. Kaia Cobb homered and the Lobos edged out the close win.
No. 6 Arapahoe 12, No. 11 Smoky Hill 1. Down 1-0, Arapahoe exploded for 12 runs in the bottom of the sixth as they won.
No. 2 Columbine 10, No. 15 Valor Christian 0. Ally Distler doubled, homered and drove in three runs for the Rebels. Find a photo gallery from the game here.
No. 7 Legacy 3, No. 10 Chatfield 2. Legacy walked it off in the bottom of the eighth with a bases-loaded wild pitch.
No. 16 Ralston Valley 4, No. 9 Loveland 1. The Mustangs continued their tear through the 5A tournament with another big upset. RV jumped out to a 1-0 lead after the first inning, and pushed it to 4-0 after four.
No. 5 Fossil Ridge 6, No. 4 Broomfield 4. Fossil Ridge jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning, and went up 4-1 after two, but Broomfield battled back to tie it at 4in the third. Fossil Ridge played two in the top of the seventh to win.
No. 3 Rocky Mountain 11, No. 6 Arapahoe 1. Chloe Pentico hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the first, Cora Aguirres homered twice, and Brooklyn Himmelberg drove in three runs for the Lobos. Photos from the game are available here.
No. 2 Columbine 7, No. 7 Legacy 5. Ally Dister’s 3-run home run capped a four-run fourth inning for the Rebels. Korbe Otis scored twice in the win.
Legacy, now 12-1-0 this season, has moved up to the No. 1 spot in this week’s Class 5A 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
Legacy (7)
12-1-0
78
5
2-0-0
2
Boulder
10-2-0
67
1
3-0-0
3
Cherry Creek (2)
8-2-2
65
3
0-0-0
4
Rampart
13-0-1
57
2
1-0-1
5
Broomfield
11-2-0
46
4
1-1-0
6
Grandview
8-2-2
40
7
1-0-0
7
Fairview
10-3-0
34
6
2-1-0
8
Regis Jesuit
10-1-2
24
9
3-0-0
9
Castle View
10-1-2
22
10
0-0-0
10
Arvada West
10-2-0
18
8
0-0–1
Others receiving votes:
Arapahoe 9, Brighton 8, Smoky Hill 7, Overland 6, Eaglecrest 4, Denver East 3, Mountain Vista 3, Aurora Central 2, Far Northeast Warriors 1, Gateway 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Battle Mountain (6)
12-0-1
86
1
1-0-0
2
Golden (2)
12-1-1
78
2
2-0-0
3
Skyview
12-0-1
73
3
2-0-0
4
Silver Creek
10-1-2
61
4
2-0-0
5
Air Academy
10-4-0
49
5
2-0-0
6
Lewis-Palmer (1)
11-3-0
43
7
2-0-0
7
Alameda
13-1-0
40
6
2-0-0
8
Holy Family
11-2-0
21
8
2-0-0
9
Glenwood Springs
10-1-3
12
9
1-0-1
10
Discovery Canyon
10-3-0
10
–
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Erie 7, Loveland 7, Regis Groff 4, Denver North 2, Niwot 1, The Classical Academy 1.
Dropped out
Loveland (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (5)
14-0-0
84
1
2-0-0
2
Salida (4)
12-0-1
75
2
3-0-0
3
Atlas Preparatory School
12-0-1
69
4
3-0-0
4
Roaring Fork
10-1-1
63
3
2-0-0
5
Delta
11-3-0
49
6
2-0-0
6
Colorado Academy
9-3-1
39
5
0-1-1
7
Aurora West College Prep Academy
11-1-0
27
7
0-0-0
8
Liberty Common
8-3-1
23
8
2-1-0
9
Arrupe Jesuit
10-2-1
20
9
2-0-0
10
Faith Christian
8-3-1
16
10
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
DSST: Byers 10, Middle Park 6, Lutheran 5, KIPP Denver Collegiate 4, Jefferson Academy 2, Lamar 1, The Acåademy 1, Vail Mountain 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Crested Butte (4)
10-3-1
25
1
0-0-0
2
Dawson School (2)
9-3-1
24
2
2-0-0
3
Fountain Valley
10-3-0
17
3
3-0-0
4
Heritage Christian
10-2-0
16
–
2-0-0
5
Colorado Rocky Mountain (1)
6-3-1
12
–
1-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Lotus School For Excellence 6, Denver Christian 4, Telluride 1.
