Drew Fehr and Caleb Gold each scored twice as No. 5 Monarch hockey cruised to a 6-1 win over Mountain Vista on Thursday.
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Hockey rankings: Mountain Vista joins at No. 10
(Paul Shepardson/PaulShedardsonPhotography.com) Mountain Vista has joined this week’s hockey rankings, coming in at No. 10.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. During the regular season, the poll will release each Monday.
Complete rankings are below.
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CHSAANow.com Hockey Poll
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
First-place votes are in parentheses.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Regis Jesuit (6) 1-0 93 1 1-0 2 Chaparral (2) 2-0 86 7 2-0 3 Fort Collins 1-0 72 3 1-0 4 Ralston Valley 2-0 59 4 2-0 5 Monarch (1) 1-0 56 5 1-0 6 Valor Christian 0-2 53 2 0-2 7 Cherry Creek (1) 1-1 50 6 1-1 8 Denver East 2-0 31 8 2-0 9 Heritage 2-0 21 9 2-0 10 Mountain Vista 2-1 15 – 2-1 Others receiving votes: Battle Mountain 3, Columbine 3, Dakota Ridge 3, Pine Creek 3, Chatfield 1, Doherty 1. Dropped out Dakota Ridge (10). -
Photos: No. 5 Monarch hockey scores in bunches to beat Standley Lake
The puck found the net often as No. 5 Monarch hockey cruised to an 8-0 win over Standley Lake on Friday.
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Preseason wrestling team rankings from On The Mat
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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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.
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Class 2A RK TEAM 1 Wray 2 Rocky Ford 3 Buena Vista 4 Cedaredge 5 Lyons 6 John Mall 7 Highland 8 Paonia 9 Centauri 10 Hotchkiss Class 3A RK TEAM 1 Jefferson 2 Valley 3 Lamar 4 Pagosa Springs 5 Berthoud 6 Eagle Valley 7 Alamosa 8 Weld Central 9 Fort Morgan 10 Platte Valley Class 4A RK TEAM 1 Windsor 2 Pueblo East 3 Pueblo County 4 Broomfield 5 Cheyenne Mountain 6 Roosevelt 7 Loveland 8 Thompson Valley 9 Pueblo West 10 Longmont Class 5A RK TEAM 1 Pomona 2 Grand Junction 3 Ponderosa 4 Rocky Mountain 5 Grandview 6 Brighton 7 Monarch 8 Pine Creek 9 Legacy 10 Cherokee Trail -
Preseason hockey rankings: Regis Jesuit leads the way as No. 1
(Marlee Smith/CHSAANow.com) Defending champion Regis Jesuit is on top of the preseason hockey rankings at No. 1.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. During the regular season, the poll will release each Monday.
Complete rankings are below.
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CHSAANow.com Hockey Poll
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
First-place votes are in parentheses.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A RK TEAM W-L PTS 1 Regis Jesuit (4) 0-0 94 2 Valor Christian (5) 0-0 88 3 Fort Collins 0-0 71 4 Ralston Valley 0-0 58 5 Monarch (1) 0-0 55 6 Cherry Creek 0-0 52 7 Chaparral 0-0 43 8 Denver East 0-0 37 9 Heritage 0-0 18 10 Dakota Ridge 0-0 10 Others receiving votes: Battle Mountain 7, Aspen 5, Summit 4, Crested Butte 2, Doherty 2, Mountain Vista 2, Chatfield 1, Resurrection Christian 1. Dropped out (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10). -
All-state girls cross country teams for the 2019 season
The 2019 all-state girls cross country teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.
The athletes who won championships at their classification were named runner of the year.
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Class 2A
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) Runner of the year: Quin Gregg, Lyons
Coach of the year: Mark Roberts, LyonsFirst Team Name Year School Helen Cross Senior Nederland Katie Fankhouser Senior Lyons Quin Gregg Sophomore Lyons Jamieson Legh Freshman Lyons Audrey Maroney Sophomore Rye Mallory Salazar Sophomore Buena Vista Second Team Name Year School Emma Dikken Junior Platte Canyon Ashleigh Gardner Senior Caprock Academy Kate Griffin Senior The Colorado Springs Adele Horning Freshman Lake County Molly McMurry Sophomore Buena Vista Kendra Sears Senior Sargent Honorable mention: Eliana Caucutt, Sophomore, Golden View Classical Acad; Cecelia Davies, Sophomore, Clear Creek; Benisa Ellis, Senior, Springfield; Gretta Gavette, Junior, Colorado Rocky Mountain; Jaylene Gutierrez-Hermo, Freshman, Ellicott; Summer Hernandez, Freshman, Rocky Ford; Grace Manning, Junior, Mancos; Katie Preciado, Junior, Rocky Ford; Cecilia Richardson, Sophomore, Peyton; Katya Schwieterman, Senior, Paonia; Mary Scoggins, Sophomore, Rangley; Ruby Tanguay, Sophomore, Telluride; Hannah Thomas, Junior, Lyons; Charlize Valdez, Junior, Ignacio; Samantha Westfahl, Junior, West; Hannah Wilkie, Senior, Rangely.
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Class 3A
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) Runner of the year: Sierra Bower, Basalt
Coach of the year: Alan Versaw, The Classical AcademyFirst Team Name Year School Allison Beasley Junior Peak to Peak Sierra Bower Junior Basalt Shannon King Senior Faith Christian Lilly Lavier Senior Alamosa Kennedy McDonald Sophomore Classical Academy Kylie Simshauser Junior Florence Sawyer Wilson Freshman Classical Academy Second Team Name Year School Evelyn Boyd Sophomore Holy Family Julia Brown Senior Frontier Academy Leah Hill Sophomore DSST: Montview Ella Johnson Sophomore The Vanguard School Kylie Kenny Junior Aspen Katelyn Maley Freshman Basalt Audrey Orstead Junior Faith Christian Honorable mention: Madison Brosig, Freshman, Frontier Academy; Kendall Clark, Junior, Aspen; Madi Eggers, Freshman, Faith Christian; Katherine Heekin, Sophomore, Faith Christian; Hana Husmann, Freshman, St Mary’s Academy; Kylie Kravig, Junior, University; Emily Lavier, Junior, Alamosa; Sarah Levy, Freshman, Basalt; Madi Moen, Senior, The Vanguard School; Kotryna Obergfell, Senior, Classical Academy; Ally Padilla, Sophomore, Berthoud; Kyra Shaner, Freshman, Classical Academy; Quinn Smith, Freshman, Salida; Eliana Thompson, Sophomore, D’Evelyn; Rebecca Thompson, Senior, Classical Academy; Sophia Valentine, Sophomore, Classical Academy.
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Class 4A
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) Runner of the year: Samrawit Dishon, Niwot
Coach of the year: Kelley Christensen, NiwotFirst Team Name Year School Joslin Blair Senior Eagle Valley Samantha Blair Freshman Eagle Valley Madeleine Burns Senior Durango Samrawit Dishon Senior Niwot Ella Johnson Sophomore Glenwood Springs Amelia Philofsky Sophomore Niwot Hope Stark Sophomore Cheyenne Mountain Second Team Name Year School Taylor James Junior Niwot Grace Johnson Junior Battle Mountain Joelle McDonald Senior Niwot Jocelyn Millican Freshman Palmer Ridge Elliot Pribramsky Sophomore Battle Mountain Madison Shults Freshman Niwot Tristian Spence Sophomore Central Grand Junction Honorable mention: Milaina Almonte, Freshman, Battle Mountain; Maren Busath, Junior, Palmer Ridge; Ella Chura, Sophomore, Air Academy; Sophia Connerton-Nevin, Freshman, Glenwood Springs; Aspen Fulbright, Sophomore, Pueblo West; Rachel Goodrich, Senior, Golden; Baylie Koonce, Senior, Ponderosa; Kenadi Krueger, Senior, Thompson Valley; Olivia Krueger, Sophomore, Thompson Valley; Willow Lott, Freshman, Durango; Lily Mourer, Freshman, Golden; Emma Reeder, Sophomore, Battle Mountain; Grace Staberg, Senior, Summit; Aubrey Surage, Junior, Lewis-Palmer; Dylan Teeples, Sophomore, Air Academy; Lily Whelan, Freshman, Battle Mountain.
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Class 5A
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) Runner of the year: Riley Stewart, Cherry Creek
Coach of the year: Jeff Krause, ArapahoeFirst Team Name Year School Ava Escorcia Freshman Arapahoe Cameron McConnell Sophomore Cherokee Trail Ava Mitchell Freshman Arapahoe Riley Stewart Sophomore Cherry Creek Emma Stutzman Freshman Pomona Taylor Whitfield Junior Valor Christian Brooke Wilson Freshman Valor Christian Second Team Name Year School Megan Bergstrom Junior Arapahoe Isalina Colsman Senior Regis Jesuit Kinsey Hall Senior Fairview Ella Johns Freshman Fort Collins Addison Price Freshman Cherry Creek Elizabeth Schweiker Senior Ralston Valley Aidyn Woodall Sophomore Douglas County Honorable mention: Aloha Churchill, Senior, Fairview; Alexandra Collins, Freshman, Regis Jesuit;
Jadyn Heil, Sophomore, Fruita Monument; Bryanna Hoffman, Freshman, Chaparral; Caitlin Hunt, Sophomore, Fossil Ridge; Emily Lamontagne, Freshman, Arapahoe; Cadence Lapp, Sophomore, Loveland; Lauren Lapporte, Senior, Cherry Creek; Kira MacGill, Senior, Arapahoe; Abigail Maclean, Sophomore, Cherry Creek; Sarah O’Sullivan, Senior, Mountain Vista; Sierra Parks, Sophomore, Broomfield; Laura Romero, Junior, Denver East; Anna Swanson, Senior, Grandview; Anna Wexler, Senior, Monarch; Shayda Zarrin, Sophomore, Mountain Vista. -
All-state softball teams for the 2019 season
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, ColumbineFirst Team Name School Pos. Year Katie Dack Rock Canyon Junior Isabelle DiNapoli Chatfield RHP/1B Junior Ally Distler Columbine Laurin Krings Loveland P/OF/1B Senior Jayden Mercado Fossil Ridge 3B Senior Korbe Otis Columbine Hadlee Reichert Broomfield SS/P Junior Ashley West Ralston Valley P/1B Sophomore Yasmine Ybarra Smoky Hill 3B/C/1B Senior Second Team Name School Pos. Year Chloe Doyle Brighton C/3B Senior Hannah Farley Legacy P Senior Lauren Griggs Legend Senior Tori Haug Brighton P/RF Senior Erin Keen Rock Canyon Senior Kayleigh Krueger Arapahoe P/1B/SS Senior Nikki McGaffin Fossil Ridge P Sophomore Nevaeh Ramirez Prairie View OF/RHP Senior Jayda Randle Rampart CF/1B Junior Honorable mention: Kendall Aragon, Sophomore, Legacy; Hannah Bailey, Sophomore, Rocky Mountain; Brooke Ballard, Senior, ThunderRidge; Amrajie Bass, Sophomore, Smoky Hill; Torie Bass, Junior, Fountain-Fort Carson; Courtney Bidwell, Junior, Chatfield; Savannah Clausen, Junior, Arvada West; Katie Cummings, Junior, Denver East; Shaylyn Cutshall, Senior, Fruita Monument; Juliana Dickson, Junior, Denver South; McKenna Fitzgerald, Junior, Ralston Valley; Elana Gerhard, Senior, Loveland; Hunter Gilbreath, Senior, Cherokee Trail; Mia Glover, Senior, Arapahoe; Kami Grammerstorf, Senior, Mountain Vista; Kyra Grauberger, Senior, Greeley West; Taylor Griffin, Senior, Douglas County; Karlee Hagan, Senior, Mountain Range; Kylie Harpman, Junior, Rocky Mountain; Hannah Hollander, Senior, Valor Christian; Haley Hoy, Senior, Castle View; Brynn Jackson, Sophomore, Pine Creek; Brianna Jennings, Junior, Rampart; Jordyn Johnson, Junior, Bear Creek; Rachel Jones, Senior, Fort Collins; Bryna Kapelke, Junior, Broomfield; Katey Kelly, Senior, Vista Ridge; Sara Larson, Senior, Chaparral; Faith Lawson, Senior, Dakota Ridge; Trish Leins, Junior, Monarch; Jacquelin Ley, Senior, Grandview; Mariana Lopez, Senior, Far Northeast Warriors; Katie Maney, Junior, Arapahoe; Destiny Martinez, Sophomore, Lakewood; Lauryn McCollam, Senior, Thornton; Reagan Medina, Sophomore, Lakewood; Alexis Mohr, Sophomore, Horizon; Elena Montoya, Junior, Pomona; Mya Murdock, Junior, Grand Junction Central; Anna Reimers, Junior, Rock Canyon; Kori Rhoads, Senior, Westminster; Shelby Robb, Senior, Arvada West; Olivia Schramm, Freshman, Windsor; Kaylee Sheets, Sophomore, Rampart; Tiana Spangler, Senior, Windsor; Halie Stoneking, Senior, Prairie View; Mikayla Sturns, Senior, Grand Junction Central; Chloe Valdez, Junior, Regis Jesuit; Denise Villalba, Senior, Liberty; Vic Wharton, Junior, Legend; Katiana Williams, Senior, Rangeview; Sidney Wilson, Senior, Northglenn; Maddy Yeingst, Senior, Cherry Creek.
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Class 4A
(Paul Soriano) Player of the year: Kat Sackett, Erie
Coach of the year: Vanessa Smith, ErieFirst Team Name School Pos. Year Maddie Kuehl Silver Creek P/1B/OF Junior Megan Loveland Erie Senior Anna Martinez Holy Family CF Senior Makayla Middleton Golden Senior Makenzie Middleton Golden Senior Katrina Robertson Mesa Ridge C/1B Senior Madie Rosenthal Roosevelt Senior Kat Sackett Erie Senior Madysun Vaughan Erie Senior Second Team Name School Pos. Year Bella Archuletta Pueblo South SS/3B Senior Peyton Balbin D’Evelyn Senior Ashlynn Balliet Berthoud Senior Bailey Blanchard Elizabeth Senior Cassidy Chvatal Holy Family RHP Junior Aiyana Cordero Northfield P Freshman Jocelyn Garcia Widefield Senior Izzie Quezada Wheat Ridge 1B Senior Lee Quezada Wheat Ridge SS Junior Jenna Ruggaber Coronado P/1B/OF Senior Honorable mention: Emily Abraham, Freshman, Pueblo South; Isabel Alire, Senior, George Washington; Savannah Autobee, Sophomore, Pueblo Central; Breanna Baca, Senior, Pueblo Central; Cassie Bittner, Senior, Palisade; Jada Boddy, Senior, Woodland Park; Kylee Bunnell, Senior, Mesa Ridge; Carissa Cassidy, Senior, Eagle Valley; Nya Chacon, Senior, Mountain View; Eve Dalla, Junior, D’Evelyn; Isabelle Davis, Senior, The Classical Academy; Peyton Gale, Junior, Frederick; Avery Garbarek, Sophomore, D’Evelyn; Jasmine Garbiso, Senior, Pueblo West; Makayla Garcia, Senior, Silver Creek; Noelle Gardon, Senior, Holy Family; Marla Goodspeed, Junior, Golden; Emma Graham, Senior, Golden; Leslie Guiterrez, Senior, Skyview; Erin Hanafin, Senior, Mead; Lynia Henry, Senior, Coronado; Brooklyn Horn, Junior, Kennedy; Kaylin Mares, Senior, Pueblo County; Ayva McComas, Sophomore, Niwot; Cara McGeeney, Senior, Canon City; Kennedy Michnewicz, Senior, Northridge; Angeline Mitchell, Senior, Longmont; Hailey Neener, Junior, Discovery Canyon; Josey Nichols, Senior, Conifer; Charlotte Nuccio, Senior, Evergreen; Emma Osbourne, Sophomore, Erie; Kylie Pfannenstiel, Senior, Elizabeth; Jenna Pfenning, Junior, Holy Family; Delaney Phillips, Senior, Rifle; Samantha Powell, Senior, Skyline; Dekota Rojas, Senior, Pueblo West; Aliyah Rothstein, Junior, Wheat Ridge; Jacelynn Trujillo, Senior, Pueblo County; Elizabeth Vermeulen, Senior, Evergreen; Shannon Vivoda, Senior, Pueblo East; McKinzie Wade, Lewis-Palmer.
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Class 3A
(Gabriel Christus/Denver Broncos) Player of the year: Remington Ross, Eaton
Coach of the year: Rocky Byrd, UniversityFirst Team Name School Pos. Year Ashland Baca Strasburg OF/INF Senior Allie Christensen Brush Senior Darby Hamilton Gunnison C/UTIL Senior Jenna Jaklich Limon Senior Kyra McFarland University Senior Rylyn Nelson Sterling SS Senior Mahalie Owens Limon Senior Remington Ross Eaton OF Senior Delaney Wieneke University Junior Second Team Name School Pos. Year Kiersten Bohler Sterling P Junior Emily Crowder Alamosa P/C Senior Abby McElroy Rocky Ford P/OF Sophomore Makenna Meyer Riverdale Ridge P/UTIL Junior Ashlyn Richardson Strasburg 1B/3B Senior Darian Riggs Strasburg OF Senior Hannah Schweiger Lyons C/3B Junior Morgan Trechter St. Mary’s P/SS Senior Zoe Vozick Basalt C/SS Senior Honorable mention: Alyssa Abitia, Senior, Lamar; Isa Alvarez, Senior, Burlington; Haylee Bowen, Junior, The Academy; Julia Coates, Senior, Peak to Peak; Alexa Deam-Nein, Senior, Wray; Graci Dietrich, Junior, Basalt; Jadin Dimeo, Senior, Platte Canyon; Brooklynn Donatone, Sophomore, Faith Christian; Alexis Dudley, Senior, Florence; Lexi Fernandez, Junior, Rocky Ford; Sierra Finn, Sophomore, James Irwin; Sydnee Fordham, Sophomore, Riverdale Ridge; Alizeh Fraizer, Freshman, La Junta; Grace Georgiou, Brush; Destiny Hackney, Junior, Riverdale Ridge;
Lauren Herman, Sophomore, Holyoke; Jennifer Jarnagin, Junior, Eaton; Kiera Larson, Freshman, Basalt; Katlyn Long, Sophomore, St. Mary’s; Trista Marx, Sophomore, Limon; Andi Padilla, Junior, University; Hannah Paton, Senior, Lyons; Keeley Porter, Junior, Delta; Yaritza Puente, Junior, Eaton; Jamie Rader, Junior, Peak to Peak; Savanna Ramirez, Senior, The Academy; Damonyca Segura, Junior, Lamar; Shianne Willmon, Senior, Holyoke; Joy Ziegler, Sophomore, Faith Christian. -
All-state boys golf teams for the 2019 season
The 2019 all-state boys golf teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
These teams were created based upon results at the state championships.
The athletes who won championships at their classification were named golfers of the year.
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Class 5A
(Brad Cochi/For CHSAANow.com) Player of the year Will Kates, Arapahoe
Coach of the year John Zerwin, Fairview
First Team Player Year School Grant Alqatami Senior Boulder William Chadwick Senior Fairview Owen Cornmesser Junior Fossil Ridge Gavin Hagstrom Senior Fossil Ridge Ryder Heuston Senior Fairview Will Kates Sophomore Arapahoe Ryan Liao Junior Lakewood Brett Reamon Senior Fairview Tarek Salem Senior Highlands Ranch Matthew Wilkinson Sophomore Arapahoe Second Team Player Year School Beam Boonta Senior Cherokee Trail Qwenton Caldwell Sophomore Columbine Charlie Flaxbeard Freshman Cherry Creek Brendan Fricke Senior Highlands Ranch Max Heupel Senior Chatfield Teddy Hummel Junior Regis Jesuit Carson Kerr Junior Grand Junction Max Lange Sophomore Lakewood Alex McCoy Junior Liberty Jeff Nelson Junior Prairie View Andrew Platt Senior Boulder Alex Rogers Sophomore Fossil Ridge Ryan Sangchompuphen Junior Denver East Charlie Wang Junior Fossil Ridge Bo Wardynski Senior Regis Jesuit Brayden Weiss Senior Monarch Andrew White Freshman Eaglecrest Honorable mention:
- Carson Briggs, Broomfield
- Logan Byler, Valor Christian
- Graham Dzengelewski, Arapahoe
- Nick Fallin, Rock Canyon
- Gage Messingham, Ralston Valley
- Caleb Michaels, Monarch
- Ryan Occhionero, Regis Jesuit
- Yusuke Ogi, Arvada West
- Finn Olson, Rock Canyon
- Ryan Parker, Legend
- Lucas Schulte, Valor Christian
- Tyler Tyson, Arvada West
- Kenny VanWormer, Grandview
- Max Zadvorny, Arapahoe
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Class 4A
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) Player of the year Micah Stangebye, Montrose
Coach of the year Dave Woodruff, Montrose
First Team Player Year School Ethan Aubert Senior Palisade Jake Chesler Sophomore Frederick Kaden Ford Junior Discovery Canyon Gregory Lewis Sophomore Lewis-Palmer ryan lords Senior Montrose Gabe Marmon Senior Cheyenne Mountain Lance Phillips Senior Palmer Ridge Micah Stangebye Senior Montrose Hunter Swanson Sophomore Northfield Noah Wagner Freshman Pueblo West Second Team Player Year School Traejan Andrews Sophomore Northridge Mario Dino Junior Mullen Dakota Dolph Junior Conifer Tommy Henninger Senior Steamboat Springs Jordan Jennings Junior Montrose Jack Mitchell Junior Evergreen Brentyn Paiz Sophomore Windsor Medhaj Shrestha Senior D’Evelyn Clay Whitton Senior Evergreen Johnny Williams Junior Ponderosa Honorable mention:
- Braden Caffarelli, Erie
- Ryley Cibula, Summit
- Colton Gabbard, Frederick
- Adam Gannon, Longmont
- Oliver Gibbons, Green Mountain
- Ben Harding, Silver Creek
- Rhett Johnson, Mullen
- Noah Keller, Coronado
- Reese Knox, Falcon
- Rick Lane, Pueblo Centennial
- Eli Marquez, Mullen
- Mateo Salcido, Fort Morgan
- Toby Salinas, Pueblo West
- Alex Tanner, Windsor
- Dawson Thulin, Vista Peak
- Levi Tichi, Durango
- Ethan Whidden, Durango
- Adam Whitliff, Pueblo West
- Garrett Zinn, Ponderosa
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Class 3A
(Alan Versaw/CHSAANow.com) Player of the year Westin Pals, Lutheran
Coach of the year Kevin Volz, Lutheran
First Team Player Year School Jacobo Arango Senior Kent Denver Walker Franklin Senior Prospect Ridge Jacob Mason Senior Holy Family High School Max Noffsinger Junior Frontier Academy Westin Pals Senior Lutheran Jack Pevny Senior Aspen Nic Pevny Sophomore Aspen Tayleb Schaefer Senior Sterling Peter Stinar Junior St. Mary’s Jeffrey Zhou Junior Kent Denver Second Team Player Year School Jacob Buckendorf Junior Resurrection Christian Brenden Crowther Senior Alamosa Jack Garnsey Senior Colorado Academy Garrett Green Senior Holy Family High School Blake Keetch Senior Montezuma Cortez Trey Kuntz Junior Sterling Jackson Lowe Freshman Lutheran Thayer Plewe Freshman Montezuma Cortez Suchit Sharma Senior Peak to Peak Nathan Smith Senior Pagosa Springs Honorable mention:
- Christian Agelopoulos, Colorado Academy
- Luke Calvin, St. Mary’s
- Brandon Cohen, Colorado Academy
- Owen Deas, Lutheran
- Ben Devolve, The Classical Academy
- Connor Downey, Vail Christian
- Breck Ferrin, Front Range Christian
- Jacob Gilbert, Strasburg
- Jackson Grace, Holy Family High School
- Davis Long, Peak to Peak
- Liam O’Halloran, The Classical Academy
- Griffin pederson, Gunnison
- Lance Peters, Trinidad
- Grant Rose, Resurrection Christian
- Walker Scott, Eaton
- Tyler Sims, Basalt
- Tommy Skodje, Dawson
- J.T. Timmers, Colorado Academy
- Luke Wright, SkyView Academy
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Football bonds Colorado FBS coaches to their sons, who play in high school
Tyler Calhoun (9) poses with his Palmer Ridge teammates at Denver Broncos fall sports media day. (Gabriel Christus/Denver Broncos) Palmer Ridge quarterback/wide receiver Tyler Calhoun enjoys movie night with his dad. It’s just not a typical movie night as most people know it.
There is no tub of popcorn to snack from or members of the Avengers saving the world in spectacular fashion on the big screen.
Instead there is paper so notes can be taken and a remote control so that the action on the screen can be paused.
One of the favorite pastimes for the Bears senior is sitting down with his father, Troy, and watching football game film. It’s father-son bonding happening around a central component of each other’s life.
Football is certainly life for Troy Calhoun, the head coach at the Air Force Academy. The same can be said for University of Colorado head coach Mel Tucker and Colorado State head coach Mike Bobo.
All three have gotten to this point of their careers by their love of the game. And all three have sons playing on Colorado high school teams. Each coach bonds with their kid over the game in different ways, but it boils to down to love of the game. And of course, love for each other.
Standing on the sideline after Palmer Ridge’s 24-19 win over Pueblo South on Sept. 27, Tyler Calhoun couldn’t keep a smile off his face when describing how he and Troy bond over the game. The Air Force Academy played at home the same night, beating San Jose State, so Troy couldn’t be at the CSU-Pueblo Thunderbowl.
But when each Calhoun got home, stories would be shared and analysis would be had.
“We’ll watch each other’s film together so I’m pretty pumped,” Tyler said. “It happens every week. I watch film with him and he watches film with me.”
As a high school player, it has to be exciting having a Division I coach constantly putting eyes on his game film. It adds a little bit of a special feel when that coach is also involved in your daily life.
How’d school go today? Where should we go on vacation? Who are you taking to prom?
Those questions probably get spread out over the course of a calendar year. For the fall, the focus is set on what happens on whichever high school football field these boys are playing on.
(Photo courtesy of Drew Bobo) The film experience isn’t unique to the Calhouns. After each game that Drew Bobo plays at Resurrection Christian, he and CSU coach Mike Bobo always rehash what happened and they’ll watch the game unfold together.
“We watch some of my games together as much as we can and then he tells me what I did well and what I need to work on,” Drew said. “And then we watch other games too and he tells me who to watch and what to do.”
When asked how much do they deal with dad and how much they deal with a college football coach, the answer is the same from all three. They always deal with dad. It just happens to be a dad who loves every bit of the game they’re playing.
And when it comes to these players going out for football, they’re never given any special treatment because of who they are and what their parents do for a living. Monarch’s Christian Tucker learned that right away.
The son of Mel Tucker came into a program that saw the sons of former CU coach Mike MacIntyre also suit up and play. From the second he stepped on the field this year, he never felt like anything was handed to him and he was instantly a part of the team.
“The boys here are really loving and caring and they brought me in early and he never made me feel left out or isolated cause I was Coach Tucker’s son,” Christian said. “They just treat me like anyone else.”
Being the son of a high-level coach can almost come with instant pressure to get involved in the game. But that may not always be the case. Like most kids, they feel like their parents are supportive of those decisions.
Even if the decision isn’t necessarily the one that the parent wanted them to make.
“He never wanted me to play football,” Christian said. “He thought it was too dangerous but I convinced him to let me. Once he did he was hands off and let me go at it.”
And his experience mirrors that of Calhoun and Bobo to this point. They may not get to see all of each other’s games, but they’ll talk about the outcomes and how they can improve as players.
But they all do it while speaking to their fathers instead of a college football.
All three father-son relationships when it comes to the game appear to be every bit as normal as any player on any roster in the state.
“I feel like I’m talking to my dad most for the time because he’s telling me more what to do,” Drew said. “We have our same relationship with talking to him about other type of stuff.”
Three fathers. Three sons. One game.
With Calhoun a senior in the Class 3A and Tucker and Bobo both sophomores at schools in different classes, it is unlikely they will cross paths during high school competition.
But for one kid in Fort Collins, one in the Boulder area and one in Colorado Springs, there is a unique circumstance that ties them together.
Others will undoubtedly see it before they do. They see themselves as just kids. Kids who get to sit down with dad each weekend and film of the game that has created a concrete bond between father and son.
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Football roundup: Fairview’s Aidan Atkinson tosses 100th career touchdown; Phil Bravo wins No. 300
(Steve Oathout) Fairview quarterback Aidan Atkinson threw his 100th career touchdown pass during his team’s win over Legacy on Friday night.
Atkinson, a senior who is committed to Northwestern, threw seven touchdown passes (and 349 yards) in the win, including four in the first half. When the night was over, he ended up with 102 career TDs.
Atkinson becomes the fifth quarterback in state history to throw 100 touchdowns in his career.
It was the seventh time in Atkinson’s career that he has thrown at least seven touchdowns. In last season’s game against Legacy, Atkinson broke the 11-man football record with nine touchdowns.
The Knights beat Legacy 49-31 on Friday, thanks in large part to a 28-3 halftime lead. Legacy came out first in the second half, with a touchdown, onside kick, and another touchdown — but Fairview, when it finally got the ball back, responded right away with another touchdown from Atkinson.
Four of Atkinson’s TDs went to Henry Blackburn. Fairview, ranked No. 9, is now 5-1 this season.
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300 wins for Monarch’s Phil Bravo
(@PhilBravodblwng/Twitter) Monarch beat Gateway 32-6 on Friday, giving their coach, Phil Bravo, the 300th win of his career.
Bravo has a head coach in Colorado at Centaurus and later Monarch since 1991, and was at Whittier Christian (Calif.) from 1986-90 prior to that.
BoCoPreps has a full story on Bravo’s milestone.
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1A: (4) Florence 38, (9) Rye 6
In the lone matchup of top-10 teams on Friday night, Florence made a statement as the Huskies remained unbeaten at 5-0.
Florence running back Owen Busetti rushed for 294 yards and four touchdowns in the win, according to Austin White of the Pueblo Chieftain.
“He’s a great kid. And he’s the type of kid that’s done everything right in the offseason,” Jeremy Nix told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show after the game. “He’s special. He makes the coaches look good at times, and he does good things, he makes good cuts, good decisions. And the O-line is doing a heck of a job for him, too.”
Florence will continue its tough league schedule as the season rolls along, including contests against St. Mary’s, Buena Vista, Centauri, and Colorado Springs Christian.
“This is the grind part of our season,” Nix said, “so we’ll know what we’re made of, and our character will get tested.”
Here’s a full story from the Chieftain.
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5A: (1) Columbine 43, Mullen 3
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5A: (3) Valor Christian 42, Castle View 7
Gavin Sawchuk rushed for 220 yards and two touchdowns for the Eagles in the win.
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Notables
- Colton Murray rushed for five touchdowns to help Peyton beat Ellicott 43-0 in 1A.
- Quite the 6-man shootout between Kiowa in Genoa-Hugo, which Kiowa won 68-55.
- Damien Barnes, the state leader in rushing touchdowns, added to his total with four more (and 249 yards) as Eads beat Walsh 60-28 in 6-man. He now has 19 through five games.
- Evergreen knocked off 3A No. 7 Palisade, 19-17.
- Arapahoe is now 5-1 following a big win over Cherokee Trail, 10-7. It is the program’s best start since winning their first 10 games in 2015.
- In 1A, Wray beat No. 8 Burlington 14-0.
- Rocky Mountain beat cross-city rival Poudre, 24-7, and the Lobos are now 3-3. “It was a great old-school high school football game tonight,” Rocky coach Mark Brook told the Scoreboard Show. “They played their hearts out tonight. Our kids stepped up and made some big plays when they needed to.”
- Harrison beat Pueblo County in overtime, 21-14. “Tonight, it was just one heck of a football game,” coach Al Melo told the Scoreboard Show. The Colorado Springs Gazette has a full story.
- Bayfield ended a two-game skid with a 28-10 win over Alamosa. “I think every played played to the best of their ability,” coach Gary Heided told the Scoreboard Show. “Every player went in and really tried to make amends for what’s happened the last couple of weeks.”
- 2A No. 7 Basalt handed Moffat County its first loss with a 49-7 win. The Longhorns are now 5-0. “The kids played really hard, and they flew around,” coach Carl Frerichs told the Scoreboard Show. Gavin Webb rushed for four touchdowns for Basalt.
- 5A No. 10 Legend snuck past Fountain-Fort Carson 23-21 to stay unbeaten at 6-0.
- 4A No. 4 Montrose beat Fruita Monument 21-14. Here’s a story from the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
- Northridge, in 3A, is now 4-1 after beating Lincoln 49-6. It is the program’s best start since 2012.
- West Grand upset No. 10 Rangely in 8-man, 22-6.
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- An updated top-10 scoreboard, and Saturday’s top-10 games.
- All scores from Friday, and Saturday’s full slate.
- 5A No. 5 Ralston Valley is off to its best start since 2014 after topping Arvada West.
- The Classical Academy upset No. 9 Lamar in 2A.
- Photos: Highlands Ranch over Rock Canyon.
- Photos: Denver South beat Standley Lake.
- Photos: 6-man No. 6 Prairie beat Otis.
- 2A No. 5 Resurrection Christian beat Berthoud 41-0. [Loveland Reporter-Herald]
- 4A No. 3 Pueblo South rolled past Lewis-Palmer. [Colorado Springs Gazette]
- 4A No. 9 Loveland got a win over Mountain View. [Loveland Reporter-Herald]