The 2014-15 boys basketball players of the year, by class. From left: Miles Caldon, Sanford (2A); Justin Bassey, Colorado Academy (3A); De’Ron Davis, Overland (5A); Justinian Jessup, Longmont (4A); Bryan Ortiz, Holly (1A).
The 2014-15 all-state boys basketball teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a week-long vote of coaches.
A specific player of the year vote was held in each class, as was a vote for coach of the year.
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ThunderRidge took down No. 1 Regis Jesuit last week, and took over the top spot in the Class 5A boys basketball poll this week.
The Grizzlies received 21 of the 22 first-place votes and amassed 219 total points in rising to the top of CHSAANow.com’s ranking. They beat Regis Jesuit 59-36 on Tuesday.
Regis dropped to No. 2. Behind them, Overand (No. 3) and Eaglecrest (No. 4) held steady while Rock Canyon moved up to No. 5.
Rangeview jumped up four places to No. 6, Dakota Ridge fell to No. 7 and two newcomers were next — eighth-ranked Mountain Vista and No. 9 Cherokee Trail. Chaparral rounds out the 5A ranking.
There was little change to 4A, where Longmont continued to be a unanimous No. 1 selection.
In 3A, Grand Valley joined at No. 9. Faith Christian remained atop that poll.
Likewise, the No. 1 teams in 2A (Resurrection Christian) and 1A (Sangre de Cristo) also stayed the same.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. These will be the final polls of the regular season.
Rangeview is No. 10 in this week’s 5A boys basketball rankings. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)
Rangeview has joined this week’s Class 5A boys basketball ranking at No. 10.
The Raiders, who are riding an eight-game winning streak, totaled 18 points to crack CHSAANow.com’s ranking.
The 5A poll continued to be led by Regis Jesuit, which got 18 of the 20 first-place votes in the classification. ThunderRidge, which got the other two first-place votes, stayed put at No. 2. Those two teams play on Tuesday.
Overland bumped up one spot to No. 3, leaping Eaglecrest. Chaparral rounds out the top 5.
Also ranked this week in 5A: No. 6 Dakota Ridge, No. 7 Rock Canyon, No. 8 Denver East and No. 9 Fossil Ridge.
In 4A, Longmont extended its stay atop the poll. The Trojans are a unanimous pick with all 20 first-place votes following their one-point win over then-No. 2 Holy Family.
Golden returned to the No. 2 spot in 4A this week, just ahead of Holy Family, which fell to No. 3.
The 4A poll added Air Academy (No. 9) and Pueblo South (No. 10) this week.
Faith Christian makes a return after garnering nine of the 15 first-place votes. Colorado Springs Christian, another former No. 1, got the other six first-place votes and is No. 2 this week. Lutheran dropped to No. 3, while Jefferson Academy is No. 4.
That ranking added Alamosa (No. 10) this week.
Elsewhere, Resurrection Christian (2A) and Sangre de Cristo (1A) both stayed atop their respective rankings.
The 2A poll added Sedgwick County. 1A added Kit Carson. Both are ranked tenth this week.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Cherry Creek 10, Boulder 7, Legend 5, Monarch 2, Aurora Central 1, Cherokee Trail 1, Horizon 1.
Dropped out
Monarch (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Longmont (20)
19-0
200
1
3-0
2
Golden
16-3
152
3
2-0
3
Holy Family
16-3
135
2
2-1
4
Sierra
16-3
131
5
2-0
5
Valor Christian
13-5
106
6
2-0
6
Pueblo Central
15-4
81
4
1-1
7
Pueblo West
15-4
71
9
2-0
8
D’Evelyn
14-5
64
8
2-0
9
Air Academy
15-4
37
–
2-0
10
Pueblo South
12-6
35
–
2-1
Others receiving votes:
Denver South 34, Lewis-Palmer 12, Sand Creek 8, Pueblo Centennial 7, Glenwood Springs 5, Niwot 5, Widefield 5, Vista Peak 4, Windsor 3, Steamboat Springs 2, Fort Morgan 1, Northridge 1, Thompson Valley 1.
Dropped out
Sand Creek (7), Lewis-Palmer (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Faith Christian (9)
14-2
140
2
1-0
2
Colorado Springs Christian (6)
16-1
130
3
3-0
3
Lutheran
14-2
113
1
1-1
4
Jefferson Academy
13-3
100
5
1-0
5
Colorado Academy
11-5
86
4
2-0
6
Sterling
15-2
62
6
2-0
7
St. Mary’s
11-4
57
7
2-0
8
Moffat County
12-3
38
9
2-0
9
The Pinnacle
12-3
35
10
2-0
10
Alamosa
12-4
22
–
3-0
Others receiving votes:
Grand Valley 15, Kent Denver 13, Bennett 11, Eaton 2, Ridgeview Academy 1.
Lutheran is now No. 1 in the 3A poll. (Courtesy of Lutheran HS)
For the second straight week, there’s a new team atop the Class 3A boys basketball rankings.
Lutheran knocked off Faith Christian, last week’s No. 1, with a 65-55 win on Saturday. Monday, the Lions received eight of the 14 first-place votes and totaled 128 points in taking over atop that poll.
Faith Christian dropped to second, just ahead of Colorado Springs Christian, which occupied the top spot prior to Faith. Colorado Academy, the preseason No. 1 team in 3A, is fourth this week and Jefferson Academy rounds out the top five.
With Lutheran, Faith, CA and Jefferson Academy all hailing from the 3A Metro, it means that league currently has four of the top five teams in 3A. No. 8 Kent Denver gives the league five ranked teams.
In 5A, Regis Jesuit remained a unanimous No. 1 pick. ThunderRidge (No. 2) and Eaglecrest (No. 3) continued to follow the raiders.
Overland bumped up one spot to No. 4, and Rock Canyon moved up to No. 5.
Chaparral also moved up, to No. 6, while Dakota Ridge fell to No. 7 following its first loss.
Denver East is up to No. 8, Fossil Ridge is now No. 9 and Monarch joined the poll at No. 10.
The 4A poll continued to be led by Longmont. That ranking added No. 8 D’Evelyn and No. 10 Lewis-Palmer this week.
Resurrection Christian (2A) and Sangre de Cristo (1A) held firm atop their respective polls.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Faith Christian is now the No. 1 team in Class 3A. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)
Faith Christian has taken over as the new No. 1 team in the Class 3A boys basketball rankings, while Resurrection Christian is now atop the 2A poll.
Faith (12-1) received 11 of the 14 first-place votes in 3A to leap over former No. 1 Colorado Springs Christian in the CHSAANow.com poll. The Eagles totalled 128 points to CSCS’s 124. CSCS is No. 2 this week.
The 3A poll added No. 8 St. Mary’s, which knocked off Colorado Springs Christian last week, and No. 10 Moffat County.
Resurrection Christian (12-0) got seven of the 10 first-place votes in 2A to jump Sanford. Voters were apparently impressed by the way the Cougars handled then-No. 3 Highland on Friday, moving them up over Sanford, which is also unbeaten (11-0).
2A added Yuma at No. 9 this week.
The other No. 1 teams stayed put: Regis Jesuit (5A), Longmont (4A) and Sangre de Cristo (1A).
The 5A ranking added Fossil Ridge at No. 10, Denver South joined 4A at No. 9, and 1A added Sierra Grande (No. 9).
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Monarch 14, Legend 11, Cherry Creek 7, Montbello 7, Mountain Range 3, Rampart 3, Boulder 2, Cherokee Trail 2, Rangeview 2, Arvada West 1.
Dropped out
Montbello (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Longmont (19)
14-0
208
1
2-0
2
Golden (2)
12-2
188
2
2-0
3
Holy Family
12-2
120
5
3-0
4
Sand Creek
10-3
112
3
0-0
5
Pueblo Central
12-3
96
10
2-0
6
Pueblo West
12-3
87
8
1-0
7
Valor Christian
9-4
82
6
2-0
8
Sierra
11-3
67
9
2-0
9
Denver South
10-5
32
–
2-0
10
Pueblo South
9-5
31
4
1-2
Others receiving votes:
Air Academy 27, Widefield 27, D’Evelyn 23, Vista Peak 13, Conifer 8, Pueblo Centennial 7, Northridge 6, Glenwood Springs 5, Lewis-Palmer 5, Thompson Valley 4, Windsor 4, Silver Creek 3.
Dropped out
Air Academy (7).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Faith Christian (11)
12-1
128
2
2-0
2
Colorado Springs Christian (3)
11-1
124
1
1-1
3
Lutheran
11-1
97
3
1-0
4
Jefferson Academy
11-2
90
4
1-0
5
Colorado Academy
8-5
76
5
0-1
6
Sterling
11-2
49
8
2-0
7
Kent Denver
8-3
45
7
1-1
8
St. Mary’s
8-4
34
–
2-0
9
Grand Valley
9-2
29
6
1-1
10
Moffat County
8-3
24
–
2-0
Others receiving votes:
The Pinnacle 21, Alamosa 13, Liberty Common 10, Estes Park 9, Bennett 7, Manitou Springs 7, Buena Vista 3, Bayfield 2, Eaton 1, Roaring Fork 1.
Dropped out
Bayfield (9), Manitou Springs (10).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Resurrection Christian (7)
12-0
97
2
2-0
2
Sanford (3)
11-0
92
1
2-0
3
Ignacio
9-2
74
5
1-0
4
Highland
12-1
61
3
1-1
5
Meeker
10-0
57
6
2-0
6
Ellicott
9-1
45
9
2-0
7
Simla
10-1
34
4
1-1
8
Caliche
11-1
22
10
2-0
9
Yuma
9-3
18
–
2-0
10
Rye
9-3
16
7
1-1
Others receiving votes:
Akron 14, Swink 13, Paonia 5, Crowley County 2.
Dropped out
Akron (8).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Sangre De Cristo (9)
12-0
90
1
2-0
2
Springfield
11-2
70
2
2-0
3
Jim Elliot
11-1
64
3
2-0
4
Arickaree/Woodlin
12-0
62
4
3-0
5
South Baca
11-2
46
7
3-0
6
Holly
11-2
44
6
2-0
7
Fleming
9-2
42
8
3-0
8
Ouray
11-1
41
5
1-0
9
Sierra Grande
8-3
11
–
2-0
10
Wiley
9-2
8
9
2-0
Others receiving votes:
Peetz 4, Primero 4, Shining Mountain 4, Community Christian 3, Kit Carson 1, Rocky Mountain Lutheran 1.
Rock Canyon has returned to CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A boys basketball rankings. The Jaguars are No. 8 in this week’s poll.
They were last ranked just prior to the break, but fell out last week. Rock Canyon’s return means the Continental has five ranked teams for the fourth straight poll.
Elsewhere in 5A, Regis Jesuit remained a unanimous No. 1 selection with all 16 first-place votes. In fact, teams Nos. 1-4 stayed put, including No. 2 ThunderRidge, No. 3 Dakota Ridge and No. 4 Eaglecrest.
Overland returned to 5A’s top-5, while Chaparral dropped one place to No. 6.
Mountain Vista is No. 7, Denver East is No. 9 and Montbell is No. 10.
The four other No. 1 teams also remained the same: Longmont (4A), Colorado Springs Christian (3A), Sanford (2A) and Sangre de Cristo (1A).
In 4A, Pueblo West (No. 8) and Sierra (No. 9) joined this week. The lone newcomer in 3A this week was Manitou Springs (No. 10), while 2A added Caliche (also No. 10).
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Monroe Porter, left, and Legend joined the 5A poll at No. 9 this week. Dakota Ridge, meanwhile, is up to No. 3. (Dennis Pleuss)
Legend and Denver East have joined CHSAANow.com’s boys basketball rankings in Class 5A this week. The Titans are No. 9, and the Angels are No. 10.
Legend, 9-3 this season, has won seven consecutive games. It plays at No. 8 Mountain Vista on Friday.
Denver East, meanwhile, returned to the poll after a short hiatus. At 5-6, the record is somewhat deceiving. Three of the losses came at an out-of-state tournament, and a fourth, to Chaparral, came in a wild double-overtime matchup. They own wins over Legend and No. 2 ThunderRidge.
Regis Jesuit continued its stay atop the 5A poll, and are a unanimous pick with 16 first-place votes. The Raiders are 10-0. ThunderRidge also kept its No. 2 spot.
Behind those two, however, the movement began.
Dakota Ridge (11-0) shot up to No. 3, and Eaglecrest bumped up one place to No. 4. Chaparral rounds out the top five.
As was the case before the break, a total of five teams from the Continental League are ranked. With that league now in the thick of its schedule, it should be a battle every night.
Each of the other No. 1 teams also stayed put. Those are Longmont (4A), Colorado Springs Christian (3A), Sanford (2A) and Sangre de Cristo (1A).
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Monarch 19, Cherry Creek 14, Rock Canyon 10, Mountain Range 8, Northglenn 3, Boulder 2, Cherokee Trail 1.
Dropped out
Cherry Creek (8), Rock Canyon (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Longmont (16)
9-0
178
1
3-0
2
Golden (2)
8-2
161
2
2-1
3
Pueblo South
8-3
111
4
1-1
4
Sand Creek
7-3
102
6
2-1
5
Holy Family
7-2
66
–
3-0
6
Valor Christian
5-4
55
8
1-1
7
Pueblo Central
10-3
54
7
2-1
8
Air Academy
7-3
52
3
1-2
9
Palmer Ridge
7-1
43
5
1-1
10
Mead
8-2
33
9
2-0
Others receiving votes:
Pueblo West 28, Falcon 20, Conifer 17, Widefield 17, Sierra 14, Evergreen 10, D’Evelyn 9, Niwot 6, Vista Peak 5, Pueblo East 3, Wheat Ridge 3, Thomas Jefferson 2, Windsor 1.
Dropped out
Conifer (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Colorado Springs Christian (10)
10-0
126
1
2-0
2
Faith Christian (1)
8-0
114
2
0-0
3
Jefferson Academy (1)
10-1
94
5
3-0
4
Lutheran
10-1
89
3
1-0
5
Colorado Academy (1)
7-4
72
4
1-1
6
Kent Denver
7-1
62
6
1-1
7
Grand Valley
6-1
37
9
2-0
8
Bayfield
7-1
35
–
3-0
9
Sterling
7-2
24
8
2-1
10
Alamosa
5-4
22
7
1-2
Others receiving votes:
Moffat County 10, The Pinnacle 10, Manitou Springs 7, St. Mary’s 5, Bennett 4, Roaring Fork 4.
Dropped out
The Pinnacle (10).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Sanford (8)
8-0
100
1
2-0
2
Resurrection Christian (3)
8-0
98
2
2-0
3
Akron
7-0
90
3
1-0
4
Simla
6-0
63
5
2-0
5
Ignacio
6-2
53
6
2-0
6
Meeker
6-0
50
7
2-0
7
Highland
9-0
40
–
2-0
8
Rye
5-2
26
–
2-0
9
Ellicott
6-0
25
10
1-0
10
Sedgwick County
6-2
15
4
0-2
Others receiving votes:
Merino 11, Yuma 11, Caliche 9, Paonia 6, Swink 5, Crowley County 3, Holyoke 2, Vail Christian 1.
Dropped out
Merino (8), Paonia (9).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Sangre De Cristo (9)
8-0
98
1
3-0
2
Jim Elliot (1)
7-0
78
2
3-0
3
Ouray
9-0
74
3
2-0
4
Springfield
7-2
66
4
1-0
5
Holly
7-1
60
7
2-0
6
Arickaree/Woodlin
7-0
51
8
2-0
7
Fleming
4-2
42
5
2-0
8
Wiley
6-1
37
6
0-1
9
South Baca
5-2
16
–
1-1
10
Kit Carson
5-3
9
10
1-1
Others receiving votes:
Peetz 6, Primero 5, McClave 3, Eads 2, Community Christian 1, Gilpin County 1, Rocky Mountain Lutheran 1.
ThunderRidge is among five teams from the Continental League ranked in 5A this week. (Dennis Pleuss)
The Continental League has an early grip on the Class 5A boys basketball rankings.
With changes this week, league members now own the top three spots in CHSAANow.com’s poll. A total of five Continental teams are ranked this week.
The group is led by Regis Jesuit, which continued to lead the 5A poll. ThunderRidge remained at No. 2, and Chaparral moved up one place to No. 3.
Also ranked from the Continental League are No. 9 Mountain Vista and No. 10 Rock Canyon. Additionally, Legend received votes this week.
The Centennial League has three teams ranked — No. 4 Overland, No. 5 Eaglecrest and No. 8 Cherry Creek. No other league has multiple members ranked this week.
In 4A, Valor Christian and Conifer had both joined.
The Eagles joined at No. 8 following a 77-59 win over then-No. 3 Pueblo Central on Friday. The Lobos, meanwhile, are No. 10 after starting the season 8-0.
Elsewhere in 4A, Air Academy moved up two spots from No. 5 to No. 3, and Pueblo South jumped from ninth to fourth. Palmer Ridge, 6-0 this season, rounds out the top five after moving up from No. 8.
Longmont retained its perch on top of the 4A poll.
The three other No. 1 teams also stayed the same this week: Colorado Springs Christian (3A), Sanford (2A) and Sangre de Cristo (1A).
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
The 2014 all-state football players of the year. From left, Josh Odom of Pine Creek (4A), Kyle Leoffler of Arickaree/Woodlin (6-man), Austin Yahn of Caliche (8-man), Taylor Walters of Paonia (1A), Daniel Martin of Pueblo East (3A), Kyle Rosenbrock of Brush (2A) and Milo Hall of Cherry Creek (5A). (Photos: Kai Casey/CHSAANow.com; Tim Visser/TimVisserPhotography.com; Mark Adams; Jeffrey Tucker/MaxPreps; courtesy of Paonia)
The 2014 all-state football teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues and then a vote of coaches.
Troy Green (24) and Montbello are ranked No. 8 in Class 5A this week. (Dennis Pleuss)
Montbello and Mountain Vista have joined this week’s boys basketball rankings in Class 5A.
The Warriors are No. 8 in CHSAANow.com’s rankings this week, while the Golden Eagles are No. 9. Both teams are 5-1.
That wasn’t the only change. Top-ranked Regis Jesuit and No. 2 ThunderRidge stayed put, but Overland moved up to No. 3 after a solid showing at an out-of-state tournament.
Chaparral moved into the top-5 following a big win over then-No. 3 Eaglecrest on Friday. Chaparral is No. 4 this week, Eaglecrest is No. 5.
Cherry Creek bumped up three places to No. 6, Dakota Ridge also moved up to No. 8 and Rock Canyon remained ranked at No. 10.
In 4A, the changes continued. Pueblo Central spear-headed the movement with its jump to No. 3 this week, while Mead (No. 6), Palmer Ridge (No. 8) and Evergreen (No. 10) are all newcomers.
Colorado Springs Christian (3A) and Sanford (2A) both stayed put atop their respective rankings this week.
In 1A, top-ranked McClave lost to unranked Wiley last week. As a result, McClave dropped to No. 6 and Wiley is No. 10 in this week’s poll.
It also left a gap at the top, where Sangre de Cristo is now the No. 1 team. But voters were split, as a total of six teams received first-place votes this week.
Arickaree/Woodlin (No. 8) also joined the 1A poll.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Rangeview 20, Aurora Central 14, Monarch 14, Northglenn 8, Fossil Ridge 7, Cherokee Trail 6, Denver East 1, Mountain Range 1.
Dropped out
Denver East (5), Aurora Central (7).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Longmont (15)
3-0
184
1
1-0
2
Golden (3)
4-0
169
2
1-0
3
Pueblo Central (1)
7-1
138
6
4-0
4
Sand Creek
3-1
100
4
1-1
5
Air Academy
4-1
99
8
2-1
6
Mead
3-1
61
–
3-0
7
Thomas Jefferson
4-2
60
3
2-1
8
Palmer Ridge
5-0
59
–
3-0
9
Pueblo South
3-2
28
9
1-0
10
Evergreen
4-1
20
–
2-1
Others receiving votes:
D’Evelyn 19, Lewis-Palmer 19, Conifer 16, Holy Family 16, Wheat Ridge 12, Pueblo West 9, Ponderosa 7, Pueblo East 7, Vista Peak 7, Widefield 5, Valor Christian 4, Fort Morgan 3, Silver Creek 3, Denver South 2.
Dropped out
D’Evelyn (5), Pueblo East (7), Lewis-Palmer (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Colorado Springs Christian (12)
6-0
146
1
3-0
2
Faith Christian (1)
6-1
131
2
4-1
3
Colorado Academy (2)
5-1
113
3
3-0
4
Jefferson Academy
6-0
95
5
3-0
5
Lutheran
7-0
90
4
3-0
6
Kent Denver
5-0
68
6
2-0
7
The Pinnacle
2-2
49
7
0-2
8
Alamosa
4-2
36
8
1-2
9
Moffat County
2-3
21
10
2-1
10
Sterling
3-1
15
–
1-1
Others receiving votes:
Monte Vista 10, Grand Valley 9, Manitou Springs 9, Bennett 5, Liberty Common 5, Platte Canyon 5, Machebeuf 3, St. Mary’s 3, Strasburg 3, Bayfield 2, Buena Vista 2, Eaton 2, Valley 2, The Academy 1.
