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  • Football roundup: Horizon knocks off Legacy with late safety

    Horizon was stuffed on fourth down with less than three minutes to play, and it looked like Legacy might escape with a big win in Class 5A football. But then the Hawks got a game-changing, go-ahead safety and walked away with a 22-21 win on Friday night.

    The game was a wild one.

    Legacy jumped out 14-0 in the second quarter, but Horizon battled back to tie it at 14 in the third quarter.

    Legacy took the lead when quarterback Matt Lynch, a UCLA commit, threw a touchdown pass later in that quarter. Horizon answered with a Cade Verkler rushing score, but the extra point missed, making it a 21-20 Legacy lead in the fourth quarter.

    Late in the fourth quarter, Horizon had a 4th-and-goal from the 1-yard-line. The Hawks were stuffed. But two plays later, Horizon got the key safety. It was 22-21, and the Hawks would hold on to win.

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    2A/1A: (3) Bayfield 35, (1) Paonia 0

    Bayfield ended Paonia’s 26-game winning streak in stunning fashion.

    It was 22-0 at halftime, and the lead only grew from there. Bayfield forced three turnovers in an outstanding defensive effort.

    “We had to be physical up front, and we had to stop them,” coach Gary Heide told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show. “The plan worked to perfection.”

    Paonia’s 26-game streak was the second-longest in the state.

    “I’m kind of a low-key, one-game-at-a-time, and, ‘No game is no more important than the other’ guy, but this morning, I just realized the opportunity that Bayfield had, along with getting a win,” Heide said. “A game like this, you end up gaining a lot of confidence.”

    Bayfield quarterback Kelton McCoy threw three touchdown passes for the traditionally run-based offense.

    “We don’t pass a whole lot, but when we do, we try to do it at optimal times. Tonight, it really worked out,” Heide said. “Kelton McCoy threw some really nice passes.”

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    3A: (1) Pueblo East 47, Discovery Canyon 36

    Discovery Canyon nearly pulled off a major upset, but Pueblo East was able to pull out a win.

    “It was a fun night,” Pueblo East coach Lee Meisner told the Scoreboard Show. “We knew we were going to get everything they had. … We had a heck of a game.”

    This game featured 10 ties or lead changes, including a number in the final quarter. It also had a 99-yard kickoff return.

    Discovery Canyon led 28-27 going to the fourth. Pueblo East soon went ahead 33-28, and Discovery Canyon answered to retake the lead at 36-33.

    Then, with 2:45 to go, Pueblo East took the lead for good at 40-36. The Eagles added a late touchdown to ice the game.

    Said Meisner: “We just kept preaching to our kids: ‘We have to play four quarters of football. No matter what the score is, just at the end of it, do your job, and then worry about the score.’”

     

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    5A: Doherty 24, Fruita Monument 21 (OT)

    Doherty jumped out to an 18-0 lead at halftime, but then Fruita Monument started to chip away.

    It was 18-13 after the third quarter, and then tied in the fourth after a safety and a field goal.

    In overtime, Fruita Monument kicked a field goal on its possession, and then Doherty’s Tequan Baker scored the winner on a 6-yard run:

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    1A: Limon 26, (4) Burlington 0

    Limon pulled off the upset of its rival, and improved to 4-0 this season.

    “Our kids really stepped up tonight,” Limon coach Mike O’Dwyer told the Scoreboard Show. “I thought they played really well. By far, the best game we’ve played all year.”

    Of the shutout, O’Dwyer said, “Anytime you play Burlington, they’re so disciplined and so well-coached, you have to play assignment defense and everybody has to do their job and not worry about what everybody else is doing. You just have to take care of your job. I thought tonight, our assignment defense really played very, very well.”

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    1A: (5) Cedaredge 40, (10) Center 13

    It was 14-13 at halftime, but Cedaredge pulled away to notch a huge top-10 win to move to 4-0.

    “They had some turnovers and we capitalized on those turnovers,” coach Brandon Milholland told the Scoreboard Show. “Another important piece that I realized late in the fourth quarter is we’re starting to get out of our own way and kind of believe in what we’ve going on.”

    Cedaredge pulled away to 25-13 after the third quarter, then put the game away in the fourth.

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    8-man: (3) Norwood 38, (4) Sargent 28

    Norwood was clinging to a 16-12 lead at halftime, but pulled away in the third quarter with two quick scores.

    “We got a lucky bounce,” coach Brandon Alexander told the Scoreboard Show. “We scored quick, and turned the ball over, and scored again. Two scores early in the third quarter, that was really huge for us.

    “Sargent was a great team, they were very athletic and fast, so it was exactly what we had to have.”

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    Notables

    • Broncos defensive end DeMarcus Ware gave Englewood a pregame speech, and the Pirates beat Elizabeth on homecoming, 32-21, in 3A.
    • There were a number of games decided by wide margins on Friday. By the time the night was over, there were 22 total shutouts, 11 of which were decided by 40 or more points. In all, the average margin of victory for all games was 27.8 points.
    • Ranked teams are 39-9 so far in Week 4, but only two of those losses have come to unranked teams.
    • In 5A, TJ Jones had six touchdowns, including the game winner, to help Boulder beat Prairie View in overtime, 41-35.
    • 8-man’s West Grand beat Elbert 46-0, and gave head coach Chris Brown career win No. 302. He’s four shy of the all-time mark of 306 held by longtime Denver East and Machebeuf coach Pat Panek. The Mustangs are 4-0 this season.
    • Alameda moved to 4-0 for the first time in more than a decade following a 38-0 win over Denver North in 2A. The Pirates are ranked No. 10.
    • Victor Garnes had a 97-yard touchdown as Eaglecrest beat Castle View 31-3 in 5A.
    • In 8-man, No. 8 Granada escaped an upset with a 28-26 win over Kiowa.
    • A bit of a surprise, also in 8-man: No. 2 Sedgwick County handled No. 10 Holly 64-7.
    • Cheyenne Mountain picked up its first win of the season in 4A, beating Mitchell 36-35 on a 28-yard field goal with 7.2 seconds remaining.
    • In 6-man, No. 4 Arickaree/Woodlin beat No. 6 Otis 53-14.
    • 3A No. 4 Rifle shutout Eagle Valley 26-0. “That’s a pretty tough place to go play, but ultimately we’re very happy with the way our kids played,” Bears coach Damon Wells told the Scoreboard Show. “We’ve been around long enough to know that any time you win a game in our league, it’s worth cherishing.”
    • Skyline upset 3A No. 10 Conifer, 35-28.

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  • Top-10 football schedule and scoreboard for Week 4 games

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    No. 3 Ralston Valley at No. 2 Columbine on Thursday highlights Week 4’s top-10 football slate. (Matt Mathewes/MVPSportsPics.com)

    A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Week 4 in the 2015 season.

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    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A | 8-man | 6-man

    Class 5A
    1 Cherry Creek 4-0
    Off this week.
    2 Columbine 4-0
    Thurs: W 21-7 vs. (3) Ralston Valley
    3 Ralston Valley 3-1
    Thurs: L 7-21 at (2) Columbine
    4 Valor Christian 2-2
    Off this week.
    5 Regis Jesuit 3-1
    Fri: W 29-14 at Denver South
    6 Mullen 3-1
    Fri: W 55-14 vs. Arvada West
    7 Pomona 2-2
    Fri: W 42-7 vs. Lakewood
    8 Arapahoe 4-0
    Fri: W 28-8 at Hinkley
    9 Heritage 4-1
    Thurs: W 17-0 at Grand Junction
    10 Cherokee Trail 3-1
    Thurs: W 14-7 vs. Rangeview

    Class 4A
    1 Pine Creek 4-0
    Sat: W 47-7 vs. Pueblo West
    2 Longmont 4-0
    Thurs: W 42-13 vs. Fort Collins
    3 Vista Ridge 4-0
    Fri: W 40-28 vs. (7) Palmer Ridge
    4 Windsor 4-0
    Thurs: W 50-0 at Greeley Central
    5 Greeley West 4-0
    Fri: W 39-14 vs. Mountain View
    6 Dakota Ridge 3-1
    Thurs: W 17-14 at Wheat Ridge
    7 Palmer Ridge 3-1
    Fri: L 28-40 at (3) Vista Ridge
    8 Rampart 4-0
    Fri: W 40-0 vs. Mesa Ridge
    9 Montrose 3-1
    Off this week.
    10 Durango 4-0
    Off this week.

    Class 3A
    1 Pueblo East 4-1
    Fri: W 47-36 vs. Discovery Canyon
    2 Fort Morgan 4-0
    Fri: W 50-0 vs. Skyview
    3 Palisade 4-0
    Fri: W 49-6 vs. Summit
    4 Rifle 4-0
    Fri: W 26-0 at Eagle Valley
    5 Roosevelt 3-1
    Fri: W 56-12 vs. Northridge
    6 Holy Family 3-1
    Fri: W 65-0 vs. Frederick
    7 Berthoud 4-0
    Fri: W 41-0 at Niwot
    8 Mead 4-0
    Fri: W 10-0 vs. Erie
    9 Delta 3-1
    Fri: W 49-0 at Steamboat Springs
    10 Conifer 3-1
    Fri: L 28-35 vs. Skyline

    Class 2A
    1 Kent Denver 4-0
    Fri: W 40-0 at Ridge View Academy
    2 La Junta 4-0
    Off this week.
    3 Bayfield 3-0
    Fri: W 35-0 vs. (1A 1) Paonia
    4 Brush 3-1
    Sat: W 33-21 vs. (8) Lamar
    5 Platte Valley 3-1
    Off this week.
    6 Eaton 3-1
    Fri: W 31-21 vs. Manitou Springs
    7 Sterling 3-1
    Off this week.
    8 Lamar 2-2
    Sat: L 21-33 at (4) Brush
    9 The Academy 4-0
    Fri: W 33-27 at Middle Park
    10 Alameda 4-0
    Fri: W 44-0 vs. Denver North

    Class 1A
    1 Paonia 3-1
    Fri: L 0-35 at (2A 3) Bayfield
    2 Buena Vista 5-0
    Fri: W 53-12 vs. Centauri
    3 Resurrection Christian 5-0
    Fri: W 51-0 at Estes Park
    4 Burlington 3-1
    Fri: L 0-26 at Limon
    5 Cedaredge 4-0
    Fri: W 40-13 at (10) Center
    6 Monte Vista 3-1
    Fri: W 42-12 at Pagosa Springs
    7 Rye 3-1
    Off this week.
    8 Platte Canyon 3-1
    Fri: W 40-0 at Clear Creek
    9 Meeker 2-2
    Sat: W 52-14 at Holyoke
    10 Center 3-1
    Sat: L 13-40 vs. (5) Cedaredge

    Class 8-man
    1 Dayspring Christian 4-0
    Sat: W 63-8 vs. Las Animas
    2 Sedgwick County 4-0
    Fri: W 64-7 vs. (10) Holly
    3 Norwood 4-1
    Fri: W 38-28 at (4) Sargent
    4 Sargent 3-1
    Fri: L 28-38 vs. (3) Norwood
    5 Merino 4-0
    Sat: W 46-8 vs. McClave
    6 Akron 3-1
    Sat: W 52-13 vs. Plateau Valley
    7 Haxtun 4-0
    Fri: W 52-8 vs. Wiley
    8 Granada 3-1
    Fri: W 28-26 at Kiowa
    9 Springfield 3-1
    Off this week.
    10 Holly 3-1
    Fri: L 7-64 at (2) Sedgwick County

    Class 6-man
    1 Fleming 4-0
    Fri: W 65-0 vs. Weldon Valley
    2 Eads 4-0
    Sat: W 60-6 at Stratton/Liberty
    3 Kit Carson 4-0
    Sat: W 24-0 at Cheyenne Wells
    4 Arickaree/Woodlin 3-1
    Fri: W 53-14 vs. (6) Otis
    5 Pawnee 3-1
    Sat: W 33-26 at North Park
    6 Otis 3-1
    Fri: L 14-53 at (4) Arickaree/Woodlin
    7 Hanover 4-0
    Sat: W 54-24 at Genoa-Hugo/Karval
    8 Peetz 2-2
    Off this week.
    9 Cheraw 3-1
    Sat: W 58-6 vs. Aguilar
    10 La Veta 4-0
    Fri: W 68-6 vs. Antonito

  • Football rankings: Mullen, Arapahoe and Heritage join 5A poll

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    Mullen rejoined the 5A football rankings this week at No. 6. (Tim Visser/TimVisserPhotography.com)

    Mullen, Arapahoe and Heritage all climbed into this week’s CHSAANow.com football rankings after impressive wins over the weekend.

    The Mustangs are No. 6 in Class 5A this week, while Arapahoe is No. 8 and Heritage is No. 9.

    Cherry Creek remained the No. 1 team in 5A, getting 17 of the 18 first-place votes. Pomona dropped from No. 2 to No. 7 in Class 5A, following a stunning loss to Mullen. The Panthers held a 11-point lead in the third quarter but couldn’t hang on. As a result, Columbine takes over the No. 2 spot this week.

    Ralston Valley moved up behind the Rebels and is No. 3. Valor Christian sits at No. 4, and Regis Jesuit rounds out the top-5.

    Cherokee Trail is the No. 10 team in 5A this week.

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    Pine Creek remained at No. 1 in 4A. More photos from their win over Dakota Ridge. (Lance Wendt/LanceWendt.com)

    In 4A, Pine Creek once again received every first-place vote after they made a statement in their win over then-No. 3 Dakota Ridge on Thursday.

    But it was Vista Ridge and quarterback Elway Tubbs that turned heads this week as they trounced then-No. 7 Ponderosa 57-35 Friday night. The Wolves leapt from No. 5 to No. 3 with a date with Pine Creek still on the horizon.

    The Western Slope added two teams this week as Montrose comes in at No. 9 while Durango makes an appearance at No. 10.

    The record-breaking numbers that Holy Family put up in the previous two weeks came to a halt as they were topped by Palisade in a big 3A matchup. The Bulldogs jumped from No. 5 to No. 3 as a result and even garnered a firs-place vote. Holy Family fell to No. 6.

    Pueblo East remained No. 1 in 3A this week. Conifer was the lone newcomer in this week’s 3A poll.

    A 49-7 win over Denver West keeps Kent Denver in firm position atop the 2A rankings. But La Junta received a huge surge in votes after scoring 27 points off turnovers in a 33-14 win over Eaton. The Tigers jumped from No. 6 to No. 2.

    They are joined in the 2A rankings by Sterling (No. 7), The Academy (No. 9), and Alameda (No. 10).

    The top three spots in 1A remained intact, including No. 1 Paonia. Resurrection Christian garnered three first-place votes after an impressive 42-6 win over Platte Canyon.

    Center is the lone newcomer in 1A at No. 10.

    The 10 teams in the 8-man poll remain the same, but the order changed slightly thanks to Merino’s win over Granada. The Bobcats fell from No. 4 to No. 8 and the Rams jumped one spot to No. 5.

    Dayspring Christian remained No. 1 in 8-man.

    Cheraw and Le Veta played their way into the 6-man rankings, coming in at No. 9 and No. 10, respectively. Fleming held on to the top spot in that poll.

    The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.

    Complete rankings are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Football Polls

    Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

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    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Cherry Creek (17) 4-0 179 1
    2 Columbine (1) 3-0 155 3
    3 Ralston Valley 3-0 128 6
    4 Valor Christian 2-2 108 4
    5 Regis Jesuit 2-1 104 7
    6 Mullen 2-1 83 –
    7 Pomona 1-2 80 2
    8 Arapahoe 3-0 59 –
    9 Heritage 3-1 19 –
    10 Cherokee Trail 2-1 17 9
    Others receiving votes:
    Grandview 12, Legacy 10, Rock Canyon 8, Poudre 6, Westminster 6, Fairview 5, Overland 5, Doherty 3, Rocky Mountain 2, Chaparral 1.
    Dropped out
    Grandview (5), Fairview (8), Rocky Mountain (10).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Pine Creek (15) 3-0 150 1
    2 Longmont 3-0 128 2
    3 Vista Ridge 3-0 116 5
    4 Windsor 3-0 110 4
    5 Greeley West 3-0 62 6
    6 Dakota Ridge 2-1 61 3
    7 Palmer Ridge 3-0 51 9
    8 Rampart 3-0 30 10
    9 Montrose 3-1 28 –
    10 Durango 4-0 26 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Ponderosa 20, George Washington 11, Wheat Ridge 8, Aurora Central 7, Adams City 4, Denver South 4, Palmer 4, Mountain View 3, Mesa Ridge 2, Pueblo West 2, Liberty 1.
    Dropped out
    Ponderosa (7), Wheat Ridge (8).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Pueblo East (9) 3-1 134 1
    2 Fort Morgan (3) 3-0 116 2
    3 Palisade (1) 3-0 105 5
    4 Rifle (1) 3-0 91 4
    5 Roosevelt 2-1 66 6
    6 Holy Family 2-1 64 3
    7 Berthoud 3-0 48 7
    8 Mead 3-0 36 10
    9 Delta 2-1 33 8
    10 Conifer 3-0 20 –
    Others receiving votes:
    D’Evelyn 19, Steamboat Springs 7, Evergreen 6, Mitchell 6, Harrison 5, Lewis-Palmer 5, Discovery Canyon 2, Eagle Valley 2, Pueblo County 2, The Classical Academy 2, Pueblo Central 1.
    Dropped out
    Lewis-Palmer (9).

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Kent Denver (8) 3-0 106 1
    2 La Junta (2) 4-0 92 6
    3 Bayfield 2-0 77 4
    4 Brush (1) 2-1 75 3
    5 Platte Valley 3-1 65 5
    6 Eaton 2-1 57 2
    7 Sterling 3-1 31 –
    8 Lamar 2-1 28 9
    9 The Academy 3-0 22 –
    10 Alameda 3-0 20 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Faith Christian 11, Gunnison 8, Florence 5, Machebeuf 4, Olathe 2, Valley 2.
    Dropped out
    Faith Christian (7), Florence (8), Trinidad (10).

    Class 1A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Paonia (9) 3-0 126 1
    2 Buena Vista (1) 3-0 111 2
    3 Resurrection Christian (3) 4-0 110 3
    4 Burlington 3-0 75 5
    5 Cedaredge 3-0 64 7
    6 Monte Vista 2-1 63 6
    7 Rye 3-1 46 8
    8 Platte Canyon 2-1 41 4
    9 Meeker 1-2 23 9
    10 Center 3-0 14 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Limon 12, Wiggins 12, Dolores 7, Crowley County 6, Peyton 3, Ellicott 2.
    Dropped out
    Crowley County (10).

    8-man
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Dayspring Christian (8) 3-0 89 1
    2 Sedgwick County (1) 3-0 68 3
    3 Norwood 3-0 65 2
    4 Sargent 3-0 54 5
    5 Merino 3-0 52 6
    6 Akron 2-1 48 7
    7 Haxtun 3-0 34 8
    8 Granada 2-1 27 4
    9 Springfield 3-1 22 9
    10 Holly 3-0 18 10
    Others receiving votes:
    Hoehne 6, Caliche 5, Vail Christian 4, Kiowa 3.
    Dropped out
    None.

    6-man
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Fleming (5) 3-0 68 1
    2 Eads (2) 3-0 65 2
    3 Kit Carson 3-0 52 4
    4 Arickaree/Woodlin 2-1 50 5
    5 Pawnee 2-1 42 3
    6 Otis 3-0 30 7
    7 Hanover 3-0 26 6
    8 Peetz 2-2 25 8
    9 Cheraw 2-1 11 –
    10 La Veta 3-0 7 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Cheyenne Wells 2, Primero 2, Walsh 2, Genoa-Hugo/Karval 1, Hi-Plains 1, Idalia 1.
    Dropped out
    Cheyenne Wells (9), North Park (10).

  • Top-10 football schedule and scoreboard for Week 3 games

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    4A No. 1 Pine Creek and No. 3 Dakota Ridge have a big matchup on Thursday. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

    A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Week 3 in the 2015 season.

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    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A | 8-man | 6-man

    Class 5A
    1 Cherry Creek 4-0
    Sat: W 38-35 at Jordan (Utah)
    2 Pomona 1-2
    Fri: L 31-38 at Mullen
    3 Columbine 3-0
    Fri: W 36-0 at Bear Creek
    4 Valor Christian 2-2
    Fri: W 26-10 at East (Utah)
    5 Grandview 2-1
    Fri: L 14-17 vs. Arapahoe
    6 Ralston Valley 3-0
    Fri: W 49-8 vs. Arvada West
    7 Regis Jesuit 2-1
    Fri: W 19-14 vs. (9) Cherokee Trail
    8 Fairview 2-1
    Fri: L 14-18 at Horizon
    9 Cherokee Trail 2-1
    Fri: L 14-19 at (7) Regis Jesuit
    10 Rocky Mountain 2-1
    Thurs: L 28-31 at Legacy

    Class 4A
    1 Pine Creek 3-0
    Thurs: W 44-7 at (3) Dakota Ridge
    2 Longmont 3-0
    Fri: W 42-7 at Broomfield
    3 Dakota Ridge 2-1
    Thurs: L 7-44 vs. (1) Pine Creek
    4 Windsor 3-0
    Fri: W 30-6 vs. Fort Collins
    5 Vista Ridge 3-0
    Fri: W 57-35 at (7) Ponderosa
    6 Greeley West 3-0
    Fri: W 28-17 vs. Silver Creek
    7 Ponderosa 2-1
    Fri: L 35-57 vs. (5) Vista Ridge
    8 Wheat Ridge 2-1
    Fri: L 35-42 at Pueblo South
    9 Palmer Ridge 3-0
    Fri: W 48-14 vs. (3A 9) Lewis-Palmer
    10 Rampart 3-0
    Sat: W 49-18 vs. Palmer

    Class 3A
    1 Pueblo East 3-1
    Fri: W 49-24 at Canon City
    2 Fort Morgan 3-0
    Fri: W 56-7 vs. Arvada
    3 Holy Family 2-1
    Fri: L 34-42 at (5) Palisade
    4 Rifle 3-0
    Off this week.
    5 Palisade 3-0
    Fri: W 42-34 vs. (3) Holy Family
    6 Roosevelt 2-1
    Off this week.
    7 Berthoud 3-0
    Fri: W 24-0 vs. Fort Lupton
    8 Delta 2-1
    Off this week.
    9 Lewis-Palmer 2-1
    Fri: L 14-48 at (4A 9) Palmer Ridge
    10 Mead 2-0
    Sat: W 47-8 at Vista PEAK

    Class 2A
    1 Kent Denver 3-0
    Sat: W 49-7 vs. Denver West
    2 Eaton 2-1
    Fri: L 14-33 at (6) La Junta
    3 Brush 2-1
    Fri: W 43-22 at Glenwood Springs
    4 Bayfield 2-0
    Off this week.
    5 Platte Valley 3-1
    Fri: W 38-6 vs. Lutheran
    6 La Junta 4-0
    Fri: W 33-14 vs. (2) Eaton
    7 Faith Christian 1-2
    Fri: L 22-38 vs. Alameda
    8 Florence 1-2
    Fri: L 0-14 at Pueblo County
    9 Lamar 2-1
    Fri: W 14-13 vs. Alamosa
    10 Trinidad 2-1
    Fri: L 0-45 vs. (1A 8) Rye

    Class 1A
    1 Paonia 3-0
    Fri: W 48-6 vs. Centauri
    2 Buena Vista 3-0
    Fri: W 52-14 at Manitou Springs
    3 Resurrection Christian 4-0
    Sat: W 42-6 at (4) Platte Canyon
    4 Platte Canyon 2-1
    Sat: L 6-42 vs. (3) Resurrection Christian
    5 Burlington 2-0
    Sat: W 20-14 at Ellicott
    6 Monte Vista 2-1
    Fri: W 25-15 at Hotchkiss
    7 Cedaredge 3-0
    Fri: W 35-0 vs. Aspen
    8 Rye 3-1
    Fri: W 45-0 at (2A 10) Trinidad
    9 Meeker 1-2
    Off this week.
    10 Crowley County 2-1
    Fri: L 20-27 vs. Wiggins

    Class 8-man
    1 Dayspring Christian 3-0
    Fri: W 55-18 at Soroco
    2 Norwood 3-0
    Off this week.
    3 Sedgwick County 3-0
    Off this week.
    4 Granada 2-1
    Sat: L 34-36 vs. (6) Merino
    5 Sargent 3-0
    Fri: W 44-20 at Sanford
    6 Merino 3-0
    Sat: W 36-34 at (4) Granada
    7 Akron 2-1
    Fri: W 48-0 vs. Simla
    8 Haxtun 3-0
    Sat: W 56-8 at McClave
    9 Springfield 3-1
    Fri: W 52-14 vs. Rolla (Kan.)
    10 Holly 3-0
    Sat: W 46-0 vs. Sierra Grande

    Class 6-man
    1 Fleming 3-0
    Fri: W 66-22 at (3) Pawnee
    2 Eads 3-0
    Fri: W 60-12 vs. (9) Cheyenne Wells
    3 Pawnee 2-1
    Fri: L 22-66 vs. (1) Fleming
    4 Kit Carson 3-0
    Fri: W 74-24 at Flagler
    5 Arickaree/Woodlin 2-1
    Fri: W 74-29 vs. Stratton/Liberty
    6 Hanover 3-0
    Fri: W 42-40 at Hi-Plains
    7 Otis 3-0
    Sat: W 68-20 at Miami-Yoder
    8 Peetz 3-2
    Fri: W 46-6 at South Park
    9 Cheyenne Wells 2-1
    Fri: L 12-60 at (2) Eads
    10 North Park 1-2
    Fri: L 14-28 at Genoa-Hugo/Karval

  • Football rankings: Cherokee Trail, Rocky Mountain join 5A poll

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    Rocky Mountain is the No. 10 team in this week’s Class 5A football poll. (Kai Casey/CHSAANow.com)

    Cherry Creek remains the top overall team in the Class 5A CHSAANow.com rankings after a 7-6 win over Pomona Friday night.

    The Bruins received all but one of the first-place votes. It was the Panthers who got that other No. 1 vote.

    Following its second-straight loss, Valor Christian fell one slot to land fourth in the polls, with Columbine taking over the third spot.

    Both Cherry Creek and Valor Christian will travel out of state for games this week.

    Newcomers to the 5A poll include Cherokee Trail, fresh off an impressive win over Denver East, and Rocky Mountain.

    Like in 5A, the rest of last week’s top teams remained at No. 1 in the polls, with some newcomers being filtered in.

    Pine Creek remains the top team in 4A after its bye week. Greeley West made the biggest jump in the 4A pool, going from ninth to sixth, thanks to a 28-20 win over D’Evelyn.

    After starting the year 2-0, Palmer Ridge broke into the 4A poll at ninth, followed by fellow-Colorado Springs newcomer, Rampart, at No. 10. The Rams blanked Coronado on Saturday and have yet to surrender a point this season.

    Defending champion Pueblo East is still on top in the 3A poll. The top seven teams in 3A held their positions and only one team, Mead, broke in as a newcomer. They join this week’s poll at 10.

    Kent Denver remains atop the 2A polls, but the biggest shake-up of the week happened right behind them. Faith Christian fell from second to seventh after a stunning loss to Florence. The Huskies joined the poll this week at eighth on the strength of their 15-12 win over the Eagles.

    Trinidad also joins the 2A polls at No. 10 this week. The Miners look good early this season, outscoring their opponents 93-14 through two games.

    Crowley County joined the 1A polls at No. 10 this week.

    Springfield and Holly each made their way into the 8-man polls. They come in and ninth and 10th, respectively. Merino also jumped from No. 10 to No. 6 this week.

    In 8-man, Cheyenne Wells breaks into the top 10, coming in at ninth. Pawnee also jumped from fifth to third this week.

    The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.

    Complete rankings are below.

    [divider]

    CHSAANow.com Football Polls

    Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Cherry Creek (17) 3-0 179 1
    2 Pomona (1) 1-1 155 2
    3 Columbine 2-0 121 4
    4 Valor Christian 1-2 111 3
    5 Grandview 2-0 106 5
    6 Ralston Valley 2-0 97 6
    7 Regis Jesuit 1-1 67 7
    8 Fairview 2-0 62 8
    9 Cherokee Trail 2-0 26 –
    10 Rocky Mountain 2-0 16 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Mullen 12, Heritage 7, Arapahoe 6, Eaglecrest 6, Chaparral 5, ThunderRidge 4, Legacy 3, Mountain Vista 3, Doherty 2, Fruita Monument 2.
    Dropped out
    Doherty (9), Mullen (10).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Pine Creek (12) 2-0 120 1
    2 Longmont 2-0 105 2
    3 Dakota Ridge 2-0 95 3
    4 Windsor 2-0 81 4
    5 Vista Ridge 2-0 70 6
    6 Greeley West 2-0 44 9
    7 Ponderosa 2-0 38 8
    8 Wheat Ridge 2-0 32 10
    9 Palmer Ridge 2-0 23 –
    10 Rampart 2-0 14 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Falcon 13, Montrose 9, Durango 8, Fort Collins 3, Broomfield 2, Denver South 1, George Washington 1, Standley Lake 1.
    Dropped out
    Falcon (5), Broomfield (7).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Pueblo East (11) 2-1 136 1
    2 Fort Morgan (3) 2-0 116 2
    3 Holy Family 2-0 106 3
    4 Rifle 3-0 92 4
    5 Palisade 2-0 86 5
    6 Roosevelt 2-1 64 6
    7 Berthoud 2-0 54 7
    8 Delta 2-1 29 10
    9 Lewis-Palmer 2-0 26 9
    10 Mead 2-0 20 –
    Others receiving votes:
    D’Evelyn 12, Conifer 7, Evergreen 7, Discovery Canyon 6, Erie 5, Pueblo County 2, Eagle Valley 1, Lutheran 1.
    Dropped out
    D’Evelyn (8).

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Kent Denver (11) 2-0 110 1
    2 Eaton 2-0 92 3
    3 Brush 1-1 74 4
    4 Bayfield 2-0 70 6
    5 Platte Valley 2-1 64 5
    6 La Junta 3-0 58 7
    7 Faith Christian 1-1 35 2
    8 Florence 1-1 29 –
    9 Lamar 1-1 20 10
    10 Trinidad 2-0 17 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Alameda 14, Moffat County 12, Sterling 7, The Academy 2, Machebeuf 1.
    Dropped out
    Strasburg (8), Gunnison (9).

    Class 1A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Paonia (10) 2-0 127 1
    2 Buena Vista (3) 2-0 119 2
    3 Resurrection Christian 3-0 104 3
    4 Platte Canyon 2-0 81 5
    5 Burlington 2-0 70 6
    6 Monte Vista 1-1 61 8
    7 Cedaredge 2-0 40 7
    8 Rye 2-1 31 4
    9 Meeker 1-2 26 9
    10 Crowley County 2-0 23 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Limon 14, Ellicott 9, Wiggins 7, Center 2, Centauri 1.
    Dropped out
    Wiggins (10).

    8-man
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Dayspring Christian (6) 2-0 80 1
    2 Norwood (2) 3-0 77 2
    3 Sedgwick County (1) 3-0 65 5
    4 Granada 2-0 63 4
    5 Sargent 2-0 47 6
    6 Merino 2-0 43 10
    7 Akron 1-1 33 8
    8 Haxtun 2-0 28 9
    9 Springfield 2-1 20 –
    10 Holly 2-0 13 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Caliche 11, Hoehne 7, Kiowa 6, Gilpin County 2.
    Dropped out
    Hoehne (3), Caliche (7).

    6-man
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Fleming (5) 2-0 68 1
    2 Eads (2) 2-0 65 2
    3 Pawnee 2-0 56 5
    4 Kit Carson 2-0 49 4
    5 Arickaree/Woodlin 1-1 40 3
    6 Hanover 2-0 31 6
    7 Otis 2-0 24 9
    8 Peetz 1-2 21 7
    9 Cheyenne Wells 2-0 18 –
    10 North Park 1-1 5 10
    Others receiving votes:
    Primero 4, Cheraw 2, Walsh 2.
    Dropped out
    Cheraw (8).

  • Top-10 football schedule and scoreboard for Week 2 games

    Regis Jesuit Mullen football
    No. 7 Regis Jesuit and No. 10 Mullen play on Friday night. (Mark Adams)

    A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Week 2 in the 2015 season.

    [divider]
    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A | 8-man | 6-man

    Class 5A
    1 Cherry Creek 3-0
    Fri: W 7-6 at (2) Pomona
    2 Pomona 1-1
    Fri: L 6-7 vs. (1) Cherry Creek
    3 Valor Christian 1-2
    Fri: L 22-41 at Bentonville (Ark.)
    4 Columbine 2-0
    Off this week.
    5 Grandview 2-0
    Thurs: W 53-7 vs. Gateway
    6 Ralston Valley 2-0
    Thurs: W 42-0 at ThunderRidge
    7 Regis Jesuit 1-1
    Fri: W 23-17 vs. (10) Mullen
    8 Fairview 2-0
    Fri: W 35-17 vs. Boulder
    9 Doherty 1-1
    Thurs: L 6-7 at Arapahoe
    10 Mullen 1-1
    Fri: L 17-23 at (7) Regis Jesuit

    Class 4A
    1 Pine Creek 2-0
    Off this week.
    2 Longmont 2-0
    Fri: W 45-26 at (5) Falcon
    3 Dakota Ridge 2-0
    Fri: W 44-21 at Silver Creek
    4 Windsor 2-0
    Fri: W 36-14 at (7) Broomfield
    5 Falcon 0-2
    Fri: L 26-45 vs. (2) Longmont
    6 Vista Ridge 2-0
    Fri: W 55-7 vs. Pueblo West
    7 Broomfield 0-2
    Fri: L 14-36 vs. (4) Windsor
    8 Ponderosa 2-0
    Fri: W 21-20 at Mesa Ridge
    9 Greeley West 2-0
    Fri: W 28-20 at (3A 8) D’Evelyn
    10 Wheat Ridge 2-0
    Off this week.

    Class 3A
    1 Pueblo East 2-1
    Fri: W 54-21 vs. Pueblo South
    2 Fort Morgan 2-0
    Thurs: W 49-0 at Niwot
    3 Holy Family 2-0
    Fri: W 64-60 at Discovery Canyon
    4 Rifle 3-0
    Fri: W 61-0 vs. Jefferson
    5 Palisade 2-0
    Sat: W 55-28 at Pueblo Central
    6 Roosevelt 2-1
    Thurs: W 41-8 at Loveland
    7 Berthoud 2-0
    Sat: W 53-7 at Arvada
    8 D’Evelyn 1-1
    Fri: L 20-28 vs. (4A 9) Greeley West
    9 Lewis-Palmer 2-0
    Thurs: W 49-7 vs. Sand Creek
    10 Delta 2-1
    Fri: W 48-13 vs. Pagosa Springs

    Class 2A
    1 Kent Denver 2-0
    Fri: W 47-0 at Englewood
    2 Faith Christian 1-1
    Fri: L 12-15 at Florence
    3 Eaton 2-0
    Fri: W 48-0 vs. Holyoke
    4 Brush 1-1
    Fri: W 36-19 at Weld Central
    5 Platte Valley 2-1
    Fri: W 46-6 vs. Bennett
    6 Bayfield 2-0
    Fri: W 34-20 vs. Miyamura (N.M.)
    7 La Junta 3-0
    Fri: W 27-8 vs. Alamosa
    8 Strasburg 0-2
    Fri: L 18-26 at Sterling
    9 Gunnison 0-2
    Fri: L 9-10 vs. (1A 8) Monte Vista
    10 Lamar 1-1
    Fri: W 18-13 at Centauri

    Class 1A
    1 Paonia 2-0
    Fri: W 49-0 vs. Ignacio
    2 Buena Vista 2-0
    Fri: W 42-7 vs. Hotchkiss
    3 Resurrection Christian 3-0
    Fri: W 55-6 vs. Yuma
    4 Rye 2-1
    Fri: L 20-21 vs. Crowley County
    5 Platte Canyon 2-0
    Fri: W 36-20 vs. (10) Wiggins
    6 Burlington 2-0
    Fri: W 41-0 vs. Front Range Christian
    7 Cedaredge 2-0
    Fri: W 14-12 at Olathe
    8 Monte Vista 1-1
    Fri: W 10-9 vs. (2A 9) Gunnison
    9 Meeker 1-2
    Fri: W 36-6 vs. Coal Ridge
    10 Wiggins 1-1
    Sat: L 20-36 at (5) Platte Canyon

    Class 8-man
    1 Dayspring Christian 2-0
    Sat: W 54-8 vs. Hayden
    2 Norwood 3-0
    Fri: W 46-0 vs. Del Norte
    3 Hoehne 1-1
    Fri: L 14-26 vs. Springfield
    4 Granada 2-0
    Fri: W 79-32 vs. Sanford
    5 Sedgwick County 3-0
    Fri: W 70-0 at Leyton (Neb.)
    6 Sargent 2-0
    Fri: W 50-6 at Wiley
    7 Caliche 2-1
    Fri: W 48-6 at Potter-Dix (Neb.)
    8 Akron 1-1
    Fri: W 40-0 vs. Fowler
    9 Haxtun 2-0
    Off this week.
    10 Merino 2-0
    Fri: W 20-6 at Simla

    Class 6-man
    1 Fleming 2-0
    Fri: W 61-0 vs. Idalia
    2 Eads 2-0
    Fri: W 54-0 at Hi-Plains
    3 Arickaree/Woodlin 1-1
    Fri: L 26-31 vs. (5) Pawnee
    4 Kit Carson 2-0
    Fri: W 44-33 vs. (8) Cheraw
    5 Pawnee 2-0
    Fri: W 31-26 at (3) Arickaree/Woodlin
    6 Hanover 2-0
    Thurs: W 46-0 vs. Colorado D&B
    7 Peetz 1-2
    Sat: W 63-33 at Briggsdale
    8 Cheraw 1-1
    Fri: L 33-44 at (4) Kit Carson
    9 Otis 2-0
    Fri: W 83-34 at Flagler
    10 North Park 1-1
    Off this week.

  • Cherry Creek, Kent Denver, Dayspring Christian new No. 1 teams in football rankings

    Cherry Creek Regis Jesuit football
    Cherry Creek is atop the Class 5A football poll this week. More photos. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    Cherry Creek, fresh off of two impressive wins to begin the season, has ascended to the top of CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A football rankings this week.

    The Bruins, defending 5A champions, beat Heritage in Zero Week, then followed it up with a 17-3 win over then-No. 4 Regis Jesuit in Week 1. They received 11 of the 18 first-place votes, and edged out Pomona, which moved up to No. 2 after getting six first-place votes.

    Cherry Creek and Pomona play on Friday.

    Pomona, No. 3 in the preseason, beat No. 1 Valor Christian last week. Valor Christian fell to No. 3 in the 5A poll.

    Columbine is fourth, and Grandview moved into the top five following its win over Chaparral. Ralston Valley also moved up — to sixth — after its Week 1 win over Eaglecrest.

    Regis Jesuit fell three spots to seventh, Fairview is eighth and Doherty moved up to ninth. Mullen is the lone newcomer to 5A this week at No. 10. The Mustangs opened the season with a 41-0 win against Gateway.

    There are also new No. 1 teams in the 2A and 8-man rankings.

    Kent Denver Gunnison football
    Kent Denver is now No. 1 in Class 2A. More photos. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

    Kent Denver takes over in 2A following its win over then-No. 7 Gunnison, coupled with Brush’s loss to rival Fort Morgan. The 2A ranking added No. 7 La Junta this week.

    In 8-man, Dayspring Christian takes over at the top. The Eagles narrowly edged out Norwood with 75 total points to Norwood’s 74 — despite Norwood actually getting more first-place votes (four) than Dayspring (three).

    The 8-man poll added Haxtun (No. 9) and Merino (No. 10) this week.

    Each of the other No. 1 teams held firm this week: Pine Creek (4A), Pueblo East (3A), Paonia (1A) and Fleming (6-man).

    The biggest movers in 4A’s ranking were Windsor, which moved up to fourth and Vista Ridge, now ranked No. 6. That poll added three new teams: No. 8 Ponderosa, No. 9 Greeley West and No. 10 Wheat Ridge.

    In 3A, Rifle jumped up from No. 8 to No. 4. That poll, too, has three new members: No. 7 Berthoud, No. 8 D’Evelyn and No. 9 Lewis-Palmer.

    There were no new teams in 1A, though Burlington did jump from No. 10 to No. 6.

    The 6-man poll added Cheraw at No. 8.

    The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.

    Complete rankings are below.

    [divider]

    CHSAANow.com Football Polls

    Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Cherry Creek (11) 2-0 173 2
    2 Pomona (6) 1-0 166 3
    3 Valor Christian 1-1 126 1
    4 Columbine 2-0 121 5
    5 Grandview 1-0 87 7
    6 Ralston Valley 1-0 75 9
    7 Regis Jesuit 0-1 68 4
    8 Fairview 1-0 64 6
    9 Doherty (1) 1-0 32 10
    10 Mullen 1-0 27 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Cherokee Trail 17, Legacy 11, Lakewood 4, Rocky Mountain 4, Fountain-Fort Carson 3, Heritage 3, Mountain Vista 3, Arapahoe 2, Horizon 2, Eaglecrest 1, ThunderRidge 1.
    Dropped out
    Fountain-Fort Carson (8).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Pine Creek (12) 2-0 120 1
    2 Longmont 1-0 105 2
    3 Dakota Ridge 1-0 92 3
    4 Windsor 1-0 77 7
    5 Falcon 0-1 57 4
    6 Vista Ridge 1-0 46 10
    7 Broomfield 0-1 36 6
    8 Ponderosa 1-0 31 –
    9 Greeley West 1-0 29 –
    10 Wheat Ridge 2-0 18 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Loveland 13, Montrose 7, Pueblo West 7, Rampart 6, Denver South 4, Palmer Ridge 4, Fort Collins 3, Durango 2, Silver Creek 2, Greeley Central 1.
    Dropped out
    Denver South (5), Fort Collins (8), Pueblo South (9).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Pueblo East (8) 1-1 130 1
    2 Fort Morgan (5) 1-0 109 2
    3 Holy Family 1-0 107 4
    4 Rifle (1) 2-0 89 8
    5 Palisade 1-0 72 5
    6 Roosevelt 1-1 50 6
    7 Berthoud 1-0 43 –
    8 D’Evelyn 1-0 35 –
    9 Lewis-Palmer 1-0 29 –
    10 Delta 1-1 24 9
    Others receiving votes:
    Discovery Canyon 20, Mead 13, Evergreen 11, The Classical Academy 8, Conifer 7, Erie 6, Mitchell 4, Pueblo Central 4, Canon City 3, Pueblo County 2, Eagle Valley 1, Frederick 1, Lutheran 1, Thomas Jefferson 1.
    Dropped out
    Evergreen (3), Discovery Canyon (7), Lutheran (10).

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Kent Denver (10) 1-0 109 2
    2 Faith Christian 1-0 88 4
    3 Eaton 2-0 77 6
    4 Brush (1) 0-1 76 1
    5 Platte Valley 1-1 67 5
    6 Bayfield 1-0 52 8
    7 La Junta 2-0 35 –
    8 Strasburg 0-1 31 3
    9 Gunnison 0-1 29 7
    10 Lamar 0-1 10 10
    Others receiving votes:
    Moffat County 7, Alameda 5, Florence 5, Sterling 5, Trinidad 4, Battle Mountain 3, Olathe 3, Aspen 2, Roaring Fork 1.
    Dropped out
    Florence (9).

    Class 1A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Paonia (10) 1-0 136 1
    2 Buena Vista (3) 1-0 128 2
    3 Resurrection Christian (1) 2-0 113 4
    4 Rye 2-0 86 6
    5 Platte Canyon 1-0 75 5
    6 Burlington 1-0 44 10
    7 Cedaredge 1-0 42 8
    8 Monte Vista 0-1 39 7
    9 Meeker 0-2 34 3
    10 Wiggins 1-0 30 9
    Others receiving votes:
    Centauri 20, Limon 17, Ellicott 10, Crowley County 2, Center 1, Hotchkiss 1.
    Dropped out
    None.

    8-man
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Dayspring Christian (3) 1-0 75 3
    2 Norwood (4) 2-0 74 2
    3 Hoehne 1-0 66 5
    4 Granada 1-0 61 4
    5 Sedgwick County (1) 3-0 54 7
    6 Sargent 1-0 38 10
    7 Caliche (1) 1-1 26 1
    8 Akron 0-1 21 6
    9 Haxtun 2-0 20 –
    10 Merino 0-1 20 –
    Others receiving votes:
    Kiowa 14, Holly 12, Springfield 8, Soroco 3, Wiley 3, Gilpin County 1.
    Dropped out
    Springfield (8), Simla (9).

    6-man
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS
    1 Fleming (6) 1-0 69 1
    2 Eads (1) 1-0 61 2
    3 Arickaree/Woodlin 1-0 59 3
    4 Kit Carson 1-0 48 4
    5 Pawnee 1-0 36 7
    6 Hanover 1-0 29 6
    7 Peetz 0-2 24 5
    8 Cheraw 1-0 23 –
    9 Otis 1-0 20 10
    10 North Park 1-1 11 8
    Others receiving votes:
    Idalia 4, Cheyenne Wells 1.
    Dropped out
    Walsh (9).

  • Top-10 football schedule and scoreboard for Week 1 games

    Cherry Creek Heritage football
    No. 2 Cherry Creek has No. 4 Regis Jesuit at home this week. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Week 1 in the 2015 season.

    [divider]
    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A | 8-man | 6-man

    A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Week 1 in the 2015 season.

    [divider]
    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A | 8-man | 6-man

    Class 5A
    1 Valor Christian 1-1
    Fri: L 14-28 vs. (3) Pomona
    2 Cherry Creek 2-0
    Fri: W 17-3 vs. (4) Regis Jesuit
    3 Pomona 1-0
    Fri: W 28-14 at (1) Valor Christian
    4 Regis Jesuit 0-1
    Fri: L 3-17 at (2) Cherry Creek
    5 Columbine 2-0
    Thurs: W 28-0 vs. Overland
    6 Fairview 1-0
    Fri: W 21-12 vs. Grand Junction
    7 Grandview 1-0
    Fri: W 29-12 at Chaparral
    8 Fountain-Fort Carson 0-2
    Fri: L 21-31 at Lakewood
    9 Ralston Valley 1-0
    Fri: W 33-27 at Eaglecrest
    10 Doherty 1-0
    Fri: W 34-8 vs. Palmer

    Class 4A
    1 Pine Creek 2-0
    Fri: W 35-13 vs. (4) Falcon
    2 Longmont 1-0
    Off this week.
    3 Dakota Ridge 1-0
    Fri: W 38-9 at Monarch
    4 Falcon 0-1
    Fri: L 13-35 at (1) Pine Creek
    5 Denver South 0-1
    Fri: L 18-36 vs. Loveland
    6 Broomfield 0-1
    Fri: L 31-35 at Legacy
    7 Windsor 1-0
    Fri: W 25-12 vs. (3A 6) Roosevelt
    8 Fort Collins 0-1
    Fri: L 20-39 vs. Poudre
    9 Pueblo South 0-1
    Sat: L 0-24 at Ponderosa
    10 Vista Ridge 1-0
    Fri: W 48-21 vs. Northglenn

    Class 3A
    1 Pueblo East 1-1
    Sat: W 49-0 at Coronado
    2 Fort Morgan 1-0
    Fri: W 47-7 vs. (2A 1) Brush
    3 Evergreen 0-1
    Fri: L 24-29 at Lewis-Palmer
    4 Holy Family 1-0
    Fri: W 49-43 vs. Mountain View
    5 Palisade 1-0
    Fri: W 21-6 vs. The Classical Academy
    6 Roosevelt 1-1
    Fri: L 12-25 at (4A 7) Windsor
    7 Discovery Canyon 0-1
    Fri: L 29-36 vs. Silver Creek
    8 Rifle 2-0
    Fri: W 41-0 at Moffat County
    9 Delta 1-1
    Fri: L 7-28 at Montrose
    10 Lutheran 0-1
    Off this week.

    Class 2A
    1 Brush 0-1
    Fri: L 7-47 at (3A 2) Fort Morgan
    2 Kent Denver 1-0
    Fri: W 41-13 vs. (7) Gunnison
    3 Strasburg 0-1
    Fri: L 7-30 vs. (5) Platte Valley
    4 Faith Christian 1-0
    Fri: W 46-32 vs. Manitou Springs
    5 Platte Valley 1-1
    Fri: W 30-7 at (3) Strasburg
    6 Eaton 2-0
    Fri: W 52-13 at Bennett
    7 Gunnison 0-1
    Fri: L 13-41 at (2) Kent Denver
    8 Bayfield 1-0
    Off this week.
    9 Florence 0-1
    Fri: L 12-21 vs. Harrison
    10 Lamar 0-1
    Fri: L 6-21 vs. (1A 10) Burlington

    Class 1A
    1 Paonia 1-0
    Fri: W 21-7 at (7) Monte Vista
    2 Buena Vista 1-0
    Fri: W 33-12 at Alamosa
    3 Meeker 0-2
    Fri: L 14-16 at Roaring Fork
    4 Resurrection Christian 2-0
    Fri: W 33-0 at Highland
    5 Platte Canyon 1-0
    Fri: W 34-15 at Ridge View Academy
    6 Rye 2-0
    Fri: W 42-7 vs. Rocky Ford
    7 Monte Vista 0-1
    Fri: L 7-21 vs. (1) Paonia
    8 Cedaredge 1-0
    Fri: W 21-6 vs. Basalt
    9 Wiggins 1-0
    Fri: W 41-7 vs. Lyons
    10 Burlington 1-0
    Fri: W 21-6 at (2A 10) Lamar

    Class 8-man
    1 Caliche 1-1
    Fri: L 6-12 at Kiowa
    2 Norwood 2-0
    Fri: W 41-12 vs. Dove Creek
    3 Dayspring Christian 1-0
    Sat: W 64-6 at Custer County
    4 Granada 1-0
    Fri: W 20-12 at Swink
    5 Hoehne 1-0
    Fri: W 49-16 at McClave
    6 Akron 0-1
    Fri: L 21-29 at Holyoke
    7 Sedgwick County 2-0
    Fri: W 59-0 vs. Paxton (Neb.)
    8 Springfield 1-1
    Fri: W 46-0 vs. Del Norte
    9 Simla 0-1
    Fri: L 20-46 at Haxtun
    10 Sargent 1-0
    Off this week.

    Class 6-man
    1 Fleming 1-0
    Sat: W 68-25 at (8) North Park
    2 Eads 1-0
    Fri: W 54-6 vs. Manzanola
    3 Arickaree/Woodlin 1-0
    Fri: W 58-50 at (5) Peetz
    4 Kit Carson 1-0
    Fri: W 52-24 vs. Genoa-Hugo/Karval
    5 Peetz 0-2
    Fri: L 50-58 vs. (3) Arickaree/Woodlin
    6 Hanover 1-0
    Sat: W 54-6 vs. Miami-Yoder
    7 Pawnee 1-0
    Fri: W 54-28 at Briggsdale
    8 North Park 1-1
    Sat: L 25-68 vs. (1) Fleming
    9 Walsh 0-1
    Fri: L 32-64 at Cheraw
    10 Otis 1-0
    Off this week.

  • Top-10 football schedule and scoreboard for Zero Week games

    Valor Christian football
    Valor Christian, the preseason No. 1 team in 5A, opens with Bonneville, Idaho, in Zero Week. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

    A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Zero Week in the 2015 season.

    [divider]
    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A | 8-man | 6-man

    Class 5A
    1 Valor Christian 1-0
    Fri: W 51-12 vs. Bonneville (Idaho)
    2 Cherry Creek 1-0
    Fri: W 31-0 at Heritage
    3 Pomona 0-0
    Off this week.
    4 Regis Jesuit 0-0
    Off this week.
    5 Columbine 1-0
    Fri: W 34-7 at (8) Fountain-Fort Carson
    6 Fairview 0-0
    Off this week.
    7 Grandview 0-0
    Off this week.
    8 Fountain-Fort Carson 0-1
    Fri: L 34-7 vs. (5) Columbine
    9 Ralston Valley 0-0
    Off this week.
    10 Doherty 0-0
    Off this week.

    Class 4A
    1 Pine Creek 1-0
    Fri: W 45-0 at Pueblo Centennial
    2 Longmont 1-0
    Fri: W 48-27 vs. (3A 1) Pueblo East
    3 Dakota Ridge 0-0
    Off this week.
    4 Falcon 0-0
    Off this week.
    5 Denver South 0-0
    Off this week.
    6 Broomfield 0-0
    Off this week.
    7 Windsor 0-0
    Off this week.
    8 Fort Collins 0-0
    Off this week.
    9 Pueblo South 0-0
    Off this week.
    10 Vista Ridge 0-0
    Off this week.

    Class 3A
    1 Pueblo East 0-1
    Fri: L 48-27 at (4A 2) Longmont
    2 Fort Morgan 0-0
    Off this week.
    3 Evergreen 0-0
    Off this week.
    4 Holy Family 0-0
    Off this week.
    5 Palisade 0-0
    Off this week.
    6 Roosevelt 1-0
    Fri: W 50-12 vs. Thompson Valley
    7 Discovery Canyon 0-0
    Off this week.
    8 Rifle 1-0
    Fri: W 47-12 vs. Grand County (Utah)
    9 Delta 1-0
    Fri: W 38-35 at The Classical Academy
    10 Lutheran 0-1
    Fri: L 33-7 at Durango

    Class 2A
    1 Brush 0-0
    Off this week.
    2 Kent Denver 0-0
    Off this week.
    3 Strasburg 0-0
    Off this week.
    4 Faith Christian 0-0
    Off this week.
    5 Platte Valley 0-1
    Fri: L 15-13 at (1A 4) Resurrection Christian
    6 Eaton 0-0
    Off this week.
    7 Gunnison 0-0
    Off this week.
    8 Bayfield 1-0
    Fri: W 43-0 at Kirtland Central (N.M.)
    9 Florence 0-0
    Off this week.
    10 Lamar 0-0
    Off this week.

    Class 1A
    1 Paonia 0-0
    Off this week.
    2 Buena Vista 0-0
    Off this week.
    3 Meeker 0-1
    Sat: L 17-16 at (6) Rye
    4 Resurrection Christian 1-0
    Fri: W 15-13 at (2A 5) Platte Valley
    5 Platte Canyon 0-0
    Off this week.
    6 Rye 1-0
    Sat: W 17-16 vs. (3) Meeker
    7 Monte Vista 0-0
    Off this week.
    8 Cedaredge 0-0
    Off this week.
    9 Wiggins 0-0
    Off this week.
    10 Burlington 0-0
    Off this week.

    Class 8-man
    1 Caliche 1-0
    Sat: W 30-18 vs. Soroco
    2 Norwood 1-0
    Fri: W 48-12 vs. Mancos
    3 Dayspring Christian 0-0
    Off this week.
    4 Granada 0-0
    Off this week.
    5 Hoehne 0-0
    Off this week.
    6 Akron 0-0
    Off this week.
    7 Sedgwick County 1-0
    Fri: W 94-8 at Creek Valley (Neb.)
    8 Springfield 0-1
    Fri: L 40-28 at (10) Sargent
    9 Simla 0-0
    Off this week.
    10 Sargent 1-0
    Fri: W 40-28 vs. (8) Springfield

    Class 6-man
    1 Fleming 0-0
    Off this week.
    2 Eads 0-0
    Off this week.
    3 Arickaree/Woodlin 0-0
    Off this week.
    4 Kit Carson 0-0
    Off this week.
    5 Peetz 0-1
    Fri: L 60-26 vs. (8) North Park
    6 Hanover 0-0
    Off this week.
    7 Pawnee 0-0
    Off this week.
    8 North Park 1-0
    Fri: W 60-26 at (5) Peetz
    9 Walsh 0-0
    Off this week.
    10 Otis 1-0
    Fri: W 50-7 vs. Weldon Valley

  • Reid Kahl gets fresh start with defending 2A football champ Brush

    Brush head coach Reid Kahl chats with his assistants during football practice. (Photo courtesy of Scott Hodgson/Brush High School)
    Brush head coach Reid Kahl chats with his assistants during football practice. (Photo courtesy of Scott Hodgson/Brush High School)

    [dropcap]R[/dropcap]eid Kahl is no stranger to defending state championships. Kahl was able to secure Class 4A titles in 2006 and 2008 while he was the head coach at Wheat Ridge.

    Now he has the task of defending a 2A championship. Only, unlike those at Wheat Ridge, this is not a state championship that he won. This offseason, Kahl was hired by Brush to take over for Randy Dreitz. Dreitz left the team in March after leading the Beetdiggers to the 2A state championship.

    “After the season was over last year, everybody pretty much knew that Randy was going to retire,” Kahl said. “I didn’t think much about it until later in the spring when the job opened up. I had a lot of people from the community reach out to me and show a lot of interest in me doing it.”

    The start of Brush’s title defense is a more interesting story for Kahl himself rather than the team. The Beetdiggers kick their season off by traveling to Fort Morgan on Sept. 4. Kahl was a standout football player for the Mustangs, who happen to be the Beetdiggers’ rivals.

    “I’m going to be completely honest with you, and I’m not just saying this, it’s been a much bigger deal for everyone else than it has been for me,” Kahl said. “It’s been since 2001, which was my last season in Fort Morgan.”

    Karl left the Farmers after the 2013 season and took last year off before taking the job at Brush. It was a summer of turnover at the school as a new principal and athletic director were named at the same meeting.

    To echo the sentiment of Kahl, it was really the community support that brought his name into the coaching search since there wasn’t an athletic director to include him in it.

    “None of us that hired Reid were here,” said athletic director Scott Hodgson, who is also in his first year at the school after coming over from Holly. “Once we found out that was the choice, we were really happy. He’s had great success everywhere he’s been.”

    Karl comes in this season with the task of defending a state championship that he was not a part of. The Beetdiggers also lost a big senior class, including 2A player of the year Kyle Rosenbrock.

    Fair or not, this young Brush team comes into the season, not only with a new coach, but also with a target on its back.

    “It’s a different situation and it’s not an easy situation,” Kahl said. “They graduated a ton of seniors last year and I have a really inexperienced team. We all know that there’s a big target on our back and I talked to the kids about it when I first met with them.”

    But that won’t matter to the teams on the opposite sideline. They’ll only see “Brush” on the jerseys and they’ll know that was the last team to walk away as state champions.

    Besides, Brush opened up as preseason No. 1 in 2A on Monday.

    Karl knows the expectations are high and that he is walking into a program that will expect him to win. His track record at Wheat Ridge indicates that he can find success. His plan is to just run the systems that he’s comfortable running and hope that it translates into wins for the Beetdiggers.

    “I’ve installed a lot of the same offense that I run wherever I’m (coaching),” Kahl said. “We spent a lot time on it over the summer and the kids have done a nice job picking it up.”

    He gets his chance to see just how well they’ve picked it up when Brush travels to Fort Morgan on Sept. 4. Kahl has plenty of good memories from when he was with the Mustangs but knows once the ball kicked-off, it’s time to focus on his job as the coach of the Beetdiggers.

    “After 26 years of coaching, it’s not like I was there yesterday,” Kahl said. “I think it seems to be a big to people on the outside and not so much for me.”

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    Small-school football preview

    Defending champions:

    Returning All-State athletes:

    • 2A: Cole Bryant (Sr.) La Junta, Connor Dooley (Sr.) Kent Denver, Anthony Ibarra (Sr.) Platte Valley, Parker Joens (Sr.) Platte Valley, Brett Loyd, (Sr.) Moffat County, Mitchell Martin, (Sr.) Strasburg, Will McKissick (Sr.) Kent Denver, Ty Percival (Sr.) Gunnison, Victor Perez (Sr.) Montezuma-Cortez, Zane Phelps (Sr.) Bayfield, Carl Schmidt (Sr.) Kent Denver, Clay Shaver (Sr.) Brush, Joao Thives (Sr.) Denver North, Brady Wilson (Sr.) Gunnison, Luke Wilson (Sr.) Kent Denver, Zeke Zuelke (Sr.) Bennett
    • 1A: Beau Beckman (Sr.) Wray, Hank Bode (Sr.) Platte Canyon, Bryce Buhr (Sr.) Crowley County, Devin Christian (Sr.) Limon, Luke Cross (Sr.) Resurrection Christian, Sabyn Diamond (Sr.) Buena Vista, Austin Dinis (Sr.) Wiggins, Cooper Eggleston (Sr.) Buena Vista, Jayden Hilferty (Sr.) Limon, TJ Shelton (Sr.) Meeker, Taylor Walters (Sr.) Paonia, Cooper Ward (Sr.) Resurrection Christian, Trey Zupancic (Sr.) Rye
    • 8-man: Alex Davis (Sr.) Vail Christian, Spencer Gatlin (Sr.) Dove Creek, Jason George (Sr.) Simla, Rafe Hutches (Sr.) Springfield, Tre Jensen (Sr.) Granada, Anthony Payne (Jr.) Hoehne, Mitch Sides (Sr.) Dayspring Schristian Academy, Bruce Taylor (Sr.) Caliche, Matt Thieman (Sr.) Simla, Joey Younkerman (Sr.) Sargent
    • 6-man: Jaxon Crawford (Jr.) Kit Carson, Dylan Dixon (Sr.) Eads, Luke Duggan (Sr.) Pawnee, Caine Farmer (Sr.) Kit Carson, Chase Flynn (Jr.) Stratton/Liberty, Tristan Headrick (Sr.) Cheraw, Ben Lambrecht (Sr.) Fleming, Reagan Lane (Sr.) Eads, Trent Leoffler (Sr.) Arickaree/Woodlin, Jordan Nelson (Sr.) Peetz, Tanner Patterson (Jr.) Otis, Marco Solis (Sr.) Kit Carson, Joesph Stahley (Sr.) Fleming, Alex Vandenbark (Jr.) Fleming, Cody Wilson (Jr.) Peetz

    Regular season begins: Sept. 3

    Postseason begins: Nov. 7

    State championship: Nov. 21 (6-man), Nov. 28 (8-man, 1A and 2A)