AURORA — The baseball regional tournament brackets for Class 5A, 4A and 3A were released on Wednesday.
Cherry Creek, Denver North and Lamar are the top seeds in their respective classes.
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Cherry Creek claims top overall seed in 5A
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Cherry Creek edged out Legend to claim the top overall seed in 5A. The Bruins (14-5) got back on track after a two-game skid just in time for the state tournament.
No. 2 Legend will host Region 5 which includes No. 31 Pomona, No. 19 Grand Junction Central and No. 18 Fairview.
No. 5 Rock Canyon gets Grandview in the first round in Region 4. No. 12 Heritage and No. 21 Grand Junction are on the other side of the bracket.
Mountain Range grabbed the No. 6 spot and will host Region 8.
No. 7 Regis Jesuit and No. 10 Broomfield are set up for a potential matchup in Region 6 if they can get past No. 26 Loveland and No. 23 Arapahoe, respectively.
Denver North is on top in 4A after capping an undefeated regular season. The Vikings went 18-1 in the regular season last year, before losing to Niwot in district play.
The Mustangs are in Region 5, hosted by Lutheran — the No. 2 overall seed.
No. 3 University will host Region 7 that includes defending champion Faith Christian and The Academy. The Bulldogs will face Kent Denver in the first game.
La Junta and Peak to Peak are the No. 4 and 5 seed, respectively.
Delta came in at No. 6, earning a Region 4 host. The Panthers are on an 11-game win streak.
Bayfield is the No. 7 seed and Region 6 host. Resurrection Christian faces Salida, while Bayfield gets Denver Science & Tech: Stapleton.
Bennett (14-4) rounds out the top eight seeds. The Tigers are a strong No. 8 seed, with No. 9 Colorado Academy on the other side of their bracket.
The 2017 spring state championships are officially underway with the release of the girls soccer playoff brackets on Sunday.
Cherry Creek (5A), Valor Christian (4A), Jefferson Academy (3A) and Denver Christian (2A) earned the top seeds in their respective fields, which were determined by the final RPI standings.
Postseason play will officially kick off on Tuesday with first round games in Class 5A and 2A. First round games for 4A will be played on Wednesday with 3A games coming on Friday.
Defending 5A champion Grandview comes in at No. 2 this year, sitting only behind Cherry Creek, which earned the top spot by going 14-0-1 in the regular season. Mountain Vista (No. 3) and Ralston Valley (No. 4) round out the top four spots in that bracket.
Grandview and Mountain Vista are the two highest seeded teams from last years Final 4. Broomfield comes in at No. 8 and Columbine lands at No. 9 this season, meaning they could meet in the second round.
ThunderRidge is the No. 5 seed this season, and Regis Jesuit is No. 7.
Jefferson Academy takes the No. 1 seed in 3A, coming off a 13-1-1 season. Perhaps no team in the 3A bracket has a more impressive resume as the Jaguars have beaten Manitou Springs, Kent Denver and the The Academy — all top-10 seeded teams.
The loss to Jefferson Academy is the only loss of the year for Manitou Springs, which grabs the No. 3 spot, the best seed for the Mustangs since they were the No. 4 seed in 2010.
Defending champion Kent Denver takes the No. 7 spot. Colorado Academy and The Academy — semifinalists from last year — take the No. 2 and No. 6 spots, respectively.
Liberty Common is the No. 4 seed, while Peak to Peak is fifth.
With a 24-team field in 3A, the top eight seeds earn first round byes, which means No. 8 Colorado Springs Christian also will begin its journey in Round 2.
The defending Class 4A girls soccer champs are gaining ground.
Lewis-Palmer jumped a spot to come in at No. 2 in the 4A CHSAANow.com girls soccer rankings. They sit only behind No. 1 Valor Christian, the team the Rangers beat in the title game last year.
They weren’t the only one making their way up the poll, however. Windsor jumped two spots to land at No. 5 and Evergreen better their position by three spots, coming in at No. 7.
Rounding out the final set of girls rankings is Durango, the only newcomer in 4A.
Cherry Creek kept its grasp on the No. 1 spot in the 5A poll, but this week it’s Mountain Vista sitting at No. 2.
Columbine jumped a couple of spots to land at No. 5, but it was Rocky Mountain with the big leap, gaining four spots to take the No. 6 position.
Legacy was the lone newcomer to the 5A poll, coming in at No. 7.
Jefferson Academy remains the top team in 3A, taking seven of nine first-place votes. The other two went to No. 2 Colorado Academy.
Overall, the top seven teams in the 3A rankings held their spots from last week.
There were no new teams in the 3A poll.
No one in 2A could unseat Denver Christian who held on to the No. 1 spot in the poll.
Front Range Christian jumped two spots to land at No. 3.
At No. 5, Telluride is the only new team in the 2A rankings.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.
New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
After falling out of the top spot last week, Jefferson Academy is once again standing tall in the Class 3A girls soccer rankings.
The Jaguars regain the No. 1 after grabbing wins over SkyView Academy and St. Mary’s Academy last week.
Colorado Academy falls just one spot to No. 2.
Manitou Springs has continued its steady climb, gaining one spot to take position at No. 4.
At No. 10, Denver Science & Tech: Stapleton is the only new team in the 3A poll.
The 2A poll also saw a change at the top spot. After beating Dawson 5-0, Denver Christian comes in as the new No. 1 team. The Mustangs fell a spot to No. 2.
Front Range Christian is the only new team in the 2A poll, coming in at No. 5.
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After a close battle on Saturday, Cherry Creek and Broomfield hold onto their spots at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the 5A rankings.
The Jaguars come in at No. 2 this week and the Sun Devils dropped one spot to No. 4.
Manitou Springs jumped one spot thanks to a 1-0 win over No. 6 Colorado Springs Christian School.
At No. 8, Liberty Common is the only new team in the 3A rankings.
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The 5A poll once again saw a sizable shakeup as Cherry Creek now sits in the No. 1 spot.
Chaparral jumps up to No. 3 and Mountain Vista, an unranked team a week ago, stormed up the poll to No. 4.
Grandview rejoins the poll at No. 9 and ThunderRidge is also a newcomer this week, coming in at N0. 10.
In 4A, Valor Christian regains the top spot after The Classical Academy held it a week ago.
Defending champion Lewis-Palmer is still at No. 3 and the general layout of the next five teams are fairly consistent from last week’s poll.
Air Academy (No. 9) and Evergreen (No. 10) are the two new teams to the 4A rankings.
Dawson is the only team to hold on to its No. 1 rankings as it sits firmly atop the 2A poll. Heritage Christian (No. 3) and Fountain Valley (No. 4) traded spots from a week, but the rest of the 2A rankings remained intact.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.
New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
The mass shakeup of the Class 5A CHSAANow.com girls soccer poll was not a one-week thing.
Following last week’s crazy shuffle of top-10 teams, this week is once again in disarray.
Broomfield takes over as the new No. 1 team thanks a 1-0 win over Monarch last week. The Eagles were the No. 2 team in last week’s rankings.
Cherry Creek jumped three spots to come in at No. 2 while Regis Jesuit (No. 3) and Legacy (No. 4) each jumped four spots.
And then things get crazy.
Cherokee Trail falls to No. 5 and Mountain Vista — despite not playing a game — falls three spots to No. 6.
Two newcomers in Chaparral and Arapahoe fall in at No. 7 and No. 8 respectively while Grandview jumps one spot to land at No. 9.
Columbine, last week’s No. 1, remained in the top 10, but fell all the way to No. 10.
The 4A poll remained a little more consistent.
Valor Christian still holds the top spot, but it was The Classical Academy who climbed six spots to take over at No. 2.
Mullen (No. 4), Wheat Ridge (No. 5) and D’Evelyn (No. 6) are all one spot better than they were a week ago.
An injury-plagued Cheyenne Mountain team went 2-0 last week, but dropped to No. 8.
There were no new teams in the 4A poll.
Kent Denver took seven of nine first-place votes to remain the No. 1 team in the 3A poll.
Overall, the top five teams from last week’s 3A rankings went unchanged. The only new team, Colorado Springs Christian, comes in at No. 8, one spot behind Tri-Peaks rival Manitou Springs.
The most consistent poll of the week goes to 2A. Dawson took all six top votes to stay at No. 1 with Fountain Valley (No. 2), Denver Christian (No. 3) and Evangelical Christian (No. 4) also holding firm from last week.
Telluride is the only new team in the poll, rounding it out at No. 5.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.
New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Pine Creek 18, Legend 15, Rocky Mountain 15, Denver South 6, Prairie View 3, Smoky Hill 3, Ralston Valley 2.
Dropped out:
Rocky Mountain (6), Ralston Valley (9).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Valor Christian (7)
4-0-0
96
1
0-0-0
2
The Classical Academy (3)
4-0-0
83
8
1-0-0
3
Lewis-Palmer
4-1-0
66
2
1-1-0
4
Mullen
4-1-0
58
5
2-0-0
5
Wheat Ridge
5-0-0
56
6
1-0-0
6
D’Evelyn
4-0-1
47
7
1-0-1
7
Windsor
4-1-0
37
3
1-1-0
8
Cheyenne Mountain
3-2-0
34
4
2-0-0
9
Air Academy
3-3-0
18
9
0-1-0
10
Evergreen
3-2-0
12
10
1-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Sand Creek 11, Northridge 6, Palisade 5, Green Mountain 4, Ponderosa 3, Pueblo South 3, Silver Creek 3, Standley Lake 3, Littleton 2, Thomas Jefferson 2, Battle Mountain 1.
Dropped out:
None.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (7)
3-1-0
87
1
0-0-0
2
Colorado Academy (1)
2-1-0
73
2
0-0-0
3
Jefferson Academy (1)
5-0-1
72
3
3-0-0
4
Peak to Peak
4-0-0
60
4
1-0-0
5
The Academy
3-1-0
43
5
0-1-0
6
Coal Ridge
2-1-0
34
7
0-0-0
7
Manitou Springs
4-1-0
26
8
1-1-0
8
Colorado Springs Christian
4-0-0
22
–
1-0-0
9
Vail Mountain
3-1-0
19
9
3-1-0
10
Liberty Common
1-1-0
14
6
1-1-0
Others receiving votes:
SkyView Academy 8, Prospect Ridge 6, Alamosa 4, Sterling 3, The Pinnacle 3, DSST-Stapleton 2, St. Mary’s 2, Aspen 1, Faith Christian 1, Florence 1.
Dropped out:
SkyView Academy (10).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Dawson School (6)
3-0-0
30
1
0-0-0
2
Fountain Valley
0-0-0
24
2
0-0-0
3
Denver Christian
2-1-0
15
3
0-0-0
4
Evangelical Christian
2-1-0
9
4
1-0-0
5
Telluride
3-2-0
8
–
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Front Range Christian 2, Clear Creek 1, Rocky Mountain Lutheran 1.
When the dust settled on the first set of girls soccer rankings since the preseason, much had changed.
Ultimately, it was Columbine that emerged as the new No. 1 team in a transformed Class 5A poll that added three new teams, and also all kinds of tumult following an early two weeks where just about everyone was beat by someone else.
The Rebels, off to a 3-1-0 start, received just one first-place vote out of the 10 in the classification, but rose to the top with 84 overall points, ahead of new No. 2 Broomfield (four first-place votes, 73 points).
Mountain Vista dropped one spot to No. 3, Cherokee Trail jumped from No. 10 to No. 4, and Cherry Creek — unranked in the preseason — rounds out the top five.
Rocky Mountain was the lone team to hold its spot at No. 6, Regis Jesuit is up to No. 7, and newcomers Legacy (No. 8) and Ralston Valley (No. 9) joined the fray. Grandview, the preseason No. 1 which is off to an 0-2-0 start, fell to No. 10.
Each of the three No. 1 teams in the other classes held firm. Those are Valor Christian (4A), Kent Denver (3A) and Dawson (2A).
The 3A poll added No. 8 Manitou Springs and No. 10 SkyView Academy, but there were no new teams in 4A or 2A.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.
New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
It appears that Grandview and Kent Denver will be carrying defending champion hype into the 2017 girls soccer season.
The Wolves and Sun Devils both sit atop their respective classes of the initial CHSAANow.com girls soccer rankings.
Grandview claimed the Class 5A title in a thriller over Mountain Vista and Kent Denver came away with the 3A title after beating Colorado Academy 3-1.
Grandview was a nearly a unanimous choice as No. 1, but one first-place vote did go to Cherokee Trail, which comes in at No. 10 to start the year.
Mountain Vista will start the season ranked second, hoping this time around they can not just compete for a state title, but to claim it come May.
Columbine will start the year at No. 3 after reaching the 2016 semifinals before falling to Mountain Vista.
Broomfield, the fourth semifinal team from last year, snags a No. 5 ranking.
It was Lewis-Palmer who claimed the 4A championship last spring, but it’s Valor Christian who enters this season as the top-ranked team.
The Eagles edged the Rangers by one point to claim the top spot in the poll.
Cheyenne Mountain lands at No. 3 and is always a threat to compete for championship gold.
Windsor and Mullen come in at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively to start the year. Both teams advanced to last year’s 4A semifinals.
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Kent Denver and Colorado Academy will start the year at No. 1 and No. 2 just where they ended after last spring.
Jefferson Academy starts the year ranked third after reaching the semis last year with Liberty Common taking the No.4 spot and The Academy, also a 2016 semifinalist, coming in at No. 5.
Dawson starts the year atop the 2A rankings. The Mustangs fell to Vail Mountain 7-0 in the 2A championship game last year, but are looking to make another run at a title.
Vail Mountain has moved up to 3A this season.
Evangelical Christian takes the No. 2 spot, Front Range Christian is third, Fountain Valley (a 3A team in 2016) is fourth and Denver Christian rounds out the 2A at No. 5.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.
New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
