DENVER, PUEBLO and GREELEY — The 2019 state baseball tournaments in 3A, 4A and 5A are continuing on Friday. Four teams remain in each bracket.
Brackets:
Tag: Pueblo West
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4A baseball: Silver Creek and Pueblo West bash their way to Saturday showdown
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) COLORADO SPRINGS — And it’s down to two. With monster offensive outputs on Friday, Silver Creek and Pueblo West are set to square off with the Class 4A baseball title on the line.
The Raptors maintained their undefeated 4A tournament record after a 13-7 win over Fort Morgan in the afternoon game. Earlier in the day, the Cyclones looked the best they have all year in a 14-1 win over Holy Family.
Silver Creek’s win also keeps it’s record against Colorado teams perfect in 2019. They got things rolling early with a four-run first inning against Fort Morgan ace Mateo Salcido. Justin Swenson pushed the first run across the board with a ground ball to second base, scoring Charlie Jackson.
Cam Hassert then got Michael Wegleitner and Swenson across the plate with a 2-RBI single. It was that first inning that helped set the tone and give starting pitching Ryan Suess a little breathing room.
“That’s a senior stepping up right there,” Silver Creek coach Brad Steward said. “He didn’t do so well last week but he battled back and found his groove. That’s why we are where we are. A senior stepped up and found his groove.”
The Mustangs (19-10 overall) started getting to Suess in the top of the fifth inning as JP Hamer ripped a 2-RBI double to the wall to cut the Raptors (27-2) lead to four runs. Isaac Linker added a single to score Hamer to make it a 7-4 game, but Suess got of the jam with a big strikeout of Nick Norris.
The Silver Creek bats came alive again in the bottom of the sixth as six runs crossed the plate. The Mustangs tried to string together a rally in the seventh, but the hole was too deep to dig out of.
With a title within sight, the Raptors just have to play the kind of baseball they’ve played all year for one more day.
“We just have to come back and keep our edge and our competitiveness,” Silver Creek centerfielder Spencer Rich said. “We have to have fun.”
Pueblo West’s day started much the same way as Silver Creek’s. A six-run first inning was all the working room that starting pitcher Nate Denniston needed.
He threw five innings and allowed just one earned run on five hits while striking out three hitters.
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) “We hit the ball in timely spots but today was how we usually play,” coach Dan Sanchez said. “I wasn’t surprised at all and I can’t say enough about Nate Denniston on the mound. What a senior year for him. He’s been awesome for us.”
The bats continued to roll as Pueblo West totaled 11 hits in the game. Only one of them went for extra bases as Tyler Barth ripped bases clearing triple in the first inning.
Last week, the Cyclones (26-3) had to rally twice to get to the battle of unbeaten teams on Saturday. They didn’t have the comeback magic on Saturday and fell to Silver Creek. Now the Cyclones have to beat the Raptors twice. There’s not a team in Colorado that’s even managed to do it once this year.
But the Cyclones aren’t worried about winning the second game. They know they have to just win the first and figure things out from there.
“It’s just another game,” centerfielder Jayden Cordova said. “It’s taking it one game at a time and playing our game the right way.”
Cordova went 1-for-1 with a single, a walk and he was hit by a pitch. He scored three runs on the day. The Cyclones will need that kind of production as well as the production they got through the lineup if they plan on coming away with a state championship on Saturday.
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A look at the 12 remaining teams in this weekend’s state baseball tournaments
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) The 2018-19 athletic season comes to an end this weekend with the conclusion of the Class 5A, 4A and 3A state baseball tournaments. Four teams remain in each class and champions will be crowned at three different sites.
Heading into the weekend, here’s a brief breakdown of each remaining team and the outlook of each remaining classification.
Brackets
- Class 5A (All City Field, Denver)
- Class 4A (UC Health Park, Colorado Springs)
- Class 3A (Butch Butler Field, Greeley)
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Class 5A
Regis Jesuit
(Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com) - Season record: 23-5
- State tournament record: 3-0
- Next game: vs. Mountain Vista (12:30 p.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Caden Wagner (.432 avg., 10 HR, 38 RBI), Geno Macias (.389 avg., 9 2B, 2 HR, 25 RBI)
- Pitching leaders: Patrick Strawbridge (1.50 ERA, 41 K, .174 OBA), Brent DiBiase (2.47 ERA, 47 K, .170 OBA)
- Weekend outlook: The Raiders enter the second weekend of the tournament in firm control having not dropped a game last week. They’ll battle the defending 5A champion on Friday afternoon. A win over Mountain Vista would both eliminate a tough competitor and ensure that the Raiders must be beaten twice on Saturday.
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Mountain Vista
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) - Season record: 25-3
- State tournament record: 2-1
- Next game: vs. Regis Jesuit (12:30 p.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Sam Ireland (.426 avg., 12 2B, 5 HR), Grant Magill (.495 avg., 5 HR, 39 RBI), Drew Stahl (.391 avg., 8 HR, 40 RBI)
- Pitching leaders: Ireland (8-0, 1.04 ERA, 54 K), Clay Burke (6-1, 2.22 ERA, 46 K)
- Weekend outlook: A second-game loss to Grandview boxed the defending champs into a corner. With a lineup that is not short on power, the Golden Eagles will have to come out swinging and hope that there is enough pitching depth to work through three games. Ireland pitched a gem on April 20 when Mountain Vista beat Regis Jesuit so it wouldn’t be a shock to see the ball in the ace’s hand first thing on Friday.
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Cherry Creek
(Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com) - Season record: 21-7
- State tournament record: 2-1
- Next game: vs. Grandview (10 a.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Brice Martinez (.412 avg., 6 3B, 31 RBI), Clay Cutter (.402 avg., 22 RBI, 25 R)
- Pitching leaders: Nathan Mitchell (10-0, 2.52 ERA, 54 K), Nolan Livsey (3-1, 5.41 ERA, 53 K)
- Weekend outlook: Down 7-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth, the Bruins rallied back to advance to the second weekend of the state tournament. They’ll see league foe Grandview in an elimination game. Cherry Creek swept the regular season series against Grandview, winning 8-4 on April 6 and 13-9 on April 9. Both Livsey and Mitchell threw in those games so coach Marc Johnson could go either way with his starters.
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Grandview
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) - Season record: 19-9
- State tournament record: 2-1
- Next game: vs. Cherry Creek (10 a.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Jayden Martinez (.407 avg., 3 3B, 27 R), Peter Goldy (.365 avg., 4 HR, 31 RBI)
- Pitching leaders: Josh Hojnowski (7-4, 2.70 ERA), Goldy (5-0, 2.16 ERA, 47 K)
- Weekend outlook: The Wolves battered the Mountain Vista pitching combination of Ben Cole and Tyler Mejia to stun the defending champions in the second day of the tournament. The had a chance to take control of the tournament, but fell to Regis Jesuit last Saturday. It’s win or go home for the Wolves and so far in 2019, their luck against Cherry Creek hasn’t been good. But all it takes is one game to advance.
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Class 4A
Silver Creek
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) - Season record: 26-2
- State tournament record: 3-0
- Next game: vs. Fort Morgan (1:30 p.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Spencer Rich (.505 avg., 7 HR, 45 R), Justin Swenson (.427 avg., 10 2B, 35 RBI)
- Pitching leaders: Michael Wegleitner (8-1, 1.81 ERA, 41 K), Tanner Regan (7-0, 3.00 ERA, 53 K)
- Weekend outlook: Silver Creek enters the final weekend of the state tournament as the lone undefeated team. In fact, the Raptors have no lost to a Colorado team at all in 2019. A win over Fort Morgan on Friday means that they’ll head into Saturday needing to lose twice to not come away with a state title.
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Fort Morgan
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) - Season record: 19-9
- State tournament record: 2-1
- Next game: vs. Silver Creek (1:30 p.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: JP Hamer (.395 avg., 6 3B, 5 HR), Nick Norris (.370 avg., 3 HR, 24 RBI)
- Pitching leaders: Jacob Ortega (8-2, 3.96 ERA, 36 K), Mateo Salcido (5-1, 2.29 ERA, 38 K)
- Weekend outlook: A seven-run fifth inning against Cheyenne Mountain powered Fort Morgan into the second weekend of the 4A tournament. If the Mustangs are going to have any hope of advancing to Saturday, they’ll have to beat Silver Creek, a team that hasn’t lost to a Colorado team all year.
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Pueblo West
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) - Season record: 25-3
- State tournament record: 2-1
- Next game: vs. Holy Family (11 a.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Kyle Jameson (.477 avg., 7 3B, 51 R), Tyler Barth (.325 avg., 4 HR, 37 RBI)
- Pitching leaders: Nate Denniston (8-0, 1.43 ERA, 64 K), Devon Neff (6-1, 4.47 ERA, 51 K)
- Weekend outlook: When Pueblo West advances to the second weekend of the state tournament, it’s typically as the only undefeated team in the bracket. That’s not the case this year. Now the guesswork when it comes to pitching matchups is gone for coach Dan Sanchez. His boys just have to win and move on.
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Holy Family
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) - Season record: 22-6
- State tournament record: 2-1
- Next game: vs. Pueblo West (11 a.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Collin Kringlen (.476 avg., 6 HR, 25 RBI), Zach Becker (.368 avg., 3 HR, 29 R)
- Pitching leaders: Weston Siefken (1.58 ERA, 99 K, .195 OBA), Jordon McFarland (7-2, 2.55 ERA, 56 K)
- Weekend outlook: Collin Kringlen put on a show last week, homering in each of the Tigers three games. If Holy Family is to get by Pueblo West and have a chance on Friday, he needs to continue swinging a hot bat and Siefken and McFarland need to shine on the mound just like they did against Cheyenne Mountain and Erie, respectively.
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Class 3A
University
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) - Season record: 26-1
- State tournament record: 3-0
- Next game: vs. Resurrection Christian (10 a.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Nolan Johnson (.513 avg., 9 2B, 39 R), Andre Chacon (.432 avg., 1 HR, 29 RBI)
- Pitching leaders: Koy Jorgensen (10-0, 2.14 ERA, 66 K), Kalob Padilla (7-0, 2.19 ERA, 63 K)
- Weekend outlook: Needing just two wins this weekend, the defending 3A champs have a solid one-two pitching combination and a wide distribution of offense through the lineup. Five players have driven at least 20 runs on the year and although University hasn’t blown anyone out in this state tournament, the play has been consistent. If that consistency carries over this week, they could easily defend its title.
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Resurrection Christian
(Geoffrey Sager/MaxPreps) - Season record: 19-7
- State tournament record: 2-1
- Next game: vs. University (10 a.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Sawyer Shepherd (.432 avg., 4 HR, 34 RBI), Jackson Romero (.403 avg., 4 3B, 33 R)
- Pitching leaders: Zach Cook (4-3, 1.11 ERA, 34 K), Sawyer Shepherd (5-3, 4.62 ERA, 42 K)
- Weekend outlook: If there’s one big thing Resurrection Christian has going for it this week, it’s the confidence that they can beat a team that they didn’t in the regular season. The Cougars lost a 13-inning nail-biter to Eaton on April 25 but came out strong last weekend, beating the Red 10-2 to open their state tournament. Rez lost to University back on April 18, but get a second crack on Friday. A win over the Bulldogs would setup a true semifinal situation on Saturday with the winner getting a crack at the defending champs.
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Lutheran
(Geoffrey Sager/MaxPreps) - Season record: 16-10
- State tournament record: 2-1
- Next game: vs. Eaton (12:30 p.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Brody Schneider (.551 avg., 10 HR, 42 RBI), Nick Crandall (.416 avg., 26 SB, 32 R)
- Pitching leaders: Macy Barnhart (5-1, 2.73 ERA, 35 K), Landin Latino (0-1, 4.67 ERA, 35 K)
- Weekend outlook: At first glance, Lutheran scores a lot of runs, but the rest of the 3A field isn’t exactly shy of getting runners across the plate. After beating Rez Christian 16-6, the Lions hung with the defending state champs in a 9-7 loss last Saturday. They’ll have to beat Eaton if they want another crack at University.
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Eaton
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) - Season record: 22-4
- State tournament record: 2-1
- Next game: vs. Lutheran (12:30 p.m. Friday)
- Offensive leaders: Ryan Ure (.506 avg., 5 HR, 50 RBI), Bryce Leafgren (.407 avg., 10 2B, 34 R)
- Pitching leaders: Jared Ure (7-1, 1.98 ERA, 92 K, .195 OBA), Ryan Ure (4-0, 0.89 ERA, 69 K)
- Weekend outlook: The Ure brothers have made Eaton a strong team all year. A loss in the first game of the state tournament set back the traditional 3A power, but with each game meaning potential elimination, the siblings will look to hit the cover off the ball and mow down hitters at every opportunity.
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Game times set for final weekend of the state baseball tournaments
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) AURORA — The game times have been set for the final weekend of the state baseball tournaments.
With four teams remaining in the class 5A, 4A and 3A brackets, the CHSAA office released game times for the Friday games at each site.
Note that on Saturday, game times at each site will be 10 a.m. and, if necessary, 12:30 p.m.
If weather is a factor, play will be completed on the next available day, which includes Sunday.
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Class 5A
At All-City Field, Denver
Remaining teams:
- Regis Jesuit (3-0)
- Cherry Creek (2-1)
- Grandview (2-1)
- Mountain Vista (2-1)
Friday:
- 10 am: Grandview vs. Cherry Creek (Game 12)
- 12:30 pm: Regis Jesuit vs. Mountain Vista (Game 13)
Saturday:
- 10 am: Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 13 (Game 14)
- 12:30 pm: If Regis Jesuit loses game 13 or Game 14, this game will be necessary (Game 15)
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Class 4A
At Vibes Stadium, Colorado Springs
Remaining teams:
- Silver Creek (3-0)
- Fort Morgan (2-1)
- Holy Family (2-1)
- Pueblo West (2-1)
Friday:
- 11 am: Pueblo West vs. Holy Family (Game 12)
- 1:30 pm: Silver Creek vs. Fort Morgan (Game 13)
Saturday:
- 10 am: Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 13 (Game 14)
- 12:30 pm: If Silver Creek loses Game 13 or Game 14, this game will be necessary (Game 15)
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Class 3A
At Butch Butler Field, Greeley
- Bracket
- First weekend: University lone unbeaten; Lutheran, Eaton and Resurrection Christian also move on
Remaining teams:
- University (3-0)
- Eaton (2-1)
- Lutheran (2-1)
- Resurrection Christian (2-1)
Friday:
- 10 am: University vs. Resurrection Christian (Game 12)
- 12:30 pm: Lutheran vs. Eaton (Game 13)
Saturday:
- 10 am: Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 13 (Game 14)
- 12:30 pm: If University loses Game 12 or Game 14, this game will be necessary (Game 15)
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4A baseball: Silver Creek knocks off Pueblo West to take control of state tournament
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) COLORADO SPRINGS — Pueblo West coach Dan Sanchez knows the burden of getting to the second weekend of the Class 4A state baseball tournament as the one unbeaten team.
Luckily for him, Silver Creek coach Brad Steward had no problem taking that burden on this year. Thanks to a walk-off RBI hit from Tanner Regan, Silver Creek got a 6-5 win over the Cyclones and heading into next week’s Final 4, it’ll be the Raptors sitting in the driving seat.
“This is no different then it would be if we were in any other place,” Steward said. “We still have to go out and play our baseball. We can’t look past anybody because it’s anybody’s game. We’ll go back to work on Monday and fix the minor mistakes we made this weekend.”
There’s not a whole of mistakes to point out for the Raptors (26-2 overall) over the course of two days. They got things rolling early at UC Health Park as Justin Swenson ripped a 2-RBI double to left field which scored Michael Wegleitner and Spencer Rich.
Regan then went to work on the mound and cruised through the first two innings before getting into trouble. He walked Dylan Gist and gave up a triple to Tyler Declusin. Jayden Cordova then ripped a ball to shortstop Cam Hassert, who mishandled it and allowed Declusin to score and tie the game.
Cordova scored on an RBI single from Brodie Blackford.
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) But Regan wasn’t going to let himself get rattled. He settled in and held the Cyclones (25-3) scoreless for the next two innings.
“I always feel comfortable on the mound,” Regan said. “I have a great group of guys behind me who can make the plays and I don’t have to do it on my own. I feel comfortable throwing the ball over the plate.”
Meanwhile, Regan and the Raptors got back to work at the plate. Charlie Jackson drove in a pair of runs on a single and Wegelitner scored Alex Rich on a single of his own.
The Cyclones tied the game in the sixth inning but couldn’t push a go-ahead run across the plate.
In the bottom of the seventh, Wegleitner singled to start off the inning. A push bunt from Rich put runners on first and second with nobody out. Two batters later, the runners moved over on a wild pitch from Dalton Davis and it was Regan who drove in the winning run with a hard hit ball through the infield gap on the left side.
The Raptors haven’t lost to a Colorado team all year and now they’re just two wins away from claiming the program’s first baseball title.
“We have to keep working hard and play for each other,” Regan said. “We have to know that it’s a faceless opponent in the the other dugout.”
For the Cyclones, they now advance to the second weekend with their backs against the wall. In their two previous attempts as the undefeated team, the haven’t walked away with a state title. Sanchez is hoping that going this route – though not intentionally – will yield a different result.
“I think it could, absolutely,” he said. “There are different ways to look at it and it was always a dilemma. Who do you pitch and all that. Now we have to win every game so that doesn’t matter.”
The Cyclones will take on Holy Family on Friday in an elimination game. The winners will get their crack at a state title. All games next week will be played at UC Health Field, the home of the Rocky Mountain Vibes.
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(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) Fort Morgan, Holy Family still alive
In a win or go home game, Fort Morgan scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to beat Cheyenne Mountain 8-4.
Connor Fajardo went 3-for-3 with three RBI’s in the win.
Holy Family also advanced to next week after a 13-2 win over Erie at UCCS.
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4A baseball: Spencer Rich’s big day powers Silver Creek to win over Holy Family
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) COLORADO SPRINGS — Spencer Rich had himself a rough couple of at-bats in Silver Creek’s second game on Friday.
The centerfielder laced a shot to the wall in his first at-bat only to cramp up and barely make it to first base. Normally he’d get to third. Then he got hit square in the back in his second plate appearance.
So the third time up, he decided a nice trot around the bases was the way to go. His 3-run home run in the fourth inning proved to be the deciding runs as the Raptors beat the Tigers 11-7 in one of two winner’s bracket games in the Class 4A baseball tournament.
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) “I just tried to do my job,” Rich said. “My teammates gave me confidence so I just tried to put the bat on the ball.”
He did and the ball flew way out of Mountain Lion Stadium at the campus of University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.
His trot around the bases was much more pleasant than what he faced in the first as he ripped the ball to left center, scoring Michael Wegelitner to put the Raptors (25-2 overall) up in the first inning.
“Ball in the gap for him, I try to get him to third base,” Silver Creek coach Brad Steward said. “I look up and he’s not there.”
He stayed in the game and ended up scoring on a single from Tanner Reagan to increase the lead to 2-0.
But the Tigers (21-6) weren’t going away easy. They knocked Silver Creek pitcher Ryan Suess out of the game in the second inning after scoring four runs. Steward brought Matthew Koelfgen into the game and the bleeding stopped for the most part.
Koelfgen threw six innings and surrendered just three more runs on five hits to the Tigers. The Raptors’ ability to not get rattled from the four-run second inning is one of the many reasons that they haven’t lost to a Colorado team this season.
“Everyone who comes here wants to win,” Rich said. “We play for each other and we love the game so that puts us in a great position.”
Silver Creek advanced to the late game thanks to an eight-inning, 5-4 win over Wheat Ridge. Rich went just 1-for-4 in that game, a far cry from the 2-for-2 performance against the Tigers where he scored and drove in four runs.
Another performance like that on Saturday against Pueblo West could mean nothing but good things for next week’s final weekend.
“We talked this week, Spencer and I,” Steward said. “He’s been putting a lot of pressure on himself the last few weeks. You have a lot of guys surrounding you that can pick you up if you can’t do it yourself. You have to go up, relax and contribute to the team and I thought he did a great job of that today.”
Silver Creek and Pueblo West are the two unbeaten teams heading into Saturday’s slate of games. They meet at 2:30 p.m. at UC Health Field, the home of the Rocky Mountain Vibes.
Erie will meet Golden and Wheat Ridge will face Cheyenne Mountain in the first slate of elimination games on Saturday.
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Pueblo West 8, Fort Morgan 7 (8 innings)
Seemingly dead to rights twice, Pueblo West remains alive in the 4A baseball tournament after an extra-inning, walk-off win over Fort Morgan.
The Mustangs held a 5-2 lead going into the bottom of the seventh, but a 2-run triple from Tyler Declusin pulled the Cyclones to within one. He later scored on an infield single to tie the game.
Fort Morgan took a two-run lead in the top of of the eighth and had the Cyclones down to their last strike in the bottom of the inning. Kyle Jameson tied the game with a single and then Declusin ripped the ball down the line to end the game and keep Pueblo West’s title hopes alive.
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All-state boys track & field teams for the 2019 season
The 2019 all-state boys track and field teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.
In order to be considered for athlete of the year, they must first have made the all-state team by winning an event.
Athletes of the year were selected based upon their performance at the state meet. Coaches of the year were selected based upon the team champions.
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Class 5A
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) Athlete of the year: Cole Sprout, Valor Christian
Coach of the year: Brian Kula, Valor Christian
First Team Name School Year Event(s) David Cardenas Grand Junction Central Senior 800m Brody Dempsey Mountain Vista Senior 4×800 Zion Gordon Regis Jesuit Senior 100m, 110 hurdles Davis Helmerich Mountain Vista Junior 4×800 Max House Valor Christian Freshman 4×100, 4×200 Kaden Keefe Valor Christian Junior 4×100,4×200 Darrian Leu-Pierre Grandview Senior High Jump Joseph Maguire Fort Collins Senior 4×400 Max Manson Monarch Senior Pole Vault Micaylon Moore Fort Collins Senior 4×400, Long Jump, Triple Jump Garrett Nelson Poudre Senior 300 hurdles Drake Nugent Highlands Ranch Senior Shot Put Dane Palazzo Valor Christian Senior 4×100, 4×200 Cian Quiroga Valor Christian Senior Discus Jack Ranson Valor Christian Senior 4×100, 4×200 Ethan Rouse Mountain Vista Senior 4×800 Jack Sheesley Fort Collins Senior 4×400 Cole Sprout Valor Christian Junior 1600m, 3200m Spencer Thurgood Fort Collins Sophomore 4×400 Elijah Williams Gateway Senior 200m Langston Williams Eaglecrest Sophomore 400m Harrison Witt Mountain Vista Sophomore 4×800 [divider]
Class 4A
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) Athlete of the year: Luc Andrada, Pueblo East
Coach of the year: Maurice Henriques, Niwot
First Team Name School Year Event(s) Luc Andrada Pueblo East Senior 100m, 200m, 4×100, 4×200 Noah Bodewes Durango Senior 4×800 Cruz Culpepper Niwot Junior 800m, 1600m Samuel Dirkes Silver Creek Senior Shot Put Jensen Douillard Niwot Senior 4×400 Wyatt Ewer Glenwood Springs Senior 300 hurdles Aidan Fitzgerald Durango Senior 4×800 Marcus Flint Durango Senior 4×800 Oscar Flores Pueblo East Freshman 4×200 Zaire Jackson Northfield Senior 110 hurdles Nolan Johan Niwot Senior 4×400 Jack Kenkel Niwot Junior 4×400 Marvin London Pueblo East Junior 4×100 Kain Medrano Pueblo East Senior 4×100, 4×200, Discus Milo Ostwald Niwot Junior 4×400 Cisco Padilla Pueblo West Senior High Jump Joe Padula Pueblo East Senior 4×100, 4×200 Hunter Potrykus Silver Creek Junior Pole Vault Dylan Schubert Thompson Valley Junior 3200m Luke Tichi Durango Junior 4×800 Tyler Williams Standley Lake Senior 400m Brendan Young Canon City Senior Long Jump, Triple Jump [divider]
Class 3A
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) Athlete of the year: Yasin Sado, Denver West
Coach of the year: Darwin Horan, Lutheran
First Team Name School Year Event(s) Mason Anthony Elizabeth Senior 300 hurdles, Long Jump Kelita Baroumbaye Gunnison Senior Triple Jump Braden Bartlett Holy Family Senior 4×800 Cole Caskey Lutheran Junior 4×200 Jack Casper Lutheran Junior 4×200 Skye Ciccarelli Woodland Park Senior High Jump Rasce Engelhardt Holy Family Senior 4×800 Nate Hanson Lutheran Senior 110 hurdles David Hawkins Bayfield Senior Shot Put Chad Jackson Alamosa Senior 4×400 Ian Jackson Alamosa Junior 400m, 4×400 Noah Kelly Lutheran Sophomore Pole Vault Devyn Lauer Platte Valley Freshman 4×100 Alex Martinez Holy Family Senior 4×800 Kade McDaniel Platte Valley Sophomore 4×100 Gabe Montes Platte Valley Junior 4×100 Christian Montoya Holy Family Senior 4×800 Jayden Omi Manitou Springs Senior 100m, 200m Jace Pittman Sterling Senior Discus Max Rivkin Lutheran Junior 4×200 Yasin Sado Denver West Junior 800m, 1600m, 3200m Cole Schweizer Alamosa Junior 4×400 Michael Valdez Alamosa Sophomore 4×400 Kameron Varney Lutheran Senior 4×200 Josh Yancey Platte Valley Junior 4×100 [divider]
Class 2A
Athlete of the year: Kellen Kinsella, Vail Christian; Colton Jonjak-Plahn, Lyons
Coach of the year: Mark Roberts, Lyons
First Team Name School Year Event(s) Morgan Arnold Limon Senior 4×400 Luke Bowers Vail Christian Senior 4×200 Michael Burch Clear Creek Senior 4×100 Orin Carnes Fowler Junior 110 hurdles Jake Chrisman Yuma Senior Pole Vault Jaden Evans Telluride Senior 1600m Lucas Gerding Clear Creek Senior 4×100 Ben Griffin Clear Creek Junior 4×100 Celby Hollenbaugh Limon Senior 4×400 Colton Jonjak-Plahn Lyons Senior 800m, 4×800 Kellen Kinsella Vail Christian Senior 200m, 4×200 E.J. Koller Vail Christian Senior 4×200 Jeremiah Leeper Limon Freshman 4×400 Victor Mendoza Yuma Senior Long Jump, Triple Jump Quinn Mitchell Vail Christian Junior 4×200 Nicholas Navarette Hoehne Junior 300 hurdles Brandon Pennell Clear Creek Senior 4×100 Alex Ramos Holly Junior 400m Grant Redmond Soroco Senior High Jump Isaac Roberts Lyons Junior 3200m, 4×800 Braden Sandersfeld Limon Senior 4×400 Jordan Schackelford Lyons Junior 4×800 Caden Showalter Mancos Junior Shot Put, Discus Simon Stone Lyons Junior 4×800 David Trujillo Rocky Ford Senior 100m [divider]
Class 1A
Athlete of the year: Elton Yarger, Stratton/Liberty
Coach of the year: Joe Packard, Heritage Christian
First Team Name School Year Event(s) Jayce Bauer Wiley Senior Shot Put Seth Bruxvoort Heritage Christian Senior 3200m, 4×800 Joel Carpenter Simla Senior 4×100, 4×400 Keaton Case Heritage Christian Senior 4×800 Jade Cass Pawnee Senior High Jump Keylan Dracon Otis Senior Discus Joey Dwyer Simla Sophomore 4×100, 4×400 Arlo Garner Cotopaxi Senior 110 hurdles Christopher Garza Simla Sophomore 4×400 Tommy Harmon Pikes Peak Christian Senior Pole Vault Darias Harms Simla Junior 100m, 4×100 Hunter Hermsen Heritage Christian Senior 4×800 Jaden Johnson Heritage Christian Junior 200m, 4×200 Jarrett Johnson Heritage Christian Freshman 4×200 Levi Kilian Heritage Christian Senior 800m, 1600m, 4×800 Kelsey Montague Simla Junior 4×100, 4×400 Jathan Rentfrow Heritage Christian Junior 4×200 Elton Yarger Stratton/Liberty Senior 400m, Long Jump, Triple Jump Ryan Zrubek Heritage Christian Sophomore 300 hurdles, 4×200 -
4A baseball’s state tournament bracket
The 2019 state tournament bracket for Class 4A baseball.
Sites: Vibes Stadium and UCCS (Colorado Springs)
Go to: Regional brackets
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Bracket notes:
- Seeding note: Teams are not reseeded prior to the state tournament. The seed listed is the team’s seed prior to the regional round.
- The site director will flip a coin for home team in all games.
- The loser of Game 11 (L11) and winner of Game 11 (W11) may change places so that previous opponents are not matched. This spot is marked by an asterisk (*) on the bracket.
- If three teams remain after Game 13, the winner of Game 11 (W11) draws a bye to Game 15. If W11 loses Game 12, there will be three teams left and W11 earns the bye. W12 then plays W13 to reach finals. This spot is marked by a caret (^) on the bracket.
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Boys track: Pueblo East’s Luc Andrada caps off a terrific weekend; other top performances from the state meet
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) LAKEWOOD — Luc Andrada saw a glimpse of the future.
“Before the 4×100, I swear I’ve never been more confident before a race,” Andrada said on the final day of the state track and field championships. “I had a weird gut feeling that we would PR by half a second and win it. That’s what we did.”
Andrada and his teammates capped off a terrific weekend for Pueblo East, claiming the 4A 400-meter relay title in a time of 42.40 seconds.
But, the victory did not come so easily. In the preliminary round, held on Friday, Pueblo East finished 4th with a time of 42.98. Only 0.17 of a second separated Windsor in 1st and Skyline in 5th though.
The senior sprinter knew how close Saturday’s final would be, but Pueblo East had a lightning rod in Andrada as the anchor leg. As long as he could get the baton relatively close to the leaders, he would have a chance of winning.
After all, he was the 4A king of the sprints this season, tallying gold medals in the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Andrada simply has next-level speed.
“We were thankful to be in lane three, so we could see our competition in front of us,” he said.
And, Kain Medrano, Joe Padula, and Marvin London gave Andrada a shot. They were in the thick of the race with one leg to go, but Skyline (42.54, 2nd place) and Canon City (42.63, 3rd) were ahead.
Andrada made it all up in the final 100 meters, causing the Jeffco Stadium crowd to buzz.
He had plenty of spectators chatting about him throughout the final day of competition. His winning times of 10.51 in the 100 and 21.21 in the 200 were slightly wind-aided but very swift.
The 4A 100 state record of 10.53, which Andrada would’ve beaten if his time was wind-legal, has been held since 2000 (Gregg Trigg of Fountain Fort-Carson).
Nevertheless, Andrada put the finishing touches on a memorable prep career, and with style, while also anchoring Pueblo East to a 4×200 relay state crown on Friday.
“They just gave me a chance,” he said of the 4×200. “With a team like that, how can you lose it?”
Medrano, Padula, and Oscar Flores were the other members of that relay as they gave Andrada the baton in a close battle with Pueblo West (runner-up).
For all of Andrada’s accomplishments in football, East was the state runner-up his senior year and the champion in 2016, Medrano has been a decorated athlete as well. He broke the 4A state meet record in discus on Thursday (188-6) and finished runner-up in shot put.
Medrano will soon be a football player for UCLA, while Andrada will compete at Brigham Young University in both football and track.
“He motivates me to be a better person day in and day out,” Andrada said of their friendship. “He’s always pushing me to be better. He deserves every accomplishment.”
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Class 5A
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) The Valor Christian boys won their first state championship as a track and field team with 90 points. They also won the girls title as Fort Collins (57 boys points) was the runner-up for both genders.
Cian Quiroga will bring a title back to Valor in the discus (182-4) and Cole Sprout won his second 1,600 crown (4A in 2018) in 4:13. They also earned gold in the 4×100 relay (42.46).
Fort Collins’ Joseph Maguire, the anchor of their 4×400 relay group, just barely edged out Arapahoe at the line as the teams ran 3:18.77 and 3:18.78.
A terrific 110 hurdles showdown between seniors Zion Gordon of Regis Jesuit and Cameron Harris of Brighton produced swift times of 13.85 and 14.03. Gordon, a University of Southern California recruit, won the 5A crown.
Gordon (10.67) got the better of Harris (10.72) again in the 100-meter dash, the next event on Saturday. Both will be competing at the collegiate level as Brighton’s super sprinter signed with Air Force.
Harris was also the runner-up in the 300 hurdles to Garrett Nelson of Poudre (37.16). Nelson’s time was sixth-fastest in Colorado prep history.
Eaglecrest’s Langston Williams will bring a gold medal back to Aurora with his 400 win (48.59).
Monarch’s Max Manson capped his storied career with three pole vault state titles. He cleared 16 feet, 8 inches in his prep finale.
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Class 4A
Niwot needed to finish at least fifth in the final event of the weekend, the 4×400 relay, to capture the team crown over Pueblo East but instead the Cougars won the event in a time of 3:22.86. Niwot bettered Pueblo East 66-60 in the final team standings. The Cougars also won the girls crown.
Zhaire Jackson (Northfield) topped the 110 hurdles field in 14.60 seconds.
Niwot junior Cruz Culpepper smoothly crossed the line in 4:16.69 to earn a 1,600 championship, adding to his 800 crown on Friday and helping Niwot earn a team trophy.
Brendan Young, the pride of Canon City, won a pair of jump titles this weekend (long and triple). He leapt 47 feet, 11 inches in triple jump Saturday.
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Class 3A
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com) Manitou Springs produced the 100 and 200 champion in Jayden Omi. His times were 10.97 and 22.14 seconds.
Nate Hanson of Lutheran (14.31) was the 110-hurdles champion as the Lions swept the boys (91.5 points) and girls team titles. Mike Ciccio was second in the 400 and Lutheran piled up points with great depth.
Lutheran has won six state titles in boys track and field.
Denver West, with brothers Yasin and Ahmed Sado finishing 1-2 in the 1,600, was the runner-up with 65 points.
Elizabeth’s Mason Anthony, the 3A state record holder in the 300 hurdles, didn’t quite top his best time but still finished 1st in 38.67.
Alamosa won the boys (3:23) and girls (3:58) 4×400 relays, while Ian Jackson and Lilly Lavier were individual 400 champions for Alamosa.
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Class 2A
Lyons boys (68 points) claimed their fifth team title in track and field, but first since 2015. Mancos was the runner-up with 57. Lyons excelled in distance events once again.
Both competitors, Grant Redmond of Soroco and and Jake Chrisman of Yuma, cleared 6 feet, 7 inches in the high jump but Redmond won with fewer attempts. Chrisman was the pole vault gold medal winner on Thursday.
David Trujillo of Rocky Ford was the champion in the 100 with a time of 11.19.
Clear Creek boys won the 4×100 relay (44.10).
Alex Ramos (Holly, 50.14) cruised in the 400.
Jaden Evans of Telluride (4:30.27) held off Isaac Roberts of Lyons (4:30.77) in the 1,600.
Victor Mendoza (20 feet, 10.5 inches) of Yuma was the long jump champion.
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Class 1A
The Heritage Christian boys scored points in bunches, securing the team title again with 148 points. They won in 2018 in much the same way with firepower in distance as Levi Kilian (4:28) and Seth Bruxvoort (4:32) both shattered the 1A State meet record in the 1,600 and were 1st and 2nd.
HCA tallied points in many other events, as well, including the 300 hurdles (Ryan Zrubek, champion) and the 200 (Jaden Johnson, 1st).
Arlo Garner of Cotopaxi (15.48) was the state champion in 110 hurdles.
Elton Yarger of Stratton/Liberty broke the triple jump state record yesterday and clinched the 400 title in 50.61 seconds today.
Pikes Peak Christian’s Tommy Harmon (12-10) climbed higher than anyone in pole vault.
Simla (3:37.82) won the 4×400 relay and finished runner-up in the team standings. Simla also claimed the 4×100 title and Darias Harms was the 100 champion in a new 1A State Meet record of 11.18.
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State track: Recapping some of the best performances from Day 2
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) LAKEWOOD — Just two years ago, Yasin Sado was a soccer player with a hidden gift for running.
By the end of Friday’s state track and field competitions, plenty of spectators at Jeffco Stadium became well aware of that gift. After all, he did clinch the Class 3A 3,200 and 800 titles on the same day.
As someone who is still a newcomer to being part of a track team (second track season), he was confident but also unsure of just how fast he could go in the 3,200, the first event of the day. Sado, donning the orange and black colors of Denver West, had only raced the distance once before in 2019, recording a time of 9 minutes, 42 seconds at the Denver South Rebel Invite on March 31.
To upset the No. 1 seed, Mason Norman (9:24 season best), Sado knew he needed to go faster. He did, posting a winning time of 9:29.
Norman, a two-time winner of state cross country for The Classical Academy, led most of the race, pulling William Ledden (Peak to Peak) and Sado through the first 1,600 meters in 4 minutes, 46 seconds. Then, with only 800-meters left, Sado and Norman were still even with one another.
“I felt pretty good with two laps to go, but my coach said to just wait until the last lap,” Sado said of staying patient before making his winning move.
That move was a speedy 57-second final lap. He stayed smooth the entire way, then raised his arms in celebration as he crossed the finish line.
Norman, also a junior, was the runner-up in a time of 9:41. Sado’s brother, Ahmed, closed hard to secure third place in 9:42.
A few hours later, with a 3,200 on his legs, the Denver West junior hoped to capture the 800 championship as well.
Holy Family’s Braden Bartlett had something different in mind, accelerating the pace enough to drop all 3A challengers except Sado in the final 200 meters.
“I was just staying behind [University‘s Noah Smith], then the Holy Family guy was going pretty fast,” Sado said. “I just kicked during the last 400.”
The Denver West junior (1:56.25) found a burst, passing Bartlett (1:56.95, second) with only a few strides to go.
In just his second-ever track season, Sado has now won a pair of state titles. He did finish as the 800 runner-up as a sophomore, but as the No. 1 seed in the 1,600 on Saturday, a lofty time of 4:16, Sado could be a three-time champion.
What a way to kick off a track career.
He was a club soccer player, and just a soccer player in his eyes, only two years ago. The fact Sado’s brother, Ahmed, was third and fifth in the 800 (1:59) made Friday that much sweeter.
“He has been injured for cross country and track, but he’s really happy with how he did today,” Sado noted. “He didn’t believe he could get third.”
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Class 5A
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) Cole Sprout, the owner of an all-classification state record in the 3,200 – 8:57 earlier this season — won the event in a time of 9:11.84. Sprout is still only a junior for Valor Christian, but has been a record-breaker many times already. Dakota Ridge’s Austin Vancil (9:17) was second on Friday.
As for the 800, David Cardenas (1:53.47) will bring a gold medal back to Grand Junction Central. Connor Ohlson, also of Dakota Ridge, was second in 1:54.
Fairview’s superstar senior Marlena Preigh won the girls 800 in 2:08.55, defending her title.
Micaylon Moore, the triple jump winner on Friday, represented Fort Collins well in clinching back-to-back titles in long jump. His best mark was 24 feet, 0.25 inches.
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Class 4A
Niwot put their stamp on the 800 once again as sophomore Taylor James beat former Cougar great Elise Cranny’s 4A state meet record of 2:08.50 with a mark of 2:08.28. She
Soon after, junior Cruz Culpepper (1:52.93) won an 800-meter title of his own for Niwot.
Pueblo West’s Cisco Padilla (6-5) claimed the high jump gold medal.
Grace Scuzs of Palmer Ridge (11 feet, 4 inches) bettered everyone in pole vault.
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Class 3A
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) In a race that was reminiscent of the 4A girls 3,200 yesterday, Sierra Bower (Basalt) and Kaylee Thompson (The Classical Academy) pulled away from the field and matched wits, stamina, and speed for eight consecutive laps. A better sprint down the homestretch allowed Thompson to clinch the title in 10:58.0 seconds. Bower was just behind in 10:58.3.
Lutheran’s Noah Kelly (14-6) finished as the pole vault king of 3A.
Mason Anthony of Elizabeth set a 3A record in the 300 hurdles (37.82).
Gunnison’s Kelita Baroumbaye (47-00.75) captured the triple jump crown with an excellent mark.
Lutheran (1:48.12) broke the 3A state record in the 800-meter sprint medley relay, besting runner-up Elizabeth (1:48.55).
Lily Lavier of Alamosa captured the two-lap crown (800-meters) in 2:13.08.
Moffat County (1:45.83) proved to have the best group of sprinters in the 800-meter relay.
Jordan Lanning of Bayfield (18-2.50) conquered the long jump.
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Class 2A
Colton Jonjak-Plahn of Lyons (1:59.43) topped the 800 field with a diving win.
Hotchkiss (1:50.81) cruised to a near-four second victory in the sprint medley relay.
Hannah Wilkie of Rangely (2:19) was the 800 winner.
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Class 1A
Elton Yarger of Stratton/Liberty set a classification triple jump record, winning with a mark of 44-8.25.
Faith Novess of De Beque cleared 5 feet, 7 inches to capture the 1A girls state record for the first time as a senior. She will compete for the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs next year.
“My goal was to get 5-6 and beat the state record,” Novess said. “I love representing De Beque. A lot of people think since we’re a small school, we don’t have good athletes. They take us for granted.”
They did win the girls sprint medley on Thursday, while also capturing the 4×200 relay crown on Friday.
“I think that really set the mood for the whole weekend,” Novess said of the sprint medley’s victory.
Levi Kilian (1:56) and Seth Bruxvoort (1:58) swept the gold and silver medals and tallied plenty of team points for Heritage Christian. The Eagles posted 10 more points in the boys 4×200 relay (1:33.63).