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5A volleyball regional tournament brackets

A complete schedule for the Class 5A regional volleyball tournaments in 2014.

Order of play at each regional: Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2.

All regional winners advance to the state tournament. Regional champions are in bold.

Printable bracket: Download PDF

Go to region: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

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Region 1
Site:	Eaglecrest
Date:	Nov. 1, 9 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
1	Eaglecrest	2	0
24	ThunderRidge	1	1
36	Liberty	0	2
Schedule
Eaglecrest def. Liberty, 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-15)
ThunderRidge def. Liberty, 3-2
Eaglecrest def. ThunderRidge, 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-19)

Region 2
Site:	Grandview HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 9 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
2	Grandview	2	0
23	Bear Creek	1	0
35	Monarch	0	2
Schedule
Grandview def. Monarch, 3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-10)
Bear Creek def. Monarch, 3-1 (20-25, 25-23, 26-24, 25-12)
Grandview def. Bear Creek, 3-0 (25-8, 25-13, 25-19)

Region 3
Site:	Regis Jesuit HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 1 p.m.
Seed	School	W	L
3	Regis Jesuit	2	0
22	Coronado	1	1
34	Boulder	0	2
Schedule
Regis Jesuit def. Boulder, 3-1
Coronado def. Boulder, 3-1
Regis Jesuit def. Coronado, 3-2

Region 4
Site:	Rampart HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 10 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
4	Rampart	2	0
21	Mountain Vista	1	1
33	Fort Collins	0	2
Schedule
Rampart def. Fort Collins, 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-17)
Mountain Vista def. Fort Collins, 3-2 (19-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-7)
Rampart def. Mountain Vista, 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-15)

Region 5
Site:	Chaparral HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 9 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
5	Chaparral	2	0
20	Lakewood	1	1
32	Smoky Hill	0	2
Schedule
Chaparral def. Smoky Hill, 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-15)
Lakewood def. Smoky Hill, 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-17)
Chaparral def. Lakewood, 3-1 (25-21, 25-18, 20-25, 25-14)

Region 6
Site:	Pine Creek HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 10 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
6	Pine Creek	2	0
19	Denver East	1	1
31	Heritage	0	2
Schedule
Pine Creek def. Heritage, 3-0 (25-12, 25-16, 25-16)
Denver East def. Heritage, 3-1 (25-17, 25-19, 23-25, 25-18)
Pine Creek def. Denver East, 3-1 (19-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-22)

Region 7
Site:	Cherokee Trail HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 10 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
7	Cherokee Trail	2	0
18	Rock Canyon	1	1
30	Brighton	0	2
Schedule
Cherokee Trail def. Brighton, 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-16)
Rock Canyon def. Brighton, 3-0 (25-20, 29-27, 27-25)
Cherokee Trail def. Rock Canyon, 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-23)

Region 8
Site:	Douglas County HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 9 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
8	Douglas County	1	1
17	Chatfield	2	0
29	Broomfield	0	2
Schedule
Douglas County def. Broomfield, 3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 25-20)
Chatfield def. Broomfield, 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-22, 25-20)
Chatfield def. Douglas County, 3-1 (25-27, 25-19, 25-23, 25-21)

Region 9
Site:	Cherry Creek HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 9 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
9	Cherry Creek	2	0
16	Castle View	0	2
28	Loveland	1	1
Schedule
Cherry Creek def. Loveland, 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 19-25, 25-20)
Loveland def. Castle View, 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-20)
Cherry Creek def. Castle View, 3-1 (18-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-22)

Region 10
Site:	Fairview HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 9 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
10	Fairview	2	0
15	Arapahoe	0	2
27	Rangeview	1	1
Schedule
Fairview def. Rangeview, 3-2 (26-28, 25-18, 17-25, 28-26, 15-13)
Rangeview def. Arapahoe, 3-2 (25-22, 22-25, 23-25, 25-14, 15-9)
Fairview def. Arapahoe, 3-1 (25-17, 25-17, 22-25, 25-20)

Region 11
Site:	Ralston Valley HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 10 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
11	Ralston Valley	1	1
14	Highlands Ranch	1	1
26	Rocky Mountain	1	1
Schedule
Ralston Valley def. Rocky Mountain, 3-1 (25-20, 25-14, 24-26, 25-23)
Rocky Mountain def. Highlands Ranch, 3-2 (19-25, 25-21, 22-25, 25-20, 16-14)
Highlands Ranch def. Ralston Valley, 3-1
Tiebreak 1: Rocky Moutain def. Ralston Valley, 1-0 (25-15)
Tiebreak 2: Highlands Ranch def. Rocky Mountain, 1-0 (25-15)

Region 12
Site:	Legend HS
Date:	Nov. 1, 10 a.m.
Seed	School	W	L
12	Legend	2	0
13	Fossil Ridge	1	1
25	Prairie View	0	2
Schedule
Legend def. Prairie View, 3-0
Fossil Ridge def. Prairie View, 3-0
Legend def. Fossil Ridge, 3-2

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CHSAA regional seeding/pairing procedure

1. All league champions will automatically earn a berth to regionals.

2. The remaining teams (up to 36) will be selected based on the MaxPreps Rankings published at the end of the regular season.

3. Teams will then be seeded on the CHSAA regional seeding criteria:

The MaxPreps rankings will be the primary consideration
The CHSAA Seeding Committee will only make changes based on splitting up league opponents and geographical considerations (if and when possible)

4. Teams seeded Nos. 1-12 will host regionals.

5. All regional winners will automatically advance to the state champions

October 27, 2014

Volleyball releases regional tournament brackets in all classes

Cherry Creek Eaglecrest volleyball — Eaglecrest is the No. 1 seed in 5A. (Tim Visser/TimVisserPhotography.com)

AURORA — Eaglecrest, Lewis-Palmer and Eaton nabbed the top seeds when volleyball’s regional tournament brackets were released on Monday morning.

Eaglecrest is the top seed in the Class 5A field and is set to host No. 24 ThunderRidge and No. 36 Liberty in its regional.

Grandview, Regis Jesuit, Rampart, Chaparral, Pine Creek, Cherokee Trail, Douglas County, Cherry Creek, Fairview, Ralston Valley and Legend will also host regionals. See the full 5A bracket here.

The top 12 teams (and regional hosts) were all seeded strictly based upon the MaxPreps computer rankings at the regular season’s end. All league champions earned automatic bids to regionals, and the remaining teams were selected based on the same MaxPreps rankings.

Lewis-Palmer Cheyenne Mountain volleyball — Lewis-Palmer volleyball is 4A’s No. 1 seed. (Matt Daniels)

Lewis-Palmer heads the 4A field, and will host No. 24 The Classical Academy and No. 36 Weld Central. Ponderosa, Cheyenne Mountain, Montrose, Valor Christian, Mullen, Mead, Berthoud, Pueblo West, Niwot and Air Academy are also regional hosts.

Find the entire 4A bracket here.

The 3A regional tournament field is led by No. 1 Eaton, which will host No. 24 Middle Park and No. 36 Denver Science & Tech – Green Valley Ranch. This is the first postseason appearance for a GVR team in the school’s short history.

Other 3A regional hosts are Valley, Bayfield, University, Colorado Springs Christian, Manitou Springs, Platte Valley, Sterling, Faith Christian, Pagosa Springs, Coal Ridge and Olathe.

The full 3A bracket is here.

The 1A and 2A regional brackets were also released after those two classifications completed district play this past weekend. Those fields were not seeded by a committee, but instead the districts determined regional placement.

Here is the 2A bracket. The 1A bracket is available here.

The 3A-5A tournaments each have 36-team fields, while 1A and 2A have 24-team regionals.

All classes will complete play by Saturday. The winners of each region will move on to the state tournament, set for Nov. 7-8 at the Denver Coliseum.

October 27, 2014

Football roundup: Grandview gets big win over Cherry Creek

It’s not as though Grandview was flying under the radar. The Wolves, after all, were ranked No. 3 in this week’s Class 5A CHSAANow.com poll — and have been ranked since the preseason.

Cherry Creek Grandview football — **More photos**. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

But Friday’s 24-6 win over No. 6 Cherry Creek was an announcement, of sorts: We’re to be reckoned with.

Grandview led 17-6 at the half and added a late score off a blocked punt that was recovered by Keifer Glau. Quarterback Cody Summers had a game, throwing for a score and rushing for another.

If they weren’t already, the Wolves, now 7-0, are a legitimate threat for the Class 5A title. They play Overland next week. Win that, and the season finale with Valor Christian could be for the No. 1 overall seed in the playoffs.

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3A: (6) Roosevelt 34, (3) Holy Family 26

In a back-and-forth game which featured six ties or lead changes, Roosevelt pulled away in the fourth quarter to win.

Christian Majszak had four touchdowns to lead Roosevelt.

“It’s that time of year again,” coach Noland Eastin told ColoradoPreps.com’s Scoreboard Show. “We better start strapping our chinstraps on a little tighter, because that was a heck of a battle out there, and it could have went either way.

“It was back-and-forth,” he added. “It was just one of those epic battles. … The dust was flying around, kids were hanging in there. Their kids were battling. It was jsut a fun night of football. It was a good throw-back night.”

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3A: Palisade 18, (3) Rifle 10

It’s a big upset that also does wonders for Palisade’s playoffs hopes. The Bulldogs improved to 5-2.

The team teams were knotted at 10 at the break, and again after three quarters before Caleb Clarkson scored the winning touchdown on a 9-yard run with 1:45 to play. According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Palisade had actually stopped Rifle on fourth-and-2 at their own 38 prior to the winning drive.

“The only way you’re going to compete against Rifle is you have to match their discipline and toughness, and that’s what we’re built on,” Palisade coach Joe Ramunno told the paper.

Easton Wood also had a touchdown pass to John Goff for Palisade, while Ty Leyba had a 56-yard touchdown run for Rifle.

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5A: (1) Valor Christian 17, Cherokee Trail 7

The top-ranked Eagles grinded out a win against yet another tough Centennial League foe.

Quarterback Dylan McCaffrey threw for a touchdown and rushed for another.

Brian Dawkins Jr. and Eric Lee Jr. both had interceptions at key moments.

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3A: (7) Delta 39, (10) Glenwood Springs 10

Delta scored the game’s final 29 points in the top-10 showdown.

Tristan Brown and Damon Jensen each had two touchdowns for Delta, running in place of a cramped Jonny Ponce, according to the Daily Sentinel.

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2A: Sterling 21, (9) Eaton 14

The Tigers pulled off the upset after scoring the game’s final 14 points.

“We kind of came in at the half and had to make some quick adjustments to some of the things they took advantage of,” Sterling coach Rob Busmente told the Scoreboard Show. “We regrouped well at halftime and came out and made some of those adjustments, and we were able to go out and perform.”

Sterling plays at No. 1 Brush next week.

“This is the Patriot League,” Busmenete said. “There’s never a week off. There’s always a tough game waiting for you on Friday.”

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2A: La Junta 21, (5) Florence 20

La Junta stopped No. 5 Florence’s two-point conversion attempt with 20 seconds to play to preserve the win in 2A.

“It was a great stop for us,” coach Clint Buderus told the Scoreboard Show. “The kids came through in the clutch and found a way to win.”

La Junta has won three games in a row after starting 1-3.

“We’re young. We’ve got 10 or 11 sophomores playing for us,” Buderus said. “We just had to get them some experience … and just had to get them rolling, get some confidence. This is a big win for us, it’s just a, ‘We can do it.’”

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Notables

It was a foggy night for Colorado Springs-area games: Palmer Ridge-Durango, Discovery Canyon-Woodland Park (2nd), Fountain-Fort Carson-Doherty, Pine Creek-Liberty.
Longmont upset No. 8 Windsor in 4A, 32-31. It was just the second time Windsor has lost back-to-back games since 2008, according to this tweet.
Skyview won its first night home game under the new lights, beating Weld Central 26-22.
Arickaree/Woodlin, top-ranked in 6-man football, beat Flagler 71-0. Flager was ranked No. 9.
Erie halted a three-game losing streak with a 7-0 win over Frederick. The Tigers won the Miner’s Trophy.
1A No. 7 Rye edged Salida 20-16. “We had to battle our tails off to pull that out,” Thunderbolts coach Jeff Bailey told the Scoreboard Show.
Palmer Ridge reportedly threw a 99-yard touchdown pass tonight.

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More coverage

October 11, 2014

Day 1 results, Day 2 tee times from the 5A state golf tournament

COLORADO SPRINGS — Complete results after the first day of the 2014 Class 5A state golf tournament at Colorado Springs Country Club.

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Teams
Place	School	Score	To Par
1	Coronado	226	+13
2	Highlands Ranch	230	+17
3	Boulder	236	+23
T4	Cherokee Trail	237	+24
T4	Regis Jesuit	237	+24
T6	Ralston Valley	241	+28
T6	Lakewood	241	+28
T8	Doherty	242	+29
T8	Cherry Creek	242	+29
10	ThunderRidge	243	+30
T11	Loveland	249	+36
T11	Mountain Vista	249	+36
T13	Columbine	253	+40
T13	Rock Canyon	253	+40

Individuals
Place	Name	School	Score	To Par	Day 2 tee
1	Hunter Paugh	Fort Collins	69	-2	10:36 am (1)
2	David Packer	Arapahoe	70	-1	10:36 am (1)
3	Trevor Olkowski	Grand Junction	73	+2	10:36 am (1)
T4	Tyler Zhang	Highlands Ranch	74	+3	10:18 am (1)
T4	Wes Moran	Coronado	74	+3	10:18 am (1)
T4	Daniel Pearson	Fairview	74	+3	10:27 am (1)
T4	Isaac Petersillie	Coronado	74	+3	10:09 am (1)
T4	AJ Ott	Fort Collins	74	+3	10:27 am (1)
T4	Li Chen	Legacy	74	+3	10:27 am (1)
T4	Trevor Glen	Legacy	74	+3	10:18 am (1)
T11	Reese Leiker	Heritage	75	+4	10:00 am (1)
T11	Roy Carlsen	Ralston Valley	75	+4	10:09 am (1)
T11	Josh Hill	Monarch	75	+4	10:00 am (1)
T11	Evan Buchalski	Loveland	75	+4	10:09 am (1)
T15	Grant Olinger	Pomona	76	+5	9:42 am (1)
T15	Eric Lovell	Greeley West	76	+5	9:51 am (1)
T15	Donny Kinnaman	Grand Junction	76	+5	9:51 am (1)
T15	Alex Gorman	Broomfield	76	+5	10:00 am (1)
T15	Chadd Vasquez	Doherty	76	+5	9:51 am (1)
T15	Jackson Crist	Highlands Ranch	76	+5	9:42 am (1)
T21	Kailer Rundiks-Clements	Denver East	77	+6	9:33 am (1)
T21	Nick Smith	Douglas County	77	+6	9:42 am (1)
T21	Andy Yang	Prairie View	77	+6	9:33 am (1)
T21	Cooper Taylor	Monarch	77	+6	9:33 am (1)
T25	Griffin Barela	Lakewood	78	+7	9:15 am (1)
T25	Andrew McCormick	Regis Jesuit	78	+7	9:24 am (1)
T25	Bond Bixler	Boulder	78	+7	9:06 am (1)
T25	Austin Burgess	Coronado	78	+7	9:06 am (1)
T25	Austin Lieneman	Arapahoe	78	+7	9:24 am (1)
T25	Philip Nelson	Legend	78	+7	8:57 am (1)
T25	Kevin Shafer	Regis Jesuit	78	+7	9:15 am (1)
T25	Ji Woo Jang	Cherokee Trail	78	+7	9:06 am (1)
T25	Zach Goldsmith	Cherokee Trail	78	+7	9:15 am (1)
T25	Troy Dangler	Fruita	78	+7	9:24 am (1)
T35	Trevor Crockett	ThunderRidge	79	+8	8:57 am (1)
T35	Luke Travins	Coronado	79	+8	8:48 am (1)
T35	Paul Cleveland	Smoky Hill	79	+8	8:30 am (1)
T35	Chance Vasquez	Doherty	79	+8	8:48 am (1)
T35	Arik Roberts	Palmer	79	+8	8:39 am (1)
T35	Alec Poorman	Boulder	79	+8	8:48 am (1)
T35	Grant Rogers	Boulder	79	+8	8:39 am (1)
T35	Cole Edwards	Cherry Creek	79	+8	8:57 am (1)
T35	Davis Bryant	Eaglecrest	79	+8	8:39 am (1)
T44	Ben Eisenbies	Arvada West	80	+9	8:39 am (10)
T44	Ryan Pearson	Highlands Ranch	80	+9	8:48 am (10)
T44	Ryan Zetwick	Rock Canyon	80	+9	8:30 am (10)
T44	Subin Lee	Cherry Creek	80	+9	8:30 am (1)
T44	Jackson Vacek	Fairview	80	+9	8:39 am (10)
T44	Jack Castiglia	Lakewood	80	+9	8:39 am (10)
T44	Zach Gomez	Ralston Valley	80	+9	8:30 am (10)
T51	Jack Lazzeri	Regis Jesuit	81	+10	8:57 am (10)
T51	Josh Pusar	Rock Canyon	81	+10	8:48 am (10)
T51	Trevor McCord	ThunderRidge	81	+10	9:06 am (10)
T51	Austin Hardman	Mountain Vista	81	+10	8:48 am (10)
T51	Bradley Scalia	Cherokee Trail	81	+10	9:06 am (10)
T51	Andrew Landford	Broomfield	81	+10	8:57 am (10)
T51	Brett Startz	Douglas County	81	+10	8:57 am (10)
58	Paul Fox	Dakota Ridge	82	+11	9:06 am (10)
T59	Noah Brownell	Fossil Ridge	83	+12	9:33 am (10)
T59	Nolan Cox	Mountain Vista	83	+12	9:15 am (10)
T59	JJ Amato	Lakewood	83	+12	9:33 am (10)
T59	Jack Matchinsky	ThunderRidge	83	+12	9:15 am (10)
T59	Marcus Tait	Columbine	83	+12	9:24 am (10)
T59	Kyle Pearson	Highlands Ranch	83	+12	9:24 am (10)
T59	Kevin Liao	Lakewood	83	+12	9:24 am (10)
T59	EJ Clark	Cherry Creek	83	+12	9:15 am (10)
T59	Chase Anderson	Columbine	83	+12	9:33 am (10)
T68	Andrew Martinez	Rampart	84	+13	9:42 am (10)
T68	Breland Holifield	Pine Creek	84	+13	9:42 am (10)
T68	Josh Caridi	Fossil Ridge	84	+13	9:42 am (10)
T71	Mitch Leach	Loveland	85	+14	9:51 am (10)
T71	Chris Raap	Mountain Vista	85	+14	9:51 am (10)
T73	Bennett Rogers	Regis Jesuit	86	+15	10:00 am (10)
T73	Nick Medina	Ralston Valley	86	+15	9:51 am (10)
T75	Ryan Kropp	Brighton	87	+16	10:09 am (10)
T75	Michael Tait	Columbine	87	+16	10:00 am (10)
T75	Anthony Augelli	Doherty	87	+16	10:00 am (10)
T78	Mitchell Nevin	Cherokee Trail	88	+17	10:09 am (10)
T78	Nick Leibold	Heritage	88	+17	10:09 am (10)
T80	Jordan Barrett	Doherty	89	+18	10:18 am (10)
T80	Alec Steine	Loveland	89	+18	10:18 am (10)
T80	Evan Tooley	Columbine	89	+18	10:18 am (10)
83	Luke Wilson	Boulder	90	+19	10:27 am (10)
T84	Josh Turner	Liberty	92	+21	10:27 am (10)
T84	Nick Caldwell	Rock Canyon	92	+21	10:27 am (10)

September 30, 2014

Final results from the 5A boys golf state tournament

COLORADO SPRINGS — Complete results after the final round of the 2014 Class 5A state golf tournament at Colorado Springs Country Club.

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Teams
Place	School	R1	R2	Total	To Par
1	Coronado	226	220	446	+20
T2	Lakewood	241	226	467	+41
T2	Regis Jesuit	237	230	467	+41
T4	Ralston Valley	241	229	470	+44
T4	Boulder	236	234	470	+44
T4	Highlands Ranch	230	240	470	+44
7	Cherokee Trail	237	235	472	+46
8	Doherty	242	235	477	+51
9	ThunderRidge	243	245	488	+62
T10	Columbine	253	237	490	+64
T10	Cherry Creek	242	248	490	+64
12	Mountain Vista	249	244	493	+67
13	Rock Canyon	253	247	500	+74
14	Loveland	249	258	507	+81

Individuals
Place	Name	School	R1	R2	Total	To Par
1	Grant Olinger	Pomona	76	67	143	+1
2	Isaac Petersillie	Coronado	74	70	144	+2
3	Hunter Paugh	Fort Collins	69	77	146	+4
4	Josh Hill	Monarch	75	72	147	+5
T5	Trevor Glen	Legacy	74	74	148	+6
T5	David Packer	Arapahoe	70	78	148	+6
T7	Evan Buchalski	Loveland	75	74	149	+7
T7	Daniel Pearson	Fairview	74	75	149	+7
T7	Li Chen	Legacy	74	75	149	+7
T10	AJ Ott	Fort Collins	74	76	150	+8
T10	Trevor Olkowski	Grand Junction	73	77	150	+8
T12	Austin Burgess	Coronado	78	73	151	+9
T12	Griffin Barela	Lakewood	78	73	151	+9
T12	Donny Kinnaman	Grand Junction	76	75	151	+9
T12	Roy Carlsen	Ralston Valley	75	76	151	+9
T12	Wes Moran	Coronado	74	77	151	+9
T17	Troy Dangler	Fruita	78	74	152	+10
T17	Kevin Shafer	Regis Jesuit	78	74	152	+10
T17	Eric Lovell	Greeley West	76	76	152	+10
T17	Alex Gorman	Broomfield	76	76	152	+10
T17	Tyler Zhang	Highlands Ranch	74	78	152	+10
22	Cooper Taylor	Monarch	77	76	153	+11
T23	Ryan Zetwick	Rock Canyon	80	74	154	+12
T23	Bond Bixler	Boulder	78	76	154	+12
T23	Kailer Rundiks-Clements	Denver East	77	77	154	+12
T26	Chance Vasquez	Doherty	79	76	155	+13
T26	Philip Nelson	Legend	78	77	155	+13
T26	Andy Yang	Prairie View	77	78	155	+13
T26	Chadd Vasquez	Doherty	76	79	155	+13
T30	Bradley Scalia	Cherokee Trail	81	75	156	+14
T30	Jack Lazzeri	Regis Jesuit	81	75	156	+14
T30	Jackson Vacek	Fairview	80	76	156	+14
T30	Davis Bryant	Eaglecrest	79	77	156	+14
T30	Nick Smith	Douglas County	77	79	156	+14
T35	Jack Castiglia	Lakewood	80	77	157	+15
T35	Reese Leiker	Heritage	75	82	157	+15
T37	Josh Caridi	Fossil Ridge	84	74	158	+16
T37	Andrew Landford	Broomfield	81	77	158	+16
T37	Alec Poorman	Boulder	79	79	158	+16
T37	Grant Rogers	Boulder	79	79	158	+16
T37	Luke Travins	Coronado	79	79	158	+16
T37	Jackson Crist	Highlands Ranch	76	82	158	+16
T43	JJ Amato	Lakewood	83	76	159	+17
T43	Marcus Tait	Columbine	83	76	159	+17
T43	Zach Gomez	Ralston Valley	80	79	159	+17
T43	Trevor Crockett	ThunderRidge	79	80	159	+17
47	Nick Medina	Ralston Valley	86	74	160	+18
T48	Paul Fox	Dakota Ridge	82	79	161	+19
T48	Trevor McCord	ThunderRidge	81	80	161	+19
T48	Ben Eisenbies	Arvada West	80	81	161	+19
T48	Cole Edwards	Cherry Creek	79	82	161	+19
T48	Paul Cleveland	Smoky Hill	79	82	161	+19
T53	Andrew Martinez	Rampart	84	78	162	+20
T53	Kevin Liao	Lakewood	83	79	162	+20
T53	Austin Hardman	Mountain Vista	81	81	162	+20
T53	Austin Lieneman	Arapahoe	78	84	162	+20
T53	Andrew McCormick	Regis Jesuit	78	84	162	+20
T58	Mitchell Nevin	Cherokee Trail	88	75	163	+21
T58	Michael Tait	Columbine	87	76	163	+21
T58	Kyle Pearson	Highlands Ranch	83	80	163	+21
T58	Subin Lee	Cherry Creek	80	83	163	+21
T58	Ji Woo Jang	Cherokee Trail	78	85	163	+21
63	Zach Goldsmith	Cherokee Trail	78	86	164	+22
T64	Nolan Cox	Mountain Vista	83	82	165	+23
T64	Arik Roberts	Palmer	79	86	165	+23
T66	Chris Raap	Mountain Vista	85	81	166	+24
T66	EJ Clark	Cherry Creek	83	83	166	+24
T66	Brett Startz	Douglas County	81	85	166	+24
T66	Josh Pusar	Rock Canyon	81	85	166	+24
T70	Anthony Augelli	Doherty	87	80	167	+25
T70	Bennett Rogers	Regis Jesuit	86	81	167	+25
T70	Noah Brownell	Fossil Ridge	83	84	167	+25
T70	Ryan Pearson	Highlands Ranch	80	87	167	+25
T74	Nick Leibold	Heritage	88	80	168	+26
T74	Jack Matchinsky	ThunderRidge	83	85	168	+26
T76	Ryan Kropp	Brighton	87	82	169	+27
T76	Breland Holifield	Pine Creek	84	85	169	+27
78	Josh Turner	Liberty	92	80	172	+30
T79	Evan Tooley	Columbine	89	85	174	+32
T79	Chase Anderson	Columbine	83	91	174	+32
81	Jordan Barrett	Doherty	89	86	175	+33
T82	Luke Wilson	Boulder	90	89	179	+37
T82	Alec Steine	Loveland	89	90	179	+37
T82	Mitch Leach	Loveland	85	94	179	+37
85	Nick Caldwell	Rock Canyon	92	88	180	+38

September 30, 2014

Tee times for boys golf’s 5A, 4A and 3A state championships

Tee times for the first state of the state golf championships.

The tournaments for all classifications run Sept. 29-30. Class 5A is held in Colorado Springs, 4A in Pueblo and 3A in Sterling.

Find a sortable list of state qualifiers, including their regional scores, in our database.

Live scores:

Tee times: 5A | 4A | 3A

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Class 5A

Colorado Springs Country Club
Time	Tee	Player	School
8:30 AM	1	Nick Medina	Ralston Valley
8:30 AM	1	EJ Clark	Cherry Creek
8:30 AM	10	Ryan Zetwick	Rock Canyon
8:30 AM	10	Evan Buchalski	Loveland
8:30 AM	10	Chris Raap	Mountain Vista
8:39 AM	1	Zach Gomez	Ralston Valley
8:39 AM	1	Cole Edwards	Cherry Creek
8:39 AM	10	Josh Pusar	Rock Canyon
8:39 AM	10	Alec Steine	Loveland
8:39 AM	10	Austin Hardman	Mountain Vista
8:48 AM	1	Ben Eisenbies	Arvada West
8:48 AM	1	Roy Carlsen	Ralston Valley
8:48 AM	1	Subin Lee	Cherry Creek
8:48 AM	10	Nick Caldwell	Rock Canyon
8:48 AM	10	Mitch Leach	Loveland
8:48 AM	10	Nolan Cox	Mountain Vista
8:57 AM	1	Andrew Landford	Broomfield
8:57 AM	1	Evan Tooley	Columbine
8:57 AM	1	Jack Lazzeri	Regis Jesuit
8:57 AM	10	Jack Matchinsky	ThunderRidge
8:57 AM	10	Austin Lieneman	Arapahoe
8:57 AM	10	Jackson Vacek	Fairview
9:06 AM	1	Alex Gorman	Broomfield
9:06 AM	1	Chase Anderson	Columbine
9:06 AM	1	Andrew McCormick	Regis Jesuit
9:06 AM	10	Trevor Crockett	ThunderRidge
9:06 AM	10	David Packer	Arapahoe
9:06 AM	10	Daniel Pearson	Fairview
9:15 AM	1	Brett Startz	Douglas County
9:15 AM	1	Michael Tait	Columbine
9:15 AM	1	Bennett Rogers	Regis Jesuit
9:15 AM	10	Trevor McCord	ThunderRidge
9:15 AM	10	Josh Caridi	Fossil Ridge
9:15 AM	10	Eric Lovell	Greeley West
9:24 AM	1	Nick Smith	Douglas County
9:24 AM	1	Marcus Tait	Columbine
9:24 AM	1	Kevin Shafer	Regis Jesuit
9:24 AM	10	AJ Ott	Fort Collins
9:24 AM	10	Noah Brownell	Fossil Ridge
9:24 AM	10	Donny Kinnaman	Grand Junction
9:33 AM	1	Jordan Barrett	Doherty
9:33 AM	1	Mitchell Nevin	Cherokee Trail
9:33 AM	1	Kevin Liao	Lakewood
9:33 AM	10	Hunter Paugh	Fort Collins
9:33 AM	10	Troy Dangler	Fruita
9:33 AM	10	Trevor Olkowski	Grand Junction
9:42 AM	1	Anthony Augelli	Doherty
9:42 AM	1	Zach Goldsmith	Cherokee Trail
9:42 AM	1	JJ Amato	Lakewood
9:42 AM	10	Reese Leiker	Heritage
9:42 AM	10	Li Chen	Legacy
9:42 AM	10	Josh Hill	Monarch
9:51 AM	1	Chance Vasquez	Doherty
9:51 AM	1	Ji Woo Jang	Cherokee Trail
9:51 AM	1	Jack Castiglia	Lakewood
9:51 AM	10	Nick Leibold	Heritage
9:51 AM	10	Trevor Glen	Legacy
9:51 AM	10	Cooper Taylor	Monarch
10:00 AM	1	Chadd Vasquez	Doherty
10:00 AM	1	Bradley Scalia	Cherokee Trail
10:00 AM	1	Griffin Barela	Lakewood
10:00 AM	10	Paul Fox	Dakota Ridge
10:00 AM	10	Andrew Martinez	Rampart
10:00 AM	10	Grant Olinger	Pomona
10:09 AM	1	Ryan Pearson	Highlands Ranch
10:09 AM	1	Luke Travins	Coronado
10:09 AM	1	Luke Wilson	Boulder
10:09 AM	10	Davis Bryant	Eaglecrest
10:09 AM	10	Ryan Kropp	Brighton
10:09 AM	10	Kailer Rundiks-Clements	Denver East
10:18 AM	1	Jackson Crist	Highlands Ranch
10:18 AM	1	Austin Burgess	Coronado
10:18 AM	1	Alec Poorman	Boulder
10:18 AM	10	Arik Roberts	Palmer
10:18 AM	10	Breland Holifield	Pine Creek
10:18 AM	10	Andy Yang	Prairie View
10:27 AM	1	Kyle Pearson	Highlands Ranch
10:27 AM	1	Wes Moran	Coronado
10:27 AM	1	Bond Bixler	Boulder
10:27 AM	10	Paul Cleveland	Smoky Hill
10:27 AM	10	Josh Turner	Liberty
10:27 AM	10	Philip Nelson	Legend
10:36 AM	1	Tyler Zhang	Highlands Ranch
10:36 AM	1	Isaac Petersillie	Coronado
10:36 AM	1	Grant Rogers	Boulder

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Class 4A

Walking Stick Golf Course (Pueblo)
Time	Tee	Player	School
8:30 AM	1	Caleb Held	Lewis Palmer
8:30 AM	1	Chase Federico	Pueblo South
8:30 AM	1	Matt Heesemann	Mountain View
8:30 AM	10	Owen Pasvogal	Discovery Canyon
8:30 AM	10	Daniel Mastrobuono	Ponderosa
8:30 AM	10	Cody Steigerwald	Air Academy
8:39 AM	1	Marcus Fenimore	Lewis Palmer
8:39 AM	1	Alfred Andrews	Pueblo South
8:39 AM	1	Nick Viscoky	Mountain View
8:39 AM	10	Jacob Trujillo	Discovery Canyon
8:39 AM	10	Derik Mango	Ponderosa
8:39 AM	10	Blake Becco	Air Academy
8:48 AM	1	Reice Henricks	Lewis Palmer
8:48 AM	1	Matthew Casias	Pueblo South
8:48 AM	1	Bridger Tenney	Evergreen
8:48 AM	10	Luke Trujillo	Discovery Canyon
8:48 AM	10	Drew Harkins	Ponderosa
8:48 AM	10	Dustin Ossello	Green Mountain
8:57 AM	1	Brandon Martin	Steamboat Springs
8:57 AM	1	Taylor Rodriguez	Pueblo South
8:57 AM	1	Lenny Urbas	Evergreen
8:57 AM	10	Grant Bettis	Discovery Canyon
8:57 AM	10	Glen-Michael Mihavetz	Montrose
8:57 AM	10	Gabe Goodman	Green Mountain
9:06 AM	1	Spencer Petersen	Steamboat Springs
9:06 AM	1	Willie O’Brien	Golden
9:06 AM	1	Liam Short	Evergreen
9:06 AM	10	Adam Eveleth	Elizabeth
9:06 AM	10	Zane Sauer	Montrose
9:06 AM	10	Shawn Solem	Berthoud
9:15 AM	1	Will Firestone	Steamboat Springs
9:15 AM	1	Jake Johnson	Golden
9:15 AM	1	Mark Champine	Evergreen
9:15 AM	10	Sean Herr	Elizabeth
9:15 AM	10	Hunter Tuten	Falcon
9:15 AM	10	Reece Jones	Mullen
9:24 AM	1	Britt Walton	Steamboat Springs
9:24 AM	1	Parker Skiles	Golden
9:24 AM	1	Ryan Lococo	Windsor
9:24 AM	10	Ryan Cheung	Skyline
9:24 AM	10	Zach Gebhardt	Falcon
9:24 AM	10	Jack Horvath	Mullen
9:33 AM	1	Luke Toillion	Niwot
9:33 AM	1	Eric Walker	Durango
9:33 AM	1	Bowe Colohan	Windsor
9:33 AM	10	Dylan Hall	Vista Ridge
9:33 AM	10	Hayden Plewe	Montezuma-Cortez
9:33 AM	10	Scott Robb	Littleton
9:42 AM	1	Forrest Weaver	Niwot
9:42 AM	1	Cory Gillespie	Durango
9:42 AM	1	Bretton Krantz	Windsor
9:42 AM	10	Jack Marty	Holy Family
9:42 AM	10	Darren Edwards	Thompson Valley
9:42 AM	10	Andrew Hewitt	Standley Lake
9:51 AM	1	Andrew Seals	Niwot
9:51 AM	1	Cameron Barnhardt	Durango
9:51 AM	1	Cole Krantz	Windsor
9:51 AM	10	Tyler Severin	Roosevelt
9:51 AM	10	Trevor Dean	Thompson Valley
9:51 AM	10	Jeremy Minnick	Standley Lake
10:00 AM	1	Jacob Doyle	Cheyenne Mountain
10:00 AM	1	Cy Spicer	Durango
10:00 AM	1	Pierce Aichinger	Valor Christian
10:00 AM	10	Connor Burke	Northridge
10:00 AM	10	Nathan Starke	Widefield
10:00 AM	10	Nick Michas	D’Evelyn
10:09 AM	1	Aiden Detlof	Cheyenne Mountain
10:09 AM	1	Jake Gannon	Silver Creek
10:09 AM	1	Jake Staiano	Valor Christian
10:09 AM	10	Robert Heiny	Greeley Central
10:09 AM	10	Nick Inslee	Centaurus
10:09 AM	10	Preston Ewing	Pueblo West
10:18 AM	1	Cole Anderson	Cheyenne Mountain
10:18 AM	1	Tyler Faye	Silver Creek
10:18 AM	1	Ross Macdonald	Valor Christian
10:18 AM	10	Logan Gorman	Mesa Ridge
10:18 AM	10	Roger Nakagawa	Thomas Jefferson
10:18 AM	10	Jacob Smith	Rifle
10:27 AM	1	Wilson Belk	Cheyenne Mountain
10:27 AM	1	Jackson Solem	Silver Creek
10:27 AM	1	Coby Welch	Valor Christian
10:27 AM	10	Braden Bentley	Mesa Ridge
10:27 AM	10	Robert Ball	The Classical Academy
10:27 AM	10	David Walter	Mitchell

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Class 3A

Northeastern 18 (Sterling)
Time	Tee	Player	School
8:30 AM	1	Justin Vaughn	Lutheran
8:30 AM	1	Miah Velez	Strasburg
8:30 AM	1	Tony Clark	Vail Christian
8:30 AM	10	Hayden Wehe	Alamosa
8:30 AM	10	Dylan Hardenbergh	Vail Mountain
8:30 AM	10	Drew Mendoza	Manitou Springs
8:39 AM	1	Nathan Vaughn	Lutheran
8:39 AM	1	Cody Starman	Strasburg
8:39 AM	1	Cooper Gould	Vail Christian
8:39 AM	10	Emmett White	Alamosa
8:39 AM	10	Oliver Pesso	Vail Mountain
8:39 AM	10	Lucas Culver	Manitou Springs
8:48 AM	1	Tino Vigil	Bishop Machebeuf
8:48 AM	1	Max Smith	Peak to Peak
8:48 AM	1	Tyler Beaman	Trinidad
8:48 AM	10	Connor Barton	Alamosa
8:48 AM	10	Ben Barron	Vail Mountain
8:48 AM	10	Adin Berns	Manitou Springs
8:57 AM	1	Micah Ramirez	Resurrection Christian
8:57 AM	1	Ian Thorpe	Peak to Peak
8:57 AM	1	Steven Holden	Trinidad
8:57 AM	10	Bryce Kuyper	Colorado Springs Christian
8:57 AM	10	Kade Scherden	Monte Vista
8:57 AM	10	Ty Shaw	Manitou Springs
9:06 AM	1	Warren Turner	Resurrection Christian
9:06 AM	1	Sam Taylor	Peak to Peak
9:06 AM	1	Sam Sisneros	Trinidad
9:06 AM	10	Jacob JoekertH	Colorado Springs Christian
9:06 AM	10	Brandon Medina	Monte Vista
9:06 AM	10	Dillon O’Neal	Swink
9:15 AM	1	Harrison Turner	Resurrection Christian
9:15 AM	1	Nishant Datta	Peak to Peak
9:15 AM	1	Dante Duran	Trinidad
9:15 AM	10	Zach Zeien	Colorado Springs Christian
9:15 AM	10	Anfernee Romero	Monte Vista
9:15 AM	10	John Jackson	Swink
9:24 AM	1	Davis Henschel	Aspen
9:24 AM	1	Braedon Baxter	Sterling
9:24 AM	1	Kyle Shaffer	Rye
9:24 AM	10	Keaton Buxton	Lamar
9:24 AM	10	Gavin Burk	Monte Vista
9:24 AM	10	Cole Chalmers	Denver Christian
9:33 AM	1	Burke Daily	Aspen
9:33 AM	1	Noah Meraz	Sterling
9:33 AM	1	Peter Vukovich-Simonson	Colorado Academy
9:33 AM	10	Charles Goebel	Jefferson Academy
9:33 AM	10	Ivan Richmond	Estes Park
9:33 AM	10	Mike Bingham	Moffat County
9:42 AM	1	Will Hazen	Aspen
9:42 AM	1	Brayden Lambrecht	Sterling
9:42 AM	1	Max Messner	Colorado Academy
9:42 AM	10	Jake Keuning	Pagosa Springs
9:42 AM	10	Marshal Way	Rangely
9:42 AM	10	Antonio Luttrell	Rocky Ford
9:51 AM	1	Trey Robinson	Aspen
9:51 AM	1	Trey Lambrecht	Sterling
9:51 AM	1	Joe Monahan	Colorado Academy
9:51 AM	10	Bryce Jacquez	Pagosa Springs
9:51 AM	10	Nick Burri	Rangely
9:51 AM	10	Marcus Torrez	Rocky Ford
10:00 AM	1	Will Bullock	Kent Denver
10:00 AM	1	Riley Tamburello	Coal Ridge
10:00 AM	1	Andrew Geisick	Eaton
10:00 AM	10	Jakob Bucher	St. Mary’s
10:00 AM	10	Hunter Wall	Salida
10:00 AM	10	Roger Gauthier	Basalt
10:09 AM	1	Gary Schlatter	Kent Denver
10:09 AM	1	Yale Kim	Dawson School
10:09 AM	1	J.D. Truax	Eaton
10:09 AM	10	Jimmy Velten	St. Mary’s
10:09 AM	10	Clay Hiser	Salida
10:09 AM	10	Linc Kleager	Basalt
10:18 AM	1	Oliver Jack	Kent Denver
10:18 AM	1	Peter Teegardin	Dawson School
10:18 AM	1	Reed Hodgson	Eaton
10:18 AM	10	Logan Wood	Cedaredge
10:18 AM	10	Lane Sharp	Fowler
10:18 AM	10	Kevin Tulley	Faith Christian
10:27 AM	1	Mark Hillary	Kent Denver
10:27 AM	1	Cole Folwell	Dawson School
10:27 AM	1	Jordan Stromberger	Eaton
10:27 AM	10	Mason Garcia	Cedaredge
10:27 AM	10	Chris Bolin	Fowler
10:27 AM	10	Kendal Pelton	Cheyenne Wells

September 23, 2014

Notebook: Fairview football has record day in opening win at Grand Junction

Fairview ThunderRidge football 5A playoffs — Fairview senior Johnny Feauto (17), pictured last season after a win in the Class 5A semifinals. (Kai Casey/CHSAANow.com)

Fairview’s offense was supposed to take a hit after graduating its quarterback and three leading receivers. Right?

Yeah, right.

The Knights, ranked No. 7 in this week’s poll, not only picked up right where they left off last Saturday, they expanded upon what last year’s near-record setting offense did on its way to football’s Class 5A championship game last season.

Led by senior Johnny Feauto, their “new” quarterback — more on that later — Fairview racked up 510 passing yards and 712 yards of total offense in its 58-28 win at Grand Junction.

The passing yards now rank No. 3 in the state record book, while the total offense is No. 10.

Here’s what’s scary: Fairview trailed Grand Junction 14-0 after the first quarter.

Last season, Anders Hill and Feauto combined to throw for 4,005 yards. It was only the third time in state history that a program had surpassed the 4,000-yard mark in passing. But Hill, now at Columbia, accounted for 3,878 of that — which is No. 4 all-time in state history for a single season.

Still, Feauto didn’t come out of nowhere. As a sophomore, he played in six games in relief of an injured Hill and threw for 2,316 yards and 21 touchdowns. In fact, his 414 yards on Saturday are just the third-most of Feauto’s career. He had outputs of 433 and 429 yards as a sophomore.

With a fully-healthy Hill back last season, Feauto focused on his role at cornerback and had six interceptions — including two in the semifinals against ThunderRidge.

Anyway, on Saturday, Feauto also had 122 rushing yards. That put his total output at 536 yards, which is now No. 7 all-time.

So this offense, despite losing guys like Hill, Sam Martin, Cam Frazier and Owen Harris, is still very potent. Because of Feauto, and because of other guys like Thomas Creese — who threw for the other 96 passing yards on Saturday — Carlo Kemp (two rushing touchdowns), David McWilliams (202 receiving yards, two touchdowns), Connor May (94 receiving yards, two touchdowns), Tim Ryan (109 all-purpose yards) and Steve D’Epagnier (41 receiving yards).

If anything, they’re just upholding tradition. Historically, Fairview has had one of the state’s best offenses.

The Knights own the Nos. 3 and 4 total marks for passing yards in a season. In addition to the 2013 mark of 4,005 yards, the program threw for 3,977 in 2002. Fairview also sits Nos. 1 and 2 in the record books for passes attempted and completed by a team in a season. And Martin, now at Miami of Ohio, holds the state records for catches (112) and receiving yards (1,860) in a season.

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Jefferson Academy’s Kupcho plays well at Colorado Women’s Open

Jefferson Academy senior Jennifer Kupcho, last season’s Class 4A girls golf champion, finished tied for second at the Colorado Women’s Open last weekend. She finished at 1-under (215) over the three-day event, and actually held the lead after the first day at 6-under.

Kupcho was the top-placing amateur of the event.

“It’s really exciting to finish that high up in a pro tournament,” she told BoCoPreps afterward.

Other notable finishers:

2014 Cherry Creek grad Calli Ringsby (tied for 24th)
2010 Doherty graduate Paige Crawford (tied for 28th)
2012 Regis Jesuit graduate Kathleen Kershisnik (tied for 38th)
Dakota Ridge senior Gillian Vance (tied for 42nd)

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Short stuff

This is worth a read: Adams City won its first football game since 2008.
Columbine football hadn’t lost its opening game since 2006. Last week, the Rebels started 0-2. I can’t find the last time that happened in the program’s history. That said, both losses were five-point games. Columbine is off then week, then hosts Bear Creek next Friday.
Pueblo West boys soccer beat Lewis-Palmer 6-5 last Friday. Jaydon Moreschini, a senior, scored all six goals for the Cyclones.
Valor Christian quarterback Dylan McCaffrey, a sophomore, has been classified as an a four-star recruit by Scout.
More preseason volleyball honors for Lewis-Palmer’s Alexa Smith and Eaglecrest’s Jordyn Poulter: Both were named to High School Illustrated’s preseason All-American team.
Lewis-Palmer, by the way, is No. 14 in MaxPreps’ latest national volleyball rankings.
Sticking with volleyball: Thomas Jefferson’s Jessica Jackson, a senior, was selected to play on an all-star team from the United States in Europe this summer.
Fruita Monument hired Jake Smith as its boys lacrosse coach.
Ralston Valley has named Robby Bales as its new baseball coach, according to The Review (the school’s newspaper).
Liberty picked Sara McGillivray as its girls soccer coach.
Regis Jesuit announced that former DU defenseman Zach Blom, a member of the Pioneers’ 2005 national championship team, has joined its hockey program as an assistant.
Here’s video of Dakota Ridge’s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

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Alumni short stuff

Colorado’s mark on Wyoming football program has long been undeniable, but that seems extra true this season. Two Colorado products have been named captains of Wyoming’s football team: Grandview grad Eddie Yarbrough (a defensive end) and Palmer grad Dominic Rufran (a wide receiver). Rufran will start at wide receiver — along with former Grandview star Tanner Gentry. In all, 20 products of Colorado high schools are on Wyomong’s roster — including four 2014 grads. By comparison, CSU has 40 Colorado products on its roster this season and CU has 26.
Christian McCaffrey, who graduated from Valor Christian in May after an outstanding athletic career, had an electric debut for Stanford football on Saturday. We are all well aware of McCaffrey’s versatility — his 8,839 all-purpose yards are a state record — and he showed it in the Cardinal’s win against UC Davis. He had this 52-yard touchdown reception — the first of his career — and a 44-yard punt return. McCaffrey had one rush for 10 yards, the 52 receiving yards, returned three punts for 60 yards, and was even on kickoff coverage. Said Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloombgren to sfgate.com: “Nah, that didn’t surprise me. I’m not sure he’ll be able to do anything to surprise me anymore.”
2014 Falcon graduate Kalen Ballage also scored a touchdown in his debut for Arizona State last week. He finished with 37 yards on 12 attempts. Still, Ballage told the Arizona Republic, “I definitely want to be better. Now that I hit the ground running and got the first game out of the way, I’ll be able to just play.”
2010 Rocky Mountain graduate Marco Gonzales picked up his first MLB win on Saturday. “It feels pretty rewarding,” Gonzales told MLB.com afterward. He made his debut in June.
Another recent addition to football’s record book: Holy Family just recently submitted the career (2011-13) numbers for former quarterback David Sommers. His 8,326 yards of total offense are No. 10 all-time.
Former Pine Creek setter Rory McCloy was named the NJCAA Division I national player of the week last week. Now at Laramie County Community College in Wyoming, she had 175 assists in her team’s first four matches — and averaged 10.9 per set. She’s currently leading the nation in assists with 345.
Jefferson Academy alum Ally Thimsen, a 2014 graduate, was named the Big Sky offensive player of the week after recording two goals and an assist in one game.

September 5, 2014

Notebook: Skyview preparing for its first night football game

Skyview’s George DiTirro Stadium. (Pam Wagner)

Skyview’s football team has never stepped onto its home field under the lights. This season, the 27th in school history, that changes.

Due in large part of a grassroots community effort, as well as determination from its school board, Skyview has installed lights onto George DiTirro Stadium in Thornton. Those lights will turn on August 29, a Friday, when the Wolverines open the season against Summit.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

“Playing on Friday nights is going to be awesome,” Skyview coach Bill Nelson said on Thursday. “Everybody’s excited.”

Skyview had been relegated to playing Saturday afternoons ever since the school was founded when the old Mapleton and Highland high schools combined in 1988. Mapleton had lights on its football field, but the new school moved to Highland’s campus. That stadium didn’t have lights.

So Saturdays became the norm when playing at home for Skyview. Early in the season, that meant dealing with heat. It usually always meant playing in front of sparse crowds.

“Saturday afternoons were wicked,” Nelson said. “I love coaching there, the people are good to me. But playing on Saturday afternoon just killed me.

“We are hoping attendance is going to go up,” Nelson added. “Even sometimes (entire) visiting team’s (crowds) didn’t come. A lot of our people didn’t come.”

The Wolverines have six home dates this season. All games are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Fridays.

“It just puts a different tone on our program,” Nelson said. “It’s more of a typical high school setting. We’re going to try to do some new traditions. Either have a meal or have some kind of session that we didn’t normally do.”

The school’s other teams that use the facility will also benefit from the lights. Notably, soccer games can start later. Those athletes had been leaving classes at 2 or 3 p.m. to prepare for a 4 p.m. start.

“Getting out of school just to play a home soccer game?” Nelson said. “Now we’re not going to have to do that.”

As part of the agreement to put lights up, the City of Thornton will also have access to the facility.

But on a Friday night in late August, DiTirro stadium will belong to the Wolverines. There’s a public Facebook group inviting alumni to attend.

Chris Kemm, Skyview’s girls basketball coach and a 1991 alum of the school, is a driving force behind the night.

“The only time we ever pack the stadium is for graduation,” Kemm said.

That may soon change. A full house is expected for the opener.

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MLB draft picks sign

Ralston Valley senior pitcher Jordan Holloway fires a pitch during the early innings Thursday at Frank DeAngelis Field at Columbine High School. (Dennis Pleuss) — Ralston Valley graduate Jordan Holloway. (Dennis Pleuss)

The MLB’s deadline for 2014 draft picks to sign was July 18.

Colorado had 23 products picked this year, including Kyle Freeland at No. 8 overall; 14 ended up signing.

Among those starting professional careers were Freeland and 2014 graduates Brock Burke (Evergreen), Max George (Regis Jesuit) and Jordan Holloway (Ralston Valley).

Freeland has made three starts for the Rockies’ Rookie-A affiliate in Grand Junction, but has thrown just nine innings. He has a 1.00 ERA, seven strikeouts and hasn’t allowed a walk.

Burke has thrown three innings for Tampa Bay’s Rookie-A affiliate, and hasn’t allowed a run.

George is with Freeland at Grand Junction and is hitting .303 with three home runs and 13 RBIs in 21 games. He hit for the cycle on July 13.

Holloway has yet to play a game.

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Short stuff

MaxPreps recently ranked the 20 “most dominant” football programs in Colorado since 2004. The top three are not exactly a surprise: Mullen, Valor Christian and Columbine. Those three schools have won all but two Class 5A titles since 2004.
Earlier this month, we wrote about the Nate Ekhoff Kicking Camp. Campers got an awesome surprise when Broncos kicker Matt Prater showed up as a counselor. “Matt worked with the kickers for over four hours and never left the turf,” Marshall Ekhoff wrote in an email.
Jefferson Academy’s Jennifer Kupcho, the reigning Class 4A girls golf champion, lost during the match play portion of the U.S. Girls Junior Golf Championship in Flagstaff, Ariz. this week. Kupcho did finish in a tie for eighth at 1-under during the two-day stroke play portion, and was the highest Colorado finisher. Dakota Ridge’s Gillian Vance (+12), Regis Jesuit’s Jaclyn Murray (+21), Dakota Ridge’s Sydney Merchant (+22) and Skyline’s Erin Sargent (+27) also took part in the stroke play event, but missed the cut for match play.
Eaglecrest’s Jordyn Poulter and Lewis-Palmer’s Alexa Smith both won a gold medal while competing for the United States at the Under-20 NORCEA Continental Championship, an international volleyball tournament.
The inter-Colorado Springs coaching swaps continued when boys basketball coach Jarris Krapcha moved from Mitchell to Doherty last week.
Erie was hit hard by flooding last season. The school’s football field recently underwent a turf replacement to repair damage from the water.
Check out the new center-court logo for Liberty’s basketball teams.
New Denver Bronco DeMarcus Ware helped Doherty’s football team during its fundraiser.
Former Columbine athletic director Ed Woytek will remain in his advisory role with Valor Christian this season.
Front Range Christian and Jim Elliot will co-op in football for the 2014-15 school year.
Coveted 2016 big man De’Ron Davis of Overland added an offer from Oregon, according to his club team. Among his offers: Arizona, Indiana, UCLA and Wake Forest.
Valor Christian graduate Alex Kozan was a Freshman All-SEC pick as a redshirt freshman at Auburn last season. A guard, he’s now landed on the Outland Trophy watch list, given annually to college football’s top interior lineman.
Arapahoe graduate Hannah Wood, runner up in the 5A girls golf tournament last spring, won the CWGA’s stroke play championship on Wednesday. She then got a shout-out from Oklahoma’s golf team, which she’ll join this fall.
Regis University is hosting a development baseball league on Saturdays and Sundays this fall. Here’s more info.

July 24, 2014