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  • Fort Morgan, Olathe move into wrestling rankings

    Fort Morgan has joined this week’s wrestling rankings from On The Mat. The Mustangs are now No. 10 in Class 4A.

    Elsewhere, Olathe joined the 3A ranking at No. 6, and Pine Creek moved up to No. 3 in 5A.

    Each of the No. 1 teams stayed put: Arvada West (5A), Thompson Valley (4A), Brush (3A) and Paonia (2A).

    Complete team rankings for all classes are below.

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    On The Mat Wrestling Rankings

    Tim Yount of On The Mat provides weekly wrestling rankings for teams and individuals in all weight classes. To see individual rankings, you can subscribe to On The Mat’s full rankings.

    To subscribe via PayPal, choose your subscription option on this page click on the corresponding PayPal button. To subscribe by mail or fax and pay by personal check, click here for a printable subscription form. Email Tim Yount at tim@onthematrankings.com with questions.

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

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Paonia 1
    2 Norwood/Nucla 3
    3 Meeker 2
    4 Rocky Ford 4
    5 Centauri 5
    6 Swink 6
    7 Sedgwick County/Fleming 7
    8 Ignacio 8
    9 Crowley County 9
    Dropped out
    None.

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Brush 1
    2 Valley 2
    3 Lamar 3
    4 Dolores Huerta 4
    5 Delta 5
    6 Olathe –
    7 Fort Lupton 6
    8 Sterling 7
    9 Sheridan 8
    10 Platte Valley 9
    Dropped out
    Berthoud (10)

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Thompson Valley 1
    2 Pueblo County 2
    3 Windsor 3
    4 Greeley Central 4
    5 Pueblo East 5
    6 Air Academy 6
    7 Pueblo West 7
    8 Pueblo South 8
    9 Mesa Ridge 10
    10 Fort Morgan –
    Dropped out
    Discovery Canyon (9)

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Arvada West 1
    2 Pomona 2
    3 Pine Creek 4
    4 Grand Junction 3
    5 Mountain Range 5
    6 Coronado 7
    7 Rocky Mountain 6
    8 Ponderosa 8
    9 Cherry Creek 9
    10 Fruita Monument 10
    Dropped out
    None.

  • Rocky Mountain moves to No. 6 in 5A wrestling rankings

    Rocky Mountain is up to No. 6 in this week’s On The Mat wrestling rankings. The Lobos jumped up from No. 8 in Class 5A.

    The week’s other big mover was Norwood/Nucla, which moved from No. 5 to No. 3 in Class 2A.

    As they have over recent weeks, the No. 1 teams all stayed put. Those are Arvada West (5A), Thompson Valley (4A), Brush (3A) and Paonia (2A).

    Complete team rankings for all classes are below.

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    On The Mat Wrestling Rankings

    Tim Yount of On The Mat provides weekly wrestling rankings for teams and individuals in all weight classes. To see individual rankings, you can subscribe to On The Mat’s full rankings.

    To subscribe via PayPal, choose your subscription option on this page click on the corresponding PayPal button. To subscribe by mail or fax and pay by personal check, click here for a printable subscription form. Email Tim Yount at tim@onthematrankings.com with questions.

    To purchase individual weeks of the rankings (as opposed to the entire season), you will need to use the printable subscription form and pay by check. The season ranking subscriptions are offered at a discounted rate.

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

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Paonia 1
    2 Meeker 2
    3 Norwood/Nucla 5
    4 Rocky Ford 3
    5 Centauri 4
    6 Swink 6
    7 Sedgwick County/Fleming 8
    8 Ignacio 7
    9 Crowley County –
    Dropped out
    Holly (9), Wray (10).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Brush 1
    2 Valley 2
    3 Lamar 3
    4 Dolores Huerta 4
    5 Delta 5
    6 Fort Lupton 6
    7 Sterling 7
    8 Sheridan 8
    9 Platte Valley 9
    10 Berthoud 10
    Dropped out
    None.

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Thompson Valley 1
    2 Pueblo County 3
    3 Windsor 2
    4 Greeley Central 5
    5 Pueblo East 4
    6 Air Academy 6
    7 Pueblo West 7
    8 Pueblo South 10
    9 Discovery Canyon 8
    10 Mesa Ridge –
    Dropped out
    Fort Morgan (9).

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Arvada West 1
    2 Pomona 2
    3 Grand Junction 3
    4 Pine Creek 4
    5 Mountain Range 5
    6 Rocky Mountain 8
    7 Coronado 7
    8 Ponderosa 9
    9 Cherry Creek 6
    10 Fruita Monument 10
    Dropped out
    None.

  • Cañon City girls basketball beats Mesa Ridge in 4A top-10 matchup

    Canon City Mesa Ridge girls basketball
    Canon City’s Marissa McIntosh, left. (Brandon Hopper)

    CAÑON CITY — Jeff Beatty predicted a good chunk of Tuesday’s game.

    The Mesa Ridge coach knew that second-ranked Canon City would shoot the ball well.

    And he knew that if the Tigers tried to play man defense on his star player, Kylee Shook, that she’d have a big game.

    He didn’t see the drubbing coming, though.

    The Tigers were 8-for-17 from 3-point land in the first half and Shook scored often, but without a second threat the 10th-ranked Grizzlies couldn’t hang. Canon City finished off Mesa Ridge with a 52-44 score in the teams’ Colorado Springs Metro League opener in the Tiger Dome.

    “You have to know you’re not going to stop (dominant players such as Shook),” Tigers coach Dan Heath said, “You want to limit them, and then you want to do all the things you always do to the rest of the team. You don’t want to have so much focus on one player that you let other players beat you. We did a good job of that tonight.”

    Shook had 12 points at halftime, but the rest of the Grizzlies combined for only two – a first-quarter bucket by freshman Chloe Welch. Shook ended with 23 points, and Welch scored seven late in the game to finish with nine.

    “It’s very difficult (to win when only Kylee is scoring),” said Beatty, head coach of the defending state champion Grizzlies. “We were missing inside shots, we rushed our shots a little bit. That’s that youth thing. Sometimes we get in there and let it speed us up instead of playing at our speed.”

    Canon City Mesa Ridge girls basketball
    Canon City’s Marissa McIntosh looks to pass against Mesa Ridge on Tuesday.

    It’s not a surprise they felt rushed. With the way the Tigers came out firing, the Grizzlies felt they needed to keep pace. Tigers senior standout Nicole Archambeau hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and Emily Lambrecht added two to give the Tigers a 15-6 lead after the first eight minutes.

    “We hit a lot of shots,” said Lambrecht, who finished with a team-high 14 points. “It was weird (to miss) a shot in the first half it seemed like.”

    Kaylan Miller hit the team’s sixth 3-pointer in the early moments of the second quarter, and it wasn’t until Kristin Katchmar’s bucket with 6:51 left on the clock that the Tigers made a two-point shot. By that time, they’d stretched the lead to 20-8. A Lizzy McCalla 3-pointer at the end of the half made it 34-14 at halftime.

    Mesa Ridge inched back in the second half to make the game look close. Welch hit a 3-pointer with less than a minute left to cut the lead to seven, but even Beatty had pretty much called off the fouling at the point.

    To go with Lambrecht’s 14 points, Miller had 10 and Archambeau finished with nine. Archambeau led the team with six rebounds and Lambrecht grabbed five. Miller had a team-high six assists. Archambeau ended the game with five steals.

    Canon City improved to a state-best 10-0 with the win. Its last two wins have been against fifth-ranked Pueblo West (67-65 in overtime) and now 10th-ranked Mesa Ridge.

    The Grizzlies fell to 4-5 and have now lost two in a row — to Canon City on Tuesday and ninth-ranked Pueblo South (50-43) on Dec. 18.

    It was the teams’ Colorado Springs Metro League opener. The Grizzlies dominated the league last year to the tune of a 12-0 record with scores averaging 68-25, and the eventual state champs finished 28-0.

    The Tigers’ next game will be against Mitchell (7-2) on Thursday in Colorado Springs. Mesa Ridge will host Sierra (5-2) on Thursday.

  • On The Mat’s wrestling rankings at the break

    A ton of new teams grace this week’s On The Mat wrestling rankings, thanks in large part to an expansion to 15 ranked teams per classification.

    Each of the four No. 1 teams stayed the same. Those are Arvada West (5A), Thompson Valley (4A), Brush (3A) and Paonia (2A).

    Complete team rankings for all classes are below.

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    On The Mat Wrestling Rankings

    Tim Yount of On The Mat provides weekly wrestling rankings for teams and individuals in all weight classes. To see individual rankings, you can subscribe to On The Mat’s full rankings.

    To subscribe via PayPal, choose your subscription option on this page click on the corresponding PayPal button. To subscribe by mail or fax and pay by personal check, click here for a printable subscription form. Email Tim Yount at tim@onthematrankings.com with questions.

    To purchase individual weeks of the rankings (as opposed to the entire season), you will need to use the printable subscription form and pay by check. The season ranking subscriptions are offered at a discounted rate.

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

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Paonia 1
    2 Meeker 4
    3 Rocky Ford 3
    4 Centauri 2
    5 Norwood/Nucla 5
    6 Swink 10
    7 Ignacio –
    8 Sedgwick County/Fleming –
    9 Holly –
    10 Wray –
    11 Baca County 11
    12 Monte Vista 8
    13 Burlington 7
    14 Crowley County –
    15 Hayden –
    Dropped out
    Hotchkiss (6), Buena Vista (9).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Brush 1
    2 Valley 2
    3 Lamar 3
    4 Dolores Huerta 6
    5 Delta 5
    6 Fort Lupton 4
    7 Sterling 8
    8 Sheridan –
    9 Platte Valley 11
    10 Berthoud 10
    11 Alamosa –
    12 Holy Family 9
    13 Mead –
    14 Olathe –
    15 Montezuma Cortez –
    Dropped out
    Strasburg (7).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Thompson Valley 1
    2 Windsor 3
    3 Pueblo County 2
    4 Pueblo East 4
    5 Greeley Central 5
    6 Air Academy 10
    7 Pueblo West –
    8 Discovery Canyon 7
    9 Fort Morgan –
    10 Pueblo South 6
    11 Pueblo Centennial 8
    12 Glenwood Springs –
    13 Mesa Ridge 9
    14 Canon City –
    15 Mountain View –
    Dropped out
    None.

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Arvada West 1
    2 Pomona 3
    3 Grand Junction 4
    4 Pine Creek 2
    5 Mountain Range 8
    6 Cherry Creek –
    7 Coronado 6
    8 Rocky Mountain 5
    9 Ponderosa 7
    10 Fruita Monument –
    11 Adams City 10
    12 Grandview –
    13 Northglenn –
    14 Chaparral –
    15 Lakewood –
    Dropped out
    Poudre (9).

  • Grand Junction joins 5A girls basketball rankings

    Grand Junction has joined the Class 5A girls basketball rankings this week. The Tigers are No. 7.

    GJ is off to a 8-1 start this season, and narrowly lost to No. 2 Grandview in the championship game of the Wolves’ tournament on Saturday.

    ThunderRidge continued to lead the 5A poll, while Grandview, No. 3 Highlands Ranch, Broomfield and Monarch also stayed put in the top five. Horizon also held firm at No. 6.

    The biggest news of the new rankings may just be in 1A, where Kit Carson edged Idalia for the No. 1 spot in the classification. Idalia dropped to No. 2.

    The three other No. 1 teams all stayed the same: Valor Christian (4A), Sterling (3A) and Yuma (2A).

    Other newcomers this week include No. 9 Pueblo South in 4A, No. 9 Platte Valley in 3A, No. 8 Cedaredge in 2A, and No. 8 McClave in 1A.

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

    Complete rankings are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Girls Basketball Polls

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

    First-place votes are in parentheses.

    Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

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

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 ThunderRidge (13) 7-1 162 1 1-1
    2 Grandview (2) 6-0 146 2 3-0
    3 Highlands Ranch (2) 8-2 132 3 2-1
    4 Broomfield 5-2 114 4 1-0
    5 Monarch 9-1 98 5 3-0
    6 Horizon 7-1 95 6 3-0
    7 Grand Junction 8-1 59 – 2-1
    8 Fairview 6-1 46 8 1-0
    9 Lakewood 4-4 26 7 3-1
    10 Regis Jesuit 3-4 15 9 0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Rampart 14, Ralston Valley 11, Arapahoe 7, Fossil Ridge 5, Rocky Mountain 3, Denver East 2.
    Dropped out
    Ralston Valley (10).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Valor Christian (12) 5-1 128 1 2-1
    2 Canon City (1) 8-0 102 4 2-0
    3 Holy Family (1) 5-2 101 2 1-0
    4 Pueblo East 7-2 70 7 2-0
    5 Pueblo West 6-2 69 6 0-0
    6 Sand Creek 4-2 46 3 0-1
    7 Montrose 5-1 37 10 3-0
    8 D’Evelyn 4-3 33 8 0-0
    9 Pueblo South 5-3 27 – 3-0
    10 Mesa Ridge 4-4 24 5 0-1
    Others receiving votes:
    Durango 23, Littleton 22, Thomas Jefferson 19, Evergreen 10, Glenwood Springs 8, Mullen 8, Wheat Ridge 8, Green Mountain 6, Conifer 5, Windsor 5, Air Academy 4, Eagle Valley 4, Longmont 4, Erie 3, Falcon 2, Mead 2, Sierra 1.
    Dropped out
    Durango (9).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Sterling (8) 6-0 130 1 2-0
    2 Lutheran (4) 6-0 116 3 3-0
    3 Pagosa Springs (2) 5-0 113 2 0-0
    4 St. Mary’s 7-0 94 5 1-0
    5 Manitou Springs 5-1 72 4 2-1
    6 Eaton 5-1 68 6 3-0
    7 Faith Christian 5-3 33 7 1-0
    8 La Junta 7-1 29 10 1-0
    9 Platte Valley 4-1 21 – 2-0
    10 Olathe 4-1 19 8 1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Machebeuf 15, Centauri 14, Brush 10, Lamar 9, Trinidad 9, Liberty Common 8, Kent Denver 4, Grand Valley 3, Peak to Peak 2, Valley 1.
    Dropped out
    Machebeuf (9).

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Yuma (7) 5-0 96 1 2-0
    2 Hoehne (1) 7-0 87 2 2-0
    3 Akron 6-0 78 3 2-0
    4 Caliche (1) 6-0 70 5 2-0
    5 Peyton (1) 4-0 58 4 2-0
    6 Paonia 5-2 39 7 1-0
    7 Meeker 3-1 30 6 0-1
    8 Cedaredge 7-0 25 – 2-0
    9 Del Norte 6-0 18 9 1-0
    10 Highland 5-2 14 8 0-1
    Others receiving votes:
    Wray 9, Sanford 6, Sedgwick County 6, Ellicott 5, Kiowa 4, Dayspring Christian 3, Ignacio 2.
    Dropped out
    Sanford (10).

    Class 1A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Kit Carson (6) 5-0 91 2 3-0
    2 Idalia (3) 4-1 79 1 1-1
    3 Sangre De Cristo 5-0 63 4 0-0
    4 Fleming 3-1 62 7 1-0
    5 Norwood 4-0 46 6 2-0
    6 South Baca 4-1 41 5 1-0
    7 Briggsdale 4-2 32 3 1-1
    8 McClave 5-1 31 – 2-1
    9 Cheraw 5-2 29 10 0-1
    10 Eads 4-2 16 9 2-1
    Others receiving votes:
    Heritage Christian (1) 15, Genona-Hugo/Karval 10, Shining Mountain 10, Plateau Valley 9, Cheyenne Wells 5, Kim 4, Springfield 3, Ouray 2, Deer Trail 1, Prairie 1.
    Dropped out
    Springfield (8).

  • Third quarter explosion propels CSCS boys basketball over Mesa Ridge

    CSCS guard Ross Parker looks to pass the ball into the post during the Lions' win over Mesa Ridge Thursday night. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow)
    CSCS guard Ross Parker (15) looks to pass the ball into the post during the Lions’ win over Mesa Ridge Thursday night. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow)

    COLORADO SPRINGS — A lopsided third quarter proved to be the difference Thursday as Class 3A’s No. 1-ranked Colorado Springs Christian dismantled Mesa Ridge 60-39.

    The Grizzlies — a young team with high ambitions — came into CSCS with hopes that an early season win over a powerhouse like the Lions could work wonders for them later in the year. But much like a loss to Pueblo Central earlier this year, Mesa Ridge just couldn’t put together a complete game.

    “We set our whole schedule up to make these kids mature,” Mesa Ridge coach Paul Mileto said. “We’re pretty young so we want to mature quick and we have a lot of respect for CSCS.”

    Both teams had difficulty establishing an offensive rhythm early. The game started on a good note for the Lions as Ross Parker knocked down an early three-pointer, but that was anything other than a sign of what was to come.

    Almost halfway through the first quarter, the two teams had scored a combined eight points. The Lions were able to open it up somewhat, building a 14-8 lead.

    Their top offensive threats in Justin Engesser and Sam Howard had only accounted for a combined four points in that span. It was with the steady hand of point guard Chris Hildenbrand that the Lions were able to bide the their time until Engesser and Howard settled in.

    But even Hildenbrand thought the team’s play didn’t meet expectations early in the game.

    “I think our mental emotion wasn’t there in the beginning; we were a little nervous since it was our first home game,” Hildenbrand said. “(The slow start) is on me because we try to play our game and slow it down. We wanted to make sure we were focused and could play our game.”

    Engesser would settle in a bit in the second quarter where he lead all scorers with seven points to finish with nine in the first half. But the Lions continued to struggle to build and maintain a lead. Grizzlies guard Pryce Adams led his team with six points in the first half, but was the victim of a botched call that would contribute to the team’s second half undoing.

    Adams was whistled for a foul on Howard, but was standing on the other side of key where the foul occurred. In trying to call the foul on Humphrey Gabriel, the officials called the number of a player that wasn’t even on the floor before assigning the foul on Adams.

    “That kind of hurt us and I sat him (at the start of the second half),” Mileto said. “I had to decide if I needed him later in the game and I didn’t want to take a chance in him getting (his fourth) foul early.”

    With Adams on the bench, the Lions took advantage. They outscored the Grizzlies by 16 points in the third quarter, giving them a 47-28 lead going into the final eight minutes. The Lions played ball-control offense in the fourth quarter and walked away with the 60-39 win. After scoring two points in the first quarter, Engesser led all scorers with 19 points. Hildenbrand added 14 and Howard finished with 13.

    “We’ve had some games where we’ve been up big at halftime and come out in the third quarter and we don’t play hard enough,” Lions coach Mark Engesser said. “It was a three-point game and we needed to come out and focus in the third quarter and the guys did just that.”

  • Poudre wrestling joins 5A rankings at No. 9

    Poudre joined this week’s On The Mat wrestling rankings in Class 5A at No. 9.

    Other newcomers include Strasburg (No. 7) and Berthoud (No. 10) in 3A, as well as Hotchkiss (No. 6) and Burlington (No. 7) in 2A.

    Each of the No. 1 teams stayed the same this week: Paonia (2A), Brush (3A), Thompson Valley (4A) and Arvada West (5A).

    Complete team rankings for all classes are below.

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    On The Mat Wrestling Rankings

    Tim Yount of On The Mat provides weekly wrestling rankings for teams and individuals in all weight classes. To see individual rankings, you can subscribe to On The Mat’s full rankings.

    To subscribe via PayPal, choose your subscription option on this page click on the corresponding PayPal button. To subscribe by mail or fax and pay by personal check, click here for a printable subscription form. Email Tim Yount at tim@onthematrankings.com with questions.

    To purchase individual weeks of the rankings (as opposed to the entire season), you will need to use the printable subscription form and pay by check. The season ranking subscriptions are offered at a discounted rate.

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

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Paonia 1
    2 Centauri 2
    3 Rocky Ford 3
    4 Meeker 4
    5 Norwood/Nucla 5
    6 Hotchkiss –
    7 Burlington –
    8 Monte Vista 6
    9 Buena Vista 7
    10 Swink 8
    Dropped out
    Fleming/Sedgwick County (9), Baca County (10).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Brush 1
    2 Valley 2
    3 Lamar 3
    4 Fort Lupton 5
    5 Delta 7
    6 Dolores Huerta 4
    7 Strasburg –
    8 Sterling 8
    9 Holy Family 9
    10 Berthoud –
    Dropped out
    La Junta (6), Platte Valley (10).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Thompson Valley 1
    2 Pueblo County 2
    3 Windsor 3
    4 Pueblo East 4
    5 Greeley Central 10
    6 Pueblo South 6
    7 Discovery Canyon 7
    8 Pueblo Centennial 8
    9 Mesa Ridge 9
    10 Air Academy 5
    Dropped out
    None.

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Arvada West 1
    2 Pine Creek 2
    3 Pomona 3
    4 Grand Junction 4
    5 Rocky Mountain 5
    6 Coronado 6
    7 Ponderosa 7
    8 Mountain Range 8
    9 Poudre –
    10 Adams City 9
    Dropped out
    Regis Jesuit (10).

  • Fairview girls basketball joins 5A ranking at No. 8

    Fairview Arvada West girls basketball
    Grace O’Neill (15) and Fairview girls basketball are ranked No. 8 in 5A this week. (Kai Casey/CHSAANow.com)

    Fairview girls basketball, 5-1 to start the season, has joined the Class 5A rankings this week.

    The Knights are No. 8 in CHSAANow.com’s poll. They went 2-1 last week, with the lone loss coming to No. 1 ThunderRidge.

    ThunderRidge retained its spot atop 5A, thanks in large part to a second win over Broomfield, which was ranked No. 2 at the time.

    Ther other big change this week was in 3A, where Sterling overtook Pagosa Springs for the No. 1 spot in the classification.

    The 4A poll added a pair of Western Slope teams this week in Durango (No. 9) and Montrose (No. 10)

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

    Complete rankings are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Girls Basketball Polls

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

    First-place votes are in parentheses.

    Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

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

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 ThunderRidge (15) 6-0 168 1 3-0
    2 Grandview 3-0 129 5 3-0
    3 Highlands Ranch (2) 6-1 126 4 2-0
    4 Broomfield 4-2 111 2 2-1
    5 Monarch 6-1 105 3 2-1
    6 Horizon 4-1 75 8 2-0
    7 Lakewood 1-3 45 9 0-0
    8 Fairview 5-1 39 – 2-1
    9 Regis Jesuit 3-4 35 7 1-2
    10 Ralston Valley 4-2 30 6 1-2
    Others receiving votes:
    Rampart 26, Fossil Ridge 21, Grand Junction 9, Arapahoe 5, Denver East 4, Poudre 4, Cherry Creek 1, Mountain Vista 1, Pomona 1.
    Dropped out
    Fossil Ridge (10).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Valor Christian (14) 3-0 140 1 2-0
    2 Holy Family 4-2 94 8 3-0
    3 Sand Creek 4-1 93 2 2-1
    4 Canon City 6-0 83 7 2-0
    5 Mesa Ridge 4-3 81 3 2-2
    6 Pueblo West 6-2 74 4 3-1
    7 Pueblo East 5-2 68 10 4-0
    8 D’Evelyn 4-3 44 5 2-1
    9 Durango 6-0 33 – 4-0
    10 Montrose 2-1 19 – 2-1
    Others receiving votes:
    Pueblo South 18, Vista Ridge 10, Wheat Ridge 9, Littleton 8, Longmont 8, Green Mountain 7, Thomas Jefferson 7, Air Academy 6, Denver South 5, Golden 4, Mullen 3, Sierra 3, Silver Creek 3, Glenwood Springs 2, Berthoud 1, Eagle Valley 1, Falcon 1.
    Dropped out
    Pueblo South (6), Longmont (9).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Sterling (10) 4-0 135 2 2-0
    2 Pagosa Springs (2) 5-0 134 1 2-0
    3 Lutheran (1) 3-0 125 3 3-0
    4 Manitou Springs (1) 3-0 98 4 2-0
    5 St. Mary’s 6-0 94 5 3-0
    6 Eaton 2-1 67 6 2-1
    7 Faith Christian 4-3 34 7 1-3
    8 Olathe 3-1 30 – 1-0
    9 Machebeuf 2-3 19 8 1-2
    10 La Junta 6-1 18 – 3-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Platte Valley 12, Brush 9, Valley 9, Grand Valley 8, Centauri 7, Trinidad 6, Kent Denver 5, Lamar 5, Colorado Academy 4, Buena Vista 2, Strasburg 2, Liberty Common 1, The Pinnacle 1.
    Dropped out
    Trinidad (9), Lamar (10).

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Yuma (7) 3-0 94 1 3-0
    2 Hoehne (2) 5-0 88 2 2-0
    3 Akron 4-0 80 3 2-0
    4 Peyton (1) 2-0 70 4 1-0
    5 Caliche 4-0 65 5 2-0
    6 Meeker 3-0 42 7 0-0
    7 Paonia 4-2 41 6 2-2
    8 Highland 5-1 18 9 2-1
    9 Del Norte 5-0 12 8 3-0
    10 Sanford 3-2 11 10 3-1
    Others receiving votes:
    Ellicott 10, Cedaredge 8, Dayspring Christian 3, Kiowa 2, Ridgway 2, Sargent 2, Sedgwick County 2, Rye 1.
    Dropped out
    None.

    Class 1A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Idalia (5) 3-0 77 1 1-0
    2 Kit Carson (2) 2-0 68 3 0-0
    3 Briggsdale (1) 3-1 61 5 2-0
    4 Sangre De Cristo 5-0 49 6 2-0
    5 South Baca 3-1 40 8 1-1
    6 Norwood 2-0 35 4 2-0
    7 Fleming 2-1 31 7 0-1
    8 Springfield 3-1 20 – 2-0
    9 Eads 2-1 18 2 1-1
    10 Cheraw 5-1 15 9 3-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Shining Mountain 10, Heritage Christian 7, Prairie 6, Cheyenne Wells 3, Plateau Valley 1.
    Dropped out
    Shining Mountain (10).

  • Regis Jesuit joins this week’s 5A wrestling rankings

    Regis Jesuit joined On The Mat’s wrestling rankings the week. The Raiders are No. 10 in Class 5A.

    Other newcomers include No. 10 Greeley Central in 4A, and No. 9 Fleming/Sedgwick County and No. 10 Baca County in 2A.

    All four No. 1 teams stayed put. Those are Paonia (2A), Brush (3A), Thompson Valley (4A) and Arvada West (5A).

    Complete team rankings for all classes are below.

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    On The Mat Wrestling Rankings

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    To subscribe via PayPal, choose your subscription option on this page click on the corresponding PayPal button. To subscribe by mail or fax and pay by personal check, click here for a printable subscription form. Email Tim Yount at tim@onthematrankings.com with questions.

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

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Paonia 1
    2 Centauri 2
    3 Rocky Ford 3
    4 Meeker 4
    5 Norwood/Nucla 5
    6 Monte Vista 6
    7 Buena Vista 7
    8 Swink 8
    9 Fleming/Sedgwick County –
    10 Baca County –
    Dropped out
    Wray (9), Cedaredge (10).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Brush 1
    2 Valley 2
    3 Lamar 3
    4 Dolores Huerta 4
    5 Fort Lupton 5
    6 La Junta 6
    7 Delta 8
    8 Sterling 7
    9 Holy Family 9
    10 Platte Valley 10
    Dropped out
    None.

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Thompson Valley 1
    2 Pueblo County 2
    3 Windsor 3
    4 Pueblo East 6
    5 Air Academy 7
    6 Pueblo South 4
    7 Discovery Canyon 8
    8 Pueblo Centennial 9
    9 Mesa Ridge 10
    10 Greeley Central –
    Dropped out
    Mountain View (5).

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM PVS
    1 Arvada West 1
    2 Pine Creek 3
    3 Pomona 2
    4 Grand Junction 4
    5 Rocky Mountain 5
    6 Coronado 7
    7 Ponderosa 6
    8 Mountain Range 8
    9 Adams City 9
    10 Regis Jesuit –
    Dropped out
    Cherry Creek (10).

  • ThunderRidge takes over atop 5A girls basketball rankings

    With the preseason No. 1 losing earlier in the week, that left preseason No. 2 Broomfield as the presumptive No. 1.

    Until ThunderRidge knocked off the Eagles on Saturday.

    So when the dust settled on Monday morning, it was the Grizzlies (3-0) who assumed the No. 1 spot in CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A girls basketball rankings. They got nine of the 17 first-place votes, and had 139 overall points.

    Broomfield remained at No. 2 with three first-place votes and 129 points.

    Regis Jesuit, which lost to Monarch last Tuesday, fell to No. 8. Monarch is No. 3 this week after going unranked in the preseason.

    Also joining the 5A poll this week is No. 6 Ralston Valley.

    Elsewhere, there are also new No. 1 teams in 3A (Pagosa Springs) and 1A (Idalia).

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

    Complete rankings are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Girls Basketball Polls

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

    First-place votes are in parentheses.

    Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

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

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 ThunderRidge (9) 3-0 139 10 3-0
    2 Broomfield (3) 2-1 129 2 2-1
    3 Monarch 4-0 125 – 4-0
    4 Highlands Ranch (4) 4-1 116 4 4-1
    5 Grandview (1) 0-0 86 3 0-0
    6 Ralston Valley 3-0 76 – 3-0
    7 Regis Jesuit 2-2 60 1 2-2
    8 Horizon 2-1 58 9 2-1
    9 Lakewood 1-3 34 6 1-3
    10 Fossil Ridge 2-1 31 5 2-1
    Others receiving votes:
    Rampart 28, Denver East 21, Arapahoe 8, Fairview 8, Grand Junction 6, Cherry Creek 5, Mountain Vista 2, Palmer 1, Pine Creek 1, Rocky Mountain 1.
    Dropped out
    Cherry Creek (7), Rampart (8).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Valor Christian (11) 1-0 114 1 1-0
    2 Sand Creek 2-0 99 3 2-0
    3 Mesa Ridge (1) 2-1 87 4 2-1
    4 Pueblo West 3-1 79 5 3-1
    5 D’Evelyn (1) 2-2 68 6 2-2
    6 Pueblo South 1-2 43 2 1-2
    7 Canon City 4-0 30 – 4-0
    8 Holy Family 1-2 28 7 1-2
    9 Longmont 1-0 27 – 1-0
    10 Pueblo East 1-2 25 9 1-2
    Others receiving votes:
    Glenwood Springs 21, Montrose 17, Green Mountain 15, Air Academy 10, Silver Creek 9, Wheat Ridge 9, Denver West 8, Sierra 7, Pueblo County 6, Littleton 4, Falcon 3, Thompson Valley 3, Berthoud 1, Mead 1, Thomas Jefferson 1.
    Dropped out
    Montrose (8), Silver Creek (10).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Pagosa Springs (5) 3-0 127 2 3-0
    2 Sterling (7) 2-0 105 1 2-0
    3 Lutheran (1) 0-0 104 3 0-0
    4 Manitou Springs (1) 1-0 89 4 1-0
    5 St. Mary’s 3-0 85 6 3-0
    6 Eaton 0-0 64 5 0-0
    7 Faith Christian 3-0 32 – 3-0
    8 Machebeuf 1-1 31 7 1-1
    9 Trinidad 2-1 22 – 2-1
    10 Lamar 2-1 20 8 2-1
    Others receiving votes:
    Olathe 15, Valley 15, La Junta 14, Kent Denver 11, Alamosa 8, Buena Vista 6, Brush 5, Monte Vista 5, Platte Valley 4, The Pinnacle 3, Grand Valley 3, The Academy 2, Liberty Common 1, Salida 1.
    Dropped out
    Peak to Peak (9), Olathe (10).

    Class 2A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Yuma (7) 0-0 95 1 0-0
    2 Hoehne (2) 3-0 87 2 3-0
    3 Akron 2-0 79 5 2-0
    4 Peyton (1) 1-0 72 4 1-0
    5 Caliche 2-0 63 3 2-0
    6 Paonia 2-0 52 6 2-0
    7 Meeker 3-0 33 7 3-0
    8 Del Norte 2-0 17 – 2-0
    9 Highland 3-0 15 – 3-0
    10 Sanford 0-1 13 9 0-1
    Others receiving votes:
    Ellicott 7, Cedaredge 6, Rye 4, Ignacio 2, Ridgway 2, Sedgwick County 2.
    Dropped out
    Rye (8), Simla (10).

    Class 1A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Idalia (6) 2-0 87 2 2-0
    2 Eads 1-0 72 4 1-0
    3 Kit Carson (1) 2-0 67 8 2-0
    4 Norwood (1) 0-0 58 3 0-0
    5 Briggsdale (1) 1-1 49 1 1-1
    6 Sangre De Cristo 3-0 44 – 3-0
    7 Fleming 2-0 33 7 2-0
    8 South Baca 2-0 27 – 2-0
    9 Cheraw 2-1 18 6 2-1
    10 Shining Mountain 1-1 13 5 1-1
    Others receiving votes:
    Prairie 6, Springfield 6, La Veta 5, Genona-Hugo/Karval 4, Heritage Christian 2, Otis 2, Flagler 1, Plateau Valley 1.
    Dropped out
    Community Christian (9), Otis (10).