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  • Day 1 results, Day 2 tee times from the 4A state golf tournament

    PUEBLO — Complete results after the first day of the 2014 Class 4A state golf tournament at Walking Stick.

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    Teams
    Place School Score To Par
    1 Valor Christian 206 -10
    2 Pueblo South 220 +4
    3 Cheyenne Mountain 229 +13
    4 Windsor 231 +15
    5 Steamboat Springs 233 +17
    6 Silver Creek 234 +18
    7 Evergreen 240 +24
    8 Discovery Canyon 243 +27
    9 Durango 251 +35
    10 Niwot 252 +36
    T11 Golden 255 +39
    T11 Lewis Palmer 255 +39
    13 Ponderosa 263 +47
    Individuals
    Place Name School Score To Par Day 2 tee
    T1 Jake Staiano Valor Christian 67 -5 10:27 am (1)
    T1 Coby Welch Valor Christian 67 -5 10:18 am (1)
    3 Taylor Rodriguez Pueblo South 69 -3 10:27 am (1)
    T4 Braden Bentley Mesa Ridge 71 -1 10:18 am (1)
    T4 Britt Walton Steamboat Springs 71 -1 10:27 am (1)
    T6 Pierce Aichinger Valor Christian 72 Even 10:09 am (1)
    T6 Wilson Belk Cheyenne Mountain 72 Even 10:18 am (1)
    T6 Ross Macdonald Valor Christian 72 Even 10:00 am (1)
    T9 Shawn Solem Berthoud 74 +2 10:09 am (1)
    T9 Jackson Solem Silver Creek 74 +2 10:09 am (1)
    T11 Hayden Plewe Montezuma-Cortez 75 +3 10:00 am (1)
    T11 Tyler Faye Silver Creek 75 +3 9:51 am (1)
    T11 Chase Federico Pueblo South 75 +3 10:00 am (1)
    T14 Matthew Casias Pueblo South 76 +4 9:51 am (1)
    T14 Darren Edwards Thompson Valley 76 +4 9:42 am (1)
    T14 Liam Short Evergreen 76 +4 9:51 am (1)
    T17 Cole Krantz Windsor 77 +5 9:24 am (1)
    T17 Bretton Krantz Windsor 77 +5 9:33 am (1)
    T17 Ryan Lococo Windsor 77 +5 9:42 am (1)
    T17 Nick Inslee Centaurus 77 +5 9:24 am (1)
    T17 Roger Nakagawa Thomas Jefferson 77 +5 9:24 am (1)
    T17 Cory Gillespie Durango 77 +5 9:33 am (1)
    T17 Dylan Hall Vista Ridge 77 +5 9:33 am (1)
    T17 Nick Viscoky Mountain View 77 +5 9:42 am (1)
    T25 Cole Anderson Cheyenne Mountain 78 +6 9:15 am (1)
    T25 Owen Pasvogal Discovery Canyon 78 +6 9:15 am (1)
    T27 Jeremy Minnick Standley Lake 79 +7 9:15 am (1)
    T27 Aiden Detlof Cheyenne Mountain 79 +7 9:06 am (1)
    T27 Logan Gorman Mesa Ridge 79 +7 9:06 am (1)
    T30 Mark Champine Evergreen 80 +8 8:57 am (1)
    T30 Brandon Martin Steamboat Springs 80 +8 9:06 am (1)
    T32 Nick Michas D’Evelyn 81 +9 8:48 am (1)
    T32 Zane Sauer Montrose 81 +9 8:57 am (1)
    T32 Cody Steigerwald Air Academy 81 +9 8:57 am (1)
    T32 Adam Eveleth Elizabeth 81 +9 8:48 am (1)
    T32 Blake Becco Air Academy 81 +9 8:48 am (1)
    T37 Will Firestone Steamboat Springs 82 +10 8:39 am (1)
    T37 Reice Henricks Lewis Palmer 82 +10 8:39 am (1)
    T37 Nathan Starke Widefield 82 +10 8:30 am (10)
    T37 Andrew Seals Niwot 82 +10 8:30 am (1)
    T37 Scott Robb Littleton 82 +10 8:30 am (1)
    T37 Jack Marty Holy Family 82 +10 8:30 am (10)
    T37 Jacob Smith Rifle 82 +10 8:30 am (10)
    T37 Luke Trujillo Discovery Canyon 82 +10 8:39 am (1)
    T45 Forrest Weaver Niwot 83 +11 8:57 am (10)
    T45 Daniel Mastrobuono Ponderosa 83 +11 8:39 am (10)
    T45 Dustin Ossello Green Mountain 83 +11 8:39 am (10)
    T45 Reece Jones Mullen 83 +11 8:48 am (10)
    T45 Sean Herr Elizabeth 83 +11 8:48 am (10)
    T45 Marcus Fenimore Lewis Palmer 83 +11 8:39 am (10)
    T45 Grant Bettis Discovery Canyon 83 +11 8:48 am (10)
    T52 Ryan Cheung Skyline 84 +12 8:57 am (10)
    T52 Andrew Hewitt Standley Lake 84 +12 9:15 am (10)
    T52 Lenny Urbas Evergreen 84 +12 8:57 am (10)
    T55 Jacob Trujillo Discovery Canyon 85 +13 9:06 am (10)
    T55 Matt Heesemann Mountain View 85 +13 9:06 am (10)
    T55 Jake Gannon Silver Creek 85 +13 9:24 am (10)
    T55 Jake Johnson Golden 85 +13 9:06 am (10)
    T55 Willie O’Brien Golden 85 +13 9:15 am (10)
    T55 Glen-Michael Mihavetz Montrose 85 +13 9:15 am (10)
    T55 Parker Skiles Golden 85 +13 9:24 am (10)
    T62 Spencer Petersen Steamboat Springs 86 +14 9:33 am (10)
    T62 Jacob Doyle Cheyenne Mountain 86 +14 9:33 am (10)
    T62 Cameron Barnhardt Durango 86 +14 9:33 am (10)
    T62 Bridger Tenney Evergreen 86 +14 9:24 am (10)
    T66 Bowe Colohan Windsor 87 +15 9:42 am (10)
    T66 Robert Heiny Greeley Central 87 +15 9:42 am (10)
    T66 Luke Toillion Niwot 87 +15 9:42 am (10)
    T69 Cy Spicer Durango 88 +16 9:51 am (10)
    T69 Jack Horvath Mullen 88 +16 9:51 am (10)
    T69 Gabe Goodman Green Mountain 88 +16 9:51 am (10)
    T72 Preston Ewing Pueblo West 89 +17 10:00 am (10)
    T72 Eric Walker Durango 89 +17 10:09 am (10)
    T74 David Walter Mitchell 90 +18 10:18 am (10)
    T74 Alfred Andrews Pueblo South 90 +18 10:09 am (10)
    T74 Robert Ball The Classical Academy 90 +18 10:18 am (10)
    T74 Caleb Held Lewis Palmer 90 +18 10:00 am (10)
    T74 Drew Harkins Ponderosa 90 +18 10:00 am (10)
    T74 Connor Burke Northridge 90 +18 10:27 am (10)
    T74 Derik Mango Ponderosa 90 +18 10:09 am (10)
    81 Hunter Tuten Falcon 92 +20 10:27 am (10)
    82 Tyler Severin Roosevelt 94 +22 10:18 am (10)
    83 Zak King Roosevelt 110 +38 10:27 am (10)

  • Final results from the 4A boys golf state tournament

    PUEBLO — Complete results after the final round of the 2014 Class 4A state golf tournament at Walking Stick.

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    Teams
    Place School R1 R2 Total To Par
    1 Valor Christian 206 218 424 -8
    2 Pueblo South 220 227 447 +15
    3 Cheyenne Mountain 229 230 459 +27
    4 Windsor 231 235 466 +34
    5 Steamboat Springs 233 234 467 +35
    6 Silver Creek 234 244 478 +46
    7 Durango 251 244 495 +63
    T8 Discovery Canyon 243 253 496 +64
    T8 Evergreen 240 256 496 +64
    10 Lewis Palmer 255 246 501 +69
    11 Niwot 252 250 502 +70
    12 Golden 255 257 512 +80
    13 Ponderosa 263 264 527 +95
    Individuals
    Place Name School R1 R2 Total To Par
    1 Taylor Rodriguez Pueblo South 69 69 138 -6
    2 Jake Staiano Valor Christian 67 73 140 -4
    3 Ross Macdonald Valor Christian 72 70 142 -2
    T4 Braden Bentley Mesa Ridge 71 75 146 +2
    T4 Coby Welch Valor Christian 67 79 146 +2
    T6 Pierce Aichinger Valor Christian 72 75 147 +3
    T6 Britt Walton Steamboat Springs 71 76 147 +3
    T8 Hayden Plewe Montezuma-Cortez 75 73 148 +4
    T8 Wilson Belk Cheyenne Mountain 72 76 148 +4
    10 Bretton Krantz Windsor 77 72 149 +5
    T11 Cole Anderson Cheyenne Mountain 78 74 152 +8
    T11 Cory Gillespie Durango 77 75 152 +8
    T11 Tyler Faye Silver Creek 75 77 152 +8
    T11 Chase Federico Pueblo South 75 77 152 +8
    15 Owen Pasvogal Discovery Canyon 78 76 154 +10
    16 Darren Edwards Thompson Valley 76 79 155 +11
    T17 Dylan Hall Vista Ridge 77 79 156 +12
    T17 Jackson Solem Silver Creek 74 82 156 +12
    T19 Cole Krantz Windsor 77 80 157 +13
    T19 Liam Short Evergreen 76 81 157 +13
    T19 Matthew Casias Pueblo South 76 81 157 +13
    T19 Shawn Solem Berthoud 74 83 157 +13
    T23 Will Firestone Steamboat Springs 82 77 159 +15
    T23 Zane Sauer Montrose 81 78 159 +15
    T23 Nick Inslee Centaurus 77 82 159 +15
    T26 Reece Jones Mullen 83 77 160 +16
    T26 Reice Henricks Lewis Palmer 82 78 160 +16
    T26 Logan Gorman Mesa Ridge 79 81 160 +16
    T26 Ryan Lococo Windsor 77 83 160 +16
    T30 Matt Heesemann Mountain View 85 76 161 +17
    T30 Daniel Mastrobuono Ponderosa 83 78 161 +17
    T30 Brandon Martin Steamboat Springs 80 81 161 +17
    T33 Marcus Fenimore Lewis Palmer 83 79 162 +18
    T33 Nick Michas D’Evelyn 81 81 162 +18
    T35 Lenny Urbas Evergreen 84 80 164 +20
    T35 Blake Becco Air Academy 81 83 164 +20
    T37 Cody Steigerwald Air Academy 81 84 165 +21
    T37 Nick Viscoky Mountain View 77 88 165 +21
    T39 Luke Toillion Niwot 87 79 166 +22
    T39 Jacob Doyle Cheyenne Mountain 86 80 166 +22
    41 Spencer Petersen Steamboat Springs 86 81 167 +23
    T42 Glen-Michael Mihavetz Montrose 85 83 168 +24
    T42 Willie O’Brien Golden 85 83 168 +24
    T42 Forrest Weaver Niwot 83 85 168 +24
    T42 Scott Robb Littleton 82 86 168 +24
    T42 Andrew Seals Niwot 82 86 168 +24
    T42 Roger Nakagawa Thomas Jefferson 77 91 168 +24
    T48 Luke Trujillo Discovery Canyon 82 87 169 +25
    T48 Adam Eveleth Elizabeth 81 88 169 +25
    T50 Cameron Barnhardt Durango 86 84 170 +26
    T50 Jake Gannon Silver Creek 85 85 170 +26
    T50 Sean Herr Elizabeth 83 87 170 +26
    T50 Jeremy Minnick Standley Lake 79 91 170 +26
    T54 Preston Ewing Pueblo West 89 82 171 +27
    T54 Jack Marty Holy Family 82 89 171 +27
    T54 Nathan Starke Widefield 82 89 171 +27
    T57 Jack Horvath Mullen 88 84 172 +28
    T57 Parker Skiles Golden 85 87 172 +28
    T57 Jake Johnson Golden 85 87 172 +28
    T60 Andrew Hewitt Standley Lake 84 89 173 +29
    T60 Grant Bettis Discovery Canyon 83 90 173 +29
    T62 Eric Walker Durango 89 85 174 +30
    T62 Ryan Cheung Skyline 84 90 174 +30
    T64 Robert Ball The Classical Academy 90 85 175 +31
    T64 Jacob Smith Rifle 82 93 175 +31
    T66 Connor Burke Northridge 90 86 176 +32
    T66 David Walter Mitchell 90 86 176 +32
    T66 Jacob Trujillo Discovery Canyon 85 91 176 +32
    T66 Dustin Ossello Green Mountain 83 93 176 +32
    T70 Cy Spicer Durango 88 89 177 +33
    T70 Robert Heiny Greeley Central 87 90 177 +33
    72 Gabe Goodman Green Mountain 88 90 178 +34
    T73 Caleb Held Lewis Palmer 90 89 179 +35
    T73 Bowe Colohan Windsor 87 92 179 +35
    75 Drew Harkins Ponderosa 90 90 180 +36
    T76 Hunter Tuten Falcon 92 89 181 +37
    T76 Bridger Tenney Evergreen 86 95 181 +37
    78 Alfred Andrews Pueblo South 90 94 184 +40
    79 Tyler Severin Roosevelt 94 91 185 +41
    80 Derik Mango Ponderosa 90 96 186 +42
    81 Zak King Roosevelt 110 99 209 +65
    82 Aiden Detlof Cheyenne Mountain 79     WD
    83 Mark Champine Evergreen 80     WD

  • Brighton regains No. 1 ranking in 5A softball poll

    Brighton Castle View softball
    Brighton is No. 1 in 5A softball this week. (Matt Mathewes/MVPSportsPics.com)

    Brighton has returned to the top spot in CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A softball rankings.

    The Bulldogs, 15-1 to this point, received seven of the 12 first-place votes and had 92 total points to claim the No. 1 spot. Fossil Ridge got the other five first-place votes and is No. 2.

    Brighton was last No. 1 in the Sept. 8 poll. A week later, Dakota Ridge supplanted the Bulldogs, though Brighton has remained No. 2 for the ensuing three weeks.

    Dakota Ridge was upset by Ralston Valley last week, and is now No. 4.

    Prairie View (No. 8) and Denver East (No. 9) joined the 5A ranking this week.

    Frederick (4A) and Strasburg (3A) stayed atop their respective rankings this week.

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

    Complete rankings for each class are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Softball Polls

    Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    Brighton has returned to the top spot in CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A softball rankings.

    The Bulldogs, 15-1 to this point, received seven of the 12 first-place votes and had 92 total points to claim the No. 1 spot. Fossil Ridge got the other five first-place votes and is No. 2.

    Brighton was last No. 1 in the Sept. 8 poll. A week later, Dakota Ridge supplanted the Bulldogs, though Brighton has remained No. 2 for the ensuing three weeks.

    Dakota Ridge was upset by Ralston Valley last week, and is now No. 4.

    Prairie View (No. 8) and Denver East (No. 9) joined the 5A ranking this week.

    Frederick (4A) and Strasburg (3A) stayed atop their respective rankings this week.

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

    Complete rankings for each class are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Softball Polls

    Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Brighton (7) 14-1-0 92 2 4-0-0
    2 Fossil Ridge (5) 15-1-0 89 3 3-0-0
    3 Dakota Ridge 13-3-0 73 1 1-1-0
    4 Castle View 14-2-0 66 4 3-0-0
    5 Legacy 13-4-0 61 7 3-0-0
    6 Legend 14-3-0 54 5 2-0-0
    7 Mountain Range 14-3-0 39 6 2-1-0
    8 Prairie View 15-2-0 25 – 3-0-0
    9 Denver East 14-3-0 18 – 2-1-0
    10 Grandview 11-6-0 9 9 2-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Broomfield 6, Douglas County 5, Eaglecrest 5, Grand Junction Central 5, Ralston Valley 4, Pomona 1.
    Dropped out
    Chaparral (8), Grand Junction Central (10).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Frederick (8) 18-0-0 80 1 3-0-0
    2 Wheat Ridge 12-4-0 69 3 2-1-0
    3 Discovery Canyon 14-2-0 53 4 2-1-0
    4 Valor Christian 14-1-0 49 5 3-0-0
    5 Vista Ridge 15-3-0 42 7 2-0-0
    6 Pueblo West 13-3-0 36 6 2-0-0
    7 Mountain View 15-2-0 34 2 2-2-0
    8 Berthoud 11-6-0 23 8 1-1-0
    9 Niwot 12-4-1 17 – 2-1-0
    10 Woodland Park 15-2-0 14 – 2-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Silver Creek 7, Erie 5, Evergreen 3, Pueblo East 3, D’Evelyn 2, Falcon 2, Ponderosa 1.
    Dropped out
    Windsor (9), Erie (10).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Strasburg (7) 17-0-0 70 1 3-0-0
    2 Valley 14-3-0 62 2 3-0-0
    3 Sterling 13-4-0 57 3 3-0-0
    4 Lamar 11-5-0 46 6 1-0-0
    5 Eaton 12-4-0 45 4 2-2-0
    6 La Junta 14-2-0 34 5 0-1-0
    7 Cedaredge 11-5-0 22 10 3-1-0
    8 Skyline 13-4-0 18 – 2-1-0
    9 Rocky Ford 11-4-0 12 9 2-0-0
    10 Brush 9-8-0 11 8 1-2-0
    Others receiving votes:
    The Academy 4, Burlington 3, Basalt 2, Gunnison 1.
    Dropped out
    Basalt (7).

  • 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

  • Fossil Ridge now No. 3 in 5A softball rankings

    Fossil Ridge Mountain Range softball
    Fossil Ridge softball is now ranked No. 3 in the 5A poll. (Pam Wagner)

    Fossil Ridge moved up four spots in this week’s Class 5A softball poll from CHSAANow.com.

    The Sabercats, who went 4-0 last week to improve to 12-1, are now No. 3.

    Dakota Ridge remained on top of the 5A ranking again this week, though voting continues to be split. The Eagles got five of the 11 first-place votes, with No. 2 Brighton getting two and Fossil Ridge the other four.

    The 5A poll got two new teams this week: No. 9 Grandview and No. 10 Grand Junction Central.

    In 4A, Berthoud (No. 8) and Erie (No. 10) joined. That ranking continued to be led by Frederick.

    Strasburg stayed atop the 3A poll, and rightfully so. The team beat then-No. 2 Sterling and then-No. 3 Valley as part of a 4-0 week.

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

    Complete rankings for each class are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Softball Polls

    Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Dakota Ridge (5) 12-2-0 98 1 3-0-0
    2 Brighton (2) 10-1-0 94 2 3-0-0
    3 Fossil Ridge (4) 12-1-0 93 7 4-0-0
    4 Castle View 11-2-0 70 3 3-1-0
    5 Legend 12-3-0 55 4 2-1-0
    6 Mountain Range 12-2-0 53 6 3-1-0
    7 Legacy 10-4-0 49 8 3-0-0
    8 Chaparral 11-3-0 22 5 1-2-0
    9 Grandview 9-5-0 16 – 3-0-0
    10 Grand Junction Central 13-3-0 12 – 5-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Broomfield 11, Prairie View 10, Douglas County 9, Denver East 8, Eaglecrest 3, Rampart 2.
    Dropped out
    Eaglecrest (9), Douglas County (10).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Frederick (9) 15-0-0 90 1 2-0-0
    2 Mountain View 13-0-0 80 2 4-0-0
    3 Wheat Ridge 10-3-0 71 3 2-0-0
    4 Discovery Canyon 12-1-0 53 5 2-0-0
    5 Valor Christian 11-1-0 45 4 2-0-0
    6 Pueblo West 11-3-0 33 7 1-1-0
    7 Vista Ridge 13-3-0 29 8 3-0-0
    8 Berthoud 10-5-0 19 – 2-0-0
    9 Windsor 10-4-0 15 6 2-1-0
    10 Erie 8-7-0 14 – 3-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Niwot 12, Ponderosa 12, Woodland Park 7, D’Evelyn 5, Pueblo East 3, Evergreen 2, Falcon 2, Silver Creek 2, Mullen 1.
    Dropped out
    Ponderosa (9), Woodland Park (10).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Strasburg (7) 14-0-0 70 1 4-0-0
    2 Valley 11-3-0 59 3 2-1-0
    3 Sterling 10-4-0 52 2 1-2-0
    4 Eaton 10-2-0 51 4 4-0-0
    5 La Junta 14-1-0 36 9 3-0-0
    6 Lamar 10-5-0 36 5 2-0-0
    7 Basalt 10-4-0 32 8 4-0-0
    8 Brush 8-6-0 20 6 1-2-0
    9 Rocky Ford 9-4-0 12 10 2-1-0
    10 Cedaredge 8-4-0 10 7 2-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Burlington 3, Skyline 2, Lyons 1, The Academy 1.
    Dropped out
    None.

  • Dakota Ridge remains No. 1, but 5A softball rankings continue to change

    Cherry Creek Castle View softball
    Castle View jumped up to No. 3 in this week’s 5A softball poll. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    Things remain crazy in Class 5A softball this season. For the first time this season, the No. 1 team in CHSAANow’s rankings stayed put, but five different teams received first-place votes.

    It speaks to the season as a whole, where seemingly every week another ranked team is upset.

    So while No. 1 Dakota Ridge actually extended the gap its has on No. 2 Brighton this week, things remained shaky behind them. Castle View moved from No. 8 to No. 3, Chaparral went from unranked to No. 5 and Fossil Ridge from No. 9 to No. 7.

    Dakota Ridge (six), Brighton, Chaparral, Mountain Range (two) and Fossil Ridge all received first-place votes this week.

    The 4A poll continued to be led by Frederick and added Pueblo West (No. 7) and Woodland Park (No. 10).

    In 3A, Strasburg extended its stay at No. 1. Cedaredge (No. 7) and Rocky Ford (No. 10) both joined this week.

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

    Complete rankings for each class are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Softball Polls

    Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Dakota Ridge (6) 9-2-0 98 1 2-0-0
    2 Brighton (1) 7-1-0 80 2 3-0-0
    3 Castle View 8-1-0 67 8 3-0-0
    4 Legend 10-2-0 64 3 3-0-0
    5 Chaparral (1) 10-1-0 63 – 3-0-0
    6 Mountain Range (2) 9-1-0 61 4 1-1-0
    7 Fossil Ridge (1) 8-1-0 47 9 3-0-0
    8 Legacy 7-4-0 46 5 2-1-0
    9 Eaglecrest 7-3-0 36 7 1-0-0
    10 Douglas County 9-3-0 18 6 2-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Grandview 5, Greeley West 5, Columbine 4, Rocky Mountain 4, Fruita Monument 3, Ralston Valley 2, Broomfield 1, Prairie View 1.
    Dropped out
    Columbine (10).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Frederick (9) 13-0-0 90 1 3-0-0
    2 Mountain View 9-0-0 67 3 0-0-0
    3 Wheat Ridge 8-3-0 60 2 1-1-0
    4 Valor Christian 9-1-0 52 4 0-1-0
    5 Discovery Canyon 10-1-0 48 5 3-0-0
    6 Windsor 8-3-0 34 8 0-0-0
    7 Pueblo West 10-2-0 32 – 3-0-0
    8 Vista Ridge 10-3-0 26 9 1-1-0
    9 Ponderosa 7-5-0 21 7 1-2-0
    10 Woodland Park 11-2-0 13 – 3-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Berthoud 11, Niwot 11, Mullen 9, Erie 7, Falcon 5, D’Evelyn 3, Evergreen 3, Silver Creek 3.
    Dropped out
    Mullen (6), Berthoud (10).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Strasburg (7) 10-0-0 70 1 2-0-0
    2 Sterling 9-2-0 59 4 2-0-0
    3 Valley 9-2-0 54 2 2-1-0
    4 Eaton 6-2-0 48 3 1-1-0
    5 Lamar 8-5-0 39 5 2-0-0
    6 Brush 7-4-0 25 9 2-1-0
    7 Cedaredge 6-4-0 23 – 1-2-0
    8 Basalt 6-4-0 19 8 2-1-0
    9 La Junta 11-1-0 17 6 3-0-0
    10 Rocky Ford 7-3-0 11 – 3-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Gunnison 6, Burlington 4, The Academy 4, Lyons 3, Skyline 3.
    Dropped out
    Gunnison (7), Skyline (10).

  • Football roundup: Columbine edges Bear Creek in 2 OTs

    Nine minutes remained in the fourth quarter on Friday night, and Columbine led Bear Creek 28-7. The Rebels would win 43-42 an hour and five minutes later.

    Wait, what?

    Despite nearly letting the game slip through its fingers, Columbine battled through double overtime to outlast Bear Creek.

    Columbine Fountain-Fort Carson football
    Columbine quarterback Jake Lowry. (Dennis Pleuss)

    “I was proud of how our kids stepped up and did fight, and made plays at the end, just enough to win it,” Columbine coach Andy Lowry told ColoradoPreps.com’s Scoreboard Show after the game. “Our kids just never gave up and our offense just made plays at the end in overtime, and we squeaked one out.”

    Bear Creek was shut out until five minutes remained in the third quarter, and actually trailed 21-0 at that point. But the Bears’ rally really didn’t start until six minutes remained in regulation, when they cut it to 28-14. After an onside kick recovery, and two more scores, it was suddenly tied up and heading to overtime.

    “I give Bear Creek a lot of credit for just fighting and playing hard,” Lowry said. “Their coaches did a good job, and they made a lot of plays. We just couldn’t finish in that fourth quarter.”

    After blowing the late lead, “We were down a little bit,” Lowry said, “but we just talked to (the team) about how this is a good challenge for us to be able to grow up and face some adversity and have to fight for something.”

    Both teams scored in the first overtime, and then Bear Creek converted on its offensive possession in the second. So did Columbine — but the Rebels opted to go for two, and Columbine’s junior quarterback, Jake Lowry, kept the ball to convert for the win.

    “My coaches were calling for it, saying, ‘Go for two! Go for two!’” Andy Lowry said. “We just hadn’t stopped them for quite a few possessions in a row. The offense was doing well, and they were over-loading one side, and we just decided to put it in Jake’s hands.

    “He made a great play and got in the end zone. You just hate to miss an extra point or something like that and end something that way, so we kept it in our offense’s hands.”

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    4A: (9) Fort Collins 13, (8) Windsor 12

    Windsor led 6-0 at halftime and later 12-7 in the fourth, but Fort Collins quarterback Kyler Sigsbee found Dawson Johnson for the winning 5-yard score with six minutes remaining.

    The Lambkins’ defense recovered a Windsor fumble on the ensuing drive, and Fort Collins was able to run the clock out.

    “We we kind of using this as a barometer to find out where we rank among the 4A elite, because we definitely consider Windsor an elite 4A team,” Fort Collins coach Eric Rice told the Scoreboard Show. “I’m really glad our kids passed the test tonight.”

    Later, he added, “When you hold a team like Windsor, which has a potent offense and is good at what they do, to 12 points, you’ve got to be happy about that.”

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    6-man: (2) Arickaree/Woodlin 60, (1) Stratton/Liberty 30

    Not only did Arickaree/Woodlin position itself to take over the top spot in the poll on Monday, the squad also knocked off the defending 6-man champions.

    “This is probably the biggest win since we restarted the program four years ago,” Arickaree/Woodlin coach David Saffer told the Scoreboard Show. “The seniors this year have come from the bottom and worked their way up, so it was a very good win for us.

    “We also understand that we’ve got a long season ahead of us, and we’ve got to keep going week-by-week here.”

    On the presumptive No. 1 ranking, Saffer said, “We’ve got a target on our backs. We’ve just got to stay focused and keep working.”

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    5A: (6) Fairvew 35, Horizon 28

    Horizon nearly pulled off its second-straight upset.

    Nearly.

    A week after knocking off then-No. 6 Chatfield, Horizon battled with Fairview all night on Friday. Ultimately, though, the Knights secured the win.

    Horizon actually led 21-7 early in the second quarter, but Fairview rallied to tie things with 3:56 to play before the half. Then, quarterback Johnny Feauto found Tim Ryan for a 20-yard touchdown with 17 seconds left in the half to give the Knights the lead.

    “Yeah, he’s our version of Johnny Football,” Fairview coach Tom McCartney joked on the Scoreboard Show. “He’s a tremendous player, he’s the point guard on the basketball team, he was on the baseball team that was in the Elite 8. He loves the center of attention, he loves competition. He just makes a ton of plays for us, and we’re fortunate to have Johnny Football.”

    Oh, but Horizon wasn’t done. The Hawks tied it up early in the fourth on a touchdown pass of their own.

    Jason Harvey then provided the heroics. His 14-yard run with 1:39 to play proved to be the difference — but only after the Knights’ defense stopped Horizon on fourth-and-2 from near midfield.

    “It was a good stop there to try to get that thing secure,” McCartney said.

    “The second half was just hard-fought, two teams going at it. … We just found a way.”

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    1A/2A: (2) Buena Vista 21, (10) Manitou Springs 0

    Buena Vista, a 1A school, held serve at home against 2A Manitou Springs.

    “What got us going, I would say, is our defense and how they stayed disciplined,” Buena Vista coach Matt Flavin told the Scoreboard Show. “I told them we needed to stay disciplined, and they responded and stayed with the gameplan even though they came out and started running the ball on us.

    “That kind of got a spark in us to keep going. They got the offense going, as well.”

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    Notes

    • In a rematch of last year’s 1A championship game, No. 1 Paonia handled No. 4 Centauri 44-0.
    • Mountain View beat Loveland 24-21 on Jayce Melby’s 24-yard field goal with six seconds left.
    • Falcon also got a late field goal to beat Pueblo West 16-14. Falcon’s 16 points were actually unanswered after trailing 14-0.
    • With Valor Christian’s loss, Dayspring Christian now solely owns the longest winning streak in the state at 15 games. The defending 8-man champions play Soroco on Saturday.
    • Poudre took down Monarch, 7-2. Monarch actually had a chance from the 9-yard-line with 0.4 seconds to play, but couldn’t score.
    • Eaglecrest, a 5A program, upset 4A No. 3 Denver South 12-6.
    • Overland rolled Legend, 54-0. The Trailblazers are now 4-0. As recently as 2011, they opened 0-4.
    • 4A No. 5 Vista Ridge edged Ponderosa 35-28.
    • Rampart beat Palmer 31-6. It was apparently the Rams’ first homecoming win in five years.
    • Boulder running back T.J. Jones rushed for 300 yards in his team’s 42-22 win over Thornton, according to BoCoPreps.com.
    • 5A No. 4 Grandview rushed for six touchdowns in its 49-27 win over Arapahoe.
    • 4A No. 4 Montrose rebounded from its first loss with a 55-0 win over Fruita Monument.
    • In a top-10 4A matchup, No. 9 Holy Family took care of No. 7 Palisade. Said coach Mike Gabriel to the Scoreboard Show: “We really needed it after last week. We played a little less than what we were capabale of last week, so this is a big win for us.”
    • There were three other top-10 games in 6-man this week besides the 1-2 showdown: No. 3 Eads 52, No. 8 Cheyenne Wells 6; No. 6 Peetz 53, No. 7 Prairie 0; No. 9 Flagler 46, No. 10 Kit Carson 22.

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  • Mountain View softball riding potent offense in unbeaten start

    Broomfield Mountain View softball
    Mountain View is off to a 9-0 start this season. (Pam Wagner)

    LOVELAND — A season ago, Mountain View’s softball team was talented but off to a shaky start.

    The Mountain Lions began 3-6 with tough losses to Broomfield, Pueblo West, and rivals Thompson Valley and Loveland. They were beaten soundly by Class 4A powerhouses Wheat Ridge and Frederick by a combined score of 20-0. Since then, coach Randy Felton’s team forgot how to lose.

    Mountain View, winners of 22 of its last 23 games, unleashed offensive fireworks during a 13-game win streak in 2013. The balanced lineup scored 10.4 runs per game during the stretch, claimed the Northern Conference crown, and reached the 4A quarterfinals before bowing out to the eventual champion, Wheat Ridge, 9-4.

    The Mountain Lions haven’t looked back since.

    “We’re deep all the way through our lineup. Right now all twelve of our players can hit well. (Last Thursday), we took three of our starters out and had them sit and I still think most of our complete lineup had multiple hits,” Felton said of Mountain View’s recent 15-1 thrashing of Boulder. “Then we put those starters back in for three other starters and they all got hits. I think we’re hitting up and down the order and we’re putting up a lot of runs.”

    A lot of hits and a lot of runs have led Mountain View to a perfect 9-0 record this season and a No. 3 ranking in the current 4A CHSAANow softball poll behind familiar foes Wheat Ridge (No. 2) and Frederick (No. 1).

    “I did think our offense this year was going to be stronger than it has in the past,” Felton said. “We’ve actually added a couple more pieces, so when we get up to sixth, seventh, eighth, I’m kind of like, ‘Alright let’s go.’

    Broomfield Mountain View softball
    (Pam Wagner)

    “We don’t have to be at the top of our order. We have as good a chance at getting runners in the bottom as at the top. It’s just that some of those in the middle drive in more runs. I’ve been very pleased with our offense and I did expect they would do pretty well.”

    In most games, Mountain View’s offense has been downright scary at just over 13 runs scored per outing. The Mountain Lions rank first in 4A in total runs (119), first in runs batted in (105), fourth in batting (.454), fifth in slugging (.612), fifth in on-base percentage (.516), and fifth in stolen bases (37).

    They will need to ride the offensive outburst throughout the year with good pitching but without a dominant strikeout starter.

    The backbone of the powerful squad beyond the obvious, offensive firepower, has been experience with four seniors who have started at least three years. Courtney Baeckel, Taylor Seely, Jerhen Montez and Gianna Melaragno form the middle of the infield.

    “Courtney Baeckel is kind of that glue for our whole team,” Felton said. “She is a senior this year and has been an all-conference player for a few years. Her intangibles are what probably helps us the most. She’s probably one of the best instinctive base runners that I’ve seen in our program. She has great leadership out on the field making sure people are in the right situation at the right time.

    “She does a lot of other things, but then she also puts up big numbers,” Felton added. “She’s one of the best defensive players that we’ve had. At first base, some of the plays she makes and some of the plays that she saves people on are huge.”

    Baeckel, batting .613 with 17 runs batted in and six stolen bases in nine games, has been the main sparkplug for a team hoping to reach the semifinals for the second time in school history.

    Mountain View Niwot softball
    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    “Every year our number one goal is to try and win our conference,” said Felton, who was an assistant during Mountain View’s last semis appearance in 2008. “Then we try to get through regionals and we try to get to state. I always tell them, getting to the final 16 is a big goal to have, because there’s not that many that make it. Just making a state appearance is a pretty big thing.

    “We’ve been to the state tournament seven out of the last eight years, I think, so it’s getting to the point where our seniors now have gone to the state playoffs every year, but we can’t get past the final eight.”

    Once there, the Mountain Lions hope to make some noise.

    “Obviously our number one goal is to win it,” Felton added. “Everyone’s goal ultimately should be to win it, but a smaller goal is to make it farther than we have lately, which would be the final four. Our goal is to get to the final four and ultimately to win a state championship, but we also know the Fredericks and the Wheat Ridges and the Eries. We know that if we don’t play the best that weekend, we’re not going to win. If they play better than we do, they’re going to win.

    “I can’t give that goal of we should win, because we’re that good,” Felton concluded. “We know how tough those other teams are.”

  • Dakota Ridge latest No. 1 team in 5A softball rankings

    Dakota Ridge Rock Canyon softball
    (Ray Chen/ArrayPhoto.com)

    Is there a clear-cut favorite in Class 5A softball? Three weeks into the season, it doesn’t appear that way.

    For the second week in a row, there is a new No. 1-ranked team. Dakota Ridge takes over atop CHSAANow.com’s poll, and follows Legacy (preseason) and Brighton (last week) as top teams in the classification.

    The Eagles are 7-2-0 this season and went 2-1 last week with wins over Castle View and Erie. Dakota Ridge also beat Legend earlier this season, but did drop a game to Mountain Range last week.

    Brighton dropped to No. 2 following a loss to Columbine last week. Legend moved up to No. 3 after going 3-0 last week with wins over Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest and Grandview.

    Mountain Range, meanwhile, moved up to No. 4 from No. 9. Legacy rounds out 5A’s top five teams.

    Columbine is the lone newcomer in 5A, joining at No. 10.

    Frederick (4A) and Strasburg (3A), the other two No. 1 teams, stayed the same this week.

    4A added Windsor (No. 8) this week, while 3A added Brush (No. 9) and Skyline (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 for each class are below.

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    CHSAANow.com Softball Polls

    Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Dakota Ridge (4) 7-2-0 88 3 2-1-0
    2 Brighton (1) 4-1-0 79 1 3-1-0
    3 Legend (3) 7-2-0 73 7 3-0-0
    4 Mountain Range (2) 8-0-0 66 9 3-0-0
    5 Legacy 5-3-0 60 4 2-0-0
    6 Douglas County 7-2-0 48 6 1-0-0
    7 Eaglecrest 6-3-0 43 2 0-1-0
    8 Castle View 5-1-0 36 10 4-1-0
    9 Fossil Ridge 5-1-0 23 5 1-0-0
    10 Columbine 5-1-0 17 – 3-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Chaparral 10, Broomfield 4, Grandview 2, Ralston Valley 1.
    Dropped out
    Ralston Valley (8).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Frederick (8) 10-0-0 88 1 2-0-0
    2 Wheat Ridge (1) 7-2-0 77 2 2-0-0
    3 Mountain View 9-0-0 69 3 3-0-0
    4 Valor Christian 9-0-0 67 5 2-0-0
    5 Discovery Canyon 7-1-0 55 4 1-0-0
    6 Mullen 5-3-0 35 7 1-1-0
    7 Ponderosa 6-3-0 30 6 1-1-0
    8 Windsor 8-3-0 25 – 3-0-0
    9 Vista Ridge 9-2-0 20 8 1-0-0
    10 Berthoud 6-4-0 10 10 3-3-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Green Mountain 6, Pueblo West 6, Erie 4, Woodland Park 2, Niwot 1.
    Dropped out
    Erie (9).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Strasburg (6) 8-0-0 68 1 5-0-0
    2 Valley (1) 7-1-0 64 2 4-0-0
    3 Eaton 5-1-0 54 4 1-0-0
    4 Sterling 7-2-0 52 3 4-1-0
    5 Lamar 6-5-0 31 5 2-2-0
    6 La Junta 8-1-0 24 6 4-1-0
    7 Gunnison 6-1-0 21 10 3-0-0
    8 Basalt 4-3-0 17 8 2-1-0
    9 Brush 5-3-0 14 – 4-1-0
    10 Skyline 6-3-0 12 – 2-2-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Cedaredge 10, The Academy 7, Sheridan 5, Faith Christian 4, Wray 2.
    Dropped out
    Faith Christian (7), Cedaredge (9).

  • Photos: Baeckel’s four RBIs lead Mountain View softball over Niwot

    NIWOT — Third-ranked Mountain View softball beat Niwot in Class 4A action on Tuesday, 14-4.

    Courtney Baeckel was 3-for-4 with four RBIs, Izzy Griego was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Gianna Melaragno pitched all six innings for the Mountain Lions in the win.