Three new teams – Regis Jesuit, Skyview and Crested Butte – jumped up to No. 1 in their respective classifications.

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Boulder has taken over atop the Class 5A boys soccer coaches poll.

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This week’s boys soccer rankings have been released.

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(Tim Bourke)

The preseason boys soccer rankings are out, and they are led by Broomfield (5A), Air Academy (5A), Colorado Academy (3A) and Ridgway (2A).

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The 2019 all-state boys soccer teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These team were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a vote of coaches.

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Class 5A

(Tim Bourke)

Player of the year: Gustavo Gutierrez, Broomfield

Coach of the year: Jim Davidson, Broomfield

Honorable mention: Jesus Ascencio, Senior, Gateway; Ben Beckman, Sophomore, Grandview; Jose Bucio, Junior, Aurora Central; Oscar Cambra, Junior, Vista PEAK Prep; Cray Carlton, Senior, Fossil Ridge; John Colvin, Senior, Mountain Range; Shaun Cox, Senior, Fountain-Fort Carson; Kylan Crafts-Thimmig, Senior, Liberty; Connor Crookham, Senior, Arapahoe; Mark Day, Senior, Brighton; Kevin De Anda Rodriguez, Senior, Westminster; Noah Drummond, Senior, Doherty; Will Durbin, Senior, Rock Canyon; Ian Elliott, Senior, Cherry Creek; Carter Esterle, Senior, Pine Creek; David Evans, Senior, Lakewood; Enzo Ewari, Senior, Legend; Cole Frederick, Senior, Cherry Creek; Andy Galvan, Junior, Adams City; Javier Garcia, Senior, Aurora Central; Arnold Gutierrez, Senior, Eaglecrest; Dani Haddad, Senior, Rock Canyon; AJ Heber, Senior, Eaglecrest; Enrique Hernandez, Senior, Grand Junction; Adan Herrera, Freshman, Greeley West; Will Johnson, Senior, Valor Christian; Judah Johnston, Senior, Arvada West; Eyobel Kahsay, Senior, Denver South; Jeff Koch, Junior, Liberty; John Krupanszky, Senior, Regis Jesuit; Brady Kuzinski, Senior, Castle View; Parker Landry, Senior, Castle View; Jason Leavitt, Senior, Bear Creek; Luis Marquez, Senior, Gateway; Gabriel Marti, Senior, Pomona; Sebastien Mazur, Junior, Fairview; Ryan McCloskey, Senior, Fruita Monument; Rudy Medina, Junior, Hinkley; Zach Miller, Senior, Arapahoe; Liam Milton, Senior, Rampart; Mark Nicolosi, Senior, Mountain Vista; Braidon Nourse, Senior, Rangeview; Alex Ortiz, Senior, Far Northeast Warriors; Cerim Palislamovic, Senior, Columbine; Emerson Robles, Senior, Westminster; Carlos Rodriguez, Senior, Prairie View; Dante Russo-Delee, Junior, Poudre; Nolan Schroeder, Junior, Highlands Ranch; Pablo Sisneros, Senior, Smoky Hill; Kyler Tate, Junior, Arvada West; Jackson Thelen, Senior, Chatfield; Nathan Thomas, Senior, Valor Christian; Maddox Tinjum, Junior, Douglas County; Justice Tyler, Senior, Cherokee Trail.

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Class 4A

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Player of the year: Thaddaeus Dewing, Air Academy

Coach of the year: Justin Thomas, Skyview

Honorable mention: Benito Acoltzi, Junior, Regis Groff; Jadon Baros, Senior, Cheyenne Mountain; Jack Carpenter, Senior, The Classical Academy; Louis Castillo, Junior, Battle Mountain; Jesse Chavez, Senior, Pueblo Centennial; Pedro Cruz, Senior, George Washington; Bryan Delgado, Senior, Montrose; Caleb DesBouillons, Senior, Mesa Ridge; Caden Farmer, Senior, Elizabeth; Isaac Fentress, Senior, Denver North; Aron Flores, Sophomore, Widefield; AJ Gamueda, Junior, Mullen; Preston Gasperetti, Senior, Pueblo West; Cole Greany, Senior, Holy Family; Carlos Guardado, Senior, Glenwood Springs; Leland Heinicke, Senior, Durango; Jackson Hoosier, Senior, The Classical Academy; Evan Hutson, Sophomore, Erie; Junio Lang, Senior, Thompson Valley; Alexis Lopez jimenez, Senior, Rifle; Cole Manuel, Junior, Erie; Jose Martinez, Junior, Alameda; Caleb McGrath, Senior, Durango; Josh Meyers, Senior, Palisade; Luis Molina, Junior, Rifle; David Perez-Rubio, Senior, Pueblo East; Zach Pribyl, Senior, Palmer Ridge; Ebert Rascon, Junior, Northfield; John Roberts, Senior, Loveland; Issahia Rodriguez, Junior, Weld Central; Harrison Rubis, Senior, Battle Mountain; Fernando Ruiz, Senior, Centaurus; Ervin Salazar, Senior, Denver West; Wyatt Schroth, Junior, Frederick; Kyle Smith, Junior, Canon City; Gabriel Sosa, Senior, Skyline; Manuel Soto, Senior, Niwot; Keegan Stobbe, Junior, Niwot; Connor Taylor, Junior, Longmont; Trevino Twiss, Senior, Battle Mountain; Nathan Van Keulen, Junior, Discovery Canyon; Titus Von, Senior, Standley Lake; Dylan Weiss, Senior, Silver Creek.

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Class 3A

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Player of the year: Lamario Nisbeth, Atlas Prep

Coach of the year: Nicholas Forbes, Roaring Fork

Honorable mention: Jose Alva, Senior, Arrupe Jesuit; Tristen Bannasch, Sophomore, Ellicott; Wyatt Barton, Senior, St. Mary’s; Gaby Bonilla, Senior, Basalt; Peter Carpenter, Junior, Colorado Academy; Cullen Cote, Senior, Manitou Springs; Michael Cullis, Senior, Liberty Common; Aidan Dodson, Junior, Englewood; Jovani Esparza, Senior, Arrupe Jesuit; Patrick Grady, Junior, Peak to Peak; Jarett Hernandez, Senior, Delta; Josh Kurtz, Sophomore, Mead; Martin Maung, Senior, Bishop Machebeuf; Alex Medina, Senior, Sheridan; Benjamin Medina, Junior, DSST: College View; Jorge Meraz, Senior, Jefferson; Brandon Mercado, Senior, Eagle Ridge Academy; Decker Milroy, Senior, The Vanguard School; Pablo Navarro, Senior, Fort Lupton; Jesus Ochoa, Sophomore, Sterling; Edgar Perez, Senior, Valley; Jack Price, Junior, Coal Ridge; Say Reh, Junior, Aurora West College Prep Academy; Samuel Reyez-Lopez, Sophomore, Lamar; Jaime Rios, Senior, Middle Park; Bowman Russell, Senior, Salida; Sebastain Sanchez, Senior, Atlas Preparatory School; Lucas Schramer, Senior, Roaring Fork; Zach Shelest, Junior, Bennett; Seth Shepperd, Junior, Frontier Academy; Julio Sixtos, Junior, Fort Lupton; Noah Solomon, Senior, DSST: Byers; Zach Stockton, Senior, Vail Mountain; Johnny Vezzani, Senior, DSST: Byers; Arturo Villarreal, Senior, Strive Prep – Smart Academy; Nico Wilson, Senior, Salida.

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Class 2A

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Player of the year: Robert Beserra, Ridgway

Coach of the year: Jon Kornbluh, Ridgway

Honorable mention: Brayden Becker, Senior, Denver Christian; Owen Berv, Senior, Crested Butte; Michael Brophy, Sophomore, Thomas MacLaren School; Jonathan Chavez, Senior, Lake County; Enrique Flores, Junior, Dolores Huerta Prep; Bryant Garcia, Junior, Dolores Huerta Prep; Spencer Hamilton, Senior, Evangelical Christian; Nick Heinz, Junior, Fountain Valley; Dylan Hughes, Senior, Heritage Christian; Daniel Indjger, Junior, Rye; Jonah Jodlowski, Senior, Telluride; Kristoff Kerr, Senior, Denver Academy; Chance Maccagnan, Junior, Fountain Valley; Richard Mata, Freshman, Union Colony Prep; Kye Matlock, Senior, Crested Butte; William Shade, Sophomore, Rocky Mountain Lutheran; James Singleton, Senior, Evangelical Christian; Jake Vilhauer, Senior, Rocky Mountain Lutheran.

Saturday featured three thrilling championship games as Kent Denver, Ridgway and Skyview all claimed boys soccer championships.

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3A: (2) Kent Denver 5, (5) Roaring Fork 0

By Derek Lee & Tim Bourke

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2A: (10) Ridgway 2, (4) Dawson 1

By Tim Bourke

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4A: (3) Skyview 2, (5) Air Academy 1

By Tim Bourke

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More photos. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

COMMERCE CITY — Pick your Cinderella storyline, and Ridgway’s boys soccer team probably fit the criteria this postseason.

A small school of 99 students, and one that had not won a state championship in any sport since 1995. A No. 10 seed that struggled late in the season and was overlooked coming into the state tournament.

None of that mattered Saturday afternoon, as the Demons completed their historic run through the Class 2A state bracket with a 2-1 victory over Dawson School at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

The victory gave Ridgway its first state title in the sport and first overall since winning a boys basketball crown 24 years ago.

“We come from a school with 99 kids. The team we just played has an enrollment of like 250,” Demons coach Jon Kornbluh said. “That’s the story almost every time we step on the field. It’s really just a story about these boys, and me, starting years and years and years ago.
“We’ve been punching above our weight all our lives.”

Robert Beserra scored both of Ridgway’s goals, the game-winner coming with only 37 seconds remaining in regulation. Beserra, who finished his senior season with 41 goals, went up and headed the ball over a defender and a charging goalkeeper into the back of the net. It slowly rolled into the back of the net, setting off a wild celebration.

“My keeper (Kaden Forrest) punted it like three-quarters of the way down the field,” Beserra said. “I was like ‘this is my chance.’ I went up for it and I capitalized. It was a proud moment.”

More photos. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

Kornbluh said it was nothing new from his senior midfielder, but added that it doesn’t happen without the work of the entire squad. In his words, the Demons are a “beautiful possessing team with a phenom up top.”

“It was a courageous play. He’s looking to get hammered by that goalie,” Kornbluh added. “Robert is the total package. He’s got courage, intensity, skill and a huge heart. He’s our workhorse.”

Ridgway (12-3-3) dropped three of its final five regular season games, but opened the 2A playoffs with a 5-1 victory over No. 7 Lotus School For Excellence. From there the team upset defending state champion Crested Butte 3-1, and then upended No. 3 Fountain Valley 5-1 in the semifinals.

“It’s insane,” Beserra said. “I saw this is like the lowest seed that’s made it to the finals since like 2007 or something, so that’s really special.”

Dawson School (12-4-2) defeated Telluride and Denver Christian to reach its first 2A championship game. The Mustangs fell behind in the 12th minute after Beserra scored his first goal, but Jesse Isenhart knotted it up at 1-1 not quite 11 minutes later, sending a direct kick from just outside the top of box past Forrest.

The senior had two more chances on set pieces in the first half, but one went a little high and the second was deflected away by Forrest.

He had another direct kick hit the crossbar in the second half, and Forrest finished with four saves on the afternoon.

“Kaden came up really big,” Beserra said. “Our defense has been playing good all playoffs. They’re playing good when we needed it.”

Ridgway managed only one other shot on goal, and Christian Lindler had a chance go just wide right in the closing minutes. With the game looking as though it would go to overtime, Beserra made the most of his biggest chance of the season.

“Everyone talks about how big the moment is – at the end, I just kept talking about ‘no, this is about your first touch. This is about defensive intensity. This is about playing clinical soccer,’” Kornbluh said. “Take the moment out of it. It helped to watch the game before us and be in the space and place.

“It wasn’t too big for us. They really seized the moment.”

More photos. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

ENGLEWOOD — The scariest thing a goalkeeper can see on a Saturday afternoon is Ridgway’s Rob Beserra dribbling through defenders and making his way into open space.

The lesson there: If he gets an open shot, he’s not going to miss.

In the Class 2A boys soccer semifinals, he had two open shots and connected on both of them to help the Demons beat Fountain Valley 5-1 and advance to next week’s state championship match at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

“I was feeling confident,” Beserra said. “I like playing on turf and it was a good finish.”

He scored his first goal in the eighth minute after cutting through the Fountain Valley defense and drawing keeper Jacob Thomassen to the near corner of the net. He ripped his shot to the back right corner to get the Demons (11-3-3 overall) on the board.

The Danes (13-4) answered just minutes later on a scrum right in front of the net on a corner kick. With just over five minutes remaining in the first half, Beserra again navigated through the Danes’ defenders and into open space. His shot was on point again and turned out to be the game winner.

But that doesn’t mean Ridgway was done. Road warriors all tournament, the Demons kept attacking in the second half and scored three more goals. One of which came from Ruben Kornbluh, the son of coach Jon Kornbluh.

“The story on that is in the hotel room last night he was sick as a dog,” Coach Kornbluh said. “He didn’t think he’d be able to get out of bed, let alone make it on the pitch. He’s also coming off knee surgery in May, so this was his best game in 12 months.”

Both Beserra and Coach Kornbluh acknowledged that the Demons thrive when playing on the road. The good news on that front is that they’ll have to travel just one more time and that will be next week when they take the field with the 2A state title on the line.

If they continue to play the way they have all tournament, they believe they can bring a championship trophy home with them on next week’s long bus ride home.

“Anytime we’ve stepped on the field we’ve been the better team,” Kornbluh said. “We play the right way, we know how to possess, we know how to attack. We’ve just made it about playing the right way.”

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(4) Dawson 3, (9) Denver Christian 2

A two goal lead is often said to be the most dangerous, and that proved to be the case in the second 2A boys soccer semifinal match.

After neither team was able to convert on numerous chances throughout the day, Dawson appeared to a state championship appearance wrapped up with a 2-0 lead in the final five minutes of regulation.

But the game was just beginning. Two late goals from Denver Christian put the game into overtime before the Mustangs came away with a win and a berth in next week’s 2A state championship game.

Jonas Ricke scored the golden goal with a minute left in the first overtime period to give Dawson the 3-2 win.

Sam Freedman scored the game’s first goal in the 49th minute to keep the Mustangs’ season alive.

It was anything but the dominant performance that Ridgway saw in the day’s first game. 

The best look for the Thunder (10-7-1)  came in the first half came off a free kick from Josh Schlernitzauer. His shot was just out of reach of Dawson keeper Tony Aieta’s hand, but slammed off the post, keeping the game scoreless.

Dawson had a look of its own six minutes later on a loss ball in front of the net, but keeper Max Atwood was able to knock it away and give his back line a few precious seconds to get composed. 

Schlernitzauer had a second free kick chance in the 36th minute, but that attempt sailed high. 

The Mustangs (12-3-2) pressed at the start of the second half and ripped off a couple of early shots, but much like the first half, to no avail.

In the 49th minute, Nick Knobel made a break down the right side of the field and had a look at the net, but Atwood again came up big with the save.

The stalemate was finally broken off a Rio Sueyoshi free kick. The loose ball bounced around in front of the net before Isenhart got it by Atwood to put the Mustangs up 1-0.

Knobel added a second goal in the 65th minute to add some breathing room.

But it wasn’t enough.

With just under three minutes to play, Zach Johnson sent a booming ball toward the net to get the Thunder on the board. With time and ideas running out, Johnson figured what worked once might just work twice.

He sent a second ball in the direction of the cross bar. It was low enough to sneak under and high enough that Aieta couldn’t get a hand on it. In the final minute of play, Denver Christian suddenly had new life.

But Ricke ended things 14 minutes into the first overtime period. The Mustangs will face Ridgway at 1 p.m. next Saturday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

Tenth-seeded Ridgway boys soccer knocked off No. 7 Lotus School for Excellence on Saturday, 5-1.

Dawson School has moved up to No. 1 in this week’s Class 2A boys soccer rankings.

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

Complete rankings for each class are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Soccer 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.