Below is an interactive database of boys golf’s state qualifiers in classes 5A, 4A and 3A during the 2016 season. These golfers qualified out of their respective regionals.
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CENTENNIAL — Arapahoe captured the Class 5A boys golf Southern Region on Monday at South Suburban Golf Course.
The Warriors finished 6-over as a team. Monarch and Rock Canyon tied for second place at 10-over.
Monarch’s Ethan Alexander won the individual event, playing his round in 1-under.
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LAKEWOOD — Columbine football’s rushing attack hasn’t changed much over the years under long-time coach Andy Lowry.
The Rebels relentless and punishing ground attack plowed the way to a 38-14 victory over Jeffco rival Thursday at Jeffco Stadium. Columbine (2-1 record), ranked No. 4 in the latest CHSAANow.com Class 5A football poll, had five rushing touchdowns while putting up 311 yards on the ground.
“It all starts up front for us,” Lowry said of the Rebels’ offensive line.
Senior Mikey Griebel, who has moved from tailback to quarterback this season, showed he still has the moves that made him one of the most dynamic offensive players in the state as a junior. Griebel rushed for a pair of short touchdowns in the first quarter to give the Rebels a 14-0 lead.
“It’s a little different, but with the quarterback in this offense it’s like a fourth running back,” Griebel said of returning to the quarterback position where he played as a freshman at Heritage High School. “I’ve got to give the credit to the offensive line tonight. They hustled and blew off the ball tonight. It was fun to see that.”
Griebel’s third touchdown run of 16 yards extended Columbine’s lead to 38-7 with 4 minutes, 29 seconds left in the third quarter. Griebel finished with seven carries for 87 yards and also completed a 37-yard pass to senior Buck Ramming in the first quarter.
Columbine’s running back brother combination of Tim and Ted Mullin combined for 20 carries, 117 yards and two touchdowns.
“Timmy is a hard-nosed kid,” Griebel said of the older Mullin brother who finished with a team-high 15 carries for 95 yards from his fullback position. “He will run through a wall for us.”
Junior Conner Snow added to the Rebels’ stable of running backs. He opened with a 44-yard run and finished with 90 yards just five carries.
The defensive highlights for Columbine was a pair of interceptions by junior Andrew Arterburn. The Rebels were able to convert both turnovers into touchdowns.
“I saw my teammates make the play on both interceptions,” Arterburn said. “The ball just came to me. It was the front four that did a lot of it.”
Bear Creek senior quarterback Walker Rumsey was able to create some exciting plays on the night. The Bears’ first touchdown came on a play where Rumsey scrambled away from several Rebel defenders before finding senior Dominic Encinas in the end zone late in the first half.
Bear Creek senior running back Andre Renteria had more than 100 yards rushing and scored the Bears second touchdown midway through the fourth quarter to make the final score 38-14.
Every win is precious for Columbine this season. The Rebels are in arguably the toughest 5A conference in the new waterfall format. The Mt. Cameron League features three teams currently in the top-10 rankings — Mullen, Columbine and Fairview.
Grabbing non-league victories will be critical for the Rebels when it comes to grabbing enough RPI points to make the 16-team 5A state tournament in case Columbine doesn’t win its conference and automatic bid to the big dance.
Next up for the Rebels is area rival and undefeated Chatfield, ranked No. 1 in the 4A poll. The showdown against the two south-Jeffco schools is next Thursday at Jeffco Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.
“We’ll think about (Chatfield) on Saturday. We’ll enjoy this a little bit,” Lowry said about looking ahead to the Chargers. “They are playing great right now. We’ll see what happens. It’s about getting better every single day and game.”
Griebel had nearly 100 yards rushing against Chatfield last year in a 31-7 victory, but wasn’t able to get into the end zone against the Chargers.
“We aren’t going to they lightly for sure,” Griebel said. “They are a very, very good football team.”
Columbine has one final non-league game against Denver East on Sept. 29 at Jeffco Stadium before back-to-back conference road games against Fairview (Oct. 6) and Mullen (Oct. 13).
Bear Creek (0-3) attempts to get its first victory of the season during its homecoming game Friday, Sept. 23, at Jeffco Stadium. The Bears face Fossil Ridge in a scheduled 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
LAKEWOOD — Columbine scored 31 points in the first two quarters and came away with a 38-14 win over Bear Creek to improve to 2-1 on the season.
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ARVADA — The Jeffco League boys golf regular season belonged to the Big Cats this fall.
The Lakewood Tigers (Class 5A) and Evergreen Cougars (Class 4A) completed sweeps of the Jeffco League team titles, along with individual medalist honors Monday. The Tigers captured their third straight 5A Jeffco team title and Lakewood senior Griffin Barela wrapped up the individual title edging Columbine senior Marcus Tait by seven strokes over the six conference tournaments.
“I felt good with my game coming in,” said Barela, who was four strokes under-par through his first 10 holes at West Woods Golf Course in Arvada. “I knew I would be able to put up a good score and really put the pressure on Marcus to have a good round to beat me.”
Barela fired a tournament-best 3-under-par, 69. Back-to-back long birdie putts on No. 9 and 10 pretty much sealed the deal for the Lakewood senior.
“That’s what I was trying to do,” Barela said of his trying to lag his uphill putt from off the green on No. 10 that dropped in for birdie. “Once I made that I was pretty confident and I really thought I had wrapped it up.”
Tait, who fired an even-par, 72 could only laugh when Barela’s lag putt on No. 10 dropped for birdie.
“Today was a good round, but I didn’t play well enough to catch Griffin,” Tait said. “He (Barela) made a putt on No. 9 that was from 45 feet. Then he does it again on No. 10. I love making putts like that. I just got in the fun with him.”
Evergreen completed its goal of dethroning Valor Christian for the 4A Jeffco team title. The Cougars ended up beating out the defending 4A state champions by 42 strokes over the six league tournaments.
“It’s awesome. It’s a huge accomplishment for us to beat the starting string of Valor’s kids,” Evergreen senior Lenny Urbas said. “We are probably one of the best 4A teams in the state and hopefully one of the favorites to win state.”
Adding to the team success, Urbas overcame a one-stroke deficit to Green Mountain junior Gabe Goodman entering Monday’s tournament to claim the 4A Jeffco medalist title. Urbas shot a 1-over-par, 73 to out dual Goodman by two strokes for the individual title.
It was a rollcoaster of a round for Urbas. He started with a double-bogey on No. 17 when it was ruled his tee shot was out-of-bounds because of a missing out-of-bounds stake.
“I’ve just got to keep my composure. I really worked on that this week. It worked,” Urbas said. “Today I wasn’t swinging that well on the first-nine, but started playing well on the second-nine.”
The Tigers and Cougars now turn their attention to the state-qualifying regional tournaments.
Lakewood coach Alan Gonzales hopes Lakewood can carry over its momentum. The Tigers won’t have much to time get nervous for their regional tournament. Lakewood plays in the 5A Western Regional on Thursday at the Broadlands Golf Course in Broomfield.
“We played well, a lot of positives today,” Gonzales said after the Tigers shot a team total of 306 to complete the sweep of winning all six 5A Jeffco League tournaments. “I think we will go into Thursday with a lot of confidence. I’m excited to go.”
Evergreen heads to the Western Slope for its regional tournament Monday, Sept. 19 at Adobe Creek Golf National Course in Fruita.
Class 5A Jeffco League all-conference
Griffin Barela, 12, Lakewood
Marcus Tait, 12, Columbine
Jack Castiglia, 11, Lakewood
Landon Thunell, 11, Ralston Valley
Grayden Wolfe, 12, Lakewood
Max Camp-Oberhauser, 12, Lakewood
Slade Marceau, 12, Bear Creek
Jax Jones, 12, Ralston Valley
Class 4A Jeffco League all-conference
Lenny Urbas, 12, Evergreen
Gabe Goodman, 11, Green Mountain
Jake Welch, 10, Valor Christian
Bridger Tenney, 11, Evergreen
Nolan Miller, 10, Evergreen
Zach Zurcher, 12, Valor Christian
Ty Findlow, 10, Valor Christian
Jack Schoenborn, Valor Christian
Parker Skiles, 12, Golden
Jake Johnson, 12 Golden
Fairview (Class 5A) and Cheyenne Mountain (4A) have taken over the No. 1 boys soccer ranking in their respective classifications this week.
Fairview, 2-0-0 so far this season, garnered nine of the 10 first-place votes to lead CHSAANow.com’s 5A poll. Boulder, the Knights’ rival, also moved up and now sits at No. 2.
Broomfield, the preseason No. 1, is No. 3 this week. Cherry Creek is No. 4, and newcomer Rock Canyon rounds out the top five.
Cheyenne Mountain now leads the 4A ranking after getting six of the 10 first-place votes.
Former No. 1 Evergreen is second, Air Academy is third, The Classical Academy sits fourth, and Ponderosa moved up from No. 7 to No. 5.
The 4A ranking added No. 6 Mullen, No. 7 Centaurus, No. 8 Niwot and No. 10 Lewis-Palmer.
Kent Denver was the lone preseason No. 1 to hold onto its spot, and the Sun Devils got seven of 3A’s eight first-place votes to do so.
Colorado Springs Christian (No. 5), The Pinnacle (No. 9) and The Academy (No. 10) joined the 3A poll this week.
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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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.
| Class 5A | ||||
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| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS |
| 1 | Fairview (9) | 2-0-0 | 99 | 3 |
| 2 | Boulder (1) | 2-0-0 | 80 | 5 |
| 3 | Broomfield | 2-1-0 | 70 | 1 |
| 4 | Cherry Creek | 2-0-0 | 61 | 6 |
| 5 | Rock Canyon | 3-0-0 | 45 | – |
| 6 | ThunderRidge | 2-0-0 | 40 | 9 |
| 7 | Grandview | 1-0-1 | 32 | 10 |
| 8 | Bear Creek | 3-0-0 | 23 | – |
| 9 | Eaglecrest | 4-0-0 | 19 | – |
| 10 | Mountain Vista | 1-1-1 | 16 | 2 |
| Others receiving votes: | ||||
| Fort Collins 12, Greeley West 11, Regis Jesuit 8, Legend 7, Fruita Monument 6, Legacy 6, Heritage 4, Doherty 3, Arapahoe 2, Horizon 2, Loveland 2, Vista Ridge 2. | ||||
| Dropped out | ||||
| Arapahoe (4), Heritage (7), Arvada West (8). | ||||
| Class 4A | ||||
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| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS |
| 1 | Cheyenne Mountain (6) | 4-0-0 | 96 | 3 |
| 2 | Evergreen (4) | 1-0-0 | 83 | 1 |
| 3 | Air Academy | 3-0-0 | 75 | 4 |
| 4 | The Classical Academy | 1-1-0 | 68 | 2 |
| 5 | Ponderosa | 2-0-0 | 55 | 7 |
| 6 | Mullen | 4-0-0 | 47 | – |
| 7 | Centaurus | 4-0-0 | 34 | – |
| 8 | Niwot | 2-0-0 | 18 | – |
| 9 | Valor Christian | 1-1-0 | 15 | 8 |
| 10 | Lewis-Palmer | 3-1-0 | 11 | – |
| Others receiving votes: | ||||
| Longmont 9, Sand Creek 9, Skyline 6, Fort Morgan 5, Palmer Ridge 5, Silver Creek 5, Battle Mountain 4, Greeley Central 2, Durango 1, Pueblo West 1, Summit 1. | ||||
| Dropped out | ||||
| Standley Lake (5), Battle Mountain (6), D’Evelyn (9), Longmont (10). | ||||
| Class 3A | ||||
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| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS |
| 1 | Kent Denver (7) | 2-0-0 | 79 | 1 |
| 2 | Peak to Peak (1) | 2-0-0 | 53 | 8 |
| 3 | Coal Ridge | 1-0-0 | 49 | 6 |
| 4 | Colorado Academy | 1-0-0 | 47 | 7 |
| 5 | Colorado Springs Christian | 3-0-0 | 45 | – |
| 6 | Vail Mountain | 1-1-0 | 43 | 2 |
| 7 | KIPP | 1-1-1 | 37 | 4 |
| 8 | Salida | 2-0-0 | 35 | 10 |
| 9 | Pinnacle | 3-0-0 | 27 | – |
| 10 | The Academy | 3-0-0 | 16 | – |
| Others receiving votes: | ||||
| Fountain Valley 9, Telluride 6, Lamar 5, Manitou Springs 3, Arrupe Jesuit 2, Manual 2. | ||||
| Dropped out | ||||
| Fountain Valley (3), Faith Christian (5), Pagosa Springs (9). | ||||
AURORA — Eighth-ranked Grandview softball beat Bear Creek 6-4 on Monday afternoon.
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CENTENNIAL — Rachel Stoneking went 2-for-4 with two RBIs as Arapahoe softball beat Bear Creek 5-4 on Tuesday.
Stoneking also pitched all seven innings of the win, allowing ten hits.
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It’s the final week of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. That means it’s the last chance to watch former Colorado high school athletes on the world’s biggest stage.
We’ve broken down when to watch each former Colorado high school athlete in this week’s Olympic events.
Find a complete list of former Colorado preps in the Olympics on this page.
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Women’s Track: 3000-meter Steeplechase final, 8:15 a.m. Emma Coburn, a 2008 graduate of Crested Butte, hits the track for her shot at an Olympic medal.
Men’s Track: 800-meter final, 4:25 p.m. Widefield graduate Boris Berian is one of two Americans in the final race. He finished second in his heat in the semifinals.
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Women’s Basketball: Australia vs. Serbia, 8 a.m. Lewis-Palmer graduate Danielle Page and Serbia play in the quarterfinals.
Men’s Track: 200-meter prelims, 8:50 a.m. George Washington alum Jeremy Dodson hits the track for the first time.
Women’s Soccer: Canada vs. Germany, 1 p.m. Valor Christian alum Janine Beckie has emerged as a star for the Canadians, who now get a shot to advance to the final. Canada beat Germany during the group stage.
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No former Colorado high school athletes are in action on Wednesday.
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Women’s Wrestling: Freestyle 75kg, 7 a.m. The entire bracket will play out on Thursday, with the qualifications beginning early in the morning, and the final in the afternoon, at 3:35 p.m. Bear Creek alum Adeline Gray will participate.
Women’s Basketball: Semifinals, 12 p.m. Danielle Page and Serbia play Spain in the semifinals on Thursday.
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Women’s Soccer: Bronze Medal Match, 10 a.m. Janine Beckie and Canada will play Brazil for the right to win the bronze medal.
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Women’s Basketball: Medal matches. If Danielle Page and Serbia continue to advance, they will play in either the bronze medal or gold medal match.
A new era will begin this winter for Bear Creek boys basketball
Bears athletic director, Jeffrey Lueders, confirmed to CHSAANow.com Monday that David Berghoefer has resigned as head coach to take a job in San Diego.
As a result, Lueders has turned to former D’Evelyn assistant, Will Gosch, to lead the team.
The Bears struggled in the 2015-16 season, going 8-18 (4-10 Class 5A Jeffco) with their season ending with a loss to the Far Northeast Warriors in the 5A state tournament.
Gosch will not have to start with scratch as the team will return eight players who will be seniors.