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All-state softball teams for 2013 season

Haley Smith is the 5A softball player of the year. (Pam Wagner)

The 2013 all-state softball teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

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

The players who received the most votes in their classification were selected as the player of the year in their class.

Scroll down to see the teams, or use the menu below to navigate to the class of your choosing.

Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

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Class 5A

Player of the year: Haley Smith, Legacy

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Breanna Corell	Douglas County	Senior	P
Haley Donaldson	Fossil Ridge	Senior	SS
Rachelle Foos	Dakota Ridge	Senior	P
Sierra Galbreath	Ralston Valley	Senior	SS
Carleigh Garcia	Brighton	Senior	OF
Janelle Gardner	Legend	Senior	P
Tes Hass	Loveland	Junior	OF
Rachel Johnson	Mountain Vista	Senior	1B
Tayler Mashburn	Eaglecrest	Sophomore	UT
RiAnna May	Standley Lake	Senior	CF
Lauren Paige	Rock Canyon	Senior	P/1B
Carly Perry	Columbine	Junior	SS
Melissa Rahrich	Brighton	Senior	P/3B
Brianna Sanville	Arvada West	Senior	3B
Haley Smith	Legacy	Junior	P
Emily Supercynski	Grandview	Junior	SS

Second Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Autumn Anderson	Fort Collins	Sophomore	P
Lauren Buckley	Eaglecrest	Junior	OF
Steph Cardona	Legend	Senior	OF
Emma Cheshire	Doherty	Senior	C
Aspen Eubanks	Legacy	Senior	UT
Alyssa Geist	Legacy	Junior	OF
Melissa Heronema	Standley Lake	Senior	SS/3B
Anuhea Iida	Douglas County	Senior	C
Jenna Jordan	Fossil Ridge	Senior	C
Robyn Leighton	Legend	Senior	C
Kenya Lindstrom	Denver East	Junior	P
Kayla Michel	Brighton	Junior	C/1B
Rhiannon Parry	Standley Lake	Senior	P
Taylar Saul	Highlands Ranch	Senior	UT
Sloane Stewartson	Rock Canyon	Freshman	C
Dani Valerio	Dakota Ridge	Junior	CF
Allie Vigil	Arvada West	Senior	1B
Jasmime Wessel	Horizon	Junior	C/SS

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Class 4A

Player of the year: Jessica Salbato, Wheat Ridge

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Analece Apodaca	Wheat Ridge	Junior	UT
Carrie Clarke	Erie	Senior	P
Alex Dufour	Frederick	Junior	SS
Gabriela Garcia	Mullen	Junior	C
Allison Heitsman	D’Evelyn	Senior	3B/1B
Kelsey Laughlin	Pueblo East	Senior	SS
Tiffany Maul	Erie	Junior	C
Katie Orona	Pueblo East	Senior	P
Ally Power	Ponderosa	Junior	P
Jessica Salbato	Wheat Ridge	Senior	P
Rio Sanchez	Erie	Freshman	P/3B
Kelee Suggs	Woodland Park	Senior	SS
McKenzie Surface	Discovery Canyon	Junior	P/1B
Sonoma Toot	Erie	Senior	2B/SS
Ann Marie Torres	Wheat Ridge	Sophomore	SS

Second Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Corey Aragon	Pueblo Central	Senior	P/ UT
Kendall Baker	Berthoud	Junior	IF
Kailee Clark	Discovery Canyon	Senior	SS
Yesina Garza	Pueblo East	Senior	3B/OF
Allyson Grywusiewicz	Thomas Jefferson	Senior	P/1B
Sissy Hall	Pueblo South	Junior	CF
Madie Kilcrease	Roosevelt	Senior	SS/OF
Jaelyn Minich	Pueblo East	Senior	1B/3B
Christina Nelson	Wheat Ridge	Junior	2B
Cameryn Porter	D’Evelyn	Senior	SS
Emma Speer	Rifle	Senior	SS
Cheyenne Talmadge	Pueblo East	Junior	2B
Mallorie Trichell	Woodland Park	Senior	1B
Kenzie Villareal	Berthoud	Senior	UT
Stevie Wadsworth	Roosevelt	Senior	P

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Class 3A

Player of the year: Danni Klein, Strasburg

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Bridgette Hutton	Valley	Junior	P/SS
Danni Klein	Strasburg	Senior	P/2B/SS
Logan Losh	Strasburg	Senior	P/1B
Trinity Harrington	Valley	Senior	P
Alexandra Jaros	Holy Family	Junior	CF
Dallas Magnusson	Sterling	Junior	P
Grace Peterson	Holy Family	Senior	2B
Chelsea Vallejos	Lamar	Senior	OF
Jenna Knudson	Sterling	Sophomore	INF
Brittany Driscoll	Basalt	Senior	P/OF/3B
Jayla Jarnigan	Eaton	Senior	OF
Whittney Oquist	La Junta	Senior	P/UT
Megan Martinez	Rocky Ford	Senior	SS/1B
Tess Cartin	Holy Family	Senior	C
Vic Wilson	Strasburg	Senior	C/UT

February 26, 2014

All-state football teams for 2013 season

Valor Christian running back Christian McCaffrey. (Mark Adams) — Valor Christian running back Christian McCaffrey is the player of the year in Class 5A. (Mark Adams)

The 2013 all-state football teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues and coaches, and then a vote of coaches. Find more information here.

The players who received the most votes in their classification were selected as the player of the year in their class.

Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A | 8-man | 6-man

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Class 5A

Player of the year: Christian McCaffrey, Valor Christian

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Ethan Brunhofer	Arapahoe	Senior	TE
Elijah Cherrington	Legend	Senior	WR
Austin Conway	Overland	Senior	QB, Ath.
Ryan Cummings	Valor Christian	Senior	OL
Cameron Frazier	Fairview	Senior	WR, Ret.
Terran Hasselbach	Regis Jesuit	Senior	DL
Anders Hill	Fairview	Senior	QB
Isaiah Holland	Valor Christian	Senior	OL
Mark Hopper	ThunderRidge	Senior	WR, S, K
Sam Jones	ThunderRidge	Senior	OL
Carlo Kemp	Fairview	Sophomore	DL
Jacob Knipp	Ralston Valley	Senior	QB
Eric Lee	Valor Christian	Junior	DB
Chris Marquez	Pomona	Senior	RB
Sam Martin	Fairview	Senior	WR
Jacob Martin	Cherokee Trail	Senior	DL
Christian McCaffrey	Valor Christian	Senior	RB
Bernard McDondle	Columbine	Senior	RB
Alec Ruth	Valor Christian	Junior	OL
JK Scott	Mullen	Senior	K, P
Connor Spencer	Fairview	Senior	DL, OL
Tre Thomas	Overland	Senior	LB
Brody Westmoreland	ThunderRidge	Senior	QB
Evan White	Cherokee Trail	Senior	DB
Marcus Wilson	Valor Christian	Junior	DB
Zach Young	Doherty	Senior	RB

Second Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Jeremy Aparicio	Columbine	Senior	RB, LB
Jostin Barron	Legend	Senior	DL
Ryan Belearde	Westminster	Senior	RB, DB
Ben Burnett	Prairie View	Senior	DL
Connor Cain	Heritage	Senior	OL, DL
AJ Cecil	Valor Christian	Senior	QB
Gabe Civerlo	Grandview	Senior	OL
Stanford Cooper	Cherry Creek	Senior	LB
Cody Dengal	Legend	Senior	WR
Chance Drake	Hinkley	Senior	WR
Justin Falls	Valor Christian	Senior	LB
Keenan Foshe	Chaparral	Senior	LB
Gabe Gillespie	Mountain Range	Senior	RB, LB
Jaeden Grahm	Cherry Creek	Senior	DB
Tanner Griffin	Grand Junction	Senior	LB
Austin Hall	Gateway	Senior	S
Aric Johnson	Cherokee Trail	Senior	QB
Anisoni Kami	Rangeview	Senior	LB
Alex Kinney	Rocky Mountain	Junior	K
Cameron Knight	Grandview	Junior	DB
Spencer Long	Poudre	Senior	WR, DB
Grant McConnell	Mountain Range	Senior	OL, DL
Chukwuma Obinnah	Grandview	Junior	RB
RJ Ramirez	Prairie View	Junior	RB
Matt Rindal	Cherry Creek	Junior	LB
Austin Ruiz	Hinkley	Senior	QB
Jack Sale	Pomona	Senior	DB
Jonah Seng	Poudre	Senior	OL, DL
Jamin Smith	Douglas County	Senior	OL
Cameron Smith	Cherokee Trail	Junior	RB
Trey Smith	Douglas County	Senior	RB
Jonathan Swartzwelter	Fairview	Senior	K
Theron Verna	Grand Junction	Senior	TE, LB
Quinton Walton	Grand Junction	Senior	OL, DL
Jacen White	Columbine	Senior	DL, TE

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Class 4A

Player of the year: Kalen Ballage, Falcon

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Kalen Ballage	Falcon	Senior	RB, WR, Ath.
Ethan Marks	Monarch	Senior	RB
Jay MacIntyre	Monarch	Senior	Ath., DB, QB
Josh Gehring	Pine Creek	Senior	DL
Matt List	Pine Creek	Senior	LB
Brant Seeley	Dakota Ridge	Senior	OL
Justin Barron	Falcon	Senior	P
Angelo Youngren	Montrose	Senior	RB, FS
Erik Eaton	Pine Creek	Senior	OL
Nathan Spinuzzi	Pueblo South	Junior	QB, K
Zach Peck	Windsor	Senior	DL
Zac Lindsay	Denver South	Senior	RB, LB
John Freismith	Loveland	Senior	WR, FS
Cody Mommaerts	Monarch	Senior	OL
Mike Rocha	Montrose	Junior	FB, DL
Keith Hed	Pueblo West	Senior	OL
Connor Durant	Standley Lake	Junior	S, WR
Kidd Soole	Monarch	Junior	SS
Matt Maestas	Montrose	Junior	OL, DL
Cody Wilson	Ponderosa	Senior	OL
Trey Jarvis	Standley Lake	Senior	TE. DL
Pete Mitchell	Monarch	Senior	LB
Avery Anderson	Pine Creek	Junior	FS
Tommy Lazzaro	Pine Creek	Junior	QB
Aaron Nelson	Dakota Ridge	Senior	RB
Braxton Thais	Dakota Ridge	Junior	QB

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Class 3A

Player of the year: Dallas Reins, Elizabeth

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Andre Apodaca	Silver Creek	Senior	LB
Levi Cecil	Silver Creek	Junior	OL, DL
Ryan Charles	Silver Creek	Senior	K
Joe DeTello	Pueblo East	Senior	S
Tyler Dudden	Holy Family	Senior	OL, DL
Isaah Duvall	Coronado	Senior	RB
Jaseil Garcia	Delta	Senior	OL
Levi Hoagland	Palisade	Senior	QB, S
Joe Hunt	Coronado	Senior	DL
Jessy Jackson	Arvada	Senior	WR, K
Austin King	Frederick	Senior	DL, OL
Kellin Leigh	Rifle	Senior	RB, DB
Zane Lindsey	Silver Creek	Junior	TE
Joe Lopez	Frederick	Senior	DL, FB
Zack Marango	Palisade	Senior	OL, DL
Austin Micci	Coronado	Senior	Ret., RB, SS
Isaac Miller	Silver Creek	Senior	OL
Randy Molinar	Roosevelt	Senior	RB
Chase Nicholas	Elizabeth	Senior	RB, LB
Ouray Ocanas	Fort Morgan	Junior	LB, OL
Brody Oliver	Elizabeth	Senior	QB
Brandon Payer	Conifer	Senior	LB
Dallas Reins	Elizabeth	Senior	OL, DL
Austin Shepherd	Rifle	Senior	LB
Ben Sjobakken	Silver Creek	Senior	QB
Sam Smith	Coronado	Junior	LB
David Sommers	Holy Family	Senior	QB, DB
Ryan Whiteside	Delta	Senior	WR
Alec Wirtjes	Discovery Canyon	Senior	RB
Isaiah Young	Vista Peak	Junior	WR, DB

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Class 2A

Player of the year: Lance Neuerburg, Platte Valley

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Randy Baker	Brush	Senior	RB, LB
Caleb Creech	Platte Valley	Junior	RB, LB
Johnathan Cretti	Bennett	Junior	RB
Ryan Fitzgerald	Aspen	Junior	RB
Jaden Franklin	Kent Denver	Junior	RB, Ret.
Alejandro Garcia	Bennett	Senior	DL, OL
Trevon Hamlet	Kent Denver	Senior	LB, Ret.
Roice Hanks	Strasburg	Senior	OL, DL
Junior Ibarra	Jefferson	Senior	OL, DL
John Jordan	Bennett	Sophomore	LB, TE
Stefan Knoerr	Faith Christian	Senior	K
Bailey Landwehr	Platte Valley	Senior	K, P
Daniel Langewisch	Faith Christian	Senior	RB
Jovanni Lucero	Jefferson	Senior	RB
Joe Matarazzo	Kent Denver	Senior	QB, DB
Cameron Maxey	Platte Valley	Senior	DB, WR
Connor McCain	Faith Christian	Junior	DL
Jeff Merritt	Fort Lupton	Senior	QB, S
Josh Mihalchin	Faith Christian	Senior	OL
Vince Moquin	Bennett	Senior	DL, OL
Lance Neuerburg	Platte Valley	Senior	OL, DL
Nick Paradiso	Trinidad	Senior	OL, DL
Tex Ritter	Faith Christian	Senior	TE
Ethan Rose	Sterling	Junior	WR, DB
Kyle Rosenbrock	Brush	Junior	QB, LB
Maverick Seewald	Brush	Senior	OL, DL
Logan Sitzman	Platte Valley	Senior	QB
Jake Smith	Platte Valley	Senior	LB, WB
Jacob Smith	Strasburg	Junior	RB, LB
Jalen Vasquez	Fort Lupton	Senior	WR
DJ Vurciaga	Fort Lupton	Senior	TE, LB
Tanner Wineland	Bennett	Senior	K, TE, DB

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Class 1A

Player of the year: Dalton Risner, Wiggins

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Will Austin	Paonia	Senior	RB
Jareb Aziz	Centauri	Junior	RB, LB
Jacob Baca	Cornerstone Christian	Senior	RB, DB
Jordan Bobian	John Mall	Senior	WR, K
Jason Buhr	Centauri	Senior	RB, LB
Trevor Close	Buena Vista	Junior	RB, S
Alec Coscarella	Salida	Senior	RB
Jacob Crist	Ellicott	Junior	WR
Jonas Cure	Wray	Junior	TE, DL
Tony Darling	Paonia	Junior	OL, DL
Dylan Geisler	Paonia	Junior	OL, DL
Tony Gentile	Salida	Senior	DL, TE
KC Jarvies	Centauri	Senior	QB, DB
Adison Jones	Ignacio	Junior	QB
Josh Kimball	Paonia	Junior	OL, DL
Jaden Koenig	Yuma	Senior	QB, LB
Christian Krautschun	Colorado Springs Christian	Senior	OL, DL
Ryan Krogmeier	Holyoke	Senior	OL
Gavin Liggett	Limon	Senior	QB
Luis Mariscal	Center	Senior	OL, DL
Clay McCarroll	Centauri	Junior	WR, DB
Andy McFarland	Buena Vista	Senior	WR, RB, DB
Blake Paintin	Limon	Senior	DL
Corey Reynolds	Cedaredge	Junior	OL, DL
Dalton Risner	Wiggins	Senior	OL, DL
Corey Ritchey	Wiggins	Senior	RB, DL
Eloy Sandavol	Burlington	Junior	RB, DB
Michael Stevensen	Resurrection Christian	Freshman	K, QB
JaVonte’ Stewart	Ellicott	Senior	QB
TJ Stockton	Colorado Springs Christian	Senior	QB, RB, LB
Joseph Storrer	Crowley County	Senior	DL
Taylor Walters	Paonia	Senior	QB, S
Cole Watson	Resurrection Christian	Senior	TE
Keegan Wentz	Buena Vista	Senior	QB

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8-man

Player of the year: Ty Eichman, Daypsring Christian

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Damian Bell	Simla	Senior	RB, LB
Mitch Davison	Caliche	Senior	QB, DB
Brody Donoho	Dayspring Christian	Junior	OL, DL
Ty Eichman	Dayspring Christian	Senior	RB, DL, OL, S
Bobby Handley	Kiowa	Senior	OL, DL
Blayde Harrigan	Norwood	Senior	OL, DL
Levi Hottinger	Akron	Senior	RB, LB
Kylar Mai	Dayspring Christian	Junior	QB, LB
Dominique Marquez	Hoehne	Senior	DL
Devan Mock	Dayspring Christian	Senior	TE, DL
Nate Ramirez	Sargent	Senior	QB, LB
Morgan Rummel	Norwood	Senior	QB
Sawyer Schafer	Hoehne	Senior	QB
Wyatt Schrepfer	Hoehne	Senior	RB
Iaac Torres	Hoehne	Senior	OL, DL
Jeff Williams	Norwood	Senior	RB, LB
Jon Wiseman	Dayspring Christian	Junior	G, DL
Austin Zink	Caliche	Senior	LB, RB

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6-man

Player of the year: Clay Cordell, Hi-Plains

First Team
Name	School	Year	Pos.
Clay Cordell	Hi-Plains	Senior	QB, DB
Eli Palser	Otis	Senior	RB, DB
Kyle Loeffler	Arickaree/Woodlin	Senior	RB, LB
Kyle English	Liberty/Stratton	Junior	TB, S
MC Griffin	Liberty/Stratton	Senior	LB, FB
Alex Nelson	Hi-Plains	Junior	RB, DB
Dakota Will-Potter	Briggsdale	Senior	QB, LB
Trevor Thompson	Liberty/Stratton	Senior	QB, LB
Tyler Carmen	Prairie	Senior	RB, MLB
Garrett Shaffer	Arickaree/Woodlin	Senior	WR, LB
Avery Marzolf	Hi-Plains	Senior	OL, NG, LB
Brady Holtz	Peetz	Senior	QB, DB
Clay Corliss	Liberty/Stratton	Senior	LB, TE
Tyler Rouse	Eads	Senior	QB, LB
Tanner Pflager	Otis	Senior	QB, DB

February 25, 2014

Regis Jesuit wins 5A girls swim title on final leg of final event

5A girls swimming state — **More photos**. (Tim Visser/TimVisserPhotography.com)

THORNTON — You couldn’t have asked for a better finish.

With one event remaining, the 400-yard freestyle relay, Regis Jesuit High School held a half-point lead over Fairview in the quest for the team title in the Class 5A girls state swimming and diving championships.

The two teams lined up by side in adjoining lanes for the 400-yard relay final. They were that way, in first and second, entering the final 100-yard leg.

Taylor Wilson stepped up for Regis, swimming the winning anchor leg and propelling the Raiders to their second consecutive team title and third in four years.

Wilson actually relished the challenge.

“When I was getting ready I was smiling,” she said. “Nothing makes me happier than that kind of pressure.”

This was a different Regis team than the ones four years prior. With no Missy Franklin piling up points, the team had to find another way to get it done. It did so, in part, by winning all three relays.

“We can in (to the season) knowing we could make it that far,” Wilson said of repeating as state champions. “We knew it — we wanted everybody else to know it.”

Regis finished with 254.5 points, with Fairview second with 248.

After back-to-back second-place finishes the previous two years, ThunderRidge junior Annie Ochitwa finally earned her first state title, winning the 50 freestyle by an impressive 0.15 of a second over Lauren Moden of Legend.

Ochitwa had finished second and third the previous two years in the 100 freestyle. Again, she rectified that by earning her second gold medal.

The Grizzlies spent Friday night in a hotel, ate dinner and watched television. Ochitwa’s inspiration came from the Food Network.

“Definitely cake, lots of cake,” she said of what she’d been holding off from eating while training, an indulgence with which she plans to reward herself. Then it’s back to the pool, where a repeat of her feats will provide her with off-season motivation.

Ella Moynihan of Arapahoe, who entered the state meet as the top seed in the 200 freestyle, retained that position through the preliminaries and followed that up with a victory in the finals, winning by more than a second in defeating defending champion Erin Metzger-Seymour of Ralston Valley.

Bailey Nero of Fossil Ridge, who took fifth in the 200 freestyle, capped off her day with the title, edging Metzger-Seymour by 0.3 of a second.

Loveland’s Brooke Hansen surprised the field in the 200 individual medley. Seeded fourth entering the meet, she edged out top seed Madeline Myers of Ralston Valley by 0.08 of a second.

Boulder senior Amanda Richey was the distance champion, winning the 500 freestyle by a second over Madeline Myers of Ralston Valley. The backstroke title went to sophomore Abigail Kochevar of Rock Canyon. Honors in the breaststroke went to Fossil Ridge freshman Bailey Kovac, who edged Hansen at the wall.

Regis Jesuit sophomore Mckensi Austin won the state diving title. With a score of 494.45 points, she outdistanced Kaitlin Costello of Douglas County by 31.05 points

February 16, 2014

Day 1 results from the state spirit championships

DENVER — The first day of the state spirit championships is in the books, and five champions were crowned on Friday night.

Grandview captured the 5A pom competition; Rock Canyon won 5A cheer; Dakota Ridge won 4A/5A co-ed cheer; Mountain Vista won hip hop; and Heritage won jazz.

Below are the complete results, including the finalists and their order of finish.

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Class 5A poms

Grandview won the 5A poms competition at state spirit. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

Prelims
Rank	Team	Score	Tie break
1	Grandview	94.83	471.00
2	Thunderridge	94.50	470.50
3	Cherry Creek	93.33	466.50
4	Ralston Valley	92.67	461.50
5	Legacy	92.50	461.50
6	Arapahoe	92.00	462.00
7	Chatfield	90.17	450.00
8	Regis	89.33	445.50
9	Fairview	89.17	440.00
10	Fruita Monument	87.33	437.50
11	Horizon	86.50	431.50
12	Prairie View	84.50	422.00
13	Eaglecrest	83.33	419.00
14	Rocky Mountain	83.17	417.50
14	Doherty	83.17	414.00
16	Boulder	83.00	417.00
17	Arvada West	82.00	408.50
18	Dakota Ridge	81.17	404.50
19	Littleton	80.33	400.00
20	Brighton	79.50	399.50
21	Grand Junction	79.17	394.00
22	Fossil Ridge	79.00	399.00
23	Denver East	78.67	393.00
24	Central (Gj)	76.33	380.00
25	Mountain Range	76.17	384.50
26	Bear Creek	70.67	357.00

Finals
Rank	Team	Score	Tie break
1	Grandview	95.00	473.00
2	Thunderridge	94.67	472.50
2	Legacy	94.67	468.00
4	Arapahoe	93.83	468.50
5	Cherry Creek	93.33	468.00
6	Ralston Valley	92.50	462.00

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Class 5A cheer

Rock Canyon won the 5A cheer competition at state spirit. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

Prelims
Rank	Team	Score	Tie break
1	Rock Canyon	91.47	457.00
2	Grandview	88.63	445.00
3	Douglas County	88.53	441.10
4	Eaglecrest	87.70	435.70
5	Chaparral	85.83	428.20
6	Rocky Mountain	83.67	419.10
7	Arapahoe	83.17	411.20
8	Pine Creek	81.70	407.20
9	Fossil Ridge	79.10	397.70
10	Regis	76.63	388.60
11	Prairie View	73.93	366.80
12	Horizon	73.83	369.50
13	Legacy	71.37	354.60
14	Monarch	71.27	356.80
15	Standley Lake	70.83	348.10
16	Highlands Ranch	70.83	355.30
17	Loveland	69.93	347.90
18	Cherry Creek	69.63	349.70
19	Bear Creek	68.87	335.20
20	Poudre	68.67	342.00
21	Heritage	68.40	339.90
22	Denver East	68.07	343.30
23	Smoky Hill	67.93	340.60
24	Grand Junction	66.87	331.60
25	Rangeview	65.73	331.60
26	Brighton	62.90	317.50
27	Columbine	62.73	312.20
28	Rampart	59.47	293.20
29	Littleton	58.87	288.70
30	Greeley West	57.90	291.50
31	Thornton	54.40	269.70
32	Boulder	53.97	275.70
33	Northglenn	52.33	274.40
34	George Washington	48.07	249.90
35	Overland	45.77	231.80
36	Chatfield	44.73	230.30
37	Hinkley	35.00	182.40
38	Gateway	0.00	0.00

Finals
Rank	Team	Score	Tie break
1	Rock Canyon	93.23	466.80
2	Eaglecrest	91.10	456.50
3	Grandview	89.70	447.30
4	Pine Creek	87.53	431.80
5	Rocky Mountain	83.40	417.80
6	Douglas County	83.23	418.50
7	Arapahoe	83.13	421.80
8	Chaparral	80.87	404.50

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Class 4A/5A co-ed cheer

Dakota Ridge won the co-ed cheer competition at state spirit. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

Prelims
Rank	Team	Score	Tie break
1	Dakota Ridge	88.53	440.60
2	Mountain Vista	84.23	421.80
3	Thunderridge	76.63	385.30
4	Castle View	76.40	379.10
5	Cherokee Trail	74.93	372.40
6	Palisade	72.80	366.00
7	Air Academy	71.47	357.00
8	Falcon	70.50	355.50
9	Legend	70.37	353.30
10	Ralston Valley	69.67	342.30
11	Fruita Monument	68.30	339.50
12	Fountain-Ft. Carson	66.80	332.10
13	Centaurus	65.27	326.60
14	Liberty	63.90	317.30
15	Greeley Central	60.90	311.10
16	Doherty	59.07	297.00
17	Arvada West	58.13	296.80
18	Westminster	56.27	285.20
19	Montrose	55.43	282.10
20	Steamboat Springs	53.17	276.50
21	Abraham Lincoln	52.33	261.70
22	Central (Gj)	51.47	261.50
23	Pomona	50.30	252.40
24	Pueblo County	48.97	247.40
25	Denver West	48.10	239.50
26	John F. Kennedy	47.73	243.30
27	Arvada	44.43	228.00
28	Aurora Central	44.37	215.00
29	Adams City	43.93	224.80
30	Denver South	41.90	214.30
31	Skyview	0.00	0.00
31	Sierra	0.00	0.00

Finals
Rank	Team	Score	Tie break
1	Dakota Ridge	93.80	465.60
2	Mountain Vista	83.17	414.20
3	Castleview	78.20	391.50
4	Thunderridge	74.30	375.00
5	Cherokee Trail	72.43	358.00
6	Palisade	57.77	288.30

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Hip hop

Prelims
Rank	Team	Score	Tie break
1	Mountain Vista	94.67	472.00
2	Overland	91.33	457.00
3	Monarch	90.33	452.00
4	Greeley West	87.67	435.00
5	Smoky Hill	86.00	431.00
6	Thornton	84.67	425.00
7	Northglenn	84.17	423.50
8	Sand Creek	83.67	417.50
9	Northridge	82.67	414.00
10	Montezuma-Cortez	82.00	408.00
11	Weld Central	80.33	399.00
12	Pueblo Central	78.83	389.50
13	Skyline	72.00	359.00
14	Pomona	70.67	353.00
15	Greeley Central	62.33	312.00
16	Rampart	58.00	292.00

Finals
Rank	Team	Score	Tie break
1	Mountain Vista	96.00	476.00
2	Overland	93.33	466.50
3	Greeley West	92.00	457.50
4	Monarch	91.50	458.50

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Jazz

Prelims
Rank	Team	Score	Tie break
1	Heritage	91.17	454.00
2	Rock Canyon	90.67	449.00
3	Ponderosa	90.50	453.00
4	Golden	90.33	449.50
5	Legend	90.00	448.50
6	Chaparral	88.00	439.00
7	Columbine	87.00	434.00
8	Standley Lake	85.50	428.50
9	Rangeview	84.50	423.50
10	Douglas County	84.33	423.00
11	Castle View	83.67	420.00
12	Palmer Ridge	82.33	410.00
12	Silver Creek	82.33	409.50
14	Thompson Valley	81.50	407.50
15	Pueblo West	81.33	408.50
16	Gateway	78.50	391.50
17	Niwot	77.67	388.50
18	Highlands Ranch	71.83	360.50
19	Cherokee Trail	71.33	357.00

Finals
Rank	Team	Score	Tie break
1	Heritage	93.33	465.00
2	Ponderosa	93.17	465.50
3	Golden	93.00	463.00
4	Rock Canyon	91.83	459.00

December 7, 2013

Playoff football roundup: Columbine runs over Grand Junction

Columbine Grand Junction football — More photos. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

Columbine ran Grand Junction right out of town.

The seventh-seeded Rebels got three rushing touchdowns from Jeremy Aparicio and easily handled No. 10 Grand Junction, 41-7, in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs.

Aparicio had scoring runs of 58, 4 and 1 yards, while Michael Tait passed for a score and rushed for another. Austin Norton had a 30-yard touchdown run and caught Tait’s 28-yard scoring toss.

The Rebels will play at No. 2 Valor Christian in the quarterfinals. The Eagles exploded for 28 second-quarter points in pulling away from No. 15 Ralston Valley. Up just 14-6 after the first quarter, Valor scored on the first play of the second frame and never looked back.

It was 42-6 at halftime and a 49-20 final.

Valor quarterback A.J. Cecil was 19-of-23 for 278 yards and four touchdowns. Christian McCaffrey rushed 13 times for 121 yards and two scores and also caught six passes for 110 and two more touchdowns. The carries were the most McCaffrey has had since he rushed 11 times against Fountain-Fort Carson on Sept. 27.

Ralston Valley scored two late touchdowns after recovering three-consecutive onside kicks in the fourth quarter.

We’ll have at least two rematches in the 5A quarterfinals: No. 1 Fairview hosting No. 8 Pomona and No. 3 Cherry Creek hosting No. 6 Cherokee Trail.

Fairview topped No. 16 Douglas County 45-17 on Friday. Knights quarterback Anders Hill had five total touchdowns, four passing. He tossed scores to Steve D’Epagnier (twice), Cam Frazier and Sam Martin. Fairview also got a 50-yard interception return for a touchdown from Carlo Kemp.

Douglas County was in the game in the first half, trailing 14-10 after the first quarter, and 21-17 later in the second, but Fairview’s Jonathan Swartzwelter nailed a 47-yard field goal just before the half to give Fairview a spark heading to the locker room.

When the night ended, Fairview had scored the game’s final 24 points.

In the quarters, the Knights will get Pomona, a team they beat 33-30 on Oct. 18. Pomona beat Chatfield 49-35 on Friday. (Find a full recap of that game here.)

Cherry Creek, meanwhile, beat No. 19 Overland for the second time this season with a 49-14 victory Friday. The Bruins got 21 second-quarter points to make it a 35-7 halftime margin.

Cherry Creek plays Cherokee Trail in the quarterfinals. The two teams played a tight one on Oct. 4 — a 28-27 Creek win.

Cherokee Trail easily handled No. 11 Mountain Range, 41-7, on Friday. Quarterback Aric Johnson was 14-of-19 for 171 yards and two scores through the air. He also rushed for 84 yards and two more touchdowns.

Junior running back Cameron Smith had 163 yards and two touchdowns.

No. 5 ThunderRidge beat No. 12 Doherty, 56-35, on Friday. The Grizzlies could get a rematch, as well: No. 5 Regis Jesuit and No. 20 Grandview play Saturday. Should Regis win, it would give ThunderRidge a chance to avenge its only loss of the season, which came Sept. 27 to the Raiders.

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Class 4A

Fifth-seeded Pueblo South was in trouble heading into the fourth quarter against No. 12 Longmont.

The Colts trailed 27-17 following a 15-point outburst from Longmont in the third quarter, but rallied with 21 fourth-quarter points for a 38-27 win.

Trailing 27-24 with 5:34 to play, South converted a fourth-and-6 and went on to score the go-ahead touchdown. The Colts stopped Longmont on fourth-and-13 on their ensuring drive, and sealed the game with a score a few plays later.

In other 4A games, No. 3 Pine Creek beat No. 14 Pueblo West, 35-18, and No. 2 Monarch handled No. 15 Vista Ridge, 62-28.

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Class 3A

No. 7 The Classical Academy looked to be in control. But, late in the third quarter, a Conifer touchdown cut the Titans’ lead to 14-6. Then, with six minutes to play in the fourth, Conifer made it 14-12.

A stop of a two-point conversion attempt on the try gave TCA its first postseason victory in school history, 14-12, over the tenth-seeded Lobos.

In Friday’s other 3A game, No. 3 Roosevelt cruised past No. 14 Frederick, 47-13, to move to the quarterfinals.

Higher seeds were 13-0 in Friday night’s football playoffs.

November 9, 2013

Photo gallery: Douglas County tops Legend in 5A football playoffs

CASTLE ROCK — Trey Smith rushed for 216 yards and four touchdowns as No. 16 Douglas County handled No. 17 Legend 64-34 to move on in the 5A football playoffs.

November 2, 2013

5A football playoff bracket

Football’s 2013 state playoff bracket for Class 5A.

2013 CHSAA State Football Championships CHSAA 5A Football Championship

October 27, 2013

Fairview grabs 5A’s top seed as football brackets are released

Fairview is the No. 1 seed in 5A. (Courtesy photo)

The groundwork, as is so often the case, was laid four years ago. Tom McCartney saw it in his freshmen then. Those freshmen are now seniors, and that group has Fairview seeded No. 1 overall in the Class 5A football playoffs.

“We knew that it was a special group,” McCartney, Fairview’s coach, said Sunday morning. “We also knew that for them to do the things and reach some of the goals they’ve set, you’ve got to have junior compliments. You want to know that your juniors are also part of that.

“We’ve been kind of waiting on this group of seniors for a while, and a lot of them have gotten a lot of playing time as sophomores and juniors,” he continued. “When you get in those kinds of battles against teams like Pomona and Ralston Valley, and Legacy and Arvada West and Boulder — and Grandview in the playoffs last year, and Regis the year before — all of those experiences help. So, yes, to be honest with you, we’ve seen this coming from this particular group. We knew this was a talented group.”

The Knights were the lone 5A team to finish the regular season unbeaten (9-0). They were ranked No. 2 in the CHSAANow.com football poll in recent weeks, but were No. 1 in Wild Card points during that stretch, and finished atop the final Wild Card standings released Sunday morning.

And so, when the 5A bracket was unveiled, it was Fairview in the No. 1 spot. (See the full bracket.)

“It feels awesome,” McCartney said. “It’s playoff football. We’re just going to prepare. We understand that if you win you move on, and if you don’t you’re done. We want to keep playing. The best way to keep playing is to be prepared and to improve.”

Fairview draws No. 32 Mountain Vista (3-6) in the first round. The two teams played in 2010 and 2011, both Mountain Vista wins.

“Our seniors, when they were freshmen, played them. And so we know a little bit about them,” McCartney said. “We’ve got a ton of respect for coach (Ric) Cash. His teams are always prepared. They’re always hard-nosed.”

Rounding out the top-5 seeds in 5A were No. 2 Valor Christian, No. 3 Cherry Creek, No. 4 Regis Jesuit and No. 5 ThunderRidge.

The top 16 seeds host in the first round, meaning No. 6 Cherokee Trail, No. 7 Columbine, No. 8 Pomona, No. 9 Chatfield, No. 10 Grand Junction, No. 11 Mountain Range, No. 12 Doherty, No. 13 Prairie View, No. 14 Rangeview, No. 15 Ralston Valley and No. 16 Douglas County will get home games.

Other qualifiers were No. 17 Legend, No. 18 Arapahoe, No. 19 Overland, No. 20 Grandview, No. 21 Gateway, No. 22 Heritage, No. 23 Westminster, No. 24 Rocky Mountain, No. 25 Fountain-Fort Carson, No. 26 Hinkley, No. 27 Arvada West, No. 28 Castle View, No. 29 Fort Collins, No. 30 Lakewood and No. 31 Eaglecrest.

The 2A, 1A, 8-man and 6-man brackets were also released on Sunday.

Brush is 2A’s top seed. As the top-8 host in the first round, No. 2 Manitou Springs, No. 3 Platte Valley, No. 4 Faith Christian, No. 5 Gunnison, No. 6 Bennett, No. 7 Kent Denver and No. 8 Florence will all get home games.

Also qualifying in 2A were No. 9 Strasburg, No. 10 Lamar, No. 11 Olathe, No. 12 Fort Lupton, No. 13 Aspen, No. 14 Ridge View Academy, No. 15 Jefferson and No. 16 The Academy.

In 1A, Buena Vista got the top seed. No. 2 Limon, No. 3 Centauri, No. 4 Paonia, No. 5 Monte Vista, No. 6 Hotchkiss, No. 7 Yuma and No. 8 Platte Canyon will also host first-round games.

Additional 1A qualifiers were No. 9 Resurrection Christian, No. 10 Rye, No. 11 Burlington, No. 12 Cedaredge, No. 13 Colorado Springs Christian, No. 14 Wray, No. 15 Lyons and No. 16 Front Range Christian.

Hoehne is 8-man’s top seed. Also hosting in the first round will be No. 2 Dayspring Christian, No. 3 Norwood, No. 4 Simla, No. 5 Caliche, No. 6 Kiowa, No. 7 Sargent and No. 8 Dove Creek. Also qualifying were No. 9 Sanford, No. 10 Vail Christian, No. 11 Merino, No. 12 Walsh, No. 13 Akron, No. 14 West Grand, No. 15 Fowler and No. 16 Granada.

Liberty/Stratton grabbed 6-man’s top seed. Also qualifying were No. 2 Hi-Plains, No. 3 Eads, No. 4 Prairie, No. 5 Otis, No. 6 Peetz, No. 7 Hanover and No. 8 Flagler

October 27, 2013

Softball roundup: Fossil Ridge scores a semifinal ticket

Aurora Sports Park sits quiet prior to Saturday’s action. More photos. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

A roundup of Saturday’s action at the state softball tournaments at Aurora Sports Park.

Class 5A

Bracket

AURORA — Fossil Ridge won its first two games at Saturday’s opening rounds of the 5A state softball tournament by a combined score of 29-7. It now finds itself in the semifinals for the first time in school history.

In fact, Fossil Ridge had never even won a game at the state tournament before Saturday.

The third-seeded SaberCats beat No. 14 Pine Creek in the opening round, 10-3, then followed with a 19-4 mercy-rule-shortened win over No. 6 Eaglecrest which ended on Haley Donaldson’s walk-off three-run home run.

Legacy softball coach Dawn Gaffin goes over instructions between innings Saturday afternoon during the Lightning's 8-1 quarterfinal victory against Dakota Ridge. Legacy, 5-time Class 5A state champion, will face Brighton in the 5A state semifinals 10 a.m. Sunday at Aurora Sports Park. (Dennis Pleuss) — Legacy softball coach Dawn Gaffin goes over instructions between innings Saturday afternoon during the Lightning’s 8-1 quarterfinal victory against Dakota Ridge. Legacy, 5-time Class 5A state champion, will face Brighton in the 5A state semifinals 10 a.m. Sunday at Aurora Sports Park. More photos. (Dennis Pleuss)

Fossil Ridge is 22-1 in 2013. The SaberCats’ lone loss this season came to Legacy on Sept. 16. They could get a rematch on Saturday — but first they’ll need to get past No. 7 Legend, another first-timer in the semis.

Legend (19-5) dispatched No. 10 Grandview 13-8 to open the tournament, then beat No. 2 Rock Canyon 6-1 in the quartefinals.

No. 9 Brighton was the lone team to knock off a No. 1 seed on Saturday. The Bulldogs, now 22-2, beat No. 1 Douglas County 8-4 in the quarterfinals. That followed an 11-1 win over No. 8 Loveland, the defending champion.

In the semis, Brighton will get No. 5 Legacy, which beat a pair of Jeffco squads (Chatfield and Dakota Ridge) to earn its seventh consecutive berth into the state tournament semifinals.

No. 12 Chatfield gave Legacy a tough test before the Lightning pulled away in the late innings for a 6-2 win.

“I think we kind of learned from it,” Legacy senior pitcher Haley Smith said. “Our bats were kind of cold at first, but we had everybody set up.”

Legacy used some “small ball” tactics in the third inning against No. 4 Dakota Ridge to score four runs on the way to an 8-1 victory.

Despite the rich tradition of winning five straight 5A state crowns from 2007 to 2011, Smith doesn’t believe Legacy will be nervous going into the semifinals.

“If anything I think there is less pressure because everyone thinks we can’t do it,” Smith said. “We are the underdogs.”

Semifinal games:

(9) Brighton vs. (5) Legacy, 10 a.m.
(3) Fossil Ridge vs. (7) Legend, 10 a.m.

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4A state softball — Broomfield is headed to the semifinals. More photos. (Pam Wagner)

Class 4A

Bracket

Fifth-seeded Broomfield narrowly survived being No. 13 D’Evelyn’s second upset victim of the day. But the Eagles did survive, and advance, to the 4A semifinals on Sunday.

Broomfield rallied from 2-0 and 4-2 holes to hold on and beat D’Evelyn 7-6 on Saturday. The Eagles had a four-run fifth-inning which led to the win. They will face top-seeded Wheat Ridge in the semifinals.

Wheat Ridge junior Erin Dalton connects with a pitch during the Farmers' 5-0 win against Roosevelt in the opening round of the Class 4A state softball tournament Saturday at Aurora Sports Park. (Dennis Pleuss) — Wheat Ridge junior Erin Dalton connects with a pitch during the Farmers’ 5-0 win against Roosevelt in the opening round of the Class 4A state softball tournament Saturday at Aurora Sports Park. More photos. (Dennis Pleuss)

Wheat Ridge didn’t have much problem advancing.

The Farmers shut out No. 16 Roosevelt by a 5-0 score in the opening round and cranked out 11 hits in a 9-4 quarterfinal victory against No. 8 Mountain View. Still, Wheat Ridge coach Marty Stricklett said there is “some improving to do” going into the final day of the season.

The Farmers edged Broomfield 2-0 earlier this season. Sophomore Christina Nelson hit a two-run home run in the first inning and senior pitcher Jessica Salbato pitched a shutout against Broomfield back on Aug. 30.

A 1-0 loss to Niwot in the 4A semifinals last year still motivates the Farmers heading into their eighth straight trip to the state semifinals.

“Tomorrow we are still going off what happened last year,” Stricklett said. “We’ve got to show up and play our game. The name of our game is hitting. We’ve got to hit the ball.”

On the other side of the bracket, No. 6 Erie beat No. 11 Silver Creek 11-1 and No. 3 Pueblo East 7-1 to advance to Sunday. The Tigers will face No. 2 Ponderosa, which escaped No. 15 Palmer Ridge’s upset bid, 5-4, to open the tournament, then beat No. 7 Berthoud 6-0 in the quarters.

Semifinal games:

(1) Wheat Ridge vs. (5) Broomfield, 10 a.m.
(6) Erie vs. (2) Ponderosa, 10 a.m.

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Class 3A

Bracket

The four semifinalists at the 3A level each only played one game on Saturday. That’s because Strasburg, Sterling, Holy Family and Valley all had opening-round byes as seeds Nos. 1-4.

Top-seeded Strasburg beat No. 9 Basalt 11-0, and will meet No. 4 Valley, which eeked past No. 5 Eaton 1-0.

In the other semifinal, No. 2 Sterling will meet No. 3 Holy Family. Sterling beat No. 7 Lamar 5-0 and Holy Family beat No. 11 Dolores Huerta 3-0.

Semifinal games:

(1) Strasburg vs. (4) Valley, 10 a.m.
(3) Holy Family vs. (2) Sterling, 10 a.m.

— Reporting from Dennis Pleuss and Ryan Casey.

October 20, 2013

5A softball state championship bracket

The 2013 state softball bracket for Class 5A.

2013 CHSAA State Softball Championships 2013 5A Bracket

October 13, 2013

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