Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
For the second consecutive week, there is a new team leading CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A volleyball poll. This week, Grandview will take its turn at the top.
The Wolves moved up from No. 3 following a 2-0 week which inlcuded a 3-1 win over previous No. 1 Arapahoe. Arapahoe dropped to third, just behind No. 2 Doherty.
There is also a new No. 1 team in 2A, where Resurrection Christian takes over.
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Despite having one fewer first-place vote, Thompson Valley has supplanted The Classical Academy atop the Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com girls cross country rankings in 4A.
Douglas County jumped into this week’s CHSAANow.com football poll in 5A at No. 6. It is the first time this season the Huskies have been ranked.
Cherry Creek, meanwhile, dropped all the way out in something of a surprise.
Cherokee Trail returned to the 5A ranking following a week on the outside looking in. The Cougars are eighth.
ThunderRidge held on to 5A’s top spot — but only narrowly. The Grizzles edged No. 2 Valor Christian by two overall points, despite beating then-No. 4 Grandview last week.
Columbine bumped up to third from fifth, and Ralston Valley went from sixth to fourth. Regis Jesuit rounds out the top five.
Chatfield is No. 7, Fairview is No. 9, and Grandview dropped from No. 4 to No. 10 following its loss to ThunderRidge.
Monarch continued to lead the 4A poll, which added Montbello for the first time this season, at ninth. Along with Denver South (No. 2 in 4A) and Denver West (No. 9 in 2A), it means Denver Public Schools has three ranked schools.
Cherry Creek 55, Pomona 31, Doherty 15, Grand Junction 15, Arapahoe 11, Mountain Vista 8, Legend 7, Fountain-Ft. Carson 4, Mullen 2.
Dropped out
Cherry Creek (3), Grand Junction (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Monarch (20)
2-0
214
1
Bye
2
Denver South (2)
3-0
186
2
W
3
Montrose (1)
4-0
170
4
W
4
Loveland
2-0
122
7
Bye
5
Falcon
3-0
112
6
W
6
Wheat Ridge
2-1
95
5
W
7
Pueblo West
2-1
69
3
L
8
Standley Lake
3-0
60
9
W
9
Montbello
3-0
43
–
W
10
Windsor
2-1
42
10
W
Others receiving votes:
Durango 34, Pine Creek 34, Mesa Ridge 22, Pueblo Centennial 21, Sand Creek 11, Thompson Valley 7, Widefield 6, Vista Ridge 5, Dakota Ridge 4, Mountain View 3, Broomfield 2, Longmont 2, Pueblo South 2.
Dropped out
Pine Creek (8).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Silver Creek (12)
2-0
159
1
Bye
2
Rifle (3)
3-0
140
3
W
3
Holy Family
2-0
122
4
Bye
4
Palisade
3-0
90
6
W
5
Elizabeth
2-1
88
10
W
6
Coronado (1)
4-0
81
8
W
7
Lutheran (2)
3-0
71
7
Bye
8
Roosevelt
1-1
59
9
Bye
9
Discovery Canyon
3-1
58
2
L
10
Conifer
2-1
26
5
L
Others receiving votes:
Delta 23, Erie 21, D’Evelyn 19, The Classical Academy 11, Evergreen 11, Eagle Valley 6, Pueblo East 3, Mead 2.
Dropped out
None.
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Platte Valley (8)
2-0
96
1
Bye
2
Brush (1)
2-0
85
2
Bye
3
Kent Denver (1)
2-1
76
3
W
4
Florence
2-1
57
4
W
5
Manitou Springs
3-0
51
8
W
6
Lamar
3-0
45
9
W
7
Strasburg
3-0
43
6
W
8
Eaton
1-1
34
7
Bye
9
Denver West
3-0
15
–
W
10
Bayfield
2-1
11
10
W
Others receiving votes:
La Junta 9, Faith Christian 8, Fort Lupton 7, University 5, Aspen 3, KIPP 3, Sterling 2.
Dropped out
La Junta (5).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Buena Vista (9)
3-0
140
1
W
2
Limon (4)
3-0
112
2
W
3
Cedaredge (2)
3-1
109
3
W
4
Hotchkiss
2-1
74
4
W
5
Holyoke
3-0
71
5
W
6
Monte Vista
3-0
68
6
W
7
Crowley County
3-0
53
8
W
8
Wray
2-1
40
7
W
9
Centauri
2-1
39
–
W
10
Wiggins
2-0
36
9
Bye
Others receiving votes:
Meeker 20, Rye 12, Resurrection Christian 10, Clear Creek 8, Front Range Christian 7, Jefferson 7, Roaring Fork 7, Burlington 6, Paonia 3, Center 2, Cornerstone Christian 1.
Grandview is ranked third in this week’s 5A poll. (Kevin Keyser/KeyserImages.com)
Here comes Lakewood. The Tigers, who knocked off then-No. 1 Doherty as part of a 6-0 week last week, joined the CHSAANow.com volleyball poll.
Lakewood is now 6-3, ranked sixth, and even received one first-place vote this week.
Doherty dropped to second this week, and was replaced by Arapahoe atop the ranking.
Lewis-Palmer continued to lead the 4A ranking, which added Montrose (No. 8).
The 3A poll got a facelift, of sorts. Manitou Springs jumped from No. 4 to No. 1, and that ranking added Olathe (No. 8), Frontier Academy (No. 9) and Fort Lupton (No. 10).
Likewise, there is a new No. 1 team in the 2A ranking: Fowler. C.S. School (No. 6), Sangre de Cristo (No. 8) and Lyons (No. 9) all joined that ranking.
The 1A poll features two new teams in No. 9 La Veta and No. 10 Rocky Mountain Lutheran.
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
The expectations were already high. Now, perhaps, things have been kicked up a notch.
ThunderRidge, coming off a 36-18 win over then-No. 3 Ralston Valley, took over atop the CHSAANow.com football poll in 5A this week. The Grizzlies had been No. 2, but jumped Valor Christian, which lost in overtime to Bingham (Utah).
Valor has yet to play an in-state opponent this season, and the four-time defending champion still received half of the first-place votes. Still, the Eagles are No. 2 this week.
Cherry Creek had its own big win last week — over then-No. 6 Pomona — and moved up on place to No. 3.
Grandview (No. 4) also moved up one place, and faces ThunderRidge this week.
Columbine went from No. 7 to No. 5 to round out the top five.
Ralston Valley settled in sixth following its loss, Regis Jesuit is seventh and Fairview is eighth.
The 5A top-ten is rounded out by two newcomers: Chatfield (No. 9) and Grand Junction (No. 10).
In 4A, Monarch continued its hold on the No. 1 spot. Denver South moved up to second, and the ranking added Standley Lake at No. 9.
Class 1A also got a new No. 1 team this week with Buena Vista taking over at the top.
Pomona 42, Cherokee Trail 40, Arapahoe 34, Douglas County 20, Doherty 8, Horizon 4, Legend 2, Mullen 2, Mountain Range 1, Mountain Vista 1.
Dropped out
Pomona (6), Cherokee Trail (8).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
1
Monarch (19)
2-0
192
1
2
Denver South (1)
2-0
170
3
3
Pueblo West
2-0
120
7
4
Montrose
3-0
113
5
5
Wheat Ridge
1-1
98
2
6
Falcon
2-0
96
6
7
Loveland
2-0
88
8
8
Pine Creek
1-1
70
4
9
Standley Lake
2-0
31
–
10
Windsor
1-1
29
9
Others receiving votes:
Montbello 15, Dakota Ridge 14, Mesa Ridge 14, Durango 13, Pueblo Centennial 9, Longmont 7, Vista Ridge 5, Sand Creek 4, Ponderosa 3, Widefield 3, Green Mountain 2, Pueblo South 2, Thompson Valley 2.
Dropped out
Dakota Ridge (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
1
Silver Creek (8)
2-0
124
1
2
Discovery Canyon
3-0
97
2
3
Rifle (4)
2-0
89
3
4
Holy Family
2-0
80
6
5
Conifer
2-0
79
5
6
Palisade
2-0
53
8
7
Lutheran (1)
3-0
50
9
8
Coronado (1)
3-0
45
–
9
Roosevelt
1-1
35
7
10
Elizabeth
1-1
28
4
Others receiving votes:
Eagle Valley 16, Pueblo East 15, Northridge 10, Erie 4.
Dropped out
D’Evelyn (10).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
1
Platte Valley (7)
2-0
79
1
2
Brush (1)
2-0
64
4
3
Kent Denver
1-1
62
3
4
Florence
1-1
45
2
5
La Junta
2-0
40
6
6
Strasburg
2-0
36
8
7
Eaton
1-1
33
5
8
Manitou Springs
1-0
18
10
9
Lamar
2-0
16
9
10
Bayfield
1-1
12
–
Others receiving votes:
Fort Lupton 11, Denver West 7, Faith Christian 7, Ridgeview Academy 6, University 2, Aspen 1, KIPP 1.
Fruita Monument has worked its way into the CHSAANow.com volleyball poll.
Fruita, 4-1 this season, is ranked tenth in this week’s Class 5A ranking.
Each of the five top-ranked teams remained atop their respective polls for the second week in a row. They are Doherty (5A), Lewis-Palmer (4A), Valley (3A), Lutheran (2A) and Caliche (1A).
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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Mountain View 14, Pueblo West 14, Montrose 8, Thompson Valley 7, Elizabeth 5, Mead 5, Silver Creek 5, Broomfield 3, Mullen 3, Pueblo East 2, Frederick 1, Glenwood Springs 1.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Valley (5)
1-0
61
1
1-0
2
Gunnison
3-0
52
2
3-0
3
Eaton
1-0
46
6
1-0
4
Bayfield (1)
1-0
41
5
1-0
5
Manitou Springs
1-0
37
9
1-0
6
University
1-0
34
8
1-0
7
Platte Valley
0-0
30
3
0-0
8
Holy Family (1)
2-2
26
–
2-2
9
St. Mary’s
0-1
16
4
0-1
10
Sterling
1-0
12
–
1-0
Others receiving votes:
Coal Ridge 10, Roaring Fork 6, C.S. Christian 4, Lamar 4, Brush 2, Colorado Academy 2, Rifle 2.
Three defending champions head the preseason boys cross country polls released on Tuesday.
Mountain Vista (5A), Coronado (4A) and Lyons (2A) won championships in their respective classifications last season and opened 2013 at the top spot in the Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com boys cross country rankings.
