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Roosevelt football beat Berthoud on Friday night in a key Class 3A matchup.

For starters, it was a top-10 win, with the No. 5 Roughriders topping the No. 8 Spartans. Second, it was a win in the Class 3A Tri-Valley League, which is probably the best league in the state regardless of classification. Third, Roosevelt is now 5-2.

But most importantly: It helped the Roughriders move up in the 3A RPI standings from No. 13 to No. 8.

Roosevelt rallied from down 12-7 to take a 15-12 lead at halftime, and led 22-12 after three quarters.

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2A: (6) Sterling 56, Fort Lupton 28

Sterling quarterback Bodie Hume threw six touchdowns in the first half of Sterling’s 56-28 win over Fort Lupton. That ties the state record.

Hume finished with seven touchdowns; he only played one series in the second half.

The six touchdowns in a half are now tied for the most in state history. Hume is the seventh player to do that. His seven touchdown passes are tied for the fifth-most in state history.

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4A: (10) Skyline 70, Greeley Central 44

Skyline junior Jeremy Hollingsworth rushed for six touchdowns and more than 350 yards in a wild win over Greeley Central. He now has scored 26 touchdowns this season.

The Falcons are 6-1 this season.

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3A: Fort Morgan 17, (6) Silver Creek 7

Fort Morgan not only pulled off the upset, but moved to 2-0 in the Northern League. Both conference wins followed a three-game losing streak.

“We changed it up this week,” Mustangs coach Harrison Chisum told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show. “We had a lot of competitions and a lot more fun in practice, and it kind of helped with our energy level.”

Donovan Moya had an interception return for a score to help Fort Morgan win on Friday.

“He’s a competitor, and that was a huge pick-six to start the second half,” Chisum said.

Both teams are now 4-3 this season.

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6-man: (1) Stratton/Liberty 63, (3) Otis 6

The Knighted Eagles are 7-0 after this latest win.

“We’re really excited about the win, an really excited about the way we’ve been playing,” coach Toby Kechter told the Scoreboard Show.

Kechter praised his line.

“The kids just blocked their hearts out,” he said. “The effort’s just been great.”

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Notables:

• Highlands Ranch, ranked No. 9 in 5A, is now 6-1 after beating Fountain-Fort Carson 38-24. “Our guys overcame some penalties and a couple of turnovers, and played really well tonight to overcome those things,” interim coach David May told the Scoreboard Show.
• The Falcons will face No. 1 Valor Christian next week. The Eagles are now 7-0 after a 41-7 win over Lakewood. Luke McCaffrey had three total touchdowns, including a kickoff return for a score. Valor has won 17 games in a row.
• Sedgwick County, top-ranked in 8-man, rolled to a 57-14 win over Merino. Sedgwick County is now 7-0 and has won 17-straight games.
• 8-man No. 5 Haxtun rebounded from a loss to beat No. 10 Caliche 38-20. 
• 6-man No. 4 Peetz also rebounded from a loss by topping No. 10 Fleming 39-26. Tre Fehringer threw three touchdown passes for the Bulldogs.
• 2A No. 4 La Junta won its rivalry game with Lamar, winning 40-0 in the Whistle Game.
• In 6-man, Sierra Grande is now 6-1 after shutting out Aguilar 60-0. Five different players had rushing touchdowns, including two each from Dakota Aragon and Dylan Milner.
• South Park has matched its win total from last season after beating Pikes Peak Christian 30-6. The Burros are 4-3 in 6-man.
• Wins No. 322 for coaches Scott Yates (Kent Denver) and Chris Brown (West Grand). Kent Denver, No. 1 in 2A, beat Englewood 38-0. West Grand, No. 2 in 8-man, beat Rangely 46-0.
• In 4A, Rampart got an important 17-13 win over Montrose to move to 2-0 in the Pikes Peak League.
• Jaylen Thomas rushed for 243 yards and three scores as Vista Ridge beat Coronado 35-14 in another 4A Pikes Peak matchup.
• Austin Coalson helped Eaton improved to 5-2 this season with two touchdown passes in the team’s 46-6 win over The Academy.
• Dakota Key rushed for three touchdowns and Alec Lewis threw for two as Legacy beat Aurora Central 44-0 in 5A. Legacy is 4-3.

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More coverage:

• In 4A, No. 5 Windsor handed No. 6 Monarch its first loss of the season.
• A touchdown on the final play gave Ralston Valley a win over Arvada West.
• Photos from Pueblo East/Pueblo County.
• Photos from Harrison/Pueblo Central.
• An updated top-10 football scoreboard after Friday’s games, and Saturday’s top-10 schedule.
• All scores from Friday night, and Saturday’s full slate.
• Updated RPI standings.
• Relive the night through our live coverage.

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A week after beating sixth-ranked Silver Creek, Erie football has another top-10 feather in its cap.

On Friday night, the Tigers, now ranked No. 3 in Class 3A, beat No. 4 Berthoud 33-7.

“Playing in the Tri-Valley (League), it doesn’t get any easier,” coach Chad Cooper told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show after the game. “I told our kids to enjoy this one tonight, but tomorrow morning we’re back to work and getting ready for Holy Family.

“It’s kind of similar to a playoff run where you can’t let down,” Cooper continued. “It’ll be good to kind of prepare us for the playoffs. You can’t have any let downs in the playoffs. It’ll be a great test for us.”

Erie’s Jacob Mansdorfer hit Alex Mathis with a touchdown pass just before the end of the first half to push the Tigers’ lead to 20-7.

Noah Roper rushed for two second-half touchdowns, and also recovered two fumbles on defense. He returned one of those for a touchdown. Roper had 165 yards rushing.

“Noah, obviously, is a talented kid. He kind of does it all for us,” Cooper said. “He runs extremely hard and is able to grind on people, too, with the style that we have on offense.”

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6-man: (5) Prairie 44, (1) Peetz 41

Prairie got the go-ahead score with 11.8 seconds remaining to secure the upset of previously unbeaten Peetz.

“It was just a dive to the right to Trenton Holzworth, one of our seniors, and he was able to power through a couple of kids and was able to get the ball in,” coach Justin Kerns told the Scoreboard Show of the winning score.

Prairie is now 6-0 this season.

“The players here are excited, the kids are excited,” Kerns said.

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2A: (3) Platte Valley 42, (6) Sterling 21

Tied at 21 at halftime, Platte Valley reeled of 21 unanswered points in the second half to secure a big win and move to 6-0 this season.

“It was one heck of a game up here for homecoming week, that’s for sure,” coach Troy Hoffman told the Scoreboard Show.

Hoffman praised his team’s effort on defense, which forced four turnovers.

“The kids created some opportunities and some turnovers,” Hoffman said. “We just needed to do that, play a little more aggressive in the second half, and when you get four turnovers, a lot of times good things happen for you, and it sure did for us tonight.

Senior Zach Waite had four touchdowns, including runs of 55 and 50 yards, and Ernseto Rios and Trevon Wehrman also score the the Mustangs.

Platte Valley had more than 400 yards of total offense.

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2A: (5) The Classical Academy 27, (8) Salida 19

TCA rallied from down 13-7 late in the second quarter to get an important top-10 win.

Jenson Hall had two rushing touchdowns for the Titans, and Cade Bethany accounted for two total touchdowns.

Brayden Luft added a receiving touchdowns.

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Notables

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• 8-man No. 1 Sedgwick County cruised to an easy win over No. 3 Haxtun, 44-0.
• Centauri is 6-0 in 1A after beating Monte Vista 27-2. The Falcons, No. 4, got another big night out of their defense. “That’s been our strength this year,” coach Kyle Forster told the Scoreboard Show. “Our defense has done a great job when we needed them to.”
• In 2A, Basalt got a big rivalry win over No. 10 Aspen, 48-22. Noah Williams had six touchdowns for the Longhorns. “Just a big, strong, very, very gifted athlete,” coach Carl Frerichs told the Scoreboard Show of Williams.
• 5A No. 4 Regis Jesuit beat Legacy 32-7. “I think this puts us in the driver’s seat” for the conference title, Raiders coach Danny Filleman told the Scoreboard Show.
• Caliche snapped a two-game losing streak and knocked off No. 8 Dayspring Christian in 8-man, 18-13.
• 8-man No. 10 Gilpin County is 5-1 following a 48-0 win over Soroco.
• 6-man No. 8 La Veta cruised to a 52-19 win over Sierra Grande in an afternoon contest.
• Platte Canyon moved to 5-0 this season following a forfeit by Front Range Christian. The Huskies are ranked No. 7 in 1A.
• No. 6 Merino got a narrow win over Akron in 8-man, 28-26.
• Paonia, No. 6 in 1A, is 5-1 after beating Hotchkiss 28-21.
• Deer Trail picked up its first win of the season when Cheraw forfeit Friday’s 6-man game due to lack of players. It snaps a 13-game losing streak for Deer Trail.
• Denver North beat Vista PEAK 15-13 in 3A, and is now 6-0 this season.
• Wray is now 3-3 following a 40-8 win over Wiggins in 1A. Cade Hillman had 227 yards and two touchdowns, while Manny Heurta added three scores.
• 3A No. 9 Harrison is 6-0 after a 46-0 win over Sierra.
• Springfield upset No. 2 Holly in overtime, 32-26, in 8-man.
• An impressive win for Northglenn over ThunderRidge in 5A. Northglenn is now 5-1.
• Evergreen upset 3A No. 6 Skyview, 10-9.
• Olathe beat Cedaredge 21-14 with a 98-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter.
• The top-3 matchup in 6-man between No. 2 Stratton/Liberty and No. 3 Cheyenne Wells was delayed to Saturday because of a light that wasn’t working.
• Frederick football is 5-1 after a 7-6 win over Holy Family.
• Jaion Colbert rushed for 238 yards and three scores as Overland football beat Arapahoe 47-28.

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More coverage

• Check out this wild touchdown pass as time expires from Middle Park’s Boston Gleich.
• No. 9 Columbine ground out a win on the ground against No. 5 Fairview in 5A. Photos from the game are here.
• 3A No. 1 Mead jumped out early and stunned No. 5 Roosevelt in a big win.
• In an awesome overtime game, 8-man No. 5 Hoehne beat No. 7 Fowler.
• Photos from Machebeuf/Englewood. Machebeuf is now 6-0.
• Photos from Loveland/Broomfield. Loveland is also 6-0.
• An updated top-10 scoreboard after Friday’s games, and Saturday’s top-10 slate.
• All scores from Friday night, and Saturday’s full schedule.
• Replay the night through our live coverage.
• Updated RPI standings.
• A roundup of Thursday’s games.

A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Week 5 of the 2017 season.

• Live scoreboard
• Complete CHSAANow.com rankings
• RPI standings
• Full schedule and scoreboard of this week’s games

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There was all kinds of shakeup in this week’s football rankings.

The Class 3A poll added five new teams: No. 4 Berthoud, No. 7 Roosevelt, No. 8 Skyview, No. 9 Harrison and No. 10 Canon City.

Lakewood (5A), Skyline (4A), Crowley County (1A), Clear Creek (1A), Sargent (8-man) and Sierra Grande (6-man) are also new this week in their respective classifications.

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 all classes are below.

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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.

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In a wild matchup, Roosevelt football scored on the game’s final play to upset Silver Creek on Friday night.

The Roughriders’ Noah Craig punched in a rushing touchdown as time expired to secure the 29-27 upset.

“Holy cow. It was a huge win,” Roosevelt coach Lane Wasinger told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show after the game.

To even get to that final play, though, Roosevelt first had to convert on fourth down with 25 seconds remaining.

“It was like, ‘You know what?’ Let’s just go for it. Let’s go for the end zone,” Wasinger said.

Roosevelt quarterback Trent Beall, a junior, scrambled for the first down — and got out-of-bounds.

“He’s so slippery and he’s so good with his feet, and he’s just a playmaker,” Wasinger said. “It gave us a chance to put it in the end zone.”

Craig, a 5-foot-11, 200-pound senior, did just that.

“The sideline went crazy,” Wasinger said. “We just won a big football game.”

Roosevelt had led Silver Creek 16-6 after three quarters, before both offenses broke loose in the final quarter.

“It got pretty crazy,” Wasinger said of the fourth quarter.

Silver Creek actually took the lead with seven minutes to play, but Roosevelt rallied and eventually won on the final play.

Both teams are now 3-1 this season.

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3A: (2) Mead 38, (9) Longmont 14

Mead football continued its perfect start, beating No. 9 Longmont to improve to 4-0 this season.

The Mavericks, ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the second quarter on their cross-town rivals, and went on to win 38-14.

Longmont did cut that early lead to 21-14 late in the second quarter, but Mead’s defense didn’t allow the Trojans to score again.

“Our defense had our back all night,” Mead quarterback Tyler Keys told BoCoPreps.com after the game.

Keys threw a passing touchdown and rushed for another for the Mavericks. Evan Hansen, Jake Wachter and Nathan Mackey also had rushing touchdowns. Dom Esters caught the touchdown from Keys.

Longmont quarterback Oakley Dehning rushed for a touchdown.

This was just the second-ever meeting between the two schools which are just 15 minutes apart. Mead won last season, 49-35, during its march to the semifinals.

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2A/3A: (2) Bayfield 20, (8) Durango 13

For the first time in the history of the rivalry — which dates to 1924! — Bayfield beat Durango.

Bayfield senior Hunter Killough had a game-sealing interception in the game’s final moments, according to the Durango Herald.

“I wanted it bad,” he told the paper after the game. “Since last year, I had been stewing on this game. It’s good to get that victory.”

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Notables:

• 5A No. 8 Mullen went out-of-state to play Bothell (Wash.), and had a big rally and a chance to win late, but fell 31-28. Bothell reached Washington’s 4A quarterfinals last season.
• 5A No. 7 Cherry Creek beat No. 6 Grandview 40-20 to give coach Dave Logan the 250th win of his career.
• In 1A, No. 2 Meeker got a top-10 win over No. 8 Monte Vista, 30-7. “Our defense did a good job of flying around the football tonight,” coach Shane Phelan told the Scoreboard Show. The Cowboys are 4-0.
• Skyview knocked off No. 10 Thomas Jefferson 27-16 in 3A. The Wolverines have started 4-0, their best start since 2011.
• Harrison beat Glenwood Springs 36-22, and is now 4-0 in 3A. “This is just another step forward for us,” coach Al Melo told the Scoreboard Show. “It was a good win for our kids tonight, and I’m really proud of them.
• Check out Widefield, which is 4-0 in 4A following a 42-0 win over Palmer. The Gladiators haven’t started 4-0 since 2010. TJ Davis rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns on Friday. He also threw two touchdown passes.
• 5A No. 3 Eaglecrest is now 4-0 after beating Cherokee Trail 28-14.
• Berthoud upset 3A No. 5 Fort Morgan, 22-10.
• Grand Valley and Aspen had lightning delay their game, which the Skiers ultimately won 30-26. Aspen, which won a combined four games the past two seasons, is 4-0 for the first time since 2010.
• Sierra Grande beat Cheraw 61-6 in 6-man action, including this touchdown. The Panthers are now 4-0, something they haven’t done since 2005.
• 6-man No. 1 Stratton/Liberty cruised to a 68-8 win over Idalia. Tyson Lichty completed four passes — all four went for touchdowns. Jacob McCormick rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns.
• Levi Mair had four total touchdowns in Arvada’s 30-6 win over The Pinnacle.
• Jaion Colbert rushed for 185 yards and two touchdowns as Overland beat Rangeview 42-20.
• Zac Hanenberg had two rushing touchdowns as Canon City beat Pueblo East 29-16. The Tigers are now 4-0, matching their win total from each of the past two seasons.
• Peyton beat Ellicott 41-0 in 1A. Gunner Saarela rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns.
• Trevor Reuss threw for 241 yards in 2A Basalt’s 41-33 win over 3A Battle Mountain.
• Garrett Anderson rushed for 157 yards and a score as Lewis-Palmer topped Pueblo County 20-10 in a 3A matchup.
• 5A Ralston Valley also went out-of-state, and beat East Bakersfield (Calif.) 35-14.

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More coverage

• In a rematch of the past two 5A titles games, No. 1 Valor Christian beat No. 2 Pomona.
• 4A No. 2 Ponderosa was dominant in beating Rampart.
• 4A No. 3 Chatfield ended a losing streak to its rival, 5A No. 4 Columbine.
• In 4A, No. 7 Pueblo West went on the road and beat Dakota Ridge.
• Cherry Creek football coach Dave Logan won the 250th game of his career on Friday.
• Replay the night through our live coverage.
• An updated top-10 football scoreboard after Friday’s games, and Saturday’s schedule.
• All scores from Friday night, and Saturday’s full slate.

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Skyview football is off to its best start in six seasons.

The Wolverines beat Weld Central 41-20 on Saturday. It means the team is now 2-0 for the first time since the 2011 season, when they finished 7-3.

Skyview, coming off a playoff appearance in Class 3A, will now seek to improve on its 6-5 campaign from a season ago.

On Saturday, the Wolverines got 192 yards and three rushing touchdowns from senior Deyvon Butler. Quarterback Michael Vigil also threw a touchdown pass to Isaiah Montoya.

Anthony Gonzalez, meanwhile had two interceptions that he returned for touchdowns.

Marcus Kemm, a junior, led the defense with nine tackles.

Weld Central had one of its best seasons in year last season when the Rebels went 8-2 and reached the 2A playoffs. They face Jefferson next week.

Skyview goes up 41-12 on Weld Central after #30Gonzales gets 2nd pic6 for TD #copreps t@9Preps @CoPreps 3:18 left in 3rd pic.twitter.com/5ZwHh2xYvV

— Coach Kemm (@Coach_Kemm) September 9, 2017

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Notables

• West Grand beat South Park 54-12, giving coach Chris Brown his 317th career victory. He is one behind Kent Denver’s Scott Yates for the all-time wins record.
• In 8-man, Caliche upset No. 4 Sargent 38-13. The Buffs are now 2-1.
• Rock Canyon opened the year at 2-0 following a 41-7 win over Smoky Hill in 5A.
• High-scoring game in 8-man, where Gilpin County beat Simla 60-50.
• Sierra Grande really got its offense working in an 80-32 win over Mountain Valley in 6-man.
• 6-man No. 2 Stratton/Liberty cruised to a 59-6 win over Elbert. Phillip Packard, a senior, threw two touchdowns and caught another.
• In 1A, Front Range Christian edged Lyons 14-13. CJ Hoff and Jaxon Mahler each had rushing touchdowns for the Falcons.
• 4A Widefield cruised to a 53-0 win over 3A Mitchell. TJ Davis accounted for five total touchdowns for the Gladiators, including three passing. Davis also had 294 total yards.

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More coverage

• Hayden and Garrett St. Clair ran past Justice in an 8-man matchup.
• Here’s how top-10 teams fared during Week 2 games.
• A full scoreboard for all Week 2 games.
• A roundup of Friday night’s action.
• Here’s a roundup of Thursday’s games.

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In yet another sign of the sport’s growth, Sierra Grande has announced its intention of add a girls swimming team in 2018.

The Panthers’ new program will compete in Class 3A this winter, according to an email athletic director Eric Flores sent to the CHSAA office. That classification held its championships for the first time last winter.

“This is great news for the sport,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Bethany Brookens, who administers swimming. “It shows that adding a 3A classification really encourages schools to add their own program.”

At last year’s state meet, roughly 54 percent of the participants had never been to the state meet. The total number of participants in girls swimming grew to 4,287 in 2017, up from 4,142 the previous season.

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Cherry Creek and Valor Christian are picking the right time to peak. After all, in hunt for a state baseball championship teams put more emphasis on how they’re playing in May, not in March.

In the last week of April, the Bruins and the Eagles have made their way into their respective top spots in the CHSAANow.com baseball rankings.

Cherry Creek takes nine of 12 first-place votes to come in as the new No. 1 in the Class 5A poll. The Bruins unseat Rock Canyon, which falls to No.2 after a 12-10 loss to Regis Jesuit last week.

The Raiders are just one of three new teams to crack the 5A top 10. Douglas County enters the poll this week at No. 7 and Broomfield, fresh off a shutout win over Mountain Range comes in at No. 9.

Valor Christian — the defending 4A champion — regains the top spot in that class, jumping up three spots from last week’s ranking.

The Eagles overtake No. 2 Cheyenne Mountain, which claimed the top spot a week ago.

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Still undefeated, Denver North climbs a couple of spots to take the No. 4 position this week, grabbing a couple of first-place votes in the process.

Summit and Pueblo West are the two newcomers in the 4A poll, taking the No. 9 and No. 10 spots respectively. 

Lamar remains the No. 1 team in the 3A rankings, but University was able to jump a spot to land at No. 2.

Peak to Peak (No. 5) and Colorado Academy (No. 6) each climbed two spots from last week’s poll.

There were no new teams in the 3A poll.

Paonia held its spot at the top of the 2A poll. Sedgwick County jumped a spot to No. 4 and County Line fell a spot to No. 5, but no other changes occurred in the 2A rankings.

Holly did not play a game last week and it didn’t effect anything in the least as the Wildcats are still No.1 in the rankings.

Fleming (No. 2) and Cheyenne Wells (No. 4) each jumped a spot from last week. Three new teams joined the 1A poll as Denver Jewish Day comes in at No. 6, Stratton/Liberty takes the No. 9 spot and Sierra Grande rounds out the poll at No. 10.

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

New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A

The 2016-17 all-state boys basketball teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a week-long vote of coaches.

A specific player of the year vote was held in each class, as was a vote for coach of the year.

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Class 5A

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Player of the year: Colbey Ross, Eaglecrest

Coach of the year: John Olander, Eaglecrest

Honorable mention: William Becker, Smoky Hill, Junior; Jake Belknapp, Mountain Vista, Senior; Aaris Bonds, Far Northeast Warriors, Senior; Brevin Brimble, Doherty, Senior; Ronnie Degray III, Chaparral, Sophomore; LeChaun Duhart, Grandview, Senior; Jackson Ehrlin, Rampart, Senior; Blake Fields, Legend, Senior; Kenny Foster, Smoky Hill, Sophomore; Jaizec Lottie, Cherokee Trail, Senior; Kyle Lukasiewicz, Arapahoe, Senior; Joe Miks, Chatfield, Senior; Iseri Palacio, Fort Collins, Senior; Kolton Peterson, Lakewood, Senior; Jacob Pfaffinger, Fort Collins, Senior; Colin Rardin, Rock Canyon, Senior; Titus Reed, Chatfield, Senior; Jacob Storey, Lakewood, Senior.

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Class 4A

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Player of the year: Jalen Sanders, Valor Christian

Coach of the year: Troy Pachner, Valor Christian

Honorable mention: Tanner Baird, Holy Family, Sophomore; Adam Barber, Niwot, Senior; Angelo Battistelli, Lewis-Palmer, Senior; Travis Cowan, Wheat Ridge, Senior; Charles Dinegar, D’Evelyn, Junior; Trent Dykema, Silver Creek, Junior; Marquise Johnson, Vista PEAK Prep, Senior; Te’Rae Johnson, Vista PEAK Prep, Junior; Tate Kembel, Fort Morgan, Senior; Oscar Maldonado, Northridge, Senior; Dan McLean, Palisade, Senior; Dylan Mileto, Mesa Ridge, Senior; Ravel Moody, Thomas Jefferson, Senior; CJ Olson, D’Evelyn, Senior; Chase Rogers, Evergreen, Junior; Sam Schlegel, Silver Creek, Senior; Reginald Vaughan, Pueblo Centennial, Senior; Jake Wilson, Pueblo County, Senior; Marcus Winston, Pueblo East, Junior; Steven Wyman, Durango, Senior.

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Class 3A

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Player of the year: Justin Engesser, Colorado Springs Christian

Coach of the year: Mike Holloway, Sterling

Honorable mention: Samuel Bafukila, Lotus School, Senior; Jaedon Bowles, Manual, Sophomore; Beau Byers, Delta, Senior; Cade Carroll, Buena Vista, Junior; James Doyle, Kent Denver, Sophomore; Jordan Ehlert, Middle Park, Senior; Seth Fuqua, The Vanguard, Sophomore; Hunter Gerber, Coal Ridge, Senior; Kyler Hensel, Bishop Machebeuf, Senior; Brandon Herrera, Coal Ridge, Junior; Zach Hidalgo, Frontier Academy, Junior; Wade Kellogg, Sterling, Senior; Reece Mettler, Weld Central, Senior; Izak Natividad, University, Senior; Jon Nuschy, La Junta, Sophomore; Stanley Owusu, DSST: Green Valley Ranch, Junior; Aldo Pinela, Roaring Fork, Senior; Alex Rodriquez, The Academy, Senior; Will Willis, Lutheran, Senior; Zach Wismer, Colorado Springs Christian, Senior.

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Class 2A

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Player of the year: Chad Mikelson, Sedgwick County

Coach of the year: Scott Dille, Holyoke

Honorable mention: Zack Allen, Hotchkiss, Senior; Kade Brantingham, Norwood, Senior; Conner Brown, Cripple Creek-Victor, Senior; Bradley Carnes-Clabey, Crowley County, Junior; Jett County, Burlington, Senior; Gage Gellerman, Peyton, Senior; Jordan Herder, Akron, Senior; Tre Lewis, Merino, Senior; Marcus Mazerall, Simla, Senior; Casey McDaniel, Sanford, Senior; Sebastian Moritz, Vail Christian, Junior; Samuel Perkett, Evangelical Christian, Senior; Alexander Proctor, Fowler, Senior; Leo Prosser, Calhan, Senior; Xavier Ramirez, Dolores Huerta Prep, Senior; Colby Simpson, Paonia, Senior; Jeff Stevenson, Del Norte, Senior; Jorge Venzor, Center, Senior.

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Class 1A

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Player of the year: Yaniel Vidal, Holly

Coach of the year: Dusty Heck, Holly

Honorable mention: Joey Archuleta, Primero, Junior; Ritchie Archuleta, Centennial, Senior; Ilan Gibson, Rocky Mountain Lutheran, Senior; Cullen Glosson, Otis, Sophomore; Ty Hunt, Otis, Sophomore; Ravi Inmon, Ouray, Senior; Cameron Jauregui, Longmont Christian, Senior; Cameron Klann, Flagler, Senior; Derek Lucero, Sierra Grande, Senior; Thomas Manuel, Walsh, Junior; Landon Morehead, Kiowa, Senior; Caden Parker, Eads, Senior; Arthur Rodriguez, Sierra Grande, Junior; Wesley Shade, Rocky Mountain Lutheran, Senior; Noah Stein, Front Range Baptist, Senior; Darian Wagner, Arickaree/Woodlin, Senior; Dylan Wilkins, Weldon Valley, Senior.

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Rocky Mountain baseball sits atop the Class 5A baseball rankings, but the Lobos have yet to play a game.

Rocky Mountain came into the season ranked third in the CHSAANow.com 5A baseball preseason rankings.

Rock Canyon received four first-place votes after a 5-0 start that launched the Jaguars into the No. 3 slot  — up from No. 7.

Mountain Vista, Legend and Heritage are new additions to the 5A poll. The teams come in at Nos. 6, 8 and 10, respectively.

Regis Jesuit was the only other team to move up as the Raiders moved from No. 6 to No. 5.

Cherokee Trail dropped to No. 2, Cherry Creek dropped to No. 4 and Ralston Valley fell to No. 7.

ThunderRidge held at No. 9.

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In 3A, defending champion Faith Christian claimed the top spot. Close behind are Lamar, University and La Junta.

Manitou Springs jumped from No. 7 to No. 5.

Colorado Academy and Peak to Peak joined the rankings at No. 7 and No. 9, respectively.

Valor Christian held firm at No. 1 in 4A. The top three teams stayed the same.

Air Academy benefited from a 2-0 start to move into the No. 5 spot, while No. 8 Evergreen joined the mix.

Silver Creek slid down to No. 10.

Three teams joined the 2A poll this week, the biggest jump coming from Front Range Christian. The Falcons went from unranked to No. 2.

Along with Front Range Christian, Haxtun and Peyton joined the 2A rankings.

Paonia stayed at the top spot.

There was little change in the 1A poll as Holly and Eads stayed in the top two spots

Sierra Grande joined the poll while Cornerstone Christian dropped out.

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

During the regular season, new polls are released each Monday.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Baseball Polls

Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

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