Football’s 2013 state playoff bracket for Class 5A.
2013 CHSAA State Football Championships CHSAA 5A Football Championship
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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
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Softball roundup: Dakota Ridge, Chatfield move through to state
Dakota Ridge’s Rachelle Foos. (Jordan Morey) Rachelle Foos struck out 19 batters over two games, and Dakota Ridge easily advanced to the Class 5A state softball tournament.
The Eagles were joined by Chatfield as a state qualifier out of Region 3. Both teams will play at the tournament next Friday and Saturday at Aurora Sports Park.
Dakota Ridge cruised through the regional, first topping Fruita Monument 9-2, and then beating Chatfield 9-2.
Eagles coach Marv Van Lingen approached regionals as he would any regular season game.
“We came in with the same mentality that we have tried to maintain all year long. We preach to the girls work ethic and discipline, that’s what you work for,” Van Lingen said. “Nothing fancy, we want fundamentals.”
Last season, Dakota Ridge reached the 5A championship game, where it lost to Loveland. This year’s Eagles entered the regional tournament as the No. 5 seed.
Saturday was Van Lingen’s first appearance at regionals as the varsity coach — he replaced Dave Atencio this offseason after Atencio took the job at Valor Christian. Van Lingen previously headed the JV team for Dakota Ridge.
“A lot of these girls have been under me in the JV program,” he said. “There is a familiarity with this group, each one has come up with me on the at the JV level.”
(Jordan Morey) Chatfield had to get to state the hard way. The Chargers started the day hot by beating Greeley West 16-6. But the loss to Dakota Ridge set up an elimination game between Chatfield and Fruita Monument.
“I told them if they really want it, they needed to dig down deep and find it,” said Chargers coach Nicole Janssen.
Through the first three and a half innings, it appeared that the game would be a defensive struggle between the two teams. Both pitchers hadn’t given up any runs until the Chargers scored three in the bottom of the third. The Chargers led thereafter and won 5-2.
Sophomore pitcher Jessica Jarecki had a fantastic game against Fruita with eight strikeouts and only one earned run in six innings. Jarecki said that her rise and curve balls were blowing by Fruita.
Jarecki prepared her team ready to play following the tough loss to Dakota Ridge, and has a gameplan for state.
(Jordan Morey) “When we were in a circle I started jumping up and down and said ‘Let’s go, let’s get this!” Jarecki said. “We need to continue to keep being a team. In the huddle, our coach said that we play as a team and not as individuals.”
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day out of 5A regional play was 14th-seeded Castle View. After beating No. 19 Rocky Mountain, No. 14 Castle View defeated No. 3 Legend 5-4. Legend, however, rebounded to make the field.
ThunderRidge, a No. 26 seed, also made the 5A tournament.
There weren’t any major upsets in 4A regionals. No. 1 Wheat Ridge dominated both of its games, winning 13-1 against Mead and 13-3 against Palmer Ridge. No. 23 Roosevelt was among the 16 qualifiers.
In 3A, No. 9 Lamar upset No. 4 Eaton 2-1 — however, both teams will make the tournament.
On Sunday, a CHSAA committee will seed the 5A, 4A and 3A brackets. Each bracket will be announced on CHSAANow.com.
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State qualifiers
Listed in order of regional seed
Class 5A
Bracket1. Douglas County
2. Rock Canyon
3. Legend
4. Fossil Ridge
5. Dakota Ridge
6. Legacy
8. Brighton
9. Eaglecrest
10. Loveland
11. Grandview
12. Chatfield
13. Grand Junction
14. Castle View
15. Pine Creek
16. Standley Lake
26. ThunderRidgeClass 4A
Bracket1. Wheat Ridge
2. Erie
3. Ponderosa
4. Pueblo East
5. Discovery Canyon
6. Broomfield
8. Berthoud
9. Valor Christian
10. Mountain View
11. Silver Creek
12. Thompson Valley
13. D’Evelyn
14. Pueblo West
15. Mullen
16. Palmer Ridge
23. RooseveltClass 3A
Bracket1. Strasburg
2. Sterling
3. Holy Family
4. Lamar
5. Valley
6. La Junta
7. Burlington
8. Basalt
9. Eaton
11. Florence
12. Dolores Huerta
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5A softball state championship bracket
The 2013 state softball bracket for Class 5A.
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Photo gallery: Castle View and Mountain Range tie in boys soccer
Castle View and Mountain Range both scored second-half goals en route to a 1-1 tie on Saturday.
Junior Kiley O’Connor had Castle View’s goal, while Tyler Vos scored for Mountain Range.
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Legend, Brighton join 5A softball rankings
Legend and Brighton and cracked the CHSAANow.com softball poll this week.
Eaglecrest (3-0) remained atop the 5A ranking, while Pueblo East (4A) and Strasburg (3A) held firm atop their respective polls.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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CHSAANow.com Softball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Eaglecrest (6) 3-0-0 87 1 3-0-0 2 Legacy (1) 1-0-0 79 2 1-0-0 3 Dakota Ridge (1) 2-0-0 63 4 2-0-0 4 Rock Canyon 0-0-0 62 3 0-0-0 5 Loveland 0-0-0 47 5 0-0-0 6 Chatfield 1-0-0 31 6 1-0-0 7 Castle View 0-0-0 30 7 0-0-0 8 Legend 0-1-1 24 – 0-1-1 9 Brighton (1) 1-0-0 22 – 1-0-0 10 Grandview 1-1-1 16 10 1-1-1 Others receiving votes: Ralston Valley 9, Arvada West 7, Fossil Ridge 6, Mountain Vista 6, Cherokee Trail 4. Class 4A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Pueblo East (7) 3-0-0 88 1 3-0-0 2 Wheat Ridge (1) 2-0-0 73 2 2-0-0 3 Erie 2-0-0 65 3 2-0-0 4 Ponderosa 2-0-0 54 5 2-0-0 5 Frederick 3-0-0 48 9 3-0-0 6 Niwot (1) 1-0-0 34 4 1-0-0 7 Berthoud 2-0-0 33 6 2-0-0 8 Silver Creek 2-0-0 27 – 2-0-0 9 Discovery Canyon 0-0-0 17 7 0-0-0 10 D’Evelyn 2-0-0 15 – 2-0-0 Others receiving votes: Broomfield 10, Valor Christian 8, Thompson Valley 7, Montrose 5, Mountain View 5, Pueblo South 4, Mullen 1, Roosevelt 1. Class 3A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Strasburg (6) 3-0-0 69 1 3-0-0 2 Holy Family 2-0-0 59 3 2-0-0 3 Valley (1) 0-1-0 56 2 0-1-0 4 Rocky Ford 1-0-0 47 4 1-0-0 5 Sterling 4-1-0 42 5 4-1-0 6 Eaton 2-1-0 35 6 2-1-0 7 La Junta 2-0-0 32 7 2-0-0 8 Basalt 0-0-0 19 10 0-0-0 9 Florence 1-1-0 11 9 1-1-0 10 Gunnison 2-3-0 6 – 2-3-0 Others receiving votes: Lamar 5, Burlington 3, The Classical Academy 2. -
Eaglecrest on top of 2013’s first 5A softball ranking
Eaglecrest, coming off a 19-5 season, opens the season as the No. 1 team in the CHSAANow.com 5A softball rankings.
The other top-ranked teams are Pueblo East (4A) and Strasburg (3A).
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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CHSAANow.com Softball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS 1 Eaglecrest (4) 0-0 48 – 2 Legacy 0-0 47 – 3 Rock Canyon 0-0 45 – 4 Dakota Ridge 0-0 43 – 5 Loveland (2) 0-0 39 – 6 Chatfield 0-0 30 – 7 Castle View 0-0 23 – 8 Arvada West 0-0 17 – 9 Mountain Vista 0-0 15 – 10 Grandview 0-0 12 – Others receiving votes: Brighton 6, Legend 5, Fossil Ridge 3, Ralston Valley 3, Cherry Creek 2, Douglas County 2. Class 4A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS 1 Pueblo East (4) 0-0 58 – 2 Wheat Ridge (2) 0-0 51 – 3 Erie 0-0 34 – 4 Niwot 0-0 32 – 5 Ponderosa 0-0 26 – 6 Berthoud 0-0 22 – 7 Discovery Canyon 0-0 21 – 8 Broomfield 0-0 15 – 9 Frederick 0-0 13 – 10 Mountain View 0-0 12 – Others receiving votes: Pueblo South 11, Silver Creek 9, Thompson Valley 9, D’Evelyn 8, Valor Christian 7, Pueblo West 3, Montrose 1. Class 3A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS 1 Strasburg (4) 0-0 40 – 2 Valley 0-0 36 – 3 Holy Family 0-0 31 – 4 Rocky Ford 0-0 29 – 5 Sterling 0-0 22 – 6 Eaton 0-0 17 – 7 La Junta 0-0 15 – 8 Burlington 0-0 12 – 9 Florence 0-0 10 – 10 Basalt 0-0 5 – Others receiving votes: Lamar 3.