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.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Valor Christian (10)
3-0
154
1
Bye
2
Pomona (6)
3-0
150
2
W
3
Eaglecrest
3-0
120
3
W
4
Columbine
3-0
103
4
W
5
Regis Jesuit
2-1
73
7
W
6
Grandview
2-1
68
5
L
7
Cherry Creek
2-1
62
8
W
8
Mullen
2-2
56
6
W
9
Highlands Ranch
3-0
46
9
W
10
Fairview
3-0
18
10
W
Others receiving votes:
Doherty 16, Poudre 9, Rock Canyon 3, Legacy 2.
Dropped out
None.
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Pine Creek (19)
3-0
208
1
W
2
Ponderosa (2)
3-0
178
2
W
3
Chatfield
2-1
125
5
W
4
Windsor
2-1
119
4
W
5
Fruita Monument
4-0
118
7
W
6
Loveland
3-0
116
6
W
7
Pueblo West
3-0
95
10
W
8
Monarch
3-0
68
9
W
9
Pueblo South
2-1
52
3
L
10
Broomfield
1-2
22
8
L
Others receiving votes:
Rampart 16, Vista Ridge 14, Skyline 7, Fort Collins 6, Brighton 3, Greeley West 3, Montrose 3, Widefield 2.
Dropped out
None.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Holy Family (5)
3-0
127
1
W
2
Mead (4)
3-0
117
2
W
3
Silver Creek (1)
3-0
98
4
W
4
Palmer Ridge (3)
3-0
96
6
W
5
Fort Morgan
2-1
64
5
L
6
Erie
3-0
63
7
W
7
Discovery Canyon
2-1
43
9
W
8
Durango
3-1
35
8
L
9
Longmont
1-2
33
3
L
10
Thomas Jefferson (1)
3-0
27
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Skyview 15, Berthoud 13, Roosevelt 10, Evergreen 6, Frederick 6, Harrison 6, Glenwood Springs 5, Rifle 5, Canon City 1.
Dropped out
Pueblo East (10).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (11)
3-0
152
1
Bye
2
Bayfield (3)
3-0
139
2
Bye
3
The Classical Academy
3-0
126
4
W
4
La Junta (2)
3-0
124
3
W
5
Platte Valley
3-0
86
5
W
6
Sterling
2-1
69
7
Bye
7
Faith Christian
2-1
49
8
W
8
Alamosa
3-1
42
9
W
9
Salida
4-0
23
–
W
10
Basalt
2-1
22
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Valley 14, Aspen 11, Eaton 9, D’Evelyn 7, Delta 4, Elizabeth 3.
Dropped out
Delta (6), D’Evelyn (10).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Bennett (10)
3-0
118
1
W
2
Meeker (2)
3-0
108
2
Bye
3
Strasburg
2-1
84
3
W
4
Limon
3-0
82
4
W
5
Centauri
4-0
75
5
W
6
Paonia
2-1
48
7
W
7
Platte Canyon
3-0
42
8
W
8
Monte Vista
2-1
23
6
L
9
Wray
2-1
21
–
W
10
Peyton
2-1
17
9
L
Others receiving votes:
Burlington 15, Grand Valley 7, Crowley County 6, Olathe 5, Clear Creek 3, Highland 2, Manual 2, Rocky Ford 2.
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.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Valor Christian (8)
3-0
143
1
W
2
Pomona (7)
2-0
142
2
W
3
Eaglecrest
2-0
100
5
W
4
Columbine
2-0
82
4
Bye
5
Grandview
2-0
77
6
W
6
Mullen
1-2
72
9
W
7
Regis Jesuit
1-1
69
3
L
8
Cherry Creek
1-1
54
7
W
9
Highlands Ranch
2-0
45
8
Bye
10
Fairview
2-0
17
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Doherty 15, Poudre 4, Rock Canyon 3, Legacy 2.
Dropped out
Doherty (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Pine Creek (15)
2-0
186
1
W
2
Ponderosa (3)
2-0
166
2
W
3
Pueblo South (1)
2-0
117
4
Bye
4
Windsor
1-1
110
3
L
5
Chatfield
1-1
105
5
W
6
Loveland
2-0
91
6
W
7
Fruita Monument
3-0
84
8
W
8
Broomfield
1-1
57
7
W
9
Monarch
2-0
47
–
W
10
Pueblo West
2-0
43
10
W
Others receiving votes:
Greeley West 22, Rampart 9, Vista Ridge 6, Brighton 1, Grand Junction 1.
Dropped out
Rampart (9).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Holy Family (7)
2-0
131
2
Bye
2
Mead (2)
2-0
121
3
W
3
Longmont (2)
1-1
98
1
L
4
Silver Creek
2-0
97
4
W
5
Fort Morgan
2-0
90
6
W
6
Palmer Ridge (3)
2-0
82
7
W
7
Erie
3-0
51
9
–
8
Durango
3-0
45
10
W
9
Discovery Canyon
1-1
33
8
W
10
Pueblo East
0-2
24
5
L
Others receiving votes:
Thomas Jefferson 15, Berthoud 10, Evergreen 6, Palisade 4, Skyview 4, Frederick 3, Harrison 3, Roosevelt 3, Glenwood Springs 2, Summit 2, Lewis-Palmer 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (9)
3-0
140
1
W
2
Bayfield (3)
3-0
129
2
W
3
La Junta (3)
2-0
111
3
W
4
The Classical Academy
2-0
98
4
W
5
Platte Valley
2-0
76
8
W
6
Delta
1-1
74
6
W
7
Sterling
2-1
67
5
L
8
Faith Christian
1-1
34
7
L
9
Alamosa
2-1
24
9
L
10
D’Evelyn
1-1
19
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Salida 12, Eaton 10, Aspen 7, Basalt 7, Elizabeth 5, Manitou Springs 4, Valley 3, Bishop Machbeuf 2, Resurrection Christian 2, University 1.
Dropped out
Eaton (10).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Bennett (9)
2-0
108
2
W
2
Meeker (2)
3-0
99
3
Bye
3
Strasburg
1-1
84
1
L
4
Limon
2-0
71
6
W
5
Centauri
3-0
61
5
W
6
Monte Vista
2-0
43
8
W
7
Paonia
1-1
33
9
W
8
Platte Canyon
2-0
31
–
W
9
Peyton
2-1
24
4
L
10
Olathe
2-0
15
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Burlington 10, Crowley County 8, Wray 8, Highland 4, Clear Creek 3, Grand Valley 3.
Dropped out
Crowley County (7), Grand Valley (10).
8-man
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Sedgwick County (9)
2-0
99
1
Bye
2
Hoehne (1)
2-0
87
2
W
3
Dayspring Christian
2-0
80
3
W
4
West Grand
2-0
56
5
W
5
Norwood
1-0
48
7
Bye
6
Holly
2-0
47
6
W
7
Haxtun
2-0
38
8
W
8
Fowler
2-0
29
–
W
9
Merino
2-0
26
10
Bye
10
Caliche
2-1
18
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Soroco 9, Akron 4, Del Norte 2, McClave 2, Sargent 2, Swink 2, Springfield 1.
Dropped out
Sargent (4), Akron (9).
6-man
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Stratton/Liberty (4)
2-0
82
2
W
2
Peetz (3)
2-0
80
3
W
3
Cheyenne Wells (2)
2-0
76
1
W
4
Otis
2-0
55
5
W
5
Kit Carson
2-0
54
4
W
6
North Park
1-1
36
7
Bye
7
Fleming
1-1
34
8
W
8
Prairie
2-0
30
–
W
9
Cotopaxi
2-0
15
9
W
10
La Veta
2-0
13
10
W
Others receiving votes:
Genoa-Hugo 12, Arickaree/Woodlin 5, Sierra Grande 2, Idalia 1.
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.
Luke McCaffrey rushed for two touchdowns as Valor Christian got its first-ever win over Mullen on Friday night.
The Eagles, top-ranked in and two-time defending champions of Class 5A, beat the No. 4 Mustangs 31-7.
With senior Blake Stenstrom out due to a concussion, it was the first career start at quarterback for McCaffrey.
“Any player that comes into the game just wants to do everything that they can,” McCaffrey told Altitude TV after the game. “I don’t really focus on the snaps, just making the snaps count. I really just went out there and tried to do everything I could.”
Valor Christian was 0-2 against Mullen in the short history of their rivalry, having lost to the Mustangs last season and in 2012.
“It was incredible, just to do something that nobody at Valor has done before,” McCaffrey told Altitude. “That was one of our themes all week, just focusing on that: do what’s never been done, and do everything you can for your brothers.
“I thought each and every player contributed. … It was special to see.”
The Eagles’ Joshia Davis had a key touchdown late in the first half when he scored off an option pitch with three seconds remaining. Davis had set the Eagles up at the 2-yard-line with a long run just before the half.
Valor Christian travels to play at Greater Atlanta Christian next week, while Mullen continues a tough early slate of its own by playing No. 5 Regis Jesuit. The Mustangs lost to No. 2 Pomona in Zero Week.
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3A: (3) Holy Family 56, (8) Palisade 20
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Holy Family went on the road and put on a show.
Palisade actually had rallied from an early 14-0 hole to tie the game at 14-14, but then Holy Family connected on a 50-yard touchdown pass from Stone Samaras to Kyle Helbig on 4th down and 1.
Samaras finished with four touchdown passes and a rushing score. Helbig had three receiving touchdowns.
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2A: (7) Sterling 42, (8) D’Evelyn 28
Sterling moved to 2-0 with yet another big top-10 win on Friday night.
The Tigers beat No. 6 Resurrection Christian in Zero Week.
“We’ve had a pretty good run these two games of being able to put together enough to win a football game,” coach Rob Busmente told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show after the game.
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4A/5A: Boulder 27, (9) Denver South 25
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Boulder won on the final play of the game after an 80-yard kickoff return set up a 1-yard touchdown.
On Friday, the Panthers jumped out to a 16-0 lead, and also led 18-6 at halftime. Denver South battled back and eventually took the lead, but last-second heroics from Patrick Fletcher on his return set up the winning touchdown by Shane Provost.
It was a great note to start the 2017 season for the Panthers. Last season, Denver South beat Boulder 56-17 to open the season. Boulder went on to finish 1-9.
“There was 12 seconds left and I wanted to score and I wanted to get that ‘W’ because I knew it would change the program and change the environment,” Fletcher told BoCoPreps.com of his kick return.
In a rematch of the 6-man title game, No. 3 Cheyenne Wells beat No. 1 Flagler 70-20. It’s complicated, but many of Flagler’s players played at Hi-Plains last season when Flagler dropped its program. This season, Hi-Plains dropped its program, and now many of those players are playing for Flagler.
In a big 5A game, No. 5 Regis Jesuit fought off No. 3 Cherry Creek, 25-20. The Raiders led 12-0 after the first quarter, but the Bruins slowly chipped away. They cut it as close to 19-14 in the fourth quarter but Kiahn Martinez had a TD that sealed the game with a minute to play for Regis.
2A No. 3 La Junta beat Gunnison 42-0, and 1A No. 1 Strasburg beat No. 8 Burlington 24-6. That extended each team’s winning streak to 14 games, which is the most in the state.
Caliche snapped a 15-game losing streak with a 50-28 win over Kiowa.
Another local rivalry: Fort Collins beat Fossil Ridge 17-6. Fort Collins finished minus-5 in turnover margin but still won. “Our defense stuck their neck out there, and they played hard the whole night,” coach Eric Rice told the Scoreboard Show.
In 1A, Monte Vista upset No. 9 Cedaredge 31-8. “We just kind of wore them out in the second half,” coach Manny Wasinger told the Scoreboard Show.
In 2A, No. 9 Faith Christian edged No. 6 Resurrection Christian 9-0.
4A No. 5 Windsor beat Vista Ridge 14-3 in the return of coach Chris Jones. Jones took a year off of coaching before returning to the sidelines this fall.
6-man: No. 6 Stratton/Liberty ran away from No. 7 Genoa-Hugo 51-14. “It was a weird 6-man game,” coach Toby Kechter told the Scoreboard Show. “Usually, it’s a two-or-three touchdown game and you’re nervous as heck, but our defense was so good that it just felt really good and our kids were really confident in what we were doing.”
8-man: No. 3 Hoehne edged No. 4 Sargent 30-27. “Things went our way in the end,” coach Gabe Dasko told the Scoreboard Show. “I just kept telling our kids: ‘You guys have got to learn to finish in the end.’ Our two big leaders, Jacob Yates and Trystan Moltrer, stepped up and made some big plays for us.”
Grand Junction beat local rival Grand Junction Central 21-0.
Buena Vista and Alamosa didn’t kick their game off until 9:32 p.m. due to a shortage of officials. They ended at 11:45 p.m., a 37-7 Alamosa win.
Salida’s Hunter Wall shot seven strokes better than the nearest finisher in the Canon City Invitational for a runaway individual win.
Salida, however, finished in 11th place as a team with a score of +70.
It was Pueblo County, who’s golfers turned in consistent efforts that took first. Pueblo County shot +17, paced by Brock Rodrigues (+4).
The Classical Academy (+22) and Woodland Park (+30) followed, and Monte Vista and Cheyenne Mountain tied for fourth at +32.
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Gabe Goodman edges Jack Castiglia in Jeffco League tourney
Green Mountain’s Gabe Goodman held off Lakewood’s Jack Castiglia in the second Jeffco League tournament.
A double-bogey on 13 for Castiglia made the difference.
In the team competition, Valor Christian took a commanding win, nine strokes better than Evergreen (+25).
The Eagles’ Logan Byler shot one-over-par to tie Evergreen’s Bridger Tenney in third place.
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Ben Carrington takes cluttered Sun Devil Invitational field
Four players tied for second place in the Sun Devil Invitational. On top of the log jam sat Ben Carrington, of Heritage.
Peak to Peak took the team win as Carrington’s Heritage squad took third place.
Kent Denver claimed second place, bolstered by Mateo Manzanares (+2) and Oliver Jack (+4).
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Palmer Ridge wins Bear Scramble
Palmer Ridge’s Varsity-1 team turned in a score of thirteen-under-par to win the Bear Scramble.
Its Varsity-2 team came in fifth place.
Cheyenne Mountain’s second team (-6) actually out-played its first team (-4). Cheyenne Mountain-2 came in second, and Cheyenne Mountain finished just behind in third.
Find complete results of all the day’s golf tournaments on this page.
Dawson Holmes birdied the final three holes of his front nine on Friday, setting a winning tone for Aspen on the day.
He finished the day shooting a four-under-par 68 to claim the individual win at the Delta Invitational.
The Skiers shot a total of five-over to also wrap up the team win.
But it was Holmes who set the pace. He birdied his first two holes, before giving a stroke back on No. 4. He went three-under over his last three holes on the front nine to take a firm grasp of the lead.
Twice on the back nine he gave two strokes back, but would end his day with an eagle on the 18th, to move him back to four-under. That eagle putt, separated him from Eagle Valley’s Barrett Jones and Fruita Monument’s Blake Anderson to get the win.
Montrose’s Jordan Jennings and Delta’s KC Carlson also ended their days under par, as each shot 71.
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Pueblo West edges Fowler to take Grizzly Ivitational
Derrick Sharp’s 76 was good enough to sit atop the individual leaderboard, but Fowler was unable to sweep its own tournament as Pueblo West came away with the overall win by six strokes.
AJ Arguello’s 83 and Ryan Timme’s 85 were good enough to pace the Cyclones, allowing them to grab the team win.
Monte Vista’s Luke Hoffstaetter tied Timme with a 85, but won officially placed higher on the leaderboard.
Find complete results of all the day’s golf tournaments on this page.
