The 2018 all-state softball teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These team were created following a process where the coaches voted upon a list of nominees. Players who were named first-team all-league are eligible for the all-state ballot.

Coaches also voted specifically for player and coach of the year.

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Class 5A

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Player of the year: Laurin Krings, Loveland
Coach of the year: Kristen Shirk, Legend

Honorable mention: Shayelyn Allen, Senior, Eaglecrest; Peyton Allen, Senior, Monarch; Emmy Anderson, Senior, Fort Collins; Mia Anderson, Senior, Greeley West; Delanie Baker, Senior, Doherty; Linnea Baldner, Sophomore, Broomfield; KarlieAnn Bauer, Senior, Bear Creek; Savannah Behabetz, Senior, Valor Christian; Ava Brouillette, Freshman, Denver South; Audrey Burt, Sophomore, Rock Canyon; Rachel Campbell, Junior, Castle View; Rachel Colwell, Senior, Mountain Range; Domonique Contreras, Senior, Adams City; Alexis Cortez, Senior, Cherokee Trail; Minerva Cruz, Senior, Far Northeast Warriors; Olivia Dampier, Senior, Dakota Ridge; Isabelle DiNapoli, Sophomore, Chatfield; Taryn Dragseth, Senior, Highlands Ranch; Chloe Ewing, Senior, Vista Ridge; Hannah Farley, Junior, Legacy; Gianna Haley, Senior, Arvada West; KT Hoffman, Senior, Cherokee Trail; Haley Hoy, Junior, Castle View; Brianna Jennings, Sophomore, Rampart; Lexi Jorgensen, Freshman, Chaparral; Kayleigh Krueger, Junior, Arapahoe; Annie Landon, Senior, Cherry Creek; Abigail Larsen, Sophomore, Poudre; Halie Litwin, Senior, Brighton; Callissa Lucero, Senior, Northglenn; Isabel Macias, Senior, Regis Jesuit; Gerilyn Martinez, Senior, Pine Creek; Taryn Moan, Senior, Grandview; Alexis Mohr, Horizon; Camryn Mullen, Senior, Prairie View; Mya Murdock, Sophomore, Grand Junction Central; Maddy Murphy, Junior, Lakewood; Cailey Oldemeyer, Senior, Legend; Kiah Parker, Senior, Castle View; Leah Passafiume, Senior, Pine Creek; Tucker Pebley, Senior, Windsor; Nevaeh Ramirez, Junior, Prairie View; Jayda Randle, Sophomore, Rampart; Hadlee Reichert, Sophomore, Broomfield; Savanna Reiners, Senior, Douglas County; Kori Rhoads, Westminster; Analiese Rodriguez, Senior, Northglenn; Annie Rourke, Senior, Mountain Vista; Katie Russell, Senior, Vista PEAK Prep; Aislyn Sharp, Senior, Grand Junction Central; Breck Smith, Senior, Grand Junction; Bridgette Strobl, Senior, ThunderRidge; Logan Taylor, Senior, Legacy; Abri Trujillo, Senior, Ralston Valley; Reese Waggoner, Junior, Eaglecrest; Jordan West, Sophomore, Ralston Valley.

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Class 4A

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Player of the year: Erin Caviness, Holy Family
Coach of the year: Mitchell Martinez, Holy Family

Honorable mention: Mattigan Aga, Sophomore, Green Mountain; Eimy Aguirre, Palisade; Miranda Algien, Senior, Pueblo South; Isabel Alire, Junior, George Washington; Dana Atencio, Widefield; Cora Aubert, Senior, Pueblo East; Elizabeth Betsch, Senior, Conifer; Bailey Carlson, Sophomore, Mountain View; Jasmine Carrasco, Senior, Denver North; Tori Dufour, Senior, Frederick; Sami Edwards, Senior, Discovery Canyon; Grace Gonzales, Senior, Pueblo West; Leslie Gutierrez, Junior, Skyview; Maya Hamilton, Sophomore, Boulder; Kaitlyn Harris, Senior, Rifle; Maddie Kuehl, Sophomore, Silver Creek; Coeli Lamb, Senior, George Washington; Maddie Leach, Senior, Erie; Maya Liester, Senior, Palmer Ridge; Sarye Lopez, Senior, Alameda; Alissa Madrigal, Senior, Discovery Canyon; Ayva McComas, Freshman, Niwot; MaKenna McVay, Senior, Thompson Valley; Makayla Middleton, Junior, Golden; Angeline Mitchell, Junior, Longmont; Charlotte Nuccio, Junior, Evergreen; Abby Padilla, Junior, Pueblo County; Anna Palomar, Senior, Pueblo County; Isabella Porreco, Senior, D’Evelyn; Samantha Powell, Skyline; Carly Powley, Senior, Weld Central; Julia Qualteri, Senior, Ponderosa; Izzy Quezada, Junior, Wheat Ridge; Sloane Quijas, Senior, Erie; Isabella Quintana, Sophomore, Mesa Ridge; Harley Ralston, Senior, Eagle Valley; Madie Rosenthal, Junior, Roosevelt; Aliyah Rothstein, Sophomore, Wheat Ridge; Portia Roybal, Junior, Pueblo West; Nevaeh Santistevan, Junior, Coronado; Sidney Schaffer, Senior, Northridge; Taylor Schleisman, Senior, Elizabeth; Drew Sims, Senior, Conifer; Angela Smith, Sophomore, Air Academy; Addison Spears, Senior, Berthoud; Maggie Swank, Senior, Englewood; Janae Valerio, Senior, Kennedy; Shannon Vivoda, Junior, Pueblo East; Jen Williams, Junior, Erie; Morgan Zanetell, Senior, Evergreen.

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Class 3A

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Player of the year: Alexis Rayburn, Strasburg
Coach of the year: Michelle Woodard, Strasburg

Honorable mention: Isa Alvarez, Junior, Burlington; Alyssa Alvarez, Sophomore, Peak to Peak; Jacy Archer, Senior, Wray; Ashland Baca, Junior, Strasburg; Bree Bandy, Limon; Brooke Bohler, Senior, Sterling; Aiyana Bravo, Senior, Fort Lupton; Molly Brown, Senior, Holyoke; Sheridan Choat, Senior, Lamar; Emily Crowder, Junior, Alamosa; Jadin Dimeo, Junior, Platte Canyon; Katie Ellis, Junior, Platte Valley; Ashley Evans, Senior, Faith Christian; Sierra Finn, Freshman, James Irwin; Nevaeh Fisher, Senior, La Junta; Presley Frost, Junior, Montezuma-Cortez; Madysen Griffith, Senior, Brush; Destiny Hackney, Sophomore, Riverdale Ridge; Lauren Herman, Freshman, Holyoke; Allie Hobbs, Senior, Eaton; Shelby Hoxie, Senior, Florence; Jenna Jaklich, Limon; Jennifer Jarnigan, Sophomore, Eaton; Baylie Krueger, Sophomore, Rocky Ford; Sami Lane, Senior, Delta; Afton Larsen, Senior, Basalt; Mackenzie Marshall, Senior, Meeker; Keely Porter, Sophomore, Delta; Jamie Rader, Sophomore, Peak to Peak; Ayanna Ramirez, Junior, The Academy; Ashlyn Richardson, Junior, Strasburg; Chantae Rodriguez, Senior, Rocky Ford; Hailee Ruble, Sophomore, Delta; Hannah Schweiger, Sophomore, Lyons; Morgan Smith, Senior, Wray; Gianna Tijerina, Senior, Fort Lupton; Morgan Trechter, Junior, St. Mary’s; Anira Watson, Sheridan.

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COLORADO SPRINGS — Cashing in on mistakes is how successful football teams thrive when the temperatures start to dip and the games mean a little bit more.

The temperature had certainly dipped Thursday night at District 20 Stadium. But at the end of the night Pine Creek looked to be thriving.

The Class 4A No. 2 Eagles scored 21 points off turnovers and rode to a 41-21 win over Vista Ridge. It wrapped up an undefeated league season for Pine Creek who now turns the focus to the 4A playoffs which will begin next week.

“You enjoy the victory we had today,” coach Todd Miller said. “We won a conference championship and that needs to be cherished because that doesn’t come in every man’s football or sporting career. We go on from there and it’s one game at a time.”

After taking an early 7-0 lead, the Wolves (5-5 overall, 3-2 Southern) tied the game on a six-yard touchdown run from Emmanuel Garcia. And for a brief moment it looked like Vista Ridge was ready to seize momentum.

A defensive stop forced the Eagles (9-1, 5-0) to punt and put the ball back in the hands of what looked like an efficient Vista Ridge offense.

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Then in true Pine Creek fashion, a big defensive play got things going for the Eagles. A tipped ball was picked off by Jackson Grier and his effort was rewarded by running back David Moore III who punched one in from two yards out for his second touchdown of the night.

“It was just one play, but the defense played great as whole all night,” Grier said. “It just gave us a mood swing.”

On the very next drive, the Eagles forced another turnover and this time it was quarterback Gavin Herberg finding the end zone with his feet. In just over a minute, two Vista Ridge turnovers had given Pine Creek a 14-point lead.

“We had a game plan,” Vista Ridge coach Jerimi Calip said. “We told guys we had to take what they give us and make sure we execute. We can’t have turnovers and we came out, didn’t take what they gave us and had turnovers. We didn’t do what we were supposed to do.”

Before the first half ended, Moore would add a 32-yard touchdown run to push the lead to 27-7. He added an 80-yard score early in the second half. His night ended with over 160 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Just like in most contests this year, Moore is not a bad weapon to have.

“We just go into every game thinking we’re going to win,” he said. “I trust coach so much. We’re just confident and we don’t underestimate our opponents.”

The Eagles now play the waiting game as they awaiting their playoff seed and opponent, both of which will be revealed Sunday. Miller has a team filled with experience even if a heavy load of those veterans are just juniors.

They’ve seen enough in their time at Pine Creek to understand what the playoff environment is about. Combined with the tough opponents they’ve faced this season they’re aware of what it takes to make a playoff run.

“We also think back to the state championship game,” Moore said. “We were down and we crumbled. We’re never going to crumble again and we’re going to step up and accept the challenge.”

Simply accepting the challenge is not enough. Thursday night was a glaring example of what it takes to win games in November. Or lose them if they’re not on the right side of the mistakes that can be made and capitalized on.

“It goes both ways. You can’t make mistakes against teams that are good and not expect them to put points on the board. So when they make mistakes, you have to capitalize this time of the year. We did a good job of that tonight.”

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COLORADO SPRINGS — Vista Ridge softball lost two separate leads, but battled back both times to beat Discovery Canyon 13-10 on Wednesday.

The win clinched the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference title for the Wolves (13-6 overall, 7-0 PPAC) who still have some work to do before getting into the Class 5A playoff picture. The PPAC is a 4A league, so Vista Ridge will not receive an automatic postseason berth.

But that doesn’t mean that the thrilling win on Wednesday won’t power the Wolves going forward.

“You have to never quit,” Vista Ridge coach Brent Mrofcza said. “With the way runs are scored in high school ball, you have to fight every inning. We tried to win every inning and in the end, we did.”

Wednesday’s game marked the end of league play for both teams. Vista Ridge has two more home games before closing out the season on the road, first at Ponderosa then at Eaglecrest.

The Thunder (11-7, 6-1) has five games left on its slate and will finish the regular season at home against Pueblo West on Oct. 6.

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Almost 250 mile separate West Grand High School and Caliche. For the West Grand Mustangs, it was 250 miles well traveled.

The No. 2 team in the 8-man polls hit the road Friday and came away with a 38-20 win over No. 5 Caliche in a game that could prove to be West Grand’s best win of the year.

“We had great senior leadership and a great week of practice,” coach Chris Brown told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show. “We played well and were without one of our better linebackers and receivers, but they rose to the occasion.”

Brown noted that the Mustangs (2-0 overall) had been bit by the injury bug, but had overcome some depleted players to come away with a win over a very tough Caliche team.

The offense was powered by quarterback Luis Dominguez. The senior did enough for his coach to sing his praises to anyone within earshot.

“He played fantastic,” Brown said. “They did everything they could to take him out of the game and it didn’t work.”

The Mustangs return home next week for a showdown against South Park. The Burros will come into the game at 1-1 after grabbing a 30-15 win over Del Norte.

Radio highlights from the game:

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1A: (4) Centauri 38, (6) Paonia 0

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No. 4 Centauri took to the road and pitched a shutout over Paonia.

Chris Quintana got the scoring effort started with a rushing touchdown in the first quarter. But the strength behind the Falcons’ win was the swarming defense.

“They did a great job,” coach Kyle Forster told the Scoreboard Show. “A few weeks ago I said the defense was going to be our key this year.”

Centauri is in for a battle next week when it heads to Pagosa Springs.

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3A: (1) Erie 35, (10) Pueblo South 14

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Noah Roper was briefly knocked out of the game from an injury, but responded by coming back and running for over 100 yards in the first half.

It turns out that Roper broke his nose on the second play of the game while playing defense.

The newly-crowned top team in 3A cruised in the second half to knock off last year’s 4A champs at Dutch Clark Field.

Here’s a full story from the Pueblo Chieftain.

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4A: Palmer 21, Mitchell 12

A stretch of losses dating back to Oct. 13, 2016 came to an end for the Palmer Terrors. And in turn, it was the first win in 12 tries for coach Tom Reber.

The Terrors were down 12-0 at the half and rallied in the final two quarters to come away with an emotional win at Gerry Barry Stadium.

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5A: (10) Mullen 35, Doherty 28 (3 OT)

It took three overtimes, but No. 10 Mullen defended its home field in a thrilling win over Doherty.

The Spartans had a chance to tie the game in the second overtime, but a fumble at the goal line ended any chance for Doherty to walk away with its first win of the year.

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6-man: (8) Arickaree/Woodlin 26, (7) Fleming 20

In a low-scoring matchup between two top-10 6-man teams, it was Arickaree/Woodlin who started the season off with a win.

The Broncos host Kit Carson next week.

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Notables

• 2A No. 2 La Junta battled from behind to beat Pagosa Springs 24-14.
• 5A No. 6 Grandview edged Highlands Ranch 28-21 to improve to 2-0 on the year.
• Clint Buderus got his first win as the coach at Pueblo West as the Cyclones beat Pueblo County in the Pigskin Classic 20-0.
• Pine Creek endured eight lightning delays and came away with a 45-23 win over Rio Rancho (N.M.).
• In 4A, No. 4 Windsor beat No. 8 Vista Ridge 21-0.
• 4A No. 10 Skyline handled 3A No. 5 Mead 41-21.
• In 1A, No. 6 Resurrection Christian beat No. 5 Faith Christian 28-7.
• Sedgwick County pushed its winning streak to a state-best 24-games by beating No. 4 Hoehne in 8-man.
• Another top-10 matchup in 8-man: No. 8 Akron beat No. 3 Holly 8-6.
• And another one in 8-man: No. 9 Sargent beat No. 6 Fowler 46-28.
• 6-man No. 1 Stratton/Liberty beat No. 4 Prairie 66-23.
• No. 3 Kit Carson handled No. 10 La Veta 73-6 in 6-man.

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Other coverage

• Strasburg football won a top-5 matchup in 1A against Burlington.
• Jefferson puts an end to a 22-game losing streak.
• Re-live the night through our live coverage.
• An updated top-10 scoreboard after Friday’s games, and Saturday’s schedule.
• All scores from Friday, and the full Saturday slate.
• Updated league standings.

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Radio Highlights

This week’s radio lineup included coverage of Loveland’s win over Broomfield, Rifle getting a big win over Eagle Valley and Eaton’s 37-25 win over Sterling. Audio courtesy of The Team 1340 and KFKA 1310.

A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Week 2 of the 2018 season.

• Live scoreboard
• Complete CHSAANow.com rankings
• Full schedule and scoreboard of this week’s games
• Follow all the action live beginning at 7 p.m. Friday
• Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show (9:30 p.m. Friday)

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Erie has taken over the top spot in this week’s Class 3A football rankings.

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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CHSAANow.com Football Polls

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.

A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Week 1 of the 2018 season.

• Live scoreboard
• Complete CHSAANow.com rankings
• Full schedule and scoreboard of this week’s games
• Follow all the action live beginning at 7 p.m. Friday
• Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show (9:30 p.m. Friday)

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The preseason football rankings are out ahead of the 2018 season. No. 1 teams include Cherry Creek (5A), Pine Creek (4A), Palmer Ridge (3A), Bayfield (2A), Strasburg (1A), Sedgwick County (8-man) and Stratton/Liberty (6-man).

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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CHSAANow.com Football Polls

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 2018 all-state boys track and field teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.

In order to be considered for athlete of the year, they must first have made the all-state team by winning an event.

Athletes of the year were selected based upon their performance at the state meet. Coaches of the year were selected based upon the team champions.

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Class 5A

Jalen Lyon. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

Athlete of the year: Jalen Lyon, Fountain-Fort Carson

Coach of the year: Ben Montoya, Fountain-Fort Carson

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Class 4A

Athlete of the year: Raymon Harper, Vista Ridge

Coach of the year: Jacy Riel, Silver Creek

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Class 3A

Athlete of the year: Carl Heide, Bayfield

Coach of the year: Gary Heide and Josh Walton, Bayfield

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Class 2A

Soroco’s Ben Kelley.

Athlete of the year: Ben Kelley, Soroco

Coach of the year: Luke Appleton, Resurrection Christian

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Class 1A

Athlete of the year: Levi Kilian, Heritage Christian

Coach of the year: Joe Packard, Heritage Christian

Rock Canyon’s Emily Sloan. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

LAKEWOOD — Emily Sloan knows Class 4A’s top hurdler well.

Nearly a decade ago, Sloan and Anna Hall were already teammates in a club track program. They have been great friends ever since.

Now donning the black and gold of Rock Canyon and the blue and white of Valor Christian, the tandem has flourished into Colorado’s premier hurdlers.

During the state track preliminary rounds of the 300 hurdles at Jeffco Stadium, Sloan saw her friend break her Colorado record with a time of 40.76 seconds, bettering the Jaguar’s time of 40.77 last week at the Continental League Championships. Then, Sloan managed to flip the script on Hall and take her record back in her 5A prelim with a new all-classification best of 40.60.

In a terrific display of sportsmanship and a sign of the friends’ bond, Hall cheered loudly on the infield during Sloan’s attempt at the feat.

“I definitely had extra motivation going into that race, because Anna’s my best friend,” Sloan, a senior, said. “I’m happy she got it, but I definitely wanted to take it back from her. She’s a great competitor though. We’ll push each other throughout the years.

“We’re sisters almost.”

Sloan and Hall, still only a junior, tallied the second and third best times in the nation for the 2018 season. As impressive as Friday’s hurdle races happened to be, the prep stars have a laundry list of other accomplishments.

Sloan chose to sign with the University of Oregon, having already claimed four state titles (three in a row in 100 hurdles) going into her final season for the Jaguars.

“It’s been a dream school of mine since I was little,” she said. “I knew that would be the best place to give me a shot at my goals.”

She has ambitions of winning an individual and team national championship at Oregon, but before she embarks on even greater goals she’ll be putting the final touches on an illustrious prep career on Saturday in the 100 hurdles (No. 1 seed), 300 hurdles, and 200 (No. 2 seed at 23.93 seconds).

Valor Christian’s Anna Hall. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

As for Hall, the junior has been a national champion indoors in the high jump and pentathlon, along with being tabbed the defending state champion in both hurdles in 4A.

On top of that, she claimed her first long jump state crown on Friday with a mark of 18 feet, 9.75 inches. Valor Christian’s latest elite female in track could have a flurry of accomplishments coming her way at the prep level and beyond.

As usual, the 4A and 5A competitions delivered plenty of eye-opening performances. Denver East girls continued their domination in sprints with a time of 46.51 seconds in the 400-meter relay in prelims, tying the state record held by George Washington from 2007. Later on in the meet, despite not running Arria Minor in the final, the Angels won the 800 relay (1:40.25).

Denver East and Grandview both shattered the all-classification state records (previously held by George Washington) in the 800 meter sprint medley relay with marks of 1:42.62 and 1:42.89. Freshman Kyairra Reigh ran the 400 anchor leg for East.

The beauty of track and field is that times and marks never lie though. With competitors from all five classifications testing themselves against the state’s finest athletes at Jeffco Stadium, small school competitors sometimes prove themselves as the best in Colorado.

Soroco’s Ben Kelley.

Soroco senior Ben Kelley shattered the 2A state record in the 800 three consecutive seasons at Jeffco Stadium (1:55.61 in 2016, 1:54.75 in 2017, 1:52.77 in 2018). He also broke the classification record in the 1,600 with a time of 4:17.23 at the St. Vrain Invite last week, a best time held by Paul Roberts of Lyons in 2016 (4:17.35).

Kelley also claimed state crowns in cross country as a senior, the 1,600 as a junior, and the 3,200 as a junior. He has chosen to pursue collegiate running at Columbia University in the Ivy League.

Oh, and the sensational Soroco harrier even ran the fastest 800 time in all classifications on Friday. Kelley feels inspired by the town he lives in.

“I come from a super small community,” he said. “We have less than 90 kids in our school, so we’re practically 1A. We’re like a family. We get a lot of support from the community. Even the teachers, people who aren’t necessarily associated with athletics, they always keep up with it.”

The state track and field meet will resume at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.

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Class 5A notes:

• Fairview junior Marlena Preigh (2:09.19) fended off Broomfield senior Madison Mooney (2:10.19) and Highlands Ranch sophomore Bryce Johansen (2:10.55) in the 800-meter run.
• Grandview senior Kylee Harr (5-10) won high jump with an impressive mark.
• Landon Rast, a senior for the Legend Titans, won the 800 in 1:53.03.
• Fountain-Fort Carson boys (1:26.53) beat a game Cherry Creek (1:26.65) contingent in the 800 relay. Fountain also finished first in prelims of the 1,600 relay (3:17.85).

Class 4A notes:

• Valor Christian girls won the 800 relay (1:41.89). They might also claim the team title on Saturday.
• Discovery Canyon junior Liberty Ricca (10:57) and Valor Christian sophomore Cole Sprout (9:22) topped all competitors in the 3,200 races.
• Mead girls (1:45.17) continued their high-level relay performances with a sprint medley championship.
• Niwot freshman Taylor James (2:13.55) strided away from everyone in the two-lap 800 final. Former Niwot great Elise Cranny holds the classification state meet record with a time of 2:08.
• Vista Ridge senior Raymon Harper has been terrific in all three jumps, finishing first in long jump (23-3) and second in high jump (6-9). He was also the winner of the triple jump on Thursday.
• Garrett Martin, a Standley Lake veteran, cleared 6 feet, 10 inches to conquer high jump.
• Pine Creek boys were victorious in the 800 relay (1:28.07).
• Silver Creek superstar James Lee (1:54.25) is a back-to-back 800 state champion.

Class 3A notes:          

• TCA senior Erika Willis, the sister of Colorado record holder Andrea, broke her own 3A state meet record in pole vault. Last season she cleared 12-5, but this year 12-9 won it over Platte Canyon’s Hayley Rayburn (12-6).
• The Classical Academy also won the girls 800 relay (1:43.91).
• Sierra senior Alexandria Burns brought a triple jump title back to Colorado Springs with a mark of 36-5.
• Maggi Congdon of Steamboat Springs (2:14) and Rasce Englehardt (1:56.41) claimed the 800 crowns. Denver West sophomore Yasin Sado (1:56.45) was barely second in the two-lapper.
• Pagosa Springs senior Keena Murphy (127-10) topped the field in girls discus.
• Faith Christian senior Reece Davidson finished first in another throwing event (53-4.50 in shot put).
• Lutheran boys broke a 16-year record held by Yuma in the 800 relay with a blistering 1:28.01. The previous 3A record was 1:28.31. Lutheran girls won the sprint medley relay as well (1:49.43).
• Bayfield senior Carl Heide (38.36) shattered the 3A state meet record in the 300 hurdles. The record was from 1995 and held by Ben Myers of Colorado Springs Christian (38.39).

Class 2A notes:

• Telluride senior Soleil Gaylord (11:16) won her third consecutive title in the 3,200 with a 37-second winning margin.
• Monika Williams anchored Denver Christian to a victorious sprint medley relay (1:51.67).
• Peyton junior Kaylee Kearse (2:18) pulled away from the field in the 800. Peyton also won the 800 relay in 1:48.93.
• Logan Kuskie of Lyons continued a family tradition of success in pole vault with a gold medal (11-2).
• Holyoke sophomore Taeryn Trumper (18-1.75) was the long jump champion.
• Burlington senior Alex Bauer won girls shot put (39-2.25).
• Cedaredge (1:32.02) claimed the boys 800 relay.
• Rocky Ford senior Cody Danley (9:42) put his foot on the gas in the final 1,600 as Lyons sophomore Isaac Roberts (9:55) and Custer County freshman Micah Zeller (10:04) showed plenty of distance promise for future years while rounding out the top three in the 3,200.
• Brady Lenz of Sanford outperformed everyone in triple jump (43-2.5).
• Crowley County junior Lane Walter (160-1) was terrific in boys discus.
• Jake Chrisman of Yuma won pole vault (13-4).

Class 1A notes:

• Springfield nipped the 1A state record in the girls sprint medley relay with a time of 1:53.88. JT Borunda also won boys discus (136-6) for Springfield. They were also champions in the girls 800 relay (1:50.89).
• Heritage Christian once again dominated distance events as Leeann Wagner (2:25) and Levi Kilian (1:59.13) crushed the 800 races. Isaiah Bowsher finished runner-up in the 800 as well.
• 43-1.5 won boys triple jump (Jade Cass of Pawnee).
• Genoa-Hugo swept gold and silver in girls shot put as Heather Graham (39-5.5) and Ryely Smartt (36-8) were first and second.
• Matalynn Dawson (Miami-Yoder) was impressive in triple jump with a mark of 34-6.
• Jerraldawn Rector of Simla (5-1) beat Dawson in a jump-off in the girls high jump discipline as both cleared 5-1.
• Plateau Valley (10:28.66) shattered the 1A girls state record in the 3,200 relay. Heritage Christian boys did the same (8:23.44).
• Haxtun boys (1:32.93) broke the classification record in the 800 relay.