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  • Softball roundup: Fossil Ridge scores a semifinal ticket

    (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
    Aurora Sports Park sits quiet prior to Saturday’s action. More photos. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

    A roundup of Saturday’s action at the state softball tournaments at Aurora Sports Park.

    Class 5A

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    State softball
    Fossil Ridge. More photos. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    AURORA — Fossil Ridge won its first two games at Saturday’s opening rounds of the 5A state softball tournament by a combined score of 29-7. It now finds itself in the semifinals for the first time in school history.

    In fact, Fossil Ridge had never even won a game at the state tournament before Saturday.

    The third-seeded SaberCats beat No. 14 Pine Creek in the opening round, 10-3, then followed with a 19-4 mercy-rule-shortened win over No. 6 Eaglecrest which ended on Haley Donaldson’s walk-off three-run home run.

    Legacy softball coach Dawn Gaffin goes over instructions between innings Saturday afternoon during the Lightning's 8-1 quarterfinal victory against Dakota Ridge. Legacy, 5-time Class 5A state champion, will face Brighton in the 5A state semifinals 10 a.m. Sunday at Aurora Sports Park. (Dennis Pleuss)
    Legacy softball coach Dawn Gaffin goes over instructions between innings Saturday afternoon during the Lightning’s 8-1 quarterfinal victory against Dakota Ridge. Legacy, 5-time Class 5A state champion, will face Brighton in the 5A state semifinals 10 a.m. Sunday at Aurora Sports Park. More photos. (Dennis Pleuss)

    Fossil Ridge is 22-1 in 2013. The SaberCats’ lone loss this season came to Legacy on Sept. 16. They could get a rematch on Saturday — but first they’ll need to get past No. 7 Legend, another first-timer in the semis.

    Legend (19-5) dispatched No. 10 Grandview 13-8 to open the tournament, then beat No. 2 Rock Canyon 6-1 in the quartefinals.

    No. 9 Brighton was the lone team to knock off a No. 1 seed on Saturday. The Bulldogs, now 22-2, beat No. 1 Douglas County 8-4 in the quarterfinals. That followed an 11-1 win over No. 8 Loveland, the defending champion.

    In the semis, Brighton will get No. 5 Legacy, which beat a pair of Jeffco squads (Chatfield and Dakota Ridge) to earn its seventh consecutive berth into the state tournament semifinals.

    No. 12 Chatfield gave Legacy a tough test before the Lightning pulled away in the late innings for a 6-2 win.

    “I think we kind of learned from it,” Legacy senior pitcher Haley Smith said. “Our bats were kind of cold at first, but we had everybody set up.”

    Legacy used some “small ball” tactics in the third inning against No. 4 Dakota Ridge to score four runs on the way to an 8-1 victory.

    Despite the rich tradition of winning five straight 5A state crowns from 2007 to 2011, Smith doesn’t believe Legacy will be nervous going into the semifinals.

    “If anything I think there is less pressure because everyone thinks we can’t do it,” Smith said. “We are the underdogs.”

    Semifinal games:

    • (9) Brighton vs. (5) Legacy, 10 a.m.
    • (3) Fossil Ridge vs. (7) Legend, 10 a.m.

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    Broomfield is headed to the semifinals. More photos. (Pam Wagner)

    Class 4A

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    Fifth-seeded Broomfield narrowly survived being No. 13 D’Evelyn’s second upset victim of the day. But the Eagles did survive, and advance, to the 4A semifinals on Sunday.

    Broomfield rallied from 2-0 and 4-2 holes to hold on and beat D’Evelyn 7-6 on Saturday. The Eagles had a four-run fifth-inning which led to the win. They will face top-seeded Wheat Ridge in the semifinals.

    Wheat Ridge junior Erin Dalton connects with a pitch during the Farmers' 5-0 win against Roosevelt in the opening round of the Class 4A state softball tournament Saturday at Aurora Sports Park. (Dennis Pleuss)
    Wheat Ridge junior Erin Dalton connects with a pitch during the Farmers’ 5-0 win against Roosevelt in the opening round of the Class 4A state softball tournament Saturday at Aurora Sports Park. More photos. (Dennis Pleuss)

    Wheat Ridge didn’t have much problem advancing.

    The Farmers shut out No. 16 Roosevelt by a 5-0 score in the opening round and cranked out 11 hits in a 9-4 quarterfinal victory against No. 8 Mountain View. Still, Wheat Ridge coach Marty Stricklett said there is “some improving to do” going into the final day of the season.

    The Farmers edged Broomfield 2-0 earlier this season. Sophomore Christina Nelson hit a two-run home run in the first inning and senior pitcher Jessica Salbato pitched a shutout against Broomfield back on Aug. 30.

    A 1-0 loss to Niwot in the 4A semifinals last year still motivates the Farmers heading into their eighth straight trip to the state semifinals.

    “Tomorrow we are still going off what happened last year,” Stricklett said. “We’ve got to show up and play our game. The name of our game is hitting. We’ve got to hit the ball.”

    On the other side of the bracket, No. 6 Erie beat No. 11 Silver Creek 11-1 and No. 3 Pueblo East 7-1 to advance to Sunday. The Tigers will face No. 2 Ponderosa, which escaped No. 15 Palmer Ridge’s upset bid, 5-4, to open the tournament, then beat No. 7 Berthoud 6-0 in the quarters.

    Semifinal games:

    • (1) Wheat Ridge vs. (5) Broomfield, 10 a.m.
    • (6) Erie vs. (2) Ponderosa, 10 a.m.

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    Class 3A

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    The four semifinalists at the 3A level each only played one game on Saturday. That’s because Strasburg, Sterling, Holy Family and Valley all had opening-round byes as seeds Nos. 1-4.

    Top-seeded Strasburg beat No. 9 Basalt 11-0, and will meet No. 4 Valley, which eeked past No. 5 Eaton 1-0.

    In the other semifinal, No. 2 Sterling will meet No. 3 Holy Family. Sterling beat No. 7 Lamar 5-0 and Holy Family beat No. 11 Dolores Huerta 3-0.

    Semifinal games:

    • (1) Strasburg vs. (4) Valley, 10 a.m.
    • (3) Holy Family vs. (2) Sterling, 10 a.m.

    — Reporting from Dennis Pleuss and Ryan Casey.

  • 4A softball state championship bracket

    The 2013 state softball bracket for Class 4A.

    2013 CHSAA State Softball Championships 2013 4A Bracket

  • Football roundup: Lakewood upsets No. 8 Arapahoe in final minutes

    Lakewood quarterback Casey Nicholls, pictures during a game against Fairview earlier this season.
    Lakewood quarterback Casey Nicholls, pictured during a game against Fairview earlier this season.

    Eighth-ranked Arapahoe was poised to escape with another slim win. Only, no one told Lakewood.

    The Tigers’ Anthony Brown returned a punt 48 yards to Arapahoe’s 7-yard-line with under two minutes to play. Quarterback Casey Nicholls scored what turned out to be the winning touchdown on a sneak two plays later in a 46-39 upset.

    Arapahoe needed overtime to beat Mullen last week. This week, the Warriors rallied from a 32-23 halftime deficit to take a 39-32 lead. But Lakewood dialed up a wide receiver pass to Tevin Lucas on third-and-17 to tie the game at 39 with 6:50 to play. The Tigers forced Arapahoe to punt on the ensuing drive, setting up Brown’s big return.

    Lakewood improves to 2-5 this season, while Arapahoe falls to 5-2.

    Elsewhere in 5A, No. 10 Cherokee Trail shook off some first-half rust to rally and beat Grandview 21-7. The Cougars trailed 7-0 at the break.

    “We’re happy with how we played in second half,”coach Monte Thelen told ColoradoPreps.com’s Built Ford Tough Scoreboard Show on Friday night. “Beating Grandview at any time is a great achievement for us, so we feel good about our performance, especially in the second half tonight.”

    Cameron Smith rushed 22 times for 132 yards and two scores for Cherokee Trail. Quarterback Aric Johnson was 9-of-18 with 121 yards passing.

    Cherokee Trail turned the ball over three times in the first half, and also had a touchdown called back due to a penalty.

    “We’re really happy with how our defense played the entire game to be honest with you, because we put them in a number of negative situations in the first half,” Thelen said. “They were able to come through. We just felt like if we could calm down and play our game in the second half that we could definitely get back into the game. We were fortunate to be able to do that.”

    In 4A, No. 6 Falcon rebounded from a tough loss last week to Pine Creek to come back and top Ponderosa, 24-14. The Falcons scored the game’s final 24 points.

    “What was interesting is that it was like a reciprocal of our game last week with Pine Creek,” co-head coach Brian Green told the Scoreboard Show. “We were up at half and Pine Creek came storming back. We kind of followed their same formula to victory this week.

    “It was really just coming out and making plays. We made some good defensive plays that put us in position to score and kind of capture the momentum early in the third quarter and never looked back after that.”

    Running back Kalen Ballage carried the ball 21 times for 68 yards and a touchdown. Justin Barron also had a rushing score, but the game turned on Dylan Cutkomp’s 51-yard interception return for a touchdown.

    “That one put us on top, and we just carried that wave of momentum to the finish line,” Green said.

    Eighth-ranked Mead stayed unbeaten in the 3A ranks with a 41-14 win over Northridge. Quarterback Griffin Nelson was 19-of-28 for 195 yards and two scores, while the Mavericks also racked up 415 yards and four scores on the ground.

    “I was really proud of the fact that we rushed the ball really well tonight,” coach Jason Klatt told the Scoreboard Show. “And Griffin was just a real leader tonight. He hung in there and threw a bunch of key completions that kept drives alive and it was just a great all-around win.”

    Mead is now 6-0, but isn’t worried about any outside pressures.

    “That’s been a big question that we didn’t really know how that was going to go, but we have a senior-led group that is very resilient,” Klatt said. “They’ve bought into what we’re telling them and they are beginning to be mentally tough to where we don’t listen to that stuff and we’re not concerned about outside stuff and Wild Card points and all that stuff. The only thing that we can control is our attitude and our effort. That’s what we’re doing right now.”

    Holy Family, ranked No. 6 in 3A, needed a stop of a two-point conversion to season a 20-19 win at Erie.

    “They had a great drive, they put together a couple of plays, and they went for the two-point conversion,” coach Mike Gabriel told the Scoreboard Show. “It came down to I think about the 1-inch line, but we kept them out of the end zone.”

    Holy Family is 3-0 since a crushing 45-14 loss to Silver Creek on Sept. 20.

    “I think Silver Creek kind of revealed some stuff to us as a staff that we needed to work harder in practice and challenge the kids more in practice and just get after it a little more,” Gabriel said. “We’ve changed things, and the kids have responded. We’re starting to see the results.”

    In all, Week 7 has belonged to the ranked teams. Ranked teams are 43-4 against unranked opponents across all classifications through Friday’s games.

  • 4A softball regional tournament brackets

    A complete schedule for the Class 4A regional softball playoffs. All games are Oct. 12, unless noted.

    Printable bracket: 4A softball regionals

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  • Brighton new No. 1 in this week’s softball poll

    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)
    Legend is ranked No. 2 in 5A softball this week. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    Unbeaten Brighton has taken over atop the CHSAANow.com softball poll in 5A this week.

    Previous No. 1 Douglas County went 1-2 last week, including losses to Legend and Rock Canyon, and dropped to No. 3.

    Legend is No. 2 this week, while Rock Canyon joined the ranking at No. 7.

    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. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Brighton (7) 15-0-0 93 2 3-0-0
    2 Legend 12-4-0 74 7 2-1-0
    3 Douglas County (1) 12-2-0 69 1 1-2-0
    4 Fossil Ridge (1) 16-1-0 65 4 5-0-0
    5 Eaglecrest 15-2-0 58 3 4-0-0
    6 Dakota Ridge 15-3-0 51 5 3-0-0
    7 Rock Canyon (1) 11-4-0 45 – 2-1-0
    8 Ralston Valley 12-4-0 41 6 2-1-0
    9 Legacy 11-5-0 22 9 2-1-0
    10 Grandview 13-3-0 16 8 3-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Loveland 10, Rampart 4, Grand Junction 1.
    Dropped out
    Loveland (10).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Wheat Ridge (10) 15-1-0 100 1 2-0-0
    2 Pueblo East 14-2-1 83 3 3-0-0
    3 Erie 12-2-1 82 2 3-0-0
    4 Berthoud 13-2-0 65 5 3-0-0
    5 Ponderosa 12-3-0 60 4 2-0-0
    6 Frederick 10-6-0 30 6 2-3-0
    7 D’Evelyn 12-5-0 27 7 3-1-0
    8 Discovery Canyon 12-5-0 17 – 3-0-0
    9 Broomfield 10-5-0 14 10 3-0-0
    10 Silver Creek 10-5-0 12 9 3-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Thompson Valley 12, Mullen 11, Valor Christian 11, Pueblo West 6, Thomas Jefferson 6, Delta 5, Weld Central 4, Palmer Ridge 3, Mountain View 2.
    Dropped out
    Valor Christian (8).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Strasburg (6) 14-0-0 69 1 2-0-0
    2 Holy Family (1) 13-1-0 62 2 2-1-0
    3 Sterling 14-2-0 58 3 2-0-0
    4 Valley 11-5-0 45 4 3-0-0
    5 Lamar 13-2-1 44 6 1-0-0
    6 Eaton 7-7-1 29 8 1-1-0
    7 Florence 8-7-0 22 – 2-0-0
    8 Rocky Ford 14-4-0 21 5 0-2-0
    9 La Junta 10-6-0 20 7 2-0-0
    10 Basalt 12-4-0 11 10 5-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Brush 4, Cedaredge 1.
    Dropped out
    Brush (9).

  • Douglas County takes over atop 5A softball poll

    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)
    Grandview beat then-No. 1 Eaglecrest last week. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    Douglas County is unbeaten, and now, the No. 1 team in Class 5A softball.

    The Huskies moved up from No. 3 after wins over Heritage and Mountain Vista last week — as well as a loss by former No. 1 Eaglecrest to Grandview.

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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. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Douglas County (4) 11-0-0 81 3 3-0-0
    2 Brighton (4) 12-0-0 79 2 3-0-0
    3 Eaglecrest (1) 11-2-0 72 1 5-1-0
    4 Fossil Ridge (1) 11-1-0 71 4 2-1-0
    5 Dakota Ridge 12-3-0 43 5 3-1-0
    6 Ralston Valley 10-3-0 39 6 3-1-0
    7 Legend 10-3-0 33 9 3-0-0
    8 Grandview 10-3-0 29 7 3-1-0
    9 Legacy 9-4-0 23 8 4-0-0
    10 Loveland 8-2-0 16 10 3-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Columbine 15, Rock Canyon 12, Grand Junction 10, Rampart 10, Heritage 7, Pine Creek 5, Rocky Mountain 4, Mountain Range 1.
    Dropped out
    None.

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Wheat Ridge (9) 13-1-0 99 1 4-0-0
    2 Erie 9-2-1 81 2 2-0-0
    3 Pueblo East (1) 11-2-1 76 3 3-0-0
    4 Ponderosa 10-3-0 69 4 1-1-0
    5 Berthoud 10-2-0 51 6 2-0-0
    6 Frederick 8-3-0 46 5 2-0-0
    7 D’Evelyn 9-4-0 24 8 3-1-0
    8 Valor Christian 11-4-0 23 9 0-1-0
    9 Silver Creek 7-5-0 16 7 0-2-0
    10 Broomfield 7-5-0 15 10 2-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Pueblo West 14, Discovery Canyon 7, Mullen 7, Pueblo South 6, Thompson Valley 6, Thomas Jefferson 4, Mountain View 3, Montrose 2, Woodland Park 2.
    Dropped out
    None.

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Strasburg (5) 12-0-0 59 1 2-0-0
    2 Holy Family (1) 11-0-0 53 3 3-0-0
    3 Sterling 12-2-0 48 4 2-0-0
    4 Valley 8-5-0 42 2 1-3-0
    5 Rocky Ford 14-2-0 33 7 2-0-0
    6 Lamar 12-2-1 30 6 3-0-0
    7 La Junta 8-6-0 23 5 1-3-0
    8 Eaton 6-6-1 17 8 2-1-0
    9 Brush 7-6-0 10 9 1-1-0
    10 Basalt 7-3-0 7 – 2-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Cedaredge 4, Florence 4.
    Dropped out
    Cedaredge (10).

  • Valor Christian lone newcomer to softball rankings

    Valor Christian was the only new team in the three CHSAANow.com softball polls this week, entering the Class 4A ranking at No. 9.

    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. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Eaglecrest (4) 6-1-0 72 1 0-0-0
    2 Brighton (1) 9-0-0 70 2 1-0-0
    3 Douglas County (2) 8-0-0 51 3 1-0-0
    4 Fossil Ridge (1) 9-0-0 50 5 1-0-0
    5 Dakota Ridge 9-2-0 45 4 2-0-0
    6 Ralston Valley 7-2-0 41 6 0-0-0
    7 Grandview 7-2-0 24 7 1-0-0
    8 Legacy 5-4-0 19 8 1-0-0
    9 Legend 7-3-0 17 9 1-0-0
    10 Loveland 5-1-0 14 10 0-0-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Grand Junction 12, Rock Canyon 11, Standley Lake 6, Chatfield 4, Arvada West 2, Cherokee Trail 2, Columbine 2, Mountain Vista 2, Central G.J. 1.
    Dropped out
    None.

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Wheat Ridge (7) 9-1-0 70 1 0-0-0
    2 Erie 7-2-1 60 2 0-0-0
    3 Pueblo East 8-2-1 51 3 1-0-0
    4 Ponderosa 9-2-0 43 4 1-1-0
    5 Frederick 6-3-0 34 5 0-0-0
    6 Berthoud 8-2-0 30 7 1-0-0
    7 Silver Creek 7-3-0 25 6 0-0-0
    8 D’Evelyn 6-3-0 20 9 0-1-0
    9 Valor Christian 11-3-0 12 – 2-0-0
    10 Broomfield 5-5-0 10 8 0-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Pueblo West 9, Discovery Canyon 8, Pueblo South 6, Mullen 4, Falcon 1, Roosevelt 1, Thompson Valley 1.
    Dropped out
    Pueblo South (10).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Strasburg (6) 10-0-0 66 1 1-0-0
    2 Valley 7-2-0 60 2 1-0-0
    3 Holy Family (1) 8-0-0 57 4 0-0-0
    4 Sterling 10-2-0 54 3 0-1-0
    5 La Junta 7-3-0 36 6 2-0-0
    6 Lamar 9-2-1 35 5 1-0-0
    7 Rocky Ford 12-2-0 34 8 2-0-0
    8 Eaton 4-5-1 19 7 1-1-0
    9 Brush 6-5-0 13 10 1-0-0
    10 Cedaredge 6-2-0 7 9 0-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Basalt 4, Florence 1.
    Dropped out
    None.

  • 5A softball ranking narrows at the top

    Eaglecrest held onto its spot atop the CHSAANow.com softball poll, but things are getting close at the top of the Class 5A ranking.

    Four different teams received first-place votes this week: Brighton (No. 2), Douglas County (No. 3) and Fossil Ridge (No. 5). Loveland was the lone newcomer to the poll, at tenth.

    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. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Eaglecrest (4) 6-1-0 103 1 1-1-0
    2 Brighton (2) 8-0-0 99 5 6-0-0
    3 Douglas County (3) 7-0-0 81 3 0-0-0
    4 Dakota Ridge 7-2-0 66 4 3-1-0
    5 Fossil Ridge (3) 8-0-0 65 9 3-0-0
    6 Ralston Valley 7-2-0 58 8 2-0-0
    7 Grandview 6-2-0 36 7 0-0-0
    8 Legacy 4-4-0 35 2 0-3-0
    9 Legend 6-3-0 24 6 0-0-0
    10 Loveland 5-1-0 22 – 5-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Rock Canyon 17, Grand Junction 16, Standley Lake 12, Arvada West 10, Pine Creek 9, ThunderRidge 7, Chatfield 4, Rampart 4, Columbine 3, Rocky Mountain 3, Cherokee Trail 2, Mountain Vista 2.
    Dropped out
    Rock Canyon (10).

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Wheat Ridge (12) 9-1-0 120 1 1-1-0
    2 Erie 7-2-1 96 3 2-0-0
    3 Pueblo East 7-2-1 90 2 2-0-0
    4 Ponderosa 8-1-0 77 4 2-0-0
    5 Frederick 6-3-0 61 5 2-1-0
    6 Silver Creek 7-3-0 51 6 1-1-0
    7 Berthoud 7-2-0 50 8 3-1-0
    8 Broomfield 5-4-0 24 7 1-0-0
    9 D’Evelyn 6-2-0 20 9 3-2-0
    10 Pueblo South 7-2-0 17 – 1-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Valor Christian 14, Discovery Canyon 13, Pueblo West 12, Mullen 4, Roosevelt 4, Niwot 3, Thomas Jefferson 2, Thompson Valley 2, Falcon 1.
    Dropped out
    Niwot (10).

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Strasburg (5) 9-0-0 56 1 4-0-0
    2 Valley 6-2-0 50 3 4-1-0
    3 Sterling 10-1-0 49 4 4-0-0
    4 Holy Family (1) 8-0-0 48 2 2-0-0
    5 Lamar 8-2-1 31 5 0-2-0
    6 La Junta 5-3-0 28 6 2-0-0
    7 Eaton 3-4-1 21 7 0-2-1
    8 Rocky Ford 10-2-0 20 8 5-0-0
    9 Cedaredge 6-1-0 13 10 3-0-0
    10 Brush 5-5-0 10 – 3-3-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Akron 2, Florence 1, Platte Valley 1.
    Dropped out
    Niwot (10).

  • Wheat Ridge new No. 1 team in 4A softball ranking

    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)
    (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)

    Wheat Ridge has overtaken Pueblo East atop the Class 4A CHSAANow.com softball poll.

    The Farmers, off to an 8-0-0 start, were No. 2 last week but moved up to No. 1 by virtue of a 6-0-0 week which included a 7-2 victory over Pueblo East, last week’s top-ranked team.

    Elsewhere, Douglas County went from unranked to No. 3 in the 5A poll, which also added Ralston Valley (No. 8) and Fossil Ridge (No. 9).

    Strasburg continued to lead the 3A poll.

    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.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    Class 5A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Eaglecrest (9) 5-0-0 106 1 2-0-0
    2 Legacy (1) 4-1-0 93 2 3-1-0
    3 Douglas County 7-0-0 48 – 5-0-0
    4 Dakota Ridge 4-1-0 46 3 2-1-0
    5 Brighton 2-0-0 45 9 1-0-0
    6 Legend 6-3-0 42 8 6-2-0
    7 Grandview (1) 6-2-0 38 10 5-1-0
    8 Ralston Valley 5-2-0 36 – 4-2-0
    9 Fossil Ridge 5-0-0 34 – 5-0-0
    10 Rock Canyon 3-3-0 29 4 3-3-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Loveland 24, Arvada West 14, Chatfield 14, Grand Junction 12, Cherokee Trail 7, Bear Creek 4, Rampart 4, Castle View 2, Denver East 2, Mountain Vista 2, Prairie View 2, Standley Lake 1.

    Class 4A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Wheat Ridge (6) 8-0-0 84 2 6-0-0
    2 Pueblo East (3) 5-2-1 79 1 2-2-1
    3 Erie 5-2-1 75 3 3-2-1
    4 Ponderosa 6-1-0 60 4 4-1-0
    5 Frederick 4-2-0 42 5 1-2-0
    6 Silver Creek 6-2-0 32 8 4-2-0
    7 Broomfield 4-4-0 25 – 3-3-0
    8 Berthoud 4-1-0 24 7 2-1-0
    9 D’Evelyn 3-0-0 16 10 1-0-0
    10 Niwot 1-2-0 12 6 0-2-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Discovery Canyon 10, Mullen 9, Pueblo South 7, Montrose 6, Valor Christian 5, Mountain View 2, Palmer Ridge 2, Pueblo West 2, Roosevelt 1, Sand Creek 1, Weld Central 1.

    Class 3A
    RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW
    1 Strasburg (5) 5-0-0 65 1 2-0-0
    2 Holy Family (2) 6-0-0 63 2 4-0-0
    3 Valley 2-1-0 52 3 2-0-0
    4 Sterling 6-1-0 50 5 2-0-0
    5 Lamar 8-0-1 32 – 7-0-1
    6 La Junta 3-3-0 31 7 1-3-0
    7 Eaton 3-2-0 27 6 1-1-0
    8 Rocky Ford 5-2-0 26 4 4-2-0
    9 Burlington 2-2-0 12 – 2-1-0
    10 Cedaredge 3-1-0 9 – 2-1-0
    Others receiving votes:
    Florence 5, Platte Valley 4, Basalt 3, Dolores Huerta 3, Gunnison 2, Akron 1, Brush 1.

  • 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.

    Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

    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.