THORNTON — Fairview won girls swimming’s annual Coaches Invite at VMAC on Saturday. The Knights’ 271 total team points bested second-place Cherry Creek (238) and third-place Regis Jesuit (217).
DENVER — The first day of the state spirit championships is in the books, and five champions were crowned on Friday night.
Grandview captured the 5A pom competition; Rock Canyon won 5A cheer; Dakota Ridge won 4A/5A co-ed cheer; Mountain Vista won hip hop; and Heritage won jazz.
Below are the complete results, including the finalists and their order of finish.
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Class 5A poms
Grandview won the 5A poms competition at state spirit. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Prelims
Rank
Team
Score
Tie break
1
Grandview
94.83
471.00
2
Thunderridge
94.50
470.50
3
Cherry Creek
93.33
466.50
4
Ralston Valley
92.67
461.50
5
Legacy
92.50
461.50
6
Arapahoe
92.00
462.00
7
Chatfield
90.17
450.00
8
Regis
89.33
445.50
9
Fairview
89.17
440.00
10
Fruita Monument
87.33
437.50
11
Horizon
86.50
431.50
12
Prairie View
84.50
422.00
13
Eaglecrest
83.33
419.00
14
Rocky Mountain
83.17
417.50
14
Doherty
83.17
414.00
16
Boulder
83.00
417.00
17
Arvada West
82.00
408.50
18
Dakota Ridge
81.17
404.50
19
Littleton
80.33
400.00
20
Brighton
79.50
399.50
21
Grand Junction
79.17
394.00
22
Fossil Ridge
79.00
399.00
23
Denver East
78.67
393.00
24
Central (Gj)
76.33
380.00
25
Mountain Range
76.17
384.50
26
Bear Creek
70.67
357.00
Finals
Rank
Team
Score
Tie break
1
Grandview
95.00
473.00
2
Thunderridge
94.67
472.50
2
Legacy
94.67
468.00
4
Arapahoe
93.83
468.50
5
Cherry Creek
93.33
468.00
6
Ralston Valley
92.50
462.00
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Class 5A cheer
Rock Canyon won the 5A cheer competition at state spirit. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Prelims
Rank
Team
Score
Tie break
1
Rock Canyon
91.47
457.00
2
Grandview
88.63
445.00
3
Douglas County
88.53
441.10
4
Eaglecrest
87.70
435.70
5
Chaparral
85.83
428.20
6
Rocky Mountain
83.67
419.10
7
Arapahoe
83.17
411.20
8
Pine Creek
81.70
407.20
9
Fossil Ridge
79.10
397.70
10
Regis
76.63
388.60
11
Prairie View
73.93
366.80
12
Horizon
73.83
369.50
13
Legacy
71.37
354.60
14
Monarch
71.27
356.80
15
Standley Lake
70.83
348.10
16
Highlands Ranch
70.83
355.30
17
Loveland
69.93
347.90
18
Cherry Creek
69.63
349.70
19
Bear Creek
68.87
335.20
20
Poudre
68.67
342.00
21
Heritage
68.40
339.90
22
Denver East
68.07
343.30
23
Smoky Hill
67.93
340.60
24
Grand Junction
66.87
331.60
25
Rangeview
65.73
331.60
26
Brighton
62.90
317.50
27
Columbine
62.73
312.20
28
Rampart
59.47
293.20
29
Littleton
58.87
288.70
30
Greeley West
57.90
291.50
31
Thornton
54.40
269.70
32
Boulder
53.97
275.70
33
Northglenn
52.33
274.40
34
George Washington
48.07
249.90
35
Overland
45.77
231.80
36
Chatfield
44.73
230.30
37
Hinkley
35.00
182.40
38
Gateway
0.00
0.00
Finals
Rank
Team
Score
Tie break
1
Rock Canyon
93.23
466.80
2
Eaglecrest
91.10
456.50
3
Grandview
89.70
447.30
4
Pine Creek
87.53
431.80
5
Rocky Mountain
83.40
417.80
6
Douglas County
83.23
418.50
7
Arapahoe
83.13
421.80
8
Chaparral
80.87
404.50
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Class 4A/5A co-ed cheer
Dakota Ridge won the co-ed cheer competition at state spirit. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Prelims
Rank
Team
Score
Tie break
1
Dakota Ridge
88.53
440.60
2
Mountain Vista
84.23
421.80
3
Thunderridge
76.63
385.30
4
Castle View
76.40
379.10
5
Cherokee Trail
74.93
372.40
6
Palisade
72.80
366.00
7
Air Academy
71.47
357.00
8
Falcon
70.50
355.50
9
Legend
70.37
353.30
10
Ralston Valley
69.67
342.30
11
Fruita Monument
68.30
339.50
12
Fountain-Ft. Carson
66.80
332.10
13
Centaurus
65.27
326.60
14
Liberty
63.90
317.30
15
Greeley Central
60.90
311.10
16
Doherty
59.07
297.00
17
Arvada West
58.13
296.80
18
Westminster
56.27
285.20
19
Montrose
55.43
282.10
20
Steamboat Springs
53.17
276.50
21
Abraham Lincoln
52.33
261.70
22
Central (Gj)
51.47
261.50
23
Pomona
50.30
252.40
24
Pueblo County
48.97
247.40
25
Denver West
48.10
239.50
26
John F. Kennedy
47.73
243.30
27
Arvada
44.43
228.00
28
Aurora Central
44.37
215.00
29
Adams City
43.93
224.80
30
Denver South
41.90
214.30
31
Skyview
0.00
0.00
31
Sierra
0.00
0.00
Finals
Rank
Team
Score
Tie break
1
Dakota Ridge
93.80
465.60
2
Mountain Vista
83.17
414.20
3
Castleview
78.20
391.50
4
Thunderridge
74.30
375.00
5
Cherokee Trail
72.43
358.00
6
Palisade
57.77
288.30
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Hip hop
Mountain Vista won the hip hop competition at state spirit. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Prelims
Rank
Team
Score
Tie break
1
Mountain Vista
94.67
472.00
2
Overland
91.33
457.00
3
Monarch
90.33
452.00
4
Greeley West
87.67
435.00
5
Smoky Hill
86.00
431.00
6
Thornton
84.67
425.00
7
Northglenn
84.17
423.50
8
Sand Creek
83.67
417.50
9
Northridge
82.67
414.00
10
Montezuma-Cortez
82.00
408.00
11
Weld Central
80.33
399.00
12
Pueblo Central
78.83
389.50
13
Skyline
72.00
359.00
14
Pomona
70.67
353.00
15
Greeley Central
62.33
312.00
16
Rampart
58.00
292.00
Finals
Rank
Team
Score
Tie break
1
Mountain Vista
96.00
476.00
2
Overland
93.33
466.50
3
Greeley West
92.00
457.50
4
Monarch
91.50
458.50
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Jazz
Heritage won the jazz competition at state spirit. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
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.
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
All but one boys golf regional completed play last week, and that made for a number of changes to CHSAANow.com’s boys golf polls this week.
The No. 1 teams — Regis Jesuit (5A), Valor Christian (4A) and Alexander Dawson (3A) — stayed put, but a total of seven new teams joined the rankings. In 5A, Fossil Ridge (No. 8) and Grand Junction (No. 10) joined; 4A added Coronado (No. 7), Steamboat Springs (No. 9) and Thompson Valley (No. 10); while new to 3A were Eaton (No. 5), and Aspen (No. 7).
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.
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.