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Friday night means high school football fields will be packed with students, fans and great games.
But there are those who cannot make those games at time. But fear not as some of the best games around the state are routinely available via radio airways or internet streams.
Below is a list of Week 5 games that can be heard through audio broadcasts.
(If any stations are interested in featuring their games in this weekly post, please send an email to dmohrmann@chsaa.org)
On the matchup: The Buena Vista Demons have been impressive in their past few games, getting off to an undefeated start. Reasons why can be attributed to a lot, but the retooled offensive and defensive lines have had much to do with it. How will they handle their biggest test of the season remains to be seen though. Centauri is always a powerhouse for the 1A classification and have some true size on their front lines. Also, the Demons lost senior safety and wide receiver Luke Yates to an ankle injury for at least this week. That could be a point the Falcons will attempt to attack in the game.
On the matchup: The Spartans are getting some help with a few new faces out, but they won’t be ready for tonight’s game with Cedaredge. That means it is one more chance for the Spartans young offensive line to make a push and standout. That has been the focal point for the Spartans, and with the Bruins coming in as a 1A team, the Spartans are hoping to earn some confidence before league. The Bruins have a strong running attack though, and with that, comes the knowledge that their line is still going to challenge Salida. A big game for both sides as league play is on the horizon.
Johnson on the matchup: The Cougars rolled the Rebels in the teams’ only previous meeting last year 41-0 in Keenesburg. We’ll be keeping an eye on Cougar junior Tanner Applebee who leads the state in sacks with 10.5 over the first 3 weeks. Tonight’s game is being played at the brand new stadium at Severance High School with coverage beginning at 6:30 on 1310 KFKA Preps Radio.
On the matchup: As Jim Davis pointed out on his morning radio show Friday morning, Grand Junction is one of the top scoring teams in the state 159 points in four games. Carson Loveridge leads the Tigers with 577 rushing yards and six touchdowns on the year. Fruita is off to a 1-2 start and will rely heavily on Denim Luster to control the game on the ground. The Wildcats beat GJ 34-9 in last year’s battle for the Black and Blue Trophy.
The 2019 all-state baseball teams honor the best players in the sport as judged by the leagues and coaches. They are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a vote of head coaches.
Player and coach of the year was also selected by a vote of the coaches.
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Class 5A
Mountain Vista’s Sam Ireland. (Tim Bourke)
Player of the year: Sam Ireland, Mountain Vista
Coach of the year: Matt Darr, Regis Jesuit
First Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Riley Cornelio
Pine Creek
RHP/INF
Senior
Sam Ireland
Mountain Vista
RHP/3B/1B
Senior
AJ Jergensen
Ralston Valley
OF
Senior
Geno Macias
Regis Jesuit
Senior
Brice Martinez
Cherry Creek
Jack Moss
Cherry Creek
Drew Stahl
Mountain Vista
INF
Senior
Jacob Thompsen
Regis Jesuit
Junior
Caden Wagner
Regis Jesuit
Senior
Second Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Justin Boyd
Legend
SS/CF
Senior
Jose Cintron
Overland
3B/2B/INF
Senior
Peter Goldy
Grandview
RHP/1B
Senior
Calvin Hunt
Ralston Valley
RHP
Senior
Cale Lansville
ThunderRidge
Grant Magill
Mountain Vista
C
Senior
Nathan Mitchell
Cherry Creek
Ryan Stohr
Dakota Ridge
RHP/1B
Senior
Patrick Strawbridge
Regis Jesuit
Senior
Case Williams
Douglas County
RHP/3B/1B
Junior
Honorable mention:
Trey Adams, Ralston Valley, INF/RHP, Senior
Simon Baumgardt, Lakewood, P/SS, Senior
Radek Birkholz, Valor Christian, P/INF, Sophomore
Zach Boone, Castle View, CF/LF, Senior
Clay Burke, Mountain Vista, RHP/1B, Senior
Jake Campbell, Rocky Mountain, P/1B, Senior
Tony Castonguay, Grandview, C/3B, Junior
Pete Chronowski, Heritage, LHP, Senior
Kellen Cox, Cherokee Trail
Garrett Crawford, Overland, OF/RHP, Junior
Clay Cutter, Cherry Creek
John Emerson, Denver East, CF/LHP/SS, Senior
Chase Esplin, Legacy, Junior
Matt Glover, Denver South, RHP/OF/SS, Sophomore
Jake Greiving, Legend, C/OF/3B, Senior
Josh Hojnowski, Grandview, RHP/3B, Senior
Ben Horwith, Douglas County, Senior
Owen Lockner, Windsor, Senior
Jayden Martinez, Grandview, OF, Senior
Braden Martinez, Windsor, Senior
Bryce Matthews, Chaparral, OF, Senior
Ryan McKown, Chaparral, OF, Senior
Mason Mitchell, Heritage, OF/RHP, Senior
Justin Moehlenpah, Horizon, LHP/OF, Senior
Ben Perla, Cherry Creek
Jaren Piepho, Rocky Mountain, C, Senior
Kevin Pipich, Rock Canyon, RHP/1B, Senior
J.C. Rodriguez, Far Northeast Warriors, Sophomore
Jacob Roybal, Chatfield, P/OF, Junior
Teddy Schoenfeld, Boulder, Senior
Macully Sehr, Legacy, Sophomore
Colby Shade, Fort Collins, OF, Junior
Derek Shaver, Grand Junction, Senior
Blake Templeton, Fort Collins, SS/RHP, Junior
Diego Velasquez, Smoky Hill, P/1B/OF, Junior
Ben Whipple, Valor Christian, RHP/1B, Sophomore
Tristan Wolf, Mountain Range
Matt Zaccaro, Bear Creek, OF/P, Senior
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Class 4A
Pueblo West’s Tyler Barth. (Bobby Stevens/MaxPreps)
Player of the year: Tyler Barth, Pueblo West
Coach of the year: Dan Sanchez, Pueblo West
First Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Lincoln Andrews
Canon City
INF/P
Senior
Aaron Arcilise
Wheat Ridge
RHP/INF
Senior
Tyler Barth
Pueblo West
Senior
Aaron Berkhoff
Cheyenne Mountain
INF
Senior
Charlie Deeds
Palmer Ridge
SS/RHP/2B
Senior
Nate Denniston
Pueblo West
Senior
Kyle Jameson
Pueblo West
Senior
Collin Kringlen
Holy Family
1B/RHP
Senior
Spencer Rich
Silver Creek
Senior
Second Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Tayler Aguilar
Northridge
CF
Senior
Brodie Blackford
Pueblo West
Junior
Jayden Cordova
Pueblo West
Senior
JP Hamer
Fort Morgan
Senior
Ben McLaughlin
Golden
SS/RHP
Junior
Brady Renck
Longmont
2B/SS/P
Senior
Jason Shuger
Lewis-Palmer
P/INF
Senior
John Thoren
Erie
Michael Wegleitner
Silver Creek
Junior
Honorable mention:
Zach Becker, Holy Family, SS/2B/RHP, Senior
Johnny Behm, Lewis-Palmer, /OF, Senior
Dominic Bronk, Wheat Ridge, 3B/RHP, Junior
Angel Carlos, Lincoln, Senior
Tyler Declusin, Pueblo West, Senior
Devin Dodson, Cheyenne Mountain, C/RHP, Junior
Tyler Dollahan, Glenwood Springs, Senior
Garrett Flaagan, Eagle Valley
Avery Fulford, Conifer, Senior
Michael Guber, George Washington, UTIL/RHP, Senior
Chris Gumeson, Longmont, RF/C/INF, Senior
Tyler Hrin, Thomas Jefferson, OF/1B/LHP, Freshman
Charlie Jackson, Silver Creek, Junior
William Kapner, Evergreen, 2B/1B, Junior
Emmert Kastendieck, Montrose, OF, Junior
Noah Lasecki, The Classical Academy, 1B/P, Senior
Isaac Linker, Fort Morgan, Senior
Cesar Loma, Greeley Central, 3B/RHP/C, Senior
Seth Lucero, Denver North, SS/RHP/OF, Senior
Nico Martin, Pueblo Central, CF, Senior
Parker Martin, Coronado, C/INF/OF, Senior
Cole Martino, Pueblo County, P/1B/3B, Sophomore
Bryce McKee, Coronado, SS/UTIL/RHP, Senior
Kolton Miller, Ponderosa, Sophomore
Adam Muniz, Pueblo Central, 3B/SS/2B, Senior
Corey Musch, Skyview, CF/LF, Senior
Cameron Nellor, Thompson Valley, SS/P/UTIL, Junior
ARVADA — It wasn’t looking promising late in the first-round Class 5A girls soccer playoff game for No. 14-seeded Ralston Valley on Tuesday.
Despite dominating in possession and scoring chances, the Mustangs trailed a gritty No. 19 Grand Junction squad 1-0 with less than a minute remaining in regulation-time.
Ralston Valley seniors Brooklyn Garrido and Maddie DeHerrera embrace after Garrido’s game-winning overtime goal Tuesday at NAAC. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
“It’s very familiar,” Ralston Valley coach Kamee Morwood said of the Mustangs staring at a close first-round loss before rallying for a 2-1 overtime victory at the North Area Athletic Complex. “When I looked up and there was five minutes left I was like ‘oh no’. But that is how these games go. Their goalie played fantastic. Thankfully we came out on the other side of it today.”
Saya Sabus was the hero in the final minute for Ralston Valley (11-3-2 record).
“She (Sabus) is just a competitor,” Morwood said. “This group of seniors has done a great job of bringing along the younger kids. They love them and play for them. They didn’t want this to be the last game playing together.”
The freshman settled a ball just outside the Tigers’ goalie box, found some open space and her left-footed kick hoisted the ball just under the crossbar and out of the reach of Grand Junction junior goalie Isa Sanchez.
Ralston Valley senior Jenna Bishop (9) and Grand Junction sophomore Malia Yang (6) both go up for a header during the first-round playoff game Tuesday at NAAC. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
“We didn’t want to lose,” Sabus said. “That is what probably drove most of our shots and our two goals. We didn’t want to go home and our seniors wanted to play another game.”
Seniors Brooklyn Garrido and Maddie DeHerrera were instrumental in the game-winning goal eight minutes into the overtime period.
With the Tigers (10-5-1) a player down after taking a red card just following the goal by Sabus, Ralston Valley continued to put pressure on Sanchez. DeHerrera had dropped the ball off to Garrido, who fired a shot toward the far post and past Sanchez for the game winner.
“I was pretty nervous, but at the same time I had so much adrenaline,” Garrido said about kicking in the game-winning goal. “I only had one option and that was to shoot.”
Ralston Valley senior Brooklyn Garrido (10) battles with Grand Junction senior Tatum Niemeyer during the first half Tuesday at the NAAC. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
Garrido and DeHerrera embraced as the rest of the Mustangs joined in the celebration.
“I was not ready to be done. We’ve worked too hard,” Garrido said. “We should have had three goals in the first half. To lose would have been absolutely terrible. We pulled it off.”
Ralston Valley had suffered first-round losses twice in the previous three seasons. The win moves the Mustangs into a second-round test against No. 3 Fruita-Monument. The Wildcats (13-3) defeated Brighton 4-1 on the Western Slope late-Tuesday afternoon.
“We’ll make it fun,” Morwood said of the second-round game at Fruita-Monument. “We’ll get a charter bus and head on out there.”
Grand Junction sophomore Katy Coffin (4) broke a scoreless tie early in the second half with a goal in the 43rd minute. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
The second-round game will be played Friday, May 10.
Grand Junction nearly had a chance to face rival Fruita-Monument in the second round. The Tigers, who were actually winless on the season just a few years ago in 2016, nearly grabbed a playoff victory in more than a decade.
Sophomore Katy Coffin scored in the 43rd minute after a scoreless first half. Coffin long shot was tipped by Ralston Valley sophomore goalie Lilly VanAlsburg, but ended up in the back of the net.
Ralston Valley sophomore Kendall Garrido (4) and Grand Junction sophomore Dolcie Hanlon (12) chase after a loose ball during the Class 5A girls soccer first-round state playoff game Tuesday at the NAAC. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
