Rocky Mountain is the No. 10 team in this week’s Class 5A football poll. (Kai Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Cherry Creek remains the top overall team in the Class 5A CHSAANow.com rankings after a 7-6 win over Pomona Friday night.
The Bruins received all but one of the first-place votes. It was the Panthers who got that other No. 1 vote.
Following its second-straight loss, Valor Christian fell one slot to land fourth in the polls, with Columbine taking over the third spot.
Both Cherry Creek and Valor Christian will travel out of state for games this week.
Newcomers to the 5A poll include Cherokee Trail, fresh off an impressive win over Denver East, and Rocky Mountain.
Like in 5A, the rest of last week’s top teams remained at No. 1 in the polls, with some newcomers being filtered in.
Pine Creek remains the top team in 4A after its bye week. Greeley West made the biggest jump in the 4A pool, going from ninth to sixth, thanks to a 28-20 win over D’Evelyn.
After starting the year 2-0, Palmer Ridge broke into the 4A poll at ninth, followed by fellow-Colorado Springs newcomer, Rampart, at No. 10. The Rams blanked Coronado on Saturday and have yet to surrender a point this season.
Defending champion Pueblo East is still on top in the 3A poll. The top seven teams in 3A held their positions and only one team, Mead, broke in as a newcomer. They join this week’s poll at 10.
Kent Denver remains atop the 2A polls, but the biggest shake-up of the week happened right behind them. Faith Christian fell from second to seventh after a stunning loss to Florence. The Huskies joined the poll this week at eighth on the strength of their 15-12 win over the Eagles.
Trinidad also joins the 2A polls at No. 10 this week. The Miners look good early this season, outscoring their opponents 93-14 through two games.
Crowley County joined the 1A polls at No. 10 this week.
Springfield and Holly each made their way into the 8-man polls. They come in and ninth and 10th, respectively. Merino also jumped from No. 10 to No. 6 this week.
In 8-man, Cheyenne Wells breaks into the top 10, coming in at ninth. Pawnee also jumped from fifth to third this week.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Regardless of how it ends for the Liberty Common Eagles, this state tournament run has already been historical. Only a day after winning their first 3A playoff game ever, the Eagles once again advanced, this time taking down No. 9 St. Mary’s 58-51.
Needless to say, it’s the first time in school history that the team has advanced to the Great 8.
Their magical run now becomes a tad more difficult as they are set to face 3A No. 1 seed Sterling next week at Colorado School of Mines in Golden.
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(22) Brush 43, (6) Sterling 42
With their one-point win over Sterling, the Brush boys have outscored their opponents by a combined three points through the first two rounds of the 3A state tournament.
But it’s been good enough to get the No. 22 ranked Beetdiggers to the Great 8, where they will face No. 3 Lutheran.
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(3) Lutheran 77, (14) Trinidad 46
There may not be a more impressive team in the 3A girls bracket than Lutheran. After cruising by Eagle Ridge Academy in the first round, they kept their momentum going against the Trinidad Miners putting them in next weekend’s Great 8.
The Lions will take on Moffat County, who has also looked impressive in the early rounds of the 3A tournament.
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(28) Bayfield 69, (12) Eaton 61
After topping The Pinnacle for the big upset on Friday, the Bayfield Wolverines showed that it wasn’t a fluke win.
The Wolverines got by the Reds on Saturday to advance to their first Great 8 appearance since 1986. They’ll face Colorado Academy who advanced by avenging an early-season loss to St. Mary’s.
With the preseason No. 1 losing earlier in the week, that left preseason No. 2 Broomfield as the presumptive No. 1.
Until ThunderRidge knocked off the Eagles on Saturday.
So when the dust settled on Monday morning, it was the Grizzlies (3-0) who assumed the No. 1 spot in CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A girls basketball rankings. They got nine of the 17 first-place votes, and had 139 overall points.
Broomfield remained at No. 2 with three first-place votes and 129 points.
Regis Jesuit, which lost to Monarch last Tuesday, fell to No. 8. Monarch is No. 3 this week after going unranked in the preseason.
Also joining the 5A poll this week is No. 6 Ralston Valley.
Elsewhere, there are also new No. 1 teams in 3A (Pagosa Springs) and 1A (Idalia).
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Rampart 28, Denver East 21, Arapahoe 8, Fairview 8, Grand Junction 6, Cherry Creek 5, Mountain Vista 2, Palmer 1, Pine Creek 1, Rocky Mountain 1.
Dropped out
Cherry Creek (7), Rampart (8).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Valor Christian (11)
1-0
114
1
1-0
2
Sand Creek
2-0
99
3
2-0
3
Mesa Ridge (1)
2-1
87
4
2-1
4
Pueblo West
3-1
79
5
3-1
5
D’Evelyn (1)
2-2
68
6
2-2
6
Pueblo South
1-2
43
2
1-2
7
Canon City
4-0
30
–
4-0
8
Holy Family
1-2
28
7
1-2
9
Longmont
1-0
27
–
1-0
10
Pueblo East
1-2
25
9
1-2
Others receiving votes:
Glenwood Springs 21, Montrose 17, Green Mountain 15, Air Academy 10, Silver Creek 9, Wheat Ridge 9, Denver West 8, Sierra 7, Pueblo County 6, Littleton 4, Falcon 3, Thompson Valley 3, Berthoud 1, Mead 1, Thomas Jefferson 1.
Dropped out
Montrose (8), Silver Creek (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Pagosa Springs (5)
3-0
127
2
3-0
2
Sterling (7)
2-0
105
1
2-0
3
Lutheran (1)
0-0
104
3
0-0
4
Manitou Springs (1)
1-0
89
4
1-0
5
St. Mary’s
3-0
85
6
3-0
6
Eaton
0-0
64
5
0-0
7
Faith Christian
3-0
32
–
3-0
8
Machebeuf
1-1
31
7
1-1
9
Trinidad
2-1
22
–
2-1
10
Lamar
2-1
20
8
2-1
Others receiving votes:
Olathe 15, Valley 15, La Junta 14, Kent Denver 11, Alamosa 8, Buena Vista 6, Brush 5, Monte Vista 5, Platte Valley 4, The Pinnacle 3, Grand Valley 3, The Academy 2, Liberty Common 1, Salida 1.
