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Bracket notes:
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The loser of Game 11 (L11) and winner of Game 11 (W11) may change places so that previous opponents are not matched. CHSAA will make determination.
If three teams remain after Game 13, the winner of Game 11 (W11) draws a bye to Game 15. If W11 loses Game 12, there will be three teams left and W11 earns the bye. W12 then plays W13 to reach finals. This spot is marked by a percentage sign (%) on the bracket.
Jefferson Academy had one of the bigger jumps of the week, moving up to No. 3 in Class 3A. (Pam Wagner)
With the playoffs just around the corner, girls soccer seems to have a pretty clear picture. For now, anyway.
Not only did none of the No. 1 teams change this week, none of the three classes added a new team in this week’s CHSAANow.com rankings.
There were jumps here and there — Jefferson Academy went from No. 6 to No. 3 in 3A; Palmer Ridge from No. 10 to No. 8 in 4A — but most of the movement amounted to tinkering.
The No. 1 teams this week are Pine Creek (5A), Cheyenne Mountain (4A) and Colorado Academy (3A).
With the regular season ending on Friday, these will serve as the final rankings.
Liberty 13, Columbine 12, Monarch 3, Arvada West 2, Regis Jesuit 2, Boulder 1, Rangeview 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Cheyenne Mountain (10)
11-0-2
108
1
3-0-0
2
Broomfield (1)
11-1-1
97
2
3-0-0
3
Sand Creek
11-2-1
62
4
2-0-0
4
Battle Mountain
12-1-0
61
6
2-0-0
5
Lewis-Palmer
9-2-3
60
3
2-0-0
6
Niwot
11-2-0
40
8
1-1-0
7
Valor Christian
9-5-0
31
5
1-2-0
8
Palmer Ridge
7-4-1
28
10
1-0-1
9
Wheat Ridge
11-3-0
21
7
2-1-0
10
Englewood
11-0-1
16
9
2-0-1
Others receiving votes:
Pueblo Centennial 13, Green Mountain 12, Ponderosa 10, Air Academy 9, Skyview 8, Windsor 8, Silver Creek 7, Weld Central 6, Evergreen 4, Mead 2, Montrose 1, Skyline 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Colorado Academy (10)
10-3-0
118
1
3-0-0
2
St. Mary’s (1)
11-1-0
100
3
3-0-0
3
Jefferson Academy
11-2-0
80
6
3-0-0
4
Holy Family (1)
8-3-1
72
5
2-1-0
5
Kent Denver
8-4-1
71
2
1-1-0
6
Coal Ridge
13-1-0
64
4
1-1-0
7
Frontier Academy
8-2-2
39
7
2-1-0
8
The Academy
11-1-0
37
8
2-0-0
9
Faith Christian
9-4-0
18
9
2-1-0
10
St. Mary’s Academy
7-6-0
15
10
2-1-0
Others receiving votes:
The Classical Academy 12, Fountain Valley 7, Manitou Springs 7, Sterling 7, Roaring Fork 6, Alamosa 2, Basalt 2, SkyView Academy 2, Grand Valley 1, Liberty Common 1.
Chatfield is the No. 1 team in this week’s 5A baseball poll. (Pam Wagner)
Chatfield, 13-0 to start the 2014 season, has taken over atop this week’s Class 5A baseball poll from CHSAANow.com.
The Chargers moved up from No. 3 and received seven of the 15 first-place votes. They had 131 total points to top the ranking.
A total of six teams got first-place votes, including former No. 1 ThunderRidge, which dropped to No. 6 following its loss to Mountain Vista last week.
Fairview got two of those first-place votes and is No. 2 this week. Columbine, which plays Chatfield on Wednesday, is third, and Regis Jesuit is fourth. Mountain Vista rounds out the top five.
After ThunderRidge, Arapahoe is seventh and Ralston Valley is eighth. Chaparral is No. 9 this week, and Rocky Mountain is No. 10.
The 4A ranking also got a new No. 1 team this week when Windsor overtook Montrose. The Wizards received six of the 13 first-place votes, and had 115 overall points.
Montrose dropped to second this week, and is followed by No. 3 Niwot. Wheat Ridge bumped up one place to No. 4, while Lewis-Palmer is No. 5 after 3-0 week which included a win over then-No. 10 Palmer Ridge on Saturday.
Longmont is the lone newcomer to the 4A poll, joining at No. 10.
The other No. 1 teams held firm atop their respective rankings. Holy Family continued to lead 3A, Swink remain atop of 2A and Stratton continued to lead 1A.
Mullen didn’t stay away from the girls lacrosse rankings for long. The Mustangs returned to CHSAANow.com’s poll after one week away, and are No. 10 this week.
Outside of that, though, not much else changed. Teams ranked Nos. 1-7 all stayed put this week, including top-ranked Centaurus. Chatfield is No. 2, Air Academy is No. 3, Arapahoe is No. 4 and Cherry Creek rounds out the top 5.
Palmer Ridge jumped Colorado Academy is No. 8 this week.
Pine Creek toppled No. 1 Mountain Vista last week. This week, the Eagles now occupy that No. 1 spot.
Pine Creek beat Mountain Vista 4-3 on the road last Friday. Monday, the Eagles got eight of the 11 first-place votes and amassed 111 overall points to become the new No. 1 team.
Mountain Vista didn’t drop far. The Golden Eagles are No. 2 this week, while Rock Canyon is No. 3. Fairview is No 4 and Fossil Ridge rounds out the top five.
Unbeaten Smoky Hill (No. 6) and Ralston Valley (No. 10) are newcomers to the 5A ranking this week.
In 4A, Cheyenne Mountain continued to lead the ranking. That poll added Palmer Ridge at No. 10.
3A, however, also got a new No. 1 team. Colorado Academy took over for Kent Denver, which went 1-1-1 last week. Kent dropped to No. 2.
The lone newcomer to the ranking was No. 10 St. Mary’s Academy, which beat Kent last week.
Columbine 17, Arvada West 11, Standley Lake 11, Brighton 10, Prairie View 9, Liberty 8, Regis Jesuit 5, Grandview 2, Greeley West 2, Rangeview 2, Boulder 1, Castle View 1, Fruita Monument 1.
Dropped out
Columbine (7), Arvada West (9).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Cheyenne Mountain (9)
8-0-2
99
1
1-0-1
2
Broomfield (1)
8-1-1
81
3
3-0-0
3
Lewis-Palmer
7-2-3
57
4
1-1-1
4
Sand Creek
9-2-1
47
2
0-1-1
5
Valor Christian
8-3-0
43
5
2-1-0
6
Battle Mountain
10-1-0
38
6
0-0-0
7
Wheat Ridge
9-2-0
36
8
2-0-0
8
Niwot
10-1-0
33
10
2-0-0
9
Englewood
9-0-0
28
9
2-0-0
10
Palmer Ridge
6-4-0
22
–
3-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Windsor 11, Evergreen 9, Pueblo Centennial 9, Glenwood Springs 7, Palisade 6, Longmont 4, Montrose 4, Skyview 4, Green Mountain 3, Silver Creek 3, Weld Central 3, Air Academy 2, Ponderosa 1.
Dropped out
Evergreen (7).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Colorado Academy (6)
7-3-0
96
2
1-0-0
2
Kent Denver (3)
7-3-1
76
1
1-1-1
3
St. Mary’s
8-1-0
73
3
1-0-0
4
Coal Ridge (1)
12-0-0
62
5
2-0-0
5
Holy Family
6-2-1
57
4
1-1-0
6
Jefferson Academy
8-2-0
39
6
2-0-0
7
Frontier Academy
6-1-2
38
8
2-0-1
8
The Academy
9-1-0
21
9
3-0-0
9
Faith Christian
7-3-0
20
7
1-1-0
10
St. Mary’s Academy
5-5-0
19
–
3-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Evangelical Christian 12, Sterling 10, Denver Science & Tech 7, Manitou Springs 7, The Classical Academy 7, Liberty Common 4, Alamosa 3, Basalt 1, Fountain Valley 1, SkyView Academy 1.
MONUMENT — A 10-strikeout outing from pitcher Paul Tillotson gave No. 6 Lewis-Palmer a two-game lead in league play as the Rangers (11-3, 9-0) beat rival Palmer Ridge 2-1 in Class 4A baseball action Saturday.
Tillotson, the staff’s ace, went 6 1/3 innings giving up only a single earned run also accounted for the tying run in the bottom of the fourth. Bears pitcher Kurt Larson kept pace with Tilloston as he struck out 10 of his own and only allowed nine base runners all game.
Behind Larson, it was the tenth-ranked Bears (10-4, 8-2) who stuck first. With two outs and runners on the corners in the first inning, Jake Weems singled into right field bringing home what would prove to be their only run of the game.
With the way Larson was dealing on the mound, it looked like that one run might be able to hold off the Rangers. But with runners on second and third with no outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, a routine groundball to Bears shortstop Jack Stamper would bring about the downfall for Palmer Ridge. Stamper fielded the ball cleanly, but a bad throw got by first baseman Cassen Minarick allowed both runners to score, giving the Rangers a 2-1 lead.
“What do they say? ‘You take it any you can,’” Rangers coach Tom McCabe said. “Our belief and our gameplan is to put the ball in play hard and force the other to play defense. I’m real big on no strikeouts so we have to put the ball in play.”
(Dan Mohrmann)
Lewis-Palmer had a chance to extend its lead in the bottom of the sixth inning after loading the bases with two outs. Vinny Nall put a solid swing on the ball and ripped a line drive to right field, but it was caught by Jake Grubesic, taking the game to the seventh and final inning with the Bears trailing by one.
After throwing six solid innings, Tillotson convinced McCabe to go back out in the seventh to try and sew up the win for the Rangers. McCabe had kept a close a eye on Tillotson’s pitch count starting in the fifth and had toyed with the idea of diving into his bullpen. But in the end, he had enough faith in his sophomore ace to give him the chance to close it out.
“He’s been throwing all winter so he’s (capable of throwing) up to 100 pitches,” McCabe said. “When our guys get to 80 we starting looking and start watching real close. He said he felt good so we gave him two more batters.”
After a quick out to start the inning, he gave up a base hit to Billy Schulze who would move into scoring position on a passed ball. Stamper then singled to put runners on the corners with one out, ending Tillotson’s day.
McCabe then turned to Colin Cicere — who is scheduled to start Tuesday at Palmer Ridge — to get the last two outs of the inning. Cicere walked Cole Hurford to load the bases before striking out Carter Thorne and inducing a ground ball to shortstop Ben Stinson to finish the inning, giving the Rangers the win.
“I have all the confidence in the world in Colin,” Tillotson said. “I know Colin, he’s a great guy, a pitching fanatic and I knew he would come in and (be) good.”
The two Pikes Peak league rivals will meet again Tuesday, this time on Palmer Ridge’s home field. Now facing a two game deficit in the standings, the pressure is on the Bears to even the season series and maintain a shot at winning a league title.
“I believe this was the key game,” McCabe said. “The pressure lies on them now. They have to us. I’m hoping we go into Palmer Ridge the way we stressed to the boys, nice and loose and able to execute our game plan. It was big for us to win here at home and relieve some of the pressure.”
Wild Card points help determine the postseason fields in 3A, 4A and 5A, with 4A and 5A also using them for seeding. Find a more detailed breakdown here.
Baseball’s Wild Card point standings for April 17 are below.
