Castle View 12, Columbine 9, Arvada West 7, Chatfield 7, Eaglecrest 7, Grandview 7, Smoky Hill 6, ThunderRidge 3, Arapahoe 1, Greeley West 1, Horizon 1, Legend 1, Liberty 1, Mountain Range 1.
Dropped out
Liberty (8).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Cheyenne Mountain (8)
2-0-1
99
1
2-0-1
2
Valor Christian (2)
3-0-0
86
4
3-0-0
3
Broomfield
1-1-1
64
2
1-1-1
4
Lewis-Palmer
2-0-2
48
9
2-0-2
5
Green Mountain
2-1-0
37
10
2-1-0
6
Evergreen
2-1-1
36
–
2-1-1
7
Palmer Ridge
1-1-0
34
3
1-1-0
8
Sand Creek
2-0-0
33
–
2-0-0
9
Battle Mountain
4-0-0
32
–
4-0-0
10
Wheat Ridge
2-1-0
22
6
2-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Centaurus 14, Falcon 14, Palisade 14, Windsor 10, Englewood 9, Ponderosa 9, Pueblo Centennial 8, Air Academy 6, Mead 6, Silver Creek 6, John F. Kennedy 5, Longmont 5, Skyview 4, Golden 2, Mullen 1, Thompson Valley 1.
Dropped out
Air Academy (5), Mullen (7), Centaurus (8).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Colorado Academy (7)
1-2-0
85
1
1-2-0
2
Kent Denver
1-2-0
70
4
1-2-0
3
St. Mary’s (2)
1-0-0
59
6
1-0-0
4
Holy Family
0-0-0
52
5
0-0-0
5
The Classical Academy
0-3-0
50
2
0-3-0
6
Coal Ridge
2-0-0
42
8
2-0-0
7
Frontier Academy
0-0-1
34
7
0-0-1
8
Peak to Peak
0-1-1
25
3
0-1-1
9
Manitou Springs
2-1-0
17
9
2-1-0
10
Fountain Valley
3-0-0
15
–
3-0-0
Others receiving votes:
The Academy 10, Liberty Common 9, Faith Christian 7, Grand Valley 6, Bayfield 5, Jefferson Academy 4, The Pinnacle 3, St. Mary’s Academy 2.
More photos. (Tim Visser/TimVisserPhotography.com)
DENVER — Broomfield girls basketball is two wins away from regaining its familiar label of state champions.
“We are definitely hungry. We are ready. We want it bad,” Broomfield senior Bri Wilbur said after the Eagles’ 74-51 victory over Palmer Ridge in the Class 4A state quarterfinals Saturday night.
The Eagles won five consecutive 4A hoops titles from 2007 to 2011.
Broomfield fell just short of regaining its championship form last season when the Eagles lost in overtime to Pueblo South in the 4A title game. In 2012, Broomfield came up short against eventual champ Air Academy in the state quarterfinals.
“That is always in the back of our minds,” Broomfield junior Callie Kaiser said of the last two season-ending losses. “We really want it that title back.”
The victory Saturday at the Denver Coliseum sends No. 1 seed and undefeated Broomfield (26-0) back to the Coors Events Center in Boulder. The Eagles face No. 1 seed Valor Christian in the 4A semifinals on Thursday, March 13.
Palmer Ridge (22-4) did give Broomfield a game through the first half. The Eagles led 37-28, but pushed their lead to 22 points — 62-40 — at the end of the third quarter. Kaiser and sophomore Brenna Chase were huge in the Eagles’ 25-point third quarter.
Kaiser played just four minutes in the first half because of foul trouble. She scored eight points in the third quarter and finished with 10 points on the night.
“I wanted to come out here and do what I could,” Kaiser said. “Getting those two fouls quick really slowed my momentum down, but our team played really well and got the momentum going for us.”
Wilbur, who finished with 18 points, credited Kaiser for Broomfield being able to pull-away from Palmer Ridge after halftime.
“Callie, right after halftime, stepped up her game and I think that was the spark for our third quarter,” Wilbur said. “It was good with everyone scoring like that.”
Five Eagles finished in double-digit points. Sophomore Brenna Chase had a team-high 19 points, including going 3-for-6 from 3-point range. Junior Nicole Lehrer had a big first half scoring all of her 15 points before halftime. Sophomore Brenna Fankell came off the bench for 10 points.
Turnover problems plagued Palmer Ridge throughout the game. The Bears were credited with 24 turnovers.
“We really got into them. We picked them up early and started finishing (off turnovers),” Kaiser said. “We talked about having good defense and not allowing them to control the game.”
Palmer Ridge senior Ali Meyer led the way for the Bears with 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting. Senior Rhyley Lane (eight points) helped the Bears’ cause with a pair of 3-pointers in the first half.
The closest game the Eagles have played this year was an 18-point victory over 5A’s ThunderRidge. Wilbur said she didn’t mind a test before heading to Boulder.
“It was really fun. Palmer Ridge had a really good defense and it was fun to go against it,” Wilbur said. “We just played our game and played hard. That kept us going.”
Mountain Vista won last season’s 5A girls soccer title. (CHSAA file photo)
Mountain Vista, coming off of its second championship in three years, leads the preseason CHSAANow.com girls soccer poll in 5A.
The Golden Eagles return a number of key pieces, including leading scorer Megan Massey (17 goals, nine assists) and sophomore Mallory Pugh (10 goals, three assists).
They are followed by No. 2 Rock Canyon, last season’s runner-up, No. 3 Fossil Ridge and No. 4 Legacy. No. 5 Fairview rounds out the top five.
Another defending champion, Cheyenne Mountain, heads the 4A poll. The Indians received 10 of the 12 first-place votes. They return their leading scorer, as well, in junior Hannah Gerdin. Starting goalie Hunter Peifer is also back.
Broomfield is No. 2 in the 4A ranking, and is followed by No. 3 Palmer Ridge, No. 4 Valor Christian and No. 5 Air Academy.
Colorado Academy is the preseason No. 1 in 3A.
Complete rankings for all classes are below. A state semifinals last season, the Mustangs return their two two scorers from last season, as well as their keeper.
The Classical Academy, last season’s runner-up, is No. 2. Defending champion Peak to Peak comes in at No. 3, Kent Denver is No. 4 and Holy Family is No. 5.
Colorado Academy’s Sterre Van Ede received the most votes from coaches during that process, and, as a result, has been selected as the player of the year.
Scroll down to see the entire team.
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All-state field hockey
Player of the year: Sterre Van Ede, Colorado Academy
Regis Jesuit remains atop the girls basketball ranking in 5A this week. (Mark Adams)
Poudre, winner of its past five games, has joined this week’s CHSAANow.com 5A girls basketball ranking.
The Impalas are now 16-5 and are ranked No. 10.
Regis Jesuit continued to lead the ranking, as the Raiders have all season long. In fact, the top-6 all stayed the same this week, including No. 2 Grandview, No. 3 Lakewood, No. 4 Mountain Vista, No. 5 Fossil Ridge and No. 6 Cherry Creek.
Highlands Ranch moved up to No. 7 from No. 9 and Rock Canyon from No. 10 to No. 8. ThunderRidge dropped one place to ninth.
Each of the other four No. 1 teams stayed put, too. Those are Broomfield (4A), Holy Family (3A), Lutheran (2A) and Caliche (1A).
With the regular season ending this weekend, these will serve as the final rankings of the season.
