Mountain Vista lacrosse is up to No. 3 in the 5A boys lacrosse ranking. (Mark Adams)
Mountain Vista boys lacrosse, riding a six-game winning streak, has moved up to No. 3 in this week’s Class 5A boys lacrosse rankings from CHSAANow.com.
The Golden Eagles are 10-2 to start the season, and beat No. 4 Kent Denver last week, 12-8.
Regis Jesuit held onto the top spot in 5A, and continued to be followed by No. 2 Cherry Creek.
After Mountain Vista, Kent Denver stayed at No. 4 and Arapahoe rounds out the top five.
Chaparral is the lone newcomer to the 5A poll this week, joining at No. 10.
In 4A, Wheat Ridge stayed in the No. 1 spot — a position it has occupied since the preseason.
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.
Chaparral, which went 4-6 last season, has hired offensive coordinator Rod Dobbs to be its head coach. (Kevin Keyser/KeyserImages.com)
Two further Class 5A football openings closed in the last week.
Chaparral hired Rod Dobbs to fill its spot last Tuesday, while Doherty tabbed Jeff Krumlauf on Friday. Both were offensive coordinators at their respective schools this past season.
Dobbs has a long history of coaching, including 18 years spent as an assistant at the University of Northern Colorado. He’s also been a head coach at Prairie View and Liberty.
“There are a lot of pluses,” he told the Parker Chronicle of the Chaparral job. “There are a lot of good things and a lot of good kids. There are some things we are going to do differently but at the same time there are a lot of things we are not going to upset.”
Dobbs replaces John Vogt, who resigned this offseason. Vogt was 46-30 in seven seasons.
The Wolverines went 4-6 last season.
Krumlauf, meanwhile, takes over a program that is coming off of its best season in years. Doherty went 8-3 last season, including a win in the first round of the 5A playoffs.
But coach David Joyce took a job in Arkansas in March, and left after two seasons at the helm. It left the spot open for Krumlauf, who told the Colorado Springs Gazette he wasn’t planning on changing much.
“We want to continue improving and hopefully bring a state championship to Doherty High School,” Krumlauf told the paper. “I know next year’s class won’t settle for getting only to the second round of the playoffs.”
Meanwhile, Fossil Ridge hired Brian Tinker, formerly of Inola High School in Oklahoma, in late March. The Fort Collins Coloradoan first reported that hiring.
Additionally, 8-man Gilpin County has hired Craig Ball. He, too, was offensive coordinator there for the past three years, and replaced the retiring Eric Goodlett at season’s end.
Ball, a former high school quarterback from Texas, also assists with Gilpin County’s wrestling and track programs.
In mid-February, Chatfield sent out a release announcing the hire of baseball coach Brandon Stone.
Stone was up against it. Chatfield’s first game was exactly 30 days away.
Well, Stone’s Chargers are now 11-0, and sit atop Class 5A baseball’s Wild Card points by a sizable margin. Through the weekend’s games, Chatfield has 114.091 points; second-place Regis Jesuit is at 111.364, third-place ThunderRidge has 109.000.
We’re only at the midpoint of the 2014 season, but Chatfield is just two wins away from matching its entire total from all of last season, when the Chargers went 13-10.
Still, that record is somewhat deceiving. Chatfield cruised through the district round to reach the final eight last year (where they went 0-2). Now, they’re carrying the momentum on through to this spring.
Leading the way has been junior Kyle Winkler, who is batting .559 with a team-high 18 RBIs, five doubles and a home run. It’s a dangerous lineup, which features seven players hitting .390 or above, and five kids with double-digit RBIs. The latter group doesn’t even include Blake Moore, who has three home runs.
The staff, led by a trio of seniors, has been good, too. Nick Chamberlain has a 1.33 ERA in a team-high 21 innings pitched. Patrick Barder carries a 2.58 ERA in 19 innings, while Travis Schnoor is at 3.50 in 12 innings.
Chatfield hasn’t won a game in the final eight since 2008. Does that change this year?
He’s the third local football player from the class of 2015 to commit publicly thus far. Pine Creek defensive back Avery Anderson and Valor Christian defensive back Eric Lee have both pledged to Nebraska.
East went 13-1 last season, with the lone loss coming in the Class 4A championship game. The Leopards feature senior-to-be Christian Folau, a linebacker who has committed to Stanford.
The two teams will play on Sept. 5 at Valor.
It is the third out-of-state team the Eagles will play next season. They’ll open up at Bonneville, Idaho, on Aug. 22 (Zero Week), before returning home to play Pomona on Aug. 29. The East game is the following week, and then Valor — a five-time defending champion across classes 5A, 4A and 3A — hosts Chandler (Ariz.) on Sept. 12.
Denver East’s Carey gets his own day
Gov. John Hickenlooper and Rep. Angela Williams proclaimed April 10 “Rudy Carey Day” for the Denver East coach.
Here’s a picture our Tom Robinson snapped at the announcement last week:
On a related note, Collier’s Angels finished at No. 10 in MaxPreps’ national rankings. It’s the highest finish for a boys team in this state since the ranking started in 2005-06.
Regis Jesuit’s girls basketball team finished at No. 11 in those same rankings. It, too, is the highest finish ever for a girls team from Colorado. That ranking started in 2005-06, as well.
Cherry Creek baseball coach Marc Johnson won the 700th game of his career on Wednesday. Friday, the Bruins’ Brian Perry won his 200th as boys lacrosse coach.
Here’s an interesting take on youth sports from Changing The Game Project, where they examine “an adult driven, hyper competitive race to the top in both academics and athletics that serves the needs of the adults, but rarely the kids.” This culture, they argue, “produces bitter athletes who get hurt, burnout, and quit sports altogether.”
Fairview, and shortstop Cameron Frazier (3) are No. 4 in this week’s 5A baseball poll. (Dennis Pleuss)
Perhaps no win was bigger for Fairview in recent years than last Thursday’s decision over then-No. 5 Rocky Mountain.
But the win for the Knights was just one-fourth a tough 4-0 week last week, and now they find themselves ranked No. 4 in this week’s CHSAANow.com Class 5A baseball poll. Fairview was seventh last week.
The Knights are actually 7-0 in Colorado, with the lone loss coming in Arizona during a Spring Break tournament. Their lineup has produced double-digit scoring outputs the past four games.
ThunderRidge remained in its top spot in the 5A ranking, where it has been since the preseason. Regis Jesuit stayed at No. 2, and Chatfield held firm at No. 3.
Behind Fairview, Columbine rounds out the top five.
Ralston Valley is No. 6, Mountain Vista is No. 7 and Arapahoe is No. 8. Rocky Mountain dropped to No. 9 after going 1-2 last week.
Chaparral is the lone newcomer to 5A this week. The Wolverines rejoined the poll at No. 10.
Elsewhere, Swink took over the top spot in the 2A ranking. At 9-0, Swink moved up from No. 2. Former No. 1 Resurrection Christian dropped to No. 3.
The 2A poll added Kiowa (No. 8) this week.
The other No. 1 teams remained the same. Those are Montrose (4A), Holy Family (3A) and Stratton (1A).
The 4A poll has two new teams this week: Wheat Ridge, which joined all the way at No. 5, and Elizabeth, which is No. 7.
Cherry Creek 16, Central (G.J.) 10, Fruita Monument 6, Legacy 4, Rock Canyon 3, Dakota Ridge 2, Pine Creek 2, Brighton 1.
Dropped out
Dakota Ridge (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Montrose (5)
9-2
112
1
1-1
2
Niwot (4)
10-1
106
4
3-0
3
Windsor (4)
12-1
101
2
3-0
4
Delta (1)
11-1
77
5
0-1
5
Wheat Ridge
7-2
64
–
3-0
6
Lewis-Palmer
8-3
50
9
3-0
7
Elizabeth
10-1
41
–
3-0
8
Valor Christian
7-5
38
3
0-2
9
Evergreen
7-2
36
10
3-0
10
Palmer Ridge
8-3
31
7
3-1
Others receiving votes:
Pueblo Centennial 19, Longmont 17, Air Academy 16, Ponderosa 12, Mesa Ridge 10, Mountain View 9, Skyline 7, Pueblo East 4, Canon City 3, Falcon 3, Pueblo West 2, Widefield 2, Durango 1, Green Mountain 1, Pueblo South 1.
Dropped out
Longmont (6), Falcon (8).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Holy Family (6)
12-0
85
1
4-0
2
Eaton (3)
8-0
84
2
1-0
3
Faith Christian
9-1
67
3
4-0
4
Gunnison
10-0
49
7
3-0
5
Valley
10-1
46
5
2-1
6
Cedaredge
11-0
41
6
2-0
7
Lamar
9-3
38
4
2-2
8
University
7-2
28
9
1-1
9
Brush
7-1
24
–
4-0
10
The Classical Academy
7-2
18
8
3-1
Others receiving votes:
Bayfield 14, La Junta 1.
Dropped out
Bayfield (10).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Swink (3)
9-0
63
2
4-0
2
Rye (1)
9-1
55
4
3-0
3
Resurrection Christian (2)
8-2
52
1
2-1
4
Hotchkiss (1)
11-2
42
7
2-0
5
Peyton
9-1
39
6
2-1
6
Sedgwick County
7-1
36
8
2-0
7
Lutheran
5-4
21
5
2-1
8
Kiowa
7-3
15
–
5-1
9
Limon
6-3
13
10
1-1
10
Denver Christian
4-3
11
3
2-1
Others receiving votes:
Haxtun 6, Holyoke 6, Dolores 5, Front Range Christian 5, Lyons 5, Sierra Grande 4, Byers 2, Nucla 2, Rocky Ford 2, Yuma 1.
Dropped out
Ignacio (9).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Stratton (5)
5-1
50
1
1-1
2
Granada
3-2
40
3
0-1
3
Elbert
5-1
38
2
1-0
4
Caliche
5-6
29
4
2-0
5
Eads
4-7
28
7
2-1
6
Briggsdale
5-4
20
–
3-1
7
Community Christian
5-5
15
6
2-0
8
Peetz
1-2
14
8
0-1
9
Fleming
3-3
11
10
0-0
10
Dove Creek
2-8
9
9
0-2
Others receiving votes:
Cornerstone Christian 7, County Line 7, Holly 3, Manzanola 3, Cotopaxi 1.
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 9 are below.
Regis Jesuit walked away with a win over Arapahoe in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown on Saturday. Monday, the Raiders are the unanimous pick to lead CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A boys lacrosse poll.
Cherry Creek moved up one spot to No. 2, Kent Denver jumped two places to No. 3 and Arapahoe fell to fourth. Mountain Vista rounds out the top five.
Chaparral (No. 8) and Columbine (No. 10) joined the 5A ranking this week.
Wheat Ridge extended its stay at No. 1 in 4A.
Behind the Farmers, Ponderosa moved up four spots to No. 2. Likewise, Steamboat Springs went from No. 7 to No. 3. Aspen is fourth and Thompson Valley rounds out the top five.
Air Academy is the lone newcomer this week at No. 10.
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 2 are below.
