Six new teams joined this week’s boys soccer rankings. They are: Pueblo Centennial and Golden (4A); James Irwin and Salida (3A); and Mile High Academy and Fountain Valley (2A).
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Boulder (9)
7-0-0
90
1
2-0-0
2
Grandview
8-0-1
79
2
1-0-0
3
Fairview
7-0-0
60
3
2-0-0
4
Legacy
7-0-0
57
7
2-0-0
5
Fort Collins
4-1-1
50
5
2-0-0
6
Broomfield
5-2-0
46
4
1-1-0
7
Arapahoe
6-0-2
31
6
0-0-1
8
Denver East
7-1-0
29
10
3-0-0
9
Rampart
6-0-1
26
8
2-0-1
10
Greeley West
4-1-2
9
9
0-1-1
Others receiving votes:
Arvada West 3, Legend 3, Rocky Mountain 3, Cherokee Trail 2, Regis Jesuit 2, Valor Christian 2, Chatfield 1, Hinkley 1, Ralston Valley 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Air Academy (7)
6-1-1
88
1
0-0-1
2
Regis Groff (2)
8-0-0
66
2
2-0-0
3
Durango
9-1-0
57
4
2-0-0
4
Battle Mountain
7-1-1
55
9
1-0-1
5
Skyview
8-0-0
36
8
1-0-0
6
Denver North
5-1-1
34
6
1-1-0
7
Pueblo Centennial
8-1-1
27
–
2-0-0
8
Centaurus
4-2-0
20
5
1-0-0
9
Discovery Canyon
7-1-0
18
7
1-1-0
10
Golden
7-2-0
15
–
1-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Kennedy 11, Steamboat Springs 11, Mullen 10, Niwot 9, Lewis-Palmer 8, Skyline 8, Green Mountain 7, Pueblo West 6, The Classical Academy 5, Fort Morgan 2, Widefield 2.
Dropped out
Steamboat Springs (3), Fort Morgan (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (4)
7-0-1
75
1
2-0-0
2
Roaring Fork (2)
7-0-1
57
3
0-0-0
3
Atlas Prep (1)
7-0-0
51
4
2-0-0
4
Colorado Academy
6-1-0
40
6
2-0-0
5
Liberty Common
4-1-0
35
5
2-0-0
6
Faith Christian (1)
6-1-1
33
2
1-1-0
7
Delta
6-1-1
28
9
2-0-0
8
Vail Mountain
5-2-0
26
8
0-1-0
9
James Irwin
6-1-0
19
–
1-1-0
10
Salida
4-3-1
13
–
1-1-0
Others receiving votes:
DSST: Stapleton 11, Colorado Springs Christian 10, Arrupe Jesuit 9, Aurora West College Prep 6, Peak to Peak 5, The Academy 5, DSST: Green Valley Ranch 4, Coal Ridge 3, DSST: Byers 3, Lutheran 3, Manitou Springs 2, Jefferson Academy 1, William Smith 1.
Crested Butte is now the No. 1 team in the Class 2A boys soccer rankings.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Boulder (6)
5-0-0
104
1
1-0-0
2
Grandview (4)
7-0-1
100
2
2-0-0
3
Fairview (1)
5-0-0
72
5
1-0-0
4
Broomfield
4-1-0
55
3
1-0-0
5
Fort Collins
2-1-1
52
4
0-1-0
6
Arapahoe
6-0-1
50
6
1-0-0
7
Legacy
5-0-0
48
7
1-0-0
8
Rampart
4-0-0
28
–
1-0-0
9
Greeley West
4-0-1
26
–
2-0-0
10
Denver East
4-1-0
25
9
3-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Rocky Mountain 8, Valor Christian 7, Arvada West 5, Castle View 5, Fossil Ridge 4, Legend 4, Mountain Range 4, Ralston Valley 3, Chatfield 2, Regis Jesuit 2, Far Northeast 1.
Dropped out
Arvada West (8), Poudre (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Air Academy (8)
6-1-0
89
1
2-0-0
2
Regis Groff (2)
6-0-0
60
–
2-0-0
3
Steamboat Springs
5-0-0
59
4
2-0-0
4
Durango
7-1-0
47
3
2-0-0
5
Centaurus
3-2-0
45
2
0-1-0
6
Denver North
4-0-1
44
6
2-0-0
7
Discovery Canyon
6-0-0
43
9
2-0-0
8
Skyview
7-0-0
42
8
2-0-0
9
Battle Mountain
6-1-0
32
10
2-0-0
10
Fort Morgan
5-1-0
20
–
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Green Mountain 19, Golden 12, Pueblo Centennial 9, Skyline 9, Mullen 8, Pueblo West 6, Northfield 3, Kennedy 2, Widefield 2.
Dropped out
Green Mountain (5), The Classical Academy (7).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (5)
5-0-1
85
1
2-0-0
2
Faith Christian
5-0-1
62
2
1-0-1
3
Roaring Fork (3)
7-0-1
48
4
3-0-0
4
Atlas Prep
5-0-0
43
8
2-0-0
5
Liberty Common (1)
2-1-0
40
5
2-1-0
6
Colorado Academy
4-1-0
36
6
2-0-0
7
Colorado Springs Christian
3-2-0
30
3
0-1-0
8
Vail Mountain
5-1-0
28
–
1-0-0
9
Delta
4-1-1
21
7
1-0-0
10
The Academy
3-3-0
19
10
1-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Peak to Peak 13, Lamar 11, James Irwin 10, DSST: Byers 7, Aurora West College Prep 6, Arrupe Jesuit 5, Coal Ridge 5, DSST: Stapleton 5, Aspen 4, Basalt 3, Manitou Springs 3, Prospect Ridge Academy 3, KIPP Denver 2, St. Mary’s 2, DSST: Green Valley Ranch 1, Jefferson Academy 1, William Smith 1, Strive Prep – Smart 1.
Three of the four boys soccer classifications have new top-ranked teams in this week’s polls, with Air Academy (4A), Kent Denver (3A) and Telluride (2A) taking over at the top.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Boulder (6)
4-0-0
92
1
1-0-0
2
Grandview (4)
5-0-1
89
3
2-0-0
3
Broomfield
3-1-0
59
5
2-0-0
4
Fort Collins
2-0-1
53
4
0-0-0
5
Fairview
4-0-0
52
6
1-0-0
6
Arapahoe
5-0-1
46
7
3-0-0
7
Legacy
4-0-0
36
–
2-0-0
8
Arvada West
3-1-0
33
9
0-1-0
9
Denver East
1-1-0
19
2
0-1-0
10
Poudre
4-0-0
14
–
1-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Valor Christian 11, Regis Jesuit 10, Hinkley 7, Greeley West 6, Legend 6, Rampart 6, Westminster 4, Mountain Range 3, Pine Creek 2, Chatfield 1, Rocky Mountain 1.
Dropped out
Legend (8), Hinkley (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Air Academy (2)
4-1-0
71
2
2-0-0
2
Centaurus (3)
3-1-0
63
1
1-1-0
3
Durango (2)
5-1-0
58
3
2-1-0
4
Steamboat Springs (1)
3-0-0
46
–
1-0-0
5
Green Mountain
6-1-0
43
6
2-1-0
6
Denver North (1)
2-0-1
36
4
1-0-1
7
The Classical Academy
3-1-0
34
5
2-0-0
8
Skyview
5-0-0
33
7
2-0-0
9
Discovery Canyon
4-0-0
22
–
2-0-0
10
Battle Mountain
4-1-0
15
10
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Thomas Jefferson 14, Pueblo West 13, Mullen 8, Niwot 7, Pueblo Centennial 4, Arvada 3, Fort Morgan 3, Northridge 3, Cheyenne Mountain 2, Silver Creek 2.
Dropped out
Niwot (8), Mullen (9).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (4)
3-0-1
75
2
1-0-1
2
Faith Christian (2)
4-0-0
71
–
2-0-0
3
Colorado Springs Christian
3-1-0
50
4
2-1-0
4
Roaring Fork
4-0-1
47
–
2-0-0
5
Liberty Common (3)
0-0-0
45
1
0-0-0
6
Colorado Academy
2-1-0
42
3
2-1-0
7
Delta
3-1-1
29
–
0-1-1
8
Atlas Prep
3-0-0
25
–
0-0-0
9
Manitou Springs
3-1-0
22
10
1-1-0
10
The Academy
2-2-0
21
6
0-2-0
Others receiving votes:
Lamar 19, The Pinnacle 17, DSST: Stapleton 12, Peak to Peak 11, Lutheran 10, KIPP Denver 7, Aurora West College Prep 6, DSST: Byers 6, Valley 6, Arrupe Jesuit 5, Prospect Ridge Academy 4, Vail Mountain 4, Aspen 3, DSST: Green Valley Ranch 3, St. Mary’s 3, Strive Prep – Smart 3, Salida 2, Eagle Ridge Academy 1, James Irwin 1.
Dropped out
KIPP Denver (5), Arrupe Jesuit (7), The Pinnacle (8), Jefferson Academy (9).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Telluride (6)
3-1-1
30
4
1-1-1
2
Ridgway
1-1-0
19
2
0-1-0
3
Crested Butte
6-1-1
12
5
2-1-1
4
Denver Christian
2-2-1
9
3
1-1-0
5
Heritage Christian
3-1-0
7
–
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Fountain Valley 6, Mile High Academy 4, Dawson School 2, Evangelical Christian 1.
Kit Carson controlled the game from start to finish in moving to 2-0 this season.
“We ran the ball really well,” coach Curt Connelley told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show. “Our special teams really got us on the board quickly.”
Joe Bryan returned a kickoff for a touchdown, and his brother, Chris Bryan, returned a punt for a score.
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8-man: Fowler 28, (4) Akron 20
Fowler knocked off the previously-unbeaten Rams with a late score. The Grizzlies recovered a kickoff after a fortunate bounce to set up the touchdown.
“It was a lot of smashmouth football. Akron had a couple of big plays on us. They did a great job defensively,” coach Mark Van Sickle told the Scoreboard Show. “We were three- to four-yards and a cloud of dust. It was great to get back to what I think Fowler football is.”
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Notables
Ponderosa got a huge win by upsetting No. 3 Windsor in 4A, 17-13. Nick Hoff and Ethan Waite each rushed for a touchdown.
Hinkley is off to its first 2-0 start since 2014 following a 7-0 win over Gateway. The Thunderbirds have opened the season with consecutive shutouts.
Pagosa Springs knocked off 1A No. 3 Centauri 31-12.
Smoky Hill is now 3-0 for the first time since 2007. The Buffs beat Northglenn 21-6.
Quite the stat line for Bryson Long of No. 6 Peetz in 6-man: He rushed for 270 yards and had five touchdowns in a 67-22 win over No. 9 Fleming.
It’s always a big rivalry game, and even though they’re now in different classes, this matchup was no different as 1A No. 1 Strasburg beat 2A No. 8 Bennett 32-8.
In a game that featured six lead changes, 4A No. 4 Chatfield held off Brighton 39-30.
In 8-man, No. 4 Prairie beat No. 10 Briggsdale 56-40. “We had a little bit more offensively efficiency. Our offense clicked a lot more tonight,” coach Justin Kerns told the Scoreboard Show of the difference from his team’s first game to its second. Photos from the game are here.
5A Castle View won a wild back-and-forth game on the final play of the game against Wasatch (Utah), 36-35. The Sabercats are now 2-1 under Todd Casebier in his first year — doubling their win total from last season.
Evergreen blocked a last-second field goal to upset Mead.
Denver North QB Erik Flores threw for 370 yards and five touchdowns in his team’s 56-40 win over Englewood. Four of those TDs went to Keon Brickens.
In 5A, Highlands Ranch beat Regis Jesuit in overtime, 20-17.
Eagle Valley snapped a 12-game losing streak with a 57-12 victory against Alameda.
2A No. 7 Basalt cruised to a 47-6 win over Battle Mountain. “The offensive line really played well tonight,” coach Carl Frerichs told the Scoreboard Show.
8-man No. 1 Sedgwick County has now won 25 games in a row after beating Gilpin County 60-0.
Boulder (5A) and Centaurus (4A) have taken over atop their respective boys soccer rankings this week.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Boulder (8)
3-0-0
89
2
1-0-0
2
Denver East
1-0-0
73
3
1-0-0
3
Grandview (1)
3-0-1
71
5
1-0-1
4
Fort Collins
2-0-1
67
4
1-0-1
5
Broomfield
1-1-0
54
1
0-1-0
6
Fairview
3-0-0
46
6
1-0-0
7
Arapahoe
2-0-1
34
7
1-0-1
8
Legend
3-0-0
25
–
2-0-0
9
Arvada West
3-0-0
13
–
2-0-0
10
Hinkley
1-0-0
10
10
1-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Legacy 7, Cherokee Trail 2, Cherry Creek 2, Rampart 2.
Dropped out
Cherry Creek (8), Far Northeast (9).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Centaurus (8)
2-0-0
80
2
2-0-0
2
Air Academy
2-1-0
72
1
1-0-0
3
Durango
3-0-0
60
5
1-0-0
4
Denver North
1-0-0
46
6
1-0-0
5
The Classical Academy
1-1-0
38
4
1-1-0
6
Green Mountain
4-0-0
25
–
2-0-0
7
Skyview
3-0-0
23
–
2-0-0
8
Niwot
1-1-1
20
3
0-1-1
9
Mullen
3-0-0
19
–
1-0-0
10
Battle Mountain
2-1-0
18
–
1-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Pueblo West 15, Cheyenne Mountain 10, Lewis-Palmer 5, Pueblo Centennial 4, Thomas Jefferson 4, Steamboat Springs 1.
Dropped out
Kennedy (7), Skyline (8), Littleton (9), Pueblo West (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Liberty Common (7)
0-0-0
70
1
0-0-0
2
Kent Denver
2-0-0
69
2
2-0-0
3
Colorado Academy
0-0-0
53
3
0-0-0
4
Colorado Springs Christian
1-0-0
44
4
1-0-0
5
KIPP Denver
2-0-0
38
6
1-0-0
6
The Academy
2-0-0
31
9
1-0-0
7
Arrupe Jesuit
2-0-0
26
8
1-0-0
8
The Pinnacle
3-1-0
20
–
2-0-0
9
Jefferson Academy
0-3-0
15
5
0-2-0
10
Manitou Springs
2-0-0
14
–
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Peak to Peak 12, Valley 12, Delta 8, Atlas Prep 7, DSST: Stapleton 6, Roaring Fork 6, Coal Ridge 5, St. Mary’s 2, Faith Christian 1, Salida 1.
Centaurus and Skyview combined to kick off their softball seasons with some fireworks.
The two teams scored a total of 64 runs in Saturday’s season-opener for both teams. Centaurus won 34-30.
There was only one half-inning in which the teams didn’t score: Skyview held Centaurus off the board in the top of the first inning. But from there on out, each team scored at least once the rest of the game.
Centaurus scored 17 runs in the top of the fourth inning. Skyview had eight runs in the bottom of the fourth. After that inning, the Warriors led 27-18. It was 30-23 after the fifth, and Skyview cut it to 32-29 following a six-run sixth inning.
But Centaurus added two runs in the top of the seventh to go up 34-29, and then Skyview had its lowest run output of the entire game in the bottom half, scoring just one run.
Individually, freshmen Lily Wright and Paige Morton each had five RBIs for Centaurus. Morton also had five hits, including a home run, and scored a team-high six runs. Kay Borrego, a sophomore, went 6-for-7.
Another freshman, Brianna Williams, had five stolen bases.
Centaurus had an on-base percentage of .603 as a team, and a slugging percentage of .851 in the game.
The 2018 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/MaxPreps)
Player of the year: Sam Ireland, Mountain Vista
Coach of the year: Ron Quintana, Mountain Vista
First Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Brayden Brooks
Mountain Range
Senior
Garrett Declue
Arapahoe
LHP/CF
Senior
Riley Egloff
Heritage
RHP/3B
Senior
Sam Ireland
Mountain Vista
RHP/3B/1B
Junior
Niklavs Levensteins
Ralston Valley
3B/2B
Senior
Jack Liffrig
Mountain Vista
LHP
Senior
Justin Olson
Pine Creek
1B/LHP
Senior
Tanner O’Tremba
Cherry Creek
Zach Paschke
Mountain Vista
INF
Senior
Second Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Justin Boyd
Legend
SS/CF
Junior
Matthew Boyd
Regis Jesuit
Senior
Riley Cornelio
Pine Creek
SS/RHP
Junior
Brandon Dryer
Arapahoe
LF/RHP/2B
Senior
Hayden Heinze
Rocky Mountain
OF
Senior
AJ Jergensen
Ralston Valley
OF
Junior
Arian Jimenez-Quezada
Heritage
SS/3B/RHP
Senior
Kasey Koppelmaa
Chatfield
LHP/OF
Senior
Andrew Morris
Monarch
2B/P
Senior
Josh Thompson
Highlands Ranch
P
Senior
Honorable mention:
Luke Bailey, Chaparral, OF, Senior
Jake Barber, Cherokee Trail, Senior
Simon Baumgardt, Lakewood, P/SS, Junior
Tyler Boggs, Fruita Monument, C, Senior
Alex Champagne, Heritage, SS/2B, Freshman
Colten Chase, Cherokee Trail, Senior
Dorsey Chatham, Boulder,
Pete Chronowski, Heritage, LHP/1B, Junior
Benjamin Derosiers, Castle View, LHP/1B/CF, Senior
Ozzie Dominguez, Aurora Central, P/1B, Senior
John Emerson, Denver East, Junior
Tanner Garner, Broomfield, Senior
Zach Goodman, Arapahoe, C/OF/UTIL, Senior
Jake Greiving, Legend, C/OF/3B, Junior
Zach Harstad, Loveland, 1B/LHP/OF, Junior
Calvin Hunt, Ralston Valley, RHP, Junior
Jenner Kehe, Lakewood, P/OF/SS, Sophomore
Cam Kennedy, Smoky Hill, CF/3B/2B, Junior
Reese Lansville, ThunderRidge, RHP/INF, Senior
Cale Lansville, ThunderRidge, RHP/INF, Freshman
Grant Magill, Mountain Vista, C, Junior
Jayden Martinez, Grandview, OF/DH, Junior
Nick Merone, Rock Canyon,
Trey Morrill, Fruita Monument, P/OF, Senior
Cade Nelson, Rocky Mountain, INF/P, Junior
Drew Norsen, Fort Collins, OF/LHP, Sophomore
Jay Onken, Pine Creek, OF/RHP, Senior
Ryan Overboe, Legacy, LHP/1B/RF, Senior
Quentin Parr, Cherry Creek,
Mike Polson, Mountain Range, Senior
Henry Rock, Fairview, Junior
Tyler Schultz, Cherry Creek,
Frankie Shearn, Columbine, OF, Senior
Ross Smith, Legacy, RHP/RF, Senior
Drew Stahl, Mountain Vista, INF, Junior
Ryan Stohr, Dakota Ridge, RHP/1B, Junior
Zach Sulyma, Eaglecrest, 3B/C, Senior
David Velasquez, Brighton, SS/P/3B, Senior
Wyatt Wendell, Rock Canyon,
Reggie Williams, Douglas County, Senior
Kevin Zapanta, Overland, 2B/1B/RHP, Senior
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Class 4A
Valor Christian’s Josh Danyliw. (Paul DiSalvo/MaxPreps)
A roundup of Jeffco prep highlights from January with Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ Communication Specialist. This month’s edition features early Class 5A boys basketball action between Bear Creek and Dakota Ridge. Also, early girls basketball action featuring Golden in a non-league game against Heritage and D’Evelyn squaring off with Valor Christian. Arvada’s boys basketball team opened up its Colorado 7 League action against Skyview. We close with Pomona grabbing a trio of individual wrestling titles at the annual Arvada West Invitational.