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.
Air Academy is the No. 1 team in this week’s girls lacrosse poll. (Via @AAHSAthletics on Twitter)
Air Academy, now 4-0 to start the season, has taken over the top spot in this week’s CHSAANow.com girls lacrosse rankings.
The Kadets went 3-0 last week, including an 18-12 win over then-No. 5 Arapahoe, and moved up one place from No. 2. They got four of the six first-place votes.
Wheat Ridge continued to lead the 4A boys lacrosse ranking. (Dennis Pleuss)
Things are tight atop the Class 5A boys lacrosse ranking this week.
Arapahoe held on to the top spot in the CHSAANow.com poll, though only leads No. 2 Regis Jesuit by one overall point. The Warriors got six first-place votes; Regis got five.
Cherry Creek stayed at No. 3 this week, while Colorado Academy and Kent Denver flipped spots in the top five.
Rock Canyon was the lone newcomer in 5A, joining at No. 9.
Wheat Ridge extended its run in 4A’s No. 1 spot. The Famers got all six first-place votes in that poll.
Valor Christian made a big jump in going from No. 5 to No. 2 following a close win over former No. 2 Aspen. Aspen dropped to No. 3 this week.
Thompson Valley also had a big leap, moving from eighth to fourth after beating then-No. 3 Cheyenne Mountain. Cheyenne Mountain is now fifth.
Conifer joined the 4A poll at No. 8.
The next new ranking will be out on April 7, due to the large number of out-of-state games this week, and thus, a lack of in-state competition.
Castle View 18, Eaglecrest 18, Arvada West 10, Boulder 9, Grandview 8, Standley Lake 8, Heritage 7, Smoky Hill 4, Chatfield 3, Mountain Range 3.
Dropped out
Boulder (9).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Cheyenne Mountain (7)
3-0-1
88
1
1-0-0
2
Valor Christian (2)
4-0-0
67
2
1-0-0
3
Broomfield
1-1-1
59
3
0-0-0
4
Lewis-Palmer
2-0-2
46
4
0-0-0
5
Sand Creek
3-0-0
40
8
1-0-0
6
Battle Mountain
5-0-0
37
9
1-0-0
7
Evergreen
3-1-1
26
6
1-0-0
8
Palmer Ridge
1-2-0
26
7
0-1-0
9
Green Mountain
4-1-0
21
5
2-0-0
10
Windsor
5-0-0
21
–
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Englewood 13, Palisade 13, Air Academy 12, Centaurus 11, Longmont 11, Falcon 9, Silver Creek 9, Skyview 8, Pueblo Centennial 7, Ponderosa 6, Mead 5, Wheat Ridge 5, Niwot 4, Mullen 3, Steamboat Springs 2, Pueblo Central 1.
Dropped out
Wheat Ridge (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Colorado Academy (7)
2-2-0
88
1
1-0-0
2
Holy Family (1)
1-0-1
66
4
1-0-1
3
Kent Denver
1-2-0
65
2
0-0-0
4
St. Mary’s
2-1-0
52
3
1-1-0
5
The Classical Academy
1-4-0
39
5
1-1-0
6
Faith Christian
2-1-0
29
–
2-1-0
7
Coal Ridge
5-0-0
27
6
3-0-0
8
Frontier Academy
1-0-1
22
7
1-0-0
9
Manitou Springs
3-2-0
19
9
1-1-0
10
Fountain Valley
3-0-0
17
10
0-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Liberty Common 16, The Academy 16, Peak to Peak 15, Bayfield 7, Jefferson Academy 4, Roaring Fork 4, Evangelical Christian 3, Telluride 3, Aspen 1, Grand Valley 1, St. Mary’s Academy 1.
Valor Christian and Resurrection Christian have risen to the top of their respective baseball rankings this week.
Valor, No. 2 in the Class 4A preseason, bumped up one spot following preseason No. 1 Mountain View’s 1-2 start. The Eagles received seven of the 11 first-place votes and lead this week’s CHSAANow.com ranking. Mountain View slipped to No. 9.
Montrose moved from No. 4 to No. 2, Windsor is now No. 3 and Longmont — which beat Mountain View twice — is No. 4. Air Academy rounds out the top 5.
Falcon (No. 7) and D’Evelyn (No. 8) are newcomers to the 4A poll.
Resurrection Christian, meanwhile, takes over atop 2A. The Cougars got four first-place votes and edged No. 2 Lutheran by four overall points.
Denver Christian, the preseason No. 1 in 2A, dropped to No. 3. That ranking added Front Range Christian at No. 9.
The other No. 1 teams remained the same this week. Those are ThunderRidge (5A), Holy Family (3A) and Stratton (1A).
The 5A poll added No. 9 Dakota Ridge, which beat preseason No. 4 Cherry Creek last weekend.
New to 3A are Valley (No. 7) and Basalt (No. 10). The 1A ranking added No. 9 Dove Creek.
Grand Junction 14, Arapahoe 12, Chatfield 11, Mountain Vista 10, Fairview 7, Pine Creek 6, Columbine 5, Legacy 5, Central (G.J.) 2, Fossil Ridge 1.
Dropped out
Mountain Vista (9).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Valor Christian (7)
1-0
93
2
1-0
2
Montrose (2)
4-0
82
4
3-0
3
Windsor
3-0
72
7
3-0
4
Longmont
2-1
59
9
2-1
5
Air Academy
0-0
47
3
0-0
6
Cheyenne Mountain
0-0
34
8
0-0
7
Falcon
2-0
32
–
2-0
8
D’Evelyn
0-0
27
–
0-0
9
Mountain View (2)
1-2
26
1
1-2
10
Durango
2-2
19
6
2-2
Others receiving votes:
Delta 18, Palmer Ridge 14, Niwot 13, Evergreen 9, Green Mountain 8, Ponderosa 8, Wheat Ridge 8, Thomas Jefferson 7, Pueblo West 6, Frederick 5, Northridge 5, Canon City 4, Pueblo South 4, Pueblo East 3, Skyline 3.
Dropped out
Pueblo West (5), Green Mountain (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Holy Family (6)
0-0
69
1
0-0
2
Eaton (1)
1-0
64
2
1-0
3
Faith Christian
1-0
55
3
1-0
4
Lamar
1-0
36
4
1-0
5
Brush
2-0
33
5
0-0
6
Bayfield
4-0
31
9
3-0
7
Valley
4-0
23
–
4-0
8
Kent Denver
0-0
17
7
0-0
9
La Junta
1-2
13
6
1-2
10
Basalt
2-0
7
–
2-0
Others receiving votes:
Bishop Machebeuf 6, Manitou Springs 5, Peak to Peak 5, Bennett 4, Gunnison 4, Olathe 4, St. Mary’s 3, The Classical Academy 3, Platte Valley 2, Cedaredge 1, University 1.
Three new teams dot this week’s CHSAANow.com boys lacrosse rankings in 5A.
Joining are No. 7 Monarch, No. 9 Fort Collins and No. 10 Highlands Ranch.
Arapahoe stayed on top of the 5A ranking, while Regis Jesuit bumped up one place to No. 2. Cherry Creek is third, Kent Denver is fourth and Colorado Academy rounds out the top five.
There were no newcomers to the 4A ranking, though Aspen did make a large jump in going from No. 7 to No. 2 following a 4-0 start. That includes wins over preseason No. 10 Alexander Dawson and preseason No. 2 Air Academy.
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.
