The state tournaments begin play at 10 a.m. on Friday. The second set of first-round games will be played at 12:15 p.m., with quarterfinals set for 2:30 p.m.
On Saturday, play begins with semifinals at 10 a.m., and championship games at 1:15 p.m. (3A) and 1:30 p.m. (4A and 5A).
CHSAANow will have complete coverage of each tournament.
No. 1 seeds include Cherokee Trail (5A), Pueblo County (4A) and Strasburg (3A). Each were also seeded No. 1 during regional play last weekend.
The mountain air has taken on the crispness of fall and the calendar has turned to October. That means with Week 7 of the football season comes the start of league play for all classifications.
Several radio stations throughout the state will be broadcasting these all-important league matchups.
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1A: (9) CSCS at Buena Vista
Time: 7 p.m. kick
Station: Eagle Country 104
On the call: Len Gates (Play by play), Bob Marken (Color)
Sports director Caleb Burggraaf on the matchup: Buena Vista looked like a championship team against St. Mary’s on Friday, despite giving up three scores once the running clock was started near halftime. The Demons now welcome Colorado Springs Christian to their home field, as the look for a 2-0 start to their league schedule. This game will come down to the defense for the Demons slowing down the running game of the Lions. If they can slow down that part of the game, the Demons offense should be able to build into a rhythm and pick up where they left off against St. Mary’s.
On the call: Caleb Burggraaf (Play by play), Dan R. (Sideline)
Burggraaf on the matchup: In the Spartans first taste of the Intermountain League, they get a familiar opponent. For the past two year, the Pagosa Springs Pirates have been on the Salida schedule, and Salida has had success. This year, Pagosa is being led by a strong senior at quarterback who has started for four years for the Pirates. His test will be going against a Salida defense which has only allowed more than 7 points a game once this season, and has two shutouts to their record. Keep an eye on the Spartans running game on the other side of the ball, where Vince DeLeo and Eli Smith form a two headed monster for teams to handle in the backfield.
On the call: Ryan Kaufman (Play by play), Ryan Pelton (Color)
Kaufman on the matchup: Air Academy is on pace for the largest single season win total in more than a decade after a 4-1 mark through their non-conference schedule. Their hot start can attributed to a style of play that would make the other school on campus (the Air Force Academy) proud. They have averaged 182.6 yards per game on the ground this season thanks to the duo of Kyle Pope and Zach Martin and have given up less than 7 points per game on average over the last four games, including back to back shutouts.
Coronado meanwhile is looking for consistency after a 2-3 run through the non-conference. Turnovers have plagued the Cougars in their losses, something that coach Monte Gutowski has spent extra time this week trying to fix. When they do hang on to the football, they have dynamic playmakers in Ladarius Mays and Willy Bobrick who Coronado will look to get out in space in order to get big gains on the stout Kadet defense.
On the call: Clark Johnson (Play by play), Mike Danson (Color)
Tanner Schwindt on the matchup: The No. 8-ranked Reds look to defend home field on homecoming night against a scrappy academy team that wants to knock off a top tier team.
Listen to the game at KFKA 1310 or online at 1310kfka.com.
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6-man: (7) Idalia at (6) Arickaree/Woodlin
Game time: 1 p.m. Saturday
Station: KAT Country 98.3 FM
On the call: Marc Romero
Romero on the matchup: 1-loss Arickaree/Woodlin and top ranked Stratton/Liberty are the only teams with unblemished East Central league records, while Idalia is trying to keep pace and currently 1-1 in conference. It is almost eerie how closely these teams match up (at least on paper) with both offenses putting up 41 points per game, and each of the last 2 meetings being decided by 8 points (one win for each side).
Listen on KAT Country 98.3 FM or katcountry983.com by clicking sports.
WESTMINSTER — Class 3A No. 5 Faith Christian softball scored two or more runs for four straight innings in an 11-5 win over No. 8 The Academy on Wednesday.
Arvada West (in 5A) and Longmont (4A) are newcomers to this week’s softball 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
Loveland (3)
18-2-1
86
1
2-1-0
2
Fossil Ridge (2)
18-3-0
79
4
4-0-0
3
Cherokee Trail (2)
18-2-0
77
2
2-1-0
4
Eaglecrest
16-4-0
68
3
2-1-0
5
Legacy (3)
17-4-0
63
5
4-0-0
6
Brighton
15-4-1
42
7
2-0-0
7
Rock Canyon
16-5-0
39
6
3-1-0
8
Douglas County
13-8-0
18
8
1-3-0
9
Legend
12-9-0
14
10
3-0-0
10
Arvada West
14-6-0
12
–
2-1-0
Others receiving votes:
ThunderRidge 10, Hinkley 9, Valor Christian 9, Columbine 6, Mountain Vista 6, Ralston Valley 6, Arapahoe 4, Regis Jesuit 2.
Dropped out
ThunderRidge (9).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Silver Creek (3)
19-2-0
83
1
2-0-0
2
Holy Family (4)
18-2-0
81
2
2-0-0
3
Erie
15-5-0
71
3
3-0-0
4
Pueblo County (2)
19-2-0
67
4
3-0-0
5
Mountain View
13-6-2
45
5
2-0-0
6
Conifer
19-2-0
39
7
2-0-0
7
Golden
14-6-0
35
9
3-0-0
8
Pueblo South
14-6-0
20
6
1-2-0
9
Wheat Ridge
12-8-0
17
8
0-3-0
10
Longmont
15-5-1
15
–
1-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Berthoud 13, Thomas Jefferson 5, Roosevelt 2, Discovery Canyon 1, Evergreen 1.
Class 1A’s North Central league features four teams ranked in this week’s top-10. So Friday’s league matchup between No. 5 Wray and No. 6 Burlington was of a little extra importance.
Burlington came away with an important 19-8 win over Wray, thanks in part to two touchdown passes from Braden Witzel, and some stout defense.
“It is a big win for us,” Burlington coach Glynn Higgs told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show. “I was really proud of our defense. Two or three times, they were down inside the 20. And we were able to keep them from putting points on the board. I was just really proud of the kids.”
Taylor Scott opened the scoring for Burlington with a 1-yard touchdown in the first quarter. After a Wray safety, Witzel threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Burton with 4:42 left in the second.
The score remained that way until late in the fourth quarter. That’s when Wray cut it to 12-8 with 5:33 following an interception return for a touchdown.
Witzel and Burton then hooked up again for a second time, this one from 30 yards with 35 seconds left, to account for the final margin.
With the win, Burlington is now 1-0 in conference play — along with No. 1 Limon and No. 7 Holyoke, who also won on Friday night.
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3A: Niwot 20, Eagle Valley 14
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Niwot football is now 3-2 after a 20-14 win over Eagle Valley. The Cougars ended a 19-game losing streak earlier in the year.
“Our kids have worked really, really hard, and it’s almost overwhelming at times for what they’ve sacrificed to try to get to this point,” coach Jeremy Lanter told the Scoreboard Show. “The rotating coaches they’ve had in that program, it’s nice to have some consistency and have some kids buy into that consistency.”
On Friday, Julian Molina rushed for two touchdowns for the Cougars, and Eric Ruiz also scored on the ground.
This is just the second time since 2008 that the team has won three games in a season.
“It is so important,” Lanter said of winning games. “Especially when you’re trying everything you can to keep kids motivated and inspired when they know that they’re looking at a 19-game losing streak. Especially for them to be chipping away at that, and they continue to pick up the hammer and pound the stone, and try to give themselves the best opportunity. But winning helps. Winning doesn’t fix everything, but it certainly does help.”
In 8-man, No. 2 West Grandvew beat No. 7 Rangely 20-6 to stay unbeaten at 6-0.
Another top-10 battle in 8-man: No. 5 Hoehne shut out No. 9 Fowler.
In 3A, Pueblo Central is now 4-1 after going 2-18 over the past two seasons. “It’s been great, the kids have been a pleasure to coach so far,” coach Kris Cotterman told the Scoreboard Show. The Wildcats beat Sand Creek 47-6.
It was an offensive affair as No. 3 Otis outlasted No. 4 Prairie 64-59 in 6-man.
Roosevelt beat Glenwood Springs 16-10 in overtime.
4A Bear Creek got its first win of the season against a solid Windsor squad, 30-26.
The Academy quarterback Brandon Boston completed 12-of-15 passes for four touchdowns in a 40-0 win over Prospect Ridge. The Wildcats are now 3-2 in 2A.
Longmont’s Drake Engelking rushed for four touchdowns in his team’s 43-8 win over Silver Creek in 4A. The Trojans are 4-1.
1A No. 3 Peyton improved to 5-0 with a 42-0 win over Ellicott. JD Hart rushed for 235 yards and two touchdowns, and also had a receiving score.
Luke McCaffrey threw for four touchdowns and rushed for another as 5A No. 2 Valor Christian shut out Castle View 35-0.
Denver East is now 5-0 in Metro 10 play, and 5-1 overall, after beating Westminster 13-7. The Angels host Smoky Hill next Friday in what could be a matchup of unbeatens in conference play, should Smoky win on Saturday.
Legend (5A), Golden (4A) and Limon (3A) have each joined this week’s softball 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
Loveland (3)
16-1-1
84
1
3-0-0
2
Cherokee Trail (6)
16-1-0
81
2
2-0-0
3
Eaglecrest
14-3-0
67
3
1-0-0
4
Fossil Ridge
14-3-0
58
5
3-0-0
5
Legacy
13-4-0
53
4
2-1-0
6
Rock Canyon
13-4-0
31
7
1-1-0
7
Brighton
13-4-1
30
8
3-0-0
8
Douglas County
12-5-0
25
6
0-2-0
9
ThunderRidge
12-5-0
14
9
1-1-0
10
Legend
9-9-0
11
–
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Arvada West 9, Valor Christian 9, Hinkley 8, Ralston Valley 4, Castle View 3, Mountain Vista 3, Columbine 2, Regis Jesuit 2, Cherry Creek 1.
Dropped out
Valor Christian (10).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Silver Creek (8)
17-2-0
90
2
2-0-0
2
Holy Family (2)
16-2-0
89
1
3-1-0
3
Erie
12-5-0
76
4
2-0-0
4
Pueblo County
16-2-0
68
5
4-1-0
5
Mountain View
11-6-2
51
3
1-1-0
6
Pueblo South
13-4-0
39
8
3-0-0
7
Conifer
17-2-0
35
6
2-0-0
8
Wheat Ridge
12-5-0
34
7
2-1-0
9
Golden
11-6-0
21
–
3-0-0
10
Roosevelt
11-7-0
13
9
0-3-0
Others receiving votes:
Longmont 8, Berthoud 7, Thomas Jefferson 5, Mullen 2, Windsor 2.
Dropped out
Berthoud (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
University (7)
15-3-0
96
1
3-0-0
2
Strasburg (2)
12-4-0
81
3
3-0-0
3
Eaton
13-4-0
78
2
2-1-0
4
Delta
15-2-0
57
6
5-0-0
5
Faith Christian (1)
12-4-0
54
4
5-0-0
6
Lamar
13-6-0
47
5
2-0-0
7
The Academy
15-1-0
36
8
4-0-0
8
Rocky Ford
11-5-0
31
10
3-0-0
9
St. Mary’s
15-3-0
25
7
2-1-0
10
Limon
11-8-0
11
–
2-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Meeker 9, Basalt 6, La Junta 5, Sterling 5, Brush 3, Fort Lupton 3, Holyoke 3.
ThunderRidge (5A), Pueblo South (4A), Roosevelt (4A) and Rocky Ford (3A) each joined the softball 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
Loveland (8)
13-1-1
120
1
2-1-0
2
Cherokee Trail (2)
14-1-0
105
2
2-0-0
3
Eaglecrest
13-3-0
97
3
3-0-0
4
Legacy (2)
11-3-0
87
5
3-0-0
5
Fossil Ridge (1)
11-3-0
86
4
1-1-0
6
Douglas County
12-3-0
63
6
2-0-0
7
Rock Canyon
12-3-0
45
8
4-1-0
8
Brighton
10-4-1
41
7
2-1-0
9
ThunderRidge
11-4-0
16
–
1-1-0
10
Valor Christian
7-7-0
10
10
1-3-0
Others receiving votes:
Hinkley 8, Smoky Hill 8, Cherry Creek 5, Legend 5, Castle View 4, Columbine 4, Ralston Valley 4, Arvada West 2, Mountain Vista 2, Regis Jesuit 2, Broomfield 1.
Dropped out
Columbine (9).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Holy Family (8)
13-1-0
106
1
3-0-0
2
Silver Creek (3)
15-2-0
99
2
3-0-0
3
Mountain View
10-5-2
66
5
3-0-0
4
Erie
10-5-0
63
3
1-2-0
5
Pueblo County
12-1-0
58
4
2-1-0
6
Conifer
15-2-0
47
7
4-0-0
7
Wheat Ridge
10-4-0
39
6
1-1-0
8
Pueblo South
10-4-0
38
–
3-0-0
9
Roosevelt
11-4-0
32
–
3-0-0
10
Berthoud
9-6-0
14
8
1-2-0
Others receiving votes:
Longmont 8, Mullen 7, Northridge 7, Frederick 2, Pueblo Central 2, Thomas Jefferson 2.
Dropped out
Mullen (9), Longmont (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
University (7)
12-3-0
109
1
2-1-0
2
Eaton (3)
11-3-0
97
2
2-0-0
3
Strasburg
9-4-0
90
3
2-0-0
4
Faith Christian (1)
7-4-0
62
5
3-1-0
5
Lamar
11-6-0
56
4
2-1-0
6
Delta
10-2-0
54
7
4-0-0
7
St. Mary’s (1)
13-2-0
50
6
3-0-0
8
The Academy
11-1-0
39
9
4-0-0
9
Basalt
8-1-0
37
8
2-1-0
10
Rocky Ford
8-5-0
20
–
3-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Limon 12, Sterling 9, Meeker 8, Fort Lupton 6, La Junta 5, Brush 3, Holyoke 3.
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.
