Seven new teams joined this week’s football rankings: Conifer (3A), Eaton (2A), The Classical Academy (2A), Wray (1A), Hotchkiss (1A), Dove Creek (8-man) and Briggsdale (6-man).
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Fruita Monument 24, Brighton 22, Ponderosa 19, Golden 12, Wheat Ridge 9, Greeley West 8, Grand Junction 4, Mesa Ridge 2, Monarch 2, Silver Creek 2, Air Academy 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Palmer Ridge (15)
4-1
193
1
L
2
Mead (6)
5-0
183
2
W
3
Pueblo South
4-1
175
3
W
4
Discovery Canyon
4-1
115
4
Bye
5
Green Mountain
4-1
101
5
W
6
Frederick
5-0
88
6
W
7
Lutheran
4-1
72
8
W
8
Conifer
5-0
52
–
W
9
Durango
3-2
49
10
Bye
10
Palisade
2-3
25
7
L
Others receiving votes:
Harrison 24, Erie 23, Holy Family 17, Pueblo Central 16, Thomas Jefferson 14, Northridge 12, Roosevelt 10, Fort Morgan 9, Niwot 9, Pueblo East 8, Battle Mountain 6, Skyview 4, Eagle Valley 1, Evergreen 1.
Dropped out
Erie (9).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Rifle (13)
5-0
200
1
W
2
Delta (4)
4-0
180
2
Bye
3
Platte Valley (1)
4-1
152
3
W
4
Sterling (1)
4-1
150
4
W
5
Resurrection Christian (2)
4-1
137
5
W
6
Faith Christian (1)
4-1
114
6
W
7
Basalt
5-0
96
7
W
8
La Junta
4-1
55
8
W
9
Eaton
3-2
38
–
W
10
The Classical Academy
3-2
22
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Elizabeth 21, Alamosa 9, Moffat County 9, Englewood 8, Lamar 8, Bayfield 7, University 3, Aspen 1.
Dropped out
Lamar (9), Alamosa (10).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Strasburg (20)
5-0
218
1
W
2
Limon
4-1
188
2
W
3
Holyoke (2)
5-0
156
3
W
4
Florence
5-0
151
4
W
5
Centauri
4-1
111
5
Bye
6
Meeker
4-1
102
7
W
7
Colorado Springs Christian
4-1
101
6
W
8
Wray
4-1
42
–
W
9
Highland
3-2
40
10
W
10
Hotchkiss
4-1
36
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Buena Vista 15, Flatirons Academy 15, Rye 15, Peyton 9, Burlington 8.
Dropped out
Burlington (8), Rye (9).
8-man
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Sedgwick County (12)
6-0
138
1
W
2
Fowler (2)
5-0
113
2
W
3
Mancos
5-0
108
3
W
4
Dayspring Christian Academy
5-0
107
4
W
5
Merino
4-1
66
6
W
6
Caliche
4-1
63
5
W
7
Sanford
5-0
54
7
W
8
Vail Christian
5-0
39
8
W
9
Pikes Peak Christian
3-1
26
9
W
10
Dove Creek
5-1
11
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Soroco 10, Rangely 9, West Grand 9, Sargent 6, Hoehne 5, McClave 5, Holly 1.
COLORADO SPRINGS — Turnovers can be a day killer. Even more so when two happen on the first two offensive possessions of the game. Two early fumbles from Lamar gave The Classical Academy a quick 14-0 lead in a Class 2A Tri-Peaks League opener.
The game turned into a bit of a slugfest, and it was the Titans coming out with a 48-27 win over No. 9 Lamar.
“They’ve been playing from the front almost all season other than Limon,” TCA coach Justin Rich said of Lamar. “It was good to have that boost and to get those points.”
Those two scores, as most of the scores of the night, came from sophomore running back Cade Palmer.
Averaging over 140 yards per game entering the contest, Palmer grabbed touchdown runs of one and 10 yards in the first half and added a juggling 20-yard touchdown catch to account for all three TCA (3-2 overall, 1-0 Tri-Peaks) touchdowns in the first 24 minutes of the game.
But Palmer was quick to say that without the effort of the defense in forcing two fumbles and grabbing an interception, he’s not in a position to score those points.
“Those turnovers were huge,” Palmer said. “Without those we don’t go to 21-0.”
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
With the game seemingly in hand for TCA, Lamar (3-2, 0-1) finally got into a groove toward the end of the first half. Quarterback Zane Rankin found Walker Kee and Grayden Martinez for touchdown passes to cut the Titans lead to 21-14.
“Our kids fought hard, battled back,” Lamar coach Jason Tice said. “I can’t say enough about our kids. I love our kids.”
The game got crazy when Lamar recovered the opening kick of the second half. Rankin then found Kee for another touchdown pass to tie the game.
But the running game from TCA became too tough to handle. Palmer ran the ball 18 times for 127 yards in the second half. He ended the game with 193 total rushing yards to go with his five total touchdowns.
That’s a nice little Friday.
“He’s a hard worker, a great kid and he comes from a great family,” Rice said. “Every game he just keeps coming up with something new.”
The Titans tacked on a field goal and another touchdown before Lamar was able to find the end zone again, but at that point it was too tough a hill to climb.
“They ran the ball really effectively against us and we just didn’t have an answer for it,” Tice said.
He admitted that Lamar’s goal of winning the Tri-Peaks might be out of reach but that the non-league schedule has put them in a good position moving forward when it comes to the playoffs. Lamar heads back to the Colorado Springs area next week for another Tri-Peaks game, this one against Woodland Park.
The Titans will look to improve to 2-0 in league play when they travel to Manitou Springs.
There are three more regionals on Wednesday, one in each classification, and a final one on Thursday.
Recaps of each regional are below.
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3A Region 1
Kent Denver led the field with an 11-over at Hollydot, with Jeffrey Zhou leading the team, and capturing the individual title, at 5-under. The Sun Devils had two of the top three golfers in the region.
The Classical Academy (+23) placed second, and Pagosa Springs (+32) finishing third.
Individually, after Zhou, Pagosa Springs’ Nathan Smith was second at 3-under, and Zhou’s Kent Denver teammate Jacobo Arango was third at 2-over. The Classical Academy’s Liam O’Halloran (+5) was fourth, and Trinidad’s Lance Peters and Alamosa’s Brenden Crowther tied for fifth at 7-over.
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3A Region 3
Luke Wright. (Courtesy of SkyView Academy)
Sterling won the team title with a 17-over performance. The Tigers were led by Tayleb Schaefer, who tied for third at 3-over, Trey Kuntz (+6) and Chase Hume (+8).
Resurrection Christian (+32) was second, and Frontier Academy (+36) placed third as a team.
Individually, Luke Wright of SkyView Academy won the region at 2-under. Braxton Shelton of Brush was second at 1-over, and Max Noffsinger of Frontier Academy tied with Schaefer for third at 3-over. Strasburg’s Jacob Gilbert and Resurrection Christian’s Grant Rose tied in fifth at 5-over.
The boys soccer rankings got a shakeup this week, and when the dust settled, Legacy (5A) and Fountain Valley (2A) were new No. 1 teams.
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
Legacy (3)
4-0-0
86
4
2-0-0
2
Broomfield (1)
4-0-0
72
6
2-0-0
3
Grandview
6-1-1
60
3
2-0-0
4
Boulder (1)
3-1-0
55
10
1-0-0
5
Eaglecrest
6-0-0
53
–
2-0-0
6
Fossil Ridge (2)
3-0-0
47
–
1-0-0
7
Rampart (1)
4-0-0
42
9
1-0-0
8
Arapahoe (1)
6-1-0
37
1
1-1-0
9
Regis Jesuit
2-0-1
28
–
1-0-0
10
Fairview (1)
3-1-0
17
2
0-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Cherry Creek 13, Poudre 12, Valor Christian 9, Rangeview 7, Arvada West 4, Bear Creek 3, Rocky Mountain 3, Mountain Vista 2.
Dropped out
Bear Creek (5), Far Northeast Warriors (7), Cherry Creek (8).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Battle Mountain (6)
5-0-0
92
1
3-0-0
2
Palmer Ridge (4)
4-0-0
85
3
1-0-0
3
The Classical Academy
3-1-0
66
7
2-0-0
4
Regis Groff
4-0-0
48
–
2-0-0
5
Discovery Canyon
4-0-0
46
–
2-0-0
6
Loveland
6-0-0
44
4
2-0-0
7
Air Academy
3-2-0
31
2
1-1-0
8
Silver Creek
2-1-2
30
–
0-0-2
9
Glenwood Springs
3-0-1
25
–
1-0-0
10
Golden
4-1-1
19
–
2-0-1
Others receiving votes:
Skyview 13, Northfield 12, Alameda 9, Cheyenne Mountain 9, Palisade 8, Skyline 6, Green Mountain 3, Pueblo Centennial 3, Denver North 1.
Dropped out
Skyview (5), Northfield (6), Green Mountain (8), Alameda (9), Denver North (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (9)
5-0-0
111
1
2-0-0
2
Salida (2)
4-0-0
75
5
2-0-0
3
Colorado Academy
3-1-0
73
2
1-1-0
4
Atlas Preparatory School
3-0-0
72
4
1-0-0
5
Roaring Fork
4-1-0
58
3
1-1-0
6
Liberty Common
1-0-0
43
7
1-0-0
7
Delta
5-1-0
34
6
2-0-0
8
The Academy
1-2-0
23
8
0-2-0
9
Aurora West College Prep Academy
3-1-0
22
–
3-0-0
10
Manitou Springs
4-0-0
20
–
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Middle Park 17, DSST: College View 14, KIPP Denver Collegiate 14, Lutheran 13, Arrupe Jesuit 11, Manual 10, Coal Ridge 9, Faith Christian 9, Riverdale Ridge 9, Jefferson 6, Fort Lupton 5, Lamar 4, Strive Prep – Smart Academy 3, DSST: Byers 2, Jefferson Academy 2, Eagle Ridge Academy 1.
Dropped out
Faith Christian (9), Arrupe Jesuit (10).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Fountain Valley (5)
3-0-0
29
4
0-0-0
2
Telluride (1)
2-1-1
16
2
0-1-1
3
Crested Butte
5-2-0
14
1
2-2-0
4
Denver Christian
2-3-0
10
3
1-1-0
5
Ridgway
3-0-0
8
–
0-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Dawson School 5, Denver Academy 3, Loveland Classical 3, Heritage Christian 2.
COLORADO SPRINGS — Behind a strong effort from Brock Shalla and a defense that forced a plethora of turnovers, the Sterling Tigers were able to beat The Classical Academy in convincing fashion on Friday night.
The No. 5 Tigers won the top-10 battle in Class 2A against the ninth-ranked Titans, 48-21.
Shalla, a senior, had five total touchdowns in the win.
“He’s worked hard in the offseason to prepare himself between last year and this year,” Sterling coach Rob Busmente said. “A lot of it is just the dedication that he put in to prepare himself is what’s helped him play so positive this year.”
An early fumble by TCA on the second play of the game gave Sterling a chance to jump ahead. Senior Jaxon McCracken found sophomore Jackson Keil, putting Sterling up 7-0 just two minutes into the first.
TCA answered back just minutes later with a touchdown of their own. Senior Hayden Cooper took the ball 75 yards to the house on a quarterback keeper. Just a minute later, sophomore Matthew Segovia’s pick-six gave TCA their first and only lead of the game. Sterling responded immediately, however, as Shalla found a hole on a quarterback keeper and ran 47 yards for the tying touchdown.
An interception by Sterling on the ensuing TCA possession gave the Tigers the ball back on TCA’s 34-yard line. Another Shalla keeper for 20 yards, coupled with a few short runs, put the Tigers on the 1-yard line, where Shalla again kept the ball to give Sterling the lead with 1:37 left in the first.
A fumble on a bad snap by TCA was recovered by Sterling and returned for a touchdown midway through the second quarter.
Sterling used their momentum from the first half to fuel their start to the second. Shalla continued to wreak havoc as a dual-threat, rushing for another touchdown just three minutes into the third quarter.
The Titans’ run game showed some promise midway through the third, with sophomore Cade Palmer rushing from deep inside TCA’s half all the way to the Tigers’ 26-yard line. Cooper capped off the drive with a 35-yard keeper to keep the Titans within reach with just under eight minutes left in the third.
However, Sterling continued to keep their foot on the gas, with Shalla finding sophomore Peyton Rose for a 53-yard touchdown with 4:57 left in the third. Sterling added another touchdown just before the end of the third on a 19-yard pass from Shalla to senior Dylan Zwirn.
“These (losses) aren’t all that tough because it wasn’t even close,” said TCA coach Justin Rich. “Sterling’s a good team (and) we knew they’re a very good team from watching them. When you turn the ball over and don’t tackle well against a No. 5 team in the state, you expect to give up half a hundred, and we did.”
Skyline 22, Silver Creek 18, Longmont 16, Vista Peak Prep 16, Fruita Monument 13, Brighton 10, Denver South 9, Greeley West 9, Rampart 7, Bear Creek 5, Grand Junction 4, Monarch 3, Greeley Central 2, Fort Collins 1, Golden 1.
Dropped out
Skyline (7).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Palmer Ridge (19)
1-0
197
1
W
2
Palisade
1-0
164
2
W
3
Mead (1)
2-0
157
3
W
4
Green Mountain
1-0
116
6
W
5
Discovery Canyon
2-0
114
7
W
6
Pueblo South (1)
2-0
100
8
W
7
Erie
1-1
68
4
L
8
Pueblo East
1-1
59
9
W
9
Roosevelt
1-1
45
5
L
10
Durango
1-1
35
10
L
Others receiving votes:
Frederick 23, Holy Family 20, Fort Morgan 13, Pueblo Central 10, Northridge 8, Battle Mountain 6, Thomas Jefferson 6, Lutheran 5, Denver North 4, Evergreen 3, Harrison 2.
Battle Mountain is the new No. 1 team in Class 4A girls soccer.
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
Arapahoe (3)
5-0-0
63
1
3-0-0
2
Fairview (1)
3-0-0
59
8
2-0-0
3
Grandview
4-1-1
54
2
1-1-0
4
Legacy
2-0-0
50
3
1-0-0
5
Bear Creek (3)
4-0-0
49
10
1-0-0
6
Broomfield (1)
2-0-0
47
4
1-0-0
7
Far Northeast Warriors
2-0-0
45
5
0-0-0
8
Cherry Creek (1)
4-1-0
36
6
1-1-0
9
Rampart (1)
3-0-0
27
–
1-0-0
10
Boulder
2-1-0
22
7
1-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Fossil Ridge 20, Smoky Hill 15, Regis Jesuit 13, Denver East 10, Arvada West 9, Castle View 5, Lakewood 4, Eaglecrest 3, Liberty 3, Ralston Valley 3, Aurora Central 2, Gateway 2, Mountain Vista 2, Rock Canyon 2, Windsor 2, Chatfield 1, Palmer 1, Valor Christian 1.
Dropped out
Arvada West (9).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Battle Mountain (2)
2-0-0
82
4
0-0-0
2
Air Academy (2)
2-1-0
72
3
1-0-0
3
Palmer Ridge (3)
3-0-0
61
–
2-0-0
4
Loveland (1)
4-0-0
55
10
2-0-0
5
Skyview (1)
3-0-0
51
5
2-0-0
6
Northfield
3-0-0
37
–
1-0-0
7
The Classical Academy
1-1-0
36
2
1-1-0
8
Green Mountain
4-1-0
31
–
1-0-0
9
Alameda
3-0-0
28
–
2-0-0
10
Denver North
1-0-1
24
6
1-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Centaurus 22, Pueblo Centennial 20, Discovery Canyon 14, Glenwood Springs 14, Skyline 10, Regis Groff 10, Rifle 9, Cheyenne Mountain 8, Erie 6, Pueblo East 5, Pueblo West 3, Silver Creek 3, Palisade 2, D’Evelyn 1, Golden 1.
Dropped out
Pueblo Centennial (1), Centaurus (7), Glenwood Springs (8), Golden (9).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (6)
3-0-0
82
1
1-0-0
2
Colorado Academy (1)
2-0-0
65
2
2-0-0
3
Roaring Fork
3-0-0
54
4
2-0-0
4
Atlas Preparatory School (1)
2-0-0
49
6
0-0-0
5
Salida
2-0-0
44
7
1-0-0
6
Delta
3-1-0
35
5
1-1-0
7
Liberty Common
0-0-0
27
3
0-0-0
8
The Academy
1-0-0
19
10
0-0-0
9
Faith Christian
1-0-1
17
8
0-0-1
10
Arrupe Jesuit
2-1-0
16
9
1-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Lutheran 13, Jefferson Academy 11, KIPP Denver Collegiate 10, Bishop Machebeuf 9, Coal Ridge 8, DSST: Green Valley Ranch 6, Jefferson 6, Frontier Academy 5, Aurora West College Prep Academy 3, DSST: College View 3, Lamar 3, Manitou Springs 3, Strive Prep – Smart Academy 3, Middle Park 2, Vail Mountain 1, Valley 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Crested Butte (2)
3-0-0
22
1
0-0-0
2
Telluride (2)
2-0-0
15
3
1-0-0
3
Denver Christian
1-2-0
11
5
0-1-0
4
Fountain Valley (1)
3-0-0
9
2
2-0-0
5
Dawson School
1-1-1
8
4
0-1-1
Others receiving votes:
Denver Academy 5, Rocky Mountain Lutheran 4, Ridgway 1.
