Cheyenne Mountain is No. 1 in 4A. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
Boulder (Class 5A), Cheyenne Mountain (4A) and Kent Denver (3A) head the preseason boys soccer rankings from CHSAANow.com.
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
1
Boulder (9)
0-0-0
99
2
Broomfield (1)
0-0-0
89
3
Denver East
0-0-0
68
4
Fairview
0-0-0
56
5
Fossil Ridge
0-0-0
51
6
Arapahoe
0-0-0
39
7
Grandview
0-0-0
38
8
Fort Collins
0-0-0
31
9
Cherry Creek
0-0-0
27
10
Ralston Valley
0-0-0
13
Others receiving votes:
Legacy 11, Mountain Vista 10, Rock Canyon 5, Arvada West 4, Greeley West 3, Pine Creek 3, FNE Warriors 2, Smoky Hill 1.
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
1
Cheyenne Mountain (2)
0-0-0
64
2
Battle Mountain (2)
0-0-0
63
3
The Classical Academy (3)
0-0-0
59
4
Durango
0-0-0
49
5
Air Academy
0-0-0
35
6
D’Evelyn
0-0-0
19
7
Standley Lake
0-0-0
18
8
Silver Creek
0-0-0
17
9
Denver West
0-0-0
14
10
Mullen
0-0-0
10
Others receiving votes:
Valor Christian 9, Lewis-Palmer 8, Evergreen 6, Holy Family 3, Denver North 2, Pueblo West 2, Ponderosa 1.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
1
Kent Denver (6)
0-0-0
82
2
Jefferson Academy (1)
0-0-0
72
3
Colorado Academy (2)
0-0-0
62
4
Colorado Springs Christian
0-0-0
60
5
KIPP
0-0-0
58
6
Coal Ridge
0-0-0
36
7
Peak to Peak
0-0-0
31
8
Vail Mountain
0-0-0
30
9
Salida (1)
0-0-0
26
10
DSST-Stapleton
0-0-0
19
Others receiving votes:
The Academy 14, Fountain Valley 13, Liberty Common 10, Denver Academy 9, Manitou Springs 5, Aurora West 4, Basalt 4, Bruce Randolph 4, Delta 3, Jefferson 3, Alamosa 2, Manual 1, Pagosa Springs 1, St. Mary’s 1.
The 2017 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
(Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)
Player of the year: John Sorensen, Rocky Mountain
Coach of the year: Scott Bullock, Rocky Mountain
First Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Liam Eddy
Brighton
P/RF/3B
Senior
Matt Givin
Rock Canyon
RHP/SS/2B
Senior
Tyler Hyland
Rocky Mountain
OF/P
Senior
James Notary
Broomfield
P/INF
Senior
Casey Opitz
Heritage
C/INF
Senior
Tanner O’Tremba
Cherry Creek
OF
Junior
Caleb Sloan
Regis Jesuit
RHP
Senior
John Sorensen
Rocky Mountain
SS/P
Senior
Jordan Stubbings
Legend
3B/1B/C
Senior
Second Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Carter Akerfelds
Dakota Ridge
RHP
Senior
Jacob Arellano
Mountain Range
Senior
Tyler Carpenter
Fairview
1B/P
Senior
Drake Davis
Ralston Valley
RHP/OF
Senior
Kalen Hammer
Rocky Mountain
INF
Senior
Jacob Hilton
Heritage
RHP/INF
Senior
Jack Liffrig
Mountain Vista
LHP
Junior
Garrett Tisdall
Eaglecrest
RHP/C/3B
Senior
Jack Winkler
Chatfield
INF/P
Senior
Honorable mention:
Sean Arnold, Highlands Ranch, 1B/OF, Junior
Michael Baer, Regis Jesuit, 1B, Senior
Alex Bumpus, Coronado, CF/P, Senior
Kyle Cardona, Legend, SS/RHP, Senior
Joshua Chamberlain, Legacy, RHP/2B, Senior
Andrew Chavez, Cherry Creek, C, Senior
Riley Cornelio, Pine Creek, SS/RHP, Sophomore
Jeff Cyr, Ralston Valley, SS/RHP, Senior
Andrew Danko, Eaglecrest, SS/RHP, Junior
Colby Deaville, Legacy, SS, Senior
Moses Dokes, Denver East, Freshman
Spencer Gendreau, Rocky Mountain, 1B/OF, Senior
Mikey Griebel, Columbine, CF, Senior
Colton Hill, Rock Canyon, OF, Senior
Sam Ireland, Mountain Vista, 1B/RHP, Sophomore
Patrick Kauffmann, Denver East, Senior
Hunter Kelchner, Grand Junction Central, RHP/1B, Senior
Ryan Kirby, Grand Junction Central, INF, Sophomore
Cooper Legault, Dakota Ridge, OF/RHP, Junior
Jordan Medina, Highlands Ranch, UTIL/P, Junior
Mitch Morales, Broomfield, P/OF, Sophomore
Trey Morrill, Fruita Monument, P/OF, Junior
Conner Nantkes, Cherokee Trail, P/UTIL, Senior
Jakob Pigati, Bear Creek, CF/LF/RF, Senior
Jack Radford, Bear Creek, P, Senior
Cody Schultz, Cherry Creek, INF, Senior
Mason Speirs, Broomfield, C/C, Senior
Jose Treto, Brighton, P/SS/OF, Senior
Matt Turner, Broomfield, 1B, Senior
Jadon Uhrich, Rocky Mountain, C/INF/OF, Senior
Quincey Ulrich, ThunderRidge,
Jake Willemsen, Fairview, OF, Senior
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Class 4A
(Lance Wendt/LanceWendt.com)
Player of the year: Luke Ziegler, Valor Christian
Coach of the year: Steve Jones, Evergreen
First Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Mike Berg
Thompson Valley
C/OF/3B
Senior
Micah Bregard
Air Academy
INF/P
Junior
RJ Dabovich
Pueblo West
Senior
Noah Kuzma
Valor Christian
C
Junior
Ben Muscatello
Evergreen
P/SS/INF
Junior
JD Wadleigh
Green Mountain
RHP/OF
Junior
Judah Wilbur
Denver North
SS/2B/RHP
Senior
Cole Winn
Silver Creek
INF/P
Junior
Luke Ziegler
Valor Christian
3B/RHP
Junior
Second Team
Name
School
Pos.
Year
Josh Danyliw
Valor Christian
P/RF
Junior
Alan Garcia
Pueblo West
Senior
Trystan Kimmel
Thomas Jefferson
INF/RHP
Senior
Skyler Messinger
Niwot
P/INF
Senior
Dylan Norsen
Mountain View
P/INF
Senior
Joel Pierce
Valor Christian
LF/RF
Senior
Jose Robles
Denver North
RHP/C
Senior
Andrew Shaw
Summit
LHP/OF/1B
Senior
Corte Tapia
Windsor
Senior
Honorable mention:
Mason Bennett, Ponderosa,
Matt Berg, Thompson Valley, SS/2B/OF, Senior
Aaron Berkhoff, Cheyenne Mountain, 3B, Sophomore
Brody Bettis, Green Mountain, 2B, Senior
Dalton Bishop, Mesa Ridge, C/INF/SS, Senior
Nick Bowermaster, Thomas Jefferson, SS/RHP, Sophomore
The 2017 all-state girls soccer 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
(Matt Daniels/MattDanPhoto.com)
Player of the year: Haley Schueppert, Mountain Vista
The Jaguars come in at No. 2 this week and the Sun Devils dropped one spot to No. 4.
Manitou Springs jumped one spot thanks to a 1-0 win over No. 6 Colorado Springs Christian School.
At No. 8, Liberty Common is the only new team in the 3A rankings.
(Jeff Tucker/jefferywtucker.zenfolio.com)
The 5A poll once again saw a sizable shakeup as Cherry Creek now sits in the No. 1 spot.
Chaparral jumps up to No. 3 and Mountain Vista, an unranked team a week ago, stormed up the poll to No. 4.
Grandview rejoins the poll at No. 9 and ThunderRidge is also a newcomer this week, coming in at N0. 10.
In 4A, Valor Christian regains the top spot after The Classical Academy held it a week ago.
Defending champion Lewis-Palmer is still at No. 3 and the general layout of the next five teams are fairly consistent from last week’s poll.
Air Academy (No. 9) and Evergreen (No. 10) are the two new teams to the 4A rankings.
Dawson is the only team to hold on to its No. 1 rankings as it sits firmly atop the 2A poll. Heritage Christian (No. 3) and Fountain Valley (No. 4) traded spots from a week, but the rest of the 2A rankings remained intact.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.
New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
The mass shakeup of the Class 5A CHSAANow.com girls soccer poll was not a one-week thing.
Following last week’s crazy shuffle of top-10 teams, this week is once again in disarray.
Broomfield takes over as the new No. 1 team thanks a 1-0 win over Monarch last week. The Eagles were the No. 2 team in last week’s rankings.
Cherry Creek jumped three spots to come in at No. 2 while Regis Jesuit (No. 3) and Legacy (No. 4) each jumped four spots.
And then things get crazy.
Cherokee Trail falls to No. 5 and Mountain Vista — despite not playing a game — falls three spots to No. 6.
Two newcomers in Chaparral and Arapahoe fall in at No. 7 and No. 8 respectively while Grandview jumps one spot to land at No. 9.
Columbine, last week’s No. 1, remained in the top 10, but fell all the way to No. 10.
The 4A poll remained a little more consistent.
Valor Christian still holds the top spot, but it was The Classical Academy who climbed six spots to take over at No. 2.
Mullen (No. 4), Wheat Ridge (No. 5) and D’Evelyn (No. 6) are all one spot better than they were a week ago.
An injury-plagued Cheyenne Mountain team went 2-0 last week, but dropped to No. 8.
There were no new teams in the 4A poll.
Kent Denver took seven of nine first-place votes to remain the No. 1 team in the 3A poll.
Overall, the top five teams from last week’s 3A rankings went unchanged. The only new team, Colorado Springs Christian, comes in at No. 8, one spot behind Tri-Peaks rival Manitou Springs.
The most consistent poll of the week goes to 2A. Dawson took all six top votes to stay at No. 1 with Fountain Valley (No. 2), Denver Christian (No. 3) and Evangelical Christian (No. 4) also holding firm from last week.
Telluride is the only new team in the poll, rounding it out at No. 5.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.
New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Pine Creek 18, Legend 15, Rocky Mountain 15, Denver South 6, Prairie View 3, Smoky Hill 3, Ralston Valley 2.
Dropped out:
Rocky Mountain (6), Ralston Valley (9).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Valor Christian (7)
4-0-0
96
1
0-0-0
2
The Classical Academy (3)
4-0-0
83
8
1-0-0
3
Lewis-Palmer
4-1-0
66
2
1-1-0
4
Mullen
4-1-0
58
5
2-0-0
5
Wheat Ridge
5-0-0
56
6
1-0-0
6
D’Evelyn
4-0-1
47
7
1-0-1
7
Windsor
4-1-0
37
3
1-1-0
8
Cheyenne Mountain
3-2-0
34
4
2-0-0
9
Air Academy
3-3-0
18
9
0-1-0
10
Evergreen
3-2-0
12
10
1-1-0
Others receiving votes:
Sand Creek 11, Northridge 6, Palisade 5, Green Mountain 4, Ponderosa 3, Pueblo South 3, Silver Creek 3, Standley Lake 3, Littleton 2, Thomas Jefferson 2, Battle Mountain 1.
Dropped out:
None.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (7)
3-1-0
87
1
0-0-0
2
Colorado Academy (1)
2-1-0
73
2
0-0-0
3
Jefferson Academy (1)
5-0-1
72
3
3-0-0
4
Peak to Peak
4-0-0
60
4
1-0-0
5
The Academy
3-1-0
43
5
0-1-0
6
Coal Ridge
2-1-0
34
7
0-0-0
7
Manitou Springs
4-1-0
26
8
1-1-0
8
Colorado Springs Christian
4-0-0
22
–
1-0-0
9
Vail Mountain
3-1-0
19
9
3-1-0
10
Liberty Common
1-1-0
14
6
1-1-0
Others receiving votes:
SkyView Academy 8, Prospect Ridge 6, Alamosa 4, Sterling 3, The Pinnacle 3, DSST-Stapleton 2, St. Mary’s 2, Aspen 1, Faith Christian 1, Florence 1.
Dropped out:
SkyView Academy (10).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Dawson School (6)
3-0-0
30
1
0-0-0
2
Fountain Valley
0-0-0
24
2
0-0-0
3
Denver Christian
2-1-0
15
3
0-0-0
4
Evangelical Christian
2-1-0
9
4
1-0-0
5
Telluride
3-2-0
8
–
2-0-0
Others receiving votes:
Front Range Christian 2, Clear Creek 1, Rocky Mountain Lutheran 1.
When the dust settled on the first set of girls soccer rankings since the preseason, much had changed.
Ultimately, it was Columbine that emerged as the new No. 1 team in a transformed Class 5A poll that added three new teams, and also all kinds of tumult following an early two weeks where just about everyone was beat by someone else.
The Rebels, off to a 3-1-0 start, received just one first-place vote out of the 10 in the classification, but rose to the top with 84 overall points, ahead of new No. 2 Broomfield (four first-place votes, 73 points).
Mountain Vista dropped one spot to No. 3, Cherokee Trail jumped from No. 10 to No. 4, and Cherry Creek — unranked in the preseason — rounds out the top five.
Rocky Mountain was the lone team to hold its spot at No. 6, Regis Jesuit is up to No. 7, and newcomers Legacy (No. 8) and Ralston Valley (No. 9) joined the fray. Grandview, the preseason No. 1 which is off to an 0-2-0 start, fell to No. 10.
Each of the three No. 1 teams in the other classes held firm. Those are Valor Christian (4A), Kent Denver (3A) and Dawson (2A).
The 3A poll added No. 8 Manitou Springs and No. 10 SkyView Academy, but there were no new teams in 4A or 2A.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.
New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
It appears that Grandview and Kent Denver will be carrying defending champion hype into the 2017 girls soccer season.
The Wolves and Sun Devils both sit atop their respective classes of the initial CHSAANow.com girls soccer rankings.
Grandview claimed the Class 5A title in a thriller over Mountain Vista and Kent Denver came away with the 3A title after beating Colorado Academy 3-1.
Grandview was a nearly a unanimous choice as No. 1, but one first-place vote did go to Cherokee Trail, which comes in at No. 10 to start the year.
Mountain Vista will start the season ranked second, hoping this time around they can not just compete for a state title, but to claim it come May.
Columbine will start the year at No. 3 after reaching the 2016 semifinals before falling to Mountain Vista.
Broomfield, the fourth semifinal team from last year, snags a No. 5 ranking.
It was Lewis-Palmer who claimed the 4A championship last spring, but it’s Valor Christian who enters this season as the top-ranked team.
The Eagles edged the Rangers by one point to claim the top spot in the poll.
Cheyenne Mountain lands at No. 3 and is always a threat to compete for championship gold.
Windsor and Mullen come in at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively to start the year. Both teams advanced to last year’s 4A semifinals.
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Kent Denver and Colorado Academy will start the year at No. 1 and No. 2 just where they ended after last spring.
Jefferson Academy starts the year ranked third after reaching the semis last year with Liberty Common taking the No.4 spot and The Academy, also a 2016 semifinalist, coming in at No. 5.
Dawson starts the year atop the 2A rankings. The Mustangs fell to Vail Mountain 7-0 in the 2A championship game last year, but are looking to make another run at a title.
Vail Mountain has moved up to 3A this season.
Evangelical Christian takes the No. 2 spot, Front Range Christian is third, Fountain Valley (a 3A team in 2016) is fourth and Denver Christian rounds out the 2A at No. 5.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.
New polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
DENVER — Going into Saturday night’s final round of the State Spirit Championships, four points and two teams stood between the Class 5A cheer squads from four-place Rock Canyon and first-place Grandview.
And, at the end of the night, a fully executed routine by Rock Canyon sealed the 5A state title for its third time in the last four years.
“Having their hard work pay off is a phenomenal feeling and I’m unbelievably proud of them,” said Rock Canyon coach Amanda Mundaca.
By hitting a clean, solid routine, the Jaguars overcame an overwhelming four point deficit, performing skills such as switch-up pull throughs, one-and-a-half ups, inverted twisting variations, high-to-high full arounds, and impressive squad tumbling.
There is an clearly an incredible amount of difficulty within the routine, which was a major contribution to the errors made during prelims on Day 1.
All coaches deal with the deduction sheet differently, but Mundaca made the executive decision to keep everything the same heading into Day 2 and with lots of encouragement, teamwork, and motivation. The Jaguars were able to come together as one and perform a routine that will forever be remembered.
“It was just amazing to put something on the mat that we could be proud of,” said senior captain Schyler Geck.
The Jaguars finished with a score of 92.4. Eaglecrest (88.9) finished second, while Grandview (86.3) was third. Chaparral (85.8) was fourth.
Alongside Mundaca, stood Geck and the three other seniors on the team when Rock Canyon won its first State Championship back in 2012. With the Jaguar’s most recent accomplishment, these upcoming graduates can add another ring to their collection.
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
“I couldn’t be prouder to end their senior year with another state championship so it’s an awesome send off for them,” said Mundaca.
Even though the Jaguars will lose their four seniors next year, a great amount of returning talent will remain on the team and Mundaca hopes to continue this win streak next year by “coming out and hitting another clean routine.”
Coming off of last year’s streak-breaking sixth place finish, the Jaguars stayed determined and motivated throughout their entire season. On top of the traditional gameday situations, Mundaca consistently held five practices per week in order to properly prepare the team for State.
Throughout the season, the Jaguars have developed a growing passion for the team and its routine. The results made everything pay off for all of the time and energy that each individual athlete has put into it.
“I’m glad we could end with a bang and leave it all on the mat and I’m also happy that I could leave the team knowing that I did everything I could for them,” said Geck.
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Notables
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Five teams successfully defended championships from a season ago: Vail Christian (2A pom), St. Mary’s (2A/3A co-ed), Castle View (4A/5A co-ed), Cherry Creek (5A pom), and Monarch (hip-hop). Vail Christian’s title was an astonishing sixth-straight, while Castle View has now won three-straight championships.
Strasburg rebounded from losing a teammate to a serious injury in warmups to finish second in 2A/3A co-ed.
Highland ended Cheyenne Wells’ run of three-straight titles by winning 2A cheer. Cheyenne Wells finished third, while Swink was runner-up.
Coal Ridge (cheer) and University (pom) took home championships in 3A.
Valor Christian (cheer) and Wheat Ridge (pom) were crowned in 4A.
Ponderosa won the Jazz championship, edging out defending champion Mountain Vista.
