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Fort Collins has taken over the top spot in this week’s hockey rankings.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. During the regular season, the poll will release each Monday.
FOUNTAIN — Ever since Peyton Westfall and the other 10 seniors on the Pine Creek boys basketball roster were in middle school, they’ve felt like they could turn the program around.
A far cry from their football counterpoints, the Eagles basketball squad has struggled for several years on the hardwood. The 2018-19 season marked the first time that coach Joe Rausch led the Eagles to winning season since he took the program over in 2014.
After Saturday’s 70-58 win over Fountain-Fort Carson, the Eagles (6-1 overall, 1-0 Class 5A Colorado Springs Metro League) feel like a league title might be in play. It’s a completely different outlook from where this team sat just two years ago.
“Our focus is just trying to get better each practice and each game,” Rausch said. “We may have set some goals the last couple of years where once we knew we couldn’t achieve a certain goal, then we kind of maybe lost a little focus. We’re just trying to get better every single game and I think they’ve really embraced that and they’re doing a good job.”
The roster makeup for the Eagles lists 11 seniors and one junior. After suffering through several disappointing seasons, it’s a veteran group that takes the floor each game and that experience certainly showed against the defending 5A CSML champs.
Westfall scored 14 points in the win, with all but three of his points coming in the second half. That’s when they were needed the most.
“We all knew that we were going to do this,” he said. “We all knew we were going to do this together. And that’s what (Rausch) asked us at the start of the season is do we want to do it together? And we said yeah.”
Rausch couldn’t talk for long before pointing out his team’s toughness in the win. The Trojans (6-5, 0-1) went with a simple plan of attack early. Get the ball to 6-foot-9 Isaiah Thompson and let him work in the post. On the first two possessions of the game he had been fouled twice and sank all of his free throws. The Eagles were going to have their work cut out for them on the inside, but they were up to the tough challenge.
They limited Thompson to just two field made field goals. He scored the other eight of his 12 points from the free throw line.
“I think the biggest thing is we stopped moving the ball,” Trojans coach Paul Mileto said. “The ball stayed on one side before pretty much every possession and it’s hard to score. It’s hard to move the defense.”
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
It was the mark of a veteran team. Thompson was by far the biggest player on the floor and the Eagles had to find a way to counter his presence in the lane. Keeping Fountain Fort-Carson from effectively moving the ball turned out to be a solid game plan.
And it was backed up with plenty of offense. Perry Guirdy scored a game-high 18 points for the Eagles. He has struggled at times this season, but he’s kept his head down and just tried to put himself in the right spots at the right time.
“That’s usually how I play,” Guirdy said. “I usually go to the one open spot that I see and our guards did a great job of giving me the ball.”
The win is sure to get the attention of teams from across the league. Guirdy said that it might serve the Eagles better to stay under the radar, but knocking off the Trojans on the road is sure to get noticed.
If it is indeed the Eagles’ time to make noise in the CSML, Rausch is hoping that this senior-laden team is ready for it.
“It would have been a victory to come out of here even if we didn’t win the game with how tough we played today,” Rausch siad. “But yeah, it’s huge way to start off the league season just because Fountain is the team to beat; league champs and so it still goes through them until they don’t have it anymore.”
Tim Yount of On The Mat provides weekly wrestling rankings for teams and individuals in all weight classes. To see individual rankings, you can subscribe to On The Mat’s full rankings.
To subscribe via PayPal, choose your subscription option on this page click on the corresponding PayPal button. To subscribe by mail or fax and pay by personal check, click here for a printable subscription form. Email Tim Yount at tim@onthematrankings.com with questions.
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Class 2A
RK
TEAM
PVS
1
Wray
1
2
Cedaredge
3
3
Rocky Ford
2
4
Paonia
–
5
Lyons
5
6
Buena Vista
4
7
Highland
7
8
Hotchkiss
9
9
John Mall
6
10
Centauri
8
Dropped out
Hayden (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
PVS
1
Alamosa
5
2
Valley
2
3
Jefferson
1
4
Pagosa Springs
4
5
Lamar
3
6
Eagle Valley
8
7
Weld Central
7
8
Sterling
–
9
Skyview
–
10
Eaton
–
Dropped out
Berthoud (6), Fort Morgan (9), Platte Valley (10).
On Thursday, we brought you our most-read stories from the 2019 calendar year. Today, we list some of our favorite stories that have run on CHSAANow this year, ordered chronologically.
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Southern Colorado basketball official Nick Lave calls it a career after 41 years
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
Jan. 4 | By Dan Mohrmann
For one last time on Thursday night, Nick Lave took the court to do what he has done for 41 years as a basketball official in Colorado. He wanted to make the playing field level and let the kids decide the outcome of the game.
Grandview girls basketball leaning on youth in big moments
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
March 7 | By Brian Miller
Last March, Lauren Betts was an eighth-grade student watching Grandview’s girls basketball team win a second consecutive Class 5A state championship at the Denver Coliseum.
Read the full story here
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Pine Creek baseball’s Riley Cornelio brings next-level heat
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
March 27 | By Dan Mohrmann
As the Pine Creek hitters get their practice swings in before game time, a very distinct noise can be heard off the third base foul line.
Yuma’s Paul Brophy wasn’t going to let cancer keep him off the baseball field
(Courtesy of Laurie Kjosness)
April 24 | By Dan Mohrmann
Yuma pitcher Paul Brophy might be the toughest student-athlete in Colorado. One look at his stat line in MaxPreps will show casual fans that he’s certainly good at baseball, but sometimes measuring toughness is difficult to do.
Girls track: Valor Christian’s Anna Hall puts the finishing touches on a remarkable career; other top performances from the meet
(Brad Cochi/CHSAANow.com)
May 18 | By Brad Cochi
Five weeks ago, Anna Hall’s ankle was in a boot and with her final Colorado track and field state championships in doubt, the Valor Christian senior wasn’t doing much smiling around that time.
Read the full story here
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Spurs guard Derrick White, a Legend grad, reflects on the impact of high school basketball
(Kevin Keyser/KeyserImages.com)
June 27 | By Ryan Casey
In the same fieldhouse where he had once been a camper, and later a coach at camps, Derrick White hosted his inaugural Basketball Academy this week, drawing hundreds of attendees who ranged from elementary high school.
Prairie’s Hannah Kinnison shows that Division I volleyball talent is littered throughout Colorado
(Kevin Saffer/MaxPreps)
July 22 | By Dan Mohrmann
A stigma sometimes exists in high school sports that if an athlete wants to play their sport at a high level in college, they must play at a big high school.
Golden’s softball twins present double trouble for opponents
(Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
Aug. 16 | By Dennis Pleuss
The offensive numbers Golden’s identical twins Makayla and Makenzie Middleton have put up the previous three seasons on the softball field is mind boggling.
Front Range golf tournament experiments with complete digital scoring
(Marlee Smith/CHSAANow.com)
Aug. 16 | By Dan Mohrmann
The Front Range golf tournament that was played at Riverdale Knolls this past Wednesday was yet another sign that high school athletics are moving further into the digital age.
Kit Carson’s small-town environment provides a memorable game day experience to its football team
(Gabriel Christus/Denver Broncos)
Aug. 18 | By Dan Mohrmann
Roughly 20 minutes after journeying southbound from the junction of Colorado Highways 94 and U.S. Route 287, passing cars roll into a small community that houses a dominant football program.
Video: A look back at the 2019 4A and 5A football championships
Dec. 9 | By Boogie Brown Media
It was an epic Championship Saturday at Mile High during the 4A and 5A state football championships.Watch the video
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Sargent one of many schools benefiting from state spirit’s new game day division
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
Dec. 6 | By Dan Mohrmann
Throughout a given school year, the most exposure that fans have to their respective schools spirit teams are what they see on the sidelines during other competitions. The purpose of those teams is to generate excitement and enthusiasm for football, basketball or volleyball teams.
Tim Yount of On The Mat provides weekly wrestling rankings for teams and individuals in all weight classes. To see individual rankings, you can subscribe to On The Mat’s full rankings.
To subscribe via PayPal, choose your subscription option on this page click on the corresponding PayPal button. To subscribe by mail or fax and pay by personal check, click here for a printable subscription form. Email Tim Yount at tim@onthematrankings.com with questions.
To purchase individual weeks of the rankings (as opposed to the entire season), you will need to use the printable subscription form and pay by check. The season ranking subscriptions are offered at a discounted rate.
