Football’s 2013 state playoff bracket for Class 5A.
2013 CHSAA State Football Championships CHSAA 5A Football Championship
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Fairview grabs 5A’s top seed as football brackets are released
Fairview is the No. 1 seed in 5A. (Courtesy photo) The groundwork, as is so often the case, was laid four years ago. Tom McCartney saw it in his freshmen then. Those freshmen are now seniors, and that group has Fairview seeded No. 1 overall in the Class 5A football playoffs.
“We knew that it was a special group,” McCartney, Fairview’s coach, said Sunday morning. “We also knew that for them to do the things and reach some of the goals they’ve set, you’ve got to have junior compliments. You want to know that your juniors are also part of that.
“We’ve been kind of waiting on this group of seniors for a while, and a lot of them have gotten a lot of playing time as sophomores and juniors,” he continued. “When you get in those kinds of battles against teams like Pomona and Ralston Valley, and Legacy and Arvada West and Boulder — and Grandview in the playoffs last year, and Regis the year before — all of those experiences help. So, yes, to be honest with you, we’ve seen this coming from this particular group. We knew this was a talented group.”
The Knights were the lone 5A team to finish the regular season unbeaten (9-0). They were ranked No. 2 in the CHSAANow.com football poll in recent weeks, but were No. 1 in Wild Card points during that stretch, and finished atop the final Wild Card standings released Sunday morning.
And so, when the 5A bracket was unveiled, it was Fairview in the No. 1 spot. (See the full bracket.)
“It feels awesome,” McCartney said. “It’s playoff football. We’re just going to prepare. We understand that if you win you move on, and if you don’t you’re done. We want to keep playing. The best way to keep playing is to be prepared and to improve.”
Fairview draws No. 32 Mountain Vista (3-6) in the first round. The two teams played in 2010 and 2011, both Mountain Vista wins.
“Our seniors, when they were freshmen, played them. And so we know a little bit about them,” McCartney said. “We’ve got a ton of respect for coach (Ric) Cash. His teams are always prepared. They’re always hard-nosed.”
Rounding out the top-5 seeds in 5A were No. 2 Valor Christian, No. 3 Cherry Creek, No. 4 Regis Jesuit and No. 5 ThunderRidge.
The top 16 seeds host in the first round, meaning No. 6 Cherokee Trail, No. 7 Columbine, No. 8 Pomona, No. 9 Chatfield, No. 10 Grand Junction, No. 11 Mountain Range, No. 12 Doherty, No. 13 Prairie View, No. 14 Rangeview, No. 15 Ralston Valley and No. 16 Douglas County will get home games.
Other qualifiers were No. 17 Legend, No. 18 Arapahoe, No. 19 Overland, No. 20 Grandview, No. 21 Gateway, No. 22 Heritage, No. 23 Westminster, No. 24 Rocky Mountain, No. 25 Fountain-Fort Carson, No. 26 Hinkley, No. 27 Arvada West, No. 28 Castle View, No. 29 Fort Collins, No. 30 Lakewood and No. 31 Eaglecrest.
The 2A, 1A, 8-man and 6-man brackets were also released on Sunday.
Brush is 2A’s top seed. As the top-8 host in the first round, No. 2 Manitou Springs, No. 3 Platte Valley, No. 4 Faith Christian, No. 5 Gunnison, No. 6 Bennett, No. 7 Kent Denver and No. 8 Florence will all get home games.
Also qualifying in 2A were No. 9 Strasburg, No. 10 Lamar, No. 11 Olathe, No. 12 Fort Lupton, No. 13 Aspen, No. 14 Ridge View Academy, No. 15 Jefferson and No. 16 The Academy.
In 1A, Buena Vista got the top seed. No. 2 Limon, No. 3 Centauri, No. 4 Paonia, No. 5 Monte Vista, No. 6 Hotchkiss, No. 7 Yuma and No. 8 Platte Canyon will also host first-round games.
Additional 1A qualifiers were No. 9 Resurrection Christian, No. 10 Rye, No. 11 Burlington, No. 12 Cedaredge, No. 13 Colorado Springs Christian, No. 14 Wray, No. 15 Lyons and No. 16 Front Range Christian.
Hoehne is 8-man’s top seed. Also hosting in the first round will be No. 2 Dayspring Christian, No. 3 Norwood, No. 4 Simla, No. 5 Caliche, No. 6 Kiowa, No. 7 Sargent and No. 8 Dove Creek. Also qualifying were No. 9 Sanford, No. 10 Vail Christian, No. 11 Merino, No. 12 Walsh, No. 13 Akron, No. 14 West Grand, No. 15 Fowler and No. 16 Granada.
Liberty/Stratton grabbed 6-man’s top seed. Also qualifying were No. 2 Hi-Plains, No. 3 Eads, No. 4 Prairie, No. 5 Otis, No. 6 Peetz, No. 7 Hanover and No. 8 Flagler
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4A’s Windsor, 3A’s Lamar join this week’s volleyball polls
Windsor (4A), Lamar (3A), Vail Christian and Rocky Mountain Lutheran (1A) are newcomers to this week’s CHSAANow.com volleyball polls.
The five No. 1s from last week — Grandview (5A), Lewis-Palmer (4A), Manitou Springs (3A), Resurrection Christian (2A) and Caliche (1A) — all stayed put.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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CHSAANow.com Volleyball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and 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 Grandview (10) 16-2 109 1 2-0 2 Arapahoe (1) 16-2 100 2 2-0 3 Fossil Ridge 17-0 84 3 2-0 4 Regis Jesuit 16-2 71 5 2-0 5 Doherty 15-3 53 4 2-0 6 Cherry Creek 14-4 51 6 2-0 7 Mountain Vista 15-4 44 8 0-0 8 Eaglecrest 12-5 32 7 1-1 9 Lakewood 14-4 20 10 2-0 10 Fruita Monument 15-3 17 9 2-0 Others receiving votes: Rampart 15, Cherokee Trail 6, Ralston Valley 3. Dropped out None. Class 4A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Lewis-Palmer (10) 17-1 136 1 2-0 2 Longmont (2) 17-0 120 3 2-0 3 Cheyenne Mountain (1) 15-2 119 2 1-1 4 Air Academy 18-4 79 4 5-1 5 Thomas Jefferson (1) 17-0 63 5 2-0 6 Montrose 15-3 60 7 3-0 7 Ponderosa 12-6 58 6 0-0 8 Valor Christian 14-4 38 8 4-2 9 Battle Mountain 18-1 32 9 6-0 10 Windsor 14-4 21 – 2-0 Others receiving votes: Coronado 15, Niwot 10, Elizabeth 8, Roosevelt 7, Pueblo West 5. Dropped out Niwot (10). Class 3A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Manitou Springs (6) 19-0 94 1 1-0 2 Eaton (4) 19-1 93 2 3-0 3 Valley 15-5 75 3 2-1 4 Platte Valley 13-5 55 5 2-0 5 Holy Family 13-5 46 4 1-2 6 Bayfield 15-3 45 6 2-0 7 Gunnison 16-3 44 7 1-0 8 Lamar 17-2 27 – 2-0 9 Sterling 12-5 25 8 2-0 10 Coal Ridge 16-2 24 9 1-1 Others receiving votes: University 16, Fort Lupton 4, Olathe 3, Machebeuf 1, St. Mary’s 1. Dropped out University (10). Class 2A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Resurrection Christian (7) 19-0 88 1 4-0 2 Fowler (2) 19-0 78 2 2-0 3 Lutheran 17-2 67 3 1-1 4 Paonia 19-0 66 4 3-0 5 Sangre de Cristo 18-1 39 6 2-0 6 Sargent 17-2 35 5 3-0 7 Swink 16-3 32 7 3-0 8 Yuma 14-5 26 8 3-1 9 Lyons 13-6 25 9 0-2 10 C.S. School 18-1 15 10 2-0 Others receiving votes: Dayspring Christian 7, Akron 5, Ridgway 4, SkyView Academy 3, Del Norte 2, Rye 2, Custer County 1. Dropped out None. Class 1A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Caliche (6) 17-1 69 1 1-0 2 Otis (1) 18-1 63 2 3-0 3 Dove Creek 19-0 48 5 2-0 4 Fleming 16-3 47 3 2-0 5 Flagler 16-3 44 4 4-0 6 Eads 17-2 32 6 2-0 7 Hi-Plains 14-5 20 7 2-0 8 Idalia 10-5 15 8 0-0 9 Vail Christian 14-5 13 – 2-0 10 Rocky Mountain Lutheran 17-2 12 – 2-1 Others receiving votes: Edison 11, La Veta 7, Stratton 3, Cheraw 2, Belleview Christian 1. Dropped out Stratton (9), Edison (10). -
Seniors play big role in field hockey’s growth
Colorado Academy is the No. 1 seed in this year’s state playoffs. (Courtesy photo) This group leads by example, and if they have it there way, the number of girls following in their footsteps will continue to grow.
Now in its 16th season, field hockey has proven a popular sport among young women across thirteen state high schools. Recently, the sport has grown in Colorado schools — thanks to members of the class of 2013.
“Every summer there is a summer league where you can come back and play,” said Colorado Academy captain Mandy Weeks. “Alumni, current high schoolers, young kids and adults all come and play during the summer.”
In Colorado, there are three premier field hockey clubs that girls can get involved in: Denver Field Hockey Club, and Colorado Field Hockey Association and Club Lewy located in Colorado Springs. Weeks has gotten involved in Denver’s club, along with a handful of other girls from local high schools.
At Smoky Hill, Jessica Schnitzer first got involved in the game in middle school when the varsity team came down to promote their team.
“They came down and passed out flyers and taught us how to play,” said Schnitzer. “They kind of told us about the team.”
Now part of the varsity team, Schnitzer and her teammates have gotten involved in the community. Smoky Hill, along with a handful of other schools, have started programs that raise awareness about their teams at the seventh- and eighth-grade levels.
“I try to make sure the people at our school know about field hockey and what we’re all about,” Schnitzer said. “The team makes sure we get involved in school activities like participating in the homecoming parade and going down to the middle school and working with the younger kids.”
Kent Denver’s Chloe Dikeou. (Courtesy photo) Players and coaches have both contributed to field hockey’s growth at Kent Denver.
“Field hockey wouldn’t be possible without our coach, Kathy James,” the Sun Devils’ Chloe Dikeou said. “She has helped develop our program tremendously. We have the second largest sports program at our school behind boys lacrosse.”
Some players have gotten so involved in the game that they hope to coach after graduating this summer. Bailey Taber of St. Mary’s Academy and Hannah Coburn of Mountain Vista plan to return as coaches.
“I want to come back next year and help coach — I love sports, encouraging my teammates and teaching the newbies,” Taber said. “At St. Mary’s, it’s very unique. We get to have a ton of fun while staying competitive. Our teammates become our family.”
Coburn has seen the program grow over her time at Mountain Vista.
“I am going to play field hockey in college and it would be my dream to coach when I come back during the summer at the middle school, high school or club level,” Coburn said. “I have been a part of Denver field hockey for four years but have been coaching and mentoring for two. I’m really proud of our school and the passion it has for the sport. I’m really excited to see where the program goes in the future.”
Taber has also helped the sport grow internationally. During a two-week service trip to Uganda last summer, she brought field hockey to an orphanage.
“We brought plastic field hockey sticks and taught some of the kids down there how to play,” Taber said. “I ran camps and we did a bunch of projects for the community on a two-week service trip to an orphanage. I hope to go back next summer with the same organization and help work with them some more.”
(Courtesy photo) Kayla Wayne, of Grandview, has reached out to the athletic community through social media.
“I usually tell people to come out to our games over Facebook or Twitter, and talk to other friends who don’t play,” said Wayne. “A lot of my friends notice how close we are on and off the field and that brings them to games.”
In 2013, Daelynn Demello of Palmer Ridge leads the league in points (55) and goals (20), and is tied for first in assists with 15. She and her team lost to Colorado Academy in last season’s championship game.
“This year we’re hoping to make it to (the state final) again, it will help the sport continue to grow at our school,” Demello said.
This season’s state championship bracket was released Tuesday morning Colorado Academy once again claimed the top seed and will play Cheyenne Mountain in the first round.
The semifinals of will take place on Oct. 23, and a state champion will emerge on Oct. 28 in the finals at All-City stadium in Denver.
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Mountain View now No. 3 in 4A girls cross country ranking
Mountain View made a big jump in this week’s 4A Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com girls cross country poll, moving from seventh to third.
The 2A poll was the only ranking to add new teams this week. Heritage Christian (No. 8) and Skyview Academy (No. 10) joined.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com Girls Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Fort Collins (9) 135 1 2 Monarch (5) 130 2 3 Cherry Creek 113 3 4 Pine Creek 98 4 5 ThunderRidge 63 5 6 Legacy 62 9 7 Rock Canyon 54 8 8 Fairview 47 7 9 Mountain Vista 32 6 10 Grandview 12 10 Others receiving votes: Castle View 10, Fossil Ridge 8, Heritage 5, Arapahoe 1. Dropped out: None. Class 4A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Thompson Valley (7) 131 1 2 The Classical Academy (3) 125 2 3 Mountain View (3) 123 7 4 Niwot 110 4 5 Air Academy (1) 94 3 6 Cheyenne Mountain (1) 86 5 7 Battle Mountain 50 6 8 Coronado 34 8 9 Evergreen 33 9 10 Durango 15 10 Others receiving votes: Wheat Ridge 12, Palmer Ridge 10, Broomfield 3. Dropped out: None. Class 3A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Salida (12) 120 1 2 Holy Family 102 2 3 Peak to Peak 87 3 4 Colorado Academy 73 4 5 Kent Denver 66 5 6 Estes Park 54 6 7 Moffat County 48 8 8 Frontier Academy 45 7 9 Bayfield 22 9 10 Alamosa 18 10 Others receiving votes: Pagosa Springs 12, St. Mary’s 9, Buena Vista 3, Platte Valley 1. Dropped out: None. Class 2A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Hotchkiss (10) 106 1 2 Lyons (1) 86 2 3 Paonia 84 4 4 Vanguard 80 3 5 Resurrection Christian 74 6 6 Denver Christian 49 5 7 Nederland 39 9 8 Heritage Christian 31 – 9 Shining Mountain 24 7 10 SkyView Academy 15 – Others receiving votes: Sargent 10, Mancos 3, Yuma 3, Rocky Ford 1. Dropped out: Sargent (8), Custer County (10). -
5A boys cross country poll adds No. 8 Thornton
Thornton is the only new face in this week’s Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com 5A boys cross country poll.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com Boys Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Mountain Vista (13) 130 1 2 Arapahoe 110 2 3 Fort Collins 106 4 4 Cherry Creek 93 3 5 Monarch 68 8 6 Boulder 66 5 7 Pomona 45 6 8 Thornton 34 – 9 Rock Canyon 26 9 10 Dakota Ridge 25 10 Others receiving votes: Heritage 7, Grandview 2, Chaparral 1, Fossil Ridge 1, Smoky Hill 1. Dropped out: Heritage (7). Class 4A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Coronado (10) 145 1 2 Pueblo West (5) 132 2 3 The Classical Academy 101 3 4 Air Academy 97 5 5 Cheyenne Mountain 80 4 6 Palmer Ridge 75 6 7 Broomfield 72 8 8 Durango 67 7 9 Niwot 27 9 10 Thompson Valley 15 10 Others receiving votes: Erie 9, Denver North 2, Evergreen 2, Mountain View 1. Dropped out: None. Class 3A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Lamar (13) 130 1 2 Peak to Peak 108 2 3 Frontier Academy 99 3 4 Alamosa 88 4 5 Holy Family 75 8 6 Salida 52 6 7 Estes Park 45 5 8 Faith Christian 44 7 9 Brush 40 10 10 Buena Vista 24 9 Others receiving votes: Platte Canyon 3, St. Mary’s 2, University 2, Colorado Academy 1, Gunnison 1, Sterling 1. Dropped out: None. Class 2A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Lyons (11) 110 1 2 Vanguard 88 2 3 Crested Butte 80 3 4 Telluride 65 5 5 Rocky Ford 60 4 6 Heritage Christian 52 – 7 Liberty Commons 48 – 8 Hotchkiss 39 6 9 Custer County 25 7 10 Wiggins 11 8 Others receiving votes: Denver Academy 9, Rye 6, Peyton 5, SkyView Academy 4, Mancos 2, Paonia 1. Dropped out: Rye (9), Peyton (10). -
Five new teams join this week’s volleyball rankings
Battle Mountain (4A), University (3A), Swink (2A), Idalia (1A) and Edison (1A) are the newcomers to this week’s CHSAANow.com volleyball polls.
All five No. 1 teams stayed put.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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CHSAANow.com Volleyball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and 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 Grandview (10) 14-2 118 1 2-0 2 Arapahoe (1) 14-2 104 2 1-1 3 Fossil Ridge (1) 15-0 96 3 3-0 4 Doherty 13-3 72 5 2-0 5 Regis Jesuit 14-2 71 4 2-0 6 Cherry Creek 12-4 57 6 1-1 7 Eaglecrest 11-4 48 7 1-1 8 Mountain Vista 15-4 30 8 3-0 9 Fruita Monument 13-3 21 9 2-1 10 Lakewood 12-4 18 10 2-0 Others receiving votes: Rampart 9, Cherokee Trail 7, Rangeview 4, Ralston Valley 3, Fort Collins 2. Dropped out None. Class 4A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Lewis-Palmer (7) 15-1 115 1 2-0 2 Cheyenne Mountain (4) 14-1 107 2 2-0 3 Longmont (1) 15-0 97 3 3-0 4 Air Academy 13-3 70 4 2-0 5 Thomas Jefferson 15-0 53 5 2-0 6 Ponderosa 12-6 51 6 2-1 7 Montrose 12-3 50 7 1-1 8 Valor Christian 10-2 43 8 2-0 9 Battle Mountain 12-1 20 – 2-0 10 Niwot 15-5 12 9 1-1 Others receiving votes: Windsor 11, Roosevelt 10, Coronado 7, Pueblo West 6, Elizabeth 4, Mead 3, Silver Creek 2, Pueblo Central 1, Thompson Valley 1. Dropped out Coronado (10). Class 3A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Manitou Springs (7) 18-0 94 1 2-0 2 Eaton (4) 16-1 93 3 3-0 3 Valley 13-4 84 2 2-1 4 Holy Family 12-3 66 6 1-0 5 Platte Valley 11-5 57 4 1-1 6 Bayfield 13-3 55 5 2-1 7 Gunnison 15-3 42 7 1-0 8 Sterling 10-5 38 8 1-2 9 Coal Ridge 15-1 21 9 2-0 10 University 9-6 20 – 2-0 Others receiving votes: Lamar 14, Machebeuf 7, Olathe 7, Bennett 3, Clear Creek 2, St. Mary’s 2. Dropped out Lamar (10). Class 2A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Resurrection Christian (5) 15-0 92 1 2-0 2 Fowler (3) 17-0 88 2 2-0 3 Lutheran (2) 16-1 83 3 3-0 4 Paonia 16-0 70 4 2-0 5 Sargent 14-2 45 6 2-0 6 Sangre de Cristo 16-1 38 5 2-0 7 Swink 13-3 29 – 5-1 8 Yuma 11-4 28 8 1-0 9 Lyons 13-4 27 7 3-0 10 C.S. School 16-1 24 9 3-0 Others receiving votes: Akron 10, Dayspring Christian 6, Kiowa 3, Ridgway 2, Byers 1, Rye 1. Dropped out Akron (10). Class 1A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Caliche (8) 16-1 80 1 3-0 2 Otis 15-1 71 2 1-0 3 Fleming 14-3 57 4 3-0 4 Flagler 12-3 52 5 1-1 5 Dove Creek 17-0 46 6 1-0 6 Eads 15-2 41 3 2-2 7 Hi-Plains 12-5 27 7 0-1 8 Idalia 10-5 14 – 3-1 9 Stratton 10-5 12 8 3-1 10 Edison 16-0 11 – 2-0 Others receiving votes: Rocky Mountain Lutheran 10, Vail Christian 8, La Veta 5, Arickaree 3, Elbert 2, Cheraw 1, Kit Carson 1. Dropped out Rocky Mountain Lutheran (9), Vail Christian (10). -
Mountain Vista’s senior foundation leads to boys tennis success
Mountain Vista’s boys tennis team at the 5A tournament. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) DENVER — Four years ago, five freshmen walked onto the practice court at Mountain Vista. Friday, those freshman, now seniors, formed the foundation of a boys tennis program which has all but locked up a top-3 finish at the Class 5A state tournament.
This a program which had its best showing at state last year when it finished seventh. No, it’s no giant. Not yet. But it wants to be.
“When it started,” coach Jim Flanigan said on Thursday, “we never qualified anybody for state. We’d only been open for three years. In that fourth year, we were better, and we’ve gotten progressively better every year. We’ve become a program that qualifies kids every year.”
The school itself opened in 2001, so the tennis program is still relatively new. Its growth, especially recently, has been notable.
For the first time this season, the Golden Eagles had a state qualifier at every position. And, following the first day of state competition on Thursday, Mountain Vista sat in a tie for second place with Fairview.
“We’ve finally got the singles talent that now we’re not only a program that qualifies people, I think we’re a program that is one of the top three in the state,” said Flanigan, who was hired as the program’s second head coach when he was 24 and just two years out of college. “I think we’ll end up around there, in the mix of the top three. I’d like to be first.”
After two days, Mountain Vista is in third with 46 points. The Golden Eagles will have freshman Ben Antonsen on the court Saturday playing in the No. 2 singles final.
Antonsen, for being relatively young, is quite aware of the program’s history.
“We know where we’ve come from and where we’ve gotten to,” he said on Friday, “and we’re pretty happy about it.”
And he acknowledges that the success has been built on the shoulders of the seniors.
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com) “Really that year they all became freshmen was the year we started to really build the program and get to where we are now,” Antonsen said. “Each year, everyone’s improved. Everyone’s gone up in rankings at the state tournament. I’m happy to come in this year.”
Of the seniors, Flanigan said, “Five of them have been together since they were freshman, and I remember when they all came out. It was like, ‘That’s the foundation of the program.’ I was like, ‘We’re going to be good in the next few years because of these guys.’ ”
Included in that group is Vignesh Senthilvel, who plays at No. 1 singles, and Michael Shin, the squad’s No. 3 singles player. Asked about the program’s turning point, Shin is quick to answer.
“When I became a freshman, yeah, I think that was the turning point because we had Vignesh, he was the super star freshman and he took it to ’em at state,” Shin said. “Then we all made state, and gradually more and more people made state each year. … The team has been growing every single year. And it’s been getting better.”
At this year’s tournament, Senthilvel, Antonsen, Shin all reached at least the semifinals. As did Mountain Vista’s No. 1 (Vamsi Senthivel and Austin Gruszczynski) and No. 2 doubles (Maciek Lazarski and Alex Boyarko) teams.
“Looking at that jump (from past years), that’s pretty big, knowing that we were able to make that turnaround,” Vignesh Senthilvel added, “but it was also a lot of hard work from all of us.”
But did the seniors see coming when they were freshmen? Did they expect this?
“I wouldn’t really say ‘expect,’ because I would have never expected,” Vignesh Senthilvel said, “but now that we’re here, I’m on Cloud 9.”
Said Shin: “It’s amazing. It’s really like a feeling of being content. After you’ve been working, since you were a freshman, so hard — you’ve been training real hard every day, having Saturday practice, having practices in the winter. To leave a mark like top-3, I think that’s what the coaches’ goal was and everyone’s goal was. We really did start from nowhere, from having no people go to state to having everyone qualify and finishing top 3.”
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Saturday, the No. 1 singles final in 5A will be between Fairview’s Ignatius Castelino, a junior, and Cherry Creek senior Zach Fryer. In 4A, Kent Denver junior David Mitchell will face Discovery Canyon senior Luke Lorenz.
Team-wise, Cherry Creek leads the 5A field with 77 points. Fairview is second (69), and, as noted above, Mountain Vista is in third. Regis Jesuit (20 points) is in fourth, and Fossil Ridge (17) is in fifth.
Kent Denver leads the 4A field at 77 points. Colorado Academy (49), Niwot (46), Cheyenne Mountain (25) and Air Academy (18) round out the top 5.
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5A volleyball poll adds Fruita Monument at No. 9
Fruita Monument is the lone newcomer to this week’s CHSAANow.com 5A volleyball poll.
All five No. 1 teams remained the same.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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CHSAANow.com Volleyball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and 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 Grandview (10) 12-2 134 1 2-0 2 Arapahoe (1) 13-1 124 2 2-0 3 Fossil Ridge (3) 12-0 114 3 2-0 4 Regis Jesuit 12-2 88 6 2-0 5 Doherty 11-3 78 7 1-0 6 Cherry Creek 11-3 72 4 1-1 7 Eaglecrest 10-3 54 5 1-1 8 Mountain Vista 12-4 43 8 3-0 9 Fruita Monument 11-2 25 – 1-0 10 Lakewood 10-4 14 10 2-0 Others receiving votes: Cherokee Trail 10, Rampart 10, Rangeview 8, Highlands Ranch 3, Fort Collins 2. Dropped out Cherokee Trail (9). Class 4A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Lewis-Palmer (8) 13-1 142 1 2-0 2 Cheyenne Mountain (3) 12-1 130 2 2-0 3 Longmont (3) 12-0 123 3 2-0 4 Air Academy 11-3 91 4 1-2 5 Thomas Jefferson (1) 13-0 82 5 3-0 6 Ponderosa 10-5 58 7 2-0 7 Montrose 11-2 57 9 1-0 8 Valor Christian 8-2 37 6 0-1 9 Niwot 14-4 28 – 4-2 10 Coronado 10-3 19 – 2-0 Others receiving votes: Silver Creek 18, Battle Mountain 13, Elizabeth 10, Roosevelt 7, Pueblo West 5, Windsor 4, Fort Morgan 1, Pueblo Centennial 1. Dropped out Roosevelt (8), Silver Creek (10). Class 3A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Manitou Springs (6) 16-0 77 1 2-0 2 Valley 11-3 65 2 2-1 3 Eaton (2) 13-1 57 3 7-0 4 Platte Valley 10-4 46 5 5-2 5 Bayfield 11-2 42 4 2-0 6 Holy Family 11-3 41 7 2-1 7 Gunnison 14-3 34 6 1-0 8 Sterling 9-3 28 8 2-1 9 Coal Ridge 13-1 20 9 2-0 10 Lamar 13-2 14 10 2-0 Others receiving votes: Fort Lupton 10, Olathe 3, University 3. Dropped out None. Class 2A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Resurrection Christian (3) 13-0 73 1 2-0 2 Fowler (3) 15-0 72 2 3-0 3 Lutheran (2) 13-1 68 3 2-0 4 Paonia 14-0 54 4 3-0 5 Sangre de Cristo 14-1 36 5 2-0 6 Sargent 12-2 34 6 2-0 7 Lyons 10-4 23 8 2-1 8 Yuma 10-4 17 – 2-0 9 C.S. School 13-1 13 7 1-0 10 Akron 9-5 12 – 3-1 Others receiving votes: Swink 11, Simla 10, Dayspring Christian 9, Byers 2, Denver Christian 2, Rye 2, Del Norte 1, Ridgway 1. Dropped out Simla (9), Swink (10). Class 1A RK TEAM W-L PTS PVS LW 1 Caliche (7) 13-1 79 1 3-0 2 Otis (1) 14-1 71 2 2-0 3 Eads 13-0 58 3 4-0 4 Fleming 11-3 55 4 2-1 5 Flagler 11-2 50 5 3-1 6 Dove Creek 16-0 41 7 3-0 7 Hi-Plains 12-4 25 8 4-1 8 Stratton 7-4 18 6 1-2 9 Rocky Mountain Lutheran 12-1 13 10 3-0 10 Vail Christian 11-4 12 – 1-1 Others receiving votes: La Veta 8, Idalia 4, Cheraw 3, Edison 3, Genoa Hugo/Karval 1. Dropped out Edison (9). -
Fort Collins takes over as girls cross country’s No. 1 team in 5A
Fort Collins is now atop in the Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com girls cross country poll in 5A.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com Girls Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Fort Collins (7) 132 3 2 Monarch (7) 129 1 3 Cherry Creek 116 2 4 Pine Creek 98 4 5 ThunderRidge 77 5 6 Mountain Vista 55 8 7 Fairview 44 6 8 Rock Canyon 43 7 9 Legacy 41 9 10 Grandview 15 10 Others receiving votes: Arapahoe 6, Castle View 4, Fossil Ridge 3, Regis Jesuit 3, Heritage 2, Ralston Valley 2, Greeley West 1. Dropped out: None. Class 4A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Thompson Valley (10) 131 1 2 The Classical Academy (2) 119 2 3 Air Academy (1) 109 7 4 Niwot 86 3 5 Cheyenne Mountain (1) 74 6 6 Battle Mountain 70 4 7 Mountain View 60 – 8 Coronado 59 5 9 Evergreen 22 10 10 Durango 15 8 Others receiving votes: Palmer Ridge 14, Wheat Ridge 10, Broomfield 1, Summit 1. Dropped out: Palmer Ridge (9). Class 3A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Salida (10) 109 1 2 Holy Family 86 2 3 Peak to Peak 81 6 4 Colorado Academy 74 3 5 Kent Denver 55 4 6 Estes Park 44 5 7 Frontier Academy (1) 38 8 8 Moffat County 36 9 9 Bayfield 25 10 10 Alamosa 21 7 Others receiving votes: Pagosa Springs 13, St. Mary’s 8, Buena Vista 7, La Junta 7, Platte Valley 1. Dropped out: None. Class 2A RK TEAM PTS PVS 1 Hotchkiss (9) 90 1 2 Lyons (1) 81 4 3 Vanguard 80 2 4 Paonia 79 3 5 Denver Christian 48 5 6 Resurrection Christian 46 7 7 Shining Mountain 45 6 8 Sargent 29 9 9 Nederland 26 8 10 Custer County 10 – Others receiving votes: Heritage Christian 7, SkyView Academy 7, Crested Butte 1, Mancos 1, Rocky Ford 1. Dropped out: Heritage Christian (10).