The Season D all-state boys volleyball team is presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

This team was created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues and then a vote of coaches.

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Player of the year: Jayden Pascua, Douglas County

Coach of the year: Jason Fitzgerald, Douglas County

Honorable mention:

• Elijah Armstrong, RS/S/MB, Mountain View, Junior
• Christian Banuelos, DSST: College View,
• Keenan Daly, OPP/OH, Coronado, Senior
• Kade Ericson, L, Rock Canyon, Sophomore
• Christopher Furst, Faith Christian, Junior
• Arneet Garcha, OH/L, Stargate School, Senior
• Edmund Gonzalez, DSST: College View
• Javier Gonzalez, OH/DS, Regis Groff, Senior
• Hector Guerrero, S/RS/OH, Westminster, Sophomore
• Aidan Hartman, MB/RS, Stargate School, Junior
• Gionny Her, OH, Westminster, Junior
• Jake Johnson, Fort Lupton, Senior
• Carson Kneisl, OH, Bear Creek, Sophomore
• Gunnar Kukkonen, MB/OH, Stargate School, Senior
• Caleb McIrvin, OH, Colorado Springs Christian, Senior
• Josh Miller, S, Bear Creek, Senior
• Jacob Mullane, L/DS, Bear Creek, Junior
• CJ Mullens, L, Douglas County, Junior
• Patrick Nettles, MH, Cheyenne Mountain, Junior
• Kalen Nilsen, S, Cheyenne Mountain, Sophomore
• Gabriel Ocasio, S, Stargate School, Junior
• Christopher Perez, OH/DS/S, Regis Groff, Senior
• Jayse Shaw, S/OH, Addenbrooke Classical Academy, Junior
• Tucker Shearn, Valor Christian, Sophomore
• Cade Shivley, DSST: Byers, Sophomore
• Jayden Stack, Fort Lupton, Senior
• Ben Steiner, MB, Colorado Springs Christian, Senior
• Ryan Taylor, L/OH/OPP, Grandview, Senior
• Paxton Wright, OH, Legend, Freshman

In the final coaches poll of Season D, Douglas County finished in the No. 1 spot.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Volleyball Poll

Voted upon by coaches around the state. Coaches looking to vote should email bcochi@chsaa.org.

In the latest coaches poll voting, Douglas County held on at No. 1 for the fourth straight week.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Volleyball Poll

Voted upon by coaches around the state. Coaches looking to vote should email bcochi@chsaa.org.

In the latest coaches poll, Cherry Creek held on at No. 1.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Volleyball Poll

Voted upon by coaches around the state. Coaches looking to vote should email bcochi@chsaa.org.

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In the first poll of Season D, Cherry Creek claimed the top spot as preseason No. 1.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Volleyball Poll

Voted upon by coaches around the state. Coaches and media members looking to vote should email bcochi@chsaa.org.

In the final coaches poll of the season, Mountain Vista, Windsor, Eaton, Wiggins and Fleming were voted No. 1 in their respective classifications.

The rankings, voted upon by coaches, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.

Complete rankings are below.

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CHSAANow.com Volleyball Polls

Voted upon by coaches around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing bcochi@chsaa.org. These rankings are part of the postseason seeding process.

This fall, three schools will join CHSAA for their initial seasons: Addenbrooke Classical Academy, Banning Lewis Prep, and DSST: Conservatory Green.

With their addition, which was approved by the Legislative Council in April 2019, the CHSAA membership will grow to 363 schools.

Below is a quick introduction to each of the three new schools.

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Addenbrooke Classical Academy

Location: Lakewood

Enrollment: 142

Mascot: Mustangs

Initial sports: Cross country, boys soccer, volleyball, boys basketball, girls basketball, girls soccer.

School info: A public K-12 charter school operating under Jeffco Public Schools. It opened in 2013.

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Banning Lewis Prep

Location: Colorado Springs

Enrollment: 337

Mascot: Stallions

Initial Sports: Cross country, football, track, spirit, volleyball, boys basketball, girls basketball, girls soccer.

School info: A charter school for grades K-12. It originally opened in 2006, but only opened its high school in 2017. The first graduating class will be the class of 2021.

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DSST: Conservatory Green

Location: Denver

Enrollment: 303

Mascot: Hornets

Initial Sports: Cross country, boys soccer, spirit, volleyball, boys basketball, girls basketball, girls soccer.

School info: A public STEM charter school, which was opened in 2014.

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DENVER — Girls lacrosse will add a second classification, following a vote of CHSAA’s Legislative Council on Wednesday.

A proposal, jointly submitted by the Western Slope and Pikes Peak leagues, passed by a majority vote to split the sport’s 58 teams into 5A and 4A classifications.

The move mirrors a split of classes by boys lacrosse ahead of the 2013 season.

Now, the decision on how to split the teams, notably the cut line for enrollment, will need to be decided.

Additionally, the lacrosse committee will need to figure out how to handle its semifinals and championships. Currently, with one class, girls lacrosse holds both rounds at the University of Denver.

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New seeding criteria for football

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The football committee will use a new approach towards seeding the 5A-1A playoffs starting with the 2019 season.

A complete breakdown of how it will work is available here, but here are the basics:

• Four data points (the RPI, MaxPreps rankings, Packard rankings, and the CHSAANow coaches poll) will be equally weighted.
• Teams will be ranked according to that data, and seeded accordingly.
• They may be moved one spot based upon head-to-head, and seeds may also be adjusted (Nos. 9-16 in 4A-1A, and Nos. 17-24 in 5A) for geography and to avoid league matchups.

Additionally, with the approval of the football committee report, the 6-man football title game will be Nov. 23 this year, moving it up one week and returning it to a date it had been.

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Board of Directors

• Troy Baker will be CHSAA’s new president.
• Rick Macias, an at large member, is moving off the board. His replacement has not yet been named.
• Rick Mondt (representing District 3) will be replaced by Steve Longwell, Eaton athletic director.
• Angie Sanders (representing District 4) will be replaced by Nate Smith, Englewood athletic director.
• Jim Lucas (representing CASE) will be replaced by Ryan West, Englewood principal.

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Notables:

• Three schools were officially approved for new membership: Addenbrooke Classical Academy (Lakewood), Banning Lewis Preparatory Academy (Colorado Springs), and DSST: Conservatory Green (Denver).
• A proposal that would have created a 6A classification in football was voted down.
• Soccer will have a game minimum requirement in order to make the 2A playoffs: 12 games, 10 of which must be against NFHS schools.
• Soccer is changing its officiating system to a diagonal system of control (one center ref, and two assistants), which is pretty much standard across the board in the sport at all levels.
• Softball will use a double bag at first base. The sport has also changed its mercy rule, and games will now end if a team is up by: 15 runs after 3 innings, 12 after 4, or 10 after 5.
• Swimmers will now be required to compete in a minimum of six high school meets to qualify for the state competition.
• Volleyball’s default regional day will be a Saturday, if the schools can’t agree. Also, the new tri-color volleyball (red, white and blue) was approved to be used during the postseason.
• A school’s prior year out-of-building student percentage on rosters can be used as part of the criteria to classify schools going forward.
• Co-op sports programs between schools will now be on a two-year basis, changing from the current one-year period.
• Sunday competition, out of season, will be allowed for teams and participants at national events, if sponsored by the NFHS and/or approved by the CHSAA office.
• The 2019 state cross country championship will be Oct. 26.
• Field hockey created a mercy rule for regular season play: A five-goal differential would create a running clock; a six-goal differential causes the winning team to remove a player; a seven-goal differential caused the same team to remove a second play; an eight-goal differential causes the removal of a third player. If the losing team cuts into the margin after a player has been removed, a team may substitute a player back in.