COLORADO SPRINGS — Down two goals at one point, No. 16 Colorado Springs Christian School scored twice in regulation to tie then scored an overtime golden goal to beat No. 1 Atlas Prep 4-3.

The Lions will meet No. 9 Liberty Common in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A boys soccer tournament.

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Kent Denver has returned to the No. 1 spot of this week’s 3A boys soccer rankings.

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.

With the regular season ending on Saturday, these will serve as the final polls of the regular season.

Complete rankings for each class are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Soccer Polls

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.

(Lydia Stern/Crested Butte News)

There are two new No. 1 teams in this week’s boys soccer rankings: Atlas Prep (3A) and Crested Butte (2A).

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.

Complete rankings for each class are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Soccer Polls

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.

(Jeff Tucker/jefferywtucker.zenfolio.com)

Fairview boys soccer is the new No. 1 in the Class 5A boys soccer rankings. Likewise, Denver Christian is now No. 1 in 2A.

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.

Complete rankings for each class are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Soccer Polls

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.

(David Harvey/ImageProPhotography.com)

Six new teams joined this week’s boys soccer rankings. They are: Pueblo Centennial and Golden (4A); James Irwin and Salida (3A); and Mile High Academy and Fountain Valley (2A).

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.

Complete rankings for each class are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Soccer Polls

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.

Crested Butte is now the No. 1 team in the Class 2A boys soccer rankings.

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.

Complete rankings for each class are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Soccer Polls

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.

(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

Three of the four boys soccer classifications have new top-ranked teams in this week’s polls, with Air Academy (4A), Kent Denver (3A) and Telluride (2A) taking over at the top.

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.

Complete rankings for each class are below.

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CHSAANow.com Boys Soccer Polls

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.

(Photo courtesy of Marcus Hill/Mountain Mail)

Salida has been much better on the road than they’ve been at home this year. So having to travel to St. Mary’s for the second round of the Class 3A boys soccer tournament wasn’t a big deal.

Even if the Pirates had won the regular season meeting back on Sept. 9.

This time, it was the Spartans who came away victorious. Junior Camden Gillis scored in double-overtime to give Salida a stunning 1-0 win. Up next is a quarterfinal showdown with No. 3 Colorado Academy.

As the No. 27 seed in the tournament, Salida has now come away with two upset wins in the tournament, each time beating their higher ranked opponent by a single goal.

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(12) Delta 3, (5) DSST-Stapleton 0

Delta had a good day on both sides of the ball. The offense put up three goals and keeper Felipe Bedoy didn’t let anything by him as the Panthers advanced with a 3-0 win over DSST-Stapleton.

They’ll see Colorado Springs Christian School in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

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(23) Roaring Fork 2, (7) The Academy 0

Roaring Fork’s improbable run in the 3A tournament continued Tuesday with a 2-0 win over the Academy.

A tall task looms on Saturday as the Rams must now face No. 2 Kent Denver.

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Other scores:

(1) Jefferson Academy 2, (16) Peak to Peak 1.
(8) Liberty Common 3, (24) William Smith 0.
(4) CSCS 6, (20) Dawson 1.
(3) Colorado Academy 4, (14) Atlas Prep 0.
(2) Kent Denver 1, (15) Coal Ridge 0.

MANITOU SPRINGS — For the first time in three years, Manitou Springs opened its season with a win as the Mustangs topped Atlas Prep 4-1 on Tuesday.

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Might the state basketball tournaments in Class 5A and 4A expand? (Ray Chen/ArrayPhoto.com)

AURORA — The basketball committee is exploring an idea which would expand the Class 4A and 5A boys and girls state tournaments to include all teams.

The committee began to discuss postseason formats because of last month’s changes to the classification structure which will even out teams in each class. They talked about keeping things as they are, but also about ways to change the format.

And during Wednesday’s meeting, at least for 5A and 4A, the idea of a totally-inclusive state tournament was popular among committee members. The format would be loosely modeled on what 1A and 2A have already implemented via regionals, but would incorporate all schools in the classification.

“We had a great discussion on the postseason format,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Bert Borgmann, who administers basketball. “We have a very good 5A format — and a very successful format — that has been in place for over 10 years. But 5A has never addressed what might happen if the selection committee were to go away. The basketball committee wanted to address that.”

4A, meanwhile, “has struggled with a universally-accepted postseason format, and also needed to be addressed,” Borgmann said. “As the committee started looking at a variety of ideas, the concept off a format that was inclusive of all schools began to take form.”

The new CLOC structure calls for 66 teams in each classification in the 2016-18 two-year cycle. Those numbers may change slightly depending on things like play-ups, play-downs and enrollment changes among the membership.

But with that many teams, how to hold a state tournament?

The rough outline matches leagues into so-called “sectionals,” where four sectionals comprise the bracket. How teams would be placed on the bracket is yet to be discussed.

The 5A and 4A brackets would eventually pair down to a final 16 teams which would then be true-seeded.

Currently, the idea is only targeting 5A and 4A, but may expand to 3A-1A depending on feedback from the membership. (Class 2A has scheduled a meeting in September to discuss postseason format.)

Much remains to be done. CHSAA will send out a survey to member schools to gauge interest. Basketball committee members will also reach out to their respective classifications to discuss the idea, other ideas, or simply keeping things as they are.

If there’s enough to make a change, the committee will continue to work on the idea at its meeting in February 2016. From there, it would forward the idea in its report to the Legislative Council meeting in April.

If approved there, the new tournament structure would be implemented with the 2016-17 season.

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New schools placed into alignment

Five new schools were placed into regions by the committee:

• Beth Eden Baptist (Wheat Ridge) will play in 1A’s District 8
• Faith Baptist (Longmont) was placed in 1A’s District 4
• Likewise, Front Range Baptist (Fort Collins) will also be in 1A’s District 4
• Lotus School for Excellence (Aurora) will play in 2A’s District 4
• Atlas Prep (Colorado Springs) will play in the Confluence League of 3A