The 2021 state tournament bracket for Class 1A girls volleyball.
2021 CHSAA State Girls Volleyball Championships (Colorado) Class 1A

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The 2019 preseason baseball rankings are here. The No. 1 teams in each class: Nucla (1A), Peyton (2A), University (3A), Pueblo West (4A) and Mountain Vista (5A).

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

During the regular season, new polls are released each Monday.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Baseball Polls

Voted upon by coaches and select media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

Castle View (No. 4), Fort Collins (No. 6) and Highlands Ranch (No. 9) shook-up a new-look poll in Class 5A volleyball this week.

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

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.

Denver East’s Dom Collier, center, is the player of the year in 5A. (Matt Mathewes/MVPSportsPics.com)

The 2013-14 all-state boys basketball teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues and coaches, and then a vote of coaches.

The players who received the most votes in their classification were selected as the player of the year in their class.

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Class 5A

Player of the year: Dominique Collier, Denver East

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Class 4A

Player of the year: Ghassan Nehme, Cheyenne Mountain

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Class 3A

Player of the year: David Sommers, Holy Family

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Class 2A

Player of the year: Brady Baer, Akron

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Class 1A

Player of the year: Avery Marzolf, Hi-Plains

Valor Christian running back Christian McCaffrey is the player of the year in Class 5A. (Mark Adams)

The 2013 all-state football teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues and coaches, and then a vote of coaches. Find more information here.

The players who received the most votes in their classification were selected as the player of the year in their class.

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Class 5A

Player of the year: Christian McCaffrey, Valor Christian

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Class 4A

Player of the year: Kalen Ballage, Falcon

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Class 3A

Player of the year: Dallas Reins, Elizabeth

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Class 2A

Player of the year: Lance Neuerburg, Platte Valley

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Class 1A

Player of the year: Dalton Risner, Wiggins

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8-man

Player of the year: Ty Eichman, Daypsring Christian

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6-man

Player of the year: Clay Cordell, Hi-Plains

Ralston Valley is No. 10 in this week’s 5A girls basketball poll. (Dennis Pleuss)

Ralston Valley has joined this week’s Class 5A CHSAANow.com girls basketball poll. The Mustangs, who went 2-0 last week, are No. 10.

Elsewhere, the No. 1 teams remained the same. Those are Regis Jesuit (5A), Broomfield (4A), Holy Family (3A), Yuma (2A) and Caliche (1A).

Mesa Ridge made the most significant jump in the 4A poll in going from No. 5 to No. 3.

The 3A poll added Sterling (No. 6) and Peak to Peak (No. 8).

These polls will serve as the rankings over the winter break, and through the first part of January. The next poll will not come out until Jan. 13.

Complete rankings for all classes are below.

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CHSAANow.com Girls Basketball Polls

Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

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(Tom Bredehoft)

VONA — After being ousted from last year’s playoffs in the quarterfinals on a last second play, the Liberty/Stratton Knighted Eagles got revenge and won the 6-man football state championship on a beautiful November Saturday afternoon.

Liberty/Stratton held off a last-minute score to hold on for a 44-40 title win, their first in 6-man, but seventh in football.

The Patriots wanted to close out Jim Smith Memorial Field with a state championship win as they are building a new school and a new football field next year in Seibert and this was the last game to be played at the Vona field.

It wasn’t meant to be.

(Tom Bredehoft)

Liberty/Stratton senior quarterback Trevor Thompson hit senior Clay Corliss on a 36-yard pass for the first score. The Patriots blocked the extra point attempt.

The Patriots answered quickly with senior Alex Nelson’s 14-yard run, and, with senior Avery Marzolf’s kick, the Patriots took a 8-6 lead.

The next play from scrimmage, Thompson found MC Griffin for a 60-yard touchdown to regain the lead, 12-8, after another missed PAT.

Alex Nelson gave the Patriots a lead with a three-yard scamper. Marzolf extra point kick gave the Patriots a 16-12 lead.

Justin Miltenberger’s interception as time ran out in the half stopped the Knighted Eagles threat of scoring.

In the third, Liberty/Stratton’s Griffin scored from nine yards out to switch the lead to 20-16.

Liberty/Stratton junior Kyle English dashed 50 yards and Flint Corliss’ kick gave the Knighted Eagles a 28-16 lead.

The Patriots answered right back with Nelson taking the kickoff return 64 yards to narrow the gap 22-28.

(Tom Bredehoft)

The Patriots got the turnover they needed when Miltenberger intercepted a Thompson pass and took it 20 yards to tied it up at 28 with 43 seconds left in the third.

With 7:12 left in the game, Liberty/Stratton’s Thompson again connected with Clay Corliss to go up 36-28 after the extra point kick.

The Patriots answered with senior Logan Henry hitting Miltenberger for a 19 yard TD strike. Liberty/Stratton’s Thompson blocked the extra point to keep the lead at 36-34 with just under 5:00 left in the game.

The Eagles wanted to put it away and answered with a Thompson to Clay Corliss 26-yard pass and, with the extra point kick, went up 44-34 with only 3:38 left in the game.

The Patriots came back with what could have been a touchdown pass but a fumble in the end zone and a Liberty/Stratton recovery gave the Knighted Eagles the ball back and took away a Patriots score.

The Patriots held the Eagles and took over on downs with 1:53 left in the game and quickly made it a one possession game with Nelson hitting senior Clay Cordell for a 28-yard touchdown, but still trailed 44-40.

The Knighted Eagles were able to run out the clock to claim their first ever 6-man title.

(Tom Bredehoft)

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(Tom Bredehoft)

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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

Mountain Range is ranked 10th this week. (Pam Wagner)

Mountain Range, 7-1 this season, has joined this week’s CHSAANow.com football poll in Class 5A.

The Mustangs, ranked No. 10, are riding a four-game winning streak, including a 22-16 decision against Rocky Mountain last week. Their lone loss this season came at Grand Junction on Sept. 20.

Valor Christian remained atop the 5A ranking with 19 of the 22 first-place votes. Fairview, which got the other three first-place votes, stayed in the No. 2 spot following its big win over Pomona, and continued to be followed by No. 3 Regis Jesuit, No. 4 Cherry Creek and No. 5 ThunderRidge.

Columbine stayed in sixth this week, while Cherokee Trail bumped up two spots to seventh. Pomona remained in eighth and Grand Junction moved up to ninth after beating 4A No. 1 Montrose.

Despite the loss, Montrose remained atop the 4A ranking. Pine Creek moved up to No. 2, jumping Monarch, which fell to No. 3.

Coronado is now atop the 3A poll after Palisade’s loss to Delta. Discovery Canyon is second and Palisade dropped to third.

Delta joined the ranking at No. 7, as did Roosevelt (No. 9) following its win over then-No. 3 Silver Creek. Silver Creek dropped to No. 8 this week.

Complete rankings for all polls are below.

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CHSAANow.com Football Polls

Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.

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