DENVER — Complete results from the both days of the state spirit competition are below.

The prelims are on Friday, with the finals on Saturday. Find a full schedule here.

Below are the full results, including the finalists and their order of finish. These are updated after each session ends.

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Finals

* – Won tiebreak with a higher average cheer score.

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Prelims

These results are a reflection of the deductions taken off the final score. An asterisk (*) indicates that the team will move on to the finals.

(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

AURORA — The Classification and League Organizing Committee met Tuesday, and chief among their decisions was setting enrollment splits for the 2018-20 two-year cycle.

Those enrollment cutoffs are listed below, save for football, which has its classifications set by the football committee. Those splits will be posted within the next 10 days. This information is also available on this page.

A breakdown of each school’s reported Oct. 2017 enrollment, which is used to place programs into classifications, is available here.

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Enrollment cutoffs

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Re-classification of schools

Three schools asked to reclassify according to bylaw 1500.21, which allows schools to move down a class if they meet a number of factors, such as socio-economics, geography, competitive history and enrollment trend.

• Greeley Central was approved to reclassify. This means their team sports will compete in 4A, and representatives of the school said it was their intention to play up to 4A in sports, such as wrestling, where the reclassification would put them in 3A.
• Montezuma-Cortez’s reclassification from 4A to 3A was also approved. Likewise, school reps said they would commit to playing up to 3A in any sports where the reclassification would put them in 2A.
• Skyline’s reclassification from 5A to 4A was approved.

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Program playdowns

The following schools had their program playdown requests approved. These programs will not be eligible to compete in the postseason, per bylaw 1500.27.

• Arvada football from 3A to 2A.
• Boulder softball from 5A to 4A.
• Calhan football from 1A to 8-man.
• Cripple-Creek Victor from 8-man to 6-man.
• Dolores Huerta from 1A to 8-man.
• Jefferson from 2A to 1A.
• Loveland boys and girls soccer from 5A to 4A.
• Mead boys soccer from 4A to 3A.
• Pinnacle football from 2A to 1A.
• Rangeview boys lacrosse from 5A to 4A.

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New schools approved as members

The committee approved seven new schools for initial probationary membership into CHSAA. They are:

• Denver School of Science & Tech – Byers, which is in Denver’s Wash Park neighborhood.
• KIPP Northeast, located in northeast Denver.
• Loveland Classical School, in Loveland.
• Riverdale Ridge, in Brighton.
• Strive Prep Rise, in northeast Denver.
• Strive Prep Smart, in southwest Denver.
• Thomas MacLaren, in Colorado Springs.

KIPP Northeast and Strive Prep Rise are housed in the same building and are planning to co-op, so they will play 4A. DSST-Byers, Riverdale Ridge and Strive Prep Smart will likely be 3A. Loveland Classical and Thomas MacLaren will likely be 2A,

Riverdale Ridge will most likely play 2A football, as well.

Another school, Windsor Charter, was not accepted because the CLOC members felt the school was not yet ready to become a member for a variety of reasons.

With these new schools, CHSAA will have 361 member schools in 2018-19.

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Stargate School granted full membership

One new school has joined CHSAA as a full member, moving off probationary status: Stargate School, which is located in Thornton.

Three others up for review for full membership were left on probationary status:

• DSST-College View was left on because it has had multiple CHSAA violations dealing with eligibility.
• Golden View Classical Academy and Victory Prep Academy were both left on probationary status because no one from the school attended the CLOC meeting.

If nearly half of the teams in the Class 5A CHSAANow.com boys soccer rankings look new, it’s because they are.

Fairview held on to the No. 1 spot in the poll and Boulder still sits right behind the Knights at No. 2, but that’s where the stability ends.

Rock Canyon jumped two spots while Boulder and Cherry Creek each fell one spot and four of the final five teams in the this week’s poll were all unranked a week ago.

(Renee Bourcier/CHSAANow.com)

Legacy, Denver East and Horizon come in at No. 6, No. 7 and No. 8 respectively.

Grandview fell two spots from last week to land at No. 9 and Fort Collins joins the poll at No. 10.

Cheyenne Mountain hangs on to the top spot in the 4A rankings while PPAC rival Air Academy jumps a spot to No. 2.

Mullen (No. 3) and Lewis-Palmer (No. 7) each improve three spots from their ranking last week.

Kent Denver is still holding strong at the No. 1 spot in 3A, where it has been since the preseason polls were released.

KIPP jumped three spots to land at No. 4 this week.

Bruce Randolph is the only new team to the 3A poll, coming in at No. 10.

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.

Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

Fairview (Class 5A) and Cheyenne Mountain (4A) have taken over the No. 1 boys soccer ranking in their respective classifications this week.

Fairview, 2-0-0 so far this season, garnered nine of the 10 first-place votes to lead CHSAANow.com’s 5A poll. Boulder, the Knights’ rival, also moved up and now sits at No. 2.

Broomfield, the preseason No. 1, is No. 3 this week. Cherry Creek is No. 4, and newcomer Rock Canyon rounds out the top five.

Cheyenne Mountain now leads the 4A ranking after getting six of the 10 first-place votes.

Former No. 1 Evergreen is second, Air Academy is third, The Classical Academy sits fourth, and Ponderosa moved up from No. 7 to No. 5.

The 4A ranking added No. 6 Mullen, No. 7 Centaurus, No. 8 Niwot and No. 10 Lewis-Palmer.

Kent Denver remains No. 1 in the 3A ranking. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

Kent Denver was the lone preseason No. 1 to hold onto its spot, and the Sun Devils got seven of 3A’s eight first-place votes to do so.

Colorado Springs Christian (No. 5), The Pinnacle (No. 9) and The Academy (No. 10) joined the 3A poll this week.

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.

Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A

Brighton softball is among the many contenders in Class 5A. (Matt Mathewes/MVPSportsPics.com)

A little more than three weeks ago, Eaglecrest softball went to Dakota Ridge and easily handled the Eagles.

The final was 8-1 that day. They’d already beaten Douglas County, a quarterfinal team last season, as well as Rock Canyon, another quarterfinalist in 2013. No one is going to anoint a state champion after three games — but Eaglecrest sure looked like a favorite at that point.

Well, here’s the state of Class 5A softball at this moment: Dakota Ridge is ranked No. 1, Eaglecrest is now No. 9. And both are still very much in contention for the No. 1 overall seed come next month.

The classification has been crazy. Consider that there ceased to be an unbeaten team in 5A softball on Sept. 11 — less than three weeks into the season.

But what makes it all the more confusing is the sheer amount of parity.

Chaparral shot up to No. 5 in this week’s ranking after 10-consecutive wins. The Wolverines dropped their first two games this week.

After Eaglecrest’s 3-0 start, the Raptors lost to Brighton. Two games later, Brighton lost to Columbine. Columbine turned around and lost to Mountain Vista. Mountain Vista then fell to Cherry Creek. Two games after that, Cherry Creek lost to Lakewood, which then lost to Chatfield.

Dakota Ridge is currently the No. 1 team in the state. They have won four games in a row, but have the loss to Eaglecrest and another to Mountain Range. Two games after beating Dakota Ridge, Mountain Range lost to Fossil Ridge.

Another 5A contender: Mountain Range. (Pam Wagner)

“When the committee sits down to figure out head-to-head, it’s going to be: ‘What week?'” joked Bud Ozzello, CHSAA’s assistant commissioner who administers softball. “That’s how good this classification is.”

So who will end up as the No. 1 seed? Who knows. What’s clear is that there’s no clear-cut favorite.

Dakota Ridge has a win over Legend, which beat Douglas County, which has beaten Columbine, which has topped Brighton, which owns a win over Grandview, which beat Eaglecrest — which, of course, beat Dakota Ridge.

The classification has become a snake eating its own tail.

Ultimately, what this regular season is proving is that it likely won’t even matter much who gets the No. 1 overall seed. Or the Nos. 8, 9 or 10, for that matter.

Because in order to reach the state tournament, and move on once there, “You’re going to have to battle,” Ozzello said.

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Short stuff

• The first of the new championship trophies were delivered last week: boys golf. The rest have since been delivered, and now dot CHSAA’s hallways until their championship dates.
• Berthoud football is off to a 3-0 start, and ranked No. 10 in 3A this week. This may be a case of those special graduating classes that come through schools at one time or another. According to John Hall of the Berthoud Surveyor, this year’s junior class was a stellar bunch dating to their youth, including winning the Northern Colorado Championship.
• Due to low numbers, Deer Trail will forfeit its game to Peetz this week. Deer Trail was down to five guys.
• Pinnacle’s football team beat Jefferson 55-18 last week, and in doing so snapped an 18-game winning streak. Their last win came in Sept. 2012.
• Castle View’s Savannah Heebner threw a perfect game in a 14-0 win over Highlands Ranch last week. She struck out 10 in five innings, and is now 10-1 with a 0.77 ERA in 11 games. She has four shutouts.
• It was quite the weekend for Fairview’s athletic department. The volleyball team won the Bruins Classic on Saturday, capped by a 2-1 win over Cherry Creek. On Monday, the volleyball team cracked the 5A rankings at No. 8. Also over the weekend, the boys tennis team also tied Cherry Creek in winning the Cherry Creek Invitational. That followed a win over Cherry Creek in a dual earlier in the week.
• Steamboat Springs JV boys soccer goalie Andrew McCawley scored a goal off a long punt. Here’s video.
• Following Valor Christian’s loss last week, 8-man’s Dayspring Christian owns the state’s longest football winning streak at 16 games.
• After going 3-4 last week, Colorado football teams are now 20-11 against out-of-state competition this season.
• Three Broncos players visited local football programs on Tuesday. Corey Nelson stopped by Horizon, Ben Garland went to Legacy, and Montee Ball was at Gateway.
• Englewood’s student-athletes spent time at a local elementary school on Wednesday.
• The NFHS Network previewed the Chaparral-Legend volleyball match, which is Thursday night.
• Cherry Creek wideout Joseph Parker committed to Wyoming on Monday.
• Colorado boys lacrosse has two highly-ranked sophomores in the Class of 2017. Per Inside lacrosse, Mountain Vista’s Colin Munro (a North Carolina commit) is No. 4 nationally, while Fossil Ridge’s Jake Frane (Notre Dame) is No. 17.
• Highlands Ranch hired longtime assistant Joe Gleason as its baseball coach.
• Mullen turned to Matt Guglielmo to coach its girls soccer team. He’s also the school’s boys coach.
• Valor Christian alum Max McCaffrey had two touchdowns for Duke football in its win over Kansas last week. He’s now the team’s leading receiver this season with 178 yards.
• Grandview alum Kevin Gausman was part of the Balitmore Orioles squad which clinched the AL East on Tuesday.
• A Colorado legislator is considering a proposal which “would require public schools to change Indian-themed mascots that the Native American community found offensive.” The threat of losing state funding would hang over those schools which don’t change it, according to the proposal.
• If you missed it Wednesday, our Brian Miller detailed the story of Hugo Falco, a Brazilian exchange student who is playing 6-man football at Stratton/Liberty.
• How about this rushing performance from Alaska: 516 yards, eight touchdowns.
• More national stuff: A Pennsylvania football team won on a last-second hook and ladder play.
• Really interesting piece here: The Death of the Multisport Athlete.