Every team has state championship aspirations. After a 7-12 record a season ago, the Flagler girls basketball players didn’t know if a title was realistic though.
No. 3 seed Jim Elliot Christian had an obvious advantage against No. 6 South Baca in the Class 1A boys basketball state tournament.
Valor Christian’s girls basketball team advanced to the Class 4A championship game on Thursday. It is the Eagles’ first title appearance.
Defense wins championships, or so the cliché goes.
Broomfield’s girls basketball program returned to the championship game on Thursday — only they did it in 5A this season after moving up.
There were some tense moments for sure, but in the end Hoehne’s girls basketball team did enough to win Thursday night.
Three Metro League teams have a chance to come away with the 3A boys state championship but will have to get by CSCS to do it.
Thursday’s semifinal between ThunderRidge and Monarch was a knock-down, physical affair that only really got going in the second half.
The 2014-15 all-state wrestling teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
The Class 4A and 5A boys and girls state basketball championship games will be shown live by Altitude TV this week.