Akron senior Brady Baer broke Colorado’s boys basketball career scoring record during the first round of the Class 2A tournament on Thursday.
In it’s second game of the season, Denver South lost to Eaglecrest by 22 points. In its fourth game, South lost to Lakewood by 23. Now the Rebels are in the final four.
Cheyenne Mountain needed a four-point play from senior Ghassan Nehme to finally end the double-overtime Class 4A boys basketball state quarterfinal Saturday against No. 1 seed Thompson Valley.
Pueblo South’s defense kept dreams alive of earning back-to-back Class 4A girls’ basketball championship state trophies.
Denver Prep foes Thomas Jefferson and Denver South had split their previous two meetings this season. The rubber match went to the Rebels of Denver South with 54-52 win, which had a dramatic ending.
Broomfield girls basketball is two wins away from regaining its familiar label of state champions.
A mixture of rain and snow fell outside the Denver Coliseum, but nothing can rain on the parade for the Overland Trailblazers who are headed to their first final four since 1990 after a 64-47 win over the Rangeview Raiders Friday night.
Brandon Bodnar, Evan Smith and Alex Semadeni ignited a run that broke open the Class 5A state quarterfinal against Arapahoe and eventually led to a 68-58 victory at the Denver Coliseum.
The Highlands Ranch Falcons held Dominique Collier scoreless through the first quarter of Friday night’s game. He answered by scoring the next 26 points for his team en route to the Angels’ 64-44 win, putting them back in the state final four.
Jake Pemberton had not missed a free throw all night, but walking up to the line in a tie game with 7.6 seconds remaining Friday night, the Mountain Vista senior nearly psyched himself out.