For three-and-a-half hours Saturday, Poudre’s Ky Ecton and Smoky Hill’s Anshika Singh poured their heart into their match.
Holly boys basketball won the Class 1A state championship, using a 30-6 run to come back from a 16-point deficit.
Kit Carson girls basketball capped a 25-0 campaign with a win over Fleming in the 1A title game.
The perfect season is finally complete after Paonia girls basketball topped Wray 59-42 in the Class 2A championship game.
The entire season came down to one quarter, and the Holyoke boys basketball team did just enough in that final frame to beat Sedgwick County 44-41 in the Class 2A state title game on Saturday night.
The Sterling boys basketball team never gave up Saturday and the Tigers were rewarded with a Class 3A state championship.
Lamar beat Colorado Springs Christian 24-18 in the girls Class 3A title game at DU’s Hamilton gym on Saturday.
In the final game of her high school career, Micaela Onyenwere finally got the one thing she had been missing.
Knowing what was on the line, there was an added pressure on the Eaglecrest Raptors to give their beloved coach the only send-off they all would have been truly satisfied with.
One year later, Evergreen’s girls basketball team finally made it to the top.