Five champions were crowned on the final day of the girls volleyball state tournaments at the Broadmoor World Arena.
Manitou Springs and Thomas Jeffeson both won state football titles as the result of a play on a 2-point conversion.
For the first time since 1989, Thomas Jefferson is a state football champion. The Spartans beat Gateway in a thriller to claim the 4A title.
Rifle possessed the ball for the entire third quarter and ran the clock out on TCA to win the Season C Class 3A football title.
Merino was down 2-0 early but came all the back to claim its first Class 1A state volleyball title since 2001.
The Wiggins girls volleyball team won its program’s first state championship on Thursday at The Broadmoor World Arena.
It took four sets, but Rampart beat Grandview to win the Class 5A girls volleyball state championship, the first title in school history.
After finishing as the Class 4A runner-up a year ago, Palmer Ridge returned to the state tournament and won its first girls volleyball title.
Hoehne built a big lead in the first half and held on to beat John Mall to claim the Season C 8-man football championship.
The Eaton girls volleyball team claimed its seventh state championship in the last decade on Thursday night.