Pueblo East sends coach Ryder out a champion with 4A boys title
Pueblo East claimed the school’s first basketball state title with a 58-51 victory over Denver South.
Pueblo East claimed the school’s first basketball state title with a 58-51 victory over Denver South.
Denver East beat Fossil Ridge to win the 5A boys basketball championship on Saturday, 70-49.
Lucia Vlkova, a foreign exchange student from Slovakia, helped lead Norwood to the Class 1A state championship in a thrilling 38-34 victory over Caliche on Saturday at the Budweiser Events Center.
Holy Family’s boys and girls teams swept the 3A basketball championships on Saturday.
Dom Collier put an exclamation point on the end of his high school career as he led the Denver East Angels to a 70-49 win over Fossil Ridge to clinch the 5A state championship.
In a wild finish, Hi-Plains claimed its first state championship since 2008 — it also won in 2006 — with a 52-51 survival of powerhouse Caliche.
Lutheran’s girls and Sanford’s boys won 2A basketball championships on Saturday.
The Class 4A boys basketball final four was held at the University of Colorado’s Coors Events Center on Friday.
As eighth-graders in 2010, the current senior class of basketball players at Pueblo East have been eyeing their shot at a state title.
When Chandler Sturms walked to the free throw line, her heart was pounding. The Lutheran junior, however, didn’t get lost in the pressure of the moment.