Manual trailed often during the Class 3A boys basketball state championship game on Saturday. But an explosive end to the third quarter put Thunderbolts in position to win a state title.
Fresh off watching the girls team go back-to-back, the Yuma boys accomplished the same feat Saturday.
It’s hard for the Rangeview players to remember the school’s last boys basketball title. Probably because none of them were alive when it happened.
Kit Carson won its third-straight Class 1A girls basketball title and De Beque won its first boys title since 1998.
The St. Mary’s girls beat Colorado Springs Christian, and the Manual boys beat Vanguard as each won Class 3A state basketball titles on Saturday.
Lewis-Palmer’s boys team and Mullen’s girls team are the Class 4A state basketball champions.
Cherry Creek’s girls beat Grandview, and Rangeview’s boys beat Chaparral as each were crowned Class 5A basketball champions on Saturday.
Lewis-Palmer and Longmont survived their Final 4 games on Friday and will meet for the Class 4A boys basketball title.
Rangeview and Chaparral won their respective Final 4 games and advanced to Saturday’s Class 5A boys basketball championship game
All classifications of boys and girls basketball are playing their championship games on Saturday. We have complete live coverage.