Bayfield beat Lutheran 68-57 for its first boys basketball title in school history on Saturday night at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gymnasium.
A 57-52 win over George Washington completed the Class 5A basketball sweep for Grandview. This is the first state championship for the boys.
For the past couple of years, Yuma High School boys basketball was under construction.
A year after falling short of state championship aspirations, Lewis-Palmer is headed back to the Class 4A state title game.
Luke Johnson and Marcell Barbee put on quite the show Friday night in the Class 4A boys basketball state semifinals, lighting up the scoreboard and getting the fans at Denver Coliseum on their feet.
Nestled along Highway 71 in the southeast corner of the state, the town of Ordway isn’t exactly a metropolis.
A second-half surge led Grandview to a 44-39 win over ThunderRidge, giving the Wolves their first appearance in the Class 5A boys title game.
With bodies diving and flopping to the ground around him, Dax Snooks stayed just level enough in the final moments to propel Bayfield into its first state title game in 48 years.
Micah Crane started dreaming up a moment like this years ago.
In danger of seeing its hopes of returning to the state championship game slip away, George Washington’s boys basketball team found its way back.