The biggest difference in Doherty’s gym as the 2013 volleyball season opens? It’s not the new championship banner watching over practice. It’s all the new faces.
Three defending champions head the preseason boys cross country polls released on Tuesday.
Fort Collins (5A) and The Classical Academy (4A) are among top-ranked teams in the Colorado Track XC/CHSAANow.com girls cross country preseason rankings.
CHSAA staff held a conference call with music adjudicators on Wednesday. A full replay of that call is below.
Participation in high school sports increased for the 24th consecutive year in 2012-13 and passed the 7.7 million mark for the first time.
Smoky Hill, coming off a runner-up appearance in the Class 5A final last season, is the No. 1 team in the CHSAANow.com boys soccer preseason poll.
Valor Christian leads the first-ever CHSAANow.com 5A football poll. The Eagles are four-time defending champions across three classifications, and beat Cherokee Trail to win last year’s 5A crown.
Doherty (5A), Lewis-Palmer (4A), Valley (3A), Lutheran (2A) and Caliche (1A) lead the preseason CHSAANow.com volleyball polls.
Eaglecrest, coming off a 19-5 season, opens the season as the No. 1 team in the CHSAANow.com 5A softball rankings.
Cherry Creek (5A) and Kent Denver (4A) lead the first CHSAANow.com boys tennis polls of the season.