Monarch, the top-ranked team in hockey, jumped out to a three-goal lead then held on for a 3-2 win over No. 5 Dakota Ridge on Tuesday afternoon.
Mountain Vista climbed up to No. 8 in this week’s hockey rankings.
The 2015 all-state football teams honor the best players in each classification across Colorado.
Lewis-Palmer made waves last week with a 3-2 win over Steamboat Springs. That win helped the Rangers jump from No. 9 to No. 6.
With competition starting off fast and furious in Week 1, it was inevitable that some changes would indeed occur to the girls basketball rankings.
Steamboat Springs isn’t messing around. After a blistering 3-0-0 start to their season, the Sailors made their case to be one of the top hockey teams in the state.
Overland, Longmont, Colorado Springs Christian, Sanford and Fleming lead the preseason 2015-16 boys basketball rankings.
Monarch, which finished as runner-up a season ago, leads the 2015-16 preseason hockey ranking from CHSAANow.com.
The 2015 all-state softball teams are led by Hunter Huser of Mountain Range, Alexandria Kilponen of Valor Christian and Annie Oakley of Strasburg.
Trailing at half, Ralston Valley scored the game’s final 21 points to knock off previously unbeaten Arapahoe in the 5A football playoffs.