In January, the Legislative Council approved the recommendation of the baseball committee to fast track RPI to determine the playoff fields.
The Class 5A boys basketball Great 8 completed play at the Denver Coliseum on Saturday.
It had been more than a decade since a Jeffco program reached the Final 4 of the Class 5A state boys basketball tournament. Chatfield snapped that streak Saturday afternoon.
As a school, the Doherty Spartans have embraced a “we before me” mentality. Wednesday night, the basketball brought that mentality to life.
Second-seeded Doherty boys basketball beat Rock Canyon 63-56 in the Class 5A Sweet 16 on Wednesday.
The Great 8 is set in the Class 5A girls basketball tournament as Sweet 16 play concluded Tuesday night.
No. 2-seeded Doherty boys basketball got 23 points from BJ Hardy and 21 from Dalven Brushier as the Spartans beat No. 7 Lakewood 78-69 in Class 5A’s second round.
Regis Jesuit has turned to Ellen Miks, a former assistant coach at Doherty, Mountain Vista and Columbine, as its next volleyball coach.
The 2016 state hockey tournament runs Feb. 26-March 5.
The boys and girls state basketball brackets were released for Class 5A and 4A Sunday morning.