Grandview rallied to win the Class 5A girls basketball championship, and the Wolves’ boys team followed that with a title of their own.
A 57-52 win over George Washington completed the Class 5A basketball sweep for Grandview. This is the first state championship for the boys.
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.
Hard to imagine our Colorado big-school 5A/4A ball getting any better than what we were treated to in the Great 8, folks.
The Class 5A boys Final 4 is set as George Washington, ThunderRidge, Grandview and Rock Canyon all won Friday’s quarterfinal games.
Jon’il Fugett hit a floater with 3.5 seconds to play, and George Washington boys basketball emerged with a dramatic win in the Class 5A Great 8 on Saturday.
No. 5 George Washington boys basketball closed the regular season with a big 82-78 win over No. 4 Denver East on Saturday afternoon.
Four state playoff basketball brackets were released on Sunday, the 4A and 5A fields in both boys and girls.
ThunderRidge has moved up to the No. 1 spot in Class 5A in this week’s boys basketball rankings.
Chaparral (in 5A) and Peetz (in 1A) have taken over the top sports in their respective boys basketball rankings this week.