Photos: Cherry Creek claims state hockey championship
Cherry Creek won hockey’s state title on Saturday with a three-overtime, 3-2 win over Monarch on Saturday.
Cherry Creek won hockey’s state title on Saturday with a three-overtime, 3-2 win over Monarch on Saturday.
The Great 8 of Class 5A girls basketball was on Friday at the Denver Coliseum.
Cherry Creek’s athletic department, through its rich history, has claimed 189 state championships — 105 more than any other school. But they have never won it all in girls basketball.
When Monarch hockey fell to Regis Jesuit 4-1 just over a month ago in league play, the feeling was there that we hadn’t seen the last of the two-time runner-up.
Cherry Creek and Monarch will meet in hockey’s championship game on Saturday after both teams won in the semifinals on Thursday night.
A back-and-forth game all night, Monarch edged Fossil Ridge 51-47 in the Class 5A girls basketball Sweet 16 on Tuesday evening.
No. 1-seeded Monarch girls basketball hung on to beat No. 4 Fossil Ridge, 51-47, on Tuesday to advance to the Great 8.
It wasn’t always pretty, but when the dust (snow) had settled and all was said and done, it was the Monarch Coyotes who would advance to take on Regis Jesuit in the state hockey semifinals.
Complete results from the championship and placing matches at the 2015 state wrestling tournament at the Pepsi Center.
Hockey’s state tournament bracket is out. Mountain Vista and Ralston Valley are the top seeds in each conference.