After visits to the Class 1A state tournament the previous two years with no hardware to show for it, the Idalia girls basketball team had a different outlook this time.
Sangre de Cristo will play in their first state championship game since 1986 of beating Kit Carson in Friday’s Final 4 round.
Holly and Flemming will battle for the 1A boys state basketball title after advancing through Friday’s Final 4 round.
Every team has state championship aspirations. After a 7-12 record a season ago, the Flagler girls basketball players didn’t know if a title was realistic though.
No. 3 seed Jim Elliot Christian had an obvious advantage against No. 6 South Baca in the Class 1A boys basketball state tournament.
ThunderRidge took down No. 1 Regis Jesuit last week, and took over the top spot in the Class 5A boys basketball poll this week.
There are three new teams in the Class 4A girls basketball rankings this week.
Rangeview has joined this week’s Class 5A boys basketball ranking at No. 10.
Sand Creek has joined the Class 4A girls basketball rankings at No. 9 this week.
For the second straight week, there’s a new team atop the Class 3A boys basketball rankings.