No. 1 Longmont snuck past Valor Christian 47-46 in a back and forth battle to move to 26-0 and more importantly, earn a bid to the Final 4 for the first time since 2010.
Third-ranked Valor Christian boys lacrosse opened its season with a 14-11 win over Lewis-Palmer on the road on Saturday.
Longmont, a No. 6 seed in the Class 4A girls basketball state tournament, upset No. 1-seeded Canon City on its home court on Friday night.
Coming off two straight wins in which they put up a combined 164 points, No. 2-seeded Valor Christian knew it was in for a tougher matchup against No. 1 Holy Family on Friday.
The 2014-15 all-state girls swimming teams are led by Bailey Nero (Fossil Ridge) and Lindsay Morrow (Evergreen).
Defending champions and teams that lost in last season’s title games make up the preseason No. 1 teams in baseball this season.
Regis Jesuit and Ponderosa, both defending champions, are on top of CHSAANow.com’s preseason boys lacrosse rankings this season.
Defending champions are on top of three of CHSAANow.com’s four preseason girls soccer rankings. The fourth? Well, it’s a new classification this season.
Valor Christian boys basketball returned to the Class 4A Great 8 with a 75-60 win over Sand Creek on Saturday.
The brackets for the Class 5A and 4A boys and girls basketball state tournaments were released on Sunday.