For the most part, the defending state champions come into the 2016-17 basketball season as the big dogs in the yard.
Chatfield, the second-ranked team in Class 4A football, pulled off a late rally to avoid an upset at the hands of Dakota Ridge on Friday.
Erie jumped out to a quick lead and never relented as it started the season with a 49-3 win over Vista Peak.
Valor Christian’s athletic department led the state with seven team champions, and Cheyenne Mountain led the way with 11 individual titles.
The 2016 all-state girls track and field teams recognize the top athletes in the sport.
Complete results after the first day of the 2016 Class 4A girls golf state tournament at Pueblo Country Club, as well as Day 2 tee times.
Tee times for the first day of girls golf’s state championships in 2016, which run May 23-24 for both classes.
No. 13 Mullen girls soccer beat No. 20 Vista PEAK in the first round of the Class 4A state tournament on Wednesday.
Josh Brenning has been selected as the new boys basketball coach at Monarch, athletic director Russ McKinstry said on Thursday morning.
Jim Bartok, the longtime girls basketball coach who is now at Vista PEAK, won his 400th career game on Tuesday night.