Official pairings for the Class 3A boys’ basketball state tournament have been released.  The top eight seeds host four team brackets this weekend with winners from Saturday advancing to the state tournament in Denver.  The bracket will NOT be reseeded after this weekend and will be played out as posted from start to finish.
First round games are Friday with winners advancing to the second round on Saturday.  We’ll post game times as they become available.
 
REGION ONE – Lutheran HS
FINAL:  #1 Lutheran beat #32 DSST-Green Valley 53-39
FINAL:  #17 Roaring Fork beat #16 St Mary’s 66-57

  • FINAL:  Lutheran beat Roaring Fork 64-46

 
REGON EIGHT – Academy HS
FINAL:  #8 DSST-Stapleton beat #25 Pagosa Springs 44-32
FINAL:  #9 Kent Denver beat #24 DSST-Byers 60-51

  • Winners play Saturday at 2:30pm

 
REGION FIVE – Delta HS
FINAL:  #5 Delta beat #28 Bayfield 67-63
FINAL:  #12 Faith Christian beat #21 Eaton 57-54

  • FINAL:  Delta beat Faith Christian 43-38 (OT)

 
REGION FOUR – James Irwin HS
FINAL:  #4 Vanguard beat #29 Strasburg 67-60
FINAL:  #20 Gunnison beat #13 Colorado Springs Christian 47-40

  • FINAL:  Vanguard beat Gunnison 73-46

 
REGION TWO – Sterling HS
FINAL:  #2 Sterling beat #31 Academy 63-33
FINAL:  #18 Alamosa beat #15 Platte Valley 57-48

  • FINAL:  Sterling beat Alamosa 47-32

 
REGION SEVEN – Montezuma Cortez HS
FINAL:  #7 Montezuma Cortez beat #26 La Junta 70-62
FINAL:  #10 Centauri beat #23 University 68-52

  • FINAL:  Montezuma Cortez beat Centauri 66-62 (2 OT)

 
REGION SIX – Coal Ridge HS
FINAL:  #6 Coal Ridge beat #27 Jefferson Academy 47-41
FINAL:  #11 Resurrection Christian beat #22 Grand Valley 78-56

  • FINAL:  Resurrection Christian beat Coal Ridge 77-53

 
REGION THREE – Manual HS
FINAL:  #3 Manual beat #30 Frontier Academy 85-68
FINAL:  #14 Colorado Academy beat#19 Lamar 71-61

  • FINAL:  Manual beat Colorado Academy 85-68