With pre-season practices and scrimmages in the rear view mirror, the 2018-19 basketball season has officially opened and many teams on the 1A and 2A level will focus on tournament play this weekend. We will spotlight some of the top matchups there and also pick out a few non-tournament games that gain our attention in week one. In Class 1A, a couple of tournament games on Thursday could get the season started in exciting fashion…...
Through the first five weeks of the season, the Patriot West was the only 2A Football conference to have all teams at five hundred or better. Now those clubs start league play in what could turn out to be the best league chase in the division. The main event this week pits #5 Resurrection Christian (4-0) against #10 Berthoud (3-0). #8 Eaton (3-1) has the undercard against longtime rival University (2-2). The key matchup between…...
It could turn out to be the Tri Peaks league championship match on Thursday when #6 Manitou Springs hosts #7 Colorado Springs Christian. Both teams enter the week 5-0 in conference play and each has at least a two-game edge on all conference clubs so the winner is in good shape to land the title. The match is one of several with a direct impact on league leads this week. Both the Lions and Mustangs…...
For the first time since 2013, there’s a new number one team in Class 3A volleyball. Lutheran wrestled the top spot away from the five-time defending state champions this week after the Reds went 1-3 at the Eaglecrest Tournament; an event they had won the past three years. Lutheran is unbeaten at 7-0 as they open conference play in the Metro. Our 3A report this week will serve as a league primer across the division. …...
Excellent rivalry matchups that always play in a role in laying out the 2A Football playoff bracket are set for this weekend. La Junta and Kent Denver continue their recent intense series while long-time Weld County rivals Platte Valley and Eaton also collide this week. Friday marks the third straight year the Sun Devils and Tigers have met in the regular season. Two years, La Junta made a huge statement in whipping Kent Denver 35-6…...
We waited until Wednesday to post our weekly 3A volleyball report since we wanted to recap several important matches from early in the week. Several contests on Tuesday featured heavyweights from the division squaring off and facing challenges from highly ranked programs from larger classifications. #3 University began what will be strong stretch of matches by outlasting #3 Holy Family (4A) in five sets. The Bulldogs dropped the first set but rallied to take the…...
Some of the best regular season contests inside Class 1A football the past couple of years have featured games between Strasburg-Bennett and Limon-Crowley County. Those Eastern Colorado rivalries continue this weekend and the matchups headline the week three schedule. Because Bennett has moved to Class 2A for at least the next two years, the game does not carry the same level of importance of the past couple of years as both teams were battling for…...
There’s just one game on the 2A football slate this week featuring Top 10 team facing off. That’s on Saturday when #9 Eaton makes the trip to #10 D’Evelyn. The meeting of #6 Kent Denver and Faith Christian should also be considered a top 10 battle even though the Eagles were dropped from the rankings following an opening loss to Resurrection Christian. Despite that decision, Faith Christian is still (in our thoughts) among the best…...
History over the past several years tells us that the top teams in Class 3A volleyball often collide in non-conference meetings ahead of brutal league schedules. And that trend continues this week as three top 10 meetings headline the schedule. 7th ranked Resurrection Christian is involved in two of them as they face #2 Lutheran on Tuesday and then #6 Valley on Thursday. #5 Platte Valley and #9 Middle Park also collide on Tuesday. The…...
It hasn’t taken long for the Class 1A Football schedule to take off in 2018. After only a few contests in week one, the week two slate is filled with tremendous matchups. Included on the list are top 10 battles between #1 Strasburg and #3 Burlington and #4 Centauri against #7 Paonia. Winners of each will have a nice leg up in playoff positioning come November. Strasburg has dropped just one game since joining the…...
