Tag: playoffs
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Pikes Peak region football teams start, continue playoff battles this weekend
Postseason football continues Friday night with several area high school football teams in action. Class 3A will begin playoffs this weekend with two Pikes Peak region teams fighting to advance to next week’s quarterfinals. Here are a few notes on the remaining area teams. 5A No. 7 Pine Creek, 7-3, vs. No. 10 Mullen (at District 20…
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Mesa Ridge scores season high, beats Loveland 54-22 in 4A playoff opener
Jerimi Calip said the only win he cares about for Mesa Ridge is the last one. And it was quite the victory for the Grizzlies on Friday night. Cameron-Ozzie Tertulien led Mesa Ridge’s high-octane offense with three touchdowns as the No. 14-seeded Grizzlies cruised to a 54-22 win against No. 19 Loveland at C.A. Foster Stadium…
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Gazette Preps rewind: Palmer Ridge football finishes 10-0, seeks first 4A title; Why Sand Creek, Cheyenne Mountain football missed postseason
14ners Ellie Wagner, Evangel Christian Academy, jr., girls volleyball – In a 3-0 sweep (25-13, 25-9, 25-15) against Fountain Valley last week, Wagner nearly poured in half of the Eagles’ kills. Wagner finished with a game-high 14 kills in the Eagles’ second-to-last contest of the regular season and added four aces against the Danes. The…
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Boys soccer: Pikes Peak region schools prepare for state playoffs; Air Academy begins repeat bid
All roads lead to Weidner Field as the state playoffs begin for boys soccer on Wednesday. Numerous area schools will host first round contests in this year’s postseason with teams hoping to arrive at the state title game, which takes place Nov. 15. While 5A-3A will field 32 teams in a single-elimination bracket, 2A has…
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CHSAA to eliminate RPI system, will use MaxPreps rankings for playoff seeding starting with 2026-28 cycle
Say goodbye to the Ratings Performance Index ranking system. This is the last season Colorado will use it to configure playoff seeding. The Colorado High School Activities Association’s board of directors voted unanimously to move from the current CHSAA Seeding Index and will rely solely on MaxPreps’ rankings. The change will start next season for…
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CHSAA to eliminate RPI system, will use MaxPreps rankings for playoff seeding starting with 2026-28 cycle
Say goodbye to the Ratings Performance Index ranking system. This is the last season Colorado will use it to configure playoff seeding. The Colorado High School Activities Association’s board of directors on Wednesday voted unanimously to move from the current CHSAA Seeding Index and will rely solely on MaxPreps’ rankings. The change will start next…
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CHSAA to eliminate RPI system, will use MaxPreps rankings for playoff seeding starting with 2026-28 cycle
Say goodbye to the Ratings Performance Index ranking system. This is the last season Colorado will use it to configure playoff seeding. The Colorado High School Activities Association’s board of directors on Wednesday voted unanimously to move from the current CHSAA Seeding Index and will rely solely on MaxPreps’ rankings. The change will start next…
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Palmer’s first flag football season comes to an end after 12-8 loss to Dakota Ridge in first round of playoffs
There was no shortage of tears Wednesday night after No. 16 Palmer fell to No. 17 Dakota Ridge 12-8 in the first round of the Colorado High School Activities Association 4A state playoffs. Still, with a 7-7 record and playoff berth in their first year as a girls’ flag football team, the Terrors have much…
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Sand Creek logs over 600 yards to remain unbeaten in 52-45 slugfest victory against Cheyenne Mountain
Don’t get confused by the final score, Sand Creek played a football game at Cheyenne Mountain High School on Friday night. The two teams combined for more than 1,100 yards of total offense and tallied 97 points, but the only stat that matters involves the win column. And Sand Creek watched that number flip from…
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Pine Creek extends win streak to seven, defeats Vista Ridge 7-5 to avenge one-run loss
Pine Creek didn’t empty its sack of marbles in this game, but the Eagles certainly put a majority at stake, and it paid off. The Eagles used a three-run third inning to defeat Vista Ridge 7-5 on the road and to earn their seventh consecutive victory as the softball postseason looms. Pine Creek’s win puts…