Valor Christian, Resurrection Christian new No. 1s in baseball rankings
Valor Christian and Resurrection Christian have risen to the top of their respective baseball rankings this week.
Valor, No. 2 in the Class 4A preseason, bumped up one spot following preseason No. 1 Mountain View’s 1-2 start. The Eagles received seven of the 11 first-place votes and lead this week’s CHSAANow.com ranking. Mountain View slipped to No. 9.
Montrose moved from No. 4 to No. 2, Windsor is now No. 3 and Longmont — which beat Mountain View twice — is No. 4. Air Academy rounds out the top 5.
Falcon (No. 7) and D’Evelyn (No. 8) are newcomers to the 4A poll.
Resurrection Christian, meanwhile, takes over atop 2A. The Cougars got four first-place votes and edged No. 2 Lutheran by four overall points.
Denver Christian, the preseason No. 1 in 2A, dropped to No. 3. That ranking added Front Range Christian at No. 9.
The other No. 1 teams remained the same this week. Those are ThunderRidge (5A), Holy Family (3A) and Stratton (1A).
The 5A poll added No. 9 Dakota Ridge, which beat preseason No. 4 Cherry Creek last weekend.
New to 3A are Valley (No. 7) and Basalt (No. 10). The 1A ranking added No. 9 Dove Creek.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
CHSAANow.com Baseball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | ThunderRidge (9) | 1-0 | 98 | 1 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Rocky Mountain (1) | 0-0 | 80 | 3 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Grandview | 0-0 | 61 | 5 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Cherry Creek | 2-1 | 60 | 4 | 2-1 |
| 5 | Regis Jesuit | 0-1 | 52 | 2 | 0-1 |
| 6 | Ralston Valley | 1-0 | 39 | 7 | 1-0 |
| 7 | Chaparral | 0-0 | 27 | 8 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Brighton | 3-0 | 24 | 10 | 0-0 |
| 9 | Dakota Ridge | 2-1 | 21 | – | 2-1 |
| 10 | Legend | 1-2 | 15 | 6 | 1-2 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Grand Junction 14, Arapahoe 12, Chatfield 11, Mountain Vista 10, Fairview 7, Pine Creek 6, Columbine 5, Legacy 5, Central (G.J.) 2, Fossil Ridge 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Mountain Vista (9). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Valor Christian (7) | 1-0 | 93 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Montrose (2) | 4-0 | 82 | 4 | 3-0 |
| 3 | Windsor | 3-0 | 72 | 7 | 3-0 |
| 4 | Longmont | 2-1 | 59 | 9 | 2-1 |
| 5 | Air Academy | 0-0 | 47 | 3 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Cheyenne Mountain | 0-0 | 34 | 8 | 0-0 |
| 7 | Falcon | 2-0 | 32 | – | 2-0 |
| 8 | D’Evelyn | 0-0 | 27 | – | 0-0 |
| 9 | Mountain View (2) | 1-2 | 26 | 1 | 1-2 |
| 10 | Durango | 2-2 | 19 | 6 | 2-2 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Delta 18, Palmer Ridge 14, Niwot 13, Evergreen 9, Green Mountain 8, Ponderosa 8, Wheat Ridge 8, Thomas Jefferson 7, Pueblo West 6, Frederick 5, Northridge 5, Canon City 4, Pueblo South 4, Pueblo East 3, Skyline 3. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Pueblo West (5), Green Mountain (10). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Holy Family (6) | 0-0 | 69 | 1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Eaton (1) | 1-0 | 64 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Faith Christian | 1-0 | 55 | 3 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Lamar | 1-0 | 36 | 4 | 1-0 |
| 5 | Brush | 2-0 | 33 | 5 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Bayfield | 4-0 | 31 | 9 | 3-0 |
| 7 | Valley | 4-0 | 23 | – | 4-0 |
| 8 | Kent Denver | 0-0 | 17 | 7 | 0-0 |
| 9 | La Junta | 1-2 | 13 | 6 | 1-2 |
| 10 | Basalt | 2-0 | 7 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Bishop Machebeuf 6, Manitou Springs 5, Peak to Peak 5, Bennett 4, Gunnison 4, Olathe 4, St. Mary’s 3, The Classical Academy 3, Platte Valley 2, Cedaredge 1, University 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Olathe (8), Bennett (10). | |||||
| Class 2A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Resurrection Christian (4) | 1-0 | 66 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Lutheran (2) | 2-0 | 62 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Denver Christian | 0-1 | 58 | 1 | 0-1 |
| 4 | Paonia | 1-1 | 32 | 5 | 1-0 |
| 5 | Holyoke | 0-0 | 29 | 7 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Swink | 0-0 | 27 | 6 | 0-0 |
| 7 | Limon | 0-0 | 25 | 10 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Rye | 2-0 | 20 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 9 | Front Range Christian | 2-0 | 18 | – | 2-0 |
| 10 | Las Animas | 0-2 | 16 | 4 | 0-2 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Sedgwick County 10, Yuma 8, Kiowa 6, Peyton 4, Byers 2, Lyons 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Kiowa (9). | |||||
| Class 1A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Stratton (4) | 0-0 | 56 | 1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Caliche (1) | 0-0 | 55 | 2 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Eads | 0-0 | 45 | 4 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Holly (1) | 0-0 | 41 | 7 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Elbert | 0-0 | 34 | 3 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Fleming | 0-0 | 27 | 5 | 0-0 |
| 7 | Community Christian | 0-2 | 22 | 8 | 0-2 |
| 8 | Granada | 0-0 | 19 | 6 | 0-0 |
| 9 | Dove Creek | 0-2 | 14 | – | 0-2 |
| 10 | Cheyenne Wells | 0-0 | 7 | 10 | 0-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Baca County 4, Peetz 3, Briggsdale 1, Cotopaxi 1, Rocky Mountain Lutheran 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Baca County (9). | |||||
