New No. 1 teams in baseball rankings: Chatfield, Windsor
Chatfield, 13-0 to start the 2014 season, has taken over atop this week’s Class 5A baseball poll from CHSAANow.com.
The Chargers moved up from No. 3 and received seven of the 15 first-place votes. They had 131 total points to top the ranking.
A total of six teams got first-place votes, including former No. 1 ThunderRidge, which dropped to No. 6 following its loss to Mountain Vista last week.
Fairview got two of those first-place votes and is No. 2 this week. Columbine, which plays Chatfield on Wednesday, is third, and Regis Jesuit is fourth. Mountain Vista rounds out the top five.
After ThunderRidge, Arapahoe is seventh and Ralston Valley is eighth. Chaparral is No. 9 this week, and Rocky Mountain is No. 10.
The 4A ranking also got a new No. 1 team this week when Windsor overtook Montrose. The Wizards received six of the 13 first-place votes, and had 115 overall points.
Montrose dropped to second this week, and is followed by No. 3 Niwot. Wheat Ridge bumped up one place to No. 4, while Lewis-Palmer is No. 5 after 3-0 week which included a win over then-No. 10 Palmer Ridge on Saturday.
Longmont is the lone newcomer to the 4A poll, joining at No. 10.
The other No. 1 teams held firm atop their respective rankings. Holy Family continued to lead 3A, Swink remain atop of 2A and Stratton continued to lead 1A.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
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Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
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| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Chatfield (7) | 13-0 | 131 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Fairview (2) | 13-1 | 121 | 4 | 3-0 |
| 3 | Columbine (3) | 14-0 | 116 | 5 | 3-0 |
| 4 | Regis Jesuit (1) | 11-3 | 109 | 2 | 3-0 |
| 5 | Mountain Vista (1) | 13-1 | 105 | 7 | 3-0 |
| 6 | ThunderRidge (1) | 10-3 | 86 | 1 | 2-1 |
| 7 | Arapahoe | 12-2 | 47 | 8 | 3-0 |
| 8 | Ralston Valley | 11-2 | 46 | 6 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Chaparral | 10-4 | 31 | 10 | 3-0 |
| 10 | Rocky Mountain | 7-5 | 21 | 9 | 3-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Cherry Creek 5, Central (G.J.) 3, Monarch 2, Grand Junction 1, Rock Canyon 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Windsor (6) | 14-1 | 115 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Montrose (5) | 11-2 | 106 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Niwot (1) | 12-2 | 91 | 2 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Wheat Ridge | 11-2 | 81 | 5 | 4-0 |
| 5 | Lewis-Palmer | 11-3 | 72 | 6 | 3-0 |
| 6 | Delta (1) | 12-2 | 52 | 4 | 1-1 |
| 7 | Evergreen | 10-2 | 37 | 9 | 3-0 |
| 8 | Valor Christian | 9-5 | 32 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 9 | Palmer Ridge | 10-4 | 28 | 10 | 2-1 |
| 10 | Longmont | 9-4 | 20 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Pueblo East 18, Pueblo Centennial 13, Mesa Ridge 12, Durango 11, Ponderosa 11, Elizabeth 8, Pueblo South 4, Thomas Jefferson 2, Broomfield 1, Rifle 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Elizabeth (7). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Holy Family (5) | 13-0 | 85 | 1 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Eaton (4) | 11-0 | 84 | 2 | 3-0 |
| 3 | Faith Christian | 13-1 | 70 | 3 | 4-0 |
| 4 | Lamar | 11-3 | 53 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 5 | University | 10-3 | 40 | 8 | 3-1 |
| 6 | The Classical Academy | 11-2 | 38 | 10 | 4-0 |
| 7 | Valley | 12-2 | 34 | 5 | 2-1 |
| 8 | Gunnison | 12-1 | 28 | 4 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Brush | 8-3 | 20 | 9 | 1-2 |
| 10 | Cedaredge | 11-1 | 19 | 6 | 0-1 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Bayfield 18, Alamosa 2, Kent Denver 1, La Junta 1, Platte Valley 1, Sterling 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Class 2A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Swink (3) | 13-0 | 56 | 1 | 4-0 |
| 2 | Resurrection Christian (2) | 11-2 | 53 | 3 | 3-0 |
| 3 | Rye (1) | 10-1 | 51 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Sedgwick County | 14-1 | 40 | 6 | 7-0 |
| 5 | Hotchkiss | 11-3 | 35 | 4 | 0-1 |
| 6 | Lutheran | 6-7 | 24 | 7 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Peyton | 11-2 | 18 | 5 | 2-1 |
| 8 | Byers | 4-2 | 13 | – | 2-1 |
| 9 | Kiowa | 9-4 | 12 | 8 | 2-1 |
| 10 | Denver Christian | 7-5 | 11 | 10 | 3-2 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Limon 10, Lyons 4, Rocky Ford 4, Nucla 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Limon (9). | |||||
| Class 1A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Stratton (3) | 5-1 | 46 | 1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Eads | 5-8 | 37 | 5 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Granada (1) | 3-2 | 33 | 2 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Elbert (1) | 6-2 | 31 | 3 | 1-1 |
| 5 | Caliche | 3-8 | 30 | 4 | -2-2 |
| 6 | Community Christian | 6-6 | 24 | 7 | 1-1 |
| 7 | Fleming | 5-4 | 18 | 9 | 2-1 |
| 8 | Holly | 4-4 | 17 | – | 1-0 |
| 9 | Briggsdale | 7-4 | 13 | 6 | 2-0 |
| 10 | Dove Creek | 3-11 | 11 | 10 | 1-3 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Cornerstone Christian 9, Peetz 5, Cotopaxi 2, Manzanola 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Peetz (8). | |||||
