Ball Fever: Serious league showdowns on tap in boys basketball

Lewis-Palmer Vista Ridge boys basketball fans

Let’s be real with what we saw as we broke things down this week, folks.

Rangeview may finish this thing undefeated but have a tough one with Aurora Central this week. Overland lost to Grandview at home and it may be the worst thing that could have happened for the rest of the field … they were brutal to opponents last week, the defending champs refocused!

The Broncos’ Super Bowl run had us thinking defensively and Rock Canyon may be the gritty version of our champs who dig in on the defensive end but can do enough offensively to take anyone down.

Lewis-Palmer, Pueblo South, Valor, Longmont? Our 4A top squads are all sitting with one loss each.

Let’s see how it all went down.

Week in review

Tuesday, Feb. 2:

We had a few games that survived the blast!

Wow, speaking of ice cold, ThunderRidge held Douglas County to two points in the fourth quarter en route to almost a 50-point win with Clay Verk dominating this one to the tune of a 25-point, 14-rebound double-double.
Legacy gets a strong win over Monarch with Jeffrey Salazar leading the way: 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals!
Grand Junction continues to dominate out west and totally stifled Montrose only allowing them 26 total points. Ben Rasmussen had 14 points, 6 rebounds.
The Trojan duo of Elijah Coleman (22 points) and Ladarius Thomas (17) did it again for Aurora Central as they downed A-Town rival Gateway by 14.
Pueblo County stays in the league mix with 15-point win over Pueblo East not allowing more than 10 points in any quarter.
FNE (Montbello) Warriors didn’t fall asleep after their big win over East last week easily handling Denver West led by senior Sekou Cisse’s 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists.

Wednesday, Feb. 3:

Two of Pueblo’s top-10 squads got it on and Tracy Renck has the game-winner covered.
Eleven players chimed in with scoring for Cherokee Trail led by Jaizec Lottie’s 19 as they beat Smoky Hill by 33.
Fossil Ridge continuing to exhibit balance with three players in double figures and they beat Poudre by 20 points with Jackson Everhart scoring 22.
Chatfield, now up to No. 6 in our poll, remained undefeated after rolling Bear Creek by 30.
The TrailBlazers sent the message to formerly undefeated Eaglecrest early/often and Stephen Priest has your coverage of No. 5 Overland dominating this top-5 match. Matt Mathewes snappin’ the pics.
Landon Taliaferro was the man in Front Range on this night scoring 26 as Boulder routed Mountain Range.
Golden, No. 6 in our poll, beats Conifer 66-43 using a 25-10 fourth quarter to put it away.
East was in need of a win after dropping from our top-10 and they started the week big with a 92-65 win over rival Thomas Jefferson and senior Jack Buckmelter was lighting it up with 30 points and 7 rebounds.
Important league win for Dakota Ridge at Arvada West with Hubert Price scoring 18.
Holy Family got 15 points from Cameron Miller beating Roosevelt 68-47.
Pueblo Centennial gave Pueblo Central all they wanted but 23 points from Mike Ranson helped Central pull off the 2-point win.
Chudier Bile with 23 and Tucker Cargile 13 points to lead Denver South to a solid league win over 5A Lincoln 82-75. The Rebels will be tough in 4A postseason! Jamison Washington scored 20 in the loss.

Thursday, Feb. 4:

Highlands Ranch got first league win over Heritage winning each quarter and taking the win by 24.
Windsor up to No. 7 in 4A poll and beat Erie by 9 with four players scoring in double figures led by Michael Sheid’s 16 along with 13 rebounds for the double-double.
Jaylon Sibley scored 23 but it wasn’t enough for Harrison to beat Mitchell as they lost by 6.
Mountain View surprised Thompson Valley on their home court and Jose Arrantia teamed with Jeremiah Blaylock to both score 21 points.

Friday, Feb. 5:

Chatfield Ralston Valley boys basketball

We’ve been watching this Doherty squad and “strong man” Dalven Brushier go on an exciting run this season and Dan Mohrmann caught their road victory at Rampart.
Wyoming-bound Austin Mueller is stud athlete and Stephen Priest caught his monster dunk that powered ThunderRidge in this top-10 battle.
Chatfield continues to charge forward and Matt Matthewes caught the 21-point W over Ralston Valley.
Got no easier for Eaglecrest after the loss to Overland they had to welcome in a tough Arapahoe squad but a 17-6 first quarter and 19 points from Colbey Ross got them back on track.
Denver East got finished the week off with 3-point win over Lincoln 88-85. Â Get out to see the Angels soon as we now understand they have added a 7-foot FRESHMAN in Assanne Diouf! Diouf had 11 in this game and Daytone Jennings led with 23.
No. 3 Regis was tested by Highlands Ranch but Geoff Kelly’s 27 points ruled the night in the 16-point win. Young Falcon Tyson Gilbert scored 20 for H-Ranch in the loss.
Rock Canyon has shot up to No. 4 in 5A and Mountain Vista’s been playing tough. We hear it was a great atmosphere as Sam Masten scored 24 leading the Jags to the 11-point win.
Jackson Everhart’s 27 points helped Fossil Ridge get the road win at Loveland who put up a strong fight.
Longmont jumped out to 13-4 first quarter and didn’t look back beating Niwot by 17.
Antonio Capley scored 21 for Ralston Valley but charging Chatfield won this match by 21.
No. 2 Valor has another different name lead the way this night as Kayle Knuckles had 20 points, 6 rebounds in the 27-point home win over Conifer.
Pueblo South completed a bounce back week with a 13-point win over Pueblo Central.
A Ball Fever “dig” in the stats found a high scoring overtime game where Westminster exploded for 18 points in the extra session to beat Prairie View who got 32 points, 6 assists from junior Trey Marble.
No. 1 Rangeview left no doubt who’s the boss in A-Town crushing rival Hinkley and everyone got in the balanced scoring column with Matt Johnson’s 11 points, 3 steals leading the way.
Michael Sheid with another 19-point effort as No. 7 Windsor beat Frederick by 33.
Jonathon Scott’s 21 points kept No. 1 Lewis-Palmer on pace with 83-59 victory over Liberty.
Vista Ridge now in the 4A top-10 needed overtime to take down Cheyenne Mountain and got 17 points from Hunter Maldonado.
CJ Jennings strikes again with 28 points and Sierra is knocking on the top-10 door after blowout of Woodland Park.

Saturday, Feb. 6:

Top ranked Lewis-Palmer ended the week with a 10-point win over a top-10 opponent and Josh Watt has your pics.
Cal Zeb Roberson scored 18 helping Rampart bounce back from the previous days loss to Doherty beating Coronado by 15.
No. 3 Longmont 17-1 after impressive 19-point road win at Holy Family.
Junior Ravel Moody scored 20 for the Spartans but not enough in the non league match Saturday vs. Cherry Creek as the Bruins won 71-54.
Rifle, now in the top-10, survived 26 points from Glenwood Springs Cameron Horning to hold on for the 4-point win.
Vista Peak had a 20-game home winning streak but our state’s top squad Rangeview came calling. The Bison battled for the first half but then Tyrei Randall took over scoring 23 points as the Raiders stretched out to a 17-point win to close out the week!