Denver East, Cheyenne Mountain, Kent Denver top seeds in boys soccer tourneys
Update, 12:09 p.m.: After the seeding committee left, there was an issue with the 3A bracket that needs to be verified. That bracket will be posted on Monday by noon. The 32 qualifiers remain the same.
AURORA — Boys soccer’s state tournament brackets were released on Sunday, and Denver East (5A), Cheyenne Mountain (4A) and Kent Denver (3A) are the top seeds.
The complete brackets are available here:
The 32-team fields in each classification were determined by automatic qualifiers laid out in the soccer bulletin, as well as the final RPI standings, which came out Sunday morning.
Early dates vary for each field, but all quarterfinals are Nov. 5, and semifinals will be Nov. 9. The championship games are set for Nov. 12 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
Unbeaten Denver East (15-0-0) heads the 5A field, and will host No. 32 Monarch in the first round. Other high seeds include No. 2 Boulder, No. 3 Cherry Creek, No. 4 Broomfield, No. 5 Fairview, No. 6 Arapahoe, No. 7 Grandview and No. 8 Fort Collins.
The 5A tournament begins on Thursday, with the second round next Wednesday.
In 4A, Cheyenne Mountain (13-1-1) leads the way as the No. 1. Also highly seeded are Lewis-Palmer (No. 2), The Classical Academy (No. 3), Air Academy (No. 4), Mullen (No. 5), Denver West (No. 6), Durango (No. 7), and Silver Creek (No. 8.).
The 4A field begins play on Wednesday, and the second round is next Tuesday.
The 3A field is led by unbeaten Kent Denver (14-0-1). Other high seeds are No. 2 KIPP, No. 3 Colorado Academy, No. 4 Vail Mountain, No. 5 Colorado Springs Christian, No. 6 Jefferson Academy, No. 7 DSST-Stapleton and No. 8 Coal Ridge.
In 3A, the first round is on Friday, and the second round is Saturday.
