Softball rankings: Castle View, Smoky Hill and Rifle join the polls
Three new team jumped into this week’s softball rankings, with Castle View (5A), Smoky Hill (5A) and Rifle (4A) joining the fray.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday during the regular season.
Complete rankings for each class are below.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Chatfield (10) | 15-0-0 | 134 | 1 | 3-0-0 |
| 2 | Rock Canyon (3) | 11-1-0 | 119 | 2 | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Broomfield (1) | 11-1-0 | 109 | 3 | 2-0-0 |
| 4 | Columbine | 14-0-0 | 100 | 6 | 5-0-0 |
| 5 | Loveland (1) | 11-1-0 | 77 | 4 | 1-0-0 |
| 6 | Rocky Mountain | 12-1-0 | 58 | 9 | 3-0-0 |
| 7 | Prairie View | 11-1-0 | 35 | 7 | 2-1-0 |
| 8 | Legacy | 7-3-0 | 34 | 5 | 0-2-0 |
| 9 | Castle View | 9-2-0 | 33 | – | 4-1-0 |
| 10 | Smoky Hill | 12-2-0 | 23 | – | 3-0-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Arapahoe 21, Grand Junction Central 18, Cherokee Trail 15, Brighton 13, Fossil Ridge 13, Lakewood 13, Hinkley 8, Douglas County 1, Grandview 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Lakewood (8), Arapahoe (10). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Holy Family (4) | 9-1-0 | 130 | 1 | 5-1-0 |
| 2 | Erie (6) | 12-0-0 | 129 | 3 | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Golden (3) | 13-0-0 | 113 | 2 | 2-0-0 |
| 4 | Pueblo South (1) | 9-0-0 | 82 | 5 | 2-0-0 |
| 5 | Wheat Ridge | 10-2-0 | 71 | 4 | 1-1-0 |
| 6 | Silver Creek | 10-4-0 | 60 | 6 | 2-0-0 |
| 7 | Pueblo Central (1) | 7-3-0 | 58 | 7 | 3-3-0 |
| 8 | Pueblo County | 8-1-0 | 36 | 10 | 5-0-0 |
| 9 | Pueblo West | 5-4-0 | 23 | 8 | 0-3-0 |
| 10 | Rifle | 8-2-0 | 19 | – | 1-0-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Mountain View 17, Pueblo Centennial 15, Niwot 14, Mead 13, Berthoud 7, D’Evelyn 6, Northridge 6, Windsor 6, Longmont 4, Mullen 4, Pueblo East 4, Mesa Ridge 2, Roosevelt 2, Weld Central 2, Frederick 1, Skyline 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Pueblo Centennial (9). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | University (12) | 12-0-0 | 120 | 1 | 1-0-0 |
| 2 | Eaton | 10-2-0 | 101 | 3 | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Sterling | 9-3-0 | 76 | 2 | 3-2-0 |
| 4 | Riverdale Ridge | 8-1-0 | 65 | 7 | 2-0-0 |
| 5 | Brush | 9-3-0 | 60 | 8 | 4-1-0 |
| 6 | Basalt | 8-1-0 | 57 | 5 | 2-1-0 |
| 7 | Lyons | 6-4-0 | 51 | 4 | 0-1-0 |
| 8 | Strasburg | 6-5-0 | 47 | 6 | 1-1-0 |
| 9 | Limon | 8-4-0 | 35 | 9 | 4-1-0 |
| 10 | Platte Valley | 7-4-0 | 12 | 10 | 0-2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Fort Lupton 11, Rocky Ford 7, Lamar 6, Montezuma-Cortez 5, Cedaredge 2, Delta 2, Peak to Peak 2, Valley 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
