CHSAA Celebrates 2024-25 State Champions

AURORA – The Colorado High School Activities Association would like to congratulate its membership for another successful year in 2024-25. CHSAA crowned 126 team champions across its sports and activities, with 69 different schools claiming at least one title and 24 schools winning multiple championships.

Among this year’s state champions, there were 45 individual programs that won state titles in a given activity for the first time ever, including DSST: Cedar, Loveland Classical, Regis Groff, Rocky Mountain Prep – RISE, and The Village, who all captured the first state championships in school history across any sport or activity. DSST: Cedar won the 2A/3A Co-Ed Cheer state championship, Loveland Classical was the 2A state champion in girls soccer, Regis Groff won the 4A boys volleyball state title, Rocky Mountain Prep – RISE was the 4A Speech & Debate state champions, and The Village won the 3A girls volleyball state title.

Also of note, Windsor won the 4A boys basketball state title for its first state championship in that sport since 1924, Haxtun won the 1A boys track & field championship for its first title in that sport since 1976, and Simla’s 2A boys basketball championship was its first in the sport since 1987. Steamboat Springs’ 4A ice hockey state championship was not only the program’s first of its kind, it was also the school’s first state title in any sport or activity since 1998.

Additional highlights throughout the year included:

• Akron winning its first-ever baseball state championship in 1A, after back-to-back runner-up appearances, giving the school its first state championship of any kind since 2010.
• Brush taking home the 3A boys wrestling state championship, the Beetdiggers’ second in the sport (the first was in 2007) and the school’s first state championship of any kind since 2014.
• For the first time, two classifications of boys volleyball were sponsored, with Eaglecrest (5A) and Regis Groff (4A) winning championships. The titles were the first for both schools in boys volleyball, while it was also Regis Groff’s first state title in any sport. 
• CHSAA recognizing state champions in music for the first time, with Cheyenne Mountain (A Cappella), Grandview (Jazz Choir) and Cañon City (Show Choir) winning titles. It was the first state championship in any sport or activity for Cañon City since 2000.
• Cherry Creek extending its state-record number of state championships to 248 with nine more titles: boys tennis, girls swimming, boys swimming, football, baseball, boys golf, boys lacrosse, boys soccer and field hockey. Cherry Creek has won 47 boys tennis titles and 31 in girls swimming, including five in a row in each sport.
• Coal Ridge earning the 3A baseball title, giving the school its first-ever boys state title.
• Colorado Academy capturing its seventh state championships in both girls golf (2A) and girls soccer (3A) on the same day.
• Esports featured six titles for the first time, with the first-ever champion being crowned in Splatoon in the fall – Mountain Vista – and then the first-ever Unified Esports state championship taking place in the spring, with Smoky Hill capturing that inaugural title. 
• Evergreen winning 4A girls soccer and 4A girls lacrosse state championships for the second season in a row, while Fossil Ridge winning the 5A girls track & field and 5A girls soccer championships for the first time in school history.
• Flag football being sponsored by CHSAA for the first time, with Mountain Vista (5A) and Mountain View (4A) winning the inaugural titles.
• Girls golf expanding from three classes to four, with championships won by Valor Christian (5A), Riverdale Ridge (4A), Holy Family (3A) and Colorado Academy (2A). The titles were the first in girls golf for both Holy Family and Riverdale Ridge.
• Girls wrestling championships being offered in two classifications for the first time, with Grand Junction Central (5A) and Pueblo Central (4A) taking home the titles. The championship for Pueblo Central was the school’s second of any kind since 2006.
• Golden’s second-ever baseball state championship (in 4A) was its first since 2003.
• Holy Family winning its first-ever state championships in 3A girls golf and 3A boys soccer.
• Lutheran winning its fourth straight softball championship in 4A.
• McClave’s girls taking home 1A state titles in girls volleyball, girls basketball and girls track. And, like Resurrection Christian in 3A, both the boys and girls basketball teams were state champions.
• Niwot winning its fifth straight girls track & field state championship in 4A, while the boys won state in both track & field and cross country.
• Pomona winning its 12th boys wrestling state championship, its seventh in a row.
• Riverdale Ridge winning its first state championships in both 5A softball and 4A girls golf.
• Salida’s 3A boys cross country state championship, which was its first in the sport since 2009.
• Skiing state champions being recognized for the first time in both Alpine and Nordic competition, rather than just one overall champion. Aspen’s boys and girls were the inaugural Alpine champions, while in Nordic the winners were the Summit boys and Lake County girls.
• The Classical Academy upping its title totals to 16 in girls cross country, 13 in girls track and eight in boys track while also winning its first-ever football state championship.
• Thompson Valley’s fall including its first-ever state titles in football and boys cross country as well as its third in girls volleyball.
• University girls basketball team completing an undefeated season to claim its first-ever girls basketball state title.
• Valor Christian winning its fourth-straight girls golf state championship and its third-straight girls volleyball title.
• The Village winning the 3A girls volleyball state championship in its first year of being a member school.

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2024-2025 State Champions