3A Baseball: University, Eaton Advance to Semifinals

AURORA — The first weekend of the 2026 Colorado High School Activities Association’s Baseball State Championships is underway with the top-two seeds – No. 1 University and No. 2 Eaton – advancing through the first two rounds to set up semifinal meeting tomorrow. Through the six games being played across two sites – University High School and Butch Butler Field – on Friday, there was only one first-round upset.

The lone first-round upset came with No. 6 D’Evelyn defeating No. 3 Montezuma-Cortez, 16-10. With the win, D’Evelyn advanced to the second round, where it faced No. 2 Eaton, which advanced on a 7-0 win over No. 7 Elizabeth. In that second round game, Eaton narrowly got past D’Evelyn, 3-2. 

On the other side of the bracket, No. 1 University beat No. 8 Wellington, 6-2, and No. 4 The Classical Academy escaped No. 5 Delta, 3-2, setting up a second-round game between University and TCA. In that matchup, University came away with a 6-0 win.  

The final five games, which will conclude with the semifinal round, will be played tomorrow at those same two sites.

Saturday’s games will begin with the first round consolation games at 9:30 a.m., which will feed into the second round consolation games at noon. The semifinal game is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. 

Next weekend, the third and fourth-round consolation games will be played on Friday, May 29, with the winner of that fourth round consolation game advancing to Saturday’s championship game vs. the winner of this weekend’s semifinal game. The championship game will be played at 10 a.m., with the if-needed championship game to follow at 2:30 p.m. 

Upcoming Schedule

First Round Consolation Matchups

• No. 3 Montezuma-Cortez vs. No. 7 Elizabeth at University HS at 9:30 am
  • Winner will advance to face No. 4 The Classical Academy at University HS at noon
• No. 5 Delta vs. No. 8 Wellington at Butch Butler at 9:30 am
  • Winner will advance to face No. 6 D’Evelyn at Butch Butler at noon
• Semifinals: No. 1 University vs. No. 2 Eaton at Butch Butler at 2:30 pm

Opening Day Results

First Round Results

• No. 1 University def. No. 8 Wellington, 6-2
• No. 2 Eaton def. No. 7 Elizabeth, 7-0
• No. 4 The Classical Academy def. No. 5 Delta, 3-2
• No. 6 D’Evelyn def. No. 3 Montezuma-Cortez, 16-10

Second Round Results

• No. 1 University def. No. 4 The Classical Academy, 6-0
• No. 2 Eaton def. No. 6 D’Evelyn, 3-2

NFHS Network

• The NFHS Network WILL be on site to broadcast ALL of the state tournament games both this weekend at next. Therefore, NO ADDITIONAL STREAMING MAY BE PROVIDED FOR ANY GAMES.
• Any team/school/parent that streams a game to a team’s GameChanger account – or to any other platform (Facebook Live, YouTube, etc.) – will be in violation of the CHSAA/NFHS Network’s broadcast policies and will be subject to both a postseason rights fee and a media rights violation fee. 
• Watch all games live on the NFHS Network.

Important Spectator/Venue Information

Class 3A at Butch Butler Field and University High School

• Per the City of Greeley, NO PETS are allowed in the park for any 3A baseball games at either Butch Butler Field or University High School.
  • This is inclusive of all pets, not just dogs.

Tickets

• Buy Tickets on GoFan early to save time and redeem quickly on site. All sites are cashless and accept digital tickets ONLY.   
  • GoFan Baseball Tickets

Parking

• Parking is free at every site

Food/Concessions

• There will be concessions available.