Girls Basketball

Among the 23 proposals the NFHS Basketball Rules Committee will hear this spring is one that would nationalize a 35-second shot clock.

The St. Mary's girls beat Colorado Springs Christian, and the Manual boys beat Vanguard as each won Class 3A state basketball titles on Saturday.

Cherry Creek's girls beat Grandview, and Rangeview's boys beat Chaparral as each were crowned Class 5A basketball champions on Saturday.

Lewis-Palmer's boys team and Mullen's girls team are the Class 4A state basketball champions.

Kit Carson won its third-straight Class 1A girls basketball title and De Beque won its first boys title since 1998.

With a 51-49 win over two-time defending Class 5A champion Grandview, Cherry Creek won its first girls state basketball title on Saturday.

Manual trailed often during the Class 3A boys basketball state championship game on Saturday. But an explosive end to the third quarter put Thunderbolts in position to win a state title.

Led by senior Cody Robinson, Yuma claimed its second straight Class 2A championship and third in the past four years Saturday.

Kit Carson can now call itself one of the biggest prep girls basketball dynasties in state history.

St. Mary's repeated as the Class 3A girls basketball state champion, topping Colorado Springs Christian for the second year in a row.