Spirit

Bayfield competed in the 2016 state spirit competition with two cheerleaders — the first time in CHSAA state spirit history just two athletes took the mat. This year, Bayfield wants to start fresh in more ways than one.

This month's edition features Pomona in the Class 5A state football title game, early-season boys and girls basketball highlights, along with Wheat Ridge winning the Poms 4A state title at the spirit championships.

Spirit teams from Jeffco competed at the CHSAA state spirit championships in Denver on Dec. 9 and 10. Wheat Ridge High School's poms and cheers, along with Standley Lake High Schools cheer team advanced to the finals.

Four points and two teams stood between the Class 5A cheer squads from four-place Rock Canyon and first-place Grandview.

The 2016 champions were crowned in each discipline during the state spirit championships at the Denver Coliseum on Saturday.

The first day of the state spirit championships was on Friday at the Denver Coliseum.

Friday marked what is believed to be the first time in the history of the State Spirit Championships that a two-person team took the mat.

Complete results from the both days of the 2016 state spirit competition.

As spirit squads from across the state take the Denver Coliseum floor, Cherry Creek is ready to defend the state title it won last year.

Photos from the Continental League spirit championships.