Ralston Valley is back in the 5A girls basketball ranking this week. (Dennis Pleuss)
Following a one-week absence, Ralston Valley has returned to the CHSAANow.com girls basketball poll. The Mustangs are No. 10 in 5A.
Regis Jesuit extended its firm hold on the top spot in that ranking, and continued to be followed by No. 2 Highlands Ranch, No. 3 Fossil Ridge and No. 4 Grandview. Castle View moved up two places this week to round out the top 5.
Rock Canyon is sixth this week, and is followed by Cherry Creek and Lakewood. ThunderRidge is No. 9.
The other No. 1s also stayed put. Those are Bloomfield (4A), Holy Family (3A), Yuma (2A) and Caliche (1A).
The 3A ranking added Olathe at No. 10, while 2A added Sangre de Cristo, also at No. 10. 1A, too, has a new team at No. 10 this week: Gilpin County.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
CHSAANow.com Girls Basketball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Regis Jesuit (18) | 10-2 | 189 | 1 | 3-0 |
| 2 | Highlands Ranch (1) | 12-1 | 172 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Fossil Ridge | 12-0 | 137 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Grandview | 11-2 | 127 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Castle View | 10-3 | 82 | 7 | 1-1 |
| 6 | Rock Canyon | 8-3 | 75 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Cherry Creek | 12-1 | 69 | 9 | 2-0 |
| 8 | Lakewood | 13-1 | 62 | 6 | 2-1 |
| 9 | ThunderRidge | 8-4 | 47 | 5 | 1-1 |
| 10 | Ralston Valley | 10-3 | 23 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Mountain Vista 19, Horizon 18, Denver East 12, Pine Creek 7, Grand Junction 4, Arapahoe 1, Rampart 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Pine Creek (10). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Broomfield (13) | 12-0 | 139 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Mesa Ridge (1) | 12-0 | 123 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Pueblo South | 13-1 | 116 | 3 | 3-0 |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 11-1 | 82 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Pueblo West | 10-2 | 63 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 6 | Valor Christian | 12-3 | 59 | 7 | 3-0 |
| 7 | Glenwood Springs | 11-0 | 51 | 8 | 2-0 |
| 8 | Sand Creek | 9-3 | 49 | 6 | 2-0 |
| 9 | D’Evelyn | 9-3 | 40 | 9 | 2-0 |
| 10 | Palmer Ridge | 9-2 | 17 | 10 | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Green Mountain 12, Pueblo East 9, Longmont 6, Silver Creek 3, Mullen 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Holy Family (11) | 11-1 | 136 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Pagosa Springs (3) | 10-0 | 128 | 2 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Lamar | 11-0 | 110 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Sterling | 8-2 | 81 | 5 | 1-1 |
| 5 | Peak to Peak | 9-2 | 71 | 8 | 3-0 |
| 6 | Centauri | 8-3 | 43 | 4 | 0-2 |
| 7 | Strasburg | 9-2 | 39 | 7 | 2-1 |
| 8 | The Classical Academy | 8-1 | 29 | 10 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Eaton | 7-4 | 19 | 6 | 0-2 |
| 10 | Olathe | 8-2 | 17 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Manitou Springs 14, Trinidad 13, Valley 12, St. Mary’s 10, Bishop Machebeuf 9, Brush 9, Jefferson Academy 9, Cedaredge 8, Platte Valley 6, Alamosa 5, Coal Ridge 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Coal Ridge (9). | |||||
| Class 2A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Yuma (8) | 9-0 | 123 | 1 | 3-0 |
| 2 | Lutheran (4) | 8-1 | 120 | 2 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Peyton | 10-1 | 99 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Akron | 7-1 | 85 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Liberty Common (1) | 11-0 | 58 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 6 | Meeker | 9-1 | 50 | 8 | 3-0 |
| 7 | Simla | 10-0 | 49 | 9 | 3-0 |
| 8 | Hoehne | 8-1 | 45 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 9 | Paonia | 8-3 | 32 | 6 | 2-0 |
| 10 | Sangre de Cristo | 7-3 | 30 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Hayden 7, The Vanguard 7, Heritage Christian 6, Rye 4, Del Norte 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Heritage Christian (10). | |||||
| Class 1A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Caliche (8) | 9-0 | 89 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Norwood (1) | 8-0 | 81 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Eads | 9-1 | 65 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Idalia | 9-0 | 62 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Kit Carson | 7-2 | 46 | 5 | 1-0 |
| 6 | Prairie | 8-2 | 37 | 6 | 1-1 |
| 7 | Dove Creek | 9-1 | 33 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 8 | Cheraw | 6-2 | 24 | 8 | 1-1 |
| 9 | McClave | 6-3 | 12 | 9 | 1-0 |
| 10 | Gilpin County | 7-3 | 10 | – | 1-1 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Hi-Plains 7, Holly 6, South Baca 6, Walsh 5, Briggsdale 4, Centennial 2, Genoa-Hugo 2, Belleview Christian 1, La Veta 1, Liberty 1, Liberty/Stratton 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Hi-Plains (10). | |||||