Five new teams have hopped into this week's volleyball rankings: Longmont (4A), Coal Ridge (3A), Union Colony (2A), Akron (2A) and Flagler/Hi-Plains (1A).
Eight newcomers joined this week's football rankings. They are: ThunderRidge (5A), Ponderosa (4A), Harrison (3A), Salida and Berthoud (2A), Buena Vista (1A), Mancos (8-man), and Cotopaxi (6-man).
A little more than a year ago, Max Nikkari and Brandon Miller were doubles partners for the Grand Junction boys tennis team. On Saturday, they were opponents on the opposite side of the net playing for the Western Slope Open No. 3 singles title.
The 8-man football team at Justice High School jumped into a 15-passenger van and headed on a five-hour trek to play their first game of the season in the mountain town of Hayden.
