Five weeks ago, Anna Hall’s ankle was in a boot and with her final Colorado track and field state championships in doubt, the Valor Christian senior wasn’t doing much smiling around that time.
Valerie Negin had a trio of three-set matches at the state tournament. She ultimately emerged victorious in each, and is now the Class 5A girls tennis champion at No. 1 singles.
The Broomfield-Fairview, winner-take-league, regular-season finale had a bit of everything Saturday afternoon — from bodies plunging to the ground, to a brief scoreboard outage, to an unforgiving crossbar, to a fiery gallery on the edge of every twist and turn of momentum.
Thomas MacLaren (2A), Loveland Classical (2A), Prospect Ridge (3A), Lutheran (3A) and Rock Canyon (5A) have joined this week's girls soccer rankings. And Broomfield is now No. 1 in 5A.