April 28, 2022
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SPORTS NORTHGLENN VS. ADAMS CITY
The ball is loose, and Adams City’s Divinity Morales (center) has about a half-step lead on Northglenn’s Kaily Velez, front and Natasha Sierra Garcia of the Norse. NHS won the match 9-0, thanks in large part to three goals from Elianna Montes.
A soccer ballet plays out between Northglenn’s Kaily Velez, left, and Adams City’s Divinity Morales during the teams’ match in Commerce City April 21. The Norse used PHOTOS BY STEVE SMITH three goals from Elianna Montes to beat the Eagles 9-0.
CHSAA approves new basketball classification BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
There will be a new classification for high-school basketball starting next season. The Colorado High School Activities Association’s legislative council passed a committee report on April 21 that includes the new classification and a new way for class 2A schools to seed their district tournaments. CHSAA places teams in classifications based on enrollment. CHSAA
does a separate enrollment count for the schools that play football and uses smaller enrollment ranges because so many schools play football The Jefferson County leagues offered an amendment to do away with the new basketball classification. But they also wanted the council to turn it down to offer more time to do more long-range planning. The leagues got their wish. “Most of the council voted against this last year,” said Mike Hughes, the athletic director at
Lakewood High School. “The intent of our amendment is not to do harm to the 6A proposal. The league is planning to bring this back up next year.” The committee’s report also continued district playoffs for smaller schools, such as Fort Lupton, Eagle Ridge and Stargate School. Class 2A schools will be able to seed their own district tournaments and steer clear of CHSAA’s seeding guidelines, which include computer rankings and a coaches poll. However, a second request to
reseed the field after the district round and before the regional round failed. Proponents wanted to account for teams that performed well in the regular season but didn’t so well in district play. “We want to reseed to avoid some funky first-round matchups,” said High Plains League representative Mike Miller. “We want to have the best teams playing in the semifinals and finals.” The council also approved an increase in basketball roster sizes from 12 to 14, effective next season.
CHSAA tweaks part of its transfer rule BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
AURORA – Students who want to transfer between schools can do so as long as it’s not based on athletics or varsity-level playing time. The legislative council of the Colorado High School Activities Association agreed to that change during its April 21 meeting. Two-thirds of the council voted in favor. In a second transfer-related vote, the council turned down a motion to prevent students from missing 50
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percent of their sports season following a transfer. The present transfer rules sideline transferred students for a calendar year from the date of transfer. League organizing The biennial practice of organizing the state’s athletic conferences is done. The council approved CHSAA’s Classification and League Organizing Committee report. It moved Westminster High School into the Denver Prep League. The Wolves had to find a new conference
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after the Eastern Metro Athletic Conference voted to disband. CLOC also approved an appeal from Stargate School in Thornton to stay in class 3A for its basketball teams for the next two years. “There is no element that outweighs other factors when it comes to appeals,” said CLOC Chairman Clay Alba, the athletic director of the Littleton School District. “We took the list as a body of evidence, and we tried to make the best decision based on the school and the context of the sport.”
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In other business The legislative council also voted to return to two meetings per school year and turned down a request to let coaches have Sunday contact with their athletes who have used up their eligibility. Tennis players can play a combination of matches and tournaments not to exceed 12, according to a council vote. And in baseball, the legislative council sided with the CHSAA baseball committee’s recommendation that new innings cannot start after two hours of play for sub-varsity level teams.
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