CHSAA

Mike Lovinguth, the chairman of the state’s soccer committee, outlined some reasons in sta notes to request the change. It aligns with the NCAA, and the state’s high-school soccer o cials association agreed.

“ e committee felt that by eliminating overtime in the regular season, o cials would have the ability to accept back-toback games at di erent locations, knowing that there will not be a situation where overtime would delay the time they could leave one venue and arrive at another,” the report said. “With a 10 percent decrease in the overall number of o cials in 2022, this was an attractive solution to making ocials available for multiple games on the same day. Additionally, lower-level games that follow a varsity game where lights are not available often have their game time cut short when overtime is played.”

Broom eld High School athletic director Steve Shelton thought the proposal would hurt the Northern League because it’s a competitive league.

“Kids need to prepare for performances at state,” he told the council. “In a league like ours, games are going to end up in multiple ties, which creates challenges for the RPI (the Ratings Performance Index, one of the factors in considering which teams advance to the state playo s).”

Fort Lupton High School

Wrestling e Bluedevils were third in the team standings. e Bluedevils and Grand Junction Central tied at 33 after their match. GJC earned the win based on total number of wins.

Fort Lupton’s Josiah Gonzales (126 pounds), Will Alvarado (157) and D’mitri Garza-Alarcon (138 pounds) captured championships at the 2023 Mile High Classic at omas Je erson High School Jan. 28.

Donovan Birmingham placed second among 106-pounders. Danny Rodriguez was second at 144 pounds, and Kayden Derbigny was second at 215 pounds. Royce Guerrero was fourth at 150 pounds, and Alex Mata took fourth at 175 pounds.

Christopher Galicia was fth at 165 pounds.

Fort Lupton split its matches in a triangular meet Jan. 27 in Fort Lupton.

FLHS beat Monarch 57-17. Donovan Birmingham (106), Cameron Reeves (120), Josiah Gonzales (126), William Alvarado (157), Christopher Galicia (165), Alex Mata (175) and Kayden Derbigny (215) picked up the on-mat wins.

FLHS’ contested match wins were from D;mitri Garza-Alarcon (138), Danny Rodriguez (145), Royce Guerrero (150), Alvarado, Mata and Derbigny.

Fort Lupton topped Fort Morgan 68-12 on Salute to Service Night Jan. 24 on the Bluedevils’ mats.