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The 12-team Class 5A Front Range League, down from 13 a year ago, will have room for a full league slate as well as a couple of nonleaguers. Graduation robbed most of defending league champion Fossil Ridge’s power, but the…
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Continue ReadingThe 12-team Class 5A Front Range League, down from 13 a year ago, will have room for a full league slate as well as a couple of nonleaguers.
Graduation robbed most of defending league champion Fossil Ridge’s power, but the northern group as a whole has replacement talent on the way.
Here’s some of what you shouldn’t miss:
Wednesday, Feb. 10, Horizon at Legacy, 7 p.m.
The visiting Hawks have holes of their own to fill, but Audra Vine Audra Vine 5'4" | PG Horizon | 2022 State CO and Britta Cardenas (both 2022s) were good for a combined 21 points per outing a season ago and should be good for more. The nearby Lightning will be without its two top scorers from 2019-20, but everyone else returns, notably Katie Paredes Katie Paredes 5'11" | PF Legacy | 2022 State CO and Westbrook Jensen (both 2022s).
Friday, Feb. 19, Broomfield at Fairview, 7 p.m.
This one could be the focal point of the league. Broomfield is headed by the 6-foot-2 Courtney Wristen Courtney Wristen 6'2" | PF Broomfield | 2021 State CO , who has signed to play at San Diego and is coming off a 14.2 -point, 9.0-rebound season. She’ll get help from Emma Rich Emma Rich 5'5" | PG Broomfield | 2021 State CO , Hayley Ventura Hayley Ventura 5'6" | SG Broomfield | 2021 State CO and Jaylene Young (all 2022s) who each saw significant minutes the past year. Fairview has work on its own to do – four of its top seven scorers from a year ago have moved on — but Kailey Page Kailey Page 5'10" | PF Fairview | 2022 State CO (2022), Makenna Englund (2021) and Emma Novak (2022) have experience. And the Knights have a knack for rarely falling off the league map.
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Friday, Jan. 29, Fossil Ridge at Rocky Mountain, 5 p.m.
We’ll get to see what the SaberCats have or don’t have right off the opening tip – their top six scorers are gone and Natalie Zachner (2021) is the only returner who played in all 26 games in 2019-20. Laisha Armendariz-Lopez (2021) tops the Lobos in a rivalry matchup.
Friday, Jan. 29, Holy Family at Broomfield, 5:30 p.m.
It’s the kind of city rivalry Colorado needs more of as the Tigers, who have been in the past two 4A finals and return their top six scorers (led by Alyssa Wells Alyssa Wells 5'9" | SG Holy Family | 2021 State CO , 2021), visit the 5A Eagles in early nonleague. Tus is the kind of game fans surely will miss.
Wednesday, March 3, Monarch at Mountain Range, 7 p.m.
Natalie Guanella Natalie Guanella 5'7" | PG Monarch | 2023 State CO (2023) is coming off a nice freshman season for Monarch; Hannah Chavez Hannah Chavez 5'11" | PF Mountain Range | 2021 State CO (2021, 11.1 points), the Mountain Range top scorer in 2019-20, also returns.