Rock Canyon High School's girls soccer program hopes to build on last year's performance, which saw it advance to the Class 5A title game as a No. 17 seed.
This time, however, the Jaguars are hoping for a different ending.
Rock Canyon (7-0-3) hasn't lost since losing to Thunder Ridge in the 5A championship last May.
The team, which has 13 players who have scored at least one goal this spring and ranks fourth in the CHSAA 5A selection and seeding index that determines playoff seeding, tied with third-place Fossil Ridge on Saturday before moving on to Douglas County. and the Legends with a combined score of 13-0. This past week.
In this week's women's soccer look, we'll focus on the 2023 semifinalists in each division and see how they fare in the 2024 postseason in two weeks.
Class 5A
Last year's final: Thunder Ridge defeated Rock Canyon 1-0.
Other semi-finalists: Fairview and Heritage.
The No. 4 Jaguars (7-0-3) are currently in the top 10 in the CHSAA and are the only team to advance to the 5A semifinals last spring.
Earlier this month, they defeated No. 2 Castleview and No. 11 Thunder Ridge to tie with No. 15 Heritage.
It was the first of two losses this month for the Grizzlies (5-2-1), who lost 1-0 to No. 1 Mountain Vista on Thursday.
Good news for the defending champions. Records aside, their defense has allowed just six goals in eight games.
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No. 30 Fairview (4-4-1) hopes to get back above .500 when it hosts Castleview on Saturday.
Meanwhile, No. 15 Heritage (5-2-2) bounced back from a three-game winless streak (0-2-1) and easily defeated Smoky Hill and Douglas County the past two nights.
class 4A
Last year's final: Dakota Ridge defeated Lutheran University 2-0.
Other semi-finalists: Mead and Northfield.
The current CHSAA rankings have Mead, Lutheran and Northfield at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4. Dakota Ridge is 18th.
The top-ranked Mavericks graduated just one of the 10 players who scored multiple goals last season. And at least that experience is part of a perfect 8-0 start led by junior Katie Adler (38 points in 2023, 26 points in 2024) and senior Averi Williams (27 points, 21 points). It seems that it is emerging as a department. Both are on pace to exceed production volumes from a year ago.
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The fourth-ranked Nighthawks (10-0-1) have not conceded a point since their second game of the season and have outscored their opponents 63-0 in their last nine games.
The Eagles (6-3-1) lost 3-0 to No. 6 Green Mountain on Monday, ending a six-game unbeaten streak (5-0-1).
Lutheran University (7-2) will have a big test Saturday against No. 1 Colorado Academy in 3A.
class 3A
Last year's final: Jefferson Academy defeated Manitou Springs 3-0.
Other semi-finalists: Colorado Academy and Kent Denver.
Colorado Academy (8-0) and Kent Denver (9-2) are the top two teams in this division, winning the lone game a week ago against the Sun Devils on a goal by Naomi Wolf. , the Mustangs have the upper hand.
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No. 4 Manitou Springs (7-0) is 26-1 since the start of the 2023 season and undefeated since losing in last year's 3A championship.
No. 5 JA (8-2) lost back-to-back games earlier this month, losing to CA and No. 8 Ralston Valley in 5A. However, the Jaguars have won all eight games by 58-0 margins, including Thursday's 1-0 victory over Kent Denver.
class 2A
Last year's final: Colorado Springs Christian School defeated Fountain Valley 3-1.
Other semi-finalists: Denver Christian and Skyview Academy.
No. 1 Denver Christian (8-0-1) tied No. 2 Flatirons Academy earlier this month, then defeated No. 4 Skyview Academy 7-2 in April (6-2). ) won five consecutive games. On the 11th, they defeated No. 8 Fountain Valley 2-1.
Freshman Laila Scullion scored 15 goals through eight games for the Thunder.
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Ella Baker had 14 goals through seven games for defending champion CSCS (4-3-1), which defeated St. Mary's 10-0 on Tuesday.
