The regional tennis tournaments started Wednesday, offering players from around the state a chance to qualify for next week’s individual state championships.
Class 4A Region 5 featured seven teams from the Longmont and Lafayette area. On Wednesday at Niwot High School, Frederick’s Josiah Brittenham and Dawson’s Cole Cohen made their way through the No. 1 singles bracket and will face off for the regional title on Thursday. Niwot’s Oskar Hansen (2 singles) and Dawson’s Nick Steinkamp (3S) also reached their respective finals.
At 5A Region 6, Fairview ace Luke Treleaven is in the 1-singles final after beating Boulder’s Patrick Harvey and Mountain Vista’s Trey Armstrong in the opening two rounds. The Knights sent all three singles players to Thursday’s championship match as neither Treleaven, Adhrit Sundaresan (2S) or Itay Kazatcker (3S) dropped a set on Wednesday.
Here are this week’s five things to watch from the local preps scene.
Our game of the week is Broomfield-Holy Family softball on Saturday.
Regional tennis; finishes Thursday and Friday
The top two placers in each bracket at regionals will move onto the individual state championship, which is played in Pueblo (4A) and Denver (5A) on Oct. 17-19.
In 4A Region 6, locals Dawson, Frederick, Longmont, Mead, Niwot, Silver Creek and Skyline are all competing. Peak to Peak is the only other area team in the class and the Pumas are in Region 4 in Loveland, where they sent their top two singles players to the finals, with Vivaan Bhardwaj advancing at No. 1 singles and Shreyas Sundaresan No. 2.
In 5A, Region 1 (which includes Monarch) hadn’t reported results as of Wednesday afternoon, while Region 2 (Broomfield and Centaurus) and 4 (Legacy) start Thursday. In Region 6, Fairview also sent its 2, 3 and 4 doubles lines to the finals. Its No. 2 pairing of Rafa Cortes and Colin Ryan rallied to beat Mountain Vista in three sets in the semifinals.
Monarch at Legacy volleyball; Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
The Lightning (13-3, 7-0 Granite Peaks League) shook off an abysmal fourth set against Niwot to beat the Cougars in five sets last week, taking sole control of their league.
Monarch (9-2, 5-1) can shake things back up in the standings with a win on Thursday.
Aislin Oldach has 212 kills for Legacy, 15th-most in the state. Ava Maliawco has 80 kills to lead the Coyotes.
Frederick at Silver Creek football; Thursday at 7 p.m.
The Golden Eagles (4-2, 1-0) are looking for their fourth straight win over the Raptors (4-2, 1-0).
Sonny Delpizzo has 10 touchdowns for Frederick, which has won four in a row after an 0-2 start to the season.
Silver Creek QB Nolan Gaccetta rushed for two scores in last week’s win over Greeley West. The senior has thrown for 11 TDs and rushed for six more this fall.
Monarch at Loveland football; Friday at 7 p.m.
The Coyotes (4-2, 1-0 4A North 1 League) are averaging 38 points through their first six games of the season. Malakhi Payne has broken 100 yards on the ground in three straight weeks, including in a Week 5 win over Boulder where he ran for 121 yards and two scores on just 10 carries.
Loveland (2-4, 0-1) has struggled offensively since putting up 72 points in a win over Mountain View in Week 2, averaging just over 6 PPG in its last three games.
Last year, Monarch ended a streak of four straight losses against the Red Wolves with a 16-13 win.
Granite Peaks League and Rocky Mountain League XC championships; GPL at Margaret Carpenter Park (boys varsity 3:30 p.m.; girls varsity 4:10) and RML at Northwest Open Space (boys 3:10; girls 3:40)
Niwot is expected to sweep the GPL championships, with Hunter Robbie and Ady Ritzenhein predicted to bring home individual honors. Boulder is the favorite to win both races in the Rocky Mountain meet led by Lucas Wik and Calia Vaughn.