Class 5A
1. Cherry Creek (0-1) lost at Skyridge (Lehi, Utah), 24-14: Jayden Fox rushed for a TD and Jeremiah Hoffman hauled in a long scoring pass to pull the Bruins within 17-14 in the third quarter, but Skyridge salted the game away with a late TD. Next week: at Millard North (Neb.), 6 p.m. Sept. 6.
2. Mountain Vista (2-0) won vs. No. 8 Arapahoe, 35-0: Senior QB Austyn Modrzewski threw four touchdown passes, Jack Blais added a rushing TD and the Golden Eagles defense shut out the Warriors in a dominant performance. Next week: at Erie, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
3. Legend (2-0) won at No. 7 Grandview, 21-14: Nicholas Farley capped a long scoring drive in the fourth quarter with a 1-yard QB sneak to push the Titans past the Wolves in a white-knuckle affair. Next week: vs. No. 4 Columbine, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
4. Columbine (1-0) won at ThunderRidge, 40-15: The defending 5A champions took a 26-0 lead deep into the third quarter and held the Grizzlies at arm’s length from there to notch the program’s 15th straight win. Next week: at No. 3 Legend, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
5. Regis Jesuit (0-1) lost at No. 6 Valor Christian, 17-0: Mistakes doomed the Raiders in the first half, with two turnovers, a dropped TD pass and a pair of missed field goals putting them in a 14-0 hole that was too much to overcome. Next week: at Brophy College Prep (Ariz.), 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
6. Valor Christian (2-0) won vs. No. 5 Regis Jesuit, 17-0: The Eagles seized control with back-to-back TDs in the final five minutes of the first half. Moises Freeman ran in a 4-yard TD and Valor cashed in on a mishandled kick after that as Dawson Olk found Ben Herbek for another score. The Eagles defense made it hold up the rest of the way. Next week: bye.
7. Grandview (0-1) lost vs. No. 3 Legend, 21-14: Blitz McCarty’s 63-yard TD pass to Kyler Vaughn brought the Wolves all the way back from a 14-0 deficit, but the Grandview defense could not come up with the stop it needed after that. Next week: vs. No. 10 Ralston Valley, 7 p.m. Sept. 5.
8. Arapahoe (0-1) lost at No. 2 Mountain Vista, 35-0: The Warriors were shut out for the first time in five years in a loss at Halftime Help Stadium. Next week: at 4A No. 4 Heritage, 11 a.m. Sept. 7.
9. Arvada West (2-0) won at Mountain Range, 48-3: The Wildcats came within a field goal of topping 50 points for the second week in a row, as A-West made another big statement to start the season. Next week: vs. Fairview, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6.
10. Ralston Valley (1-0) vs. Erie, 48-38: In a wild back-and-forth affair, Cole Pfeifer booted a pair of field goals in the fourth quarter to help the Mustangs escape. In a sequence that summed up the tenor of the evening, Erie’s Gavin Lusk put the Tigers ahead 35-32 with an 88-yard TD run late in the third quarter only for Colton Stratman to answer with a 71-yard burst. After an RV fourth-down stop on Erie’s side of the field, Stratman found the end zone again to put RV up 10. Ronin Ward’s third TD pass drew the Tigers within four, but Pfeifer drilled a 44-yarder and the Mustangs defense produced a turnover to put the game on ice. Next week: at No. 7 Grandview, 7 p.m. Sept. 5.
Class 4A
1. Broomfield (1-0) won at Frederick, 44-20: CT Worley ran for two touchdowns and caught a scoring pass to help the Eagles race out to a 34-6 halftime lead that proved too much for Frederick to overcome. Next week: vs. Monarch, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
2. Palmer Ridge (1-0) won at No. 5 Ponderosa, 42-7: Five different Bears ran for touchdowns as Palmer Ridge piled up 301 yards on the ground in its fourth straight win over Ponderosa. Next week: vs. Doherty, 7 p.m. Sept. 5.
3. Mesa Ridge (1-0) won at Air Academy, 48-0: The Grizzlies opened the season with a shutout victory for the second year in a row, scoring 34 unanswered through three quarters and cruising from there. Next week: vs. Northfield, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
4. Heritage (1-0) won at Severance, 40-21: The Eagles opened the game with four consecutive touchdowns to start the first half and kept Severance at a distance after that. Next week: vs. 5A No. 8 Arapahoe, 11 a.m. Sept. 7.
5. Ponderosa (0-1) lost vs. No. 2 Palmer Ridge, 42-7: The Mustangs were kept off the scoreboard until the fourth quarter in a season-opening loss to last year’s 4A runners-up. Next week: at Rampart, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
6. Montrose (2-0) won at Greeley West, 47-6: The Red Hawks topped 40 points for the second week in a row to start the season with a pair of blowout wins. Next week: vs. Palisade, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
7. Pueblo West (2-0) won at Pueblo County, 41-0: The Cyclones ran in five touchdowns and the defense posted a second straight shutout to begin the season. Next week: vs. Pomona, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
8. Vista Ridge (1-0) won at Montbello, 43-7: The Wolves took a 29-7 lead into halftime only for the game to be postponed due to a power outage in the area. The teams reconvened Saturday for the second half and Vista Ridge rolled. Next week: at Evanston (Wyo.), 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
9. Dakota Ridge (0-1) lost at Chatfield, 38-23: Brock Narva ran in three TDs for the Chargers, who denied Jeremiah Behrendsen a win in his debut as Dakota Ridge head coach. Cohen Michelesen and Landon Kalsbeck each had rushing TDs for the Eagles, while Kellen Behrendsen hooked up with Nathan Rodriguez on 98-yard scoring strike. But it wasn’t enough to keep pace with 5A Chatfield. Next week: at 3A No. 8 Green Mountain, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
10. Golden (0-1) Bye: The Demons got a bye after being dealt a loss in Florida in Week 0. Next week: vs. Brighton, 4 p.m. Sept. 6.
Class 3A
1. Windsor (0-1) lost vs. No. 8 Green Mountain, 19-13. Next week: at Longmont, 1 p.m. Sept. 7.
2. Lutheran (1-0) won at Cooper (The Woodlands, Texas), 43-26. Next week: vs. Fort Morgan, 7 p.m. Sept. 5.
3. Holy Family (1-0) won vs. Northridge, 41-6. Next week: at No. 5 Roosevelt, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
4. Thompson Valley (1-0) won at Berthoud, 14-7. Next week: vs. Greeley Central, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5
5. Roosevelt (1-0) won at Northfield, 28-20. Next week: vs. No. 3 Holy Family, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
6. Mead (1-0) won vs. Pueblo South, 33-14. Next week: vs. Frederick, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
7. Pueblo Central (1-0) won at Discovery Canyon, 41-34. Next week: at Eaton, 2 p.m. Sept. 7
8. Green Mountain (1-0) won at No. 1 Windsor, 19-13. Next week: vs. 4A No. 9 Dakota Ridge, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
9. Pomona (1-0) won at Kennedy, 42-0. Next week: at 4A 7 Pueblo West, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
10. Pueblo East (1-0) Bye. Next week: at Discovery Canyon, 2 p.m. Sept. 7.
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