Pandemic year finishes June 26 with multiple state events

The following are the playoff formats and sites for CHSAA Season D sports as the Association wraps up the 2020-2021 school year. State titles are slated to be awarded in girls’ tennis, boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, boys’ swimming and diving, boys’ and girls’ track and field, girls’ soccer, and baseball. Finally, boys’ volleyball will crown its first ever CHSAA state champion on June 26.

“We are excited to culminate all 31 CHSAA sanctioned activities and athletics for 2020-2021 competitive year with Season D championships,” said CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green.

Member schools and CHSAA staff face a short turnaround, as the 2021-2022 season starts in August, kicking off the school year August 3-4 with its annual New Administrators and All-School Summit.

For detailed information on all sports, click on www.CHSAANow.com. The playoff schedule for the final season of the year looks like:

BASEBALL

Class 1A

• Districts Completed – June 12
• Seeding Meeting – June 13
• Regional Tournaments – June 19
• Semifinals/Finals – June 23 – University High School, Greeley
• Format: 12 teams to regionals; top two from each district and the remaining two by RPI (Districts champions will be seeded by RPI 1-5, with the top 4 serving as regional hosts. The fifth district champion will be seeded 5th. The remaining teams will be seeded in RPI order, avoiding first round district matchups.)

Class 2A

• Regular Season Ends – June 12
• Seeding Meeting – June 13
• Regional Tournaments – June 15
• Quarterfinals/Semifinals – June 19 – Runyon Complex, Pueblo
• Championship Game – June 26 – Runyon Complex, Pueblo
• Format: 24 teams to regionals based on RPI. Single elimination.

Class 3A-4A

• Regular Season Ends – June 12
• Seeding Meeting – June 13
• Regional Tournaments – June 14
• 3A Games 1-11 – June 18-19 – Site 1 – Frederick High School/Site 2 – Niwot High School
• 3A Games 12-15 – June 25-26 – Frederick High School
• 4A Games 1-6 – June 18 – Runyon Baseball Complex, Pueblo
• 4A Games 7-11 – June 19 – Rawlings Field, CSU-Pueblo
• 4A Games 12-15 – June 25-26 – Runyon Baseball Complex, Pueblo

Class 5A

• Regular Season Ends – June 12
• Seeding Meeting – June 13
• Regional Tournaments – June 14
• Games 1-11 – June 18-19 – Site 1 Cherry Creek High School/Site 2 – Eaglecrest High School
• Games 12-15 – June 24-25 – Keli MacGregor Field @ Coca-Cola All-Star Park, Lakewood

3A, 4A, 5A Format: 24 teams to regionals based on RPI with eight regional winners advancing to double elimination.

 

GIRLS’ SOCCER

• June 12 – Season Completed
• June 13 – State pairings/seedings announced
• June 15 – 5A First Round Games (@higher seed)
• June 16 – 3A/4A First Round Games (@higher seed)
• June 18 – 5A Quarterfinal Games (@higher seed)
• June 19 – 2A, 3A, 4A Quarterfinal Games (@higher seed)
• June 23 – Semifinal Games
  • 2A – Home Sites
  • 3A – Stutler Bowl, Aurora
  • 4A – Frederick High School
  • 5A – Englewood High School Stadium
• June 26 – Championship Games – Colorado Switchbacks Weidner Field, Colorado Springs
• Format – 2A 8-team bracket, single elimination; 3A, 4A, 5A 16-team bracket, single elimination

 

BOYS & GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

• June 24, 25, 26 – Jefferson County Stadium, Lakewood
• Format: 1A 9 qualifiers each event (except for 12 in the 800 meters, 1600 meters, 3200 meters, 4X800 relay, and 10 in each field event); 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A 18 qualifiers in each event. All based on MaxPreps rankings.

 

State Meet Schedule: http://www2.chsaa.org/sports/track/pdf/2021/STATE/SCHEDULE/2021_State_Track_&_Field_Schedule.pdf

For additional information: www.chsaanow.com