MileHigh Prep Report Class 3A Boys Basketball Preseason Poll
#1 Sterling (Defending State Champions)
Losing their 3rd leading scorer W. Kellogg 10.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg, and 4.5 apg and a total of 4 seniors. Return their top two scorers and plenty of depth of the bench: B. Hume 15.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg, & 2.2 apg, C. Keli 10.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.3 apg, R. Schaefer 8.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.4 apg.
#2 Kent Denver
Losing their 3rd and 5th leading scorer: M. Mehlman 10.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.6 apg & R. Buck 6.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.7 apg and a total of 5 seniors. Return their top two scorers and 4th leading scorer: C. Gold 12.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.4 apg, J. Dolyle 11.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2 apg, & B. Ersek 7.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.9 apg.
#3 Faith Christian
Losing their 3rd leading scorer J. Hardcastle 9.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 4.8 apg and 4 total seniors. Return their top two scorers and 4th leading scorer but lose some depth off the bench: B. Hawkins 20.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.5 apg, J. Gardner 15.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.9 apg, & A. Muehlemeyer 6.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.3 apg.
#4 Bayfield
Losing 1 senior total and was their 4th leading scorer B. Mashak 6.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.3 apg. Returning everything else including their top 3 scorers: R. Phelps 17.3 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 2.6 spg, H. Farmer 9.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.1 apg, K. Prior 9.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.4 apg.
#5 Coal Ridge
Losing their top scorer H. Gerber 15.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 3.7 apg and 3 total seniors. Returning their 2nd thru 5th leading scorers: B. Herrera 13.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.8 apg, K. DiMarco 13.2 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 3.4 bpg, J. Hernandez 8.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.2 apg, A. Arreola 5.2 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.4 apg.
#6 Alamosa
Losing their top scorer R. Brubacher 20.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1 apg and 4 total seniors. Returning their 2nd thru 5th leading scorers: N. Romero 11.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.8 apg, A. Ramirez 10.0 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 1.6 spg, C. Jackson 8.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.6 spg, S. Palacios 4.0 ppg, 3.9 rpg.
#7 Colorado Springs Christian
Losing their top scorer and their 3rd leading scorer: J. Engesser 21.7 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 6.2 apg, Z. Wismer 9.6 ppg, 5.4 RPG and 4 total seniors. Returning their 2nd leading scorer, a lot of height, and most of their bench from last year: N. Hopkins 12.7 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 3.7 apg, L. Smith 4.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.6 apg, J. Greager 3.6 ppg, 5.2 ppg, 1.1 apg.
#8 Delta
Losing their 4th leading scorer B. Byers 8.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 5.7 apg and 4 total seniors. Returning their top 3 scorers: K. Mock 11.8 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 1.4 apg, J. Carmichael 11.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.1 apg, J. Robinson 9.7 ppg, 6.8 rpg.
#9 Vanguard
Losing their 4th leading scorer J. Magno 8.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.1 spg and 2 total seniors. Returning their top 3 scorers: S. Fuqua 24.8 ppg, 7 rpg, 4 apg, D. Clifford 9.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.7 apg, C. Milroy 8.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg.
#10 The Academy
Losing their 3rd leading scorer A. Rodriquez 8.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 4.7 apg and 4 total seniors. Returning their top 2 scorers and 4th scorer: D. Olson 11.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg, G. Lahman 10.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.3 spg, T. Miller 5.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg.
#11 DSST-Green Valley Ranch
Losing their 2nd and 4th scorers: Z. Lander 9.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg & A. Bracamontes 6.1 ppg, 1.1 rpg and 3 total seniors. Returning their top scorer and 3rd leading scorer: S. Owusu 14.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.7 apg, E. Williams 8.4 ppg, 6 rpg, 1.9 spg, B. Jordan 5.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg.
#12 La Junta
Losing their 4th leading scorer M. Allatore 7.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg and he is the lone senior. Returning top 3 scorers: J. Nuschy 12.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, D Oquist 11.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, Z Archuleta 10.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.7 apg
#12 Resurrection Christian
Losing top 2 scorers T. Ervin 26.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4 apg & M. Stevenson 14.7 pp, 3.8 rpg, 5.4 apg and losing 5 total seniors. Returning 3rd and 4th leading scorers plus depth off the bench: I. Jessup 11.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.1 apg, J. Romero 7.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.9 apg, Z. Zuhlke 5.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg.
#14 Manual
Losing their 2nd and 3rd leading scorers J. Carter 17.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.8 spg & L. Miles Jr. 9.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.1 apg and 5 total seniors. Returning top scorer and 4th leading scorer: J. Bowles 23.5 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 2 apg, L. Ramiro 7.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 5.5 apg.
#15 Buena Vista
Losing 3rd and 4th leading scorers D. Tanner 6.0 ppg, 3.1 apg, C. Blankenbackler 5.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.4 apg and 5 total seniors. Returning their top 2 scorers but need to find some depth: C. Carroll 26.6 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, J. Yates 8.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg.
#16 Colorado Academy
Losing 2nd and 3rd leading scorers T. Thompson 14.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.5 apg & P. Van Ede 11.3 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.3 apg and 3 total seniors. Returning top scorer and 4th scorer: H. Shkapich 20.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.0 apg, A Muchkin 9.0 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.5 apg, D. Dennis 5.4 ppg, 2.4 apg, 1.4 spg.
#17 Pagosa Springs
Losing 3rd and 4th leading scorers E. Brown 7.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg & L. Schaff 6.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg and 4 total seniors. Returning top two scorers and depth. I. Griego 15.9 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 3.0 apg, K. Laverty 9.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.7 apg, T. Kimsey 5.1 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.8 apg.
#18 DSST Stapleton
Losing top 3 scorers B. Pullen 16.2 ppg, 6.4 rpg, J. Heien 13.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg & N. Bowen 10.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 6 total seniors. Return 4th and 5th scorers and good height: V. Jones 8.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.8 apg, A. Thomas Jr. 6.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.8 apg, R. Grant-Cobb 6.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg.
#19 Salida
No seniors on the team from last year. Return their entire team: B. Russell 13.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.7 apg, S. Kaess 11.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.7 apg, D. Layh 7.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2 spg, D. Reed 6.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg.
#20 Centauri
Losing 4th leading scorers D. Sowards 7.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg and 2 total seniors. Return top 3 scorers: N. Anderson 9.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.7 apg, S. Anderson 8.3 ppg, 5 rpg, 1.6 spg, M. Garcia 8.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.7 apg.
Other (#21 through #25)
#21 Roaring Fork
#22 Frontier Academy
#23 Grand Valley
#24 Montezuma-Cortez
#25 Monte Vista
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