2A Boys Basketball 2023-2024 Season Preview
By Tayler Garcia
To kick off the basketball season this year, we will take a look at all of the boys team in 2A and discuss their current coach, last seasons records and successes, and take a look at returning stat leaders (Top 3 of each category if they have any). Playoff records include play-in games in applicable.
Addenbrooke Classical Academy
Coach: Kyle Lemucchi
2022-2023 Record: 6-14
League: 9th in Confluence League, 2-7 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Play-in game against Gilpin County (64-59)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Riley Summers 223, Calum Michelsen 127, Joseph Wingrove 110
Assists: Riley Summers 28, Jonathan Kuetemeyer 15, Joash Byrne 9
Rebounds: Joseph Wingrove 115, Calum Michelsen 104, Diego Jaramillo 79
Steals: Riley Summers 35, Diego Jaramillo 29, Joseph Wingrove 26
Addenbrooke will be returning their top stat leaders from last season. They will be looking to make a decent playoff run this year.
Akron
Coach: Shawn Randel
Assistant(s):T. McCaffrey, Mario Dracon, L. Davisson, J. Filla
2022-2023 Record: 8-13
League:6th in Lower Platte League, 3-5 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 In Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Anderson Filla 231, Ryan McCaffrey 217
Assists: Anderson Filla 30
Rebounds: Caleb Poss 149, Anderson Filla 123, Ryan McCaffrey 107
Steals: Anderson Filla 37
Akron lost a few of their top players but will be returning most of them. They will be looking this season to get past regionals and into the state tournament.
Burlington
Coach: Andrew Carson
2022-2023 Record: 12-10
League: 3rd in Union Pacific, 3-2 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 in Districts, 1-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Keziah Williams 395,
Assists: Keziah Williams 61
Rebounds: Keziah Williams 165, Daniel Chacon 107
Steals: Keziah Williams 63
Burlington lost most of their stat leaders from last season but will be returning their top player from last year in Williams. The team will be looking for others to step up with Williams so they can make it to the state tournament this season.
Byers
Coach: Jeremy Kerns
2022-2023 Record: 11-10
League: 5th in Union Pacific League, 3-3 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Chase Long 216, Quincy Eacret 216
Assists: Chase Long 61, AJ Engle 59
Rebounds: Zach Cary 117, AJ Engle 76
Steals: Quincy Eacret 23, AJ Engle 21, Chase Long 20
Byers lost a few of their top players, but are also returning a few. They will be looking for their youth to step and amd help make it through Regionals this season.
Calhan
Coach: Ryan Carter
Assistant(s): Cody Norris, W. Hendrix
2022-2023 Record: 3-16
League: 6th in Black Forest, 0-5 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in play-in game against Dolores Huerta (46-43)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Patrick Glaser 317, Trevor Hendrix 116
Assists: Kaiden Billington 71, Patrick Glaser 46
Rebounds: Trevor Hendrix 177, Patrick Glaser 126, Riley Cochran 104
Steals: Patrick Glaser 59, Riley Cochran 45
Calhan returns most of their players this season and will be looking for the teams experience to help them improve their record and make a playoff run this season.
Caliche
Coach: Donald Breidenbach
Assistant(s): Aaron Schaefer
2022-2023 Record: 4-16
League: 9th in Lower Platte League, 0-9 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in play-in game against Wary (65-41)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Ayden Ring 179
Assists: Ayden Ring 75
Rebounds: Chance Mitchell 117, Orran Adolf 61
Steals: Ayden Ring 66
Caliche struggled to get things going last season and will be looking for their returning players to step up and help the team improve their record from last year.
Campion Academy
Coach: Carlos Santana
2022-2023 Record: 3-3
League: 11th in Confluence League, 0-1 record
Campion is a young club and will be looking to get more games and experience to improve from last season.
Center
Coach: Mark Jones
Assistant(s): Michael Martinez
2022-2023 Record: 5-15
League: 6th in Southern Peaks League, 1-5
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in play-in game against Del Norte (69-38)
Returning Top Performers: All top stat leaders from last season graduated
Center lost a lot in last season’s senior class and will be relying on their youth to take over and help them improve their record from last season.
Colorado Springs School
Coach: Delovell Earls
Assistant(s): Ty Curry
2022-2023 Record: 10-9
League: 3rd in Black Forrest League, 3-2 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in play-in game to Evangel Christian Academy (61-44)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Nate Sobral 264, Isiah Lucas 223
Colorado Springs School lost a lot of their stat leaders from last season. They will be looking to their youth to perform well and lead them to the playoffs this season.
Cotopaxi
2022-2023 Record: 14-7
League:1st in West Central League
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Terrance Evans 261
Assists: Terrance Evans 73, Kaiden Zeleznikar 25
Rebounds: Joel Tezak 116
Steals: Terrance Evans 54, Kaiden Zeleznikar 36
Cotopaxi retains a few of their stat leaders from their previous season, and will be looking to them to help get them back to a playoff run and even make the state tournament.
Crowley County
Coach: Kyle Hughes
Assistant(s): Ryan Haynes, M. Valdez
2022-2023 Record: 24-2
League: 1st in Santa Fe League, 11-0 record
2023 Playoff Record: 3-0 in Districts, 2-0 in Regionals, 0-2 at State
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Gunner Hughes 445, Elijah Mcneil 286
Assists: Gunner Hughes 61, Elijah Mcneil 50, Anthoni Walter 42
Rebounds: Elijah Mcneil 206, Gunner Hughes 184
Steals: Gunner Hughes 58, Anthoni Walter 49, Elijah Mcneil 48
Crowley County retains almost all of stat leaders from last season. These players plus addition support is going to make Crowley County a team to look out for.
Custer County
Coach: Isaac Selden
2022-2023 Record: 17-6
League: 2nd in West Central, 3-1 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 in Districts, 1-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Assists: Christopher Mullet 73
Custer County lost a large portion of their team from last year. They will need for their younger players to step up and fill the gaps for this season if they want to do just as well as last year or better.
Dayspring Christian Academy
Coach: Kyle Yonaha
Assistant(s): A. McClanahan, J. Brownrigg
2022-2023 Record: 6-15
League: 10th in Mile High League, 4-8 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 on Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Steals: Peyton Coleman 19
Dayspring Christian is another team that lost a lot of their stat leaders from last season. They will need to have their younger players step up and fill the role of the players that left. The team will be looking to new leaders to get them past districts and into regional play.
Del Norte
Coach: Austin Dillon
Assistant(s): Dylan Ledford
2022-2023 Record: 13-9
League: 1st in Southern Peaks League, 6-0 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Rebounds: Tytus Atencio 72
Del Norte graduated a talented class last year and will need younger players to step up and lead the team to the same success as last year or even improve their playoff run.
Denver Academy
Coach: Alan Price
Assistant(s): B. Mueller
2022-2023 Record: 2-18
League: 13th in Mile High League, 0-12 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in play-In game against Denver Christian (98-34)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Nolan Monasch 259, DJ Harris 197
Rebounds: DJ Harris 63
Steals: DJ Harris 4, Jacobb Prussman 1
Denver Academy brings back some of their stat leaders from last year and will be looking to these individuals to help improve their record from last season.
Denver Christian
Coach: Wesley Burke
Assistant(s): B. Kleager, A. Lucero, Craig Burke
2022-2023 Record: 14-10
League: 1st in Mile High League, 10-2 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-1 in Districts, 1-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Jackson Schroder 181
Assists: Jackson Schroder 62
Rebounds: Ryan Wind 84
Denver Christian will need to replace the stat leaders they lost from last season. They will be returning a couple, but will need more to step up if they want to make it back to Regionals or into the State tournament.
Dolores
Coach: Joel Balderrama
Assistant(s): Michael Nielson
2022-2023 Record: 2-18
League: 7th in San Juan Basin League, 0-9 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in play-in game against Mancos (51-43)
Dolores will be looking to improve on their record from last year. They will need to rely on the experience from the older students and will need some of the younger athletes to step up to help get the team to better standings than last season.
Dolores Huerta Prep
Coach: Anthony Guerrero
Assistant(s): Chelsea Arellano, DeRay Mason, Isaac Luna
2022-2023 Record: 4-17
League: 5th in Black Forrest League, 1-4 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Artrell Mccullar 70, Damien Rodriguez 18
Elbert
Coach: Aaron Thieman
Assistant(s): Joe Thompson
2022-2023 Record: 11-9
League: 4th in Black Forrest League, 2-3 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-2 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Logan LaFollette 336, Eli Cornell 189
Assists: Logan LaFollette 61, Eli Cornell 52, Ethan Tesman 49
Rebounds: Logan LaFollette 103
Steals: Logan LaFollette 47, Ethan Tesman 46, Eli Cornell 45
With most of their stat leaders returning, Elbert should see an improvement in their record from last season. They will be a team to keep an eye on as they try to improve their record and make a deep playoff run.
Evangel Christian Academy
Coach: Bob Wingett
2022-2023 Record: 21-5
League: 2nd in Black Forrest League, 4-1 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 in Districts, 2-0 in Regionals, 1-2 at State
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Brock Jones 266
Assists: Drew Gregory 75
Rebounds: Brock Jones 146
Steals: Drew Gregory 43
ECA lost a large group of talented athletes from last season. The team will need some of their youth to step up as well as lean on their experience from last season to match their success.
Fowler
Coach: Mark Lowther
Assistant(s): Jaxon Crawford, Matt Proctor
2022-2023 Record: 12-11
League: 3rd in Santa Fe League, 8-3 record
2023 Playoff Record:2-1 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Gage Gottbehuet 316, Harrison Proctor 245
Assists: Harrison Proctor 58
Rebounds: Gage Gottbehuet 118
Steals: Gage Gottbehuet 62, Harrison Proctor 48
Fowler returns two of their top players from last season which will be important for the team to have so they can improve their record from last year and improve on their playoff run.
Front Range Christian
Coach: Tristan Matthies
Assistant(s): Kyle Stidom
2022-2023 Record: 15-7
League: 4th in Mile High League, 10-2 record
2023 Playoff Record:1-1 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Front Range Christian will be rebuilding this season after losing a large chunk of their roster to graduation and transfers.
Gilpin County
Coach: Cassidy Gioia
Assistant(s): Brian Gioia
2022-2023 Record: 2-20
League: 12th in Mile High League
2023 Playoff Record: 1-2 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Lane Willis 113
Assists: Drew Starkey 13
Rebounds: Lane Willis 153
Steals: Drew Starkey 23
Gilpin COunty will be looking to younger players this year to help Willis and Starkey lead the team to overall improvement from last season.
Golden View Classical Academy
Coach: Cris Chacon
Assistant(s): Jimmy Golden, T. Petersen
2022-2023 Record: 19-7
League: 2nd in Foothills, 4-1 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-0 in Districts, 2-0 in Regionals, 1-2 at State
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Miles Lindgren 125
Rebounds: Miles Lindgren 81
The challenge for Golden View this season will be to have newer players step up and help lead the team to the same success as last year. Experience in the state tournament should help with this.
Haxtun
Coach: Jayden Stieb
Assistant(s): Mimi Weaver
2022-2023 Record: 10-10
League: 7th in Lower Platte League, 3-5 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-2 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Ryland Wolff 172
Assists: Ryland Wolff 77
Rebounds: Keegan Colglazier 96
Steals: Ryland Wolff 53
Haxtun will be looking to maintain or improve their record from last season. With only two returning stat leaders, they will need their youth to step up and help fill gaps.
Hayden
Coach: Mike Luppes
Assistant(s): Jordan Williams
2022-2023 Record:7-11
League: 5th in Western Slope League, 5-4 record
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Cale Howard 210, Grady Frentress 131
Assists: Grady Frentress 42, Cale Howard 24
Rebounds: Adrian Drew 94, Grady Frentress 60
Steals: Cale Howard 17, Grady Frentress 14
With most of their top performers from last season returning, Hayden will be looking to improve their record from last season.
Heritage Christian
Coach: Kyle Lundy
Assistant(s): D. Moseley, A. Bowsher, C. Ellerbe
2022-2023 Record: 16-6
League 2nd in Mile High League, 10-2 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Raul Bertinato 273, Levi Hermsen 229, Alec Lundy 146
Assists: Raul Bertinato 70, Levi Hermsen 50,
Rebounds: Rael Bertinato 145, Alec Lundy 99,
Steals: Raul Bertinato 57, Levi Hermsen 34, Nehemiah Bladwin 29
With Heritage Christian returning most of their stat leaders, look for this team to match or improve their success from last season and possibly make a deep playoff run.
Hoehne
Coach: Michael Ridolfi
Assistant(s): George Dasko
2022-2023 Record: 14-9
League: 4th in Santa Fe League, 7-4 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-2 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Jace Rogers 164, Levon Bachicha 121
Assists: Nathan Zamora 38
Rebounds: Jace Rogers 89, Levon Bachicha 79
Steals: Jace Rogers 33
Hoehne is returning half of their stat leaders from last season. Expect Hoehne to do just as well as they did in the previous season or even improve their record, and maybe make it to the state tournament.
Holly
Coach: Carlos Huerta
Assistant(s): Dayne Eaton, Trevor Rushton
2022-2023 Record: 17-6
League: 2nd in Santa Fe League, 9-2 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-1 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Devin Eaton 268, Truman King 245, Andre Salgado 200
Assists: Andre Salgado 87, Truman King 63
Rebounds: Devin Eaton 130, Truman King 111
Steals: Andre Salgado 72, Truman King 52
Holly is bringing back a lot of the talent they had from last season, so expect them to continue their success and possibly make the state tournament.
Holyoke
Coach: Colbey Stumpf
Assistant(s): Marcus Kammer
2022-2023 Record: 12-12
League 5th in Lower Platte League, 4-4 record.
2023 Playoff Record: 1-2 in Districts, 1-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Wyatt Sprague 327, Reid Sprague 274, Cash Weber 216
Assists: Wyatt Sprague 70, Reid Sprague 60, Cash Weber 42
Rebounds: Wyatt Sprague 194, Reid Sprague 106, Irving Bencomo Dominguez 58
Steals: Wyatt Sprague 66, Reid Sprague 54, Cash Weber 32
Holyoke is bringing back all of their stat leaders from last season. Look to this team to improve their record and make a good playoff run.
Las Animas
Coach: Josh Japhet
Assistant(s): EJ Gallegos, Jay Snow
2022-2023 Record: 10-11
League: 6th in Santa Fe League, 4-7 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-2 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: TJ Ortiz 256, Brander Nichols 146, Tayton Coulter 28
Assists: Brander Nichols 73, TJ Ortiz 46, Tayton Coulter 24
Rebounds: TJ Ortiz 223, Brander Nichols 117, Tayton Coulter 27
Steals: Bradner Nichols 66, TJ Ortiz 36, Tayon Coulter 26
Las Animas is returning all of their stat leaders from last season. Look for this team to improve their record from last season and possibly make a decent playoff run.
Limon
Coach: Dirk Pedersen
2022-2023 Record: 23-4
League: 1st in Union Pacific League, 6-0 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-1 in Districts, 2-0 in Regionals, 2-1 at State
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Jordan Rockwell 393, Treyton Marx 205
Assists: Jordan Rockwell 89, Cale Bennett 57
Rebounds: Treyton Marx 221
Steals: Jordan Rockwell 57
Limon will return three of their stat leaders from last season. They will need younger players to step up and help lead the team to continued success this season.
Loveland Classical
Coach: Tom Meyer
Assistant(s): Drew Lane
2022-2023 Record: 12-10
League: 3rd in Foothills League, 5-2 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Caedon Meyer 327, Luke Sainz 210, Conner Larrew 165
Assists: Caedon Meyer 59, Tyler Dellinger 54, Conner Larrew 27
Rebounds: Caeson Meyer 212, Peter Swing 91, Conner Larrew 69
Steals: Caeson Meyer 76, Conner Larrew 52, Tyler Dellinger 40
Loveland Classical brings back all of their stat leaders from last season. Look for this team of continue or improve their success from last season.
Mancos
Coach: Dusty Veach
Assistant(s): William Custer
2022-2023 Record: 17-6
League: 1st in San Juan Basin League, 8-1 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-0 in Districts, 1-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Kaiden Wyatt 314, Brian Veach 309, Andrew Jaime 223
Assists: Chris Medina 48, Darren Daves 37, Brian Veach 34
Rebounds: Kaiden Wyatt 152, Brian Veach 117, Chris Medina 108
Steals: Andrew Jaime 68, Darren Daves 58, Chris Medina 45
Mancos returns their top players from last season and is expected to maintain or improve their record and success from last season and try to make the state tournament this season.
Merino
Coach: Chase Debus
Assistant(s): Kole Armstrong, Logan Tharp
2022-2023 Record: 15-8
League: 3rd in Lower Platte League, 6-1 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-1 in Districts, 1-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Tyler Miller 468, Kaiden Piel 267, Jaxson Samber 207
Assists: Kaden Piel 81, Jaxson Samber 45
Rebounds: Kaden Piel 160, Jaxson Samber145
Steals: Slayter Goss 43, Tyler Miller 43, Kaden Piel 39
Merino is brining back most of their players from last season and will be looking to do just as well as last season or even improve and make it to the state tournament.
Monte Vista
Coach: Presley Garcia
2022-2023 Record: 13-9
League: 3rd in Southern Peaks League, 4-2 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-1 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Azariah Hurtado 100
Assists: Azariah Hurtado 19
Rebounds: Azariah Hurtado 92
Steals: Azariah Hurtado 28
Monte Vista loses a talented senior class, but will have returning stat leader, Hurtado, as well as other younger players to step up and fill the gaps. Look for this team do maintain the success and improve their playoff run.
Nederland
Coach: John Leventhal
Assistant(s): Stephen LeFaiver
2022-2023 Record: 11-7
League: 4th in Foothills League, 5-2 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in play-in game against DCA (54-42)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Rick Fortunato 128
Nederland lost a lot from last season and will be looking to their returning and new players to help keep the success from last season.
Plateau Valley
Coach: Mike Vig
Assistant(s): Arron Ralston
2022-2023 Record: 21-4
League: 2nd in Western Slope League, 8-1 record
2023 Playoff Record: 3- 0 in Districts, 2-0 in Regionals, 2-1 at State
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Jack Vig 319, Ethan Morse 277, Jackson Bevan 218
Assists: Parker Ralston 56, Ethan Morse 56, Jackson Bevan 48
Rebounds: Jackson Bevan 187, Jack Vig 157, Parker Ralston 91
Steals: Jack Vig 37, Jackson Bevan 29, Ethan Morse 28
Plateau Valley returns their stat leaders from last season, making them a very dangerous team. Keep an eye out for this team as they will be looking to improve their record from last season.
Poudre Community Academy
Coach: Cory Slack
Assistant(s): Dallas Casteneta
2022-2023 Record: 8-7
League: 5th in Foothills League, 4-4 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-2 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Ian Voetelink 167, Miguel Apolonio 126
Assists: Angel Sanchez 46, Armando Granados-Porter 20
Rebounds: Ian Voetelink 134, Miguel Apolonio 113
Steals: Miguel Apolonio 32, Damon Jones 25
Poudre Community brings back most of their stat leaders from last season. This should help the team improve their record from last season.
Rangely
Coach: Seth Watson
Assistant(s): Jeff Bollinger
2022-2023 Record: 12-11
League: 4th in Western Slope League, 6-3 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-2 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Rebounds: Marcos Quintana 115
Rangely lost most of their top players from last season and will be looking for new players to step up and help lead to continued success.
Ridgway
Coach: John Rytlewski
Assistant(s): Ben Merritt
2022-2023 Record: 5-11
League: 5th in San Juan Basin, 3-6 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Play-in game against Telluride (39-25)
Returning Top Performers:
Rebounds: Patrick Megahee 9
Steals: Trevor King 1
Ridgway lost a large portion of their team and will need new players to step up and help improve their success from last season.
Sanford
Coach: Brice Crowther
Assistant(s): Maguire Peterson, Zach Sittler
2022-2023 Record: 18-9
League:2nd in Southern Peaks League, 6-1 record
2023 Playoff Record: 3-0 in Districts, 2-0 in Regionals, 2-1 at State (State Runner-ups)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Cash Caldon 270, Ben Sittler 239
Assists: Ben Sittler 58
Rebounds: Cash Caldon 88
Steals: Ben Sittler 42
Sanford will be looking to make it back to the state tournament this season and win a state title this year. The 2 time runner-up team will have some holes to fill, but will be returning Caldon and Sittler to help lead the team to success.
Sargent
Coach: Thomas Peterson
2022-2023 Record: 7-12
League: 5th in Southern Peaks League, 2-4 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Play-in game against Sanford (52-14)
Sargent will be looking for improvement this season. The team has been developing the last couple of seasons and will be fighting to improve their record.
Sedgwick County
Coach: David Collins
Assistant(s): Cade McKinley, Cade Woodhams
2022-2023 Record: 2-18
League: 8th in Lower Plate League, 1-7 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Play-in game against Merino (71-16)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Jace Ehmke 169, Jaxon Carlson 148, Kaden Harens 121
Assists: Jaxon Carlson 77, Jace Ehmke 27, Tate Renquist 19
Rebounds: Jace Ehmke 132, Kaden Harens 103, Jaxon Carlson 77
Steals: Jaxon Calson 39, Kaden Harens 25, Jace Ehmke 21
Sedgewick brings back a lot of their roster and will be looking to their stat leaders skills and experience to improve their record from last season.
Simla
Coach: David Guy
Assistant(s): Chad Thieman, Don Bost
2022-2023 Record: 21-5
League: 1st in Black Forrest League, 5-0 record
2023 Playoff Record: 3-0 in Districts, 2-0 in Regionals, 1-2 at State
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Caston Cox 418, Brent Bowker 253
Assists: Wyatt Stanko 84, Caston Cox 73, TJ Eurich 59
Rebounds: Treven Kocerha 114, Caston Cox 111
Steals: TJ Eurich 58, Caston Cox 55, Wyatt Stanko 48
Simla brings back a good portion of their top players from last season which will help them continue their success from last season. They will be looking mainly to improve their success in the state tournament this season.
Soroco
Coach: Jed Kirby
Assistant(s): Shawn Hayes
2022-2023 Record: 2-17
League: 9th in Western Slope League, 1-8 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in play-in game against Rangely (65-44)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Alan Mayer 185
Assists: Alan Mayer 53
Rebounds: Alan Mayer 81
Steals: Alan Mayer 16
Soroco will be looking to last years retuning stat leader Mayer to lead the team and help improve their record from last season. They will need their youth and other players to step up and help fulfill this goal.
South Park
Coach: Corree Rivas
Assistant(s): Andrew Goss, Brandon Farr, Ryan Stamper
2022-2023 Record: 6-15
League 3rd in West Central League, 2-3 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Evan Campbell 124
Assists: Luke Lindberg 20
Rebounds: Evan Cambell 85
Steals: Evan Campbell 29, Matteus Newton 27
South Park will have a lot of newer players filling roles as stat leaders this season which will hopefully help lead to a successful season and an improvement from last season.
Swallows Charter Academy
Coach: Caden Parker
Assistant(s): Ryan LeBlanc, R. Parker
2022-2023 Record: 0-20
League 9th in Santa Fe League, 0-11 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Play-in game against Crowley County (51-23)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Christian Garcia 123, Charles Perry 113, Adam Weitzke
Assists: Charles Perry 41, Christian Garcia 35, Adam Weitzke 15
Rebounds: Christian Garcia 138, Adam Weitzke 134
Steals: Christian Garcia 34, Charles Perry 28
The returning players from last season will be looked to in order for this team to find success. Expect this team to have good improvement from last season.
Swink
Coach: Jace Bauserman
Assistant(s): Walt James
2022-2023 Record: 9-11
League: 5th in Santa Fe League, 5-6 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Play-in game against Hoehne (51-49)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Hunter Bauserman 221, Nate Cabrera 192
Rebounds: Hunter Bauserman 156, Hunter Reynolds 85
Steals: Nate Cabrera 92, Hunter Bauserman 44
Swink keeps most of their stat leaders on the roster this season and will be using this experience to help improve their success from last season
Telluride
Coach: Adam Dubroff
Assistant(s): Dylan Contor
2022-2023 Record: 12-9
League: 3rd in San Juan Basin, 6-3 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Grayson Berry 177, Townes Merritt 134
Assists: Cash Livermore 27, Jay Ellison 10, Townes Merritt 7
Rebounds: Grayson Berry 40, Jay Ellison 36, Quinn O’Neill 35
Steals: Cash Livermore 10, Jay Ellison 10
Telluride retains most of their roster from last season and will be looking for continued success this season led by last years returning stat lead leaders.
Trinidad
Coach: Justin Bustos
Assistant(s): Shay Choate
2022-2023 Record: 1-11
League: 7th in Southern Peaks, 0-8 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Play-in game against South Park (56-33)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: David Romero 58, Xavier Garcia 57, Jayden Maxfield Martinez 29
Assists: Xavier Garcia 5, Jayden Maxfield 5, David Romero 5
Rebounds: David Romero 18, Kalub Gingles 14, Matthew Padilla 9
Steals: Jayden Maxfield Martinez 12, Xavier Garcia 8, David Romero 3
Trinidad brings back most of their roster and will be looking to their stat leaders from last season to lead them to improved success from last season.
Twin Peaks Charter Academy
Coach: Tyler Wright
Assistant(s): Cameron Wright
2022-2023 Record: 8-12
League: 6th in Foothills League, 2-6 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-1 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Cooper Williams 80
Assists: Andrew Perez 12
Rebounds: Yannis Diby 82
Steals: Sam Nieto 26
Twin Peaks Charter lost a lot of their top players and will be looking to have other players step up and fill the gaps of players lost. They will be fighting for continued or improved success.
Union Colony Prep
Coach: Chade Hale
Assistant(s): Chris Rhoton
2022-2023 Record: 11-11
League: 7th in Mile High League, 6-7 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-1 in Districts
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Jesiah Chairez 193
Rebounds: Josiah Rodriguez 80
Union Colony Lost several top performers from last season but will have leaders is Chairez and Rodriguez to help continue or improve their success.
Vail Christian
Coach: Andrew Neumann
Assistant(s): Shae Henzlik
2022-2023 Record: 17-4
League: 1st in Western Slope League, 9-0 record
2023 Playoff Record: 1-1 in Districts, 1-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Will Neumann 222
Rebounds: Will Neumann 93
Vail Christian lost several of their top players from last season and will be looking to Neumann to be their leader and help lead the team to continued success this season.
Vail Mountain
Coach: Caleb Florence
Assistant(s): Andrew Behrendt
2022-2023 Record: 11-11
League: 3rd in Western Slope, 6-3 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-0 in Districts, 0-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Christian Mills 102
Assists: Jack Schwartz 8, Trevor Donovan 6
Rebounds: Jack Schwartz 16, Trevor Donovan 15
Steals: Jack Schwartz 19
Vail Mountain Lost half of their top players from last season and will need Mills, Schwartz and Donovan to lead the team to improved success from last season.
Vanguard Classical East
Coach: Les Rolfe
2022-2023 Record 0-9
Vanguard Classical East is a relatively new club who need more games and experience to find success this season.
Walsenburg
Coach: Lester Berry
2022-2023 Record: 8-12
League: 8th in Santa Fe League, 2-9 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Play-in game against Holly (60-42)
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Elton Chavez 387, Nino Cisneros 179, Adrian Silva 156
Assists: Elton Chavez 111, Nino Cisneros 44, Gabe Barela 38
Rebounds: Elton Chavez 410, Nino Cisneros 94, Adrian Silva 71
Steals: Elton Chavez 94, Nino Cisneros 38
Walsenburg retains their stat leaders from last season and will be looking to them help lead the team to improved success this season.
West Grand
Coach: Chad Nachtrieb
2022-2023 Record: 0-18
League: 10th in Western Slope League, 0-9 record
2023 Playoff Record: 0-1 in Play-in game against Plateau Valley (68-23)
West Grand did not put stats in for last season but will hope to build on last season.
Wiggins
Coach: Corey Stumpf
2022-2023 Record 15-9
League 4th in Lower Platte League, 5-3 record
2023 Playoff Record: 2-1 in Districts, 1-1 in Regionals
Returning Top Performers:
Points: Trey Huwa 176
Assists: Trey Huwa 65
Rebounds: Alan Carrazco 102
Steals: Trey Huwa 53
Wiggins will be returning stat leaders Huwa and Carrazco and will be looking to them to lead the younger players to step and and continue the success of last season and possibly make the state tournament.
Wray
Coach: Tayte Page
Assistant(s):D. Dodsworth, Cody Zink, L. Gonzalez
2022-2023 Record: 21-6
League 2nd in Lower Platte League, 7-1 record
2023 Playoff Record: 3-0 in Districts, 2-0 in Regionals, 3-0 at State (State Champions)
Returning Top Performers
Points: Rafael Trejo 366, AB Ruiz 353
Rebounds: AB Ruiz 196, Rafael Trejo 159
Steals: AB Ruiz 35
Wray lost many of their top players from their state championship team, and will be relying on their retuning stat leaders to help lead them to another successful season this year.
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