Results from the Class 5A girls and boys Great 8 on Saturday at the Denver Coliseum.
Girls: No. 2 Green Mountain 50, No. 7 Mead 40. Despite losing star senior Kantyn Pearson to a knee injury in the regular-season finale, the Rams kept on humming to advance to their second consecutive Final Four amid their 23rd straight win this season.
Green Mountain hasn’t lost since a 59-48 defeat to Cherokee Trail, the top seed in Class 6A who is in that bracket’s Final Four, on Dec. 6. The Rams looked poised and seasoned on Saturday while rallying from a 24-14 deficit late in the first half.
Junior forward Addie Evans led the Rams with 17 points and six rebounds, while junior guard Grace Herrig added 15 points. The Mavericks were paced by 14 points by senior guard/forward Elena Gomez and 12 points by freshman guard Kally Clark.
Silver Creek head coach Bob Banning gets his team fired up before a 5A Great 8 playoffs game against Mesa Ridge on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Boys: No. 13 Silver Creek 62, No. 12 Mesa Ridge 55. The Raptors’ dream run in the final season of retiring head coach Bob Banning’s 25-year tenure at the school continued with a gritty win over the Grizzlies.
The back-and-forth game featured seven lead changes, and the Raptors got balanced scoring from the trio of senior guards Connor Bonsett (15 points), Luke Schmeeckle (14) and Blake Gorr (14). Senior 6-foot-6 center Cooper Herchert also came up clutch, with nine points and 11 rebounds.
Those four players helped Silver Creek offset a game-high 19 points by Mesa Ridge senior J’marius Jones, plus double-digit rebounds by seniors Eligah Myles and Brian Lamar. Silver Creek also shot well from 3 (6-for-11), while Mesa Ridge struggled at the line (4-of-12).
Girls: No. 4 Windsor vs. No. 5 Standley Lake
Boys: No. 3 Severance vs. No. 11 Windsor
Girls: No. 3 Montrose vs. No. 6 Air Academy
Boys: No. 1 Palisade vs. No. 8 Lewis-Palmer
Girls: No. 9 Pueblo East vs. No. 1 Lutheran
Boys: No. 2 Grand Junction vs. No. 10 Lutheran
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