3A Week One Recap/Rankings
The first week of basketball is done and here are our early rankings for 3A. 5: The Vanguard School The Vanguard School last year made an appearance in the 3A championship last year. They have one of the best players…
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Continue ReadingThe first week of basketball is done and here are our early rankings for 3A.
5: The Vanguard School
The Vanguard School last year made an appearance in the 3A championship last year. They have one of the best players in the state in Dominque Clifford, who committed to play at Colorado. He is a true combo guard who can lead this team to many wins. Dominque can score and facilitate the ball and is a future PAC 12 player for a good reason.
4: Manual
Manual is last years 3A champions and are looking to repeat this year. They have lost some key seniors but have a lot of guys who are ready to step up. One of those guys is point guard Lonzel Smith, he is a true point guard who is quick with the ball. Then they have one of the best shooters in the state in Jaden Stoffel, he can truly score the ball watch out for him to be one of the top scorers in the state. This team has yet to play this year but they have a big game on Monday against Broomfield.
3: Faith Christian
Faith Christian is traditionally one of the power house teams in the 3A class and they are looking to come out strong this year. They have a duo of the Calebs’. Caleb Rutter is the leading scorer so far averaging 18.5 in two games, he is a good athlete who can get up and dunk, and last year averaged 16.4 points per game. Then they have Caleb Clark, who is a 6’4 wing averaging 17.5 points per game so far. Watch out for this team to make some noise this year. After a good win against The Vanguard School they deserve a top 3 ranking.
2: Resurrection Christian
Resurrection Christian is coming off of a good year last losing to Manual in the elite eight. They are being lead by senior Reece Johnson who recently picked up an offer from CSU Pueblo. Then they have Isaac Jessup who is another good wing who can shoot from outside. These two guys at the wing are a great duo to lookout for. This team is coming off a great 3-0 start and beating a top 4A team in Pueblo West.
1: Lutheran
Lutheran is the early favorite to go and win the 3A title. They cause opposing teams huge match-up problems. They have a good back-court duo in Tommy Apodaca and Josh Grieving. They also have two big men that no teams in this class can match. First is Ahmada Sow he is 6’7 and has a good back to the basket game. Then they have on of the best freshman in the nation in 6’10 big man Baye Fall, as a freshman he can dominate older players and is a big reason that they are ranked number 1.