Saturday’s Granite Peaks League wrestling tournament at Longmont High School features 29 wrestlers ranked in the top 10 in their weight class and a pair of state title favorites.
Nicholas Penfold is ranked No. 1 at 5A 157 pounds by On The Mat, leading a tournament-most five wrestlers for the Eagles who are currently inside their weight’s top 10.
Mead has four, including 4A 190-pound No. 1 Carter Woods, as does Erie in 5A, and Holy Family in 3A.
Legacy has three in the top 10, led by 5A 132-pound No. 2 Matthew Clifton.
Last weekend, three GPL wrestlers finished runner-up at the 41-team Top of the Rockies tournament at Centaurus High School — in Monarch’s Levi Carlucci (165s), Erie’s Tyler Muir (175s) and Penfold (157s).
The tournament starts at 9 a.m.
Broomfield at Erie girls basketball, Friday at 5:30 p.m.
It’s a top-10 6A matchup featuring the CHSAA’s No. 10 Tigers (9-3, 4-0 Granite Peaks League) against No. 2 Broomfield (13-0, 4-0).
The Tigers beat 5A No. 8 Mead 45-37 on Tuesday behind a career-high 15 points from senior Reagyn Allen. The Eagles beat Longmont by 31.
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Frederick at Holy Family basketball, Friday at 5:30/7 p.m.
Holy Family (11-1, 3-1 Granite Peaks League) dropped its first boys game of the season on Tuesday at Horizon. The Hawks (11-3, 5-0) are tied atop the league standings with Frederick (10-4, 5-0), which beat Legacy on Tuesday for its seventh straight win.
The girls game is between 4A’s No. 6 team and 5A’s No. 13.
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The Academy at Prospect Ridge Academy boys basketball, Friday at 7 p.m.
It’ll be a blackout in the stands at PRA Friday night as the Miners (10-2, 1-0 4A/3A Metro League) aim for their sixth straight win.
Junior Jack Brandt is averaging 27 points per game this season for the Broomfield school.
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Boulder County Invite for girls swimming, Saturday starting at 8 a.m.
Boulder’s Hazel Huilman won two events at last year’s BC Invite, then went on to win a couple of golds at the 5A state meet.
Broomfield’s Ridley Hagerman won the 500-yard freestyle here last year and currently has the season’s top state times in the 200 (1:50.06) and 500 freestyle (4:55.14). The Eagles finished second to Fairview in that team race as the Knights got a win in the 200 IM by now-sophomore Ava Teunissen.
Fairview at Mead girls basketball, Saturday at 1 p.m.
The Knights (9-4, 3-1 GPL) have won five of their past six games. The outlier was an overtime loss to rival Boulder on Jan. 15.
After losing to Mead by 24 last season, this could be seen as a good measurement on how far Fairview’s girls program has come since finishing 12-12 a year ago.
The Mavericks (9-4, 4-1), meanwhile, lost their first game in Colorado since Dec. 4 on Tuesday, falling to Erie.