On a night when blowouts were the norm for Colorado’s top-10 big school teams in both girls and boys basketball, the Rangeview boys were tested at home by George Washington.
Top-ranked Rangeview managed to hold off the Patriots 72-65 Friday during a long fourth quarter in which the teams combined to score 59 points. The Raiders remained unbeaten, improving to 11-0.
Rangeview opened up a 17 point lead at one point in the fourth quarter before George Washington began to whittle it back down, but the Patriots ran out of time. Senior Tyrei Randall led Rangeview with 23 points, junior guard Elijah Blake scored 19 and senior Elijah Reed finished with 14.
No. 2 Eaglecrest beat Cherry Creek in the only other close game of the night among the top teams in the state’s largest classification. Junior guard Colbey Ross scored 19 to lead Eaglecrest.
No. 3 Regis beat Castle View 68-43 and No. 4 Overland needed only five points from the state’s top player and Indiana signee De’Ron Davis to pound Arapahoe 67-38.
Clay Verk scored 16 and Corey Seng added 15 as No. 5 ThunderRidge won on the road at Heritage 58-28.
In class 4A, top-ranked Longmont won on the road 64-43 at Mountain View High School. No. 3 Lewis-Palmer won a home game over Cheyenne Mountain 72-49 and No. 4 Valor Christian cruised to victory at home as well 73-54 over Evergreen.
The most entertaining top-10 girls game of the night in 5A featured No. 6 Lakewood beating No. 5 Ralston Valley 60-47 behind 15 points from senior Mackenzie Forrest and 15 more from sophomore Camilla Emsbo.
