Getting your player ready...
Five-time defending champion Legacy is atop the first Class 5A softball coaches poll of the season.
Dakota Ridge, 9-1 to start the season, is second, followed by Loveland, Mountain Vista and Arvada West.
Wheat Ridge (4A) and Valley (3A), both defending champions, are the other No. 1 teams this week.
The 4A poll includes two unbeaten teams: Pueblo East (10-0), which is third, and Niwot (11-0), which is fourth.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
Denver Post coaches poll
Powered by . First place votes in parentheses. Coaches: Want to vote? Email rcasey@denverpost.com.
| Class 5A | |||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Legacy (4) | 5-1 | 40 | – | 2-0 |
| 2 | Dakota Ridge | 9-1 | 31 | – | 4-0 |
| 3 | Loveland | 5-1 | 30 | – | 4-1 |
| 4 | Mountain Vista | 6-3 | 23 | – | 4-3 |
| 5 | Arvada West | 8-2 | 20 | – | 2-0 |
| 6 | Fossil Ridge | 7-1 | 15 | – | 3-0 |
| 7 | Chatfield | 5-3 | 13 | – | 1-0 |
| 8 | Grand Junction | 11-1 | 12 | – | 5-0 |
| 9 | Grandview | 6-2 | 8 | – | 3-2 |
| 10 | Mountain Range | 7-1 | 7 | – | 1-0 |
| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Douglas County 4, Rock Canyon 4, Cherry Creek 3, Rampart 3, Brighton 1. | |||||
| Dropped from ranking | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Wheat Ridge (3) | 6-2 | 38 | – | 2-0 |
| 2 | Pueblo South | 6-2 | 32 | – | 1-1 |
| 3 | Pueblo East | 10-0 | 26 | – | 2-0 |
| 4 | Niwot (1) | 11-0 | 22 | – | 6-0 |
| 5 | Silver Creek | 9-2 | 21 | – | 3-0 |
| 6 | Erie | 8-2 | 20 | – | 2-0 |
| 7 | Berthoud | 7-3 | 18 | – | 4-2 |
| 8 | Thompson Valley | 5-2 | 12 | – | 2-0 |
| 9 | Windsor | 3-6 | 9 | – | 1-1 |
| 10 | Frederick | 5-4 | 7 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Discovery Canyon 5, Mountain View 3, Palmer Ridge 2, Roosevelt 1. | |||||
| Dropped from ranking | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Valley (2) | 6-3 | 29 | – | 3-1 |
| 2 | Holy Family (1) | 8-1 | 27 | – | 1-1 |
| 3 | Strasburg | 6-2 | 25 | – | 2-2 |
| 4 | Sterling | 7-4 | 20 | – | 3-2 |
| 5 | Rocky Ford | 11-1 | 18 | – | 4-1 |
| 6 | Burlington | 9-0 | 16 | – | 3-0 |
| 7 | La Junta | 5-5 | 12 | – | 0-1 |
| 8 | Eaton | 2-4 | 9 | – | 0-2 |
| 9 | Florence | 4-4 | 6 | – | 0-0 |
| 10 | Faith Christian | 5-3 | 3 | – | 1-1 |
| Others receiving votes | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Dropped from ranking | |||||
| None. | |||||
