{"id":659246,"date":"2026-04-02T17:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/659246\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:54:15","slug":"familiar-faces-sit-at-top-of-class-3a-2a-and-1a-baseball-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/659246\/","title":{"rendered":"Familiar faces sit at top of Class 3A, 2A and 1A baseball fields"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems like yesterday, prep basketball season just came to an end and state champions were being crowned.<\/p>\n

Well, now that roundball is in the rear-view mirror, baseball season is picking up steam.<\/p>\n

That definitely is the case in the Class 3A, 2A and 1A ranks.<\/p>\n

The top teams in the 3A CHSAA Selection & Seeding Index<\/a> are University (7-0); Eaton (6-0); and Prospect Ridge Academy (5-1). A year ago, University lost 3-2 to Coal Ridge in the state championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2A, the top three looks like this: Monte Vista (6-0); Wray (4-1); and Forge Christian (6-0).<\/p>\n

Last year, Forge Christian won the 2A state championship<\/a>, defeating Denver Christian 11-0 in the title game. This marked the fourth baseball state title for Forge Christian and their first since 2016.<\/p>\n

As for 1A, Flatirons Academy (5-0); McClave (7-0); and Haxtun (6-1) are the top three in the seeding index.<\/p>\n

Here are some games worth watching this week.<\/p>\n

Class 3A<\/p>\n

Roosevelt (7-0) at Prospect Ridge Academy (5-1), 4 p.m., April 2
This is a good early season test for sure. Roosevelt is unbeaten and coming off an 8-6 win over Fort Morgan on April 1. The Roughriders are No. 4 in the Class 4A CHSAA Selection & Seeding Index, and they have outscored their opponents 83-15 in their perfect start to the season.<\/p>\n

Roosevelt is led offensively by seniors Kayden Bryant (.550); Mason Sauer (.478); and Dalton Baudino (.455). Prospect Ridge will counter with sophomores Austin Huffman (.429); Josiah Bote (.350) and senior Gabriel Hinojos (.333).<\/p>\n

Prospect Ridge enters this game after a key 4-2 win over Denver Christian on March 31.<\/p>\n

Class 2A<\/p>\n

Byers (6-1) at Denver Christian (3-3), 4 p.m., April 2
Byers is ranked No. 8 in the latest Selection & Seeding Index and is coming off a tough 11-1 loss to Limon on March 31.<\/p>\n

Before its setback against Limon, Byers had outscored its opponents 75-21.<\/p>\n

Now, the Bulldogs will try to bounce back against Denver Christian. Byers is paced offensively by sophomore Osiris Aldana (.474); junior Gabe Price (.417) and Wesley Butterfield (.400).<\/p>\n

Denver Christian, which was the Class 2A state runner-up in 2025, is No. 11 in the seeding index. The Thunder have lost two games in a row to Scappoose (10-1) and Prospect Ridge Academy (4-2).<\/p>\n

DC\u2019s top offensive hitters are junior Trey Speir (.529); freshman Cuatro Wilkins (.438); and sophomore Tanner McCoy (.353).<\/p>\n

Class 1A<\/p>\n

Akron (5-1) at Wray (4-1), 3 p.m., April 7
Akron is fresh off a historic season in 2025 that saw the Rams secure their first state title<\/a> in program history. The Rams defeated Flatirons Academy 8-7 in the championship game.<\/p>\n

After losing 9-3 to Flatirons Academy in its season opener, the Rams have won five games in a row, most recently an 8-3 win over Peetz on March 31.<\/p>\n

Akron\u2019s top offensive threat this season has been sophomore Jax Kusel (.615). Seniors Caleb Hansen (.375) and Clay Axtell (.333). Wray, which is ranked No. 2 in the Class 2A seeding index, will counter with sophomores Grady Godsey (.500); Hudson Rockwell (.500); and senior Gage Waitman (.444). Wray is coming off a 13-3 loss to Yuma March 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems like yesterday, prep basketball season just came to an end and state champions were being crowned.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[4925,5,84111,84112,47918,84113,6442,84114,84115,84116,84117,1518,6448],"class_list":["post-659246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-akron","tag-baseball","tag-byers","tag-denver-christian","tag-eaton","tag-flatirons-academy","tag-forge-christian","tag-mcclave","tag-monte-vista","tag-prospect-ridge-academy","tag-roosevelt","tag-university","tag-wray"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116336398556385363","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}