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That’s a wrap: Half of Championship Saturday is now set. Here’s the matchups:

5A girls: No. 4 Windsor (20-7) vs. No. 2 Roosevelt (25-2), 5:45 p.m.

4A boys: No. 17 Holy Family (16-11) vs. No. 2 Resurrection Christian (23-4), 11:45 a.m.

4A girls: No. 2 D’Evelyn (26-0) vs. No. 1 Holy Family (24-3), 10 a.m.

See you here again Friday morning. — Matt Schubert

No. 2 Roosevelt 59, No. 3 Durango 39

Pressure. Athleticism. And talented young scorers.

Nobody’s been able to deal with Roosevelt’s trifecta of intangibles yet in the Class 5A state tournament. The latest victim was Durango in Saturday’s Final 4, as Roosevelt never allowed the Demons to get close while rolling to a 59-39 blowout win.

Junior Madison Moyers led all scorers with 17 points, freshman Kyla Hollier had 11 points and sophomore Ryanne Bahnsen-Price added nine points. Roosevelt, which has never won a state championship, advances to the title game against Windsor.

Coach Enoch Miller’s team set the tempo from the opening tip, and never allowed Durango to find an offensive rhythm. Roosevelt forced 19 Durango turnovers in the first half, then 10 more in the second half as its full-court press stifled Durango just like it did to Air Academy in the Great 8.

Roosevelt and Windsor played earlier this season, when the Rough Riders edged the Wizards 61-59. In that game, Roosevelt had three scorers in double-digits, led by 13 points each from Moyers and junior Brynn Price.

8:14 p.m.: The Rough Riders are in total control, up 30-11 on Durango at the half. Roosevelt is one decent half of ball away from playing for its first state title. Sophomore Ryanne Bahnsen-Price and freshman Kyla Hollier lead all scorers with eight points each. — Kyle Newman

7:52 p.m.: No. 2 Roosevelt is dominating No. 3 Durango in the first half of the other Class 5A girls semifinal. The Rough Riders lead 19-4 with 6:54 to play in the half. The Demons have had no answer for Roosevelt’s pressure. Winner of this game gets Windsor in Saturday’s championship. — Kyle Newman

No. 4 Windsor 65, No. 8 Glenwood Springs 35

6:45 p.m.: This one’s all over but the formalities, folks. Windsor is whipping Glenwood Springs, and leads 49-24 heading into the final quarter. — Kyle Newman

6:20 p.m.: In the Class 5A semifinal, No. 4 Windsor is off to a solid start as the Wizards attempt to make their third straight state championship game, leading 35-22 at the half. No. 8 Glenwood Springs isn’t playing with the same poise as the Demons did in their Great 8 win over George Washington, but Windsor’s incessant pressure and clear advantage in size is making things difficult. — Kyle Newman

No. 2 Resurrection Christian 64, No. 6 Lutheran 53

5:22 p.m.: Finally, mercifully, this fourth-quarter free-throw contest has drawn to a close. The Cougars didn’t miss nearly enough, and now they are moving on to the championship round for the first time in seven years. They will get Holy Family. — Matt Schubert

5:17 p.m.: Another Braydon Jacob 3-pointer has drawn Lutheran within six again at 57-51 with 1:05 left. Just how many free throws can one team take in a quarter? We’re about to find out. — Matt Schubert

5:13 p.m.: Lutheran finally came up empty on the offensive end, and after a pair of free throws from Marcus Phillips, the Cougars lead 55-46 with 1:38 left. It’s gonna take a miracle for the Lions. — Matt Schubert

5:10 p.m.: Resurrection Christian welcomed a free-throw shooting contest. And it could be going better.

The Cougars are now 10 of 15 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter, but Lutheran has come alive on offense. Braydon Jacob got a shooter’s roll on a 3-pointer with 2:16 to go, and the Lions are within seven with two minutes to go. Still enough pressure that these will be tough freebies for the Cougs. — Matt Schubert

5:03 p.m.: Resurrection Christian is attempting to squeeze the air out of the ball in the fourth, running a four-corners stall and forcing Lutheran to foul. If the goal is for the quarter to be a stalemate, it’s working … sort of. The Cougars are 5 of 7 from the free-throw line in the fourth and lead 48-39 with 3:24 left. Tucker Monroe’s post-up bucket has brought the Lions within single digits for the first time since the second quarter. — Matt Schubert

4:50 p.m.: And the beat goes on. The third quarter featured more of the same: Resurrection Christian getting what it wants on offense, and Lutheran struggling on the other end. After a pair of baskets from Marcus Phillips to close out the third, it’s 43-28 Cougars going into the final frame. — Matt Schubert

4:26 p.m.: The second quarter belonged to the Cougars, who got a pair of 3-pointers from Cody Michelson at the start, then another triple from Jackson Bethune near the end of the frame. It’s 28-16 Resurrection Christian at halftime. Resurrection Christian is now 4 of 8 from 3, while Lutheran cannot buy a bucket in the paint. The Lions are 6 of 19 from the field. — Matt Schubert

4:11 p.m.: Ty Yoder is here to ball, folks.

After getting Resurrection Christian going with a couple of jumpers early, the sophomore guard closed out the quarter with back-to-back baskets, including a corner 3-pointer, to put the Cougars up 17-8 with 30 seconds to go. Brendan Koolenga answered on the other end, and it’s 17-10 Cougars going into the second quarter. — Matt Schubert

No. 1 Holy Family girls 31, No. 4 Lutheran 20

Sawyer Dana’s first basket of the game was a big one.

She knocked in a 3-pointer from the top of the key midway through the fourth quarter to give Holy Family a 22-20 lead over Lutheran.

That shot gave the Tigers (24-3) a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, as they polished off an ugly, hard-fought Class 4A semifinal victory and earned a berth in Saturday’s state title game against D’Evelyn in the process.

Holy Family trailed 19-18 early in the fourth quarter before a deciding 11-0 run on Dana’s 3-pointer, a layup by guard Julia Hodell and a strong finish in the paint from standout forward Fiona Snashall put the Tigers in control and five free throws from Essynce Contreraz and Hodell put the game out of reach.

Until the closing moments, the teams slugged it out without much separation.

Contreraz logged a steal and a layup with 5:30 to go to give Holy Family a 19-17 lead, but Raelyn Kelly (16 points) responded with a 3-pointer to put Lutheran (23-4) back on top by a point.

Kelly carried the scoring load for Lutheran for much of the game, pouring in 11 of her team’s 15 through the first three frames.

Snashall, meanwhile, had eight points and nine boards through the first three quarters for Holy Family.

3:20 p.m.: Fiona Snashall started to make her presence felt in the third quarter. She scored six of her eight points so far in the third frame and did work on the defensive end as well.

Late in the period, she took a pocket pass and converted to give Holy Family a 17-15 lead and then blocked a shot on the other end to preserve the lead.

She and Raelyn Kelly (11 points) have accounted for more than half the scoring in this low-scoring semifinal. They’ll have plenty to say about who advances to the final, too.

2:59 p.m.: A veritable barn burner broke out in the second quarter after a 2-0 opening frame. Holy Family didn’t get its first basket until the 7:29 mark of the second frame, but then used a 7-2 run to stake its biggest lead of the game.

Holy Family got points from five different players in the frame, including a 3-pointer from Enyiah Contreraz to open the scoring.

Lutheran also got its offense cranked up some, in large part thanks to five second-quarter points from Raelyn Kelly, who leads all scorers through the opening 16 minutes with seven.

Two quarters to go to determine D’Evelyn’s opponent in the Class 4A final. — Parker Gabriel

2:42 p.m.: The first quarter of this Class 4A girls semifinal featured one basket and 13 turnovers between two teams that are familiar with each other.

Lutheran deployed a zone defense to try to slow Holy Family post Fiona Snashall and her teammates couldn’t connect on several early looks from 3-point range. Lutheran couldn’t take the goose egg effort on defense to run out to a big lead, however, hitting just one of five from the floor itself.

Lutheran’s lone first-quarter points came on a layup from Raelyn Kelly just past the halfway mark of the period. — Parker Gabriel

No. 17 Holy Family boys 65, No. 4 Eagle Ridge Academy 41

Time to stop referring to Holy Family as Cinderella. These Tigers are for real.

For the third straight game in the Class 4A boys tournament, the 17th-seeded Holy Family Tigers knocked off a higher seed. And for the third straight game, they did it by double digits.

“We’re playing well,” Holy Family coach Peter Villecco said. “The kids are confident, and they are preparing well and they are performing well.”

Eric Quintana had 16 points and three assists, Jaxon Grable added 15 points and Holy Family locked down Eagles Ridge Academy (21-6) on the defensive end to advance to the championship round for the first time since 2014.

In a dominant first half that saw Holy Family limit Eagle Ridge to just eight total points, the Tigers forced more turnovers (15) than they allowed shots (14) as they took a 22-8 lead into the break. After Quintana caught fire in the third quarter, knocking down three of his four 3-pointers and finishing things off with a drive and dish to Grable, the game was well in hand up 42-22.

“We were competing,” Villecco said. “We knew that their length would be a problem, so we wanted to get into the ball and gang tackle on the glass, and we did that. Our guys take pride in guarding.”

All told, the Tigers racked up 14 steals, with five different players registering two or more, including three from Joseph Portillo.

Hunter Hill, who came into the Thursday afternoon averaging 18.3 points per game, was held without a basket with Grayden Harkness checking him. Peyton Torres (11 points) was the only Warriors player to score in double digits. Rocco Bridges added 13 points for Holy Family, and Gabe Tafoya had 11.

“That’s how we’ve played all year,” Villecco said. “I know we had a rough stretch (during the season), but that rough stretch is why we’re here.”

Indeed, a team that spent most of the regular season trading haymakers with 5A and 6A heavyweights is now punching above its seed in 4A. Up next: the winner of Thursday’s other semifinal between No. 6 Lutheran and No. 2 Resurrection Christian. — Matt Schubert

1:46 p.m.: Eric Quintana is putting on a show. The diminutive Holy Family guard drilled a trio of 3s in the third quarter, then closed things out with a crossover dribble drive and feed to Jaxon Grable for a layin at the bucket and 42-22 lead going into the fourth quarter. — Matt Schubert

1:35 p.m.: The Eagle Ridge offense has finally showed up. The problem: so has Holy Family’s.

The Tigers buried a pair of 3s in the first 4:25 of the third quarter and with Eagle Ridge turning it over on three of its first four possessions, they now hold a 34-17 lead with 3:35 left in the third quarter. — Matt Schubert

1:22 p.m.: This one is all Holy Family right now. In a sequence that summed up Eagle Ridge’s first half perfectly, senior Cameron Seifert air-balled his first free throw, missed the second and Hunter Hill clanked the point-blank putback before getting blocked by a Holy Family defender.

Not long after, Rocco Bridges added the final insult in the waning seconds, driving to his left and banking in a wrong-footed drive just before the halftime buzzer to put Holy Family ahead 22-8.

Eagle Ridge has a pair of four-point quarters while shooting 4 of 14 from the field and 0 of 5 from the free-throw line with 15 turnovers. Goodness gracious.

It’s not like Holy Family is shooting the lights out either (7 of 21), but the Tigers have nine steals and eight points off turnovers. — Matt Schubert

1:11 p.m.: The Holy Family defense is a problem. We’re 14 minutes into this thing, and Eagle Ridge Academy has just six points. The Tigers are everywhere, and it’s translating into points on the other end, too. Holy Family leads 17-6 with 2:05 left in the second quarter. — Matt Schubert

1 p.m.: The Holy Family defense has frustrated Eagle Ridge through one quarter, holding them to just four points through eight minutes. It’s 8-4 Holy Family going into the second quarter. — Matt Schubert

No. 2 D’Evelyn girls 49, No. 3 University 44

With D’Evelyn’s perfect season hanging in the balance in the waning minutes of Thursday morning’s Final 4 opener, the Jaguars turned to a steady hand: Macy Scheer.

And just as she had early on in helping D’Evelyn build a five-point halftime lead, the junior forward came through, burying a 3-pointer from the wing with 1:45 left that helped stave off a never-say-die Bulldogs (24-3) team to advance to the championship round for the first time in 10 years.

One more win, and the Jaguars (27-0) will not only be state champions, but undefeated state champions.

“We’re just so excited, and we just want to take it all home,” Scheer said.

Scheer finished the game with 12 points and four assists on 5-of-10 shooting, with three of her dimes finding scoring leader Peyton Marvel (21 points, eight rebounds) for lay-ins in a first half the Jaguars controlled. Her last assist came near the end of the third quarter, when she found a soft spot in the University zone and swung the ball to a wide open Ingrid Dalla for a 3-pointer that gave the Jags a 37-29 edge going into the fourth.

The D’Evelyn offense dried up after that, with University senior guard Taryn Kravig (15 points) and sophomore post Addison Harding (12 points, six rebounds) punching back like they had the entire game.

The duo made it a single-possession game three times in the final two minutes. The first was a Harding basket in the post that was immediately answered by Scheer’s 3 rattling home on the other end. The last came on a Kravig drive with 45.5 seconds to go, but the Jaguars made just enough free throws after that (4 of 6) to hang on.

“In coaching, that’s called a ‘no, no, yes,’ shot,” D’Evelyn coach Chris Olson joked about Scheer’s 3.

“… These kids just love that moment. Apparently, she didn’t like the moment before (when she missed at the free-throw line), which would have been nice. .. But that’s just what they do.” — Matt Schubert

12:20 p.m.: After letting University back in it with its free-throw struggled, the Jaguars finally close it out, sinking four of their last six to advance to the state championship round for the first time in 10 years.

12:17 p.m.: Peyton Marvel buries a pair of free throws, the last one touching just about every part of the rim before dropping in. It’s 47-43 D’Evelyn with 44.9 seconds left. — Matt Schubert

12:14 p.m.: University is making things interesting to the very end, pulling within a basket for the third time in the time in the last minute. Credit D’Evelyn, which is 1 of 5 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter, with an assist.

It’s 45-43 Jaguars wwith 48.5 seconds left. — Matt Schubert

11:55 a.m.: After a timeout, D’Evelyn responds with baskets on its next two trips down the floor, with the steady hand of junior forward Macy Scheer involved in both. The first: a Scheer bucket in the post. The second: Scheer finding a soft spot at the top of the zone then swinging the ball to a wide open Ingrid Dalla for a wing 3-pointer. The Jaguars lead 37-29 going into the third quarter. — Matt Schubert

11:50 a.m.: University keeps hanging around … and it might be starting to get to D’Evelyn. The Jaguars opened with a pair of 3s to go up 32-21 two minutes into the third quarter, but the Bulldogs stormed back with an 8-0 run, the last five points coming after a technical foul was whistled on D’Evelyn’s Ellie McMann. It’s 32-29 D’Evelyn. — Matt Schubert

11:34 a.m.: University is back in this thing, simply because Taryn Kravig won’t let the Bulldogs go away.

D’Evelyn led by as many as 12 in the second quarter, but the University senior responded with seven straight points as part of a 9-2 Bulldogs run to close out the first half. It’s 26-21 D’Evelyn at halftime.

Peyton Marvel already has 15 points for the Jaguars. She hasn’t missed a shot. She good. — Matt Schubert

11:20 a.m.: The Jaguars have stretched it out to 20-12 just two minutes into the second quarter. The last play was a work of art: Rebecca Taylor deflecting a pass at the top of the D’Evelyn zone, grabbing it, feeding it to Ellie McMann on the wing, who found Peyton Marvel for a 3-on-1 layin in front of the hoop. That, my friends, is how you run a fastbreak. — Matt Schubert

11:17 a.m.: Junior wings Peyton Marvel and Macy Scheer must have a psychic connection.

That’s the only way to account for how connected those two are in the half court. Three times Scheer fed Marvel for buckets underneath the hoop, the last coming with 2:35 left in the first quarter to give D’Evelyn a 14-8 lead. It’s now 14-10 to start the second quarter. — Matt Schubert

11:06 a.m.: It’s early on here but, the D’Evelyn press is already giving University trouble with a pair of turnovers. D’Evelyn leads 5-3 with 5:19 left in the first quarter. — Matt Schubert

10:59 a.m.: We’re baaaaacckkkkkk.

The CHSAA state basketball Final 4 hath arrived. The undefeated D’Evelyn Jaguars and University Bulldogs are set to get things started inside Denver Coliseum in the Class 4A girls semifinals. University is looking to return to the championship round for the second consecutive season, while D’Evelyn last reached a title game in 2013. Neither program has won a state title.

If we’re going by the student sections, D’Evelyn clearly came to play today. Let’s see if University can match them. — Matt Schubert

Schedule and results

Class 4A girls

No. 2 D’Evelyn (26-0) vs. No. 3 University (24-2), 11 a.m.

No. 1 Holy Family (23-3) vs. No. 4 Lutheran (23-3), 2:15 p.m.

Class 4A boys

No. 17 Holy Family (15-11) vs. No. 4 Eagle Ridge Academy (21-5), 12:45 p.m.

No. 2 Resurrection Christian (22-4) vs. No. 6 Lutheran (18-8), 4 p.m.

Class 5A girls

No. 8 Glenwood Springs (19-7) vs. No. 4 Windsor (19-7), 5:45 p.m.

No. 2 Roosevelt (24-2) vs. No. 3 Durango (23-2), 7:15 p.m.

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