
Get to know this face, because Jenna McCaffrey is the newest member of the Niwot shock-and-awe team. Photo by Alan Versaw.
It should be a doozy. I count at least 10 schools with a legitimate shot at winning this thing--some better than others, of course, but 10 with a legitimate shot.
From Loveland come Thompson Valley and Mountain View. Kevin Clark's Mountain View team got the better of the last two meetings between these two schools, but I haven't seen any podcasts of Thompson Valley making concession speeches and urging all their adherents to vote for Mountain View. So, we'll assume there's a live contest on between these two programs. Both teams are loaded in talent.
Just a little south of Loveland is Niwot. Team Green has been running very well of late and simply dominated 4A Region 3. There may not be a better front three in 4A than the trio of Elise Cranny, Christa Boettiger, and Jenna McCaffrey. What happens at 4 and 5 is likely to be the determining factor ...