By John Cackowski
State Director

The 1A State tournament starts this weekend and will be broken down to the the 1A state championship to be played on 5-19-16 at 11 A.M. at All-Star Park in Lakewood. Below is the 1A Bracket.

Date: 5-14-16
Location: All-City-Field

Game 1 (10:00 A.M)
1 Granada (10-2) vs. 8 Dove Creek (8-13)

Game 2 (12:30 P.M.)
4 Fleming (14-4) vs. Manzanola (6-5)

Date 5-14-16
Location: All-Star Park

Game 1 (10:00 AM)
3 Holly (9-6) vs. Nucla (9-11)

Game 2 (12:30 AM)
2 Eads (9-4) vs. Cornerstone Christian Academy (9-6)

Players to Watch: 2016 OF Fransisco Martinez (Granada), 2017 P Ryan Koeller (Granada), 2016 Ben Lambrecht (Fleming), 2017 Jaxon King (Fleming) 2016 P/INF Colin Hobbs (Dove Creek) 2016 RHP/3B Marcos Rivera (Manzanola), 2017 RHP Ricardo Juarez (Holly), 2016 INF Caden Colson (Nucla), 2018 Cord Colson (Nucla), 2017 Rhett Uhland (Eads), 2017 P/2B Brad Johnson (Eads) 2016 C Tyler Fields (Cornerstone Christian Academy), 2019 Zach Dube (Cornerstone Christian Academy)

Stats that Standout

Colin Hobbs of Dove Creek led 1A with 4 homeruns

Jaxon King of Fleming hit .585, scored 42 runs had 27 RBI's and on the mound was 7-1 with a 1.80 ERA with 72 strikeouts in 42 innings with a no-hitter.

Ryan Koeller of Granada was 7 and 1 with a 0.91 ERA with 73 strikeouts in 38 innings with a no-hitter.

Ricardo Juarez of Holly was 5-1 with a 1.60 ERA and had 68 strikeouts in 35 innings with a no hitter.