Season Preview: 1A Black Forest League
How it all shook out in ‘19-20 Kiowa grabbed the league title (6-0), a game better than Elbert and two ahead of Evangelical Christian. Kiowa (15-9), Elbert (15-7), Evangelical Christian (11-10) and Edison (12-11) all turned in winning overall records.…
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Kiowa grabbed the league title (6-0), a game better than Elbert and two ahead of Evangelical Christian. Kiowa (15-9), Elbert (15-7), Evangelical Christian (11-10) and Edison (12-11) all turned in winning overall records. Pikes Peak Christian (7-11), Hanover (7-12) and Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind (1-18) completed the field. For ’20-21, Miami-Yoder and Simla will make it a nine-team league.
Teams – Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Edison, Elbert, Evangelical Christian, Hanover, Kiowa, Miami-Yoder, Pikes Peak Christian and Simla.
Which playoff team advanced the furthest?
No Black Forest team was able to advance to the 1A state tournament. But two from the B.F. advanced to regionals despite both losing by nearly identical scores in the first round. League champ Kiowa fell 41-26 to Kim Branson and Elbert 42-26 to Eads.
A few returning players to watch
Lanai Anderson, Edison, 2021, F, 5-11
The Black Forest’s top returning scorer (13.9) and rebounder (13.5)
Maisen Avent, Elbert, 2022, G, 5-8
Shot 48 percent from the field.
Maddie Castro, Evangelical Christian, 2021, G, 5-7
Productive across the board, including five steals per outing.
Olivia Lay, Elbert, 2-21, F, 5-9
Only played in 11 games, but was good for a double-double (13.6 points, 10.1 rebounds).
Some other names to know
Kinsey Bitterman, 2022, F, 5-8
Hanna Brogger, Kowa, 2021, F, 5-9
Bella Burnside, Pikes Peak Christian, 2021, G, 5-6
Zivia Gale, Colorado D&B, 2023, G, 5-6
Coral Serio, Pikes Peak Christian, F, 5-11
A quick, early look to Season B
Edison has three of the top-five scorers returning, so the Eagles return a lot of points. Elbert has the other two. A return by the Black Forest – not the one in Germany – to the state tournament is a distinct possibility.