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Front page of the Colorado and today is officer involved shooting reported at CSU campus. A man was shot by a Colorado State University police officer on campus during the evening of October 12th. The Rocky Mountain Collegian, a student newspaper, first reported that gunshots were fired near the microbiology building.

The collegian included in its coverage an interview with a witness who claimed a man with a gun fired once before a police officer returned fire. CSU students received a text alert warning about police activity in that area at 6 ⁓ two PM. They received another alert at 650 PM, signaling an all clear.

They also received emails. Individuals were advised to avoid the area between the chemistry and microbiology buildings. The alerts did not initially give any details about what had happened. A later alert from the university that came well after the incident had concluded said the eighth Judicial District.

Critical incident response team had been activated for a officer involved shooting. On October 12, 2026, around 5:35 p.m., Colorado State University police received a report of a person acting erratically near Newton Plaza on Main Campus, the alert said.

An officer responded and located a man who was armed with a handgun and advanced towards the officer. Gunfire occurred and the suspect was shot. The officer immediately rendered first aid and the suspect was transported to an area hospital for care. No other injuries have been reported. This was not an active shooter incident. The Coloradan

was on scene later in the evening after the all clear was issued. Police vehicles encircled the plaza to block off access, but a few students stood behind the yellow police tape to try and catch a glimpse of what might have happened. Overhead, a helicopter circled over the plaza. The plaza features a prominent metal sculpture and is surrounded by the buildings

Housing chemistry, microbiology, education, and behavioral sciences. Still, within the police tape enclosure, there wasn't much visible activity to be seen. Only parked law enforcement vehicles and officers standing by. As of 8 45 p.m., there was no messaging on the electronic billboard at Prospect Road and Mason Trail.

about the incident, advertisements and campus marketing messages were displayed instead.

City backs Broadcom expansion with an eight point nine million dollar incentive.

The city of Fort Collins will provide eight point nine million dollars in incentives to semiconductor maker Broadcom as part of its one point five billion dollar investment in its Fort Collins facility. Broadcom has promised to create one hundred new jobs on top of the more than one thousand manufacturing jobs that already exist.

In July, Broadcom announced an expansion and modernization of its Fort Collins campus at forty three hundred eighty Ziegler Road after making a deal with Apple to manufacture components for its products. On october sixth, City Council gave initial approval to the incentives.

Broadcom's Fort Collins campus is its largest manufacturing facility in the US, with about 1.4 million square feet of office space and 154,000 square feet of semiconductor clean room space, according to a presentation by Ciana Kendall, the city's economic development director to City Council.

Broadcom has 1,350 employees in Fort Collins, with 1,015 in its wireless services division, which has grown from 437 in 2012 when the company was known as Avago, Kendall said. Broadcom's presence in Fort Collins is the result of decades of spin-offs, mergers, and acquisitions.

Hewlett Packard first opened in Fort Collins in 1978. A split created ⁓ Agilent Technologies, which was sold and rebranded as Avago Technologies, which then purchased Broadcom. City staff estimate the expansion's net economic benefit to the city government will be around.

$77 million over 15 years, or more than $5 million annually, based on the collection of sales and use taxes, property taxes, fees, and utility revenue. How will the incentives work? The incentives will offer Broadcom rebates of either 25% or 100%.

And some portion of sales and use taxes it will pay as part of making improvements to the site and purchasing equipment. The potential sales tax revenues tied to the expansion are estimated to be $52 million over a 10-year period, but with the rebates they will be around $43 million, Kendall said.

For context, the city collected about $211 million in sales and use taxes in 2025. Broadcom will pay the full amount of taxes owed and will get the rebates as long as it meets the obligations laid out in the agreement. The incentives are directly tied to measurable outcomes, the construction work, job creation, and the purchase of equipment.

Larimer County will also consider an economic incentive for Broadcom, a business personal property tax rebate of 50% over five years, according to Kendall. How many jobs does Broadcom promise to create? One of the requirements for the rebates is the creation of at least 100 new permanent jobs that include benefits.

In addition to retaining the current 1,015 jobs. Salaries for the jobs ranging from operators to engineers span sixty-six thousand dollars to one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars per year, Kendall said. In addition to the new direct jobs, the expansion is also expected to create 200 indirect and contractor jobs, Kendall said.

But there are no incentives tied to indirect jobs.

Equipment purchases address Broadcom's greenhouse gas emissions. In 2016, Broadcom was Fort Collins' largest emitter of greenhouse gases, but has since significantly cut its emissions. From 2015 to 2025, the company reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 89%.

Even as it has increased production, Kendall said. For this project, Broadcom is investing $20 million in abatement tools that reduce emissions. The agreement will give Broadcom a 100% rebate on the tax on the base tax associated with those.

The company has also reduced its energy and water use by about sixteen percent candles at

Election twenty twenty six

What a yes or no vote would mean for amendment eighty seven.

Colorado voters will decide whether to replace the state's flat income tax with a system that taxes higher incomes at higher rates and uses the additional money for public education, health care, and child care programs. Amendment 87, graduated income tax, asks voters to weigh in on whether Colorado should move to a graduated income tax system.

Tax rates vary based on income. The measure runs contrary to Proposition 136, which asks voters to make the current 4.4% flat income tax rate the maximum for the state, writing it into a state statute. Both are approved, the proposed tax rates for income over.

five hundred thousand dollars in Amendment eighty seven would be higher than the limit in Proposition one hundred thirty six. Typically when parts of voter approved measures conflict, policy outcome is determined by the measure that received more votes, according to the twenty twenty six State Ballot Information Booklet, also called the Blue Book.

However, in this case, the state legislature or a court would need to determine how to resolve conflicts, the blue book says. Here's a look at the ballot language, how it got to the ballot and what a yes or no vote would mean, and how many votes it needs to pass. Election day is november third.

Ballot language for Amendment eighty seven. Shall state taxes be increased two point seven billion dollars annually in order to increase or improve levels of public services, including K through twelve public school education, health care, and early child care and education services. By an amendment to the Colorado Constitution and the change to the Colorado revised statutes,

Repealing existing law and creating new law to replace the uniform state income tax rate with a graduated income tax structure and in connection therewith amending the taxpayers bill of rights to eliminate the constitutional requirement for all taxable net income to be taxed at one rate with no added tax on revenue.

Establishing various income tax rates based on the amount of taxable income earned by individuals, estates, trusts, and corporations, while maintaining the current 4.4% tax on income from the sale of a principal residence, which will result in the estimated change in income taxes owed by individuals.

As identified in the following table, and authorizing the state to retain and spend any increased revenue from the new tax structure as a voter approved revenue change to supplement current levels of funding for K through twelve public school education, health care, and early child care and education programs.

Was it citizen initiated or put on the ballot by the legislature? This measure was citizen initiated. Supporters gathered enough signatures to place the proposal on the November 2026 ballot. The measure qualified as initiative one hundred ninety-five and was later assigned the ballot number Amendment eighty-seven. What a yes vote means.

A yes vote would replace Colorado's flat income tax with a graduated income tax system, meaning people with higher incomes would pay higher tax rates. The measure would also allow the state to use additional revenue for public education, health care, and child care programs. What a no vote means. A no vote would keep Colorado's current income tax system in place.

Everyone would continue paying the same state income tax rate regardless of income.

How many votes it needs to pass? Amendment eighty-seven needs a simple majority vote to pass. That means more than fifty percent of voters must vote yes.

Health District plans new downtown campus for its services. The Health District has purchased two properties in downtown Fort Collins with plans to relocate all of its services into a consolidated complex by late twenty twenty seven or early twenty twenty eight.

Properties are located adjacent to one another at the corner of Oak Street and Canyon Avenue at three hundred fifteen West Oak Street and two hundred eleven Canyon Avenue. The taxpayer funded Health District purchased fifty eight thousand square feet of space for four point eight million dollars, a new news release said.

Larimer County property records show the health district purchased the properties from Blue Ocean Enterprises. Currently, the district operates its client services out of two buildings it owns at 120 and 202 Bristle Cotan Drive in North Fort Collins. The new campus will allow clients to access the district services, which include behavioral health.

Dental care, health insurance assistance, care coordination, and prescription assistance in one location. The health district has been searching for months for a new location, saying its current properties don't have enough space to expand services or add new ones.

Early in my tenure, I identified that the current campus and district facilities were not sufficiently meeting the current needs of our clients and staff, and began working with the board to develop a long-term campus solution. Brian Ferranz, executive director of the health district, said in a statement to the Coloradoan Ferranz was hired in March.

This is about much more than moving to a new building, he said in the news release. It's an opportunity to create a campus that's easier to access and navigate, brings our services together, and gives us the flexibility to meet our community's changing health needs for decades to come.

The new campus could also support collaboration with community partners, the news release says. The downtown properties are close to public transit and centrally located, and other factors the health district considered include its size, parking, accessibility, visibility, and flexibility for future needs.

The health district says it will evaluate its existing properties and sell any it no longer needs to needs to offset the cost of buying and renovating the new campus.

What is the health district? The health district is a taxpayer-funded entity whose mission is filling health care gaps in the community. The organization was previously known as the Health District of Northern Larimer County and its origin dates back to 1960. The Health District conducts health needs assessments in the community, so it knows what the

Greatest needs are and can respond to changing needs. Right now, the district offers low-cost dental care, behavioral health care, and help enrolling in health insurance. It gets most of its funding from the property taxes of those who live within its boundaries, which generally cover the northern two-thirds of Laramore County.

This includes the cities and towns of Fort Collins, Timnath, Wellington, LaPorte, Bellevue, Livermore, and Redfeather Lakes, and even parts of western Windsor.

From the business section, smartphone shipments hit Q3 14-year low. Global smartphone shipments fell 20% on year to their lowest third quarter level since 2012, as memory chip costs and supply shortages pressured manufacturers and pushed up prices. Preliminary estimates from Counterpoint Research showed on October.

Wealth. Rising prices for memory components as AI infrastructure projects, corner supplies, have driven up production costs and prompted manufacturers to raise retail prices, cut shipments, and prioritize profitability over volumes. Consumers are holding on to their devices longer than estimated, increasingly considering refurbished devices, and

prioritizing higher value devices, said Counterpoint Senior Analyst Slippy Jane.

Samsung retained its top position with a 23% market share, helped by demand for its Galaxy Z Fold 8 series, and stable component supplies for its mid-range devices. Shipments fell 3% from a year earlier during the quarter. Apple's market share reached 22%, crossing 20% for the first time in the third quarter.

Despite a year on year decline in shipments. The absence of a base iPhone eighteen model resulted in a smaller launch.

month channel fill than the full iPhone seventeen line up a year earlier, Counterpoint said.

OPPO and Vivo recorded declines of more than twenty percent. GEOME saw a more than thirty percent fall, reducing its market share to 10% as the company cut exposure to lower price devices and some overseas markets to protect margins. The outlook for the remainder of 2026 remains challenging, counterpoint said.

From the No Co Life section, Halloween is coming. Here's where to celebrate. There's something about October that makes everyone want to get out and do something. Maybe it's the changing leaves, finally getting to wear your favorite fall outfit, or the irresistible pull of a pumpkin flavored drink. Or maybe it's the realization that Halloween is only a few weeks away and they're

Are still pumpkins to pick, corn mazes to conquer, and haunted houses to survive. Whatever the reason, Northern Colorado is packed with ways to embrace spooky season. From pumpkin patches and haunted attractions to Halloween events, here's what's happening around the region in the weeks leading up to october thirty first. Fall and Halloween, but

Family friendly pumpkins on parade. It's from five to nine PM on october twenty second to the twenty fifth. It's at the Gardens on Spring Creek at twenty one forty five Center Avenue in Fort Collins. If you're looking to soak up the best of the harvest season and Halloween, Pumpkins on Parade transforms the gardens on Spring Creek into a glowing wonderland.

Wander through whimsically themed zones featuring larger than life pumpkins, towering skeletons, and plenty of fall photo ops to fill your camera role. The fun continues with seasonal games, nightly live entertainment, local food vendors, and creative entries in the annual pumpkin carving contest. Visitors can catch performances by Tim Foolery, the magician.

Meet Therapy Dogs from Amy and the Good Little Witches Dog Troop, and enjoy music from local DJs throughout. For those in need of a snack or something warm to sip, local food vendors and the Gardens apothecary will have plenty of options available.

Tickets are available through the Gardens on Spring Creek website. Admission is fifteen dollars for adults, ten dollars for children ages five to seventeen, and free for children four and younger.

Advanced ticket purchases are recommended to secure your preferred date and arrival window.

NoCo's Biggest Trunk or Treat is noon to 4 p.m. on October 17th at the Holiday Twin Drive-In at 2206 South Overland Trail, Fort Collins. If traditional trick or treating feels a little too far away, NOCO's Biggest Trunk or Treat offers an early chance to stock up on candy. It's hosted by the Fort Collins Best.

After school and summer camp in partnership with the Northern Colorado Wildlife Center. The event brings families together at the Holiday Twin Drive-In for an afternoon of seasonal festivities. Highlights include trunk retreating with more than 80 participating organizations, hourly costume contests.

Animal ambassadors from the Northern Colorado Wildlife Center.

Food vendors, games, and family friendly activities. Special guests and surprises throughout the afternoon. Admission is free, though advanced registration is required. Attendees must select a one hour entry window or purchase a VIP flux pass for all afternoon access through the Northern Colorado Wildlife Center's website.

Halloween Carnival is noon to 4 p.m. on October 24th. It's at Boardwalk Park 100 North Fifth Street in Windsor. Your goal is to wear the kids out before bedtime. Windsor's Halloween Carnival has plenty to keep them busy. The event coincides with the Windsor Downtown Alliance's annual downtown trick-or-treat.

Kids can fill their candy bags from noon to 3 p.m. before heading to Boardwalk Park for an afternoon of Halloween fun. Highlights include a free Halloween-themed crafts at the Art and Heritage Center and Market Pavilion, bounce houses and children's activities, face painting on the Windsor History Museum lawn.

Animal scooter rides in the History Museum parking lot, food trucks throughout the afternoon, music from DJ Hugo, roaming stilt walkers throughout the event.

Halloween on the Promenade. It's noon to 3 p.m. on October 25th. It's the Promenade Shops at Centera at 5971 Sky Pond Drive in Loveland. Halloween on the Promenade returns to Loveland this year with free trick or treating. Costume contests.

And plenty of family friendly fun. Children can start at the event's main booth to pick up a free trick or treat bag and pumpkin while supplies last before setting out to collect candy from participating shops and vendors throughout the promenade. A ghost scavenger hunt, face painting, balloon twisting, live music, and a giant

Bubble Machine are also part of the festivities. Other highlights include the Ghostbusters of Colorado United, photo opportunities with slapshot from the Colorado Eagles, classic cars from Colorado Cars and Coffee, and adoptable pets from all aboard Animal Rescue. If you have a costume you're eager to show off, costume contests for

Pets, children, and groups are scheduled throughout the afternoon. Keep an eye out for 12:30 p.m. a pet costume contest. At 1 o'clock, story time at Barnes and Noble. 1:30, children's costume contest. At 2:15, a group costume contest. At 2:30 p.m., story time at Barnes and Noble, admission is free.

Attendees who RSVP through Eventbrite will be entered for a chance to win prizes.

Tiny Todd Halloween from 10 a.m. to one p.m. October 30th. In Old Town Fort Collins, it wouldn't be Halloween without trick-or-treating. Designed for preschool and kindergarten age children and their parents or guardians. Tiny Todd Halloween gives younger ghosts and goblins a chance to show off their costumes and collect candy from more than

fifty participating Old Town businesses before Halloween arrives. The free event also includes photo opportunities throughout Old Town.

Looking for a good scare? Not every Halloween event is built around pumpkins and candy. If you're hoping for jump scares and spine tingling thrills, these northern Colorado haunted attractions are worth adding to your October plans. Find your fright. From 6 to 11 p.m. October 16th and 17th, the 23rd and the 24th.

And the 30th and the 31st. At 333 East Fourth Street in Loveland. Looking for a classic haunted house experience, Find Your Fright is we're back for another season of Screams in Downtown Loveland. Operated by Find Your Light, a nonprofit theater organization. The attraction combines theatrical scares, eerie sets,

And plenty of surprises designed to keep visitors on edge as they make their way through the haunt. Families with younger children can also check out special daytime Kids Day events on October 24th when the haunt trades jump scares for a more kid-friendly Halloween experience. No, before you go, admission is $20 for ages 12 and older.

And fifteen dollars for children eleven and younger. Tickets are sold at the door only. Cash and credit cards are accepted. Kids day events run from ten AM to two thirty PM october twenty fourth.

Next up, Creepy Creepy Walk in the Woods. It's 7 to 11 p.m. October 16th and 17th, 23rd to the 24th, and 30th to the 31st. It's at 7:50 Savage Road in Loveland. Haunted houses aren't enough for you. Creepy Walk in the Woods takes the scares outdoors. The volunteer run attraction sends visitors down the dark.

Roughly one third mile trail through the woods filled with actors, fog, strobe events, and plenty of surprises along the way. Expect jump scares, eerie encounters, and yes, chainsaws. For those hoping to beat the crowds, organizers recommend visiting on Fridays, particularly opening weekend.

The attraction operates rain or shine through weather-related closures, although weather-related closures are possible during extreme conditions. No before you go. Open the last three Fridays and Saturdays in October. Emission is $30 per person. Tickets are sold online on site only. Online ticket sales are not available. Food trucks will be on site.

Organizers recommend children younger than twelve skip the attraction. Expect wait times, especially on Saturdays.

Halloween After Dark Downtown Loveland Zombie Crawl. Six to nine PM October seventeenth in downtown Loveland at two zero one East Fourth Street. It's time to break out the fake blood and torn clothing. The annual Downtown Loveland Zombie Crawl returns October seventeenth, bringing a horde of zombies to the streets of Loveland.

Those planning to join the fun are encouraged to arrive in their best zombie attire in Loveland Aleworks before making their way through downtown. No before you go, zombies gather at Loveland Aleworks beginning at 4 p.m. Live music from Addy Tonic is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. The call departs for downtown around dusk.

Mead Krieger Meetery is offering one dollar off on tapours and flights from six to nine PM. Costumes are encouraged. Admission is free. Then there's the Fort Collins Halloween bar crawl. That's four PM to midnight on October thirty first.

Multiple bars throughout Old Town Court Collins Halloween costumes and drink specials go hand in hand during the Fort Collins Halloween bar crawl. Self-guided event takes participants through eight bars in and around Old Town with drink specials, themed festivities, and an after-party plan throughout the evening. After checking in at Bondi Beach Bar,

Crawlers can make their way through participating venues at their own pace. Before you go, check-in takes place from four to six PM at Bondi Beach Bar. Admission includes entry to participating bars, three drink or shot vouchers, and the after party. Group discounts are available for parties of four or more. Costumes are encouraged.

Tickets for the Fort Collins Halloween Bar Crawl currently start at $20 online, while groups of four or more can purchase tickets for $15 per person. Organizers note prices increase as the event approaches with day of tickets costing $40. Tickets are available through the Fort Collins Halloween Bar Crawl website.

Next up, Night of the Spirits is 9 to 11:30 p.m. October 31st at the Looking Glass Escape Lounge at 400 North College Avenue, Unit B, Fort Collins. Looking glass glass escape lounge

Is getting into the Halloween spirit with its annual Night of the Spirit celebration. The twenty-one and up event features a live DJ, costumes, themed cocktails, and activities throughout the evening. Admission includes a complimentary Halloween themed blood bag cocktail or beer, and guests can compete for prizes while enjoying the night's spooky atmosphere.

No before you go. Costumes are encouraged. The event is for guests 21 and older. Doors open at 8 30 p.m. Online tickets are limited with limited availability at the door. Tickets for the event can be purchased through Eventbrite. Online admission was fifteen dollars and seventy one cents, including fees as of October.

From the sports section, we have college football rough times for the Reeling Rams D. How different will CSU defense look after the exit of Tyson Summers?

Can Leaks, threatening to sink everyone, be plugged on the go? That's what Colorado State football coach Jim Mora and the Rams are attempting to do with the defense. Mora dismissed Tyson Summers after an ugly loss to Oregon State. And saw Mora take play calling duties from Summers during the game. How much can change during the season? You have to be.

Really careful, you tweak things. Sometimes it's a change in attitude, sometimes it's a change in emphasis, Mora said. You're not going to scrap everything you've done and put in a whole new scheme, that just wouldn't work. CU's defense is one of the worst in the nation. Pick just about any category outside of turnovers forced, and the ⁓ Rams are near the bottom.

Total defense one hundred and thirty-seventh, scoring defense one hundred and thirty-third, passing defense one hundred and twenty-eighth, rushing defense one hundred and thirty sixth.

Kenny McClendon is in as CSU's defensive play caller. But what does Mora hope to and expect to see different from the unit when the Rams face Texas State on October 15th following a bye week? It can't and won't be a full scheme change, Mora spoke forcefully in the weeks leading up to the dismissal of Summers, of a frustration of how poorly CSU was executing fundamentals.

There were substitution issues.

Jim Moore, a Colorado State football coach, says alignment was off. Tackling has been awful. Confusion has led to slow play defensively. Those are the areas Moora is keen to see growth in. I want to see us improve in all aspects, everything from just lining up correctly to pre snap communication. During the snap communication, just being Moore assignment perfect.

I'd like to see us contest more throws. I'd like to see us have better play entry and leverage on the ball more set. You see the cutbacks and stuff and the missed tackles, and oftentimes that's the result of taking the wrong angle and not knowing where your help is or trusting your help. I want to see these things improve right there.

And then I believe that it's really important that you're always focused on stopping the run and at least control the run game. While the scheme won't be fully different, there may be some noticeable changes as Mora and company try to find improvement on the field. Mora says there will be new signage techniques from the sideline to help clarify calls for CSU's defensive personnel.

Opponent personnel, and other similar details. The bye week allowed CSU some extra time to sort through the change, but now the real test comes. Texas State's offense is dynamic and explosive, ranking third in the nation in total yards per game at 532 and 41st in scoring offense at 34.8 points per game.

Will the defense perform better? It's the question of the week for CSU.

Quarterback Hedgney progressing ahead of Texas State matchup. Injured Colorado State quarterback House Hedgney is progressing and still in the mix to possibly return to action this week. He's doing very well. He's doing some things now. He's practicing, not in a full role yet, but he'll be on the trip with us and he'll be suited up. CSU coach Jim Morra toward

Told reporters after practice October 12th. CSU is coming off a bye-week, but now heads on the road early in the week for a Thursday, October 15th game at Texas State. He'll be listed as questionable, which is a 50-50, and we'll take that right now, Morris said. If Hegney doesn't play, Kassan Ferrar will have his third start in a row for the Rams.

We're very hopeful, but we're also confident, as I think we all should be, in what Kassan's been able to do, Morris said. Angeny inju injured his hamstring in week three on September nineteenth against BYU. So he's approaching the one month point of the injury. After the Texas State game, the Rams have another mini break due to the Thursday game.

And don't play again until October twenty fourth at home against San Diego State. In other injury news, Mora said receiver RJ Vick is probably doubtful after being injured against Oregon State. Vick leads CSU with twenty four catches for three hundred and sixty seven yards and four touchdowns this season.

From high school, we've got high school softball unbeaten, number one Windsor, leads local teams into the Chasa playoffs. Windsor Softball ramped up an unbeaten regular season by staking its claim as Colorado's best overall team in a season finale road win over Class 5A number one Cherokee Trail. Now comes the real

Season for the program that has been right on the precipice of the title. Windsor is 23-0. He's officially the number one seed in Chass's 4-A softball postseason brackets, released October 12th. That's no surprise after a dominant regular season. But these Wizards won't be content with that, or even primarily motivated by a chance for a rare unbeaten season.

Or the school's first softball title in a nice round of 20 years. This postseason is about redemption for a Windsor team that has been the 4A runner up each of the last two seasons, including as a number one seed last year. It doesn't get much better than this year's team so far. The Wizards finished the regular season with an outrageous 274 to 20.

scoring margin and beat over a dozen top ten seeds across all three Colorado softball classifications. Regional play runs October 15th through the 17th and is double elimination in classes 5A and 4A and single elimination in class 3A. All three classification advanced 16 teams to state from the eight regions of

The single elimination for round state tournaments for all three classes will be October 23rd to the 24th at the Aurora Sports Park. Here is Windsor's regional path and the path slash seating for other Fort Collins area and northern Colorado softball teams. Windsor 4A and Region 1 games are at Windsor High School.

Number one, Windsor versus number 32, Thomas Jefferson is 10 a.m. October 17th. Number 16, Widefield versus 17th, Pueblo Central at 10 a.m. October 17th. Wellington Wellington is hosting 3A regional again. Wellington is back as a 3A contender after making the state semifinals last season.

The Eagles went 14-9 in the regular season against a challenging non-conference and league schedule, including notching a 7-2 conference mark. Wellington earned the 3A number 6 seed and will host a home regional for the second straight season. The Wellington 3A Region 6 is number 6 Wellington versus number 27 Florence at 12:15 p.m. October.

seventeenth and number eleven forge christian roy number twenty two lewis palmer at ten a october seventeenth

Fossil Ridge and Rocky Mountain Paths in Class 5A. Fossil Ridge stormed down the regular season stretch, winning eight of the last ten games to finish 14 and 9 and comfortably make the 5A field. Like last year, though, that means the Sabrecats will have to make the program's annual pilgrimage to state from the Rugg'en Road Regional.

Bossel Ridge is the number seventeen seed and will be a top seeded Cherokee Trails home regional.

Fossil Ridge in 5A Region one games hosted by Cherokee Trail. Number 17, Fossil Ridge versus number sixteen, Valor Christian at ten AM October sixteenth. And number one Cherokee Trail versus number thirty-two Thunder Ridge at ten AM October sixteenth.

Rocky Mountain also made the 5A field despite stumbling with six losses in its last seven games to finish 10 and 13 overall. The Lobos do have serious offensive firepower, averaging nearly nine runs per game. That could make them a tough out in regional play. Rocky is the number 25 seed and will be number in number eight seed Chaparral's home regional.

Rocky Mountain is in five A region six. Games are hosted by Chaparral.

Number 24, Rocky Mountain versus number nine, Riverdale Ridge at 10 a.m. October 16th. Number eight, Chaparral versus number 25, Fountain Fort Carson is 10 a.m. October 16. Other Northern Colorado softball seats in the 5A is number 5, Erie. In number 18, Greeley West. In class 4A is number three, Eaton. Number 10, Severance.

Number 11, Roosevelt, Number 12, Meade, Number 13, Frederick, Number 21, Northridge, Number 26, Silver Creek, Number 29, Thompson Valley. And lastly, in class 3A, number three, Lions, Number 4, University, Northern.

No ⁓ says Northern Seven Berthed. Don't know if that's right. Number thirteen, Resurrection Christian, number twenty Valley, number twenty three, Weld Central, number twenty eight, Fort Lupton, and number thirty-one is Mountain View.