Sports briefs

GIRLS BASKETBALL
DR, Chatfield, Columbine to play in 5A state tournament
Dakota Ridge (14-9), the No. 7 seed in the Carol Callan Region, will host 10th-seeded Legend (9-14) on Feb. 22 in the first round of the 5A state tournament.
Ninth-seeded Chatfield (11-12), also in the region, travels to eighth-seeded Loveland (11-10), while 11th-seeded Columbine (8-15) plays a first-round game in the Kaye Garms Region at sixth-seeded Cherry Creek (13-10).

BOYS BASKETBALL
Columbine earns bye; Chatfield, DR make 5A state field
The Columbine Rebels, the 5A Jeffco League champions, received a first-round bye and will host a second-round game on Feb. 24 in this year’s 5A state basketball tournament.
Columbine (19-4), the No. 2 seed in the Ray Ball Region, will host the winner of the Liberty-Mullen first-round game. The winner will advance to the Sweet 16 on Feb. 28.
Jeffco League rivals Chatfield and Dakota Ridge also made the 48-team field.
The fifth-seeded Chargers (13-10) played host to 12th-seeded Heritage (8-14) on Feb. 21 in the first round of the R.W. Truscott Region. Meanwhile, Dakota Ridge (11-12), the eighth seed in the Ray Ball Region, played host to ninth-seeded Rocky Mountain (15-8). Results for those games weren’t available at press time, but can be found online at www.columbinecourier.com.

ICE HOCKEY
Chatfield plays Fountain Valley in first round of 2012 playoffs
The Chatfield Chargers (12-6-1) received a No. 4 seed and will play Fountain Valley (14-5) in the first round of the 16-team state hockey playoffs on Feb. 24 at Big Bear Ice Arena in Denver.