AURORA | Bracket and schedule for the 2023 Class 5A boys state soccer tournament as released on Oct. 23, 2023, by the Colorado High School Activities Association. Games times/locations added as set. Aurora teams bold and uppercased:

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2023 CLASS 5A BOYS STATE SOCCER PLAYOFFS

QUADRANT 1

First round (Oct. 25 unless otherwise noted)

Game 1: No. 32 Lakewood (7-6-2) vs. 1 Legacy (12-1-2), 6 p.m., Five Star Stadium

Game 2: No. 17 Rock Canyon (7-5-3) at No. 16 Liberty (9-4-2), 7:30 p.m., District 20 Stadium

Game 3: No. 25 Heritage (6-5-4) at No. 8 Cherry Creek (11-3-1), 6:15 p.m.

Game 4: No. 24 Horizon (8-6-1) at NO. 9 REGIS JESUIT (10-2-3), 6:30 p.m.

Second round (Oct. 31, higher seed host)

Game 17: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner

Game 18: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner

Quarterfinals (Nov. 4, higher seed hosts)

Game 25: Game 17 winner vs. Game 18 winner

QUADRANT 2

First round (Oct. 25 unless otherwise noted)

Game 5: No. 28 Far Northeast Warriors (6-5-4) vs. No. 5 Arapahoe (10-1-4), 6:30 p.m., Littleton Public Schools Stadium

Game 6: No. 21 Mountain Vista (6-4-5) at No. 12 Fairview (8-3-4), 6:45 p.m.

Game 7: No. 29 Doherty (7-6-2) at No. 4 Denver East (11-4), 6:30 p.m.

Game 8: No. 20 Fort Collins (7-5-3) vs. NO. 13 AURORA CENTRAL (12-2-1), 6 p.m., Aurora Public Schools Stadium

Second round (Oct. 31, higher seed host)

Game 19: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner

Game 20: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner

Quarterfinals (Nov. 4, higher seed hosts)

Game 26: Game 19 winner vs. Game 20 winner

QUADRANT 3

First round (Oct. 25 unless otherwise noted)

Game 9: NO. 30 VISTA PEAK PREP (7-6-2) vs. No. 3 Rampart (11-0-4), 5 p.m., District 20 Stadium

Game 10: No. 19 Valor Christian (7-5-3) at NO. 14 CHEROKEE TRAIL (9-3-3), 6 p.m.

Game 11: No. 27 ThunderRidge (7-5-3) at No. 6 Pine Creek (10-3-2), 6 p.m.

Game 12: No. 22 Rocky Mountain (7-6-2) vs. No. 11 Legend (10-3-2), 6:30 p.m., EchoPark Stadium

Second round (Oct. 31, higher seed host)

Game 21: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner

Game 22: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner

Quarterfinals (Nov. 4, higher seed hosts)

Game 27: Game 21 winner vs. Game 22 winner

QUADRANT 4

First round (Oct. 25 unless otherwise noted)

Game 13: No. 26 Chaparral (7-6-2) at No. 7 Broomfield (11-2-2), 6 p.m.

Game 14: No. 23 Adams City (9-3-3) at No. 10 Fossil Ridge (9-2-4), 6:30 p.m.

Game 15: No. 31 Denver South (8-7) vs. No. 2 Ralston Valley (13-0-2), 6 p.m., NAAC

Game 16: NO. 18 GRANDVIEW (7-5-3) vs. No. 15 Boulder (8-4-3), 7 p.m., Recht Field

Second round (Oct. 31, higher seed host)

Game 23: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner

Game 24: Game 15 winner vs. Game 16 winner

Quarterfinals (Nov. 4, higher seed hosts)

Game 28: Game 23 winner vs. Game 24 winner

Semifinals (Nov. 8 at CIBER Field, Univ. of Denver)

Game 29: Game 25 winner vs. Game 26 winner

Game 30: Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 winner

Championship (Nov. 11 at Weidner Field)

Game 31: Semifinals winners, 6 p.m.

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor and photographer with Sentinel Colorado. A Denver East High School and University of Colorado alum. He came to the Sentinel in 2001 and since then has received a number...