GREENWOOD VILLAGE | With high seeds falling right and left in the Class 5A boys state soccer playoffs, top-seeded Smoky Hill tumbled Wednesday night.

Seventeenth-seeded Fort Collins converted a set piece into the tie-breaking goal with just over 10 minutes remaining and held on for a 2-1 victory over the Buffaloes, who became the sixth top-10 seed to be ousted from the tournament in the first two rounds.

Keaton Hay headed in a long free kick serve by Coleman Kane to break a 1-1 tie and send the Lambkins into a 5A quarterfinal contest against ninth-seeded Boulder. Fort Collins’ victory denied Smoky Hill a rematch with a Boulder team it lost to in last season’s state championship game.

Coach Kersten Mullan’s Buffaloes lost for the first time since Sept. 26 and finished the season 14-3.

(17) FORT COLLINS 2, (1) SMOKY HILL 1

Score by halves:

Fort Collins  1  1 — 2

Smoky Hill   1  0 — 1

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor of the Aurora Sentinel. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or sports@aurorasentinel.com. Twitter: @aurorasports. Facebook: Aurora Prep Sentinel.

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...