Cherokee Trail Football
Junior Quincey Voss (5) and the Cherokee Trail football team ran past Denver East 46-12 on Sept. 6, 2014, and the win helped the Cougars move from No. 4 to No. 2 in the most recent Associated Press Class 5A football poll. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)

Here is The Associated Press high school football polls in Class 5A and 4A for Sept. 9. The poll includes first-place votes in parentheses, season record, total points and last week’s ranking, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers, including Courtney Oakes of the Aurora Sentinel.

CLASS 5A

School                                      Record                Points              Last Week

1. Valor Christian (10)                3-0                     100                         1
2. CHEROKEE TRAIL             2-0                       89                          3
3. Pomona                                     1-1                      78                           4
4. GRANDVIEW                          2-0                      64                          6
5. Cherry Creek                           1-1                      60                         2
6. Fairview                                     2-0                      55                         7
7. REGIS JESUIT                        1-1                      34                           8
8.Ralston Valley                           2-0                     24                          9
9. Chatfield                                   1-1                       19                          5
10. OVERLAND                           3-0                       15                          10

Others receiving votes: Lakewood 4, Monarch 4, Horizon 2, Doherty 1, Mountain Vista 1.

CLASS 4A

School                                      Record                Points              Last Week

1. Pine Creek (9)                   2-0                     98                         1
2. Pueblo South                     2-0                       80                         3
3. Denver South (1)               2-0                      77                          4
4. Windsor                                2-0                       70                        5
5. Montrose                              2-1                      61                         2
6. Dakota Ridge                       2-0                      50                          6
7. Vista Ridge                           2-0                      40                          7
8. Wheat Ridge                        2-0                      31                           8
9. Fort Collins                         2-0                       30                          T9
10. Longmont                          1-1                       10                         T9

Others receiving votes: Greeley West 2, Air Academy 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...