AURORA | Seedings and pairings for the 2023 Class 5A girls state basketball tournament as released on Feb. 19. Higher seeds are home teams in each round. Times to be announced. Aurora teams bold and uppercased:

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2023 CLASS 5A GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS

ANN STROTHER ABROMAITIS REGION

First round (Feb. 21)

Game 1: No. 32 Longmont (10-13) at No. 1 George Washington (19-4), 6 p.m.

Game 2: No. 17 Skyview (18-5) at No. 16 Falcon (18-5), 7 p.m.

Game 3: No. 25 Golden (14-9) at No. 8 Glenwood Springs (16-7), 6 p.m.

Game 4: No. 24 Denver North (17-6) at No. 9 Green Mountain (15-8), 7 p.m.

Sweet 16 (Feb. 24)

Game 17: Game 2 winner vs. Game 1 winner

Game 18: Game 4 winner at Game 3 winner

ANITA STITES-ROWLAND REGION

First round (Feb. 21)

Game 5: No. 28 Cheyenne Mountain (11-12) at No. 5 Mead (18-5)

Game 6: No. 21 Standley Lake (17-6) at NO. 12 VISTA PEAK (14-9), 7 p.m.

Game 7: No. 29 Northfield (11-12) at No. 4 Windsor (16-7), 6 p.m.

Game 8: No. 20 Grand Junction Central (12-10) at No. 13 Centaurus (15-8), 6 p.m.

Sweet 16 (Feb. 24)

Game 19: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner

Game 20: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner

CHARLOTTE JORGENSEN REGION

First round (Feb. 21)

Game 9: No. 31 Dakota Ridge (11-12) at No. 2 Roosevelt (21-2), 6 p.m.

Game 10: No. 18 Mesa Ridge (16-7) at No. 15 Montrose (15-8), 6 p.m.

Game 11: No. 26 Thompson Valley (13-10) at No. 7 Air Academy (15-8), 7 p.m.

Game 12: No. 23 Greeley Central (11-12) at No. 10 Littleton (16-7). 7 p.m.

Sweet 16 (Feb. 24)

Game 21: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner

Game 22: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner

JENNY COALSON REGION

First round (Feb. 21)

Game 13: No. 27 Frederick (12-11)  at No. 6 Palmer Ridge (18-5), 6 p.m.

Game 14: No. 22 Mountain View (14-9) at No. 11 Canon City (17-6), 7 p.m.

Game 15: No. 30 Bear Creek (13-10) at No. 3 Durango (20-2), 6 p.m.

Game 16: No. 19 Northridge (15-8) at No. 14 Pueblo West (16-7), 6 p.m.

Sweet 16 (Feb. 24)

Game 23: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner

Game 24: Game 15 winner vs. Game 16 winner

GREAT 8 (March 2 at Denver Coliseum)

Game 25: Game 17 winner vs. Game 18 winner

Game 26: Game 19 winner vs. Game 20 winner

Game 27: Game 21 winner vs. Game 22 winner

Game 28: Game 23 winner vs. Game 24 winner

FINAL FOUR (March 9 at Denver Coliseum)

Game 29: Game 25 winner vs. Game 26 winner

Game 30: Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 winner

CHAMPIONSHIP (March 11 at Denver Coliseum) 

Game 31: Game 29 winner vs. Game 30 winner

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

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