AURORA | The bracket and time schedule for the 2018 Class 5A state volleyball tournament as released on Nov. 3, 2018, by the Colorado High School Activities Association. The tournament runs Nov. 8-10 at the Denver Coliseum. Aurora teams bold and uppercased:

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2018 CLASS 5A STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

1st round byes: 1. Chaparral (23-2), 2. CHEROKEE TRAIL (21-4), 3. Valor Christian (23-2), 4. Windsor (19-6)

Thursday, Nov. 8

Match 1: No. 9 Chatfield (17-7) vs. No. 8 Denver East (20-5), 8 a.m.

Match 2: NO. 12 GRANDVIEW (10-15) vs. No. 5 Fossil Ridge (23-2), 9:30 a.m.

Match 3: No. 11 Ralston Valley (16-9) vs. No. 6 Cherry Creek (21-4), 11 a.m.

Match 4: No. 10 Rocky Mountain (20-5) vs. NO. 7 EAGLECREST (19-6), 12:30 p.m.

Winners Bracket

Match 5: Winner Match 1 vs. No. 1 Chaparral, 2 p.m.

Match 6: Winner Match 2 vs. No. 4 Windsor, 3:30 p.m.

Match 7: Winner Match 3 vs. No. 3 Valor Christian, 5 p.m.

Match 8: Winner Match 4 vs. NO. 2 CHEROKEE TRAIL, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 9

Contenders Bracket

Match 9: Loser Match 6 vs. Loser Match 3, 8 a.m.

Match 10: Loser Match 5 vs. Loser Match 4, 9:30 a.m.

Match 11: Loser Match 8 vs. Loser Match 1, 11 a.m.

Match 12: Loser Match 7 vs. Loser Match 2, 12:30 p.m.

Winners Bracket

Match 13: Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6, 2 p.m.

Match 14: Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8, 3:30 p.m.

Contenders Bracket

Match 15: Winner Match 9 vs. Winner Match 10, 5 p.m.

Match 16: Winner Match 11 vs. Winner Match 12, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 10

Contenders Bracket

Match 17: Winner Match 15 vs. Loser Match 14, 8 a.m.

Match 18: Winner Match 16 vs. Loser Match 13, 9:30 a.m.

Winners Bracket

Semifinal: Winner Match 13 vs. Winner Match 17, noon

Contenders Bracket

Semifinal: Winner Match 14 vs. Winner Match 18, 2 p.m.

Championship

Winner Semifinal 1 vs. Winner Semifinal 2, 6 p.m.

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