DENVER, Colo. — Two high schools in El Paso County can call themselves back-to-back basketball state champions. The Mesa Ridge boys and the Colorado Springs Christian School girls pulled off the rare accomplishment Saturday.
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News 5 Photojournalist Carl Winder shows us how the schools celebrated the wins.
The Mesa Ridge Grizzlies finished the season 26-2, and defeated the Windsor Wizards 57-53 to win their second straight Class 5A title. The Vanguard School lost to Yuma on Saturday in the Class 3A final.
The Colorado Springs Christian School finished their undefeated season with a victory over the Peyton Panthers by the final score of 59-32.
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News 5 would like to congratulate all southern Colorado schools on their hard work this season!
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