Happy birthday, Colorado — and Colorado sports.

Leading into the state’s 150th birthday Aug. 1, The Denver Gazette has partnered with the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame to publicize the definitive list of Colorado’s top 150 sports moments.

Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian Dave Plati and a committee of 10 compiled and will release the list every week until the No. 1 moment on July 31. Plati and Broncos icon Jim Saccomano will unveil the list weekly on a Colorado Sports Hall of Fame podcast at coloradosports.org/podcast/.

No. 96 — Dec. 6, 2025

Cherry Creek sprinted to a 28-0 lead and went on to defeat Ralston Valley, 56-28, giving head coach Dave Logan his 13th state championship, his seventh with the Bruins. As the only coach to win titles at four schools (no one else has more than two), he moved into a tie for the 29th-most nationally. He added to his winningest total in Colorado, as earlier in the decade, he passed Limon’s Lloyd Gaskill, who won 10. Logan’s 355 wins are second all-time in the state, as is his .833 winning percentage through the 2025 season.

—Dave Plati, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian