Valor Christian, Cherry Creek top girls teams

No. 3 Regis Jesuit (21-4) vs. No. 6 Highlands Ranch (20-5)

4 p.m. at the Denver Coliseum

Players to watch: Regis — Jada Moore, sr., G (17.6 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 3.0 apg); Avery Vansickle, jr., G (16.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.5 apg). HR — Payton Muma, sr., G (15.3 ppg, 3.7 apg, 2.9 spg); Taylor Ray, sr., G/F (13.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.6 bpg).

Breakdown: The last time the small-ball Raiders took on Highlands Ranch’s disruptive defense, the two teams produced an overtime thriller that saw Regis emerge 37-35 winners. It was the Raiders’ lowest point total this winter against Colorado competition, and one of 11 times the Falcons have held an opponent to 40 points or less in their last 13 games.

No. 4 Grandview (22-3) vs. No. 5 Fruita Monument (23-2)

5:30 p.m. at the Denver Coliseum Players to watch: Grandview — Lauren Betts, so., F/C (17.2 ppg, 10.9 rpg, 3.7 bpg); Addison O’Grady, jr., F/C (11.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.2 apg). Fruita — Callie Allen, sr., C (14.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.0 spg); Lila Dere, sr., G (13.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.8 spg). Breakdown: The Wolves are long, athletic and the toughest thing Fruita Monument has seen all season. The 6-foot Allen makes a living scoring inside the arc, but with the nation’s top-rated sophomore (the 6-7 Betts) occupying the same space, things won’t come easy. Dere and Fruita’s other outside shooters must stretch Grandview out.

No. 2 Cherry Creek (23-2) vs. No. 7 Ralston Valley (20-5)

7 p.m. at the Denver Coliseum

Players to watch: Creek — Jana Van Gytenbeek, sr., PG (18.0 ppg, 7.8 apg, 3.7 rpg); Cali Clark, sr., F (13.6 ppg, 10.9 rpg, 2.3 apg). RV — Sydney Bevington, jr., PG (16.4 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 3.9 apg); Brooklyn Seymour, jr., F (9.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 2.3 spg). Breakdown: The defending 5A champion Bruins dominated a Feb. 22 meeting against RV, with the Stanford-bound Van Gytenbeek racking up 26 points and seven assists in a 79-40 win. It’s one of four double-digit losses the Mustangs have suffered at the hands of the 5A tournament’s top four seeds so far this winter.

No. 1 Valor Christian (24-1) vs. No. 8 Fossil Ridge (21-4)

8:30 p.m. at the Denver Coliseum Players to watch: Valor — Raegan Beers, so., F/C (15.7 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 2.2 bpg); Kindyll Wetta, jr., G (13.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 4.6 apg). FR — Lauren Zwetzig, sr., F (10.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.7 apg); Sophia Hadad, sr., G/F (9.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.8 spg). Breakdown: The Eagles have yet to lose a game to a Colorado team this season, with their lone defeat coming against a Brooklyn, N.Y., school that’s currently 20-2. Beers is already on the radar of multiple Division-I schools, while Wetta is a CU commit. They go up against a Fossil Ridge team they beat 80-53 just two weeks ago.