Sand Creek’s best season in decades is ending with the Scorpions following the Class 4A state playoffs from home.

The Scorpions went 9-1 and finished 12th in the 4A seeding and selection index, which under normal circumstances would’ve been plenty good enough to make the 24-team playoff bracket. But because of a unique CHSAA rule, Sand Creek — as well as two other teams in its league in Cheyenne Mountain (16th in the index) and Centaurus (20th) — is not eligible for the postseason.

In Sand Creek’s 4A I-25 League, only the conference champion can make the playoffs, regardless of RPI seeding. It’s one of two CHSAA leagues set up that way, along with the 5A Metro North. The reason for that is because those leagues were formed as rebuilding leagues, filled with programs that were strugglin

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