With just weeks left in the 2024-25 school year, thoughts of sleeping in are hard to fend off for most, but not for members of the Rifle, Coal Ridge, and Glenwood Springs varsity baseball teams. 

All three teams will compete in their CHSAA regional tournaments over the weekend as they push towards their ultimate goal of bringing home a state championship. 

The No. 13 Glenwood Springs Demons and No. 30 Rifle Bears will travel to the Front Range for their respective 4A regional tournaments, while the No. 3 Coal Ridge Titans will host the 3A Region 3 tournament Saturday.

Coal Ridge Titans

Quietly becoming one of Class 3A’s most dominant programs in recent years, the Coal Ridge Titans have dropped just eight regular-season games over the past three years.

Coal Ridge didn’t differ far from the norm in 2025, as they surpassed the 20-win mark for the third straight season. The Titans, who haven’t lost a game since April 1, refused to drop a game on their home diamond while outscoring opponents 252-60 on the season. 

“We are super excited to see the boys make another run,” Titans head coach Dan Larsen said. “It is very important to host regionals but we have a pretty tough bracket.”

As the No. 3 seed, Coal Ridge will host the Region 3 tournament Saturday at Coal Ridge High School. They open against No. 30 Timnath at 10 a.m. The winner will face either No. 14 Peak to Peak or No. 19 Gunnison in the regional final at 3 p.m., with a trip to the 3A state tournament on the line.

Glenwood Springs Demons

After a lukewarm 7-5 start, the Demons caught fire in the second half of the season, closing with a 10-game win streak. Now red-hot, they look to continue that success during the 4A region 4 tournament on Saturday. 

“There was a point in the middle of the season where we weren’t playing great baseball and I was beginning to wonder if I had overestimated our potential,” Demons head coach Rob Norville said. “But then we really focused on having a better approach at the plate and the boys bought into the idea that success for the team would be more rewarding than any individual statistics, and we finished with a ten-game winning streak. Our goal now is to keep that streak going so we can continue having fun on the diamond together for another week or two.”

The Demons will have a tough time continuing their streak as they face off against top-tier 4A talent. Glenwood will face No. 20 Pueblo South at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The winner will advance to the 3 p.m. regional final to face either No. 3 Golden or No. 29 Longmont.

Rifle Bears

When the Rifle Bears get rolling together as a team, they can stand with any 4A team in the state. The Bears, who were awfully streaky throughout the season, finished the season on a three game win streak. Their final win over the Grand Junction Central Warriors was enough to push them over .500 at 12-11 and into the No. 30 seed, the last playoff spot. 

“Our players really did something special over these past three games,” Rifle Bears head coach Troy Phillips said. “It is really cool being the smallest public school in 4A to make it to the playoffs, and to do it for the fourth year in a row is special.”

The Bears will have their work cut out for them when they travel to Monument to face the No. 3 Lewis-Palmer Rangers at 10 a.m. Saturday. The winner of the Bears and Rangers game will wait to see who is crowned in the battle between the No. 14 Summit Tigers and the No. 19 Durango Demons, who play at 12:30 p.m. The final for the 4A region three will be played at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Lewis-Palmer High School for a chance to advance to the 4A CHSAA state championship tournament.