Eleven teams out of the Boulder, Broomfield and Longmont areas graced the second round of the soccer playoffs, but only seven survived to see another day — in spite of the frightful conditions they had to play in this week.

All of the Class 5A quarterfinal games, which were originally slated for Saturday, will now take place on Sunday at Englewood High School due to Friday’s inclement weather. Every other classification will resume play on Monday.

Moving on

No. 2 Boulder (Class 5A): The Panthers needed three days to complete their 2-0 victory over No. 18 Horizon thanks to this week’s first round of snow. Boulder handled the adversity in a way becoming of arguably the state’s best team — at least according to the United Soccer Coaches metrics, which have it ranked No. 12 in the nation. Senior phenom Xander Sevian hit the back of the net first, on Tuesday, on a penalty kick as the snow globe effect enveloped Recht Field. The Panther defense, along with fellow goal-scorer Logan Coughlin, got the job done on Thursday. Now, they’ll take on No. 23 Fort Collins in the quarterfinal game scheduled for 6 p.m. on Sunday.

No. 3 Broomfield (5A): The Eagles’ ride to the quarters wasn’t nearly as gift-wrapped. While they struck first with a Nicolas Gibbins 40-yard free kick in the opening 33 minutes, they couldn’t hold off the attack of No. 19 Valor Christian when play resumed on Wednesday. VCHS struck early into the second half, then forced two overtimes before the teams could reach a conclusion. Max Marchi hammered the final nail in the 2-1 coffin with his shot from about 25 yards out. Now, the Eagles will move on to brave No. 6 Regis Jesuit at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

No. 5 Silver Creek over No. 12 Niwot (4A): The Cougars faced defeat — literally — when a weird bounce off of their keeper, Malachi Gilmore, propelled the Raptors further into the postseason. Parker Brown tapped in the lone score of the 1-0 overtime thriller to give Silver Creek another shot at Granite Peaks League foe Centaurus on Monday. The last time the two squads met, they engaged in a tie that left the league title up to playoff seeding. Centaurus barely beat the Raptors out.

No. 4 Centaurus (4A): After their battle-tested first half against No. 13 Skyview, during which neither team found the back of the net, the Warriors struck gold twice to push past the Wolverines with a 2-0 decision. Luke Masterson and Colin Smith were the catalysts of their quarterfinal dreams, as they now prepare to take on the Raptors.

No. 1 Holy Family (3A): After blasting No. 32 Weld Central with an 8-0 showing in the first round, the Tigers faced much more pushback from No. 17 Stargate School in the second. The Eagles and Tigers kept the contest scoreless through the first 80 minutes, then Matthew Napierkowski sent the final dagger home at the end of the first overtime. Their 1-0 victory will give them the chance to potentially hand No. 8 Kent Denver the same fate on Monday afternoon.

No. 2 Jefferson Academy (3A): Mason Spicer sprinkled in both of the Jaguars’ goals in their 2-1 victory over visiting No. 15 Steamboat Springs, and they’ll now move ahead to try to take down No. 7 Woodland Park on Monday. Their 13-3-1 mark to date has provided quite the contest to last year’s winless season, when head coach Matt Cassell took the season off from coaching. His re-emergence at the helm of the program has made all the difference.

No. 3 Peak to Peak (3A): The Pumas pounced on DSST: College View by their own narrow margin, leaning on just one goal from Tyler Post in the first half to carry them to a 1-0 victory. Peak to Peak, which has been one of the stronger programs in 3A over the past few years, will now move on to face No. 11 KIPP Denver Collegiate on Monday.

End of the line

No. 22 Erie (5A): The Tigers scored their lone goal of a 4-1 loss to Regis Jesuit off of a Lennon Green penalty kick in the 67th minute. While that cut the lead down to 2-1 at the time, the Raiders struck twice more before the final bell tolled. Erie ended its season with a 9-6-2 record.

No. 6 Longmont (4A): The Trojans wrapped up their best season since 2015, when they lost to Evergreen in that year’s quarterfinals by a 6-1 margin. They fell once again to the dreaded Cougars this time around but held firm on defense by allowing just one score in the 1-0 heartbreaker. Evergreen’s Aydin Alper netted the go-ahead goal in the second half to end Longmont’s 2024 ride at 11-3-3.

No. 8 Dawson (2A): The first-round bye that the Mustangs earned didn’t do them much good when No. 9 Fountain Valley came to play in the second round. Charlie Martin and Finn Almond both hit paydirt for Dawson during the contest, but Grady Lewis stormed back in the second half to net all three of the Danes’ goals in the 3-2 comeback win. The Mustangs ended their campaign with an 11-3-1 record.