Some championship connections look scripted. Kelsey Peterson and Reagan Harter just look inevitable.Peterson threw for 339 yards and four touchdowns — every one of them to Harter — and added a rushing touchdown and a fourth-quarter interception as The Classical Academy beat Vista Ridge 34-18 on Saturday at Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood to win its second consecutive Class 4A state championship.Harter, named the game’s Most Outstanding Player, caught nine passes for 237 yards to go with her four scores. Peterson finished 21-of-39 passing and also recorded four flag pulls on defense, capping a season that earned her MaxPreps Colorado Player of the Year honors: 4,750 passing yards and 69 touchdowns through the air, six more scores on the ground, and career totals of 12,507 passing yards and 193 touchdowns across three varsity seasons.”We have plays designed for everyone,” said first-year TCA head coach Carly Hoff. “Sometimes it’s just, ‘go mSome championship connections look scripted. Kelsey Peterson and Reagan Harter just look inevitable.

Peterson threw for 339 yards and four touchdowns — every one of them to Harter — and added a rushing touchdown and a fourth-quarter interception as The Classical Academy beat Vista Ridge 34-18 on Saturday at Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood to win its second consecutive Class 4A state championship.

Harter, named the game’s Most Outstanding Player, caught nine passes for 237 yards to go with her four scores. Peterson finished 21-of-39 passing and also recorded four flag pulls on defense, capping a season that earned her MaxPreps Colorado Player of the Year honors: 4,750 passing yards and 69 touchdowns through the air, six more scores on the ground, and career totals of 12,507 passing yards and 193 touchdowns across three varsity seasons.

“We have plays designed for everyone,” said first-year TCA head coach Carly Hoff. “Sometimes it’s just, ‘go make it happen’ between Kelsey and Reagan. And it always happens.”

The No. 1-seeded Titans beat Vista Ridge for the second time this season. The No. 3-seeded Wolves (16-2) refused to fold — quarterback Jocelynn Kalkman threw three touchdown passes, all to Kayla Dempsey, and Vista Ridge was still scoring in the final minutes — but every Wolves push met a Peterson answer.

“That’s a great team,” Vista Ridge coach Trevas McFail said. “We know to get where they are we have to get right back at training because that’s where we want to be.”

The photo above shows Vista Ridge celebrating its semifinal win at Jeffco Stadium, the night the Wolves punched their ticket to the championship game. They ran into a dynasty in the making when they got there. The Classical Academy has now won back-to-back 4A titles, and with the Peterson-to-Harter connection authoring both runs, the Titans remain the standard in Colorado’s 4A game.

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