Recruiting and high school football report: July 30

More offers and commitments have hit the state of Colorado, despite the uncertainty about the start of the season with just a couple of weeks before the first official day of fall practice is scheduled to begin. The most recent blitz of offers from an area school came from the Colorado School of Mines. Four local prospects announced receiving offers to play for the NCAA Division II program that has recently become one of the best in the nation in the last couple of days. A few quarterbacks received offers from the school, including Rampart’s [player_tooltip player_id="22596" first="Cale" last="Cormaney"]. A two-year starter returning for his senior season, he has thrown for 1,191 yards and 11 touchdowns with a 50 percent completion percentage. Cormaney is the No. 11 ranked quarterback in the Class of 2021 by Prep Redzone Colorado. One of the best players in Class 1A also earned an offer from the School of Mines. [player_tooltip player_id="22618" first="Kory" last="Tacha"], the Class 1A Player of the Year who led the Limon Badgers to the state title last season, announced his offer to the program. In a spectacular 2019 campaign, he rushed for 1,459 yards and 15 touchdowns and had 17 receptions for 325 and three scores from his running back spot. On defense, he recorded 70 tackles and had an interception and fumble recovery as a linebacker. Tacha is currently ranked the No. 8 running back in Colorado for the Class of 2021. The final two to announced offers over the last two days to the Colorado School of Mines was a pair of teammates from Legend. Offensive and defensive lineman [player_tooltip player_id="22579" first="James" last="Betschart"], the No. 15 ranked offensive lineman in the state. Also getting an offer was Connor Eise, a running back and safety for the Titans. In the 2019 season, he had 1,017 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns on the ground, and he also got some chances to return kicks in the special teams game. While these are just some of the latest recruits from the state to be offered, look for many to be offered and to commit to the School of Mines as they actively recruit here in Colorado. <span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Recent commits continue</strong></span> A few more of the top players in the state of Colorado made their commitments to play at the next level over the last couple of days. First was Grandview defensive lineman/linebacker [player_tooltip player_id="22539" first="Trevyn" last="Heil"] announcing his plans to play for the University of Nevada. He was the first player from Colorado to commit to the program for the Class of 2021. Currently ranked the No. 1 linebacker prospect in the state, he adds to a long list of top athletes in Colorado choosing to play for a Mountain West conference school. The very next day, Cherry Creek tight end [player_tooltip player_id="22523" first="Gunnar" last="Helm"] announced that he would play for the University of Texas. He is the No. 3 ranked tight end and No. 7 overall prospect in the state. At this point, eight of the top 10 prospects in the state have now made their commitments. The lone two yet to commit are Cherry Creek defensive lineman [player_tooltip player_id="22521" first="Arden" last="Walker"] and Eaglecrest wide receiver [player_tooltip player_id="22526" first="Ty" last="Robinson"]. <strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Other notes</span></strong> An official announcement i<span style="font-size: 1rem;">s expected to come from the Governor’s office and the Colorado High School Activities Association regarding the start of the high school football season as the start of the preseason inches closer and closer. Perhaps a good sign for football was the green light being given to boys tennis and softball to start as scheduled, meaning the association will not delay all fall sports or move the entire fall season to the sp</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">ring as other states have done. Still, many await the fate of the high school football season.</span> Prep Redzone Colorado recently paid visits to some camps and practice sessions across the state. Be sure to check out highlights from <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2020/07/photo-gallery-guns-down-denver-7-on-7-tournament/">Guns Down Denver 7-on-7</a>, <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2020/07/six-zero-strength-fitness/">Six Zero Strength + Fitness</a>, <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2020/07/performance-empire-photo-gallery/">Performance Empire</a>, D<a href="https://prepredzone.com/2020/07/standouts-at-the-different-breed-camp-for-ol-dl-lb/">ifferent Breed camp</a> and <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2020/07/standout-dbs-and-rbs-from-the-jenkins-elite-camp/">Jenkins Elite Camp</a> in our most recent coverage. Think you are someone we should watch or follow this upcoming season and beyond? Follow us on social media at Prep Redzone Colorado and share your highlights, workouts, offers and more.