City Rankings: Top 15 Players in Highlands Ranch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Highlands Ranch has been a hotbed for competitive games and talent in Colorado. There are not many cross-town rivalries as competitive as the ones in the South Suburb of Colorado. These rankings are based off of last high school season and this spring and summer ranking players in Highlands Ranch regardless of class. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_62ee966b794d9","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1168989"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"u003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400;u0022u003e[player_tooltip player_id='1168989' first='Andrew' last='Crawford'] is a lengthy 6'6 point guard who was the only underclassmen contributor last during ThunderRidge's championship run. 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