FORT COLLINS – The top-ranked Sanford High School boys basketball team lost its opening game at the Class 2A State Tournament, but rallied to win its final two games for a fifth-place finish.

Limon 41, Sanford 38

Because of high winds in the Fort Collins area and Colorado State University closing its campus, the Sanford-Limon game on Thursday was moved to Frederick.

The Mustangs lost to the Badgers, 41-38.

Statistics were unavailable.

Sanford 57, Plateau Valley 36

The tournament returned to CSU’s Moby Arena on Friday and Saturday, and the Mustangs defeated Plateau Valley, 57-36, on Friday.

The score was tied at 9-9 after the first quarter, but Sanford led 25-14 at halftime. The Mustangs led the Cowboys 42-24 after the third quarter.

Colter Canty was Sanford’s leading scorer with 17 points, followed by Trason Gartrell with 15.

Colter Ralston led the Cowboys with 20 points.

Sanford 41, Byers 35

The Mustangs outscored the Bulldogs 10-4 in the fourth quarter to take a 41-35 win in the fifth-place game.

Sanford led 12-9 after the first quarter and 24-20 after the second. Byers came back to tie the score at 31-31 after the third.

Byers took the lead early in the fourth, but the Mustangs pulled away in the final minutes.

Gartrell led Sanford in scoring with 16 points.

Byers was led by Quincy Eacret with 15 points, followed by Conrad Cichos with 10.

The Mustangs finished the season with 25 wins and two losses.

Limon 41, Sanford 38

No box score available.

Sanford 57, Plateau Valley 36

Plateau Valley – Ralston 5-15 5-8 20, Salazar 0-4 2-2 2, Mitchell 2-9 3-4 7, White 0-3 0-0 0, Grundy 2-5 3-3 7, Jenkins 0-0 0-0 0, Jennings 0 0-0 0 0, Schroder 0-1 0-0 0, Juarez 0-0 0-0 0, Junge 0-1 0-0 0, Bivins 0-0 0-0 0. Total 9-38 13-17 36.

3-point goals – Ralston 5-11, Salazar 0-3, Mitchell 0-2, White 0-2, Schroeder 0-1. Total 5-19.

Sanford – B. Faucette 0-3 0-0 0, Gartrell 6-11 3-5 15, C. Canty 7-11 1-217, T. Canty 0-1 0-0 0, Cah. Larsen 2-6 1-1 5, R. McCarroll 0-1 0-0 0, Fairhurst 2-2 0-24, Reynolds 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Cam. Larsen 0-0 0-0 0, Mortensen 0-1 0-0 0, J. Faucette 3-3 1-7, Miller 0-0 0-0 0, J. McCarroll 4-7 0-0 9. Total 24-46 6-12 57.

3-point goals – B. Faucette 0-2, Gartrell 0-1, C. Canty 2-4, Cah. Larsen 0-1, J. McCarroll 1-2. Total 3-10.

Plateau Valley 9 5 10 12 – 36

Sanford 9 16 17 15 – 57

Fouls – Plateau Valley 13, Sanford 20.

Sanford 41, Byers 35

Byers – Maes 2 1-2 5, Cichos 4 2-2 10, Price 1 0-1 2, Eacret 4 6-6 15, Ebert 0 0-0 0, Linnebur 1 0-0 3. Total 12 9-11 35.

3-point goals – Eacret 1, Linnebur 1. Total2.

Sanford – B. Faucette 1 2-25, Gartrell 7 2-2 16, C. Canty 3 1-2 7, T. Canty 2 0-0 5, Cah. Larsen 3 0-0 6, Fairhurst 0 0-0 0, Mortensen 0 0-0 0, J. Faucette 0 0-0 0, J. McCarroll 0 2-2 2. Total 16 7-8 41.

3-point goals – T. Canty 1, B. Faucette 1. Total 2.

Byers 9 11 11 4 – 35

Sanford 12 12 7 10 – 41

Fouls – Byers 11, Sanford 14.