The past week in Roaring Fork High School spring sports was highlighted by a big win for the girls lacrosse team, and a new school record for the girls 4×800 relay team on the track.
Starting things off, playing at Battle Mountain on Friday, April 11, the lacrosse team defeated one of the top 4A Mountain East League teams, 16-15.
“It was a great victory for us,” head coach Drew Kitchell said. “Battle Mountain was in foul trouble early, but the Rams played super tough with only one sub but for a short injury timeout.”
Points (combined goals and assists) for the Rams came from Jordyn Miller, eight; Josie McKinley, seven; Hailey Wolfe, six; Eva Feinsinger and Lilu Illouz, two; Marin Weaver, one.
Roaring Fork was back on the field Tuesday at Eagle Valley, where the Rams recorded a 18-3 win to improve to 7-2 overall and 4-2 in the league.
Next up, Roaring Fork hosts Aspen at 11:30am on Saturday at Rams Field, and then it’s Battle Mountain again on the home turf coming up on April 28.
“I’m feeling pretty good about being 7-2 and ranked No. 7 in 4A,” Kitchell said. “We have work to do, though, as only spots one through six get a bye in the first round of the playoffs,” skipping the first round and advancing directly. “Hopefully we can make up some ground late in the season and get that home field advantage with a bye.”
Track and Field
Running at the Glenwood Springs Demon Invitational on Saturday, April 12, the girls 4×800-meter relay team — made up of freshman Sophia Warner, sophomore Sadie Silcox, junior Caroline Cole and senior Isabella Moon — broke a 26-year-old RFHS record in the event.
Anchored by Grace College commit Moon, the team clocked a time of 10 minutes, 51.65 seconds to not only take first place out of five teams, but break the former school record of 10:59.77 established in 1999. That team was anchored by Caroline Cretti, a four-time state track champion in the 1600 and 3200 meters in 2000 and 2001, who still holds the RFHS records in those events. Cretti went on to run collegiately for Williams College in Massachusetts.
Also placing in the top eight and earning team points in their respective events at the Glenwood Springs meet were:
Moon — 1600-meter run, third (5:49.23), and 800 meters, third (2:42.45).
Cole — 1600 meters, fifth (6:01.23), and 800 meters, fourth (2:45.64).
Nikki Tardif — 300-meter hurdles, fourth (52.06 seconds); 200-meter dash, seventh (28.6 seconds).
Kinley Richmond — 3200 meters, fifth (14:23.4)
Miley Stuart — 3200 meters, seventh (15:06.6)
Among the boys, there were no top-eight finishes but several athletes did record personal bests in their events, including Eli Norris in the 100-meter dash (12.10 seconds), Gianluca Liuzzi in the 100 (13.5) and Kaiden Werth in the 1600 meters (5:21.73).
Girls soccer
The Lady Rams soccer team suffered a tough 5-2 loss at home against league-leading Delta on Tuesday, April 15.
Down 3-2 with 25 minutes left in the game after Roaring Fork goals by Emma Charters and Maddie Anderson, a missed kick on the defensive end led to another Panthers goal by multi-sport star Jessica Black.
On April 9, the Rams tied 1-1 at Steamboat Springs, with the lone goal by Kennedy Arnold, assisted by Carley Crownhart; and on April 11, Roaring Fork won 10-0 at Moffat County.
The Rams stand 3-2-3 overall, and 1-1-1 in the 3A Western Slope League, ahead of a Thursday date at Basalt. Game time is 4pm.
Baseball
Meanwhile, the Roaring Fork baseball team lost 14-11 and 18-6 at Delta on Friday, April 11, dropping to 3-9 overall and 0-4 in the 3A WSL.
The team was at Basalt on Wednesday, and is set to host Basalt on Saturday (11am).