Roaring Fork High School’s boys soccer team continues on an early season roll, improving to 4-1 overall and taking their first 3A Western Slope League (WSL) win in action over the past week.
The Rams won 6-2 at home on Sept. 11 over league foe Rifle, followed by a 5-3 win at Summit on Sept. 13 and besting Steamboat Springs on the road Tuesday night, Sept. 16, 2-1.
“They’re looking really strong,” veteran head coach Nick Forbes said before the Steamboat win.
The Rifle and Summit games were both closer than the final scores would indicate, he said.
“But we were looking unruffled when we got behind on the scoreboard,” Forbes said. “We are starting to be clinical in front of goal and the team is starting to click. To play the way we did against [Rifle and Summit] bodes really well for the coming crunch time this season.”
Against Rifle, goals came from juniors Oliver Shook and Cal Stone (two each), with one by junior Wesley Serano. The other goal against the Bears was an own goal mishap.
At Summit, the teams were tied 3-3 at the half, but the Rams connected on two more in the second and held the Tigers at bay.
Shook again had two goals, with one each from Stone, junior Kevin Morales and senior Eli Norris.
At Steamboat, the teams were scoreless at the half, before the Rams earned the edge in the second. Scoring stats were not immediately available.
Next up, the Rams host Timnath on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Rams Field (2pm), and are back on the home turf on Tuesday, Sept. 24, against Grand Junction Central (6pm).
Girls volleyball
Meanwhile, the Rams ladies volleyball team fell to 2-8 overall and holds a 1-1 3A WSL mark after losses at Grand Junction 3-1 (22-25, 25-21, 16-25, 13-25) on Sept. 11, followed by a 3-1 loss at Vail Christian on Tuesday night this week (25-21, 17-25, 22-25, 11-25).
Against Grand Junction, the kills leader for the Rams was senior Nikki Tardif with 10, while junior Hazel Jenkins and sophomore Clover Hansen had five each.
Next up, the Lady Rams are at Coal Ridge on Thursday, Sept. 18 (6:30pm), and back home against Soroco on Monday, Sept. 22 (6pm).
Boys tennis
The combined Basalt boys tennis team hosted Fruita Monument on Sept. 10, claiming a 7-0 team win as the Wildcats had to forfeit several matches.
In the two matches that were played, Basalt senior Fritz Simmons won his No. 1 singles match over Fruita’s Rowdy Ellsworth, 6-0, 6-2. And, in the No. 2 singles match, it was Basalt sophomore Isaac Zevin over Fruita’s Caleb Reschke, 7-5, 6-0.
Next up, Basalt hosts Steamboat Springs on Friday, Sept. 19 (3pm).
Girls softball
The combined Basalt girls softball team stands at 4-11 overall and 2-5 in the 3A WSL, following a 19-5 win at Battle Mountain on Tuesday.
In other recent scores, the Longhorns beat Aspen, 22-6, at Aspen on Sept. 9, and lost a double header at home Sept. 13 to Montezuma-Cortez, 18-0 and 23-7.