Senior Basalt High School wrestler Roselynne Bernal-Rodriguez medaled at the Colorado High School Wrestling Championships, held at Ball Arena in Denver, Feb. 13-15. 

Wrestling in the Class 4A Girls 145-pound division, Bernal-Rodriguez took sixth place. She entered the state competition with a 16-14 record, opening with a first-round win over Giana Gibbs from County Line Rivals by 6-3 decision, then advancing to the semifinals with a 8-0 major decision over Frances Bralish from Holy Family.

After falling to Lillianna Lopez from Pueblo Central in 2 minutes, 49 seconds, Bernal-Rodriguez still had a shot at third place. However, she fell in straight matches to Aubrey Rutherford of Montezuma-Cortez in 1:34 and to Jacquelyn Avila of Lamar in 2:15 to finish sixth.

Competing at 100 pounds, Basalt senior Emely Mejia-Garcia entered with an impressive 23-3 record. She won her first match with a pin over Alamosa’s Leah Pintor in 1:52, before losing 9-3 to Calhan’s Kayleigh Reese. A tough 13-12 loss to Wray’s Gabriela Aguilar ended Mejia-Garcia’s tournament.

In the 3A boys tournament, Basalt junior Herberth Requeno fell in his 175-pound opener to Ritchie Bruno from Brush in 1:36. He had a strong showing in consolation, defeating Logan Holt from Elizabeth by 17-7 major decision, before taking a 5-0 loss to Moffat County’s Zach Hedman to close out his tournament run.

Junior Luca Del Cid dropped his 150-pound opener by fall in 1:14 to Salida’s Samuel Johnson, and lost in consolation to Dean Allsman from Timnath in 1:59.

Girls state swimming 
Carbondale swimmers, senior Izzy Moon and freshman Isla Friel, represented at the Colorado High School Swimming and Diving Championships, Feb. 10-11 in Thornton as members of the Glenwood Springs High School girls swim team.

The highlight came when Glenwood senior Emma Lindstrom took gold in the 200 freestyle with a winning time of 1:52.47, and silver in the 100 free (51.61 seconds) 

Lindstrom also teamed up with Mazy McEwan, Morgan Kelly and Sylvia Duchscher to place fourth in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:42.76.

Meanwhile, Moon joined McEwan, Maya Valean and Vespera Steiner to place 33rd in the 200 medley relay (2:04.16).

Individually, Moon finished 43rd in the 100 backstroke, and Friel was 42nd in the 100 breaststroke.

As a team, Glenwood Springs placed ninth with 155 points.

Big road game Friday
The Roaring Fork High School basketball teams were idle this past week after a Saturday, Feb. 15 home game with Grand Valley was postponed due to the weather. The new date is Thursday, Feb. 27 (5:30pm varsity girls, 7pm boys).

This Friday, Feb. 21, both teams are at Cedaredge, where the Rams girls (19-1 overall, 10-1 in the 3A Western Slope League) will try to avenge their only loss of the season to the Lady Bruins. A win could give Roaring Fork at least a share of the league title.

The boys, at 14-5 overall and in control of their own destiny in league with a 9-0 mark, also host 4A Eagle Valley at 3:30pm this Saturday.