Among the first local high school fall sports teams to see action this season is the combined Basalt High School (BHS) boys golf team, which is already four competitions in and establishing itself as one of the top Class 3A teams on the Western Slope.
The Longhorns’ top three players, senior Jackson Stewart and sophomores Griffin Didier and Hudson Arnold, are all from Carbondale. The combined district team is hosted by BHS but draws students from the Roaring Fork, Basalt and Glenwood Springs high school attendance areas.
The team is coached by Travis Stewart, Jackson’s father.
The Longhorn Invitational brought 10 teams to the River Valley Ranch Golf Course in Carbondale on Aug. 13, where Jackson Stewart out-shot Aspen junior Leo Roennau for the win with an 18-hole round of 69. Roennau shot 70 to place second, and Didier was 4 strokes back at 74, tying him for third place. Arnold finished eighth with a 76.
Basalt won the team competition with a combined low score (three scoring players) of 219. Aspen was second with 228 and Fruita Monument third with 229.
Playing at the Tiger Invitational at the Bookcliff Country Club in Grand Junction on Monday, Aug. 19, Didier was the team’s low scorer, placing fourth overall with a 71, while Stewart was fifth with a 73 and Arnold was 14th with a 79.
Grand Junction High won the team competition with a combined score of 206, Basalt was second with 223 and Aspen third with 230.
The team was back in action on Wednesday at the Battle of the Glen, held at the Aspen Golf Club.
Also getting things rolling this past week was the combined BHS girls softball team, which dropped a home non-conference game 21-1 to Durango on Saturday. The Longhorns were back in action on Tuesday at home against Grand Junction, and were at Aspen on Thursday.
The combined Basalt cross country team hosts its first meet of the season, the Longhorn Invitational, the morning of Saturday, Aug. 24, at Crown Mountain Park in El Jebel.
RFHS fall sports HOME game varsity schedules:
Football (Rams Field @ CMS)
Friday, Sept. 6 vs. Yuma, 6pm
Saturday, Sept. 14 vs. Del Norte, 12pm
Friday, Oct. 4 vs. Grand Valley, 7pm (Homecoming)
Friday, Oct. 11 vs. Meeker, 7pm
Friday, Nov. 1 vs. North Fork, 7pm
Boys Soccer (Rams Field @ CMS)
Friday, Aug. 23 vs. Crested Butte, 6pm
Thursday, Sept. 19 vs. Steamboat Springs, 4pm
Saturday, Sept. 28 vs. Summit, 11am
Tuesday, Oct. 1 vs. Basalt, 4pm (Homecoming)
Tuesday, Oct. 8 vs. Aspen, 3pm
Thursday, Oct. 24 vs. Vail Mountain, 3pm
Friday, Oct. 25 vs. CRMS, 3pm
Girls Volleyball (Rams Gymnasium @ RFHS)
Friday, Aug. 30 vs. Steamboat Springs, 6pm
Thursday, Sept. 5 vs. Basalt, 6:30pm
Thursday, Sept. 12 vs. Grand Junction, 6:30pm
Thursday, Sept. 19 vs. Coal Ridge, 6:30pm
Tuesday, Sept. 24 vs. Olathe, 6:30pm
Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. Grand Valley, 6:30pm (Homecoming)
Thursday, Oct. 10 vs. Moffat County, 6pm
Tuesday, Oct. 22 vs. Aspen, 6:30pm
Thursday, Oct. 31 vs. North Fork, 6:30pm
Girls Softball (combined, games played at the BHS field)
Saturday, Aug. 24 vs. Cedaredge, 11am
Friday, Aug. 30 vs. Valley, 2pm; and vs Platte Valley, 4pm
Saturday, Aug. 31 vs Bennett, 11am and 1pm
Tuesday, Sept. 10 vs. Aspen, 4pm
Tuesday, Sept. 17 vs. Battle Mountain, 3pm
Saturday, Oct. 12 vs. Gunnison, noon and 1pm