The 12th annual Rams Run took place under perfect skies and was a huge success. The event raises money for the PE department at Crystal River Elementary School from many local major sponsors as well as donations made to the students who get pledges per lap run. Every student, as well as many siblings and parents, run laps for 30 minutes. Teachers and support staff participate while students from other grades encourage and cheer on the runners with high fives and pom-poms. Photo by Sue Rollyson

Roaring Fork High School’s co-op girls lacrosse team rebounded on Tuesday, April 29, with a win over 4A Mountain East League opponent Summit High, 20-4 at home in Carbondale.

The win came on the heels of a pair of tough league losses to knock the Rams into third place in the league — 13-11 at Aspen on Thursday, April 24, and 16-8 at home against Battle Mountain on Monday, April 28.

Collecting points (combination of goals and assists) for the Rams against Summit were: Hailey Wolfe, nine; Jordyn Miller and Marin Weaver, six each; Lilu Illouz, four; Josie McKinley and Eva Feinsinger, three each; and Myla Noonan, Helen Dillard and Claire Gillen, one each. Goalie Ella Gunning had nine saves.

Against Aspen it was Miller with seven; Wolfe, five; McKinley, three; and Feinsinger, one, while Gunning had 17 saves.

And, against Battle Mountain, it was Miller, four; Wolfe, three; and McKinley, two. Gunning had 16 saves in that one.

The Rams team, which combines players from Roaring Fork, Basalt and Glenwood Springs high schools, sits at 10-4 overall 6-4 in league. They hold the seventh spot for the upcoming 24-team 4A state playoffs, with one final regular season game on the slate, Friday, May 2 at home against Denver North (5pm game time).

Girls soccer

Roaring Fork’s girls soccer team suffered a 4-3 loss at Vail Mountain on Tuesday, April 29, pushing them into fourth place in the 3A Western Slope soccer league.

Down 2-1 at halftime, the Rams and the Gore Rangers scored two goals each in the second to keep it competitive. Game stats for the Rams were not immediately available. 

Last week, Roaring Fork beat Aspen 3-0 on April 24, and lost at home to Mead on April 25, 4-0.

The Rams sit at 6-5-3 overall and 4-2-1 in league play. The last state ranking put them at 19th, ahead of the 32-team 3A state playoffs.

Roaring Fork hosts Rifle at 6pm on Thursday, May 1 for senior night.

Baseball

The Rams baseball team dropped a double header to the visiting Gunnison Cowboys on Saturday, April 26, by scores of 12-4 and 12-6.

Roaring Fork stands at 4-13 overall and 1-7 in the 3A WSL, and was set to play at Rifle on Wednesday. 

Seniors will be honored at the final home game of the season, May 7 against Aspen (4pm game time), when the recipient of the Trent Goscha Memorial Scholarship will also be announced.

Track & Field

Traveling to the Clint Wells Invitational at Moffat County High School in Craig on Friday, April 25, several Roaring Fork athletes scored top-eight finishes in their respective events, including, among the girls:

• Nikki Tardif, second in the 300-meter hurdles with a personal record (PR) time of 50.25 seconds.

• Isabella Moon, fourth 800-meter run (PR 2:32.71).

• Miley Stuart, second 3200-meter run (15:11.34) and eighth 1600 meters (PR 6:30.38).

• 4×800 Relay (Isla Friel, Miley Stuart, Juni Mullett, Sadie Silcox), second (11:52.21).

• 4×100 Relay (Sadie Silcox, Juni Mullett, Isabella Moon, Morgan Fink), eighth (57.58).

And, for the boys:

• Levi Friday, fourth 1600 (PR 5:03.29).

• Waylon Applegate, fifth 3200 (13:19.87).

The Roaring Fork Track team is at the 3A Western Slope League Championships in Grand Junction this Friday and Saturday, May 2-3.