Roaring Fork High School’s girls soccer team made it to the quarterfinals of the Class 3A state tournament, collecting a pair of shutout wins before falling 7-0 to second-ranked Jefferson Academy Tuesday evening in Broomfield.
The Rams held the Jaguars scoreless through the first 40 minutes of play in the quarterfinal match, but were unable to set up a good scoring run of their own for the entire game.
Jefferson Academy used a strong northerly wind to their advantage in the second half, breaking open the deadlocked game with a goal inside the 41st minute and peppering the 10th-ranked Rams for six more unanswered goals to earn the shutout and move on to the semifinals.
Roaring Fork got there by blanking No. 23 Longmont 6-0 at home Thursday, May 9, and then upsetting No. 7 Manitou Springs 2-0 on the road Saturday, May 11. The win over Manitou came after a scoreless tie against the Mustangs on April 19, also at Manitou.
In the first-round win over Longmont, Roaring Fork junior Emma Charters had two goals, with one each coming from juniors Erica and Carley Crownhart and Annika Anslyn, and from sophomore Maya Lindbloom.
Carley Crownhart collected both of the Rams’ goals in the win over Manitou, with sister Erica assisting on one of them. Junior Maggie Russell recorded six saves in goal.
The Rams finished the season at 10-5-3 overall, after taking second in the 3A Western Slope League at 5-1-1.
It was the final game in a Rams jersey for seniors Audrey Lopez, Avery Smith, Avery Shook, Inez Passerini-Burks and Mia Cubias.
Baseball
Roaring Fork’s baseball team ended the regular season at 11-12 overall and 6-3 (third place) in 3A Western Slope League behind Delta (18-5, 9-0) and Coal Ridge (21-2, 8-1).
The Rams hold the 28th spot heading into the 32-team regional round of the state playoffs. Regional assignments were to be announced midday Wednesday. Visit chsaanow.com for details.
Coal Ridge enters the playoffs as the No. 5 seed, with Delta at No. 7.
Roaring Fork went 2-1 down the regular season stretch, picking up home wins over Cedaredge 9-6 on Thursday, May 9 and North Fork 8-4 on Saturday, May 11, after losing 6-1 at Coal Ridge last Wednesday, May 8.
Track and Field
Two Rams track athletes are headed to the 3A State Track and Field Championships at Jefferson County Stadium this weekend. Senior Kyra Reeds will represent Roaring Fork in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles, and sophomore Nikki Tardif made it to state in the 400-meter run.
At last weekend’s Dennis Teeters Tiger Invitational in Grand Junction, Reeds took fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.75 seconds, after running a personal record (PR) 49.71 in prelims, and was fifth in the 100 hurdles (PR 16.54).
Other PRs at that meet came for senior David Finley in 100-meter dash (11.88 seconds), sophomore Kurai Chadwick in 100 (13.6 seconds); junior Eli Norris in 200-meter dash (25.98); and freshman Eric Palomera in 400 meters (1:04.21).
Seniors concluding their high school track careers at that meet were Finley, Mateo Ledezma, Angel Quinteros and Evi Keating.
Girls lacrosse
The combined Roaring Fork-Glenwood Springs-Basalt girls lacrosse team concluded its season at 10-6 overall after taking second in the 4A Mountain East League at 6-3.
The Rams lost in the second round of 4A state playoffs 21-13 at Northfield on Thursday, May 9.
In that game, sophomore Jordyn Miller collected five points between three goals and two assists, while juniors Josie McKinley-Kitchell and Hailey Wolfe had four points each, and senior Grace Garcia, sophomore Juliana Pittz and freshman Marin Weaver each contributed two points.
It was the final game for seniors Garcia, Lucianna Phillips, Bailey Dodson, Kate Keleher, Genesis Castillon, Paige Pulliman and Olivia Goodman.
Miller, McKinley-Kitchell and Wolfe will be joining Team Colorado in a national tournament this summer.