The Roaring Fork High School girls soccer team picked up a big league win over Basalt ahead of the weekend, and defeated Coal Ridge at home on Tuesday, April 22, to improve their league standings.

All of the Rams goals in the 3-0 shutout win over Coal Ridge came in the second half — two from sophomore Riley Bevington and one from senior Erica Crownhart. Assists came from sophomore Olivia Rullett and freshman Helena McCracken.

A 5-0 win on April 17 at Basalt saw three goals by senior Emma Charters and two by sophomore Kennedy Arnold.

Senior Carley Crownhart had two assists, with one each by senior Maddie Anderson and junior Maya Lindbloom.

The Rams dropped a Saturday, April 19 match at 5A Mullen, 3-0.

The Tuesday win improved the Rams’ record to 5-3-3 overall and 3-1-1 in the 2A/3A Western Slope League. Roaring Fork is at home against Aspen this Thursday (6pm).

Baseball
The Roaring Fork baseball team dropped a home game against Cedaredge on Tuesday, April 22, 10-6. The Rams struck first, scoring a run in the bottom of the first, before giving up six runs in the top of the second.

Down 8-2 going into the seventh inning, the Rams gave up another two runs but added four of their own to come up short in the comeback attempt.

In earlier action, on April 16 and 19, the Rams split back-to-back games with Basalt, losing 5-4 at Basalt, then winning at home, 4-1.

Roaring Fork moves to 4-11 overall, and holds at 1-5 in the 3A Western Slope League. The Rams host a double header this Saturday against Gunnison (11am and 1pm game times).

Girls lacrosse
The cooperative Roaring Fork girls lacrosse team earned a big win at home against Aspen on Saturday, April 19, 12-11, and followed that up with a 13-7 win on the road at Fruita Monument on Tuesday evening.

Against Aspen, junior Jordyn Miller collected nine points (combination goals and assists), eight of them goals. Senior Hailey Wolfe had three points, and senior Josie McKinley and freshman Eva Feinsinger had two each. Senior Ella Gunning had 15 saves in goal.

At Fruita, points leaders were McKinley (seven), Wolfe and Miller (five each), and senior Ana Aguilar (one).

The Rams are now 9-2 overall and 5-2 in the 4A Mountain East behind Battle Mountain and Steamboat Springs. Next up, the Rams are at Aspen again at 6pm Thursday, April 24.

Track and Field
At the Coal Ridge Invitational on Friday, April 18, several Roaring Fork athletes finished in the top eight of their events to score team points for the Rams.

Among the boys, sophomore Quentin Galbraith took seventh in the boys 400-meter dash with a personal-record (PR) time of 55.68 seconds.

For the girls, senior Isabella Moon placed fourth in the 1600-meter run (PR 5:33.31), and was seventh in the 800 meters (2:37.29); junior Caroline Cole, seventh in the 1600 (PR 5:47.44); junior Nikki Tardif, seventh in the 300-meter hurdles (PR 52.02 seconds); sophomore Miley Stuart, sixth 3200 meters (PR 14:18.29); freshman Kinley Richmond, fifth 3200 meters (PR 13:35.73); and the 4×800 relay team of Isla Friel, Kinley Richmond, Sophia Warner and Morgan Fink was fourth (11:38.65).

Girls tennis
Roaring Fork junior Elleree Richmond was named Player of the Match on Saturday, April 19, against Cedaredge, as the cooperative Basalt girls tennis team fell 4-3 to the Bruins.

Richmond and her No. 1 doubles partner, freshman Adriana Walker, defeated the Cedaredge pair 7-6 (8-6), 6-3.

Also winning their matches were the Longhorns No. 2 singles player, senior Emma Garrigus (6-3, 6-4), and No. 3 singles junior Karen Gonzalez-Machuca (6-3, 6-0).

Boys lacrosse
The cooperative Glenwood Springs team, which includes several players from Roaring Fork, is now at 6-5 overall, 1-4 in the 4A Western League, after a 13-7 win at Windsor on Tuesday, April 22.

Points came from junior Kekoa Kim (six), junior James Genung and senior Sawyer Harrington (four each), juniors Kiko Pena and Ossie Hilgeford (two each), and senior Oliver Shrader (one).

The Demons suffered a 10-2 loss at Steamboat Springs on April 16, and are set to host Vail Mountain on April 29 (4pm) at Stubler Memorial Field.

Several Rams included in All-League basketball selections
The 3A Western Slope League All-Conference selections for basketball were announced soon after the season was over, and several Roaring Fork High School student-athletes made the list.

For the boys, Conference Player of the Year was Rams junior Kiko Pena, and Jason Kreiling was named Coach of the Year.

First team honors went to junior Lucas Carballeira, and honorable mention was given to junior Ethan Wilson.

Pena was the Rams team leader in rebounds, averaging 12.9 caroms per game, while also averaging 10.7 points per game (ppg), second behind Carballeira’s 16.2 ppg. Wilson was third at 7.8 ppg, and Carballeira averaged 2.7 assists per game to lead the team in that category.

Kreiling, in his fourth year as the Rams head coach, guided the team to an undefeated league season at 12-0 and the team’s first league championship in 12 years. Roaring Fork went 18-7 overall on the season, bowing out in the second round of the 3A state playoffs.

For the Roaring Fork girls, senior Carley Crownhart, junior Nikki Tardif and sophomore Riley Bevington were all bestowed with first team All-Conference honors. Senior Erica Crownhart received honorable mention.

Carley Crownhart was the team leader in scoring with 16.6 ppg, with Bevington contributing 16.5 ppg and Tardif 10.9 ppg. Tardif was the team leader in rebounds, with 8.4 per game, while Bevington averaged 8.3. Erica Crownhart was the team leader in assists with 3.5 per game.

The Lady Rams finished at 22-3 overall, taking second in the 3A WSL at 12-2 and also bowing out in the second round of the state playoffs.