With a shot at upending the 4A Mountain East League-leading and undefeated Battle Mountain Huskies, the Roaring Fork High girls lacrosse team stayed even on their home turf in Carbondale Tuesday through the first 18 minutes of play, before the league champs pulled away for an 18-12 win.
Rams goals from juniors Hailey Wolfe and Josie McKinley-Kitchell, senior Grace Garcia and sophomore Jordyn Miller over the first quarter and a half of play had things deadlocked at 6-6 with 5:48 to play.
By halftime, though, the Huskies had secured a 10-6 advantage and managed to keep the Rams attackers at bay through the second half.
McKinley-Kitchell’s goal with 9:25 left to play in the game made it 13-11, but that was as close as Roaring Fork would get, as Battle Mountain poured it on from there to stay unbeaten at 12-0 overall and 8-0 in the league.
Roaring Fork sits at 7-5 overall and 6-3 in the Mountain East, maintaining second place headed into the final two games of the regular season, Friday at Telluride and Saturday at Durango. Both teams are outside the Rams’ league.
Tuesday’s loss came on the heels of an 18-7 win at home last Friday, April 26, over Summit. Contributing to the scoring for the Rams on goals/assists were McKinley-Kitchell (10), who also won 17 of 26 draws; Wolfe (seven) and Garcia (six). Junior goaltender Ella Gunning had 11 saves on the evening.
Baseball
Roaring Fork fell to 8-10 overall and 3-2 in the 3A WSL with a 6-5 loss at Gunnison on Tuesday.
A rainout on Saturday at home forced a game postponement with Cedaredge, which will need to be rescheduled. The Rams were also slated to play Rifle at home on Wednesday (game result not available at press time) and at Moffat County on Saturday.
Girls soccer
Roaring Fork (7-4-3 overall, 4-1-1 in league) bested Rifle on the road Tuesday, 5-1, with goals scored by juniors Carley Crownhart (three) and Emma Charters (two) and two assists from sophomore Maya Lindbloom. Junior goalie Maggie Russell recorded five saves to help keep the Rams in second place in the 3A WSL standings.
On Monday, Roaring Fork played Eagle Valley at Gypsum in a non-league game, resulting in a 0-0 draw.
Track & Field
Competing at the Clint Wells Invitational at Moffat County High School in Craig on April 26, Roaring Fork scored several athletes in the top eight of their respective events, including:
Senior Kyra Reeds – second 300-meter hurdles in a personal record (PR) time of 49.94 seconds; fourth 100-meter hurdles (17.71 seconds)
Sophomore Nikki Tardif – fourth 400-meter dash (1:03.71); seventh 200-meter dash (28.04)
Junior Isabella Moon – third 1600 meters (5:58.39); fifth 800 meters (2:48.2)
Sophomore Caroline Cole – fourth 1600 meters (PR 5:58.87); eighth 800 meters (2:56.41)
Girls 4×800 relay (Moon, Cole, Evi Keating, Sadie Silcox) – fourth (season best 11:49.99)
Freshman Erik Palomera – fifth 3200 meters (12:50.47)
The Rams track and field athletes will be competing at the 3A Western Slope League Championships this weekend and the Tiger Invitational, both at Grand Junction’s Stocker Stadium, where qualifying is in play for the May 16-18 State Championships. Currently, Reeds holds two top-18 qualifying times in the 100 and 300 hurdles (14th and 13th, respectively).