Roaring Fork High School’s boys soccer team continues its winning ways, earning a pair of shutout wins over the past week to further support their No. 3 ranking among Class 3A teams in Colorado.
On the road at Gunnison on Tuesday, the Rams won 3-0. That came on the heels of a 4-0 win over Vail Mountain in the Rams’ final home game of the regular season on Oct. 15.
Against Gunnison, it was senior Michael Parada scoring two goals, while fellow senior Cristian Turcios scored the game’s third goal.
Against Vail Mountain, senior Oliver Shook made the most of Rams Senior night, scoring a hat trick (three goals). Junior Felipe Oliva scored the other goal for the Rams, who jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first half.
The Rams improved to 13-2 overall and remain undefeated in the 3A Western Slope League at 6-0. Roaring Fork closes things out Thursday at Delta, and will await the first-round state playoff pairings for a likely home match next week.
Softball regionals
The combined Basalt-Roaring Fork-Glenwood Springs girls softball team was competitive in its 3A state regional game where they came in as the 21 seed, falling 9-7 to No. 12 Delta on Saturday, Oct. 17, in Strasburg.
The Longhorns were up 7-4 after five innings, but gave up five runs to the Panthers in the bottom of the final inning to take the loss.
Junior Sydney Ostberg and sophomore Elsie Mile both went 2-for-4 from the plate with two runs batted in.
The Longhorns conclude their season at 14 wins, seven losses.
Volleyball
Roaring Fork’s girls volleyball team lost its one and only match this past week, 3-0 at Middle Park on Oct. 17. Set scores were 14-25, 17-25, 15-25. The Rams fell to 4-15 on the season and 2-9 in the 3A WSL, ahead of a home match against Coal Ridge on Thursday. Varsity game time is 6pm.
Cross country
regionals Friday
The combined Basalt-Roaring Fork cross country teams got a tuneup for this week’s Class 3A Regional qualifier for the state championship at the Delta Panther Invite on Oct. 16. The Longhorn boys won the team title, placing three runners in the top 10 and scoring 48 to Aspen’s 55 to win it.
Junior Levi Friday, a Roaring Fork student-athlete, took second to Aspen’s Jack Diaz, covering the 5-kilometer course at Delta’s Confluence Park in 17 minutes, 33.56 seconds — 13 seconds behind Diaz.
Two other Roaring Fork runners for the Longhorns, sophomore Elliott Galbraith and junior Kaiden Werth, placed third (17:51.14) and sixth (18:24.51), respectively. Basalt runners junior Henry Ogburn and sophomore Hunter Raymond rounded out the team scoring in 21st and 23rd places, respectively.
Basalt’s girls placed second as a team in a close one, scoring 44 to Aspen’s low of 43. Sophomore Scarlett Jones was third overall in 20:26.29, sophomore Jude Tiernan was eighth (21:24.37) and senior Sadie Silcox from Roaring Fork was 10th (21:42.6).
Rounding out the five scoring runners were senior Marin Weaver in 13th and sophomore Maggie Cole in 14th.
Aspen hosts the 3A Region 1 meet this Friday, Oct. 23, where both Basalt teams are in the mix to qualify for the 3A State Championships on Oct. 31 in Colorado Springs.
The regional meet will be held on Aspen Golf Course, with the girls starting gun at 11am and the boys at 11:45am.
Mountain biking state preview
The trails at Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley again play host to the Colorado Cycling League’s State Mountain Biking Championships this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24-25.
Freshman and JV races are Saturday, while sophomore and varsity riders take to the trails on Sunday. Varsity boys go at 11am and Varsity girls at 12:45pm.
Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale has a trio of varsity riders in the hunt for a top finish, including senior points leader Drew O’Keefe for the boys, and junior Finley Nolan and senior Aurora Cherney for the girls.
Find the state mountain biking championship website at coloradomtb.org/race