The Roaring Fork High School girls basketball team has played its way into third place in the 3A Western Slope League standings with three straight wins over Cedaredge (62-45), Meeker (64-48) and Aspen (49-30), with two crucial games coming up this weekend.Meanwhile, the Rams boys suffered two losses over the weekend to Cedaredge (46-58) and […]
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Rams lean on senior leadership, young talent in bid for 3A league title
A combination of veteran experience and talent among the younger ranks has the Roaring Fork High School boys basketball team in the thick of the 3A Western Slope League (WSL) race with five crucial games to go. After soundly defeating North Fork in the final road game of the regular season last Friday (Jan. 26), […]
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Roaring Fork basketball teams prep for second round of 3A league matchups
The Roaring Fork High School basketball teams both find themselves in the thick of the 3A Western Slope League race halfway through the conference schedule after the latest round of action. With the last three games on the road, the Roaring Fork girls scored an important win, 64-43, at Gunnison on Saturday, following a close […]
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Rams basketball teams split slate of games to open conference season
Both Roaring Fork High School basketball teams sandwiched a pair of 3A Western Slope League wins between a couple of tough losses to open the post-holiday schedule this past week.The Rams boys, after a nailbiter at Meeker on Jan. 10 that ended in a 43-41 Cowboys win, grabbed wins on the road Friday at Cedaredge, […]
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Seniors play leadership role off the bench for Rams girls basketball
Though not regular starters, the two seniors on this season’s Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) girls basketball team know they have an important job to do. And they’re up to the task.Through the early part of the season in December, Avery Smith and Lelany Gardesani proved to be valuable relief coming off the bench in […]
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Rams Report: Basketball teams conclude pre-holiday slate
Playing up in competition against 4A and 5A teams to close out the pre-holiday schedule, the Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) boys and girls basketball teams now have their eyes on the 3A Western Slope League slate come the new year. The Rams girls are off to a 3-2 start, scoring a win over Basalt, […]
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Rams upend Woodland Park, but fall to Faith Christian in second round
On Friday, March 3, the Roaring Fork Rams boys varsity team defeated the Woodland Park Panthers in a tense 53-48 game in Arvada. Despite a relative height differential in the Panthers’ favor, senior River Byrne led the Rams with 21 points in the program’s first playoff victory since 2019. The victory earned the Rams a […]
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Rams punish pirates
In any sport, it is no easy task to beat a team three times in a single season. In order to progress to the next round of the 3A Western Slope district tournament, the Roaring Fork Rams had no choice but to make it three victories in a row over the Olathe Pirates in Carbondale […]
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Rams rock Cowboys on Senior Night
The Roaring Fork Rams boys varsity team had two jobs to do on Saturday night: honor their seniors and win a game of basketball. They did both, and then some. After suffering a 16-point loss to league rival Cedaredge on Friday night, Coach Jason Krieling and his team knew they had a point to prove […]
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Hot return to hoops season
For most residents of Carbondale, mid-January signals a slow return to the structures of everyday life after a few weeks of holiday cheer. Students, parents, workers: we tend to creak back into our daily rhythms and forgive ourselves for taking things one slow step at a time. Not so for Roaring Fork High School’s basketball […]