Several Roaring Fork High School athletes were recognized with All-Conference and All-State selections following the conclusion of the spring sports seasons. Racking up the most honors was the state quarterfinalist Lady Rams lacrosse team. Senior Jordyn Miller was named Class 4A first team All State in the attacker position, and fellow senior Alivya Malcolm was […]
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The innocent assassination
Swim goggles — the new fashion fab or a senior’s desperate grasp on a $500 prize? Maybe you’ve seen seniors across the valley adorned with colorful goggles soaking in the last weeks of high school. Personally, you wouldn’t catch me getting lunch at Dos Gringos or sweating through the end of a workout without them. […]
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Schools honor longtime retiring bus driver brothers
They’re his “bus kids” for life, whether they’re still in school today or the parent or grandparent he drove around 40-some years ago. That’s how longtime Roaring Fork School District bus driver and former Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling thinks of all the students he’s driven to and from school, sporting events and field trips. […]
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Area athletes make podium at state track meet
Basalt and Roaring Fork high schools represented at the Colorado Track and Field Championships in Lakewood last weekend, coming away with three podium finishes. Basalt senior distance runner Towler Scott took fifth place in the 3A boys 3,200-meter run on Thursday, May 14, overcoming the heat at JeffCo Stadium to finish in 9 minutes, 55.87 […]
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Rams Report: Lacrosse bows out of playoffs with tough 10-9 loss to Cheyenne Mountain
A slow start for the third-seeded Roaring Fork ladies lacrosse team in their 4A state quarterfinal matchup at home in Carbondale against Cheyenne Mountain on Monday made for a close game through 48 minutes of play. Despite a brave comeback from three goals down late in the third quarter, the Rams fell to the No. […]
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Model UN delegates discuss big-world problems
In April, Model United Nations was hosted at Roaring Fork High School, with students from neighboring Colorado Rocky Mountain School also participating. In this session, students — or delegates, rather — debated as part of the simulated Disarmament and International Security Council. Each delegate represented a different country around the world. The topic of debate […]
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Roaring Fork Valley student nabs prestigious scholarship
Anna Sophia Brown calls it a crazy year. She’s president of multiple student organizations, captain of the speech-and-debate team and, more recently, learned she’s now the recipient of a substantial scholarship. It was announced in early April that the Roaring Fork High School senior nabbed the Boettcher Foundation Scholarship, an award given annually to just […]
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Ladies lacrosse moves into No. 3 spot in 4A state rankings
A string of convincing wins for the Roaring Fork High School girls lacrosse team has the Lady Rams ranked No. 3 among Class 4A teams in Colorado this week. Roaring Fork capped the latest run with an 18-6 win over Fruita-Monument on the home field in Carbondale on Tuesday, improving to 10-2 overall on the […]
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Con sabor a victoria
El talento culinario de nuestro valle volvió a destacarse a nivel estatal gracias a Evony Mejía Montoya, estudiante de la Academia Culinaria de Youthentity, quien obtuvo el primer lugar en la competencia Italco Charcuterie Board & Hors d’oeuvre, un certamen que reúne a jóvenes talentos de la gastronomía en Colorado. Mejía Montoya es aprendiz de […]
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Rams Report: Girls soccer finding their footing in league runup
After falling 3-0 to the 3A Western Slope League-leading Steamboat Springs Sailors on their home field April 8, Roaring Fork High School’s girls soccer team rebounded two days later to score a 10-0 confidence booster over Moffat County in front of the home crowd. Sophomore Annalise Bumgarner col-lected three goals in the match, with one […]