Editor’s note: John Stroud is a Roaring Fork High School track and field coach and a substitute teacher at several Roaring Fork School District schools. The Roaring Fork High School varsity boys soccer team picked up a pair of wins over the past week to move to 2-1 on the young season. The Rams hosted […]
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Fall sports season off and running
Roaring Fork High School made its return to the varsity football ranks after a year’s hiatus, facing off against a tough Gunnison team at home on Aug. 21. The Rams held their own defensively for much of the first quarter, during which the Cowboys were beset by several offensive penalties. However, once the Class 2A […]
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Fall sports kicks off with return of Friday night lights football in Carbondale
Varsity football is officially back at Roaring Fork High School, and the gridiron is where the 2026-27 prep sports season begins as the Rams take on Gunnison this Friday, Aug. 21, 7pm at Rams Field in Carbondale. “We’ve really been hyping it up and are trying to get a big crowd out there for our […]
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Novedades: Protección de aguas termales, torneo de baloncesto, votantes y más
Legislación sobre la cantera de piedra caliza El 23 de julio, el senador Michael Bennet y el representante Jeff Hurd presentaron en el Congreso la Ley de Protección de las Aguas Termales de Glenwood (Glenwood Hot Springs Protection Act), con el objetivo de proteger a Glenwood Springs y sus aguas termales de los posibles impactos […]
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Rams ramping it up in renewed push for varsity football
A return to the glory days. That’s the objective of any sports program that’s been in rebuilding mode, and none more so in Carbondale than the Roaring Fork High School football program. Several things are coming together for Roaring Fork to have a varsity football program this coming season, after a series of on-again, off-again […]
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Post-season honors bestowed on spring sports athletes
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. […]