The weather was dishing up as much competition as the opposing teams for last week’s Trent Goscha Memorial Baseball Tournament in Carbondale. In the end, it was the long-awaited matchup of the host Roaring Fork High School Rams versus neighboring Glenwood Springs for the tournament championship late Saturday afternoon. The Rams prevailed in a hard-fought […]
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Lady Rams soccer ties, baseball set to host Trent Goscha tourney
The post-spring break schedule for Roaring Fork High School sports presents its usual mix of wacky weather to contend with, while most teams are still just trying to find themselves. The ladies soccer team made its home field debut on Tuesday, April 1, amid snow squalls and cold temps, emerging with a 2-2 tie against […]
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RFHS spring sports seasons underway
High school spring sports began in earnest this past week, with most of the pre-Spring Break action on the road away from Carbondale. The Roaring Fork High School baseball team was at a tournament in Denver on Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, where they fell to Kent Denver 8-5 and to Colorado Academy 2-0. Down […]
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Gaining ‘Perspectives’
Last Friday, March 14, Carbondale Clay Center hosted the opening reception for a small exhibition called “Perspectives,” highlighting teen artists from Carbondale and Basalt. While including work from many students, the show heavily featured four artists, with two of them answering questions on their pieces at the event. Candace Samora, a Roaring Fork High School […]
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Sopris Sun interns among Capstone presenters
Seniors at Roaring Fork High School were sprinkled throughout the school’s auditorium and entry hall to fill attendees in on what they pursued as their Capstone project. Every student in the Roaring Fork School District is tasked with completing a Capstone project in order to graduate. They are able to choose something, anything (within reason) […]
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Rams hoops teams bow out in Sweet 16 of 3A state tourney
Roaring Fork High School’s boys and girls basketball teams managed opening-round wins in the regionals of the 3A playoffs last weekend, but were both upended in the second round to conclude their seasons. It was epic March Madness basketball for the No. 9-seeded Lady Rams, who won easily Friday, March 7, over No. 24 Lyons, […]
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Sergeant Paul Lazo aims to heed every call
Recently promoted Patrol Sergeant Paul Lazo has been on the Carbondale police force since 2019, and serves with an innate dedication to protect his community, and that means everyone. He and his family moved from Peru when Lazo was 7 years old. They lived in California for two years, where his dad filled vending machines […]
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Roaring Fork boys win first league basketball title in 12 years
It took some extra effort in the fourth quarter to fend off a surging Grand Valley basketball team on Thursday, Feb. 27, but the Roaring Fork boys prevailed 66-57 to secure their first 3A Western Slope League (WSL) title since 2013. Playing before the home crowd in Carbondale for senior night, the Rams held a […]
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Roaring Fork boys take center stage in bout with 5A Eagle Valley
It was all about the boys on Saturday, Feb. 22, as Roaring Fork High School basketball hosted 5A Eagle Valley in a game that tested the talents of the Rams, who remain undefeated in the 3A Western Slope League. After taking another step toward the outright league title with a 65-39 win at Cedaredge on […]
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RFHS baseball jacket fundraiser pays homage to Carbondale’s ranching heritage
Roaring Fork High School’s baseball team rosters over the decades have often read like a who’s-who of Carbondale ranching families. So, it seemed fitting for baseball mom and rancher Cassie Cerise to come up with a way to honor that ranching heritage with this coming season’s Rams baseball fundraiser. Team members have been out and […]