The firecrackers and skyrockets are banging away as I sit in our little cottage writing this. Unlike back home, there is zero chance of a wildfire. Weeks of rain, including showers today, have thoroughly soaked everything. Fireworks are illegal in Michigan, with a few exceptions like July 4, when smaller types are permitted. The big […]
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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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Ladies lacrosse earns No. 3 seed for 4A playoffs, hosts second round game Thursday
Two Roaring Fork High School spring sports teams are in the state playoffs, and another is also in a good position to earn a postseason bid. Starting off with the combined Roaring Fork-Glenwood-Basalt-CRMS girls lacrosse team, the Rams enter the 24-team 4A state playoffs as the No. 3 seed — the highest postseason seeding in […]
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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 […]
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Playoff run ends in quarterfinal loss for girls basketball; spring sports underway
It was a little bit further than they’d gone before, but a lesson in what it will take for the Roaring Fork High School girls basketball program to compete at the state championships level. The No. 8 Lady Rams bowed out in the quarterfinal round of the Class 3A Championships at the University of Denver’s […]
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Shootout with No. 1 Mustangs boots Rams from soccer playoffs
Roaring Fork High School’s 16th-seeded boys soccer team played the No. 1 seed Colorado Academy to a 1-1 tie through regulation and double overtime of a second-round 3A state playoff in Denver Tuesday. All the way down to the final kicks of a shootout, the Rams were on the verge of a major upset — […]
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Area high school runners qualify for state cross country meet, boys soccer playoffs begin
Carbondale and Basalt will be well-represented at the Colorado High School Cross Country Championships this Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. Competing at their Regional qualifying event last week, the Basalt High School cross country team, which combines with runners from Carbondale’s Roaring Fork High, qualified its girls team for […]
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Local student-athletes earn top-10 finishes at state mountain biking championships
Carbondale was well-represented at the Colorado High School Cycling League State Mountain Biking Championships, held at the Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley campus trails last weekend, Oct. 18-19. Riding for Roaring Fork High School, senior Quinn Carpenter placed sixth overall out of 136 state qualifiers in the varsity boys race on Sunday afternoon. Carpenter was […]
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Rams Report: Fall sports roll into final weeks of the season
Roaring Fork High School’s boys soccer and girls volleyball teams picked up key wins this week on the road, while the combined Basalt-Roaring Fork cross country team tuned up for a big meet this Friday. A rare mid-week cross country meet brought area teams to the Rifle Creek Golf Course on Tuesday, Oct. 7 for […]
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JV football building for the future, scores homecoming week win
Roaring Fork High School’s homecoming week got off on the right foot — football, that is. Playing only at the junior varsity level this season while in rebuilding mode, the Rams JV players got the Monday night spotlight, hosting Delta on the gridiron ahead of a student game of capture the flag that was part […]