Roaring Fork High School’s boys soccer team continues on an early season roll, improving to 4-1 overall and taking their first 3A Western Slope League (WSL) win in action over the past week. The Rams won 6-2 at home on Sept. 11 over league foe Rifle, followed by a 5-3 win at Summit on Sept. […]
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High school sports return to the fields and courts
The start of the new school year this week for the Roaring Fork School District also marks the beginning of fall sports seasons. Roaring Fork High School returns to action with varsity boys soccer and girls volleyball, while the football team will be competing at the junior varsity level this season due to low numbers […]
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Girls soccer, lacrosse teams head into the playoffs
It’s playoffs time for the Roaring Fork girls soccer and lacrosse teams, as Rams teams made their respective state tournament fields headed into the first week of May. Girls lacrosse enters the 24-team Class 4A tournament as the No. 7 seed, having concluded the regular season at 11-4 overall and finishing third in the 4A […]
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Roaring Fork girls soccer picks up a pair of wins to keep pace in league
The Roaring Fork High School girls soccer team picked up a big league win over Basalt ahead of the weekend, and defeated Coal Ridge at home on Tuesday, April 22, to improve their league standings. All of the Rams goals in the 3-0 shutout win over Coal Ridge came in the second half — two […]
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Rams Report: Big lacrosse wins, and a new Rams record on the track
The past week in Roaring Fork High School spring sports was highlighted by a big win for the girls lacrosse team, and a new school record for the girls 4×800 relay team on the track. Starting things off, playing at Battle Mountain on Friday, April 11, the lacrosse team defeated one of the top 4A […]
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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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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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The ‘Pibe’ of my valley
This story originated from Sol del Valle and has been translated for our English readers. “Pibe” is a word used to refer to a “kid” in Colombia and other South American countries. As they say in the movie “Rudo y Cursi” by Carlos Cuarón, “Life is like soccer: everyone wants the ball, but the ball […]
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Soggy grass boys of Carbondale advance to 3A semifinals
Editor’s note: No. 5 Roaring Fork’s 3A state semifinal game against No. 1 Holy Family at JeffCo NACC Stadium near Golden took place after the print deadline for this story on Wednesday evening. Look for the result online and on the Sopris Sun’s Facebook page. UPDATE: Well, folks, the Rams played one heck of a […]
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Soccer marches on to 3A quarterfinals, one goal at a time
It took a couple of nailbiter wins through the first two rounds of the 3A state playoffs, including a snowy slidefest on Tuesday at Rams Field, but the Roaring Fork boys soccer team is on to the quarterfinals.The Rams, entering the 32-team state championship tournament as the No. 5 seed, defeated No. 12 The Academy […]