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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Draw with Timnath boots Roaring Fork soccer into top 10
The Roaring Fork High School boys soccer team played the state’s seventh-ranked 3A team to a scoreless tie on Saturday, Sept. 20, an outcome that in turn propelled the Rams into the top 10. The physical bout produced multiple yellow cards for both teams, landed one Timnath player in the hospital with a shoulder injury, […]
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Roaring Fork soccer making moves through early season
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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Football comes up short in homecoming bid; Rams volleyball wins
Roaring Fork High School’s football team had its biggest offensive output of the season on homecoming night, Friday, Oct. 4, but fell just short of a win, dropping a 23-20 decision to 1A Western Slope League foe Grand Valley. With the fans revved up for the return of Friday night lights to homecoming week in […]
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Boys soccer scores league win over Rifle, volleyball team falls; football earns forfeit ‘W’
Roaring Fork High School’s boys soccer team started off on the right foot in the 3A Western Slope League opener at Rifle last week, handing the previously undefeated Bears their first loss of the season.With the score tied at 1-1 midway through the second half of play on Thursday, Sept. 12, Rams sophomore Cal Stone […]
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Combined-school softball team lets Basalt, Roaring Fork, Glenwood players shine as one
Basalt High School senior Taylor Anthes knows that without her softball teammates from neighboring Roaring Fork and Glenwood Springs high schools she probably wouldn’t have the opportunity to play for her own school. It’s only through the combination of players from the three Roaring Fork District schools that Basalt is able to field a team […]
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Grand slam season for little league teams
Baseball and softball were in full swing this summer as the Carbondale Recreation Center’s (CRC) little league teams slid into perfect seasons. Attracting kids from all around Carbondale, the CRC league had approximately 70 athletes spread across seven teams. Included in the program were tee-ball, ages 7-8 coach-pitch, ages 9-10 and 11-13 kid-pitch and ages […]
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“Where the horns come together”
It’s no secret that The Sopris Sun cheers for the Rams! We live in a valley replete with athletes competing in a range of sports, from skiing (of course) to lacrosse, football, hockey, mountain biking, rock climbing, etc. You name it, we play it. By one coaching legend’s observation, the challenge is that schools want […]