Roaring Fork High School’s girls lacrosse team is off to a 5-1 this season, with their only loss so far coming to a tough Battle Mountain team, 16-5, on March 17. Since then, the Rams have run the slate, scoring a 12-9 win at home against Steamboat Springs on March 19, defeating Grand Junction on […]
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New season of high school sports spring into action
Spring sports for Colorado high schools are now underway. Here’s a look at results from recent action for our local Carbondale teams. RFHS Baseball: Lost 14-3 and 12-5 at Colorado Academy and Castle View, respectively. RFHS girls soccer: Lost 3-1 and 4-0 at Battle Mountain and Glenwood Springs, respectively. CRMS girls soccer: Won 1-0 at […]
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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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Mature Content: ‘All Used Up’
We’re all “aging.” From our neighbor turning 10 to friends turning 80, if you manage to stay alive, aging happens. For a time, that process means gaining abilities. Then, slowly, almost imperceptibly at first, the gains stabilize. Eventually, they become losses. When 55-year-old Susan moved back to the Valley, and Ron made his Valley debut […]
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Home, sweet home for Roaring Fork in regional round of state hoops playoffs
It’s been more than two decades since there was this much dual excitement around the Roaring Fork High School basketball programs, and the Carbondale faithful will get a chance to help it unfold this weekend. The boys and girls teams both earned the right to host a regional round of the Class 3A state playoffs […]
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Basalt wrestlers represent at state tournament, Rams basketball into final stretch
Basalt High School’s boys wrestling team had three representatives compete at the Class 3A Colorado State Wrestling Championship held at Ball Arena in Denver over the weekend, but no podium finishes for the Longhorns. Qualifying at 165 pounds, senior Luca Del cid came into the state tournament with a 26-14 record on the season. He […]
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High school swimmers conclude season; several local wrestlers statebound this weekend
The combined Glenwood Springs Demons girls swim team, which includes student-athletes from Roaring Fork High School, concluded its season with several members representing at the 3A State Swimming and Diving Championships in Thornton Feb. 13-14. The top individual finisher for the team was sophomore Sylvia Duchscher, who placed fifth in the 100 Freestyle event with […]
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Rams Report: Rams score dual hoops wins over rival Coal Ridge
Another barn-burner high school boys basketball matchup between Roaring Fork and Coal Ridge in Carbondale Tuesday night proved to be one for the scrapbooks. After a huge 50-39 win last week at Class 4A Aspen to help improve Roaring Fork’s 3A state power ranking to No. 7 coming into the week, the Rams needed another […]
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Roaring Fork girls building bench strength with big test coming Saturday
Dominating wins over weak teams pad the record and the scorebook, but don’t do much in the statistical game that determines Colorado high school basketball rankings, and ultimately seeding for the postseason. Take the undefeated Roaring Fork High School girls basketball team, for example. The Rams, now 12-0 after annihilating Aspen 72-5 Tuesday night, held […]
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Roaring Fork hoops teams handle Basalt in rivalry meetup
A Basalt High School boys basketball team, hungry for their first win of the season, gave Roaring Fork all it could handle in the first half of play on the Rams’ home court in Carbondale Tuesday night. In the end, though, it was the high-powered Rams who pulled away for the 61-43 win to score […]