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Friday, October 9, 2009

Rifle football has sights set on an upset

Jeff Caspersen
Post Independent Staff
Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado


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Copyright 2012 Glenwood Springs Post Independent. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. October, 8 2009 11:15 pm

Rifle football has sights set on an upset

Friday football docket
Rifle (2-3, 1-2 3A WSL) at Steamboat Springs (5-0, 4-0 3A WSL), 7 p.m.
Grand Valley (4-1, 1-1 2A WSL) at Aspen (4-1, 2-0 2A WSL), 7 p.m.
Roaring Fork (0-5, 0-2 2A WSL) at Basalt (2-3, 0-2 2A WSL), 7 p.m.
Gunnison (3-2, 2-0 2A WSL) at Coal Ridge (2-3, 0-2 2A WSL), 7 p.m.
Glenwood Springs: Bye week

Last week's stars
PASSING: Clay Gross, Roaring Fork — 30-yard TD pass vs. Gunnison.
RUSHING: Jared Tonder, Grand Valley — More than 100 yards rushing vs. Basalt; Zach Browning, Roaring Fork — 17-yard TD run vs. Gunnison; Luke Jacob, 205 yards, 3 TDs, on 14 carries vs. Battle Mountain; Tyler Thulson, Glenwood Springs — 173 yards, 3 TDs, on 17 carries vs. Battle Mountain.
RECEIVING: Tyrel Lenard, Rifle — 181 yards, 2 TDs, on 21 carries vs. Cortez; James Martinez, Rifle, 107 yards, TD, on 13 carries vs. Cortez; Jake Hawkins, Roaring Fork — 30-yard TD reception vs. Gunnison; Cody Walls, Coal RIdge — 34-yard TD reception vs. Olathe.
DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS: Colby Fauser, Coal Ridge — 5 tackles, forced fumble, fumble recovery vs. Olathe.

Poll watch
Denver Post/9 News Polls
(released Oct. 5)
CLASS 3A: 1. Mountain View, 5-0; 2. Steamboat Springs, 5-0; 3. Pueblo County, 4-1; 4. Pueblo Central, 5-0; 5. Valor Christian, 4-0; 6. Windsor, 4-1; 7. D'Evelyn, 4-1; 8. Caņon City, 5-0; 9. Falcon, 5-1; 10. Conifer, 4-1.
CLASS 2A: 1. Faith Christian, 5-0; 2. Olathe, 5-0; 3. Florence, 5-0; 4. Pagosa Springs, 5-1; 5. Holy Family, 4-1; 6. Erie, 4-1; 7. Platte Canyon, 5-0; 8. Kent Denver, 4-1; 9. Aspen, 4-1; 10. Platte Valley, 4-1.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colorado — Rifle has a chance to shake up the 3A Western Slope League football scene in a big way with a trip to Steamboat Springs tonight.

Behind a devastating ground game that produced 337 yards rushing, the Bears scored their first league win against visiting Montezuma-Cortez last week.

Tonight, they'll face the cream of the 3A WSL crop.

The Sailors, ranked second in Class 3A in the latest Denver Post/9 News poll, are riding high after knocking off fellow league favorite Palisade, 28-21, last week.

University of California-bound quarterback Austin Hinder enjoyed a big performance in a big game, completing 23 of 28 passes for 259 yards and a touchdown, helping Steamboat to its first win over Palisade in two years. The Sailors are now 5-0.

Cards, Skiers set to square off

ASPEN, Colorado — Grand Valley had little problem turning away Basalt last week, beating the Longhorns, 28-7. Tonight, the Cardinals will face a much tougher test in a trip to Aspen.

Both teams are 4-1. The Skiers took down Cedaredge, 42-18, last week.

Grand Valley won this matchup, 33-20, last year. But that was with a number of different players suiting up for both sides.

Defensive showdown likely between Longhorns, Rams

BASALT, Colorado — Offense likely won't be the centerpiece of tonight's battle between Roaring Fork School District Re-1 schools.

Roaring Fork and Basalt, on the slate for a 7 p.m. showdown in Basalt, have combined to score 68 points so far this season at an average of 5.6 a night for the Longhorns and eight a game for the Rams.

Basalt enters Week 6 off a 28-7 loss to host Grand Valley last week, while the winless Rams were plagued by the turnover bug in a 27-15 road defeat at Gunnison.

Titans looking for a win

PEACH VALLEY, Colorado — Coal Ridge's struggles continued with last week's 49-7 loss at Olathe, home of the defending 2A state champion Pirates.

Tonight, the Titans will look to revisit the win column at home against Gunnison. Coal Ridge hasn't won since a 32-6 win over Rangely back on Sept. 18.

Gunnison, meanwhile, is on a three-game winning streak, having taken down Centauri (14-7), Grand Valley (14-13) and Roaring Fork (27-15) the past three Fridays.

jcaspersen@postindependent.com




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