{"id":1314621,"date":"2019-09-14T21:56:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T03:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/basalt-football-shuts-down-battle-mountain-moves-to-2-0-on-season\/"},"modified":"2019-09-14T21:56:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T03:56:01","slug":"basalt-football-shuts-down-battle-mountain-moves-to-2-0-on-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/basalt-football-shuts-down-battle-mountain-moves-to-2-0-on-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Basalt football shuts down Battle Mountain, moves to 2-0 on season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Basalt High School senior Ernesto Lopez, left, chases down Battle Mountain quarterback Kai Haggen late in their game on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, on the BHS field. The Longhorns won, 28-0. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong>
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Carl Frerichs was worried about his defense coming into the season, considering it lost so much talent. Maybe not worried, but very much aware of the physical skillsets that graduated and needed to be replaced.<\/p>\n

Then came Saturday afternoon when the Basalt High School football coach watched the Longhorns physically dominate visiting Battle Mountain to the tune of a 28-0 win on the BHS field, and nothing seemed all that out of place.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost a lot of good hitters. We lost all of our linebackers, our D-ends \u2014 I have one D-end that I moved inside \u2014 so I\u2019m really proud of the kids for flying around and they are just playing aggressive football,\u201d Frerichs said. \u201cIf they do their jobs we expect good things out of them and they are doing assignment football where good things are happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it\u2019s been for a few years now, Basalt\u2019s defense was its strength last season, recording five shutouts and holding three others to single digits en route to a 9-2 season and trip to the Class 2A state quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

On paper, Saturday\u2019s matchup with the Huskies looked like it would make for a competitive game. Class 3A Battle Mountain entered the game 2-0 with wins over Middle Park (27-23) and Alameda (49-0), but Basalt didn\u2019t let them become much of a factor in the Longhorns\u2019 home opener.<\/p>\n

After trading a few early punts, Basalt took a 7-0 lead on a short touchdown run by sophomore Gavin Webb. The halftime score was 14-0 after another short TD run, this time by sophomore Cole Dombrowski in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

The second half remained a heavy dose of running the ball and a stifling defense for the Longhorns. Junior quarterback Matty Gillis capped off the first drive of the half with a 1-yard TD run, while Dombrowski scored his second touchdown when he broke loose for a score in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cCole Dombrowski, our running back, ran extremely hard today. I think there was a huge growth from Game 1 to Game 2,\u201d Frerichs said. \u201cThe offensive line is coming together. I just feel like both our fullbacks, Gavin and Peter Zimmer, are running really hard. Again, I\u2019m really proud of Matty \u2014 zero turnovers. I just think that\u2019s gigantic when he\u2019s getting zero turnovers in those games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dombrowski led the way with 78 yards and two scores on 22 carries. Webb had 45 yards rushing and a score on 10 carries. Gillis was 8 of 18 passing for 108 yards, with senior receiver Jackson Rapaport catching six of those passes for 80 yards.<\/p>\n

Battle Mountain\u2019s best drive came late in the third quarter down 21-0 when it was stopped on fourth-and-short at Basalt\u2019s 15-yard-line.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Sam Sherry was credited with 12 total tackles (seven solo), while Rapaport and senior Ernesto Lopez had a sack each.<\/p>\n

\u201cPenalties are one thing we definitely need to work on. Our kids are definitely playing hard, though,\u201d Frerichs said. \u201cSo we\u2019ll look at film and see exactly what it is. But not too disappointed. But against better teams we definitely got to clean it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Battle Mountain (2-1) heads to Moffat County next week, one of Basalt\u2019s 2A Western Slope League foes. The Longhorns (2-0), who beat Olathe 29-7 in their season opener, will travel to Pagosa Springs on Friday. Pagosa is 1-2 aver beating Centauri on Friday, 28-20. The Pirates have losses to Durango (47-0) and La Junta (19-7), the defending 2A state champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are going to be tough,\u201d Frerichs said of Pagosa. \u201cThey run the triple option. Truthfully, we are really excited about this win and we\u2019ll start thinking about Pagosa (Saturday night) and tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aspen played on Friday, losing 42-20 to Meeker to fall to 0-2 overall. The Skiers next play Friday at Class 1A Cedaredge (1-1).<\/p>\n

acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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