{"id":1317124,"date":"2019-12-05T08:07:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=991527"},"modified":"2019-12-05T08:07:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:07:42","slug":"2019-20-prep-hoops-season-kicks-off-with-tournament-action-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/2019-20-prep-hoops-season-kicks-off-with-tournament-action-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"2019-20 prep hoops season kicks off with tournament action this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Glenwood Springs senior Mitchell Burt, shown in action last season, returns for the Demons as they begin the 2019-20 campaign at the Grand Junction Warrior Challenge this weekend.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent file<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Area high school basketball and other winter sports get underway starting today and into the weekend, including the annual Brenda Patch Memorial Tournament at Carbondale\u2019s Roaring Fork High School.<\/p>\n

The host Roaring Fork Rams boys and girls invite two other Garfield County varsity teams, the Coal Ridge boys and girls and the Rifle girls.<\/p>\n

Also participating will be the top-ranked preseason 3A team in the state, Lutheran, and DSST: Byers on the boys side, and Steamboat Springs on the girls side.<\/p>\n

Junior varsity teams begin play on Thursday afternoon, with most of their games taking place in the auxiliary gym.<\/p>\n

Varsity action in the main gym begins Friday at 3 p.m. at RFHS when the Coal Ridge girls take on Steamboat. That will be followed by the Coal Ridge boys vs. DSST: Byers, the Roaring Fork and Rifle girls, and the nightcap featuring the Roaring Fork boys vs. Lutheran, with game time tentatively set for 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Games continue Saturday, with varsity games resuming at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Glenwood Springs boys and girls basketball teams open the season on the road at separate tournaments.<\/p>\n

The Demon boys open the Grand Junction Warrior Challenge at 3:30 p.m. Thursday vs. Fruita Monument, with Horizon and Bear Creek on the slate for Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Demon girls are at the Palmer High School Tip-Off Tourney, also Thursday through Saturday, starting with a game vs. Palmer at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n

And, Grand Valley High School\u2019s boys and girls teams are on the road at the Front Range Corridor Classic Tournament, also running Thursday through Saturday.<\/p>\n

Thursday also marks the beginning of three other winter sports seasons \u2014 boys wrestling for Glenwood Springs, Coal Ridge, Rifle and Grand Valley; girls swimming for Glenwood Springs; and boys hockey for Glenwood Springs. For all the weekend schedules, see Scoreboard in the daily Sports section of the Post Independent print edition.<\/p>\n

Today through Saturday is also the state cheer competition in Denver. Teams from Glenwood Springs, Coal Ridge and Rifle will be participating.<\/p>\n

jstroud@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Glenwood Springs senior Mitchell Burt, shown in action last season, returns for the Demons as they begin the 2019-20 campaign at the Grand Junction Warrior Challenge this weekend.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent file Area high school basketball and other winter sports get underway starting today and into the weekend, including the annual Brenda Patch Memorial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1317124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 10:18:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}