{"id":1318427,"date":"2020-02-25T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/upsets-comeback-highlight-3a-district-basketball-quarterfinals\/"},"modified":"2020-02-25T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T06:00:00","slug":"upsets-comeback-highlight-3a-district-basketball-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/upsets-comeback-highlight-3a-district-basketball-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Upsets, comeback highlight 3A District basketball quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.6702898550725\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-993998-818\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/3Adistricts-gpi-022620-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/3Adistricts-gpi-022620-1-1024x613.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent | Coal Ridge\u2019s Irvin Ortega, Hank DiMarco and Andrew Herrera walk off the court stunned as Aspen celebrates the two-point victory in overtime Tuesday in New Castle.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Coal Ridge\u2019s Irvin Ortega, Hank DiMarco and Andrew Herrera walk off the court stunned as Aspen celebrates the two-point victory in overtime Tuesday in New Castle.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/3Adistricts-gpi-022620-1-1024x613.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Coal Ridge\u2019s Irvin Ortega, Hank DiMarco and Andrew Herrera walk off the court stunned as Aspen celebrates the two-point victory in overtime Tuesday in New Castle.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/3Adistricts-gpi-022620-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/3Adistricts-gpi-022620-1-1-1024x863.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"John Stroud\/Post Independent | Roaring Fork's Maya Lindgren dribbles around the Coal Ridge defense Tuesday night in the Rams 48-41 District Tournament win over the Titans.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Roaring Fork&#8217;s Maya Lindgren dribbles around the Coal Ridge defense Tuesday night in the Rams 48-41 District Tournament win over the Titans.<\/strong><br \/>John Stroud\/Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/3Adistricts-gpi-022620-1-1-1024x863.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Roaring Fork's Maya Lindgren dribbles around the Coal Ridge defense Tuesday night in the Rams 48-41 District Tournament win over the Titans.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/3Adistricts-gpi-022620-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/3Adistricts-gpi-022620-1-2-1024x745.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent | Coal Ridge coach Paul Harvey reacts as the Titans turn over the ball late in the overtime period against Aspen Tuesday in New Castle.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Coal Ridge coach Paul Harvey reacts as the Titans turn over the ball late in the overtime period against Aspen Tuesday in New Castle.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/3Adistricts-gpi-022620-1-2-1024x745.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Coal Ridge coach Paul Harvey reacts as the Titans turn over the ball late in the overtime period against Aspen Tuesday in New Castle.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/preps\/upsets-comeback-highlight-3a-district-basketball-quarterfinals\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/preps\/upsets-comeback-highlight-3a-district-basketball-quarterfinals\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Upsets ruled the night on the boys side of the 3A Western Slope District basketball tournament quarterfinal round for area teams, as No. 7 Aspen knocked off the No. 2 Coal Ridge Titans, 61-59 in overtime, and No. 6 Roaring Fork handed the No. 3 Grand Valley Cardinals a 38-36 shocker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Meanwhile, the Roaring Fork girls needed to mount a second-half comeback to stay true to their higher No. 4 seed in the tournament over No. 5 Coal Ridge, 48-41.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Elsewhere, on the boys side, top-seed Gunnison handled No. 9 Olathe, 76-51, and No. 4 Moffat County beat No. 5 Delta, 72-55.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Roaring Fork faces Aspen and Gunnison draws Moffat in the semifinals Friday night at Grand Junction Central High School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In the other girls tournament games, No. 3 Grand Valley beat No. 6 Moffat County, 50-34, No. 1 Delta defeated No. 8 Olathe, 64-23, and No. 2 Cedaredge beat No. 7 Basalt, 50-31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The semifinals pit Roaring Fork against Delta, while Grand Valley plays Cedaredge. The championship and third-place games for both the boys and girls will be played Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">Skiers skate past Titans<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The boys\u2019 thriller of the night saw the Aspen Skiers (13-8) jump out to a 32-29 lead at halftime over host Coal Ridge (14-6).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Titans regained the lead, outscoring the Skiers 14-8 in the third, before Aspen mounted a 13-10 run, including a 3-pointer from Lucas Lee near the end of regulation to send it into overtime knotted at 53 apiece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Coal Ridge regained the lead, 59-57 in the extra frame, but the Skiers again had the last word to win it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cCongratulations to Aspen. They played tremendously tonight, which is a testament to their players\u2019 hard work and coach (Alex) Strempf\u2019s dedication,\u201d Coal Ridge coach Paul Harvey said afterward. \u201cWe\u2019re proud of our guys for battling the whole night and competing at the highest level. We\u2019ll learn from this, grow as men and basketball players, and get ready for the 32-team state bracket next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Brader Korpela and Taylor Akin led the Skiers in the scoring column on the night, each with 18 points, while Coal Ridge\u2019s Austin Gerber led all scorers with 25 points, including four 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">Rams rally<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Roaring Fork boys (6-14) built a slim lead in the fourth quarter versus the Grand Valley Cardinals (12-8) in Parachute Tuesday night and held on to make their own District Tournament noise headed into the semifinal round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cOur defense was special tonight,\u201d Rams coach Tony Gross said. \u201cWe played our best game of the season so far, and are looking forward to the district semifinals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Rams opened up a 17-12 lead at the half, and maintained the one-point lead after the third quarter and kept the edge through the final 8 minutes of play, led by Graham Pietch with 14 points and Alex Jaquez with eight. Grand Valley\u2019s Emilio Garcia had 18 on the night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">Roaring Fork girls roll on<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In Carbondale, the host Rams (13-7) girls found themselves down 21-15 at halftime to Coal Ridge (11-9), before clamping down with the defensive pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Rams retook the lead 31-28 after three periods of play, and the fourth quarter was all Roaring Fork, as the Rams prevailed 48-41 behind 16 points from senior Caroline Wisroth and 12 from junior Maya Lindgren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI think we just needed to calm down and do what we do best, and get our heads back in the game,\u201d Wisroth said. \u201cIt was a good learning experience, because now we know that if we\u2019re down we can come back, and if we just do the basic things and play good fundamental basketball, which we know how to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Next up is the Western Slope League champion Delta Panthers (17-3), who defeated Roaring Fork 51-39 during the regular season<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to take a lot of focus and a lot of good basketball, using our heads and playing as a team,\u201d Wisroth said of the Rams\u2019 prospects to make it to the District championship game. \u201cI think we have what it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Coal Ridge had its chances, but couldn\u2019t quite handle the Rams defensive pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe couldn\u2019t take care of the basketball in the second half,\u201d Coal Ridge coach Clyde Morgan said. \u201cWe had eight turnovers in the first half, and finished the game with 22. Hats off to their defense, they put a hurt on us tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Both Coal Ridge teams now have to rely on their state RPI rankings to determine where they will be headed in the regional round of the 3A state playoffs next week. The boys were at No. 12 headed into this week, and the girls were ranked 25th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The top two teams from each of the seven district tournaments automatically advance to the 32-team state tournament, and the remaining 18 teams are selected based on the RPI rankings. District champions are guaranteed to host a regional if they rank in the top 16.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/preps\/upsets-comeback-highlight-3a-district-basketball-quarterfinals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coal Ridge\u2019s Irvin Ortega, Hank DiMarco and Andrew Herrera walk off the court stunned as Aspen celebrates the two-point victory in overtime Tuesday in New Castle.Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent Roaring Fork&#8217;s Maya Lindgren dribbles around the Coal Ridge defense Tuesday night in the Rams 48-41 District Tournament win over the Titans.John Stroud\/Post Independent Coal [&hellip;]<\/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-1318427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-05 14:35:30","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\/1318427","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=1318427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}