{"id":2408371,"date":"2018-12-14T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/preps-dec-14-basalt-girls-basketball-gets-first-win-of-season-beats-rifle\/"},"modified":"2018-12-14T23:04:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T06:04:00","slug":"preps-dec-14-basalt-girls-basketball-gets-first-win-of-season-beats-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/preps-dec-14-basalt-girls-basketball-gets-first-win-of-season-beats-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"Preps Dec. 14: Basalt girls basketball gets first win of season, beats Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basalt girls basketball beats Rifle for Contini’s first win as coach<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Basalt High School girls basketball team earned its first win under first-year head coach Amy Contini on Friday, beating visiting Rifle inside the BHS gymnasium, 44-42.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns led by 10 points at halftime, but had to fend off the Bears down the stretch. Taylor Glen finished with a team-high 17 points.<\/p>\n

Rifle fell to 0-4 with the loss, while Basalt improved to 1-6 overall. The Longhorns will play Thursday at Battle Mountain before going on break for the holidays.<\/p>\n

Also Friday, the BHS boys basketball team lost to Rifle, 50-33. BHS trailed by only a point at halftime. The loss dropped the Longhorns to 2-6 overall. The Basalt boys are now off for the holiday break. Thursday’s game in Edwards is a girls-only affair.<\/p>\n

Aspen boys and girls basketball swept Friday at Vail Christian<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Aspen High School boys basketball team dug itself into an early hole and couldn’t climb back out in a 66-53 loss at Vail Christian on Friday. The Saints led 22-11 after the first quarter and 34-23 at halftime. AHS senior Noah Hollander finished with a team-best 22 points.<\/p>\n

Vail Christian improved to 2-3 overall while Aspen fell to 2-4 overall. The Skiers have games next week at Middle Park (Tuesday) and Telluride (Thursday) before going on break for the holiday.<\/p>\n

Also Friday, the AHS girls basketball team fell to 1-4 with a loss at Vail Christian.<\/p>\n

Aspen High hockey comes up short at No. 8 Denver East<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Aspen High School hockey team lost for the third straight game on Friday, falling 4-3 at No. 8 Denver East in a non-league game. Now 1-3-1 overall, the Skiers will play Saturday at Doherty before hosting Steamboat Springs on Friday to close out their 2018 slate of games.<\/p>\n

BHS WRESTLING GOES 0 FOR 2 AT WEST GRAND<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Basalt High School wrestling team lost a pair of matches Friday at a triangular hosted by West Grand. The Longhorns fell 46-0 to Hayden and 30-12 to Saratoga, Wyoming. BHS competes Saturday at the West Grand Invitational tournament.<\/p>\n

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

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Basalt girls basketball beats Rifle for Contini’s first win as coach The Basalt High School girls basketball team earned its first win under first-year head coach Amy Contini on Friday, beating visiting Rifle inside the BHS gymnasium, 44-42. The Longhorns led by 10 points at halftime, but had to fend off the Bears down the […]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2408371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 20:40:08","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":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}