{"id":2442625,"date":"2019-04-06T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-boys-girls-lacrosse-roll-to-easy-wins-on-saturday\/"},"modified":"2019-04-06T22:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T04:56:00","slug":"aspen-boys-girls-lacrosse-roll-to-easy-wins-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-boys-girls-lacrosse-roll-to-easy-wins-on-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen boys, girls lacrosse roll to easy wins on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.7287630402384\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-303683-761\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/AHSlacrosse-atd-040719-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/AHSlacrosse-atd-040719-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/Aspen Times | Aspen High School's Cooper Johnson tries to control the ball in the boys lacrosse game against Montrose on Saturday, April 6, 2019, on the AHS turf. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/AHSlacrosse-atd-040719-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen High School's Cooper Johnson tries to control the ball in the boys lacrosse game against Montrose on Saturday, April 6, 2019, on the AHS turf. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High School&#8217;s Cooper Johnson tries to control the ball in the boys lacrosse game against Montrose on Saturday, April 6, 2019, on the AHS turf. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/AHSlacrosse-atd-040719-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/AHSlacrosse-atd-040719-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/Aspen Times | Aspen High School's Cooper Johnson, right, looks around for an airborne ball in the boys lacrosse game against Montrose on Saturday, April 6, 2019, on the AHS turf. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/AHSlacrosse-atd-040719-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen High School's Cooper Johnson, right, looks around for an airborne ball in the boys lacrosse game against Montrose on Saturday, April 6, 2019, on the AHS turf. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High School&#8217;s Cooper Johnson, right, looks around for an airborne ball in the boys lacrosse game against Montrose on Saturday, April 6, 2019, on the AHS turf. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/AHSlacrosse-atd-040719-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/AHSlacrosse-atd-040719-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/Aspen Times | Aspen High School freshman Bronwyn Chesner controls the ball against Golden on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Iselin Field. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/AHSlacrosse-atd-040719-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen High School freshman Bronwyn Chesner controls the ball against Golden on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Iselin Field. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High School freshman Bronwyn Chesner controls the ball against Golden on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Iselin Field. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/aspen-boys-girls-lacrosse-roll-to-easy-wins-on-saturday\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/aspen-boys-girls-lacrosse-roll-to-easy-wins-on-saturday\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Matching up against a bigger Front Range team in Golden, there was plenty of justification for Amanda Trendell\u2019s worries prior to Saturday\u2019s game at Iselin Field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While they didn\u2019t prove to be overly valid by the end of the Aspen High School girls lacrosse team\u2019s 14-4 rout, the AHS coach would still prefer her team show up with a bit of anxiety each time out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt comes down to confidence and not cockiness and making sure that again we are a great team but that we always have something to work on,\u201d Trendell said. \u201cIt\u2019s OK to have that worry, because you strive to be that much better than the other team and giving them the benefit that they are good, too, which is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The win continues the Skiers\u2019 torrid start to the season in which they have hardly been tested. In fact, the 10-point margin of victory was the lowest by Aspen through its 5-0 start. The 14 points was a season low offensively, which says a lot about how good Aspen has been early on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cFront Range teams have a different style of play \u2014 more aggressive than mountain teams. So I think she was nervous for this game, but we really pulled through, especially on defense,\u201d AHS senior goalie Livi Carr said, referring to Trendell. \u201cAll the girls, we kind of treat each other as a family and that really helps, especially with communication on the sides and picking each other up after mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Junior Charlotte Howie and freshman Bronwyn Chesner each had a team-high four goals for the Skiers against Golden, which dropped to 2-4 overall. Sophomore Kylie Kenny had three goals, senior Sabrina Turbidy two and senior Kate Citron one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The balanced scoring has been a theme for the Skiers this season, part of the reason their offense has remained so potent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cOur main goal as a team right now is to get every goal to be assisted,\u201d Kenny said. \u201cSince everyone on our team is so willing to rise to the occasion because we put in so much work in practice and before the season, that means every person on offense is a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Now 5-0 and ranked No. 10 in the state, Aspen will head to Colorado Springs on Wednesday where it will play Air Academy. The Kadets (4-3) played the Skiers last year in the first round of the state playoffs, Aspen escaping with an 11-10 victory on the AHS turf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThat\u2019s going to be a tough game,\u201d Trendell said. \u201cThey are athletic; they are fast. That\u2019s where when we play our lacrosse, which is systematic and smart and creative, that\u2019s where we can pull out a win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">ASPEN BOYS lacrosse GAINING MOMENTUM<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On Tuesday, the Aspen High School boys lacrosse team had a relatively disappointing showing in a 14-9 loss to visiting Fruita Monument, the Skiers\u2019 first game back from spring break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Two wins later, and that loss is starting to feel like it was ages ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The unranked Skiers, who knocked off No. 9 Ponderosa on Friday night, took care of business again Saturday with an 11-3 win over Montrose (1-5) on the AHS turf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s good to get the ball rolling and feel like we are kind of having success,\u201d AHS coach Tommy Cox said. \u201cWe played some more difficult teams in the beginning of the season, which prepared us for where we are now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Down 1-0, Aspen scored seven straight goals to lead 7-1 at halftime against Montrose. The Skiers were outscored 2-1 in the third quarter, but ran away in the fourth quarter with three more. Sophomore Tyler Ward had a team-high five goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ranked No. 5 in the preseason, Aspen\u2019s slow start has allowed them to take more of an underdog role into games, and Cox believes that might have helped the team begin to play like a team that could make a strong postseason run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt made us come out as hard as we could,\u201d Cox said. \u201cUltimately, I think it changed the mindset of every single boy on the team. We now know what we are capable of and now realize the games we lost were just by beating ourselves. We are not losing to the opponents \u2014 we are losing to ourselves. (Friday) was a huge turning point for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen (3-2, 1-1) will next head to Grand Junction on Tuesday for another league game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/aspen-boys-girls-lacrosse-roll-to-easy-wins-on-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen High School&#8217;s Cooper Johnson tries to control the ball in the boys lacrosse game against Montrose on Saturday, April 6, 2019, on the AHS turf. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).Austin Colbert\/Aspen Times Aspen High School&#8217;s Cooper Johnson, right, looks around for an airborne ball in the boys lacrosse game against Montrose on Saturday, [&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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2442625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 08:57:12","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&#039;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\/2442625","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=2442625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}