{"id":2445258,"date":"2019-06-12T22:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-football-closes-out-spring-camp-with-broncos-7-on-7-tournament\/"},"modified":"2019-06-12T22:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T04:40:00","slug":"aspen-football-closes-out-spring-camp-with-broncos-7-on-7-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-football-closes-out-spring-camp-with-broncos-7-on-7-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen football closes out spring camp with Broncos\u2019 7-on-7 tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.3284132841328\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-307877-676\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/AHSfootball-atd-061319-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/AHSfootball-atd-061319-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | The Aspen High School football team practices during the 2018 season.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>The Aspen High School football team practices during the 2018 season.<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/AHSfootball-atd-061319-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Aspen High School football team practices during the 2018 season.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/AHSfootball-atd-061319-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/AHSfootball-atd-061319-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Aspen High football vs. Cedaredge on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 in Aspen. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High football vs. Cedaredge on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 in Aspen. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/AHSfootball-atd-061319-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen High football vs. Cedaredge on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 in Aspen. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/aspen-football-closes-out-spring-camp-with-broncos-7-on-7-tournament\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/aspen-football-closes-out-spring-camp-with-broncos-7-on-7-tournament\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The second season of Travis Benson\u2019s second stint as the Aspen High School football coach is well underway with spring camp ongoing. He insists not much has changed, with his predecessor Karson Pike having laid the foundation in his two seasons in charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s always hard to lose a senior class, but it\u2019s nice to see the program is building and kids just continue to fill in those roles,\u201d Benson said. \u201cKarson built a great model when he was here, and that model continues to grow. It\u2019s just kind of building on what he started and enhancing it and making it better. Once you get those building blocks in, you are working on your mortar now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Benson, an AHS graduate who was the team\u2019s head coach in both 2005 and 2006, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-football-names-travis-benson-head-coach\/\">returned to the lead role last season<\/a> after Pike took a job with NCAA Division II <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsubeavers.com\/football\/coaches\/11647\/karson-pike\/\">Bemidji State University<\/a>, where he enters his second season as the team\u2019s co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Pike went 2-7 in his first season before a breakthrough 8-2 campaign in 2017. Despite the coaching change and a new quarterback, the Skiers didn\u2019t drop off much in 2018, going 6-4 and coming within a game of winning the 2A Western Slope League. They made the state playoffs as the No. 12 seed, losing to No. 5 seed Salida in the first round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cOne thing coach always says is we are taking that one step today,\u201d AHS senior-to-be Marcus Gerbaz said. \u201cVery excited to get back on the field after a whole winter of just weight lifting and having to think about this past season and what I could have done better and now applying it to this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On top of traditional practices and two-a-days, Aspen decided to head to the Front Range today to take part in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverbroncos.com\/community\/youthfootball\/\">7-on-7 tournament hosted by the Denver Broncos<\/a>. This, along with a linemen challenge for the non-skills players, will more or less wrap up spring camp for the Skiers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI like it. It\u2019s keeping it interesting and new,\u201d AHS senior-to-be Jonathan Woodrow said of attending the Broncos\u2019 tournament. \u201cWe just have a lot of really good seniors. We have a bunch of people who are going to be good. A lot of us are confident. I think it\u2019s going to be a good year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Skiers certainly have plenty of talent expected to return, including quarterback Tyler Ward, running back\/linebacker Trey Fabrocini and receiver\/defensive back Max Ufkes, among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">AHS won six games last season despite only having three home games, a schedule that will be flipped in its favor this coming fall with six home games. The 2019 season is scheduled to get underway Saturday, Sept. 7, against 2017 state champion Bayfield. This will be the first football game played on the Skiers\u2019 new turf field, which is being installed this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cSpring ball is the glue that binds everything together,\u201d Benson said, \u201cand it\u2019s where the brotherhood is built. It is absolutely integral in those relationships getting built.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As is tradition, the spring included Aspen\u2019s Gridiron Classic, held Sunday at Aspen Golf Club. The annual scramble tournament is a fundraiser for the AHS football team and includes the players as caddies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more appreciative for the guys I caddied for today and the other 30-some teams we had show up,\u201d Gerbaz said Sunday. \u201cSuper appreciative that everyone shows up and is willing to put forth what they can to help out the football team.\u201d<\/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-football-closes-out-spring-camp-with-broncos-7-on-7-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aspen High School football team practices during the 2018 season.Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times Aspen High football vs. Cedaredge on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 in Aspen. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times Show CaptionsHide Captions The second season of Travis Benson\u2019s second stint as the Aspen High School football coach is well [&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":["post-2445258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-22 03:52:49","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\/2445258","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=2445258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}