{"id":2449614,"date":"2019-10-07T21:52:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T03:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/colberts-prep-playbook-the-end-of-the-fall-season-is-near\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T08:32:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T14:32:05","slug":"colberts-prep-playbook-the-end-of-the-fall-season-is-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/colberts-prep-playbook-the-end-of-the-fall-season-is-near\/","title":{"rendered":"Colbert\u2019s Prep Playbook: The end of the fall season is near"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Basalt High School softball team plays earlier this season.<\/strong>
Kara Williams\/courtesy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Last week I wrote about the start of league play in football. This week, let\u2019s talk about the fast-approaching season finales for many teams. It\u2019s amazing how quick it can go by, as I feel most fall sports just got started.<\/p>\n

But, as we might find out midweek, winter is fast approaching (and bring it on, I say \u2014 my snowboard has been caged long enough).<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s break this down by how soon said season will end.<\/p>\n

Golf, Tennis<\/p>\n

As you hopefully know, golf season ends Tuesday with the final round of the state tournament. Aspen, somewhat surprisingly, was tied for first after a round and in position to repeat as state champions. Basalt had some work to do.<\/p>\n

Next on the list will be boys tennis, as Basalt and Aspen both go to regionals Friday. The season will end for any players who don\u2019t make the regional championship and qualify for state, which is next week in Pueblo. BHS, in only its second varsity season, faces an uphill battle to qualify. Aspen, however, will have a chance to qualify its entire team to state should it bring its best to regionals.<\/p>\n

Softball, Cross Country<\/p>\n

For Aspen and Basalt softball, the regular season will end this week. Both teams play their final home games Tuesday. AHS will wrap it up with a trip to Montezuma-Cortez on Thursday, while Basalt should have its eyes set on next week. The Longhorns, ranked No. 5 in 3A this week, are 20-1 overall and went undefeated in league play. Nothing has yet been confirmed, but all signs point to Basalt hosting its regional tournament next week, likely Oct. 19. After beating up on the Western Slope all season, I\u2019m excited to see what BHS can do against the best in the state. They could legitimately make a run in the state tournament.<\/p>\n

Both cross country teams still have a little something left in the regular season, but the Oct. 18 regional is well within sight. Basalt will host the regional at Crown Mountain Park, after Aspen hosted it last fall at Aspen Golf Club. BHS junior Sierra Bower won the regional last year, and I\u2019d be willing to bet she\u2019ll win it again in about a week. She\u2019s on a short list of runners statewide who could win the 3A state championship, which is held Oct. 26 in Colorado Springs. Don\u2019t sleep on the AHS girls, either, as they will be a factor at both regional and state.<\/p>\n

Football, Volleyball, Soccer<\/p>\n

These teams still have a little ways to go. The regular season ends in football Nov. 1 when Aspen hosts Basalt. AHS is pretty much in a must-win situation the rest of the way in order to make the playoffs, while Basalt is rolling at 5-0 and ranked No. 7 in Class 2A. Hopefully one of them can make a run deeper into November.<\/p>\n

Aspen volleyball has games scheduled through Halloween, while Basalt\u2019s season is set to end Nov. 2. Not sure either team has much of a shot at any sort of postseason, but with about three weeks to go there is certainly time to make moves in terms of RPI. Both teams are kind of hovering in the 50s right now.<\/p>\n

The regular season in soccer won\u2019t quite make it to the trick-or-treating, with Basalt\u2019s finale currently scheduled for Oct. 24 and Aspen\u2019s on Oct. 26. As far as postseason goes, only Roaring Fork is a lock here in the valley (they have an RPI of 3 as of Monday night). If the season had ended Monday night, Basalt might have snuck into the playoffs as they have an RPI of 30 in Class 3A, with 32 teams making the 3A state tournament. Aspen\u2019s RPI is only 52, so they\u2019ll need to start stacking up some wins in order to get in.<\/p>\n

With neither football team at home this week, this is a good chance to check out the AHS boys soccer team. The Skiers host Roaring Fork at 6 p.m. Friday under the lights on the AHS turf.<\/p>\n

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

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

The Basalt High School softball team plays earlier this season.Kara Williams\/courtesy Last week I wrote about the start of league play in football. This week, let\u2019s talk about the fast-approaching season finales for many teams. It\u2019s amazing how quick it can go by, as I feel most fall sports just got started. But, as we […]<\/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-2449614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 21:56:15","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\/2449614","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=2449614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449625,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449614\/revisions\/2449625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}