{"id":2449780,"date":"2019-10-11T23:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/football-basalt-aspen-roll-to-league-wins-on-the-road\/"},"modified":"2019-10-11T23:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T05:12:00","slug":"football-basalt-now-6-0-and-aspen-roll-to-western-slope-league-road-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/football-basalt-now-6-0-and-aspen-roll-to-western-slope-league-road-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Football: Basalt, now 6-0, and Aspen roll to Western Slope League road wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8072033898305\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-314279-62\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Basalt Longhorn Cole Dombrowski pushes through the defending Coal Ridge Titans during Friday night's game.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Basalt Longhorn Cole Dombrowski pushes through the defending Coal Ridge Titans during Friday night&#8217;s game.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ 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.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt Longhorn Cole Dombrowski pushes through the defending Coal Ridge Titans during Friday night's game.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Coal Ridge Titan Tyler Spell sacks the Basalt Longhorn quaternack Matty Gillis during Friday night's game at Coal Ridge High School.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Coal Ridge Titan Tyler Spell sacks the Basalt Longhorn quaternack Matty Gillis during Friday night&#8217;s game at Coal Ridge High School.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ 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.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Coal Ridge Titan Tyler Spell sacks the Basalt Longhorn quaternack Matty Gillis during Friday night's game at Coal Ridge High School.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Coal Ridge Titan Damian Spell plows over the defending Basalt Longhorn during Friday night's game at Coal Ridge High School.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Coal Ridge Titan Damian Spell plows over the defending Basalt Longhorn during Friday night&#8217;s game at Coal Ridge High School.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ 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.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-2.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Coal Ridge Titan Damian Spell plows over the defending Basalt Longhorn during Friday night's game at Coal Ridge High School.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Basalt Longhorn quarterback Matty Gillis passes the ball to the receiver during Friday night's game against Coal Ridge High School.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Basalt Longhorn quarterback Matty Gillis passes the ball to the receiver during Friday night&#8217;s game against Coal Ridge High School.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ 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.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-3.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt Longhorn quarterback Matty Gillis passes the ball to the receiver during Friday night's game against Coal Ridge High School.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Coal Ridge Titan quartback Karson DuBois hands the ball off to Kobe Wild during Friday night's game against the Basalt Longhorns.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Coal Ridge Titan quartback Karson DuBois hands the ball off to Kobe Wild during Friday night&#8217;s game against the Basalt Longhorns.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ 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.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/CRBasaltFB-GPI-101219-4-4.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Coal Ridge Titan quartback Karson DuBois hands the ball off to Kobe Wild during Friday night's game against the Basalt Longhorns.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/Aspen-Football-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/Aspen-Football-1024x778.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Andy Bockelman\/Craig Press | The Aspen High School football team beat Moffat County on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, winning 28-0 in Craig.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>The Aspen High School football team beat Moffat County on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, winning 28-0 in Craig.<\/strong><br \/>Andy Bockelman\/Craig Press<\/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\/10\/Aspen-Football-1024x778.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The Aspen High School football team beat Moffat County on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, winning 28-0 in Craig.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/football-basalt-aspen-roll-to-league-wins-on-the-road\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/football-basalt-aspen-roll-to-league-wins-on-the-road\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">The Basalt High School football team overcame a slow start en route to a 34-0 win at Coal Ridge on Friday to keep its undefeated season alive. The game was scoreless late into the first half before the Longhorns scored three touchdowns in less than three minutes \u2014 including two scores in six seconds \u2014 to take a 20-0 lead into the locker room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe just told them we were lucky to be in the situation we were in with the way we were playing,\u201d Basalt coach Carl Frerichs said of the halftime talk. \u201cWe felt like in the first half we killed ourselves on a lot of drives \u2014 just penalties or sacks. We seemed to move the ball pretty well all night, so it wasn\u2019t so much that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Junior quarterback Matty Gillis got BHS on the scoreboard when he connected with senior receiver Jackson Rapaport on a 10-yard touchdown to make it 7-0 with 2:28 until halftime. Coal Ridge made a big mistake on the ensuing kickoff, allowing the Longhorns to recover the ball around the 6-yard line of the Titans, and the next play it was sophomore running back Cole Dombrowski who ran it in for the second score in six seconds to make it 14-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The BHS defense would give the offense the ball back one more time before the break, and Gillis ran it in from 2 yards out for a third Basalt touchdown before half.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team is very young and a work in progress, but we feel good about the future,\u201d Coal Ridge coach Paul Downing told the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. \u201cThe turnovers we had early in the game have been the story of our season to this point. We\u2019ve found ways to make mistakes at key moments in games and it has cost us. At times, we have had trouble recovering emotionally from those mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That score held into the fourth quarter before Rapaport made it 27-0 after a 34-yard touchdown run with less than nine minutes to play. Dombrowski added another score on a short run for the game\u2019s final touchdown with less than five minutes remaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It was the third shutout of the season for Basalt\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThey\u2019ve had a lot of close games and they are definitely a tough and physical team,\u201d Frerichs said of the Titans. \u201cThat fullback (Damian) Spell is a stud and we definitely had our hands full with him all night, but I think as the game went on we wore him down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The loss dropped Coal Ridge to 1-5 overall and 0-2 in Class 2A Western Slope League play. Basalt, ranked No. 7 this week, improved to 6-0 and 2-0 after a 49-7 win over Moffat County in the league opener last week. BHS next will play at current No. 2 Delta, which fell to 5-1 and 1-1 after a 47-29 loss at No. 1 Rifle on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">Aspen football keeps playoff hopes alive with win in Craig<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Aspen High School football team still has plenty to play for this season after a 28-0 win at Moffat County on Friday night that keeps its playoff hopes alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It was a sloppy game, especially early, with double-digit turnovers between the teams on a cold and sometimes windy night in Craig. Neither team scored in the first quarter and a scoreless first half looked possible until junior quarterback Tyler Ward found senior receiver Jonathan Woodrow on a 14-yard touchdown connection with less than a minute remaining in the second quarter. The successful 2-point conversion made it 8-0 Aspen at halftime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Skiers doubled their lead late in the third quarter when senior tailback Jack Seamans scored on a short run for a 16-0 advantage going into the fourth. Aspen pulled away over the final minutes, with senior Jon Haisfield scoring on a QB sneak to make it 22-0 with seven minutes to play before Ward found Woodrow again on a long TD pass only a couple of minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second shutout in three games for Aspen, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/finally-healthy-aspen-football-closes-out-non-league-play-with-a-rout-of-grand-valley\/\">beat Grand Valley 44-0 on Sept. 27<\/a> to close out non-league play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Moffat, which started the season 4-0, fell to 4-2 overall and 0-2 in WSL play. The Bulldogs lost 49-7 to Basalt in the league opener last week and will next host Coal Ridge for senior night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen, a preseason top-10 team in 2A, improved to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in league play. It was a critical bounce-back win after losing 27-14 to No. 2 Delta last week and keeps them in the playoff picture. Next up, the Skiers will host No. 1 Rifle. The Bears are 6-0 after rolling over Delta on Friday.<\/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\/football-basalt-aspen-roll-to-league-wins-on-the-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basalt Longhorn Cole Dombrowski pushes through the defending Coal Ridge Titans during Friday night&#8217;s game.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Coal Ridge Titan Tyler Spell sacks the Basalt Longhorn quaternack Matty Gillis during Friday night&#8217;s game at Coal Ridge High School.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Coal Ridge Titan Damian Spell plows over the defending Basalt Longhorn [&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-2449780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 16:32:40","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\/2449780","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=2449780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}