{"id":2449958,"date":"2019-10-16T22:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T04:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/ignoring-recent-history-basalt-softball-ready-to-make-the-most-of-regional-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2019-10-16T22:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T04:48:00","slug":"ignoring-recent-history-basalt-softball-ready-to-make-the-most-of-regional-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/ignoring-recent-history-basalt-softball-ready-to-make-the-most-of-regional-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignoring recent history, Basalt softball ready to make the most of regional opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.872191011236\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-314548-287\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kara Williams\/courtesy | The Basalt High School softball team plays in a game earlier this season.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>The Basalt High School softball team plays in a game earlier this season.<\/strong><br \/>Kara Williams\/courtesy<\/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\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The Basalt High School softball team plays in a game earlier this season.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Basalt High School senior Zoe Vozick works on her swing as the softball team practices on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, on the BHS field. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Basalt High School senior Zoe Vozick works on her swing as the softball team practices on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, on the BHS field. (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\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt High School senior Zoe Vozick works on her swing as the softball team practices on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, on the BHS field. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | The Basalt High School softball team practices on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, on the BHS field. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>The Basalt High School softball team practices on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, on the BHS field. (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\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-2.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The Basalt High School softball team practices on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, on the BHS field. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Basalt High School athletic director Jason Santo, right in red, talks with BHS softball coach David Miller during team practice on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, on the BHS field. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Basalt High School athletic director Jason Santo, right in red, talks with BHS softball coach David Miller during team practice on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, on the BHS field. (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\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-3.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt High School athletic director Jason Santo, right in red, talks with BHS softball coach David Miller during team practice on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, on the BHS field. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Basalt softball coach David Miller gives instructions as the team plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Basalt softball coach David Miller gives instructions as the team plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (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\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-4.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt softball coach David Miller gives instructions as the team plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Basalt softball plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Basalt softball plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (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\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-5.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt softball plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Basalt junior Maya Lindgren pitches as the softball team plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Basalt junior Maya Lindgren pitches as the softball team plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (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\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-6.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt junior Maya Lindgren pitches as the softball team plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Basalt softball plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Basalt softball plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (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\/10\/BHSsoftball-atd-101719-1-7.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt softball plays against Palisade on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Basalt. (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\/ignoring-recent-history-basalt-softball-ready-to-make-the-most-of-regional-opportunity\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/ignoring-recent-history-basalt-softball-ready-to-make-the-most-of-regional-opportunity\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">An eight-game losing streak to end the 2018 season didn\u2019t create any great expectations for the Basalt High School softball team entering this fall. So, it\u2019s fair to say even the Longhorns are a little surprised to be the No. 2 overall seed in Class 3A for regional play this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYou never know when you start a season what to expect. You can kind of envision what it might be. This is far better than I would have guessed,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/new-coach-new-pitching-staff-has-longhorn-softball-excited-about-season\/\">second-year BHS coach<\/a> David Miller said. \u201cThe bottom line is it comes from the girls. They get the credit. They\u2019ve worked hard. They\u2019ve listened to instruction. They\u2019ve worked hard at trying to be a team rather than just good individual players. There is just a really good spirit on the team right now. And it has been basically all year long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Basalt will host its <a href=\"https:\/\/chsaanow.com\/2019-10-14\/3a-softball-regional-tournament-brackets-2019\/\">Class 3A Region 2 tournament<\/a> on Saturday. No. 15 seed Lamar (13-10) will play No. 18 seed Peak to Peak (12-11) at 10 a.m., with No. 2 seed Basalt taking on the winner at 12:15 p.m. for the regional championship. A BHS win would end the day, while a loss would mean a final game at 2:30 p.m. against the Game1 loser to decide who is regional runner-up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Two of the three teams will advance to the state tournament, meaning Basalt only has to win once to continue its season past Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019m expecting to win, but I\u2019m not going to take the teams we are playing lightly because last year when we did go to regionals we lost to a lower seed,\u201d BHS junior pitcher Maya Lindgren said. \u201cIt\u2019s all just how the game goes and how the girls are feeling that day and I think we are all going to have to put up a fight and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do and I hope that\u2019s what the rest of the team is going to do, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At 21-1 overall \u2014 and with a perfect 12-0 league record \u2014 the Longhorns should be heavy favorites to win Saturday on their own field. Basalt\u2019s only loss came midway through the season by a single run to Conifer, which is the No. 13 seed in the Class 4A regionals. But, as Lindgren pointed out, regional play hasn\u2019t gone well for BHS the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In 2018, amid a late-season free fall, Basalt lost as the No. 15 seed to No. 18 seed La Junta in its first regional game, 13-6, to end the year with a 9-10 overall record. In 2017, the final season under coach Marianne Gardner-Smith, Basalt also lost as the No. 15 seed, that time to No. 18 Fort Lupton, 14-5, to finish 11-9 overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This group, however, doesn\u2019t believe it\u2019s a one-and-done regional team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI see all those girls as my family and my sisters and they give me the strength, the courage, to put my all on the field because I know they will do the same,\u201d Basalt senior Zoe Vozick said. \u201cIt\u2019s never really smooth sailing. We work to get where we are. Every day we are individually doing stuff, as a team doing stuff, really just capitalizing on that family aspect that will help get us to state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Vozick \u2014 who is batting a staggering .685 this season with 50 hits and 54 RBI, all easily team highs, according to MaxPreps \u2014 played for the Longhorns when they last hosted regionals during her freshman season. Basalt was the No. 8 seed at regionals in 2016, but lost its opener to No. 9 seed Sterling, 14-3. Forced into a second game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/basalt-softball-rallies-again-to-make-state-tournament\/\">BHS rallied to beat No. 24 Gunnison<\/a>, 4-3, to survive and advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As the No. 12 seed in the 2016 state tournament, BHS lost 15-4 to No. 5 seed Lamar in the first round to finish the year 16-6 overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As it happens, Vozick and her senior counterparts might have another shot at beating Lamar on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019m just excited to see how much we can do and where we can go from here,\u201d said Vozick, who is certainly happy to have one final home game on the BHS field. \u201cIt means everything to me. I grew up on this field. I\u2019ve learned everything I know about softball here. So it\u2019s nice to be able to grow in more ways than one now with regionals here.\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\/ignoring-recent-history-basalt-softball-ready-to-make-the-most-of-regional-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Basalt High School softball team plays in a game earlier this season.Kara Williams\/courtesy Basalt High School senior Zoe Vozick works on her swing as the softball team practices on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, on the BHS field. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times The Basalt High School softball team practices on [&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-2449958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 13:46:29","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\/2449958","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=2449958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}