{"id":2453809,"date":"2020-01-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=320009"},"modified":"2020-01-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T07:00:00","slug":"colberts-prep-playbook-aspen-vs-basalt-basketball-gets-post-x-games-preps-rolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/colberts-prep-playbook-aspen-vs-basalt-basketball-gets-post-x-games-preps-rolling\/","title":{"rendered":"Colbert\u2019s Prep Playbook: Aspen vs. Basalt basketball gets post-X Games preps rolling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.5767441860465\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-320009-582\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/prepcolumn-atd-012820-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/prepcolumn-atd-012820-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Aspen High School boys basketball plays against Basalt last season inside the AHS gymnasium. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High School boys basketball plays against Basalt last season inside the AHS gymnasium. (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\/2020\/01\/prepcolumn-atd-012820-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Aspen High School boys basketball plays against Basalt last season inside the AHS gymnasium. (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\/2020\/01\/prepcolumn-atd-012820-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/prepcolumn-atd-012820-1-1-683x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Aspen High School boys basketball plays against Basalt last season inside the AHS gymnasium. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High School boys basketball plays against Basalt last season inside the AHS gymnasium. (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\/2020\/01\/prepcolumn-atd-012820-1-1-683x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Aspen High School boys basketball plays against Basalt last season inside the AHS gymnasium. (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\/2020\/01\/prepcolumn-atd-012820-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/prepcolumn-atd-012820-1-2-681x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times | Aspen Times sports editor Austin Colbert\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Aspen Times sports editor Austin Colbert<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse\/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\/2020\/01\/prepcolumn-atd-012820-1-2-681x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Aspen Times sports editor Austin Colbert\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/colberts-prep-playbook-aspen-vs-basalt-basketball-gets-post-x-games-preps-rolling\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/colberts-prep-playbook-aspen-vs-basalt-basketball-gets-post-x-games-preps-rolling\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">That was a wild few days. Another X Games has come and gone here in Aspen and while I\u2019m always sad for it to end, living at Buttermilk and surviving off nothing but energy drinks is only fun for so long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With that, we can get back to the winter high school sports season, which is down to its final month or so. Things certainly pick up once we get into February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Regarding this week\u2019s lineup, there\u2019s a big one scheduled for Tuesday night when Basalt basketball hosts Aspen in the first of two meetings between the schools this season. Let\u2019s start this Prep Playbook by delving into those match ups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">BOYS<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Let\u2019s not call this a breakthrough season, but at 8-4 the Aspen boys basketball team already has more wins than last year, when it finished 7-14. Another win would match fourth-year coach Alex Schrempf\u2019s best win total, which came in his first season when AHS went 9-12. The Skiers haven\u2019t won more than nine games in a season since going 19-5 in Steven Ketchum\u2019s final season as coach in 2013-14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen went 1-1 over the weekend, losing 69-43 to a good Gunnison team Friday \u2014 snapping a five-game win streak \u2014 before a 45-40 win over Grand Valley on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Basalt basketball is in the midst of a seven-game losing streak. BHS is 1-10 overall after losses to Gunnison (82-49) and Vail Christian (69-52) this past week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Basalt beat Aspen the first time they played during the 2018-19 season, winning 44-40 prior to the holiday break. But the Skiers answered by beating the Longhorns 47-39 on senior night, and then rolled over Basalt again two days later in the district play-in game, 70-43. That first win for Aspen last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/aspen-boys-bball-beats-bhs-to-end-losing-streak-bhs-girls-win\/\">snapped a seven-game skid against their downvalley rivals<\/a> and gave Schrempf his first win against the Longhorns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">If Aspen wins Tuesday, it\u2019ll remain in contention to make a run at the Class 3A Western Slope League title. The Skiers are 2-1 in WSL play and every team in the league has at least one loss. Basalt sits at the bottom of the standings at 0-3 in WSL play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">GIRLS<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Basalt girls basketball is coming off a strong week with wins over Vail Christian (55-40) and Gunnison (54-41). After losing back-to-back games following a three-game win streak, those two wins were needed. The Longhorns are 5-4 overall and 1-2 in WSL play and are quietly having one of their best seasons in recent memory. A sixth win would match their win total from all of last season, which was the most since the program won seven games back in the 2009-10 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen girls basketball is 3-6 overall, which isn\u2019t a terrible mark considering the four games it won last season were the most since winning 10 during the 2011-12 season. After beating Vail Mountain 52-25 a week ago, the Skiers lost to Gunnison (37-30) and Grand Valley (55-33).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The last time the Aspen and Basalt girls played each other was in the district play-in game a year ago, BHS rolling to a 44-12 win over shorthanded Aspen. The Skiers haven\u2019t beaten the Longhorns since a 28-27 victory in the district tournament during the 2013-14 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tuesday\u2019s action in Basalt gets underway at 5:30 p.m. with the girls, followed by the boys around 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">OTHER PREP NOTES<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen hockey is 3-6-3 overall following the weekend. The Skiers hosted Battle Mountain on Friday, playing to a 3-3 draw, before losing 1-0 to Doherty, ranked No. 9 this week, at home Saturday. This coming weekend will be extra difficult with a game Friday at No. 5 Regis Jesuit and a game Saturday at No. 4 Valor Christian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen\u2019s alpine ski team competed Friday in a slalom at Copper Mountain, with both the boys and girls teams finishing first. Charlie Olsen was first in the boys race, with five others in the top 10. Cate Simpson was second for the girls, with three finishing in the top 10. AHS competes Friday at a slalom in Steamboat Springs before hosting a giant slalom next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen\u2019s nordic team competed Saturday in Lake County. AHS was missing a lot of key athletes due to the Rocky Mountain Nordic junior national qualifiers. Still, the girls finished second to Battle Mountain, while the boys were seventh. Aspen\u2019s Kylie Kenny had the best result for the Skiers, finishing fourth in the girls race, a 5K skate at Tennessee Pass. The team competes at Middle Park on Saturday before hosting their home races next weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The AHS girls swim team was second at the Gunnison invitational Friday. Laila Khan-Farooqi, Kayla Tehrani, Lilly Huggard and Ava Cherry all won individual races, which is darn near the entire team. I\u2019ve said this before, but what the team lacks in depth it makes up for with talent. AHS heads to Fruita on Saturday before going to the WSL championships next week. The 3A state swim meet is Feb. 14 and 15 in Thornton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Speaking of state, wrestling\u2019s big finale is coming up quickly as well, with prelims starting Feb. 20 in Denver. Basalt wrestling is hosting its final home duals Thursday before wrapping up the regular season with events in Eagle and Meeker. Regionals start Feb. 14.<\/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\/colberts-prep-playbook-aspen-vs-basalt-basketball-gets-post-x-games-preps-rolling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen High School boys basketball plays against Basalt last season inside the AHS gymnasium. 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