{"id":2455200,"date":"2020-02-29T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/gunnison-runs-away-from-aspen-boys-basketball-in-district-championship-game\/"},"modified":"2020-02-29T22:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T05:55:00","slug":"gunnison-runs-away-from-aspen-boys-basketball-in-district-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/gunnison-runs-away-from-aspen-boys-basketball-in-district-championship-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunnison runs away from Aspen boys basketball in district championship game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.7217125382263\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-321847-773\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/AHSbasketball-atd-030120-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/AHSbasketball-atd-030120-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenzie Lange\/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Aspen\u2019s Aidan Ledingham shoots the ball during their Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, Feb. 29, 20202.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Aspen\u2019s Aidan Ledingham shoots the ball during their Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, Feb. 29, 20202.<\/strong><br \/>McKenzie Lange\/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel<\/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\/02\/AHSbasketball-atd-030120-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Aspen\u2019s Aidan Ledingham shoots the ball during their Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, Feb. 29, 20202.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/AHSbasketball-atd-030120-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/AHSbasketball-atd-030120-1-1-683x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenzie Lange\/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Aspen\u2019s Jonathan Woodrow shoots a freethrow during the Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Aspen\u2019s Jonathan Woodrow shoots a freethrow during the Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.<\/strong><br \/>McKenzie Lange\/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel<\/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\/02\/AHSbasketball-atd-030120-1-1-683x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Aspen\u2019s Jonathan Woodrow shoots a freethrow during the Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/AHSbasketball-atd-030120-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/AHSbasketball-atd-030120-1-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenzie Lange\/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Aspen fans react to a play during the Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Aspen fans react to a play during the Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.<\/strong><br \/>McKenzie Lange\/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel<\/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\/02\/AHSbasketball-atd-030120-1-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Aspen fans react to a play during the Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/gunnison-runs-away-from-aspen-boys-basketball-in-district-championship-game\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/gunnison-runs-away-from-aspen-boys-basketball-in-district-championship-game\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">GRAND JUNCTION \u2014 For two quarters on Saturday, the Aspen High School boys basketball team hung with top-seeded Gunnison in the Class 3A Western Slope League district championship game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The third quarter was a different story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Gunnison\u2019s length and quickness was too much for the No. 7-seeded Skiers in the second half, as the Cowboys ran away to a 79-49 victory and the district title in a game played at Grand Junction Central High School. Aspen will still receive the WSL\u2019s second berth in the state playoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Down only six points a halftime, 35-29, after outscoring Gunnison 20-19 in the second quarter, Aspen had no answer for Hunter Wood, who scored 17 of his game-high 30 points in the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Jonathan Woodrow scored six straight points to open the third quarter for the Skiers, including following his own missed 3-pointer by knifing through the lane for the offensive rebound and putback to cut the lead to 41-35 only 3.5 minutes in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Gunnison went on a 13-0 run over the next four minutes, including Wood hitting a spinning layup on the break with 1:16 to go to make it 52-35 and force Aspen to call timeout. Wood\u2019s baseline jumper with 10 seconds left in the quarter made it a 20-point lead and Aspen couldn\u2019t get back in the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Woodrow kept attacking the paint and the Skiers hustled after loose balls but just couldn\u2019t hit enough baskets to stay with the up-tempo Cowboys, who outscored Aspen 23-13 in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Three other Cowboys reached double figures \u2014 Braden Wood had 16, Quentin Richter added 12 and Aidan Hulbert chipped in 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Woodrow finished with 18 points and Taylor Akin 14 for the Skiers, who should find out Sunday where they play in the regional round at state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This will be Aspen\u2019s first time going to the state tournament since 2014.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/gunnison-runs-away-from-aspen-boys-basketball-in-district-championship-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen\u2019s Aidan Ledingham shoots the ball during their Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, Feb. 29, 20202.McKenzie Lange\/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Aspen\u2019s Jonathan Woodrow shoots a freethrow during the Class 3A district title game against Gunnison at Central High School in Grand Junction on Saturday, [&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-2455200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 13:04:20","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\/2455200","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=2455200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}