The Last Stand
Local rugby athlete close to making national squad
Local athlete close to making national squad
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008
Chris Baumann insists he hasn’t done anything yet. But a quick look down the U.S.A. Rugby team’s national roster tells a different story. Baumann — who started playing summer rugby with Steamboat’s club team four years ago — recently made the U.S. Select XV Team — essentially, the national team’s B squad.
SSHS hockey relies on talented young skaters
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008
The Steamboat Springs High School hockey team is facing a conundrum. Depending on whom you ask and where you look, there are several ways to perceive this year’s edition of the Sailors on frozen seas. Gaze down to the third and fourth lines — which will be vital to the team’s success this season — and it’s apparent the Sailors are very young. But look in net and glance at some of the offensive and defensive pairings, and it’s apparent that Steamboat has the potential to be a top team.
Sailors girls basketball shoots for the playoffs
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008
After guiding the Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball program for two years, senior point guard Brittany Long has a pretty good feel for the team’s potential. She’s seen two years of losing roll through the gym doors of Steamboat. She’s seen a young and inexperienced team take its lumps from just about every corner of the state.
Rams play fast and furious
Despite lack of size, girls basketball squad focuses on tempo
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008
Attend a Soroco High School girls basketball practice, and you might think first-year Rams coach David Bruner is getting a head start on the track season.
The goodbye game
Steamboat grad, CU Buff leaves field with no regrets
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008
Doing what’s easy and comfortable never has been a trademark of Joel Adams. The 2003 Steamboat Springs High School graduate was a walk-on for CU football in 2005, forfeited an Alpine skiing scholarship because of NCAA rules, and today is playing his final game as a Buff, at rival Nebraska.
Star athlete, student does it all
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008
Steamboat Springs High School senior Hanna Berglund’s schedule is booked solid for the next several months. Berglund is playing basketball, skiing for the high school’s Alpine team and maintaining a 3.9 grade point average. Thank goodness her club soccer team in Denver just finished its season.
Steamboat hockey full of family connections
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008
Steamboat Springs High School senior Eric Bonner smirks a little when he thinks about what it was like growing up in his house full of defensemen.
Smallest no more: Teenager stands out in Alpine skiing
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008
Anna Marno is used to being the smallest and youngest. It started while growing up in a small town in Wyoming, trying to keep up with her older brother and his friends. Now, the 16-year-old Marno is trying to keep up with the top-level Alpine skiers in the nation.
Bo knows skiing
Randolph faces challenging season after injury
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008
Bo Randolph knows the nerves will be there. They’re there before every race. Sometimes they get so bad he can’t brush his teeth, because touching anything more than the front of his teeth makes him gag while his stomach knots up.
Bernard in the swing of things
Ex-Sailor prepares for tennis season
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008
Former Steamboat Springs High School tennis player Ramsey Bernard has played on the biggest stage Colorado has to offer.
Vandahl, Calkins expected to redshirt
Former Sailors learning the college basketball ropes as freshmen
Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
Michael Vandahl and Aaron Calkins spent the better part of three years terrorizing the Western Slope League.
Steamboat’s King transitions from volleyball to basketball
A split focus
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008
Steamboat Springs High School junior Colleen King already has established herself as one of the top volleyball players on the Western Slope.
Kelly Labor looking for big season at UNLV
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
Two years into her experience at the Division I collegiate soccer level, 2006 Steamboat Springs High School graduate Kelly Labor is about as excited as she can get for her senior year.
Luke Graham: The error of my ways
Monday, Nov. 17, 2008
Week 11 of the NFL season provides the sobering opportunity for me to confess the poor quality of my preseason predictions.
Arellano goes 1-2 at tourney
Monday, Nov. 17, 2008
Former Steamboat Springs resident Cris Arellano lost in the third round at the U.S. Amateur Pool Championships in Atlanta.
Western State team has Steamboat connections
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
Preseason polls, years of futility and the extreme cold have done nothing to temper Western State College men’s basketball coach Mike Moskowitz’s expectations.
Longtime Houston Astros trainer retires to Steamboat
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
Any doubts former head Houston Astros trainer Dave Labossiere had about leaving baseball after 25 years in the big leagues floated away last week.
Forsyth battles knee condition to join Sailors on basketball court
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008
Isiah Forsyth smiles through the pain. ut watch closely during most basketball drills, and the eyes of the Steamboat Springs High School sophomore display what his mouth won’t — a grimace.
Former Sailors continue hockey careers
Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
Unequivocally, hockey was going to be part of T.J. Anderson and Jim Terry’s lives.
Sports briefs for Nov. 13
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
Hayden High School senior Holli Salazar has been chosen to participate in the Colorado Coaches of Girls Sports All-State Volleyball Games. The games will take place Sunday at Broomfield High School. The first game starts at 11 a.m. and will represent athletes from Class 1A. Class 2A starts at 11:30 a.m., 3A at 12:30 p.m., 4A at 1 p.m. and 5A at 2 p.m.
Biking options still available
Local riding enthusiasts finding ways to hit trails before winter sets in
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008
Although the options in town are narrowing, those die-hards looking for a couple last rides on their bikes before winter sets in for good are in luck.
Steamboat football falls in opening round of playoffs
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008
Playing on the road in the playoffs against a quality opponent is tough enough. Add in some turnovers, the inability to run the ball or stop the run and a plethora of bad breaks, and the Steamboat Springs High School football team had little chance Saturday in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs, falling to Pueblo County, 45-21.
Assistant DeWolfe set to take over SSHS hoops after Meek
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008
There is a calm and cool collectiveness about first-year Steamboat Springs High School boys basketball coach Luke DeWolfe. He’s casual before practice, often joking with his players, talking to them about classes and about whatever else might be going through a 16-year-old student’s head.
Sports briefs for Nov. 8
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008
With snow on the ground and most of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club already training on snow, the actual start of the season rapidly is approaching.
Sailors, Hornets bring different aspects to playoffs
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
You can’t teach size and speed. It’s an old football adage that will be put to the test at 1 p.m. Saturday at Pueblo County High School.
King named league MVP
Steamboat junior takes prestigious volleyball honor
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Coaches have named Steamboat Springs High School junior setter Colleen King the Most Valuable Player of the Western Slope League.
Sailors: New team, new game
Seniors more confident after Pueblo game 2 years ago
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
Alex Wood and Eric Bonner remember a lot about playing at Pueblo County in the second round of the Class 3A football playoffs two years ago, when they were sophomores.
Girls hockey team skates strong
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
The Steamboat Springs Youth Hockey Association U-19 girls team opened the season 1-0-1 this past weekend in Denver.
Bruner keeps busy
Soroco coach and teacher leads football, basketball and track teams
Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008
The conversation has come up a few times in the Bruner household. How would the family’s life change if they won the lottery?
Rolling with recruiting
SSHS quarterback Hinder taking nationwide offers, recognition in stride
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008
If the 35-plus letters he receives each week from college coaches around the nation won’t do it, there is a good chance that nothing will make Steamboat Springs High School junior quarterback Austin Hinder sick of being recruited.
Sailors football prepares for No. 1 Glenwood Springs
Friday night lights loom
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008
A game that at first had little meaning turned into a vital night for the Steamboat Springs High School football team.
Steamboat volleyball falls at districts
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008
The Steamboat Springs High School volleyball team’s season ended Saturday, when the Sailors lost both of their morning games in the district tournament at Eagle Valley.
Dierdorff balances football, snowboardcross
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008
For three years, Steamboat Springs High School senior Mick Dierdorff lived for snowboardcross. That’s to be expected, considering he is close to breaking through to the top echelon of the sport.
Sailors exorcise Demons in 49-36 victory
Steamboat football rallies for win on the road against Buena Vista
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008
As a senior leader and big-time player for the Steamboat Springs High School football team, Alex Wood figured it was about time to make a play.
Steamboat runners ready for state meet
Going for personal bests
Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
Sailors coach Matt Reinhold said each member of the cross-country team could run a personal-best time Saturday in Fort Collins.
Sailors travel to Buena Vista for postseason tuneup
Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
It’s late October and football playoffs are on nearly every team’s mind.
Sailors get fired up for Saturday’s district volleyball tournament
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008
Steamboat Springs High School volleyball coach Wendy Hall knows her team has the talent and the right situation to advance through the district tournament Saturday at Eagle Valley.
8th-graders passionately prepare for next level
Gantick: Players build skills during transition to high school
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008
The continuity of a high school football program doesn’t just start at the ninth-grade level.
Sailors fall in 1st round of playoffs
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008
The Steamboat Springs High School soccer team lost to Wheat Ridge, 5-1, in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs Wednesday.
Soroco falls in 5
Volleyball team’s season comes to an end
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008
There is no silver lining to Tuesday’s loss for the Soroco High School volleyball team.
Steamboat soccer prepares to head to Wheat Ridge
Sailors confident in match
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008
Today’s first round Class 4A state playoff match with No. 10 Wheat Ridge and No. 23 Steamboat Springs doesn’t appear to be your typical lopsided first-round matchup.
Sailors volleyball wins in 5 games
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008
Steamboat Springs High School senior volleyball player Kacey Bull wasn’t going to let a speeding ticket on her way to the game get her down.
Tigers top Rams in cross-county volleyball match
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008
In the regular season finale for both teams, the Hayden High School volleyball team easily beat Soroco, 25-13, 25-15, 25-22, on Saturday.
Soroco loses to Norwood, 64-42
Rams close out their first season of 8-man play with defeat
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008
A rough first half was too much for the Soroco High School football team Saturday at Norwood, as the Rams fell behind early and lost, 64-42.
Steamboat hopes to qualify boys, girls cross-country teams
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008
Steamboat Springs High School cross-country coach Matt Reinhold is getting just about everything he wanted.
Steamboat win against Moffat County assures postseason bid
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008
Goal No. 1 is in the books for the Steamboat Springs High School football team. Now the focus is on the six goals ahead.
Steamboat, Moffat renew their football rivalry
Steamboat, Moffat renew their rivalry
Friday, Oct. 17, 2008
With such a young team, Moffat County High School football coach Kip Hafey hasn’t really talked with his players about the playoffs. But the coach knows the reality of the Bulldogs’ situation.
Steamboat soccer thrives on cohesiveness
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008
Come Sunday, the Steamboat Springs High School soccer team will learn just how steep a climb it faces in the Class 4A playoffs.
6 nominated to U.S. Freestyle team
Steamboat skiers to compete in aerials, moguls
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008
Six skiers with ties to Steamboat Springs were nominated to the 2009 U.S. Freestyle Ski team.
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