The Grand Junction girls had no problem with Central, beating the Warriors 70-16 to cap off an SWL championship season. The GJHS boys team also picked up a win 62-46 over Central to finish up the regular season.
Results for the 5A State Wrestling semi-finals and second consolation round are posted below.
A few Western Slope wrestlers were upset in the semi-finals, but seven advance to the State Finals at the Pepsi Center.
Eighteen local wrestlers advanced to the semi-finals of the State Wrestling tournaments at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
Results for the 5A quarterfinals are now posted.
Coronado dominated the opening round of the 5A tournament in Denver with 45 points. Grand Junction and Central both had successful first days as they both sit in the top-10.
The Fruita Monument girls and boys ended their 2010-2011 home schedule with a couple big wins over the Central Warriors on Tuesday night.
The Paonia Eagles and Olathe Pirates will send a combined 23 wrestlers to the state tournament in Denver on Thursday Feb. 17.
Fruita Monument and Grand Junction highlighted a busy Friday of hoops on the road.
The Central Warriors boys basketball team have won their last three games after starting the season at 1-15. The team accredits their battle with the Fruita Monument Wildcats as the reason to their turnaround.
Better late than never. The Central boys basketball team won its third straight game and second in the SWL on Saturday while the girls continued to struggle with a loss to Cortez.
The Central boys won their first league game on Friday night against Durango, while the girls lost to remain winless in the SWL.
Fruita Monument and Grand Junction highlighted a busy Friday in Grand Valley basketball.
Central showed it's dominance, beating Fruita Monument 47-24 in an SWL wrestling dual at Fruita Monument High School on Tuesday night.
The Central Warriors basketball teams broke their long losing streaks on Tuesday night with a couple wins over Eagle Valley.
Colo. (KKCO)-- Grand Junction and Montrose was highlighted as the big match-up on a busy night of basketball in the Grand Valley.
Central turned in one of its best halves of the season, trailing Fruita Monument by just two points at the break, but couldn’t hold on as the Wildcats pulled away for a 54-42 win in an SWL game at Central High School on Friday.
After suffering a tough loss at home to Montrose on Tuesday, the Fruita Monument girls basketball team bounced back with a convincing 63-18 win over Central in an SWL game at Central High School on Friday.
Central Warriors' pitcher Alexis Walters signed her letter of intent with the Dodge City CC Conquistadors on Tuesday morning.
The Tigers scored 16 unanswered points in the second quarter to distance themselves from the Warriors in a 62-33 win at Central High School on Tuesday.
Paula Lage and Fawn Brady combined for 39 points to lead the Tigers to a 60-29 win over the Warriors in a Southwestern League game at Central High School on Tuesday.
After another great year at Central High School, Danielle Romine and Jessica Romine are ready to move on to college softball. The twin sisters signed a national letter of intent to play at Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colorado.
It was a busy night in local basketball with 10 high school games.
Montrose proved too much for Central as the girls team beat the Warriors 75-11, and the Montrose boys beat Central 64-41, in a pair of Southwestern League games at Montrose High School on Friday.
The CHSAA board made a few changes on Thursday, including enrollment numbers which will have a big impact on football. Palisade and Central could be directly affected as both could move to 4A, and Cedaredge could move down to 1A.
