Montrose boys, girls beat Central
The Central Warriors might be the most improved team since the start of the season, but they came up one point shy of their 4th straight win, losing to Montrose 55-54 in an SWL game at CHS on Friday.
The Central Warriors might be the most improved team since the start of the season, but they came up one point shy of their 4th straight win, losing to Montrose 55-54 in an SWL game at CHS on Friday.
Fruita Monument and Grand Junction highlighted a busy Friday of hoops on the road.
Fruita Monument and Grand Junction highlighted a busy Friday in Grand Valley basketball.
The Grand Junction Tigers took two from the Indians on Friday night at Montrose.
Colo. (KKCO)-- Grand Junction and Montrose was highlighted as the big match-up on a busy night of basketball in the Grand Valley.
Grand Junction trailed 37-29 with two bouts left in the match, but managed to come up with nine points to beat the Indians in an SWL match at GJHS on Thursday night.
When Montrose and Grand Junction square off in girls basketball on Friday night, it will be for control of the Southwestern League.
In one of the closest high school games all year, the Montrose Indians edged out the Fruita Monument Wildcats 44-41 at FMHS.
The Fruita Monument basketball team cruised to its eighth straight win with a 68-50 victory over the Montrose Indians on Tuesday night.
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.
The Palisade Bulldgos continued their dominance on Saturday afternoon by winning the Palisade Invite. It is the second win for the Bulldogs in the past three tournaments.
The Montrose Indians edged out Berthoud High School to win the Indian Invite.
Jesse Hoffschneider, Kyle Piatt, Zach Shank, Kyle Douglass, and Mykal Deherrera are all top in the state for their given weight class.
Roosevelt won the 2010 Warrior Classic with Olathe coming in at a distant second.
In boys hoops, Fruita Monument split a double-header at the Hinkley Tournament while Central lost a pair. On the girls side, Fruita Monument and Grand Junction both notched close wins.
After Day 1 at the Warrior Classic, Roosevelt holds a two point lead over Rocky Mountain, followed by Central, Palisade and Olathe.
After winning their first SWL title in five years, the Grand Junction Tigers dominated the SWL awards. Sean Rubalcaba was named the SWL offensive player of the year, Casey Walker was named defensive player of the year, and Robbie Owens was given co-coach of the year.
Sean Foster was named the SWL player of the year after he led the Grand Junction Tigers to a 5A playoff appearance. Foster recorded 6 goals and 7 assists.
After qualifying for the 5A district tournaments, Fruita Monument and Central were best represented in the SWL All-Conference awards.
Brian Davidson signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Air Force Academy next year.
Listed below are the scores of the final regular season week of local high school football.
On this week's Sideline Showcase, Jim Davis joins us to talk about the 5A football playoffs. We have video of Grand Junction's first round opponent, Northglenn, as well as Fruita Monument's first round opponent, Chaparral.
Tyler Daniels capped off senior night with a game-ending interception to give Fruita Monument a 28-24 win over Montrose in an SWL game at Stocker Stadium on Thursday night.
