One word wafted from the Eagle Valley girls basketball bench repeatedly during Monday night’s rematch against Battle Mountain. “Run.” “It always is a focal point for us,” said Devils head coach Vinny Cisneros, who matter-of-factly.
If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Battle Mountain forward Izzy Zastrow put the old adage to practice in Monday’s thrilling home opener against Middle Park. With 24.9 seconds remaining and the Huskies trailing.
The Battle Mountain girls basketball team split a pair of weekend tournament games on Friday and Saturday. The Huskies defeated Regis Groff 32-27 on Friday at Niwot High School before falling to the tournament hosts.
Two sets into Tuesday night’s rivalry rematch, it seemed like No. 10 Eagle Valley was going to have to accept the fact that No. 23 Battle Mountain might just have them figured out. A 25-19.
This year, 34 students from the Eagle County School District qualified to compete in the state Science Olympiad competition. And on Saturday, April 1, 27 of these students from Berry Creek Middle, Eagle Valley Middle.