Prep notebook: Battle Mountain boys soccer takes down Cheyenne Mountain

Charlie Strauch’s hat trick fueled Battle Mountain to a 3-1 win over Cheyenne Mountain on Friday in Edwards. Strauch scored twice off of assists from Jakob Methvin, and tallied another goal off a pass from Grey Glowacki.

“Fantastic effort by the boys,” head coach Dave Cope stated after the game.

Battle Mountain gave up the first goal of the game to the Red-Tailed Hawks, who were the No. 4 seed in last year’s state tournament and made it to the quarterfinals.

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“Went down 0-1 and it didn’t phase us,” Cope continued. “We were able to match their physicality and show our quality.”

Cope was happy to see Strauch notch his first varsity hat trick.

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“He has been around the programs for years,” Cope said. “First as a ball boy in middle school, then up through junior varsity and as a sub on varsity and now as a starter.”

The Huskies improved to 3-3 on the year and are currently sitting in the No. 13 spot in the CHSAA Selection & Seeding Index.

Volleyball notes: Battle Mountain improves to 3-0

• Battle Mountain improved to 3-0 on the year with a 25-16, 25-22, 26-24 sweep of Conifer on Thursday. The Huskies have risen to the No. 6 spot in the 4A rankings as of Monday.
• Eagle Valley fell to Delta 20-25, 26-24, 20-25, 25-22, 15-12 on Saturday. The Devils (5-8) travel to Summit on Thursday.

Tennis notes: Vail Christian splits weekend dual matches

Grand Junction 5, Vail Christian 2 (Sept. 21)

• No. 1 singles: Daniel Blanch (Vail Christian) def. Nikolas Miller (Grand Junction): 6-1, 6-4
• No. 2 singles: Wyat Fisher (Vail Christian) def. Peter Phillips (Grand Junction): 6-4, 6-7, 1-0 (10-6)
• No. 3 singles: Elijah Wright (Grand Junction) def. Teddy Brunner (Vail Christian) 6-1, 6-0
• No. 1 doubles: Jack Welling and Jacob Smith (Grand Junction) def. Cole Maxson and Brett Sveum (Vail Christian): 6-2, 6-4
• No. 2 doubles: Gareth Keller and Grant Gear (Grand Junction) def. Dani Lazaro-Cristobal and Grant Studness (Vail Christian): 6-1, 6-1)
• No. 3 doubles: Judd Knaysi and Max Kintz (Grand Junction) def. Blake Kirkham and Javier Hernandez (Vail Christian): 6-3, 6-2
• No. 4 doubles: Finn Struwe and Jack Yu (Grand Junction) def. Owen Rey and Hans Wittenberg (Vail Christian): 6-4, 6-4

Vail Christian 6, Grand Junction Central 1 (Sept. 21)

• No. 1 singles: Daniel Blanch (Vail Christian) def. Canaan Ross (GJC): 6-0, 6-0
• No. 2 singles: Wyat Fisher (Vail Christian) def. Caleb Blanck (GJC): 6-0, 6-0
• No. 3 singles: Teddy Brunner (Vail Christian) def. Ronan Norman (GJC): 6-1, 6-1
• No. 1 doubles: Andrew Kirschenmann and Joseph Kirschenmann (GJC) def. Cole Maxson and Brett Sveum (Vail Christian): 1-6, 7-5, 10-5
• No. 2 doubles: Dani Lazaro-Cristobal and Grant Studness (Vail Christian) def. Schafer Adkison and Henry Brown (GJC): 6-3, 6-4)
• No. 3 doubles: Blake Kirkham and Javier Hernandez (Vail Christian) def. William Flanagan and Reece Wilson (GJC): 6-2, 6-1
• No. 4 doubles: Owen Rey and Hans Wittenberg (Vail Christian) def. Lee Amsbury and Dominic Tevis (GJC): 6-0, 6-0

Cross-country notes: Eagle Valley takes third at Warrior Lincoln Park Classic

Eagle Valley placed third out of 21 teams at the Warrior Lincoln Park Classic in Grand Junction on Friday night. Cheyenne Mountain won the meet with 36 points behind a 1-2 finish from Aiden Le Roux and Brogan Collins. Le Roux smoked the 5-kilometer course in 14 minutes, 45.47 seconds, just seven seconds off of the course record set last year by Battle Mountain runner Porter Middaugh.

Tyler (15:13.00) and Dylan Blair (15:28.51) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, to guide the Devils, who finished with 117 points as Thompson Valley tallied 51.

Battle Mountain was 13th as a team behind Nate Beuche’s (16:53.72) 39th-place run.

Caroline Provencher (19:54.09) and Ruthie Demino (19:54.56) finished neck-and-neck to lead the Huskies to a seventh-place team finish in the varsity girls race. The No. 1 team in 3A, The Classical Academy, took the top team spot as Gunnison’s Madelyn Stice (18:17.19) was the individual champion.

Football notes: Devils destroy Lions

Eagle Valley defeated Littleton 78-8 in last Friday’s road non-conference matchup.

Colter Blakey went 6-for-9 for 171 yards and four touchdowns through the air to guide the Devils, who improved to 2-2 on the season. Malachi Barros and Trevor Dunn each added a score on the ground as well. Eagle Valley is at Conifer this Friday at 7 p.m.