Colorado High School Basketball - Basalt trounces Rifle
December 16, 2023: Basalt, CO 81621 The Basalt Longhorns (Basalt, CO) basketball crushed the visiting Rifle Bears (Rifle, CO), 77-53 in Saturday's non-league test.
The Longhorns (4-4) will now prepare for their test against Grand Valley (Parachute, CO). The Cardinals go into the non-league test with a 0-3 record. In their last test, Grand Valley was trounced by Eagle Valley (Gypsum, CO), 74-32, in a non-league test.
The Bears now own a 2-6 record. They play next when they travel to Steamboat Springs for a 4A Western Slope test on Friday, January 5. Rifle will encounter a Sailors squad coming off a 77-54 non-league loss to Lewis-Palmer (Monument, CO). The Sailors record now stands at 3-5.