by Eric Osberg
What a weekend in FRCS Sports! We sent our Varsity Boys Soccer to Crested Butte, Varsity Volleyball to Dolores, and Varsity Football to Norwood all for playoff games. For soccer this was the third round of playoffs, for football this was the first round of playoffs and for volleyball this was regional round for playoffs! All three of the teams showed up and represented so well! So proud of them all.
Between all three teams we put in 2,108 miles this weekend in traveling!
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball went to Dolores, Colorado, for the Region 7 playoff games. Matches included number 7 seed Dolores, number 18 seed North Fork, and FRCS (number 30 seed). We played two games back-to-back. The first game was against Dolores at 11am. We then got a 15-minute break and then played against North Fork. The girls fought hard and showed who they were! So proud of these girls and coaches!
Here are how the matched finished:
- #7 Dolores vs #30 FRCS
- 1st Match – Dolores 25, FRCS 23
- 2nd Match – Dolores 29, FRCS 27
- 3rd Match – Dolores 25, FRCS 13
- #18 North Fork vs #30 FRCS
- 1st Match – North Fork 27, FRCS 25
- 2nd Match – North Fork 25, FRCS 22
- 3rd Match – North Fork 25, FRCS 17
BOYS SOCCER
This was the quarterfinal game for the boys soccer team, round number 3 of playoffs. The boys got a first round bye for round 1, then defeated number 11 ranked Front Range Baptist 5-1 to make it to the quarterfinals. On Saturday, the number 6 ranked Falcons faced the number 3 ranked Crested Butte, in Crested Butte. It was a tight game until Crested Butte scored off a header with 16 minutes left in the first half. Then Crested Butte put in 3 more goals in a span of 5 minutes. Which left the halftime score 0-4. Falcons held their own in the second half and fought hard, but came up short and lost 0-4. What a great season. This is the farthest our Boys Soccer program has ever made it, and we are so proud of the team and coaches!
FOOTBALL
Falcons Football got their first playoff win in our school’s history! Heading into playoffs we were the number 11 seed and had to travel to the number 6 seed Norwood (in Norwood, Colorado). It was a tight throughout the whole game, but there was no quit in this Falcon Football team, as they drove down the field in the fourth quarter to put us up 32-30 for a WIN! All the 6am workouts Monday-Thursday paid off! What a game and what a great team win. The Falcons now move on to the second round playoff matchup against West Grand High School in Kremmling on Friday, November 13, at 6pm. Kremmling is only about 2 hours away, so we invite you to come and cheer on the boys as they take on the number 3 seed West Grand!
Way to go Falcons! All of our fall teams (including Golf) had great seasons!
