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Sailors advance to semis with 31-7 win

Steamboat to play Pueblo Central next weekend

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009

Steamboat Springs High School beat the Windsor Wizards, 31-7, to move ahead in the Class 3A playoffs. The team will take on Pueblo Central in the semifinals next weekend. The Sailors limited Windsor to 172 yards of offense and two of 10 on third downs, created four turnovers and constantly put the Steamboat offense in a position to win.

Linebackers the core of Sailors defense

Stopping triple-option could be key to Steamboat victory today

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009

The Steamboat Springs High School football team’s much-discussed offense surely will be a factor in today’s quarterfinal showdown against Windsor, a game set to kick off at 1 p.m. at Gardner Field in Steamboat. But if the Sailors are to prevail and live to play another day, no unit may be as important as the team’s linebackers.

3A state football playoff roundup

Western Slope teams looking to advance

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009

By any stretch of the imagination, it would have been a little crazy to expect Delta and Glenwood Springs to be where the two football teams are now. Plain and simple, before the 2009 season, they were two teams that looked like they would be building for the future.

Growth spurt spurs Sailors football senior

Jack Spady instrumental on both sides of the ball

Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Ask the various people surrounding the Steamboat Springs High School football program for their favorite Jack Spady highlight and there’s little chance you’ll get the same answer from any two people.

Routt County athletes recognized for fall performances

Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

As practices for winter sports continue, with games just a couple of weeks away, honors for fall athletes continue to roll in. Maybe the biggest one went to Steamboat Springs High School volleyball player Colleen King, who earned Western Slope League Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.

Steamboat football prepares for showdown with Windsor

Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

At least for the moment, things are back to normal for the Steamboat Springs High School football team. With a week separating the team from its first-round Class 3A playoff victory against Berthoud, and on the eve of its second-round showdown with Windsor, Steamboat coach Aaron Finch said this week feels more like the rest of them.

Sailors hockey team gears up for weekend action

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

As a senior and returning cornerstone of the Steamboat Springs High School hockey team, Jon Winkelblech knows what he can bring to the ice. But Winkelblech admits that even after a couple weeks of practice for the 2009-10 season, he’s not totally sure what type of team the Sailors have.

Sports briefs: Football playoff game time set

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

A game time and day have been secured for the Steamboat Springs High School football team’s second-round playoff game against Windsor. Steamboat and Windsor will play at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gardner Field in Steamboat.

Sailors football likely to play Saturday

Steamboat busy studying tape of Windsor

Monday, Nov. 16, 2009

The Steamboat Springs High School football team tentatively is scheduled to renew its quest for a state championship at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gardner Field in Steamboat.

Steamboat preps for Windsor

2nd playoff game expected to be Saturday in Steamboat

Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009

Coming off its first playoff win in two years, the Steamboat Springs High School football team got good news Saturday when Windsor beat Pueblo County. The Wizards’ 33-20 win against the Hornets means the Sailors will host the second round of the playoffs.

Sailors football looks to Windsor

Windsor defeats Pueblo County, will come to Steamboat next

Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009

Steamboat Springs High School will probably host its second playoff game Nov. 21, Steamboat coach Aaron Finch said this afternoon.

Joel Reichenberger: Sailors take advantage with big plays

Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009

Steamboat Springs High School got what it needed Friday night at Gardner Field — a 24-13 opening-round playoff victory against Berthoud — but it wasn’t always pretty. In a lot of ways, the Sailors struggled.

Steamboat wins playoff opener

Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

If Friday’s 24-13 opening-round playoff win against Berthoud proved anything, it’s that this Steamboat Springs High School football team is so much more than the glitz and glamour of stats in a box score.

Steamboat welcomes Berthoud to Gardner Field for playoffs

Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

Despite having an undefeated year, a league championship and a team that many think can make a run at the Class 3A football crown, most of Steamboat’s team could enter new territory today. Fourth-seeded Steamboat welcomes 13-seeded Berthoud for a first-round playoff game at 7 p.m. at Gardner Field. The X factor in tonight's game might be the snowy weather. As of 12:30 p.m., school officials reported that the game was still on and that the Berthoud team was on its way.

Colleen King inks with Pioneers

Steamboat Springs volleyball star plans to play for University of Denver

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Steamboat Springs High School senior Colleen King signed her letter of intent Wednesday to continue her volleyball career at the University of Denver. King, who orally committed to the Division I Pioneers after visiting in January, leaves as one of the Sailors’ most decorated volleyball players.