Emphasis on Developing a Winning Culture Takes Back Seat to Score for Boys Team

The Rye High School boys’ basketball team had a rough week last week dropping a pair of games.On January 22, Rye hosted Colorado Springs Christian School.The Lions’ built up a 29-15 halftime lead and held on to defeat the Thunderbolts 60-50.Eli Guzman scored 16 points and grabbed four rebounds.

Lady Thunderbolts Lose at Home, Win on the Road

The Lady Thunderbolt basketball team came away with a split last week in conference action.On January 21, Rye dropped a 61-18 decision when Colorado Springs Christian came to visit.CSCS jumped to a 24-5 first quarter lead, increased that to 4212 at half and won the game by the final margin.

Lone Wrestler Represents Rye in Custer County Tournament

The Rye High School wrestling team was decimated by sickness and injury and sent one, lone wrestler to the Custer County Bobcat Invitational in Westcliffe on January 25.Beau Hicks represented the Thunderbolts in the tournament wrestling in the 125 lb. weight class.

Rye Girls Flounder in Second Half Against St. Mary’s

If you already read the story about the boys basketball team this week, you could just say “ditto” and move on if you like. The MaxPreps website is not currently giving us the statistics we use each week. The game was pretty much a carbon copy of the boys’ game.At half time the Rye girls; led St.

Rye Grapplers Come Back After Rough League Tournament

The Rye High School Wrestling team placed 7th out of 11 teams at the Gene Gagliardi Invitational Tournament held in Trinidad on the 18th of January.Trinidad won their own tournament with 189 points. Rye scored 47.5 points at the event.

A Tale of Two Halves, Rye Falls to St. Mary’s

MaxPreps, the primary provider of statistics for Rye High School basketball is not working properly, so we have limited information on the Rye boy’s game against St. Mary’s at home on January 16.Rye led the game at halftime 30-27. And according to Head Coach Clay Klipfel there was a reason.

Moore Grabs Gold and Wrestlers Place Fifth in Own Invitational

Rye High School hosted an invitational wrestling tournament on January 11 and welcomed the new year with a fifth place finish of the 12 teams who competed.Coronado won the event with 158 points. Rye had 120 points.Skyler Moore moved his record to 14-5 with a gold medal performance in the 175 lb.

Rye Wins Convincingly on the Road

The Rye High School Girls basketball team downed Florence on the road 54-30, in a game that featured the return of Kelsy Stribling from a back injury. The senior scored a team leading 20 points, had five assists, blocked a shot and stole the ball twice.

First Quarter Deficit Difficult to Overcome for Rye Team

A 17-8 first quarter deficit turned out to be to much for the Rye High School Thunderbolts boys basketball team to recover from in a 54-44 road loss on January 10.

Rye High FFA Chapter Bustling with Activity

It seems the Rye High School FFA chapter stays constantly on the go. They have been busy since school started, traveling to various competitions and educational opportunities.