Lady Thunderbolts End Tough Week with 8-8 Record

The Rye High School Girls basketball team won one, almost won one, and lost one last week in a busy week.On Monday, Rye hosted Florence and came away with a 34-28 victory. Taci Ehrlich scored 14 points and had three assists.

Tough Canon City Tournament Yields Only Seven Wins

The Rye High School wrestling team attended the 2026 Duff Seaney Invite in Canon City and to say it was a tough tournament was an understatement. Forty schools fielded 64 teams and the eight Rye wrestlers that attended ended up with a 7-16 record for the event and placed 36th out of the 40 schools.

Coach Says Some Wrestlers Turned the Corner This Week

The Rye High School Wrestling team placed third at the 2026 Custer County Bobcat Invite last Saturday with three wrestlers placing third and four wrestlers placing fourth. Custer County won their own tournament with 165 points in the 23-team tournament. Rye had 113.

Girls Basketball at Colorado Springs

The Rye High School girls basketball team split a pair of games against Colorado Springs opponents and continue to have a winning season with a 7-5 record overall and a 4-2 record in league play.Last Tuesday, Rye traveled to Colorado Springs Christian School and limped home after a 73-25 loss.

Boys Basketball Sees a Pair of Losses

The Rye Boys basketball team fell to .500 with a pair of losses last week. Rye has won only 1 of their last five games.Last Tuesday on the 20th Rye traveled to Colorado Springs Christian School and traveled home with an 80-62 loss.CSCS increased their lead every quarter but the final one.

Girls Roundball Goes 2-2 in Busy Week

The Rye High School girls basketball team had a busy week last week, winning two games and losing two others. The 2-2 week gives the Lady T’s a 6-4 record for the season and a 3-1 record in league play.Last Monday, Rye traveled to Sargeant and came home on the wrong side of a 55-28 score.

Tough Week for Boys Basketball Team

The Rye boys basketball team played three games in three different ways last week. On Tuesday, on the road at Woodland Park, the Thunderbolts spotted the home team a whole lot of points and then tried to catch up.Woodland Park jumped to a 19-9 lead and extended that to 42-18 at halftime.

Boys Basketball Team Starts Out Rough 2026

The Rye High School boys basketball team began 2026 down 33-10 to Manitou Springs at a home basketball game on January 7th.“Last week was rough,” shared head coach Clay Klipfel in what was perhaps an understatement.“We did not show up the way we wanted, had some lag coming off break.

Wrestlers Place Second in Their Own Tournament

The Rye High School wrestling team hosted the JV King of the Mountain tournament last Saturday. Rye finished second as a team in the tournament with 150 points, second to only Canon City JV who scored 178 points.Fifteen teams participated in the event.Hyrum Peterson, 150 lb.

Girls Roundball Team Eeks Out Two Point Win Against Manitou

The Rye High School girls basketball team pulled out a narrow 33-31 win over 4A Manitou Springs on the friendly confines of the home court on January 7 to raise their record to 4-2 and 10 in league play.Taci Ehrlich dominated both ends of the court scoring 18 points and stealing the ball 11 times.