Buena Vista High School found a sense of normalcy in an unusual school year with a brief homecoming-style parade Saturday afternoon. The caravan of floats traveled down Railroad Street from East Main to the school.
The 2020 cross country season was an unprecedented one for Buena Vista High School – not only because of the looming omnipresence of COVID-19, not only because the Lady Demons finished the season undefeated, but because, for the first time in school history, the girls took home the Class 2A state championship.
Buena Vista’s Chandler Smethers finished in a tie for 56th place out of 84 golfers in the state golf tournament last week.
The BVHS cross country teams are headed to the state championship meet Saturday in Colorado Springs.
BV runners fill four of the top six spots in Tri-Peaks varsity race; boys take second
Chandler Smethers and Cole Reavis finished the last two league matches at Pueblo Country Club and Hollydot G.C. to finish eighth and 10th in the final standings to earn all-conference honors in the Tri-Peaks League. Team finished in 4th place.
The Buena Vista High School cross country teams had a great weekend for varsity at Salida’s Vandeever Ranch and the JV, who ran around Frantz Lake, BVHS coach Julia Fuller said.
The Buena Vista cross country teams hosted their annual run, this time over 3 days and away from its traditional home along the Arkansas River.
Buena Vista High School was closed to in-person instruction Tuesday to investigate a possible exposure to a positive case of COVID-19, Chaffee County Public Health director Andrea Carlstrom said.
Buena Vista schools will participate in C season sports, including football during the spring this year, said Buena Vista School District athletic director Troy Baker.
The Buena Vista High School Demons cross country varsity teams raced last weekend on the state course in Colorado Springs.
“It is always exciting to get everyone’s feet on the trails out there. We saw impressive performances across the board,” said BVHS coach Julia Fuller, adding “and it’s fun to foreshadow the possibilities for a state race a month from now.”
“Its been a little slow as far as high school tourneys go,” Demons golf coach Scott Crites deadpanned. “We had three cancelled last week because of weather.”
After the Colorado High School Activities Association’s board of directors voted to stick to the current modified 2020-2021 sports schedule last week, the association took up the issue again on Friday
The Buena Vista High School Lady Demons cross country teams won two meets last week.
The state 2A runner-up lady Demons won a valley neighbors meet with Salida and Leadville Friday.
“It was a wonderful start to the season,” said BVHS coach Julia Fuller.
The Buena Vista High School golf team placed tenth in the Montrose Invitational tournament Aug. 14.
The Buena Vista Demons opened the 2020 golf season with a fourth-place tournament finsih at Cedaredge Aug. 7.
Sports and art will imitate life this school year with slow rollouts of seasons and competitions that may take different approaches from previous seasons.
The games will go on this year in Colorado, but the high school sports seasons have been modified and shortened in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Buena Vista High School’s newest official team sport was one of the very few that was able to complete its season in spite of COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns and closures.
The Feb. 20 story published in The Times was, in fact, incorrect.
Salida High School junior basketball players Myles Godina and Rachel Pelino both recently received All-State honorable mentions from the Colorado High School Activities Association.
Two Buena Vista High School basketball athletes received statewide recognition. Senior Maddy McFee and junior Isaac Bears were named to the Class 3A honorable mention all state teams.
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The Feb. 20 story published in The Times was, in fact, incorrect.
Salida High School junior basketball players Myles Godina and Rachel Pelino both recently received All-State honorable mentions from the Colorado High School Activities Association.
Two Buena Vista High School basketball athletes received statewide recognition. Senior Maddy McFee and junior Isaac Bears were named to the Class 3A honorable mention all state teams.
The Buena Vista High School Lady Demons finished their basketball season at Delta when they lost to regional host Delta 68-30. Delta was the No. 4-seed in the field of 32 teams.
The Buena Vista Lady Demons picked up a win in the final game of Tri-Peaks District Tournament play and will advance to the 32-team state tournament regional round.
The Buena Vista Lady Demons finished their regular season with a one point 34-33 nail-biter victory over Chaffee County rival Salida Feb. 18.
Three Buena Vista wrestlers came home with medals as the Demons scored 67 points to finish ninth at the Colorado High School State Wrestling Tournament at the Pepsi Center in Denver last weekend.
The Buena Vista Demons made two trips to Salida to play basketball last week.
Buena Vista picked up two Tri-Peaks League wins over the last week while dropping a game to a very tough St. Mary’s team.
The Buena Vista Lady Demons played at Trinidad Feb. 15, and came out on the short end of a 52-40 Tri-Peaks League game.
Ten Buena Vista wrestlers are headed to Denver’s Pepsi Center to compete in the state championship tournament based on their performances at the regional tournament Feb. 14-15.
The Buena Vista Demons finished second out of 10 teams wrestling at the Tri-Peaks League tournament in La Junta Feb. 8.
Buena Vista dropped two Tri-Peaks League games in the past week with a 44-34 loss at La Junta and a 72-26 home loss against Manitou Springs.
The Lady Demons won 38-20 at La Junta and dropped a close 45-35 game at home against Manitou Springs.
Buena Vista hosted Colorado Springs Christian School Jan. 31 and both teams came into the contest hoping to pick up a much-needed Tri-Peaks League victory. CSCS did so with a 53-35 win.
Buena Vista improved to 9-6, 4-2 with a league win over Colorado Springs Christian School Jan. 31, in a game that was close throughout.
Buena Vista finished fourth at the Valley Classic in Center Feb. 1.
The Buena Vista Demons came up two points short in a close battle with Tri-Peaks League foe Ellicott Jan. 25. Earlier in the week they lost a non-league game at Summit County 62-32.
It was a busy and challenging week for the Lady Demons, who played three games with two on the road and a Saturday home victory to finish it off.
The Demons had a clean sweep over Ellicott when they hosted them for a home dual.
The Buena Vista wrestling team finished 21st out of the 32 teams competing in the multi-class Mel Smith Wrestling tournament in Florence Jan. 17-18.
The Demons dropped a non-league contest to Battle Mountain 66-40 and a league matchup at The Vanguard 54-43. The team is now 4-5 overall and 1-3 in league play.
The Buena Vista girl’s basketball team (7-4, 2-1) went 1-2 in the past week. They won 51-17 over Gunnison Jan. 14, then dropped games to Battle Mountain 42-31 and Vanguard 51-35, Jan. 15 and 18, respectively.
Buena Vista traveled to Tri-Peaks League foe James Irwin for their first game of 2020 and fell short 59-51 in a close contest.
The Buena Vista varsity wrestling team finished third at the Eagle Valley Invite, scoring 143 points. Ahead of them were Cedaredge with 183 and host Eagle Valley with 165 in the 16-team tournament.
One of the top stories of 2018 was the passage of ballot measure 2A, which levied a tax to fund at least part of a new facility for middle and high school students in the Buena Vista school district.
Another was the district’s award of a BEST grant from the Colorado Department of Education that would fund the rest of the $50 million building.
That new building continued to be a big deal in 2019, and after years of being merely a dream of district administrators, began to take shape as a real physical space.
Buena Vista heads to the holiday break following a team win at the West Grand Invitational.
The Lady Demons went 2-0 the past week to improve to 4-2, 1-0. They won a non-league game against Monte Vista 34-32 and then secured their first Tri-Peaks League win over Lamar 43-38.
The Demons basketball team heads to the holiday break with a 3-2 record including 0-1 in Tri-Peaks League play.
CHSAA released the 2019 all state football teams determined by voting of coaches. Three Buena Vista Demon players were recognized among the Class 1A teams.
Weather played havoc with the weekend basketball schedule and the Demons ended up having just one game during the week.
The Lady Demons had two games in the past week with a road trip to Alamosa and a home game against Colorado Academy in the Buena Vista Invitational.
The Buena Vista wrestlers had a busy 2 days with travel to the Western Slope for the varsity and a trip to Salida for the junior varsity.
Six Buena Vista wrestlers went undefeated as the team finished runner-up on a tiebreaker when they hosted the Demon Duals on Saturday.
The Buena Vista Demons started the season with a couple of home wins. They won the opener over Rye Dec. 3, 30-27, and posted a win over Platte Canyon Dec. 5, 42-32.
On Dec. 3 they hosted Rye dropping the game 46-32. They came back 2 days later with a solid win against Platte Canyon 62-10.
Basketball (home) vs Platte Canyon, 4 p.m. gjv, 5:30 p.m. gv, 7 p.m. bv.
Multiple Buena Vista High School athletes recently received post-season honors and recognition for their accomplishments.
Chaffee County United Soccer wrapped up it’s 2019 season, which included an elite-level win for the club’s U15 girls team at Farmington, N.M.’s Socctoberfest tournament on the first weekend of November.
The Lady Demons volleyball team end their season when they dropped both matches in regional play at Cedaredge Nov. 9.
The No. 13-seeded Buena Vista Demons traveled to fourth-ranked Meeker Nov. 4 with upset on their minds.
The Lady Demons went 4-1 during the past week with a win at Gunnison and then swept their pool of four at the Buena Vista Tournament Saturday.
The Buena Vista Demons finished their regular season play with a solid road win at Monte Vista Nov. 1. In a back-and-forth game, the Demons took control in the fourth quarter to win 27-15.
The Buena Vista High School cross country runners capped off the season in a big way as the Lady Demons won the second place team trophy at the state championship races at the Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs.
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