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Buena Vista went to another highly competitive multi-classification tournament the past weekend and finished fifth behind Centauri, Alamosa, Eaton and Mullen.
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The Buena Vista Demons filled a half-dozen spots on the Class 1A All-State Football Team, according to the CHSAAnow website.
The Lady Demons split games in the past week to move to 5-2 for the season.
The 51-38 loss to league power The Vanguard on Friday, Jan. 7 was their first Tri-Peaks League loss and they now stand at 2-1. On Wednesday, they traveled to Banning Lewis Academy and returned home with a 48-21 victory.
The Buena Vista Demon wrestlers gained valuable experience at the Cheyenne Mountain Classification Clash Saturday, Jan. 8.
Representing Class 2A, the Demons placed 11th out of 16 teams. Individually three Buena Vista wrestlers placed second and one placed fifth.
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The Buena Vista Lady Demons hosted the James Irwin Jaguars Dec. 16 and scored a 63-12 win for a 1-0 Tri-Peaks League record heading into Christmas break.
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The Buena Vista grapplers head to Christmas break with a tournament victory in their final event of 2021.
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Buena Vista traveled to James Irwin Dec. 16 and returned home with an 81-39 Tri-Peaks League win.
Scheduled exhibitions for the first week of January, 2022.
The Lady Demons went 1-1 at their own home tournament. On Friday, they soundly defeated Gunnison 44-23, then fell to Grand Valley 47-22 Saturday afternoon.
After making a schedule adjustment when the season’s first winter storm stopped travel to the Western Slope Friday, the entire Buena Vista wrestling team headed south to Salida for the Rob Mickel tournament.
The host Demons lost one to weather and won one on the court when they hosted their home tournament Dec. 10-11.
The Demons finished runner-up to Severence, the No. 4 team in Class 3A Saturday on the strength of four undefeated wrestlers in the Boys Varsity Tournament.
Buena Vista opened the basketball season by splitting last week’s action.
Buena Vista hosts its early season tournament this weekend.
Four teams entered the Class 1A football semifinals undefeated and only two would remain for the state championship the following weekend.
The Buena Vista Demons were one of the odd-teams-out as Centauri handed the Demons their only loss of the year, 42-6.
Second-ranked Centauri has outscored its opponents 41-7 this season based on a balanced attack and big-play opportunism.
No. 3 Buena Vista (11-0) travels down the San Luis Valley for a 1 p.m., kickoff at 10-0 Centauri High School in La Jara in the Class 1A state semifinals.
Buena Vista defeated Meeker for the second time this season with a game-ending play Saturday, but the state quarterfinal playoff game needed extra time to resolve the 22-15 final.
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The second round of the state Class 1A playoffs brings back the 8-2 Meeker Cowboys, who visited in Week 5 and left following Tam Flower’s 40-yard field goal as time expired to loft 10-0 Buena Vista to a 17-14 victory.
That Saturday afternoon Sept. 25 saw Cowboy running back Kelton Turner run over, through and around the Demon defense, gashing them for 100-plus rushing yards in the opening quarter on his way to 215 mostly first-half yards
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The Buena Vista Demons advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Class 1A state football playoffs via a 42-14 home victory over the Gunnison Cowboys.
Buena Vista hosts a rematch of Week 5’s thriller over Meeker.
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No. 3 seeded Buena Vista will host Gunnison at 7 p.m., Friday in the opening round of the 2021 CHSAA State Football Playoffs Class 1A tournament.
“I like the draw for sure,” Buena Vista coach Matt Flavin said. “Friday night, 7 p.m., should be a fun time.”
No. 3 seeded Buena Vista will host Gunnison at 7 p.m., Friday in the opening round of the 2021 CHSAA State Football Playoffs Class 1A tournament.
The Buena Vista girls finished third at the 2A Colorado State cross country championships at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs.
Buena Vista split four games last weekend in its home Girls Varsity Tournament, earning victories over Middle Park and Grand Valley.
Buena Vista’s Dawson Martinez led the fall league by 4/10 of a clay target out of 89 shooters competing in the USA Clay Target League.
A block early in the game foreshadowed the outcome of Buena Vista’s 20-14 victory over Florence in Friday’s battle of the unbeatens.
A block early in the game foreshadowed the outcome of Buena Vista’s 20-14 victory over Florence in Friday’s battle of the unbeatens
The Buena Vista track teams both qualified for the state meet for the fifth consecutive time Friday at Rocky Ford.
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A block early in the game foreshadowed the outcome of Buena Vista’s 20-14 victory over Florence in Friday’s battle of the unbeatens.
A block early in the game foreshadowed the outcome of Buena Vista’s 20-14 victory over Florence in Friday’s battle of the unbeatens
The Buena Vista track teams both qualified for the state meet for the fifth consecutive time Friday at Rocky Ford.
BV Racing saw 10 riders compete in the Colorado High School Racing League state championships at Durango Saturday.
The team finished 11th overall, led by Mitchek Colley’s 26th-place finish in the 101 racer varsity girls event.
The Buena Vista volleyball team made right an early season loss to Chaffee County rival Salida last week, sweeping the match in three games on the Lady Spartans home court.
Buena Vista lost a tough volleyball match Thursday in Manitou Springs. The 14-1 Lady Mustangs tripled kills over the Volley Demons en route to a 25-14, 25-17, 25-17 victory.
Buena Vista (8-0) had an efficient start at Colorado Springs Christian School Friday, scoring on about half of its first half possessions for a 21-6 halftime lead en route to a 49-12 romp.
The Lady Demons placed three runners in the Top 10 Oct. 8 for a third-place team finish at the league meet.
Buena Vista jumped right in and kick-started its offense into a touchdown run less than 2 minutes into a 49-6 rout of Rye Friday night.
The 7-0 Demons had struggled early in recent games, so this week coach Matt Flavin flipped the script.
BV Racing finished runner-up at Eagle and in its conference while securing a dozen riders at state in Durango later this month.
Leading Buena Vista’s entry in the Colorado High School Racing League state championship Oct. 23-24 are varsity riders Ace England and Mitchek Colley.
Buena Vista lost matches at The Vanguard School and Pagosa Springs last week.
“We had a rough week another couple of tough games that we had opportunities to win but couldn’t quite finish,” Buena Vista coach Jamie Page said.
The Hill Gang turned out in numbers to cheer the Buena Vista High School cross country teams Saturday in Salida.
Zaila Smith won the girls 5k Salida Cross County Classic race at Hutchinson Ranch in 20 minutes, 8 seconds.
Buena Vista senior Chandler Smethers finished tied for 73rd place after the 2-day Class 3A boys state golf tournament Monday and Tuesday.
Three fourth quarter touchdowns Friday night propelled Buena Vista to a second straight thrilling finish, this time a 28-21 victory over North Fork in Hotchkiss.
The Demons (5-0) fell behind the Miners (4-1) 14-0 in the second quarter, rallied in the fourth quarter to take the lead, immediately lost it and then drove 80 yards in five plays for the game winner.
The Lady Demons dropped a volleyball match to Banning Lewis last week.
The match, which Buena Vista dropped 25-22, 25-20, 19-25, 25-15, was hastily scheduled after Tuesday’s scheduled county rival Salida was quarantined.
Buena Vista improved to 6-5 after defeating Banning Lewis and Ellicott with 3-1 match wins last week.
The line waited, Jacob Phelps set Seth Moss’ long snap down and Tam Flowers booted it 40 yards for a game-winning field goal as time expired Saturday, lifting the Demons to a 17-14 homecoming victory over Meeker.
A pair of sixth-places finishes propelled BV Racing to it second straight second-place finish in Colorado High School Cycling League competition.
Buena Vista fell after long road trips to La Junta 3-2 Tuesday and Alamosa 3-0 Friday.
The Buena Vista Demons beat Peyton the old-fashioned way Friday - with a hard-earned victory.
Buena Vista (4-0) trailed for the first time this season through the second quarter but asserted itself in the second half to claim a 21-8 victory.
The Buena Vista Classic high school cross country meet was held for the first time at McMurry Ranch in Nathrop Tuesday and BVHS boys and girls varsity teams both earned wins at the inaugural event.
Molly McMurry placed second for the Lady Demons with a time of 23 minutes, 42.5 seconds and Nate Plotner took first place in 19:10.40.
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Chandler Smethers earned Tri-Peaks League conference medalist honors after shooting 81 at Holydot Golf Course last week, then finished ninth to qualify for the state tournament Tuesday at Cortez.
The Chalk Creek Stampede time trials were held at McMurry Ranch in Nathrop Sept. 11–12. 22 teams sent almost 300 racers around the 13-mile course over 2 days. BV Racing entered 26 participants in the event. Salida Racing entered 27.
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More than 15 schools will send racers to BVHS’s home cross country meet Tuesday, Sept. 21 when the Buena Vista Classic 2021 moves to a new course at McMurry Ranch in Nathrop.
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Buena Vista brought home the Butch Braswell Invitational at Salida Golf Club and beat the event hosts on their home course with a 2-stroke victory.
Demon senior Chandler Smethers carded a medalist 77, finishing one stroke ahead of Salida freshman Avery Duquette
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The Volley Demons beat Monte Vista and battled with Class 3A’s No. 1-ranked team last week.
Buena Vista’s cross country teams posted Top 10 finishes at the Liberty Bell Cross Country Invitational 2021 in Littleton Saturday.
The Demons improved to 3-0 with a 35-7 win over the winless Tigers.
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The Chalk Creek Stampede returns to the McMurry Ranch in Nathrop Sept. 11-12 where BV Racing will open the Colorado High School Cycling League season opener.
BV Racing coach Taf McMurry says the event this weekend still needs volunteers and race marshals for both days.
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Buena Vista’s Zaila Smith won the 2A girls race at the Cheyenne Mountain Stampede (Pre-State) 2021 by almost 26 seconds.
Smith finished the 83-runner, 5,000-meter event in 20 minutes, 14.4 seconds, well ahead of runnerup Eliana Caucutt of Golden View Classical Academy’s 20:40.2.
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The Demons golf team and Collegiate Peaks Golf Course hosted the second round of the Tri-Peaks League Tournament Tuesday.
Tournament medalist Chandler Smethers led the Demons to a third-place team finish. Smethers carded a 78 to finish 4 strokes ahead of a 2-way tied for second.
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The Buena Vista volleyball team won at Del Norte and fell to Lake County last week.
The Buena Vista Demons turned a close game into a second half rout and 48-19 win at Banning Lewis Academy Saturday in Colorado Springs.
“Man they were really big and athletic,” Demons coach Matt Flavin said.
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Buena Vista cross country teams both finished eighth in the season-opening Battle Mountain Husky Invitational Saturday at the Minturn Nordic Center.
Buena Vista finished 3 strokes behind Salida Monday in the first of three Tri-Peaks League golf tournaments.
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Buena Vista blew out the rivalry game in the fourth quarter, racking up 24 final points en route to a 47-0 home win over in the season opener Salida Aug. 26.
Buena Vista High School got off to a fast start by winning two of its first three matches of the season last week.
The BVHS Demons opened the unofficial football preseason with a multi-team scrimmage at defending 2A spring state champion Manitou Springs Aug. 19.
“Thursday night went very well for both JV and varsity teams. The coaches loved our effort and communication,” Demons head coach Matt Flavin said. “Those were the goals we wanted them to work on. We are still making mistakes, but those can and will be fixed during the season.”
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The BVHS Demons golfers have fared well this far on Colorado’s Western Slope.
The BVHS girls opened the volleyball season this week before hosting a triangular this weekend.
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Buena Vista High School sports teams are preparing for the fall season, which began this week.
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The Buena Vista Baseball Demons had four players selected to post-season all-state teams led by Cole Reavis, who was named to two teams.
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Coming off its best season in years, the Lady Demons placed three players on the Class 2A all-state soccer team.
Buena Vista’s leading scorer, junior forward/midfielder Jamison Litvay, earned one of the dozen first team honors.
The National High School Trail Championship race came down to a photo finish for the boys, as brothers Sullivan and Porter Middaugh raced across the finish line just 0.02 second apart, with Porter diving forward trying to beat his older brother.
The Lady Demons brought home a seventh-place team finish including a state champion from 46 teams competing at the Class 2A state track and field championships at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood last weekend.
First teammers Luke Reavis and Seth Moss led eight Demons on the Season C all-state football team.
The Buena Vista girls placed fourth of 13 teams while the boys finished 10th place at the Tri-Peaks League conference track meet in Salida June 19.
The Buena Vista Demon baseball team advanced to the semifinals of the Colorado High School Class 2A state championships last week.
The Buena Vista Lady Demons soccer team played in the final 8 of the Class 2A State Soccer Championships on Saturday, June 19. They were on the road to play Crested Butte on the pitch at Western State Colorado University in Gunnison.
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