Fossil Ridge falls short against Denver East in Gojo Tipoff Classic championship game

Emily Brey • December 6, 2016

Cam DeHart up for the jumpball as the Championship game begins. Photo Credit: Haley Rockwell.

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The annual Gojo Tipoff Classic basketball tournament took place starting Wednesday, November 30, at Fossil Ridge High School. The Sabercats had two solid and hard fought wins, but the team came up short, 58-68, in the championship game against a very talented Denver East squad.

To start off the weekend, the Cat’s took on Dakota Ridge High School. The boys came out on fire, showing solid play, ankle-breaking ball handling skills, but, most importantly, they we’re finding the backboard and ultimately the netting of the hoop. At halftime Fossil was holding a 47-26 lead after a handful of completed free throws from Cam Dehart, Braxton Bertolette, and Garrett Ripsam, as well as aggressive and creative offense and smart defense. After another high pace half, the Sabercats took the win, with a final score of a crushing 82-52. It seemed that the team had found a new “mojo”.

Their second game, vs skilled Montbello High School, called for a better performance and strong play until the final whistle. The ball went back and forth and back and forth throughout the game…literally; possession of the ball was almost equal and neither team out shined the other. The Sabercats, however, came out on top with a 60-57 win, pushing them into the championship game.

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Going into the final game, the Sabercats new it was going to be a tough one to pull out of the hat. Denver East is a team with a lot of skill and a lot of depth and a previous season record of (17-9-0) backed with multiple State Champion titles. Throughout all four quarter’s it was a fairly close game, there just wasn’t enough time for Fossil to make a full comeback after going down early. Unfortunately Fossil couldn’t walk away with the champion title, losing 58-68; however, senior Braxton Bertolette broke a record scoring over 1000 career points in a Fossil Ridge jersey, so it wasn’t all bad.

On Monday December 5, the boys took on Golden and struggled again losing 55-73. Their next game is Tuesday December 13, at home vs Mountain Vista at 6:30! Come out and support your boys! Follow @frhssportsnews & @EmilyBreyEIS on Twitter for more updates!

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Emily Brey, Sports Editor

Emily Brey is a senior at Fossil Ridge High School who is in her third year on the Etched In Stone staff and is Co-Editor of the Sports BEAT. Emily plays varsity soccer for Fossil and also plays for Arsenal Colorado on the ‘00 Academy team. She is committed to play soccer at Colorado State University - Pueblo and plans to study business and law in college. After attending CSUP, she hopes to attend CU where she will go for her MBA.

Between taking on a full schedule and all of her extracurricular commitments, Emily is a very busy bee this year. Emily is serving as Vice President of FBLA here at Fossil, and is a member of Key Club and NTHS (National Technical Honor Society). She is an ambitious young lady whose reliability, organization, and work ethic has helped her achieve many goals in her time thus far at Fossil Ridge. She is a huge fan of Lana Del Rey and the bands, All Time Low, SWMRS, Waterparks, and The Wrecks. She enjoys spending time outside and organizing things, which relaxes her. When she isn’t covering a story or playing soccer, Emily enjoys being a homebody and watching movies.

The friendly, family-like environment that the journalism program at Fossil encompasses has been something she has valued since freshman year. She would love to be able to continue journalistic work after high school. Emily looks forward to leading the Journalism 1 writers, no matter if that’s in journalism or just life in general. Plus, she hopes to inspire the younger writers to report on other topics besides sports, just because that’s something that she wishes she would’ve done the past two years. Her main goal for the year in journalism is to get better with her coverage, especially with using multiple media platforms. Emily wants to try and expand from her comfort zone of sports writing, hoping to experience writing different journalistic topics.