Thanks to Brenden Theatres for hosting the football team last night for a special showing of the movie “Lincoln”. This is the second year in a row that the Theatre has extended this generous invitation.
Read more »By Ryan Mackley – riflefootball.com It took awhile to write this one. Saturday December 1 was tough. The Rifle Bear’s unbeaten streak came to a sudden and crashing halt and the Silver Creek Raptors are the Colorado 3A State Champions for 2012. What Happened? I have heard this question a lot around our community over …
Read more »Come Out to Support the Bears The team will be leaving on Friday at 12:30 with a police escort out of town. They will leave the school and go all the way down Railroad starting by Wells Fargo Bank. Let’s line the streets! The game is at Legacy Stadium in Aurora. Legacy Stadium is on …
Read more »State Championship This Saturday Wednesday is already here and the nerves are hard to calm. Rifle will play the Silver Creek Raptors for the Colorado 3A State Football Championship at 1:00 on Saturday at Legacy Stadium in Aurora. Breaking Down Silver Creek Cocky? Here is Silver Creek’s Andre Apodaca on the game via Twitter: …
Read more »Roosevelt To say that the Roosevelt Roughriders refused to quit on Saturday might be the understatement of the season. The Bears kept scoring and the Roughriders kept counterpunching their way back into the contest. There were many in the stadium who believed the Bears would certainly be practicing on Thanksgiving after Isaac Rider scored on …
Read more »Playoffs – Week 1 Sponsored by Goliath Industries 2012 Playoffs – Week 1:Rifle Bears vs. Erie Tigers – 1:00PM Saturday November 10 – Bears Stadium – Rifle, CO Rifle’s second straight undefeated regular season is in the books. A streak that began in August 2011 at Grand Valley is still intact. Rifle has won 20 …
Read more »The Bears had no problem with the Battle Mountain Huskies last Friday, but tomorrow’s match-up with Palisade will be much, much tougher. In a variety of 3A Prep football polls Rifle is ranked #1 and Palisade is ranked #2. The winner is in the driver’s seat to a League title, and the loser will be …
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The Rifle Bears continued their strong start to the season with a 28-0 win over the visiting Glenwood Demons on Friday night. Ryan Moeller had another solid outing with 325 yards and three touchdowns, but it was the defense that was the story of the night. The Bears gave up nothing easy and forced Glenwood …
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Rifle 45 – Moffat County 0 It may sound ridiculous given the score, but this was a hard fought contest. The Bulldogs were big, physical and talented and had the Bears right where they wanted them on multiple occasions in the first half. Penalties and turnovers plagued Moffat County, however, and Rifle took advantage. Ryan …
Read more »Rifle Ranked #1 in 3A For the first time since December 2004, Rifle is ranked the top team in Colorado’s 3A classification. But there is a lot of football left to play in 2012 and a tough Moffat County team is up next for the Bears. News stories after a big Rifle win on Friday …
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