Eagle Valley’s Eric Asselin rips through the woods at Colorado Mountain College at the first race of the Colorado High School Cycling League mountain bike season on Aug. 23. Asselin won the varsity boys race by over five minutes.
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After the first of four Colorado High School Cycling League mountain bike race weekends, Eagle Valley’s Eric Asselin is the Yampa Region points leader. The senior won the varsity boys race at the Cloud City Challenge in Leadville on Aug. 23, covering the 18.6-mile course in 1 hour, 19 minutes, 37.18 seconds.

On the first of three laps, Asselin built a 44-second lead over eventual runner-up Nathan Riemer of Monarch. He added just over two more minutes on each of the next two revolutions to secure a 5:30 win. Lakewood’s Siri Krum (1:29:41.01) claimed the varsity girls title.

Asselin finished his junior campaign as the top varsity boys rider in the Yampa Region before going on to place 23rd at the 2024 state competition. Vail Ski and Snowboard Association won the D3 title in 2023 and VSSA and Eagle Valley went 1-2 out of 42 teams at state last fall.

Eric Asselin crosses the finish line to win the varsity boys competition at the Cloud City Challenge in Leadville on Aug. 23. The Eagle Valley senior is now the Yampa Region points leader going into the second weekend of races this Saturday and Sunday in Steamboat Springs.Linda Guerrette/Colorado High School Cycling League

The Colorado High School Cycling League consists of more than 160 schools split into four regions — Yampa, Platte, Crystal and Piedra — competing across three divisions (D1, D2 and D3). Cyclists can race in either varsity, junior varsity, sophomore or freshmen classes. Team scores in D3 — the division Eagle Valley and VSSA compete in — are based on the top-5 point-earners (from any class), with a maximum of four coming from either the boys’ or girls’ categories.

In Leadville, Eagle Valley’s Heidi Treichel (1:39:38.20) placed fifth overall in the girls varsity competition while younger sister, Haley (1:19:10.51) took third in the 2-lap freshmen race. Jack Sargent (1:31:16.28) rounded out the Devils’ scoring with his 13th-place result in the boys varsity race.


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Eagle Valley freshman Haley Treichel placed third in the freshman girls race at the Cloud City Challenge on Aug. 23 in Leadville. Linda Guerrette/Colorado High School Cycling League

VSSA was led by Tyler Moore’s runner-up finish in the freshmen boys race. Moore (1:02:07.09) finished just behind Boulder’s Milo Barge (58:48.45). Fellow first-year riders Trevan Baker (1:06.34.90 and Will Chaussignand (1:22:34.89) placed ninth and 36th, respectively. Parker Osborn (1:30:04.62) was the top VSSA varsity boys finisher in 12th while Katie Lombardi (1:54:43.90) led the way in the varsity girls competition in 16th. Elsie Robinson rounded out the VSSA lineup, taking 18th (1:27:49.30) in the sophomore girls race.

Eagle Valley and VSSA are in Steamboat Springs this Sunday for the second regular-season race. They host the third Yampa Region event on Sept. 20 in Eagle before heading to Nathrop for the final event on Oct. 5. The top-25 varsity and the top-40 junior varsity, sophomore and freshman riders from each region (determined by finishes at the four regular-season events) qualify for the state championships in Glenwood Springs Oct. 18-19.

Eagle Valley junior Heidi Treichel placed fifth in the varsity girls race at the Cloud City Challenge in Leadville on Aug. 23.Linda Guerrette/Colorado High School Cycling League

Other prep notes

Jakob Methvin recorded his second-straight hat trick to lead Battle Mountain to an 8-1 win over Glenwood Springs on Tuesday. Methvin also added two assists for the Huskies, who got a pair of goals from Carlos Ventura and scores from Luca Goldberg, Charlie Velasquez and Stefano Rodriguez as well. The Huskies (2-1 overall, 2-0 league) host Centaurus on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Warriors were ranked No. 2, one spot ahead of the Huskies, in the CHSAA 4A pre-season polls.

The Eagle Valley boys soccer team won its third game in a row on Wednesday, defeating Moffat County 10-0. The Devils (3-1-1) are at Sand Creek on Saturday at 1 p.m. before hosting Battle Mountain the following Tuesday night.

Eagle Valley girls volleyball fell to Palisade 25-16, 25-14, 24-26, 25-23 on Tuesday in Gypsum. The Devils (1-5) travel to Steamboat Springs on Thursday.

Vail Mountain School lost to Roaring Fork 25-17, 25-20, 22-25, 25-21 on Tuesday to drop to 1-1 on the year. The Rangers travel to Denver Christian on Saturday.

Eagle Valley hosts its home cross-country meet Saturday at The Siena Valley Club. The morning kicks off with the Devil’s Dash 5K at 8:30 a.m., followed by a 1K race for kids 5th-grade and under. The middle school races start at 9:45 a.m. and the high school girls and boys races are at 10:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., respectively.