SPORTS

HIGH SCHOOL SCORES

Volleyball

Grand Junction—3   Glenwood—0

Soccer

Roaring Fork—4      Rifle—–2

Jefferson Academy—4    Aspen—0

Softball

Rifle—26    Palisade—–4

Rifle—15     Palisade—–1

Elsewhere in sports…

DENVER (AP) – The game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies scheduled for Tuesday night was postponed because of rain.They will now play a split doubleheader Wednesday, with the first game at 1:10 p.m. and the latter at 6:10 p.m. Rain began falling just as Colorado players took the field for the start of the game. Starter Tyler Anderson tossed a few warmup pitches before a drizzle turned into a downpour and sent fans scurrying for cover. Later, with the rain still falling, Anderson returned to the field with the hood of his sweatshirt pulled over his head and tested the outfield grass. After lightly jumping up and down a few times, he wandered over to the stands, where he high-fived fans that remained in the first row.The game was officially scrubbed for the night after a delay of 2 hours, 32 minutes.

DENVER (AP) – The Denver Nuggets traded forward JoffreyLauvergne to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday for two second-round draft picks in 2017. Lauvergne, a native of France, appeared in 83 games for the Nuggets, including 16 starts, averaging 6.7 points and 4.4 rebounds. He was the 55th pick in the 2013 NBA draft and made his debut for Denver late in the 2014-15 season.  Denver will receive Oklahoma City’s 2017 second-round pick and Memphis’s 2017 second-round pick, which Oklahoma City acquired in a previous trade.
DENVER (AP) – Police in Georgia say former Air Force quarterback Dee Dowis has died in a car accident outside Atlanta. He was 48. He died in a two-vehicle accident Monday morning near Buford. He was working as a sales manager for a pharmaceutical company in South Carolina. Dowis was a standout option quarterback for the Falcons. As a 153-pound sophomore in 1987 he began running coach Fisher DeBerry’s triple-option offense. He graduated as the as the academy’s career leading rusher and finished sixth in the 1989 Heisman Trophy voting. During that season, Dowis rushed for 1,286 yards and 18 uchdowns while throwing for 1,285 yards and seven touchdowns. He led the Falcons to the Liberty Bowl. He was inducted into the academy’s athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.He is survived by his wife, Tracie, and two children.

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