Loveland football heads to Montrose, 11/23/18

Friends and family of the Loveland football team gathered to see the group off as their bus departed for Montrose at 9 a.m. Friday morning. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Sleep was the choise of Josh Sharpes to help pass the time on the early part of the trip to Montrose. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Garrett Sollin (left) fell asleep first, then teammate Austen Jones used him as a pillow as the Loveland football team headed to Montrose on Friday. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Most of the trip was a breeze, but the Loveland football team's trip to Montrose on Friday was slowed down as the snow grew heavier right before the Eisenhower Tunnel. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Getting mixed signals from road signs, bus driver Chris McCay decided it was better to be prepared, stopping at the mouth of the Eisenhower Tunnel to put on chains, with assistance from Loveland coach Wayne McGinn. McCay then stopped in Silverthorne to take them off when it was clear they were not needed. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Loveland football coach Wayne McGinn helps distribute lunch, put together by the LHS Stands Fans, of homemde sandwiches and some from Subway at a stop in Eagle. Some players hit a Wendy's at the site for a little bit more. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Loveland football players passed the time on Friday's bus ride to Montrose by telling stories, joking with each other. listening to music and watching game film on the bus. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Loveland's Zach Weinmaster (left) and Michael Deschene sit in the hotel lobby, waiting to say hello to their parents when they arrive in Montrose. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Loveland's football team climbs on the bus after dinner at Applebees in Montrose, with the tab picked up by the Gebhardt brothers, former players in the program. Upon arrival at their hotel, the Indians were told to stay away from the pool and hot tubs, be in their rooms by 9 p.m. with bed check 30 minutes later. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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After dinner, and finally being at their destination, the Loveland football team was a little more lively after spending more than seven hours on the bus on their way to Montrose for Saturday's 4A state semifinal game. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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This banner greeted the Loveland football team as they checked into their hotel in Montrose on Friday. (Mike Brohard/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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