A true Hometown send off. Parents and supporters cheer for the Bayfield High School football from the traffic circle on County Road 501 Friday morning as the team departs to compete in the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A State Championship Saturday afternoon in Kersey, CO. Photo Shaun Stanley / Durango Herald

As a bus carrying the Bayfield High School football team circles the traffic circle on County Road 501, parents and supporters cheer for the teamas they depart to play in the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A State Championship Saturday. Photo Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Members of the Bayfield High School Football team await the departure of their bus carrying them towards the Class 2A State Championship game Saturday afternoon in Kersey, CO. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

With Bayfield Marshal Sgt. Dan Abdella leading the way, the bus carrying the Bayfield Football team heads out of town early Friday morning towards the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A State Championship Saturday afternoon in Kersey, CO. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>

Bayfield High School football player Macoy Michaeli checks his locker one last time Friday morning before he boards the bus that will carry the team to Kersey, CO to compete in the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A State Championship. Bayfield is ranked number one in the state and will face number three ranked Platte Valley. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>

Bayfield High School football player Wyatt Freier is hugged by Bayfield Marshal Joseph McIntyre early Friday morning before he boards the bus that will carry the team to Kersey, CO to compete in the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A State Championship. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>

Bayfield High School football player Noah Loutherback is hugged by Bayfield High School wrestling coach Neil Barnes early Friday morning before he boards the bus that will carry the team to Kersey, CO to compete in the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A State Championship. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>

Supporters of the Bayfield High School football team wave banners as the team departs for the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A State Championship Saturday afternoon in Kersey, CO. Photo by Shaun Stanley/ Durango Herald

A chalk board in the locker room of the Bayfield High School football team tells whats next for the team as they departed Friday morning to the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A State Championship. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

The Bayfield Football team lines up at the High School early Friday morning to await the arrival of their bus as they depart to compete in the Class 2A State Championship. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>