Ignacio girls lose 1st round of state

Ignacio's Avionne Gomez (25) goes for a steal against Yuma's Avery Whitehead (21) during Thursday morning's Class 2A 'Great Eight' opener inside the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.

Photo by Joel Priest

×

Ignacio's Avionne Gomez (25) goes for a steal against Yuma's Avery Whitehead (21) during Thursday morning's Class 2A 'Great Eight' opener inside the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.

Photo by Joel Priest

Ignacio's Morgan Herrera fires and hits a mid-range jumper over Yuma's Chasey Blach during Thursday morning's Class 2A 'Great Eight' opener inside the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. Herrera finished with seven points, trailing only Alejandra Lujan's eight for the team high.

Photo by Joel Priest

×

Ignacio's Morgan Herrera fires and hits a mid-range jumper over Yuma's Chasey Blach during Thursday morning's Class 2A 'Great Eight' opener inside the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. Herrera finished with seven points, trailing only Alejandra Lujan's eight for the team high.

Photo by Joel Priest

Ignacio's Makayla Howell (1) can't quite swipe a rebound away from Yuma's Kennedy Roth (5) during Thursday morning's Class 2A 'Great Eight' opener inside the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.

Photo by Joel Priest

×

Ignacio's Makayla Howell (1) can't quite swipe a rebound away from Yuma's Kennedy Roth (5) during Thursday morning's Class 2A 'Great Eight' opener inside the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.

Photo by Joel Priest

The Ignacio Bobcat girls lost in the first round of 2A Great Eight action Thursday morning against first-ranked Yuma, 42-18.

The first quarter went well for Ignacio, ending 11-8 with the Bobcats only three points behind.

Larissa Gallegos scored a key three-pointer, with other points from Alejandra Lujan, and Makayla Howell and Morgan Hererra providing strong rebounding.

The young team seemed overwhelmed throughout the rest of the game, however.

Lujan was the Bobcat's high scorer with eight points. A strong Yuma defense kept Avionne Gomez down and she didn't score any points.

Morgan Herrera made seven points and had three rebounds at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. Howell pulled down three rebounds for the team, as well.

Ignacio now moves into the consolation bracket of 2A state action. The Bobcats will play Simla at 8:45 a.m. today.

Simla lost to #4 WRAY, 66-25. The winners of Friday morning's games move into the consolation game playing for fifth place on Saturday morning.