After back-to-back losses in league play, the Durango High School girls soccer team got back on track with a 2-1 victory against Grand Junction Central on Friday in Grand Junction.
“We pressed them the entire time and we outplayed them essentially 80 minutes” DHS head coach Robert Logan said. “They were on their heels the entire time. They maybe had five shots on goal.
“The girls played well. We installed a new system this week and they executed it just like we’d been practicing.”
The win was key for the Demons, who hold the third spot in the 5A/4A Southwestern League standings with a 3-2 record. They are 5-6 overall.
DHS held a 1-0 lead at halftime after a Maddie Dearien goal.
The Demons pushed the lead to 2-0 with a goal from Charlotte Hale in the second half.
Grand Junction Central (5-8, 1-6 SWL) got its goal on a corner kick when the Demons didn’t mark up with the Warriors.
DHS will play at Fruita Monument (10-3, 6-0 SWL) at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The girls soccer team at Bayfield High School turned in a dominant performance Friday, as the Wolverines smashed Ridgway 6-1 at BHS.
The Wolverines were in control from start to finish and only allowed a goal against late in the match when their lead was 6-0.
Savannah Kaufmann led Bayfield (6-6) with four goals. She netted her first about two minutes into the match, then scored in the 36th, 47th and 50th minutes.
Halle Loveday scored in the 27th minute, and Brooke Merchant found the goal in the 56th minute.
Ridgway (6-5) got its goal from Raven Hopgood in the 68th minute.
Lana McKee was in goal for Bayfield and made 11 saves.
Bayfield will go for its third win in a row when the Wolverines host Telluride (7-2) at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Boys Lacrosse
Boys LacrosseFruita Monument was too much for the Durango High School boys lacrosse team when the two squads met three weeks ago, and the second time around didn’t go any better for the Demons, who fell to the Wildcats 20-3 Friday in Fruita.
“We got outplayed in all facets of the game,” DHS head coach John Robinette said.
The Wildcats won the first meeting 14-4 on April 6.
The Demons also were down a few players because of injuries, and Robinette said the team had penalty trouble early on, which helped the Wildcats build an early lead.
Fruita Monument (9-4, 7-1 5A/4A Mountain League) led 17-1 at halftime.
Dillon Sheehan, in only his third game of the season after missing time with a concussion, scored all three goals for DHS (7-4, 2-4 ML). Ryan Smith assisted on two of Sheehan’s goals, while Harrison Kairalla had one assist and was 8-for-16 on faceoffs.
Dylan Gaver made 15 saves in goal for the Demons.
DHS was scheduled to play at Grand Junction on Saturday, but the game was moved to Thursday, which means the Demons will close out the season with four games in five days, all on the road, starting Tuesday at Telluride (4-6, 2-4 ML).
Girls TennisThe Durango High School girls tennis team hit the road to Grand Junction on Friday and fell to Grand Junction 6-1 and Fruita Monument 7-0.
Against Grand Junction, Mavis Edwards scored the only victory for the Demons, as the sophomore and defending state runner-up beat the Tigers’ Julianna Campos 6-0, 6-0 in No. 1 singles. She lost to Fruita Monument’s Sarah Fleming 6-4, 6-4.
In No. 2 singles, DHS’ Emma Hackett fell to Grand Junction’s Isabel Manzanares 6-2, 6-1, then lost to Fruita Monument’s Alexa Jo Williams 7-5, 6-0.
Lily Chick fell to Grand Junction’s Kamryn Peltier 6-2, 6-4 in No. 3 singles, then 6-2, 6-3 against Fruita’s Amber Skillicorn.
Durango’s No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams pushed Grand Junction to three sets, but fell in close matches. The No. 2 team of Camille Jacobs and Emma Vogel fell 6-3, 2-6, 10-6 to Kylie Hanks and Grace Rose, and the No. 3 team of Laura Clark and Mira Joyner fell 4-6, 6-1, 12-10 to Royanna Crawford and Baily Manuppella.
Clark and Joyner pushed Fruita Monument’s Laynie Collins and Kyra Rooks to three sets, but fell 6-4, 2-6, 10-4. Jacobs and Vogel lost 6-1, 6-1 to Fruita’s Cassidy Lastine and Sarah O’Day.
Durango’s No. 1 doubles team of Payton Craig and Emma Jaber lost 6-2, 6-1 to Grand Junction’s Lauren Lewis and Emily Starritt, and 6-1, 6-0 to Erica Skillicorn and Sofia Treider of Fruita Monument.
The No. 4 doubles team of Mia Boughton and Celia Chick lost to the Tigers’ Dani Brennan and Callie Witt 6-2, 6-4, then 6-1, 6-2 to Fruita Monument’s Tess Dilzell and Alyssa Morse.
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