In its home opener, the Bayfield High School girls soccer team had plenty of chances to score on Pagosa Springs, but solid goalkeeping from Pirates’ keeper Diana Scott, and BHS playing down a player in the second half, kept the Wolverines scoreless in a 1-0 Pagosa Springs victory Tuesday at BHS.
The Pirates (3-5, 2-2 3A Region 5) broke the 0-0 match in the 58th minute with a bit of luck. Hailey Griego took a shot that BHS keeper Lana McKee jumped up and grabbed, but, as McKee came down, the ball squirted loose and Sarah Ross poked it into the back of the net.
Bayfield (3-4, 1-1 3A Region 5) had a good chance for the equalizer late in the match, but Scott took care of a shot from Bayfeild’s Halle Loveday to secure the shutout.
With the loss, Bayfield and Pagosa Springs split the season series with each team picking up a road win.
Bayfield will be back at home Friday to host the Mean Moose of Alamosa (6-1, 3-0 3A Region 5) at 4 p.m. at BHS.
The Durango High School girls golf team battled through steady winds of 20 mph to tie for first place at the John Mall Invitational hosted by Farmington High School on Monday at the San Juan Country Club in Farmington.
The Demons fired a team score of 432 to tie Piedra Vista High School of Farmington for the top spot on the par-71 course. Dolores was third with a 542 and Farmington was fourth with a 480.
Piedra Vista’s Shandiin Harper took medalist honors with a 95. There were 23 players in the field.
The Demons were led by Lilly Tichi’s 106, which tied for second overall. Faith Mewmaw was one shot back of Tichi with a 107 to tie for fifth, Quinn Griswold shot a 108 to place sixth, Madalen Meier posted a 111 to finish ninth, Avery Wickes fired a 121 to place 13th.
Durango will be back on the course Monday when the Demons host their home tournament, the Durango Open, at Hillcrest Golf Club in Durango.
Baseball
BaseballIgnacio High School’s baseball team gave up a couple big innings that doomed the Bobcats to a 15-5 loss to Dolores on Monday at IHS.
Down 3-0 after the top of the first inning, the Bobcats (4-7, 2-2 2A District 3/5) responded with three runs of their own with an RBI single from Trace Lovelace then a two-run home run by senior Kai Roubideaux.
But Ignacio’s offense slowed after the first while the Bears (3-7, 2-2 District 3/5) piled on runs with two in the third, three in the fifth, another run in the sixth, then a whopping six runs in the seventh inning to run away with the victory in Ignacio.
Cameron Chavez earned a complete-game win for Dolores. He gave up 12 hits, no walks and struck out six. Four of the five runs scored were earned.
Chavez also contributed at the plate with a 1-for-3 performance with an RBI and three runs scored. Justin Purkat drove in two runs for the Bears and Dakota Smith added an RBI.
Roubideaux took the loss for Ignacio. He pitched five innings, allowed four hits, walked five, hit one batter and struck out 10. Only four of the eight runs against Roubideaux were earned. He finished the day 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Cole McCaw and Lawrence Toledo both went 2-for-3, with McCaw driving in one run and one run scored, and Joe Herrera went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Ignacio will host Hotchkiss (7-0, 0-0 District 3/5) and Paonia (7-0, 1-0 District 3/5), beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday.
kschneider@durangoherald.com
