Facing elite competition from around the state, the Bayfield High School track and field team again posted strong results Saturday.
The Wolverines finished eighth out of 24 boys teams and ninth out of 24 girls teams at the Palmer Terror Invitational in Colorado Springs. The boys scored 35 points, while the girls scored 29. Fountain-Fort Carson won the boys meet with 121 points to edge Cherry Creek’s 98. Cherry Creek dominated the girls meet with 153 points, while The Classical Academy was second with 76 points.
Jordan Lanning again was a star for the girls team. She won the girls high jump, as she cleared 5-feet, 5.25-inches. Liberty’s Katelyn McMoore was second at 5-03.
Lanning also finished second in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.37 seconds. Cherry Creek’s Delaney Smith won the race in 14.82. Lanning added a fourth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles in 49.39 seconds. Cherry Creek’s Isabella D’Ambrosia won the race in 48.38 seconds.
Lanning also was seventh in the long jump at 16-07. Kiana Jackson of Fountain-Fort Carson was first at 17-10.
Carl Heide placed third in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.54 seconds. Liberty’s Andrew Doctor won the race in 14.82 seconds. Bayfield’s Dax Snooks was sixth in 16.10 seconds.
Carl Heide added a fourth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles in 40.95 seconds. Jason Farrell of Fountain Fort-Carson was first in 38.87 seconds.
Snooks claimed fourth in the boys high jump, as he cleared 6-feet. Woodland Park’s Skye Ciccarelli won the event by clearing 6-04. Dawson Heide of Bayfield was sixth at 5-10.
In the boys shot put, Wyatt Killinen placed second for BHS with a toss of 46-06. Ryan Phelps of BHS was fourth at 46-00. The event was won by Fountain-Fort Carson’s Iosua Maika, who threw 49-03.
Mikayla Barnes finished fifth in the girls shot put with a throw of 33-11. Mesa Ridge’s Shaelynn Williams was first at 37-08.
It was a big day for the ever-improving Ignacio High School track and field program at the Grand Junction Central Warrior Invitational on Saturday.
Natoni Cundiff won the boys discus with a throw of 140-03. His throw beat Palisade’s Ricardo Valenzuela, who threw it 134-04.
Cundiff then placed second in the shot put with a throw of 40-00.5. Palisade’s Danny Tate won at 42-01.
Aliyana White won the girls shot put for Ignacio with a throw of 36-04.25. Fruita Monument’s Aiga Petelo was second at 34-feet. White also was eighth in the girls discus at 88-06.
Kiana Valdez won the girls 200-meter dash in 29.57 seconds. Reagan Thompson was second for Fruita Monument in 30.09. IHS had two girls in the finals, as Vanessa Gonzales finished eighth in 32.03.
Valdez also was fifth in the girls high jump at 4-04. The winning jump came from Fruita Monument’s Kenley Kohls at 5-03.
“Kiana is just coming back from basketball and hasn’t had much time on the track yet, but her hard work in all the athletes she does is paying off on the track side,” IHS coach John Gurule said. “We’re excited about her potential the rest of the season.”
Jonas Naneto added a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash, as he finished in 55.13 seconds. Grand Junction’s Carlso Castaneda was first in 53.88 seconds. Naneto also was ninth in the high-jump finals at 5-02.
Elco Garcia was fourth in the 1,600-meter run. He completed te mile in 5:04.51. Grand Junction Central’s David Cardenas was first in 4:40.11. Garcia then finished sixth in the two-mile race in 11:05.97. Telluride’s Jaden Evans won in 10:19.69.
“The team has worked extremely hard in practice,” Gurule said. “Not just practice, but the whole offseason. This was a great performance by them at a large meet against 5A schools.”
Girls SoccerThe Durango High School girls soccer team ran into a Class 5A powerhouse in Grand Junction.
The Demons (2-4) fell 5-0 to Denver’s Cherry Creek High School on a neutral field Saturday at Canyon View Park in Grand Junction.
Cherry Creek freshman Abbi Copp scored two goals. Kaitlyn Glover, a junior, added one goal and one assist. Junior Hannah Stokes added one goal, and sophomore Grace Sublette added another. Mackenzie Bryant, another junior, recorded two assists for the Bruins (4-1).
After six games against very strong competition, the Demons will now prepare for the start of the 5A/4A Southwestern League schedule. DHS will host Grand Junction Central at 1:30 p.m. April 7. The game won’t be played at DHS, though, as it is scheduled for the Smiths Sports Complex on the campus of Fort Lewis College.
BaseballThe Ignacio High School baseball team (1-4) dropped two tough home games to Sargent in a doubleheader Saturday.
The Bobcats fell 2-1 in the first game and then battled to a 13-11 loss in eight innings of the second game against the Farmers (6-2).
Sargent pitcher Ryan Davis threw a complete game in the opener. He struck out eight and didn’t allow a walk. Ignacio took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Sargent tied it in the fourth inning, as Ignacio catcher Nate Herrera attempted a throw down to third base to try to pick off Trevor Milne, but his throw went off the bat of Frankie Torrez, and Milne came in to score. The unfortunate incident occurred with two outs.
Sargent took the lead in the sixth inning, as Herrera tried to gun down a runner trying to steal second base, but neither the short stop or second baseman were covering the bag to receive the throw. That allowed Milne to once again score.
Kai Roubideaux was the tough-luck losing pitcher in Game 1. He allowed only three hits and walked three batters and struck out eight. Kruz Pardo pitched two innings of relief. He walked two and struck out two and allowed one hit.
Lawrence Toledo went 2-for-3 at the plate and scored a run. Trave Lovelace was 1-for-3 with a run batted in. Joe and Nate Herrera each went 1-for-3.
Marcus Chapman pitched Game 2 for the Bobcats against Sargent’s Christian Schaller. Sargent jumped out to a 5-0 lead behind three runs in the first and two in the third. Trailing 11-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Bobcats rallied with seven runs in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings, but the Farmer got two runs in the top of the eighth, and IHS wasn’t able to mount another rally.
Ignacio had eight hits in the game to 13 for Sargent. The game was riddled with errors, as Sargent committed seven and Ignacio had six.
Ignacio will face Meeker at noon Saturday in Rangely before facing Rangely at 3 p.m.
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