The Durango High School volleyball team finished in fourth place and went 1-1 at the Battle Mountain Tournament Saturday, as the Demons beat Summit County 25-9, 25-23 and 25-14 and narrowly lost to Vail Mountain in five sets, 25-17, 25-21, 25-22, 25-12 and 16-14.
In the first match against Summit County, Millie O’Ketter led the way with 14 kills and three aces, while Lily Chick had 15 digs. Paige Ammerman had 20 assists in the win.
The second match against Vail Mountain was much tighter, as the Demons fought back from a 2-0 deficit winning the next two games to force a fifth set. In the end, Vail Mountain was able to hold off Durango’s comeback with a 16-14 win.
O’Ketter paced the Demons again, leading them in kills (14) and digs (22) and aces (5). Ammerman had 22 assists, while Taylor Wolf had five blocks.
The Demons (6-9, 2-5 5A/4A Southwestern League) will travel to play Fruita Monument at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 11.
“I was really proud of the way we played today,” said Demons head coach Collen Vogt. “It was really fun to come back down 0-2 against Vail Mountain and the fifth set was really good volleyball, despite the loss.”
In the other area volleyball match, Centauri won in four sets in a 3A Intermountain Volleyball league game Saturday afternoon, winning 25-22, 25-18, 25-17 and 25-22.
Tymbree Florian led the way for the Wolverines (3-9, 2-3 IML), as she finished with seven kills, 16 assists and 10 digs.
BHS head coach Terene Foutz said that Florian “put in a senior-level performance.”
Sophomore call-up Macee Schultz had five blocks and also contributed defensively in her first career varsity match.
Jannika Pope led the team with eight kills while Lana McKee finished with 18 digs.
“Today’s match was hard fought, and our improvements are steadily showing up in matches,” Foutz said. “I liked our attack confidence today. We challenged blocks and attacked well under pressure. We definitely forced Centauri to play at a higher level to beat us. It was a good day for Bayfield volleyball.”
The Wolverines will host Pagosa Springs at 6 p.m. Tuesday at BHS.
Ignacio High School (2-3, 0-0 1A Southern Peaks League) football had another rough performance Saturday evening, falling 49-0 to Colorado Springs Christian in Colorado Springs. It was Ignacio’s third consecutive loss. Additionally, it was the Bobcats’ third consecutive game in which the defense gave up 40 points or more, which brought the total number of points given up during the losing streak to 135.
The Bobcats will open their conference schedule next week when they will host Center at 7 p.m. Friday at Bobcat Stadium.
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