The Durango High School girls basketball team trailed Grand Junction Central by five points at halftime on Friday. The Demons, however, went on a huge run in the second half to not only take the lead, but also continue pulling away from the Warriors. The Demons outscored Central 26-2 in the third quarter and eventually won the conference game, 51-32.
The DHS boys also took on Grand Junction Central on Friday, but came up short in their contest, 49-32.
The Durango squads were also scheduled to play at Grand Junction on Saturday.
Dazed by visiting Montezuma-Cortez’s early three-point shooting, the Ignacio Bobcats rallied to earn a one-point halftime lead, keep it after three quarters and ultimately prevail 55-50 Friday night inside IHS Gymnasium.
Junior guard Phillip Quintana keyed the home team’s second-quarter comeback with seven points, then added eight – six via two of his three three-pointers – during the final frame in totaling a game-high 17. Junior center/forward Gabe Cox followed with 14 points, while senior guard Eppie Quintana and junior guard Devante Montoya each contributed seven.
Trailing MCHS 13-11 after one quarter of varsity girls’ basketball on Friday, Trae Seibel’s crew took control during the second. Outscoring the Panthers 24-8, IHS went into halftime up 35-21. Despite Montezuma-Cortez fighting back after the break – and winning the second half 35-33 – Ignacio had enough of an advantage to win 68-56.
One doesn’t often see an 11-point Pagosa Springs girls’ basketball lead disappear completely.
But after seeing their halftime lead on Friday nearly erased by the 3A/4A Intermountain League’s ultimate underdog, Bayfield, the Pirates outscored the Wolverines 19-2 during the last quarter-and-a-half to secure a 37-18 road win.
Poised to make their 3A/4A Intermountain battle on Friday the stuff of league lore, neither the Bayfield Wolverines nor the Pagosa Springs Pirates wanted to give an inch through two-and-a-half quarters.
But when PSHS senior guard Gunner Dozier and sophomore guard Colt Lewis buried consecutive 3-pointers to increase the guests’ lead to 38-28 with 3:09 remaining in the third, one side at last had a true upper hand. Senior guard/forward Kayson Shahan also drained a three while posting seven points in the quarter, which ended with Pagosa Springs ahead 42-33. Unfortunately for BHS’ boys, the Pirates were just getting started.
Lewis knocked down two more treys and Dozier made another before closing out the clash by going 6-of-6 from the free-throw line as PSHS – ranked No. 8 in the week-starting CHSAANow.com Class 4A poll – racked up 27 points during the final eight minutes to win 69-44.
The Durango High School ice hockey team played its final regular season games on Friday and Saturday at home against Pueblo County.
On Friday, the Demons dominated the Hornets 8-0.
The two teams then faced off again on Saturday, but results weren’t available at press time.
– Joel Priest contributed to this report
