After its second two-week hiatus from the gridiron, the Bayfield Wolverines returned to the field Friday and scored a homecoming win over Salida, 39-0.
Isaac Ross threw for four touchdown passes, all in the first half, to propel the Wolverines to a 26-0 lead at intermission to the delight of a capacity crowd at Wolverine Country Stadium.
Bayfield got on the board early with Ross’s first TD pass to Caden Wood for 16 yards with 10:05 left in the first quarter. A two-point conversion run by Deegan Barnes gave the Wolverines an 8-0 lead.
Ross next connected with Nic Twedt on a 26 -yard pass to the corner of the end zone in the middle of the first quarter. It was the second TD in as many possessions for the Bayfield offense.
Arguably the most exciting play of the night came late in the opening quarter when James Mars caught a short pass and evaded tackles for 63 yards to score and put BHS up, 20-0.
Salida (0-5) could not mount an attack and lost two turnovers in the game, including an interception by Wood in the second half.
Ross connected on his final touchdown to Barnes for a 1-yard score with just 0:24 left in the half, giving Bayfield a 26-0 lead and all the momentum.
Cael Schaffer competed the scoring in the second half with two touchdown runs in the third and fourth quarter. His final score came on a 50-yard scamper, breaking tackles to make the score 39-0 with 7:18 left.
Bayfield (3-1) next goes to Alamosa (4-1) for a 7p.m. game Friday.
The Durango High School volleyball team beat Grand Junction in three games on Saturday, 25-7, 25-15 and 25-16.
“Tonight was the first time we really lined up on their hitters,” said DHS head coach Kelley Rifilato. “They hit a ton at the back row, but we were able to adjust. Brooklyn (Messier) read a lot of that and was able t dig.”
Messier ended up leading DHS with 20 digs in the contest.
On offense, Mason Rowland and Leah Wolf both had eight kills, Sarah Somrak added seven, Eva Stewart had five kills and Riley Engle had four kills.
“We definitely had a balanced attack again,” Rifilato said.
Durango improved to 5-5 overall and 4-2 in the 4A/5A Southwestern League. Junction slid to 3-13, 0-6.
The Durango boys soccer team suffered its first loss of the season Saturday, falling to Grand Junction High School 3-2 in double overtime.
Cedar Newman scored on a free kick to give DHS an early, 1-0 lead. Grand Junction, however, scored the next two goals.
With just under two minutes left in the game, the Demons found the equalizer. Harrison Beattie passed the ball into Grand Junction’s goal box and Ryan Bell headed it in the net.
In double overtime, however, Grand Junction scored the game winner to give Durango (8-1-2, 3-1-1) it’s first loss of the season. Grand Junction improved to 7-5, 3-1 with the win.
The Fort Lewis football team was even with Black Hills State after one quarter on Saturday, 7-7. At halftime, the Skyhawks trailed, 17-10. Black Hills State, however, pulled away after the break to win the game 45-17.
FLC is now 0-5 overall and 0-4 in the Rocky Mountain Athletc Conference. Black Hills improved to 4-1, 2-1.
