High School Sports https://www.durangoherald.com/feeds/high-school/ 2026-05-20 04:50:00 -0700 en-us https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ignacio-baseball-loses-heartbreaker-to-peyton-in-2a-regionals/ BENT COUNTY – Despite sliding feet-first and dangerously close to opposing Peyton’s dugout railing, with any number of Panthers undoubtedly trying to distract him, Ignacio freshman first baseman Steph... 2026-05-19 08:04:15 -0700 0c49367e-d98a-42e3-9b96-9413949cb0ae https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/school-records-fall-as-durango-track-earns-top-five-finishes-at-state-championships/ The 2026 Colorado High School Track & Field State Championships finished on Saturday, and Durango High School’s track and field team came home with several top-five finishes and two school records. “... 2026-05-19 04:19:44 -0700 a59f83a7-7539-4404-9f35-664977fa9f43 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/local-sports-schedule-for-upcoming-week-58/ It’s the middle of May, so that means only the best teams and athletes are still competing. That includes the Durango High School baseball and girls golf teams that are competing for tournament glory... 2026-05-17 05:30:00 -0700 8176fac2-f3a8-4d3d-b2f2-e38c34b3032c https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/back-to-back-durango-baseball-completes-comeback-to-win-regional/ In December, Durango High School baseball head coach Masen Hibbeler knew there’d be a time when the team would rely on senior Austin Romero in a big moment, and that’s what happened on Saturday with a... 2026-05-16 08:55:52 -0700 94c0bf35-3bd2-4820-a082-9685e857eb14 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/demons-baseball-controls-conifer-to-advance-in-regionals/ The Durango High School baseball team returned to its winning ways on Saturday afternoon, using its depth on the mound and the batter’s box to cruise to a 10-4 victory over Conifer in the first round ... 2026-05-16 07:43:21 -0700 a22302ef-7e2c-4166-9899-e24e32a205ee https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/demons-girls-golf-ready-to-compete-at-state-on-familiar-course/ Another high school golf season is nearly in the books, but first, the Demons will compete against the best in 4A for a state title on a familiar course. Usually, Durango girls golf has to travel up ... 2026-05-16 08:00:00 -0700 3dcfdc11-1ebd-4503-8515-2fc6062ca315 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/espinosa-becomes-first-college-bound-ignacio-girls-wrestler/ Larissa Espinosa never set out to make history. Especially on a wrestling mat, something she initially stepped onto more or less as a favor. Espinosa’s friend told Espinosa to come try wrestling and s... 2026-05-14 12:00:00 -0700 a8a913c3-f43f-4f92-9532-c15895cd7b35 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/demons-baseball-will-host-regional-receives-matchups/ For the first time since 2021, the Durango High School baseball team won’t have to travel to begin its playoff journey. Head coach Masen Hibbeler took over a team that hadn’t won a league game in 202... 2026-05-14 08:00:00 -0700 be7bfc70-c964-489a-82fc-882208f2ad11 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ignacio-bayfield-send-athletes-with-medal-hopes-to-track-state/ The state championship season for high school track and field is here, and Ignacio High School and Bayfield High School’s top athletes are ready to take their talents north to JeffCo Stadium in Lakewo... 2026-05-13 08:00:00 -0700 975cbfb7-9a2d-4b43-9a8e-c663c55d0815 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ignacio-baseball-registers-vital-win-on-senior-day/ Starting the bottom of the fourth inning with singles by senior Gabe Archuleta, freshman Stephen Romero, senior Sonny Flores and senior Ambrose Valdez, the Ignacio Bobcats not only chased Centauri sop... 2026-05-13 06:51:21 -0700 242070cb-c545-4482-aff3-ffced16b2e17 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-high-school-track-and-field-sending-29-athletes-to-state/ It’s that time of year again, when nearly every local spring sport is in its championship season. That includes high school track and field. Durango High School will take 29 individual athletes to Je... 2026-05-13 08:00:00 -0700 a4263c8a-2483-4360-8692-e4bcd739c0f4 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/claassens-third-place-leads-demons-girls-tennis-at-state/ The Durango High School girls tennis team ended its season on a high note with all 11 players competing at state, and sophomore Ella Claassen took of advantage of the stage to show she can compete wit... 2026-05-12 07:33:15 -0700 6a7936d4-4896-443b-b6e8-7af5489ac804 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/local-sports-schedule-for-upcoming-week-57/ May madness is here for high school and college sports postseason play, and like March Madness, it goes by fast. In the last week, the Durango High School girls soccer and girls lacrosse seasons have... 2026-05-11 05:30:00 -0700 f2c47a4b-c3ca-44f9-9b7b-35b763f4bb26 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/mullen-upsets-durango-girls-soccer-in-second-round-of-playoffs/ Despite being the higher seed, the Durango High School girls soccer team faced one of the hotter teams in 4A in Mullen, and the Demons didn’t have answers for the Mustang’s skill in a 2-0 loss at home... 2026-05-09 07:10:50 -0700 f81adfc5-bba8-4607-a073-1e3985c53ec2 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/demons-baseball-loses-league-title-to-palisade-in-regular-season-finale/ One pitch is all it took to change the momentum Saturday afternoon as the Palisade High School baseball team took down Durango, 9-8, for the 4A/5A Southwestern League title. The Demons suffered their... 2026-05-09 06:23:34 -0700 6128951e-0561-4f54-80a1-fe0b9a2cb866 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-girls-lacrosses-season-ends-with-loss-to-air-academy-in-playoffs/ Durango High School girls lacrosse scored the first goal in the Demons’ second-round state playoff game against Air Academy, but the Kadets had all the answers after that with a 22-9 win. It’s the se... 2026-05-08 11:59:58 -0700 95d051ad-3835-4ab1-a0c9-1b8235cd4005 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/clash-between-top-two-teams-in-4a-baseball-ends-in-durango-loss/ When the top two baseball teams in 4A meet for a pivotal showdown at the end of the regular season, lots of runs and hits are expected from the high-powered offenses, but that’s not what happened when... 2026-05-08 08:52:16 -0700 cd30bf37-da95-4174-9240-d5a46713b46d https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/bobcats-baseball-struggles-in-pair-with-pagosa-springs/ Confident that their split of a doubleheader three days earlier in Bayfield had clinched them a place in the fast-upcoming 2026 3A baseball state tournament, the Pagosa Springs Pirates arrived Tuesday... 2026-05-08 08:00:00 -0700 913a10a1-c166-4d21-a7c9-14a36604a4a7 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/wolverines-girls-soccer-takes-one-of-last-two-games/ Likely playing its finest soccer this spring, albeit not in time to push them into the postseason, Bayfield High School girls soccer team needed one more goal during the last 20 minutes of their 2026 ... 2026-05-07 09:38:36 -0700 42572546-2ca2-43b4-9f5f-a25a4e789419 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/dhs-playoff-preview-girls-soccer-girls-lacrosse-face-strong-teams-in-second-round/ Durango High School girls soccer and girls lacrosse’s first playoff tests were passed earlier this week, but there will be a significant step up in competition in the second round if the Demons want t... 2026-05-07 08:33:50 -0700 5e11179b-076b-459a-b406-32746532a946 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-girls-soccer-survives-scare-from-frederick-to-advance-in-playoffs/ It wasn’t the prettiest or easiest win of the season, but the Durango High School girls soccer team passed their first playoff test by beating Frederick at home 4-2 in the first round on Wednesday. T... 2026-05-06 10:24:12 -0700 1c180f84-4b1e-4101-9cfd-c828eff286d2 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/dhs-roundup-girls-soccer-girls-lacrosse-track-and-field-win-league-titles/ There are important events left in the spring high school sports season, but the Durango girls soccer, girls lacrosse and track and field teams did something that’ll hang in the gymnasium forever: win... 2026-05-06 05:30:00 -0700 c7b25c85-0b3a-4e30-bca9-ea324a3e900a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/demons-girls-lacrosse-dominates-to-advance-in-playoffs/ Durango’s High School girls lacrosse team has been in some very close games recently, but Tuesday night’s first-round playoff game against Pueblo West was not one of them. The Demons had two one-goal ... 2026-05-05 11:06:08 -0700 61321f2f-5d7e-489c-9d99-f1981c863b6e https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/dolores-boys-rally-past-ignacio-to-capture-san-juan-track-and-field-title/ MANCOS – A drama-filled afternoon in Mancos turned into a two-horse race for the boys San Juan Basin League title. With Dolores and Ignacio trading major point swings on April 28 at Bluejay Field, the... 2026-05-05 05:28:28 -0700 0806a58a-24bb-4b41-b74a-6b0ed53056fe https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/local-sports-schedule-for-upcoming-week-56/ The calendar has turned to May, so that means it’s one thing in the high school sports world: playoff time. High school lacrosse and girls soccer teams wrapped up their regular seasons over the weeke... 2026-05-04 05:00:00 -0700 3209f7a8-f45a-4128-a307-402d524e9e55 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/entire-demons-tennis-team-qualifies-for-individual-state-tournament/ For the first time in head coach Darren Tarshis’ tenure, the entire Durango High School girls tennis team is moving on to the individual state tournament after finishing second at regionals. All 11 De... 2026-05-02 05:30:00 -0700 54ed1f53-982b-4df3-85b8-35922ebeb938 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/big-inning-boosts-bayfield-baseball-in-ignacio/ Coming not long after a disputed runner-interference call not only denied them a needed run in what was still just a one-run contest, but also ended their fourth-inning at-bat outright, the Bayfield W... 2026-04-30 05:42:24 -0700 77e14edc-ca2d-42a4-9dae-64f318121e85 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/demons-baseball-dominates-pagosa-springs-to-keep-momentum/ Momentum is key this time of year for surefire playoff teams like Durango High School baseball, and the Demons have it after dominating Pagosa Springs for two victories at home on Wednesday. Durango l... 2026-04-29 10:46:22 -0700 7b281ef1-514c-4921-8b5b-fc1401ad1daa https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/strong-fourth-quarter-pushes-demons-girls-lacrosse-past-telluride/ High school girls lacrosse games between Durango and Telluride have been close over the past few years, and the Demons’ best players made plays on Wednesday night at home to make sure the tight contes... 2026-04-29 09:25:55 -0700 1b7d185c-25f7-4f27-8ca3-16fd2f596f66 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/demons-girls-golf-finishes-second-at-durango-hillcrest-invitational/ For the first time in 2026, the Durango High School girls golf team did not win a tournament, thanks to the impressive play of Kirtland Central and the Broncos’ top golfer, Hayden Dan. Durango hosted... 2026-04-28 07:08:42 -0700 038f6a48-30e3-48bc-9fa1-6a5f5c8cce36