Sports https://www.durangoherald.com/feeds/sports/ 2026-05-20 04:47:10 -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/aaron-rai-runs-away-with-the-pga-championship-first-english-born-winner-in-more-than-a-century/ NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Aaron Rai was just another name among a dozen others who had reason to believe the PGA Championship was theirs for the taking Sunday at tough Aronimink. There was Rory McIlr... 2026-05-19 04:28:51 -0700 380a6626-3a5e-45b9-9362-d56d4e174ca9 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/avalanche-shrug-off-2021-playoff-loss-to-golden-knights-as-they-meet-in-the-western-conference-final-2/ DENVER (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog doesn't need any extra incentive. Being in the Western Conference Final is more than enough for the Colorado Avalanche captain. If he did, though, memories of the secon... 2026-05-19 04:03:06 -0700 e1620087-11df-4b66-9bdd-5f007a389352 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/kuss-supporting-vingegaard-as-giro-ditalia-begins/ For the first time since his stellar 2023 season, Durango’s Sepp Kuss is back in the Giro d’Italia in a familiar role for Team Visma-Lease a Bike. Cycling’s first Grand Tour of 2026 is underway with ... 2026-05-15 06:06:29 -0700 93ede6c2-7b1e-43ca-a3dd-40cef3db665e https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/skyhawks-cycling-finishes-fifth-at-road-nationals/ It was a successful end to the season for the Fort Lewis College cycling program as the Skyhawks soared to a fifth-place finish at the Collegiate Road National Championships in Madison, Wisconsin, on ... 2026-05-14 09:33:06 -0700 14b7bb2d-c3ee-4192-a828-6a18a9ccb091 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/deep-star-studded-avalanche-reach-the-conference-finals-for-8th-time-since-arriving-in-denver-2/ DENVER – Jared Bednar may have put it best after the Colorado Avalanche erased a three-goal deficit to win their series on an overtime tally by a defenseman who hadn’t scored since January and with a ... 2026-05-14 04:26:47 -0700 ce347411-15b2-4111-9068-82084e0ad5d2 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/avalanche-bounce-back-to-beat-the-wild-5-2-and-take-a-3-1-lead-in-the-series-2/ ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Ross Colton and Parker Kelly each scored in the third period for Colorado, an opportune time for their first goals of the postseason as the high-scoring Avalanche snapped back f... 2026-05-12 03:00:19 -0700 a2ed290b-eec2-4758-b79e-5deefcc63e2c https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/washington-wins-nba-draft-lottery-chance-to-pick-first-on-june-23-2/ CHICAGO (AP) — For Michael Winger, 1 was the loneliest number. And for the Washington Wizards, it was the best ping-pong ball. Let's explain: Winger, the president of Monumental Basketball, was the Wi... 2026-05-12 02:54:34 -0700 6e982dbb-65b1-428c-bd11-894a13344f9c 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/12-hours-of-mesa-verde-completes-20th-anniversary-ride/ CORTEZ – With two decades now in the books for Montezuma County’s largest mountain bike event of the calendar, the race kicked off the summer’s list of exciting offerings taking place at the county fa... 2026-05-10 04:58:33 -0700 f362e4e1-6ea6-49f1-9824-cb30375379b1 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/freeburn-campbell-finish-the-traka-200-in-spain/ The Traka is one of the most famous gravel races in the world, and Durango’s Cobe Freeburn’s experience on May 1 turned into a what-could have-been story because of a feed zone. Freeburn finished 32n... 2026-05-09 08:00:00 -0700 5495ba3a-e45e-495c-a4f1-23e5c6628a74 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/denvers-playoff-flop-didnt-cost-david-adelman-the-roster-though-could-be-wide-open-2/ DENVER (AP) — The president and governor of the Denver Nuggets said Friday his faith in coach David Adelman remains strong despite the team's first-round flop in the playoffs but he indicated a roster... 2026-05-08 06:27:42 -0700 fb66b196-0274-44ff-942c-8bd04a76d099 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/rr-release-and-respect-your-fish/ In the military, we all look forward to R & R, rest and relaxation, after long deployments. Looking into the fly fishing world, R & R is the latest take on catch and release, meaning release and respe... 2026-05-08 08:00:00 -0700 fb7e2cd3-9449-47a6-a8c3-c83740c88a8d 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