The Durango Police Department is trying to catch the Durango Fire Protection District in the overall series. The two agencies took the grass at the La Plata County Fairgrounds for a good, old-fashioned game of bomber.

“Everybody had a great time,” said Jim Spratlen, Durango’s chief of police. “I’m very proud of both sides.”

The games raise money for Durango’s Special Olympics team, which had a game of its own before the interagency match. Last year, the fundraiser brought $5,000.

So far in their six game series, Spratlen said they tied their first, and the firefighters now lead, 3 to 2.

Durango’s finest have some skills on the grass.

“There was some good field work out there,” Spratlen said.

The police won this year’s contest, 3-1.

Herald Staff