The Durango High School football team allowed 28 points in the first half at Palisade, then couldn’t score enough in the second half to complete the comeback, losing 28-21 on Saturday to the third-ranked team in 3A.
The Bulldogs (5-0, 3-0 Western Slope League) put up 14 points in the first and second quarters behind four rushing touchdowns.
Running back Dalton Hannigan scored from 58 yards and 9 yards out, while quarterback Levi Hoaglund had a 97-yard touchdown run and a 5-yard score.
DHS had a Jeremy Szura 11-yard pass to Blake Dunlap and a Lawrence Mayberry 4-yard run for first-half scores.
DHS scored with 3 minutes left in the third quarter on a Szura 10-yard pass to Casey Dunlap to cut the deficit to seven points.
The loss snapped the 4A Demons’ unbeaten start.
DHS will open Southwestern League play Friday at home against 5-1 Grand Junction. The Tigers’ only loss (66-45) was to perennial Class 5A power Ralston Valley.
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