High School Sports
DHS hitting state tournament road
Both Durango High School basketball teams qualified for the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 4A State Basketball Championships and will travel to play in the first round. The DHS…
IHS girls shut down Telluride
Ignacio’s girls basketball team beat the Miners 62-10 in Telluride to finish championship San Juan League season. Statistics weren’t immediately available. IHS (15-4, 11-1 SJL) will open district play Friday…
IHS boys again wear the SJL crown
IHS finished out its second consecutive undefeated league season with a 66-44 win at Telluride on Saturday. IHS has now won nine of the last 10 regular-season league championships. They…
2 Bobcats on podium
Iaasic Peña and Stocker Robbins reached the podium, and Ethan Appenzeller and Josh Gallegos were eliminated. Robbins, a sophomore, lost 3-0 to Burlington’s Logan Durham in the third-place match at…
Two views of fourth
For senior Colter McMenimen, it was an ending. The end of his high school wrestling career, for sure, and maybe his wrestling career altogether. McMenimen faced Olathe’s Austin Shank for…
Durango girls fall in title game
It wasn’t enough to win a league championship, but it was enough to secure a place in the CHSAA Class 4A state tournament for the Durango High School girls basketball…
DHS girls to play for league crown
The Durango High School girls basketball team shook off a rough Class 4A/5A Southwestern League season with an upset win against Montrose in the regular season finale, and they added…
It comes down to one game for BHS
After a 48-45 loss at Centauri in the regular-season finale Thursday night, the Wolverines will need to win a game in next week’s league tournament to earn a state tournament…
Demon boys, girls punch tickets to state
The boys team (9-12) opened the Class 4A Southwestern League/Western Slope League tournament with a 44-33 win against Rifle to advance to the tournament semifinals. The top-four teams all earn…
State wrestling, through fresh eyes
Bayfield’s Jake Sandrey appeared happy to be there in his 113-pound opener against Mead’s Jeremy Ashton. He was tied 4-4 near the end of the first period but was pinned…
Bobcats start and finish strong
1 IHS wrestler in consolation bracket after Day 1
Hall escapes to quarterfinals
Photo courtesy of Randy Hall<br><br>Hunter Hall wrestled the most exciting match of the tournament amongst local wrestlers Thursday. He went into extra periods against Pueblo West's Matthew Apodaca and was…
Jones goes to work in Utah
Jones, a 6-foot-4 forward, led the Ignacio Bobcats with 18 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals while matched up against Matt Freestone in a 45-33 win against Monticello…
Study: football coaches can cut injuries, study says
Last fall, researchers at the Indianapolis-based Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention collected data from 2,108 football players ages 5 to 15. The organization monitored injuries of 100…
IHS books 5 for state mats
Five Bobcats accomplished that by clinching bids to the Class 2A state tournament in Denver next week. Josh Gallegos, Iaasic Peña and Stocker Robbins will compete at the Pepsi Center…
No titles, but BHS sends 4 wrestlers to state
Ryan Nava and Colter McMenimen finished second, and Jake Sandrey and Sam Westbrook took third to book a spot in the Class 3A field. “When you get to the finals,…